C402 Serial killing

Feng Qianyue's earlier calmness completely disappeared. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Royal father, this is a conspiracy. Someone is plotting against this son."

"Hmph!" Imperial Concubine Su coldly snorted. Feng Qianyue was involved with a palace maid, so if word of this spread, it would only ruin her reputation. This made her extremely furious as she said, "A conspiracy? Yes, there was a conspiracy, but it must be the fourth prince's conspiracy. I thought this Hui Zhi was a spy arranged by the 4th Prince by my side, but it turns out that it's not, look at these things, this is obviously the 4th Prince purposely provoked Hui Zhi and made Hui Zhi work hard for him.

Your majesty, chenqie was puzzled just now. How could a mere palace maid like Hui Zhi say such false words against Yue'er?

"Imperial Concubine, this palace maid is yours. Now, all sorts of false accusations have been made against this king. This king would like to ask Shufei if you sent this palace maid over." Feng Qianyue suddenly felt flustered and exasperated.

"The first one to say that Yue Er is the culprit, said that the person who used a dagger to dig a hole on the deck isn't me, and Hui Zhi wasn't using this as a false witness for my sake!" Imperial Consort Shu did not give in, she was overbearing.

Lian Ru Yue silently watched Imperial Concubine Fu and Feng Qianyue bickering. She knew that at this point, her shrewd aunt would put her life on the line to push Hui Zhi to Feng Qianyue's side, without even needing her to worry. Meanwhile, Feng Qianyue was involved in a romantic affair with his concubine's palace maid, so it was hard to explain.

However, she still had to finish with her act. As she listened, her face suddenly revealed an excited expression. She had a sudden realization and said —

"Your Majesty, your daughter finally understands. Everything was secretly manipulated by the Fourth Prince, which is why she grasped the time so well and analyzed it so well."

Because the Fourth Prince had been demoted to a duke, he'd always misunderstood that it was this subject who had interfered. Thus, he'd held a grudge and found an opportunity to frame this subject.

Your majesty, it seems like the Fourth Prince is planning to frame this subject and his daughter even though he saw you sink with his own eyes. I wonder if he did it to frame this subject, or … Or does he not want to save His Majesty from the bottom of his heart? "

These last words were like gunpowder, exploding Zhou Chengdi's heart!

The Emperor looked at Feng Yunzheng's drenched appearance, looked at his own feet that were hurting so badly that he couldn't get down, then looked at Feng Qianyue. His clothes were all clean and tidy, and his gaze suddenly darkened.

"royal father! Lian Yue was just spouting nonsense and purposely provoking others. This son of mine had no intention of watching as royal father did not save him. When I came over, royal father had already landed on the shore … "

"Shut up!" The anger in Zhou Cheng Di's heart finally exploded. He ordered with a stern voice, "Men, escort the Fourth Prince, Feng Qianyue, into the prison of the Ministry of Justice."

What?

Feng Qianyue suddenly raised his head. "Royal father …"

"Take it!" Zhou Chengdi was getting impatient, and he closed his eyes.

"royal father, royal father! "Your son was wrongly accused. This is a conspiracy, Imperial Father's judgement …" Feng Qian loudly argued back, but Zhou Cheng Di remained indifferent and let Jiang Keji lead the way.

When Xiao He saw that the person being escorted out wasn't Lian Rongyue but Feng Qianyue, his entire body trembled, and Feng Qianyue passed through the crowd to glance at him.

The empress dowager saw the tiredness on the emperor's face and said, "Let's call it a day for now. The emperor is tired and needs to recuperate. All of you should withdraw first and leave the rest for the Ministry of Justice to investigate."

"Yes." Everyone took their leave.

Fourth Prince Feng Qianyue was captured for purposely framing and having an affair with his concubine's palace maid, but there was no evidence that he was the one who tampered with the holes in the deck.

At the same time, there was no way to prove that his hands and feet, which were moving like the moon, had sunk into a fog.

In the end, the responsibility naturally fell on Consort Su, because she had purposely planned to swim in the lake.

When she and Feng Ziyao returned to the Ethereal Palace, the orders of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor arrived.

"Lian Zhaoyi, accept the decree." The eunuch's voice was shrill and arrogant.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lian Zhaoyi received the imperial edict. When the eunuch was dismissed, his entire body went limp as he lay on the ground without strength. His body trembled and his face paled.

For so many years, she had been walking on thin ice. When others saw her beauty, only she knew how sad she was. It wasn't easy for her to reach Consort Su's position. Although she didn't have a son, she was still favored by the Emperor.

However, she was pushed out of the ranks of the fourth concubine in a single night.

"Mufei …" Feng Zhaoyi hugged Lian Zhaoyi as the mother and daughter cried bitterly.

Within the Shouning Palace.

The eunuch who had gone to deliver the decree returned, saying that Lian Zhaoyi had received the decree and had thanked him and cried.

The empress dowager pursed her lips and replied, "You're just torturing yourself. You can't live."

A moment later, she stood up and instructed the nearby Senior Servant Wen. "Lian Ruyue can't stay any longer."

Wen mama gave a start. "Esteemed empress dowager, you mean …"

"Such a young age and he actually caused the Emperor to be distracted. If it wasn't for her today, how could the Emperor have boarded the ship? How could he have been injured if he hadn't?" If we keep her here, she will become a scourge in the future. Her Majesty turned around and walked into the palace, speaking indifferently.

Ministry of Justice prison.

"Fourth Prince, please come in." The guard opened the door of the cell and carefully said. It was the first time that a prince had been locked in here for so long.

The crown on Feng Qianyue's head had already been removed, his ink-black hair was let loose, his teeth were tightly clenched, and the veins on his forehead were faintly pulsing. The hand that was bound by the iron chain was tightly clenched into a fist.

"Fourth Prince …" Prison guard whispered.

Finally, Feng Qianyue closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. Then, he lifted his foot and walked in step by step, and with every step he took, it was as if he was stepping on a sharp knife.

"Creak …" The jailer closed the door.

Feng Qianyue sat on the ice-cold stone floor with his eyes closed. He was thinking, what went wrong?

Why did the usually loyal Hui Zhi betray him at the critical moment? Could it be that Lian Ruyue bribed her? No? How could she bribe her in such a short period of time?

He had given her money, but he had never been stupid enough to give her what belonged to him. Why would these things appear on her body and in her bundle?

A crescent moon!

Feng Yunzheng!

What did you two do in the dark?

Feng Qianyue racked his brain to think about it …

The unconscious Hui Zhi was carried by two eunuchs in a burlap sack, from the back door, all the way to a wasteland outside the palace, there was a dried up well, one of the eunuchs said, "Hui Zhi, you can't blame us, this is your life, who told you to provoke the prince."

"Don't say anymore. It's scary, hurry up and throw it down. After it's done, you can go back and report." The other man whispered.

"Yes, yes, yes, hurry up." The two eunuchs lifted up Hui Zhi again, loosened their grip, threw him into the well, then bowed and hurried off.

Not long later, a masked man appeared.

He looked around and quickly went into the well while there was no one around. Not long later, he brought out a girl from the well. This girl was Hui Zhi, who had just been thrown in. She was still breathing and was not dead!

He put this Hui Zhi on the side, flat on the ground, then took out a pill from his bosom and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Cough …" Not long later, Hui Zhi woke up. She opened her eyes and was slightly stunned. "Night, Lord Ye."

"The Ninth Prince told me to save you." The wind said.

"Thank you, Ninth Prince." Hui Zhi said weakly.

"Don't say too much. The Ninth Prince has already arranged everything. You must immediately leave the capital. In the future, if you need anything, His Highness will recruit you to the palace. His Highness says that your performance today is extremely good." The night wind carried Hui Zhi on his back, and after walking for a while, he put her in a carriage.

Hui Zhi forced himself to open the curtain of the carriage with his hand and said, "Sir Ye, please tell His Highness that I am willing to work as a servant for His Highness all my life, at his command at any time."

Ye Feng nodded and said, "I will tell him."

The horse carriage started moving towards the south, and soon disappeared into the darkness of the night.

That's right, this was what Feng Qianyue couldn't figure out. However, Hui Zhi had already been a subordinate of Feng Yunzheng half a year ago.

If it was his previous life, Feng Yunzheng naturally did not know that even the palace maid by Shufei's side was Feng Qianyue's person. However, because of the matter Hui Zhi had done for Feng Qianyue in his previous life, even Xiangyue and Feng Yunzheng remembered her with a single glance, and were eventually subdued by Ninth Prince.