lcionline Chapter 498 You are so disgusting
Chapter 498 You are so disgusting
No one slept that night.
Prince Rong spent the night in the study, seeing no one, sitting alone in a chair all night.
It was not until dawn that he got up and walked to the window.
The morning light shone on his face and the silver hair on his temples, making him look several years older overnight.
Just as he opened the door and was about to take a last look at Qin Xian.
Suddenly, a servant came running in, "Your Highness! Aunt Du...she hanged herself!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Prince Rong was shocked all over, took two unsteady steps back, and grabbed the door frame in time.
"What did you say!"
When everyone rushed to Aunt Du's room, the maid was kneeling on the ground crying, and Aunt Du's body had been taken down from the beam.
The marks on the neck showed that the victim had committed suicide by hanging.
There were also a few letters on the table.
When Ling Jinlan saw this scene, his expression changed drastically, "How could this happen..."
The maid cried and said, "We have been guarding the door of Aunt Du's room the whole time. I don't know how she fell asleep in the middle of the night."
"I went to wake Aunt Du up at dawn, and only then did I see Aunt Du..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ningwan checked the room and found some incense ash remaining on the floor behind the door. She smelled it and it turned out to be aphrodisiac incense.
He couldn't help but sigh and said, "It was Aunt Du who lit the aphrodisiac incense."
"She wanted to commit suicide, and there was no way to stop her."
Prince Rong arrived soon and when he saw Du Wanyun's body, he held onto the wall.
After just one night apart, Prince Rong looked extremely haggard.
He sighed, "This is retribution."
Prince Rong’s Mansion could not escape this disaster after all.
Princess Rong hurriedly supported him, "Your Highness, I am deeply saddened."
As she spoke, she took out a letter and handed it to Prince Rong, "This is left by Du Wanyun. She wrote one to each of us."
Holding the letter, Prince Rong's hands were shaking and he didn't have the courage to open it.
"The weather is hot, and the body will rot if left for too long. It's better to deal with the funeral as soon as possible."
"Thanks a lot."
He slowly turned around and left dejectedly.
Everyone was in a heavy mood.
In one day, two lives were lost in Prince Rong's Mansion.
When the assassins from Qingsong Chamber of Commerce attacked, they failed to take their lives, but the Ru Mengzui addiction that they couldn't quit did harm them.
The two coffins were quickly prepared.
After the two bodies were buried, they were placed in the mourning hall.
Princess Rong finally had time to open the letter left by Du Wanyun.
"Princess, I'm sorry. I've been vying for power and favor with you all these years, causing you so much injustice. But I still want to say that I have never harmed your child. I hope that after I'm gone, our past grudges will be forgotten and there will be no more resentment. Take good care of the prince."
After reading it, Princess Rong wiped away her tears.
For the next few days, the entire palace was shrouded in gloom.
A few days ago, there were laughter and joy, but in the blink of an eye, there was only the white silk blown by the wind and the faint sound of crying coming from the mourning hall.
Qin Huaizhao, dressed in plain clothes, sat in the pavilion, holding a wine jug and drinking until he was drunk, but he still couldn't dispel the grief in his heart.
Ling Jinlan saw it from afar, and didn't know how to comfort her, so she didn't go forward.
Jiang Ningwan and Qin Shuangchi have returned to the prison.
He saw Qin Beihuang covered in blood.
Seeing Jiang Ningwan coming with an angry face, Qin Beihuang smiled on his blood-stained face.
"Finally I see you again. I guess Qin Xian can't stop drinking anymore?"
Qin Beihuang's voice was weak, but full of pride.
Jiang Ningwan rushed into the cell angrily and grabbed him by the collar, "What do you know? Tell me and I'll let you go!"
Qin Beihuang chuckled, "The King of Chu tortured me like this, and I didn't tell anyone. Even if you do it yourself, I won't tell anyone either."
"Qin Xian and Prince Rong's Mansion are just the beginning. If you kill me, this information will be completely buried in the dust, and more and more people will suffer the same fate as Qin Xian."
"Sacrificing Prince Rong's family can bring peace to the world. It depends on your choice."
Jiang Ningwan was filled with anger.
A fierce punch landed on Qin Beihuang's face.
Qin Beihuang was beaten so hard that blood spurted out of his mouth.
He was covered with wounds, but he knew he would not die. The King of Chu tortured him like this but did not kill him.
It is precisely because they cannot do without this information.
As long as he is alive, he has a chance to turn things around.
Jiang Ningwan was extremely angry. If Qin Beihuang had only given up the information, there would have been a chance to save Qin Xian, and the Rong Palace would not have become like this.
Two people died in one day.
She threw punch after punch, venting her anger.
Qin Beihuang's face was covered in blood, but he was smiling like a madman.
The fight continued until Qin Beihuang was almost out of breath, and then Qin Shuangchi came in and held her back.
Seeing Jiang Ningwan so angry, Qin Beihuang was dying but still complacent, and asked with concern: "Ningwan, your hand doesn't hurt, right?"
Jiang Ningwan's eyes were filled with disgust. "You're so disgusting."
After that, she turned and left.
Qin Beihuang is now like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. He will keep the information tightly and refuse to tell anyone.
No amount of torture could pry his mouth open.
After leaving the prison, Qin Shuangchi slowly spoke: "Qin Beihuang wants to use this information to turn things around and get back his lost official position."
"He murdered Yan Qinglan. If you provide any more important information, the emperor will definitely reward you handsomely."
Jiang Ningwan sneered, "He won't succeed!"
If it weren't for the information he told me, I would have killed him immediately.
Then Jiang Ningwan asked, "Have you compiled all the evidence for Ru Mengzui's case?"
Qin Shuangchi nodded, "It's almost done. We just need to let Prince Rong report it. This will help the Rong Palace get rid of the crime, and Prince Rong will still be considered a meritorious official."
"It's just that Qin Beihuang is a problem. If we want him to hand over the information, he must appear before the emperor."
"He will definitely tell others about the Rong Palace."
Jiang Ningwan thought for a moment, "We can't let him see the emperor. We have to think of another way to get the information out!"
Suddenly, an idea struck her.
"Use Ru Meng Zui to get him drunk!"
"I remember that I found quite a few Ru Meng Zui from Ming Yue Tower before. If they haven't all been destroyed, I'll give them to Qin Bei Huang."
"He refuses to talk about it, so let him experience the feeling of being addicted and unable to quit."
Afterwards, Qin Shuangchi ordered the jailer to get Ru Mengzui to feed Qin Beihuang wine every day.
It may not make Qin Beihuang addicted in the short term, but it can make him suffer and become confused.
Prince Rong's Mansion.
A few days later, the funeral of Qin Xian and Aunt Du was completed and the coffins were buried.
The mansion became much quieter.
Prince Rong stayed in the study for a few days, and was reminded of the past by the things he saw.
Qin Huaizhao was afraid that his father would be immersed in sorrow alone, so that night he brought a pot of wine, and the father and son drank two cups in the pavilion.
"Dad, you have to take care of yourself. The people of Liyang are counting on you. You can't fall down."
Hearing this, Prince Rong smiled bitterly, raised his cup and drank it all, "If I can't even protect my own family, how can I protect the people of Liyang?"
"Dad..." Qin Huaizhao wanted to say something else.
But Prince Rong interrupted him.
"We haven't seen each other for so many years, and we finally got together. I didn't expect this to be the outcome."
"It must have been very hard for you to sit in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple these years. Not only did Dad fail to help you at all, but now the Ru Mengzui case has dragged you down."
Qin Huaizhao was startled and said quickly, "Dad, don't say that. It's your contribution to wipe out the Qingsong Chamber of Commerce. You've made up for your mistakes. How can you be considered a burden?"
Prince Rong poured two more glasses of wine and said, "That's right. I hope it's not too late to turn back now."
Then he added, "The King of Chu has handed all the evidence of the Qingsong Chamber of Commerce to me today. I just need to report it and I will be free from the charges."
"You should go back to Kyoto. You can't stay here forever."
"Your brother just died, so it's not appropriate to make too much noise in the mansion. This glass of wine will serve as your father's farewell."