Chapter 196: Investigation
Whether it is clear or turbid, you will only know after checking.
The one who is supposed to be the prince cannot escape, and Ye Shuo will not cover up for him. The one who is not supposed to be the prince cannot have everything good or bad thrown on him.
Ye Shuo has some roots in Liangzhou after all, so it shouldn’t be difficult for him to find out the specific situation of Xiang Hu and Ye Ling.
While Ye Shuo was lost in thought, Yao Zhi had already taken off his shirt.
The young man’s originally smooth and beautiful skin was now covered with blue-black scars, which looked extremely scary. The shoulder blade on his back had not yet healed fully, and now it was even more injured. It was almost swollen higher than a steamed bun. Yao Zhi felt a pang in her heart, and her eyes couldn’t help but feel hot.
She couldn’t imagine that this always cheerful and active young man would now have to endure this.
When her eyes met the tiredness on his face, Yao Zhi felt mixed emotions and it was quite complicated.
In Yao Zhi’s opinion, he should have lived happily forever. But his life was not as happy as he imagined.He basically hasn’t laughed since he left the Medicine Valley. This grand palace is not as comfortable as being in a remote valley. He lives in fear all day long. If Yao Zhi hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.
Fortunately, Yao Zhi still had some bruises and sprains medicine that she used when traveling around the world, and now she could use them for him.
When the ointment was applied to his body, Ye Shuo’s back muscles began to tremble violently and uncontrollably.
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It hurts so much!!!
Ye Shuo, who had lived a life of luxury and had basically never suffered any hardship in his two lifetimes, was sweating profusely on his forehead.
Only then did Yao Zhi realize that the young man in front of her seemed to be particularly afraid of pain and could not stand even the slightest pain. Even in this situation, he not only had to face the death of his brother, but also had to take care of his father who had lost his son in middle age, become the object of his father’s venting, and take care of the prince’s funeral.
Does he have pain in his heart that others don’t know about?
He tried hard not to shout out. After Yao Zhi applied the medicine to him, Ye Shuo rested for about an incense stick of time. After he had recovered a little, he quickly got up from the chair.
“What are you going to do?” The moment the words came out of her mouth, Yao Zhi realized that she seemed to be meddling too much.
I promised to draw a clear line with him, but I kept breaking my promise. When did I become the kind of person who doesn’t keep her word?
However, Ye Shuo’s attitude was very natural. He walked out with a grin and didn’t forget to explain to her: “I have to quickly notify someone to get ice.”
Although it is already autumn, the prince’s body cannot be exposed to the air for a long time, as it will easily breed a foul smell over time.
My cheap father is in that state now. He is angry and I can’t rely on him. I dare not mention the prince in front of him. What if my cheap father gets angry and yells that he wants to burn the prince?
As for the second prince and others… the prince is a time bomb now. There is no benefit in helping him. It may even implicate then. I guess no one wants to get involved.
Not to mention the people under my cheap father, they all follow orders. What if they fall down without orders?
After thinking about it, I can only lend a hand.
Upon hearing this, Yao Zhi couldn’t help but fall silent for a while, but when he walked out, she finally followed him.
When they returned to Qingfeng Courtyard, Ye Shuo gave an order. In addition, the emperor did not mention the use of fire after waking up, so the people in charge of guarding immediately notified everyone to go to the ice storage places in Shengzhou to get ice.
Then, before the prince was put into the coffin, Ye Shuo personally helped the prince change into new clothes from head to toe.
But despite this, the moment the coffin was closed, Ye Shuo still felt his heart tremble violently.
Just like his father in his previous life, after this separation, he will never see him again.
The voices, smiles and appearances of the dead are all lost in the dust of time.
Ye Shuo was obviously very tired, but after lying down, the prince’s every word and action flashed before his eyes uncontrollably.
“Please stay with me.” Yao Zhi turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly heard these words coming from behind her.
Yao Zhi thought about it, and finally moved a chair and sat at the head of his bed.
Ye Shuo tossed and turned due to fatigue in his heart and pain in his body. Yao Zhi couldn’t bear to see it anymore, so she decisively pressed a few acupoints on him. Ye Shuo felt relieved and gradually fell asleep.
It was two days later when Emperor Jingwen managed to escape from his frenzy.
Emperor Jingwen still had hatred in his heart, so it was naturally impossible for him to take the initiative to ask about the prince’s affairs after his death. However, deep in his heart, he did have other emotions.
Emperor Jingwen was stunned when he learned later that all matters had been taken care of by his youngest son.
Emperor Jingwen suddenly remembered the scene when he went crazy two days ago. As the person involved, Emperor Jingwen naturally knew how hard he had hit his son. According to his original expectation, his youngest son would probably be unable to get out of bed for several days, but he did not expect that he had not stopped for a moment in the past two days.
Emperor Jingwen had always hoped that his youngest son would grow up and become sensible, but he never expected that it would end up like this.
What’s more, even the prince’s clothes were changed by the youngest son himself.
Hearing this, Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but ask, “Didn’t the Second Prince and the others think of lending a hand?”
The secret guard paused, and Emperor Jingwen immediately understood something.
The prince has just lost his power, and these brothers are just standing by and watching. They are truly a bunch of heartless people!
Emperor Jingwen suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Emperor Jingwen was angry with the Second Prince and others, but that didn’t mean that Emperor Jingwen was not angry with Ye Shuo.
Emperor Jingwen is now in a very complicated mood. He refuses to admit that he still has feelings for the prince and hates that the prince abandoned him so easily, but he will not tolerate others humiliating the prince.
After experiencing the pain of losing his son, Emperor Jingwen’s temper became more and more strange. On the one hand, he felt comforted by his youngest son’s affection, but on the other hand, he felt that his youngest son had betrayed him, so he was very angry.
You know, although the prince is no longer with us, the suspicion of treason has not yet been cleared from him.
It was just a coincidence that Ye Shuo came at the wrong time and happened to run into the muzzle of the gun.
Upon seeing his figure, Emperor Jingwen immediately lost his temper, and even his eyes became fierce. “Since you care so much about your third brother, and you want to bury him in your own tomb, why don’t you go and keep him company?”
Ever since the death of the crown prince, my stepfather’s temper has become more extreme.
His stepfather wouldn’t sentence him to death outright. If he was just going to guard the mausoleum, Ye Shuo wasn’t too worried. It didn’t matter where he stayed.
Hearing this, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but sigh: “Dad, don’t say these angry words. Even if I hear them too much, I will take them seriously.”
Ye Shuo can now understand his stepfather’s feelings at the moment, but some things would hurt feelings if said too much.
Seeing that he had the courage to threaten him, Emperor Jingwen immediately became angry, and his eyes became even more vicious.
However, before Emperor Jingwen could speak, Ye Shuo opened the food box in his hand and placed the food on the table one by one. Ye Shuo said, “You haven’t eaten properly for two days. If you continue like this, you will be hurt. These are all cooked by me. They are all appetizing and easy to digest. Dad, please consider it as a favor and use some of them.”
Seeing that he was still ignoring his anger, Emperor Jingwen was just about to overturn the table and the dishes together, but he slowly raised his head after he finished speaking.
“Dad, I feel so tired these past few days…”
Ye Shuo’s tired voice was not fake. After such a busy schedule, he was almost exhausted.
Emperor Jingwen then noticed the dark circles under his eyes and the visible haggardness, and he could no longer lower his raised hand.
Ye Shuo moved a stool for him.
Emperor Jingwen looked at him for a long time with a serious look.
Ye Shuo seemed completely unaware. He tested the food in front of him for poison one by one before carefully placing the bowl and chopsticks in front of Emperor Jingwen.
“Please, Father, please open your mouth and have some food.”
As a son, he could do this, so even the current Emperor Jingwen could not find any fault with him.
Emperor Jingwen finally sat down.
During the entire lunch time, neither the father nor the son spoke. Although they didn’t speak, the atmosphere was much better than before.
Perhaps he finally realized how sad his youngest son was, and Emperor Jingwen stopped venting his anger on him or finding fault with him. However, his appetite was still poor. He barely ate half a bowl of porridge and took two chopsticks of the refreshing side dishes, and then he couldn’t eat any more.
“That’s fine…” It’s better than not eating anything.
Hearing his youngest son mumbling there, Emperor Jingwen remained silent and did not say anything.
It was not until Ye Shuo was carrying his lunch box and preparing to leave that he suddenly said, “I’ll ask Han Ji to come find you later.”
Han Ji is the commander-in-chief who was just promoted by his stepfather.
What did his cheap father mean by saying this for no reason? What could Han Ji do by coming to him?
After thinking about it for a while, Ye Shuo realized that his cheap father couldn’t save face and saw that he was too tired to directly ask for help, so he beat around the bush and did this.
Ye Shuo added casually: “Okay, I’ll come over in the evening. Cold cabbage and chicken leg pine mushroom porridge, right? This son remembers it.”
The cold cabbage and chicken leg and matsutake porridge were the only two things that Emperor Jingwen had picked up his chopsticks just now.
Before Emperor Jingwen could open his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just moved his lips but didn’t say anything.
Ye Shuo was already used to this and didn’t care and left soon.
Ye Shuo did not hide anything when he investigated the assassination later. He wanted to investigate the prince’s affairs, but he could not hide it from his adoptive father no matter what, not to mention there was no need to do so.
Seeing this, Yao Zhi at the side couldn’t help but say: “Maybe I can help with this matter.”
Yao Zhi has been in the underworld for so long, so naturally she has two or three close friends. It would be no problem for her to help him get some information.
However, in the eyes of Emperor Jingwen, the actions of the two people were no different from playing house. What could they find out with the help of those people?
Emperor Jingwen thought about it and finally summoned Wu Yi.
The reason why the prince was deposed was not because of the regicide, but because the locust plague was exposed later, forcing Emperor Jingwen to give an explanation to the people of the world.
The crown prince had already been deposed, the matter was a foregone conclusion and could no longer be reversed. There was no need to pursue the issue of whether it was regicide or not, and Emperor Jingwen was also afraid of getting a bad answer.
Now that the prince is dead, the situation is completely different.
If the assassination was really done by the prince, then it would be fine. But if it wasn’t done by the prince…
Suddenly, Emperor Jingwen slowly closed his eyes.