Chapter 157 The poor little girl who was married off VS the inhumane prince 42
The Princess's Mansion was still brightly lit at this time, and the lanterns under the eaves were swaying gently, flickering.

The princess paced back and forth in the room anxiously, looking at the hourglass next to her from time to time, "What's going on? So many people went there, but not one came back?"

"Princess, wait a little longer. The ones we sent out this time are all elites. There is no reason for them to fail."

The prince consort was already very sleepy and yawned as he spoke.

"What are you waiting for? The carriage of Prince Jin's Mansion has already returned to the capital with the Crown Prince. That woman is not dead at all. I am worried about those people I sent out... If they are all dead, it would be ok. I am afraid that they will be caught and some are left alive... Then I will be finished..."

The eldest princess stopped pacing, her face looked very bad, and she said with a worried look.

The princess' words frightened the prince consort so much that all his sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

"All back to Beijing? I don't know..."

"What do you know? You just hugged your concubine and made a fool of yourself in the room. Min'er ended up like this because you, as a father, didn't discipline her!"

The eldest princess was already hot-tempered, and now she started scolding her husband even more.

The prince consort disagreed in his heart. Isn't it because you spoiled her like that?
He didn't want to argue about this with the princess.

He immediately changed the subject, "The soldiers we sent out were all death squads. At most, they would be wiped out. Even if they investigate, they won't find anything wrong with us."

The advantage of a suicide squad is that even if the mission fails, they will find a way to commit suicide and will never leave any hidden dangers.

Seeing that the eldest princess's face was still furious, he said, "Why don't we send someone to inquire early tomorrow morning to see if there is any movement."

The princess glared at him and said, "Why are you waiting for tomorrow? If we wait until tomorrow, both you and I will be finished."

She turned around, pushed the door open, walked out of the house, and came to the yard. She quickly called a secret guard over and asked him to investigate quickly and clean up any suspicious traces.

The imperial palace, the Pepper Room, the Queen's palace.

"My Lady, Bai Lian and the others did not obtain Prince Yan's blood!"

A wet nurse said to the queen who was sitting in front of the dressing table, removing her makeup and washing her face.

The queen turned her head to look at her, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Highness, Bai Lian said that the Crown Prince's carriage was also involved. The Crown Prince was helping when the fight started, and he didn't know what to do. In addition, Crown Prince Yan's martial arts were too high, so it was difficult for them to get close to him, so they simply returned."

The nurse briefly told the news she had received.

Upon hearing this, the Queen angrily slapped the dressing table and said, "Are these people blind? They dared to continue their actions even though they saw the Crown Prince's carriage inside. Why don't they delay the time?"

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

When the wet nurse saw the queen’s rage, she was so scared that she immediately knelt on the ground.

The two palace maids behind her who were responsible for removing the queen's makeup and cleansing her face were also kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear and not daring to speak.

After the anger in her body subsided, the queen became worried again, "How is the prince? Is he hurt?"

"Your Highness, the prince is fine."

The nurse stepped forward and said.

After hearing this, the Queen was relieved, but then she frowned again, "Then there were no clues left at the scene, right?"

Since the operation failed, no traces could be left. Once discovered, even if she was the queen, the consequences would be unbearable for her.

"Don't worry, Madam. The Crown Prince has already helped to clean up the mess. He also secretly ordered people to burn the bodies left at the scene."

The wet nurse thought about the news reported by Bai Lian and replied in time.

"That's good!"

When the queen heard this, she felt relieved.

Since the prince is helping to clean up the mess, he must have realized that those are her people. He will come to the Pepper Palace to ask her about this matter tomorrow.

The queen frowned and had to think carefully about how to explain this to the prince.

He was also struggling with the matter between Princess Jin and the Emperor, and whether he should tell the Crown Prince about it.

Seeing that the nanny was still kneeling on the ground, she said, "Get up, don't kneel anymore."

"Thank you, empress."

Nanny stood up.

Thinking of the news those people brought back, he said again: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Bai Lian said that there was another group of people taking action at the time. They said they looked like assassins, and their target seemed to be Prince Yan's concubine."

The queen was surprised and turned her head to look at the nurse. "Prince Yan's Concubine? Do you know who she belongs to?"

Nanny lowered her eyes and recalled, "Bai Lian said that the technique looked like that of the Princess's residence, but she couldn't be sure."

The Queen was slightly startled, "I remember that Princess Zhaomin is missing."

"Your Highness, yes, the Dali Temple is already investigating, but they haven't found any clues yet."

The nanny stepped forward to help the queen remove the remaining hairpins on her head, and then she loosened and straightened her hair, leaving her long black hair hanging down. "My queen, the eldest princess attacked the Crown Princess Yan, but she suspects that Princess Zhaomin's disappearance is related to the Crown Princess Yan?"

The queen didn't care about this matter. "This matter has nothing to do with us. Help me to go to rest."

"Yes, madam!"

The wet nurse quickly helped the queen to rest.

……

East Palace, study.

Nangong Mo stood by the window sill, holding a pair of tweezers in his hand, gently stirring the candlelight in the lampshade. He glanced at the person kneeling on the ground and said coldly, "Have you dealt with everything?"

"Your Highness, the bodies left at the scene have all been burned, and there are no suspicious traces left. It will definitely not lead to the Queen."

"In addition, the body of the assassin who murdered Prince Yan's wife has also been sent to the Dali Temple. The Dali Temple will probably file a case tomorrow."

The secret guard knelt on the ground, bowed his head and reported respectfully.

"well done."

Nangong Mo nodded slightly.

"Are you sure it was the eldest princess who did it?" he asked again.

"Your Highness, I have found out that the people in the Princess's Mansion are looking around for this matter. Combined with similar methods, it should be almost certain."

The secret guard said respectfully.

A cold look flashed across Nangong Mo's eyes, "My dear aunt, it turned out to be you."

"Have someone kill the eldest princess' only child, and then pick out some beautiful skinny horses to send to the prince consort's bed. I'm sure the prince consort will like them very much."

How can you kill her without paying a price?
"Yes, Your Highness."

The secret guards retreated quickly.

Nangong Mo also left the study and walked to the backyard, not knowing where to go.

I don’t want to go to the Crown Princess, I don’t want to go to Li Liangdi, and I don’t want to go to Wan Liangyuan…

Other women are even less interesting.

After thinking about it, he simply turned back and went back to his bedroom to sleep.

……

At the early morning court session, as soon as Emperor Qiming sat on the dragon throne, the civil and military officials on both sides bowed, and then the personal eunuch began to chant, "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please dismiss the court."

"I have something to report." Prince Jin stepped out immediately.

"Oh, it's my royal brother, stand up and talk."

Emperor Qiming raised his eyebrows, smiled and raised his hand, with an extremely kind attitude.

But if you look closely, you will find that his smile does not reach his eyes, and they are even full of coldness.

No one knew that he had been jealous of his younger brother for decades.

But considering that he supported a woman and son for her, she gave him all the wealth, glory and honor.

"Brother, I want to file a complaint with the Emperor."

After the Prince of Jin finished speaking, he ignored the whispers of the court officials on both sides and raised the prepared memorial in his sleeve high above his head.

"Suing the Emperor? Present it to me."

When Emperor Qiming saw that Prince of Jin was so serious, he nodded directly to the eunuch beside him.

After the eunuch handed the memorial to him, he opened it and his face instantly became gloomy. Finally, he closed the memorial with a snap.

He dared to assassinate Yan'er and his wife, especially since his wife was pregnant.

That's his son, daughter-in-law and grandson. How bold!

But what came out of his mouth was something else.

"You are so bold, you dared to assassinate the Prince of Jin and his wife!"

As soon as Emperor Qiming said this, everyone was shocked. What did he mean? The Prince of Jin and his wife were attacked? Who was so bold as to provoke the Prince of Jin's mansion?

Although Prince Jin was a leisurely prince with no power, he was deeply favored by the emperor. Not only was he the youngest son of the Empress Dowager, he also had a good brotherly relationship with Emperor Qiming.

Assassinating his son and daughter-in-law is like pulling out the hair from a tiger's mouth, isn't that?
Except for a few officials who were present yesterday and had heard about it in advance, the rest of the officials were very shocked.

The princess's consort was extremely nervous, but in order to avoid being noticed by others, he did not show it at all.