diskusbooks Chapter 176 Shock!
Chapter 176 Shock!
However, seeing their injuries made it clear.
It's clear that the two of them had been subjected to inhumane treatment more than once before; it was as if they were meant to make them wish they were dead.
These two kids are really stubborn. Can't they just give in?
Dongfang Jin suppressed the turmoil in her heart. Although she didn't understand, she listened to Ruyi's explanation.
She understood. Cutting off one's offspring—good. It seems those people are truly despicable, having done this kind of thing—forcing women into prostitution—quite a few times.
However, these two were stubborn enough not to give in.
It seems that, just as Ruyi said, we need to nurture him properly.
Thinking about it, she wondered if she should ask the person who sent a nanny to her family.
I've heard that the palace matrons are the best at etiquette; after all, it's best for women to be pampered.
……
The person Dongfang Jin was thinking of had already sealed off that palace; it was truly surrounded by layers upon layers of security.
Emperor Shengde stood at the edge of the palace gate, looking at the hall and then at the things in the courtyard. He trembled with excitement, his heart pounding with unprecedented emotion.
Then, holding a lump of iron in one hand and a gold brick in the other, he paced back and forth in the palace hall.
What is he missing?
Money?
How much can he do with these gold bricks?
Okay! Okay! Great!
"Not here yet?"
A bodyguard clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Your Majesty, they should be arriving soon."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, two Dragon Guards, one carrying Imperial Tutor Mu Yanting and the other carrying Duke Zhenguo Helian Zhen, flew down using their light-footed skills.
Before they could speak, Prince Dun, Cang Nanxi, and his eldest son, Cang Lingchen, also landed.
Following closely behind were Changsun Lan and Hua Yunshu. When Helian Shuo saw them and smelled the strong scent of rouge on them, he curled his lip in disgust.
Are these two planning to stay up all night?
Hua Yunshu was the first to excitedly speak up: "I say, Cousin Emperor, we have great news here! The entire Jiuqu Alley in the capital has been looted!"
Upon hearing this, Duke Zhenguo Helian Zhen clapped his hands and shouted in a voice that seemed to swallow mountains and rivers: "Good! Good looting! I've wanted to uproot that street for a long time, that place..."
The Imperial Tutor looked at him disapprovingly and interrupted him, saying, "Watch your words. These are all juniors."
"Tch, I just hate your pretentious, bookish manner."
Prince Dun looked at Hua Yunshu with his unfathomable eyes: "Ziyu (Hua Yunshu's courtesy name), more than twenty families, none of them escaped?"
Hua Yunshu took a step back in fright when he saw the look in Prince Dun's eyes, and nodded.
At this moment, Long Yi and his men also rushed back, only to hear Hua Yunshu say the shocking news that Jiuqu Street had been completely looted.
However, compared to his news, it's utterly insignificant.
He stepped forward and knelt on one knee, his face filled with barely concealed excitement: "My lord, Zheng Sihan and his son Zheng Lunian killed each other and died in a secret room."
Emperor Shengde paused, his hand holding the gold bricks still, his dragon eyes wide, and asked uncertainly, "A secret room?"
Does that old man have a secret room set up at home?
What does he want to do?
Long Yi stood up: "Yes, we went in through the hidden door of Zheng Sihan's study."
Beneath the Duke of Wu's mansion lies a secret underground chamber of five hundred square meters, its layout exactly the same as your Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The Duke of Zhenguo exclaimed in surprise, "What?!"
It looks exactly like the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Imperial Palace.
What is that old scoundrel trying to do?
Even the Imperial Tutor's kind face was filled with surprise: "A secret chamber of five hundred square meters?"
That's no longer a secret room; it's more like an underground palace.
Prince Dun...
With a squinting gaze that exuded authority without anger, it seemed that the old fox Zheng Sihan had been preparing for a rebellion for some time.
So angry he vomited blood?
Looks like he lost something more serious than his life, haha...
Is it too easy for him to die like this?
Emperor Shengde looked on in disbelief. Five hundred square meters, more than a hundred square meters larger than his Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Exactly the same?
No wonder he wanted to make a dragon robe; it seems he was waiting for the right opportunity, hehe...
Okay, very good!
Long Yi nodded: "Also, the nineteen or so others were also found to have a faint light flickering in the north courtyard of the Duke of Wu's mansion."
Upon entering, they discovered something strange about a well in the courtyard, so they went in to investigate.
Upon entering, they discovered the bodies of the father and son in a hidden secret room.
Then he contacted his subordinates and Long Si and told them about it.
After his subordinates saw the body, they discovered that the daggers in Zheng Sihan's and Zheng Lunian's hands were, respectively, a heirloom from the Duke of Wu's mansion and a gift from the late emperor.
When Emperor Shengde became serious, his imperial aura was so overwhelming that people couldn't help but want to kneel down.
He stared intently at Long Yi, not missing any change in his expression, and still asked uncertainly, "Are you sure the two people who died were Zheng Sihan and Zheng Lunian?"
Neither of them were particularly likable; one was an ancient fox, ten thousand years old, and the other a young fox, a thousand years old. They died so easily.
Why does he feel like something is not real?
Long Yi said with certainty and firmness: "Reporting to the Lord, we have confirmed it repeatedly. The two who died were indeed the father and son. There was no disguise on their faces."
Zheng Sihan was still wearing his court robes from today and hadn't changed them.
"My subordinates searched the surrounding area and found that there seemed to have been many things there before."
Therefore, I suspect that the father and son may have discovered that something inside was missing, which led to an argument.
Strangely, there were no signs of fighting inside, and Zheng Sihan's first wound looked like it was a sneak attack.
However, judging from the bloodstains on the floor of the secret room, my subordinate analyzed that Zheng Sihan was probably stabbed by his son after vomiting blood, taking advantage of his unpreparedness..."
Afterwards, Long Yi and the others explained their guesses and discoveries in detail.
After hearing this, the Imperial Tutor and the others were all shocked. That old fox Zheng Sihan was finished just like that?
Emperor Shengde put aside his excitement and then, holding the gold bricks and iron ore in his hand, pointed them out to the courtyard and the main hall, indicating that they should look.
After Emperor Shengde finished speaking, the Imperial Guards lit torches.
Once the torch was lit, the area became as bright as day, and everything inside the courtyard and house was clearly displayed before everyone's eyes.
Hua Yunshu then saw something all too familiar, and with an incredulous look on his face, he tugged at Changsun Lan and pointed in a certain direction.
Changsun Lan moved away from those lumps of iron and looked in the direction he was pointing.
"That box, it's not..."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Shengde asked curiously, "What box?"
At the same time, Long Yi also saw it. He strode to the main hall, picked up the box from the gold bricks, and then strode back: "My lord, this box is the one we brought with us when we first went there with Anxi."
This box was originally from Hua Yunshu, which was requisitioned by the Lord.
I heard that this box was personally made by Yun Shuyu, the young master of the Yun family in Jingxiu Manor in the south, who was skilled in mechanical arts, and given to Hua Yunshu.
The two also had a rather comical romantic entanglement.
The Imperial Tutor was also looking at the box; he recognized the box.
It was that brat Ziyu who mistook Yun Shuyu, who was disguised as a woman and hiding in Xunzhi Pavilion for a real woman, and flirted with her.
It's said that it was love at first sight, and he was so deeply in love that he insisted on making her his second wife.
Yun Shuyu, unable to bear his pestering any longer, dragged him into the bathtub during a bath.
He then discovered that Yun Shuyu was a man, which is why the guy was sick for a while.
When Yun Shuyu found out, she felt guilty and occasionally made some mechanical boxes for him and gave them to him.
I heard that it has never stopped all these years.
It's fair to say that everyone present knew about his blunder, and occasionally they would even make fun of Ziyu because of it.
Emperor Shengde then remembered, stared at the box, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Open it."
Dongfang Jin, oh Dongfang Jin, let's see what surprises you've brought me.