The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 1628 - 784 The Fury of the Monarch (second update)

The King was sitting by Shangguan Yun’s bedside. The Little Princess had already gone to trick Little Shiyi with Xiaojingkong. In the room, besides him, there was only Shangguan Yun pretending to be dead with her eyes closed and Xiao Hen accompanying her.

One was unconscious, the other was not long for this world... none of them were outsiders.

The King sunk his face and asked, "What is it that you’re so flustered about?"

"It... it is..." Zhang Dequan was apprehensive about those words, unable to articulate them.

The King said in a deep voice, "I pardon you, speak!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dequan finally mustered up the courage and narrated the entire story.

It turned out that today the Sixth Prince was flying a kite in the Imperial Palace, and the kite string broke, causing it to fly into Han Guifei’s Sleeping Palace.

The Sixth Prince went to retrieve his kite.

Being a prince, he naturally couldn’t just stand at the door. He went inside to pay respects to Han Guifei.

Afterwards, as the Palace maids were searching for the kite, they unexpectedly found a strange object in the bushes.

The Sixth Prince, being young and curious, ran over and asked the Palace maids to dig it out.

Much to everyone’s surprise, it was a doll filled with silver needles!

From the situation on the scene, it seemed that the doll was buried underground, but due to the heavy rain days ago, the soil had been washed away, causing the doll to be exposed.

A doll filled with needles...

A dangerous gleam flashed in the King’s eyes. "Return to the palace!"

Xiao Hen stood up and looked at the King with concern, "Grandfather, I will accompany you to the palace to investigate."

The King thought for a moment and did not refuse.

"Take care of the Little Princess," the King left Zhang Dequan behind and led Xiao Hen back to the palace.

The matter had escalated significantly. The scene had been cordoned off by Wang Xianfei and her party. While Han Guifei held the Phoenix Seal, Wang Xianfei, concerned about her future, directly summoned people from Duwei Prefecture.

Duwei Prefecture is the most special office of the outer court, directly under the King’s command. Though usually not permitted to intrude into the Imperial Harem, if the Emperor’s safety is threatened, they are allowed to act first and report later.

With the arrival of the King, some concubines who came to watch the excitement had gathered at the scene.

Xiao Hen did not bow to these concubines. Regardless of whether Shangguan Yun was the Princess, he was now the only royal grandson of Xuanyuan Empress and did not need to bow to anyone except the Emperor and Empress.

"Where is it?" the King asked.

Wang Xianfei signaled Liu Mama, "Mama, present the item to His Majesty."

"Yes," Liu Mama held a square cloth with both hands, on which lay the doll dug out from the bushes.

The Sixth Prince, frightened, clung to Wang Xianfei. He didn’t understand how simply searching for a kite led to such a ruckus.

Father looked very displeased.

"Mother, I am scared," he whispered.

"Don’t be afraid," Wang Xianfei stroked his head and softly comforted him.

Thinking inwardly, fortunately, she had picked Shangguan Yun. With the Sixth Prince being so timid, he would ultimately be unfit for major responsibilities.

Of course, she did not dislike the Sixth Prince either, after all, she had no sons herself, and having a compliant Sixth Prince to raise would be a good thing.

Xiao Hen directly took the doll.

"Your Highness Changsun!" Liu Mama exclaimed in surprise.

The King also frowned, "Don’t touch such an ill-omened object."

"It’s no matter," Xiao Hen said nonchalantly.

"Huh?" Pretending to be careless, he turned the doll over, revealing a line of characters on the fabric at the back. He asked in confusion, "Grandfather, are these not your birthdate characters?"

The King had naturally seen them.

His face sank to the extreme, "Where was it found? Who discovered it?"

Liu Mama pointed to the grass surrounded by Wang Xianfei’s people not far away, respectfully saying, "It was found there! The Sixth Prince’s kite fell there. Zhang En by the Sixth Prince’s side and Li Xiaosheng from Guiyi Palace went together to find the kite. They discovered it together."

One was Wang Xianfei’s person, the other was Han Guifei’s person.

There was no possibility of the scene being manipulated by anyone.

The King coldly looked at Han Guifei, "Guifei, do you have anything to say?"

Han Guifei, who had her foot stomped on by Xiaojingkong a few days ago and had yet to recover, limped to the King, knelt to pay respects, and said, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! I had no knowledge, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Hen did not rush to speak.

Because he firmly believed in his royal grandfather’s ability to imagine twists and turns. His imaginations would surely be more brilliant than his own interventions.

The King looked at her with a frosty gaze, "You mean someone snuck into your Sleeping Palace and framed you with witchcraft?"

Han Guifei gritted her teeth and glanced at Wang Xianfei, "It must be!"

Wang Xianfei raised her hand to protect the frightened Sixth Prince who was trying to snuggle into her arms, calmly saying, "Guifei, why are you looking at me and the Sixth Prince? Do you think it was me framing you?"

Han Guifei coldly responded, "How coincidental! The Sixth Prince’s kite flew to my palace! Even more coincidental, the Sixth Prince’s kite broke in my garden!"

Wang Xianfei’s attitude was exceptionally good, showing no signs of guilt on her face, "Everyone knows your Guiyi Palace is heavily guarded. Even if I had the intention, I wouldn’t have the capability! Guifei, I advise you to confess promptly. There are so many people in your palace, they can’t all be unyielding. Eventually, someone will be questioned. Rather than suffering in the Sky Prison, it would be better to confess willingly. His Majesty might show leniency and be more lenient in the punishment."

As she spoke, the King’s gaze unintentionally swept over, catching sight of a trembling figure hidden among the people. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

The King raised his hand and pointed, "Bring him to me!"

The Duwei Prefecture guards strode forward and pulled out the eunuch.

The eunuch knelt on the ground, trembling violently.

His guilty and trembling appearance made it hard for anyone to believe that he wasn’t hiding something.

"Confess truthfully!" the monarch roared.

"It... it... it was this servant who buried it..." he stuttered, "it... it was the Noble Consort... she used this servant’s family... as leverage... this servant... this servant dared not disobey..."

Consort Han’s face changed dramatically as she knelt on the ground, straightened her back, and pointed at the eunuch with the hand holding her handkerchief: "Feng Yousheng! I have not treated you poorly! Why are you slandering me!"

The eunuch called Feng Yousheng kowtowed desperately at her, crying, "Noble Consort... please spare my family... I beg you... I am willing to die to apologize! Just please forgive my family!"

With that said, not waiting for Consort Han to respond, he suddenly stood up and dashed his head against a rock garden, dying instantly.

He had to die, otherwise, under torture in the Sky Prison, he would inevitably reveal Consort Wang.

Consort Wang said with undisguised disappointment, "Consort, you have been with His Majesty for so many years, how could you resent him just because he deposed the Crown Prince, and use witchcraft to harm His Majesty? Consort, your heart is too cruel!"

Xiao Hen: Everyone in the imperial harem can act.

Come to think of it, out of so many little people, only Consort Wang’s plan succeeded?

He wasn’t surprised by the lack of exposed schemes, he was just purely curious.

Who knew, just as the thought crossed his mind, he saw a little dog, reared by Consort Han, carrying a little person in its mouth.

Consort Han had only kept the dog for a few days before handing it over to a servant due to dislike.

Unexpectedly, when they met again, it would be such a fatal scene.

Consort Wang frowned.

What was happening?

Why was there another little person?

Didn’t I give Feng Yousheng only one little person?

——This little person was the work of Consort Dong.

Consort Dong’s expert had waited in the Imperial Palace for two days for the most opportune moment.

Burying one little person wasn’t enough— it had to be exposed.

Consort Wang chose to use the Sixth Prince while Consort Dong targeted Consort Han’s dog.

The little person was buried shallowly with a bone; the dog could easily dig it up with a few scrapes.

Consort Dong originally planned to visit Consort Han, hoping to "discover" the witchcraft on-site.

However, Consort Wang had already surrounded Consort Han’s sleeping palace with Duwei Prefecture’s people. When Consort Dong inquired, the palace maids said that Consort Han was practicing witchcraft in the palace, leading Consort Dong to believe that her little person had been discovered by Consort Wang and the Sixth Prince by sheer coincidence.

This was good news.

It saved her the effort of appearing.

This little person had Shangguan Yun’s birth date written on it.

The monarch’s face grew darker.

He clenched his fists tightly, trembling all over with anger: "Very well, Consort, very well! Someone! Search! I want to see how many filthy things are hidden in this witch’s palace!"

"Yes!"

The guards of Duwei Prefecture responded.

The guards found seven to eight little people in Consort Han’s sleeping palace in one go.

Why seven to eight—one of the little persons was only half.

Xiao Hen’s mouth twitched.

This was too much, Gu Jiaojiao, didn’t you agree not to add more scenes?

Gu Jiao: It was Xiaojiu, hmph!

Three days ago, Shangguan Yun found five concubines in total, among them, those who successfully planted little persons in Consort Han’s sleeping palace were Consort Wang, Consort Dong, and Feng Zhaoyi.

Consort Chen and Consort Yang both failed.

However, this did not stop the two from coming to watch the drama.

They arrived simultaneously with Consort Dong and Feng Zhaoyi.

Feng Zhaoyi saluted the three.

The three reciprocated politely.

After a set of lengthy and pretentious courtesies, the four headed to Consort Han’s little garden.

When they saw the seven and a half little people on the stone table, their expressions froze.

Feng Zhaoyi, Consort Dong, Consort Wang: I only planted one little person!

Consort Chen, Consort Yang: I clearly didn’t put it in!

The five were utterly dumbfounded.

Consort Han was also extremely confused.

Consort Wang, have you gone mad?

Was it necessary to frame me with this many little people?

And how on earth did you manage to put these in there!!!

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