allonlinenovel Chapter 769 This servant dares not speak
Chapter 769 This servant dares not speak
He had clearly used a sleeping potion before coming out and saw that these people were asleep before he and his mother brought the children out.
Song Ruozhen looked at Zhao Daliang, who was in shock, and didn't bother to pay him any attention. This kind of guy who didn't treat his wife and children like human beings wasn't even human.
"Princess Consort of Chu, now you can prove Master Qingfeng's abilities, right?" Qi Qingyi said smugly.
Song Ruozhen raised an eyebrow. "You keep saying that Master Qingfeng is more skilled, but I arrived first. Shouldn't you apologize to me first?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Qingyi was slightly taken aback. All she had been thinking about on the way was proving Master Qingfeng's strength to everyone, but she had overlooked Song Ruozhen.
Upon closer examination, it was indeed as Song Ruozhen had said; she was indeed a step faster, proving her strength.
"Sister-in-law, we are all here to help investigate the case and find the truth. Our intention is simply to help each other. Why be so confrontational?"
Seeing that the commotion on the other side was fading into the distance and that there seemed to be no progress, King Liang breathed a sigh of relief.
“If you hadn’t come, our investigation would have been much easier,” Song Ruozhen said with a sneer.
Qi Qingyi was furious. "What do you mean by that? If we hadn't brought people with us, could you have captured so many people with just this few men?"
“We arrived earlier than you, but we haven’t shown up yet. Can you guess why?” Song Ruozhen asked rhetorically.
Qi Qingyi was stunned. She had been climbing the mountain for almost a while, and all she could think about was getting her head held high and feeling triumphant. She hadn't thought much about it at all.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and Prince Xiao reacted quickly. In fact, they originally planned to find Prince Chu first and then take action after understanding the situation.
However, King Liang kept urging them, saying that Master Qingfeng had foreseen the urgency of the situation and that they had to hurry up the mountain to stop the sacrifice.
Only in this way can they save the child's life.
They hadn't expected to arrive just in time for the sacrifice, and they rushed over without a second thought.
"What do you mean?" Tang Xuening asked.
"This so-called mountain god is nothing more than someone pulling the strings behind the scenes. Today is a sacrificial ceremony, and we are just waiting for the ceremony to end so we can catch the mastermind."
"You've come with such a grand entrance, you've scared people away. Isn't that just making things worse?"
Song Ruozhen spoke coldly. She had just calculated that if they couldn't catch the person, the Prince of Liang would lose one more handle.
As expected, those who ascended the throne in the original book's world possessed both extraordinary luck and remarkable methods.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review's expression changed. "This is all our fault. We acted rashly without understanding the situation first. Do you think we can catch them now?"
"The person jumped off the cliff."
Chu Junting walked back, and thinking about how the person had jumped off the cliff during the chase, his heart sank.
"Jumped off a cliff?" King Xiao frowned. "Then he must be dead."
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review immediately ordered, "Go and search the area below the cliff. We need to find them alive or dead!"
"Yes, my lord."
When the villagers of Mingyue Village learned that the visitor was actually a prince, they all stared in astonishment.
"These are actually the prince and princess?"
"Why would such an important person come to our village? Village chief, are we doomed?"
Everyone was in a state of panic. They had never seen any important figures before, and they were terrified just hearing the name of the county magistrate, let alone a prince!
"Go and bring your child down first," Song Ruozhen said to Li Xiu'e.
"Thank you, Princess."
Li Xiu'e kowtowed loudly and rushed onto the sacrificial altar to greet the child.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
"mother!"
The two children threw themselves into Li Yue'e's arms, crying their hearts out, which eventually turned into the joy of surviving a disaster.
"Mother, do my brother and I not have to die?"
The youngest daughter nestled in Li Yue'e's arms, her dark eyes fixed on the officials before her. She didn't know whether these men had come to rescue them or to throw them into prison.
"The prince and princess are good people; they came to save us."
Li Yue'e was visibly excited, her reddened eyes already brimming with tears. "We were lucky to have met them; we won't die."
She had lived in constant fear in Mingyue Village all these years, afraid that she would be chosen by the mountain god at any time. Every year when she learned that she had not been chosen, she felt as if she had survived a catastrophe.
However, in the end, they couldn't escape it, and it fell on their heads.
Compared to the women in the village who had already lost their children, she was really lucky.
"As the village head, you are incredibly foolish to believe in sacrificial arts. So many children have died in Mingyue Village in recent years, yet not one of you suspects that someone is deliberately doing this behind the scenes!"
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review had already learned the whole story from Guard Yang, and knew that it was their sudden appearance that caused the mastermind to disappear. He was filled with regret!
"Why did His Highness Prince Liang come here to cause trouble? If he hadn't come, we could have wiped them all out in one fell swoop!"
A complicated thought flashed through King Xiao's mind: How could there be such a coincidence in the world?
His fourth brother rarely makes public appearances, but recently he has been appearing more frequently than in previous years. His hurried arrival this time made him even more puzzled.
If it's just to help, there's no need to go to such lengths, especially since you're already in poor health and have to travel all this way.
If it was for the sake of taking credit, then this matter was already illegitimate. Even if he did find out the truth of the case, his father would not reward him too much.
That doesn't make sense unless there's a more important reason.
……
royal palace.
The Emperor frowned upon hearing the message relayed by the Minister of Justice.
"The Prince of Liang and his wife went to Qiyang City, and even brought the Prime Minister's daughter with them. Are they trying to set up a match for the Prince of Xiao?"
“Your Majesty, the position of Prince Xiao’s principal wife is currently vacant. Many daughters of noble families in the capital want to marry Prince Xiao. Since the incident of distributing porridge, the Prime Minister’s daughter has not yet been married,” said the chief eunuch.
The Emperor played with the string of beads in his hand and said, "In the past, Tang Xuening had a good reputation among young ladies, but the matter of distributing porridge shows that her character and ability are both lacking."
However, all of this depends on King Xiao's judgment.
The chief eunuch understood immediately from the emperor's expression.
Having served the Emperor for so long, he understands the Emperor's temperament best; the Emperor must not like Tang Xuening.
If His Highness Prince Xiao truly intends to marry Tang Xuening, it proves that he has not learned from his mistakes and may even be trying to win over the Prime Minister. So, is Prince Liang's act of acting as a matchmaker for Prince Xiao at this time out of good intentions or malice?
"Princess Liang questioned Princess Chu's abilities, and in a fit of anger, Princess Chu and His Highness Prince Chu left Tianci Nunnery to investigate the case outside."
The head eunuch continued reading the memorial in his hand, but his expression changed after reading the latter part. "Your Majesty, this servant dares not speak of what follows..."