After a house full of cannon fodder read my voice, the whole family went crazy.

"what!"

"No!"

The emperor and queen almost exclaimed at the same time.

All the officials and family members were also stunned by this shocking change. They looked at each other and knew that this matter could not go well.

Under the guidance of the chamberlain, the group hurried towards the place where the prince's accident happened.

The scene over there has been sealed off by the Habayashi Guards.

The prince was lying on his back, his eyes were bulging, and his orifices were bleeding.

There was even a big hole in his chest, blood was flowing all over the floor, and the scene was horrific.

"My son!"

The queen screamed and fainted on the spot.

The emperor's face turned livid, his thick eyebrows furrowed tightly, and his eyes were fixed on the prince's body.

"According to my instructions, all officials and their families should stay in the palace. No one is allowed to leave the palace without any excuse! This matter is of great importance. No one is allowed to leak even a few words. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

With this oral instruction, all officials and family members were trapped and locked in the palace regardless of their status or rank.

The chief chamberlain suddenly came closer and said softly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, someone has seen Qiao Jingyang, the fourth young master of the Qiao family, leaving here in a hurry before, with a panicked expression and confused words and deeds. Now he has been captured on the spot by the Yulin Guards. .

But he said nothing about what happened, neither defending nor confessing. Now the person has been detained outside, waiting for His Majesty's fate. "

"Qiao Jingyang? He is actually inseparable from the murder of the prince?"

The emperor's eyes turned cold, and he immediately ordered that all the people from the Qiao family who entered the palace be transferred to another palace for custody.

The Qiao family members who stayed outside the palace were sealed in the Qiao Mansion and no one was allowed to come in contact with them.

At this time, the Qiao family who were still waiting in the Chengfang Palace did not know that such a huge disaster had happened, and were still secretly speculating on the cause of the prince's death.

At this time, they all looked at Qiao Wanshu intentionally or unintentionally, as if they wanted to get some news from her.

But Qiao Wanshu was also confused now and completely out of touch with the situation.

【What's happening here? How could the prince die now? 】

[His life is indeed short, but he doesn’t deserve to die before the emperor! I remember that this was all after the emperor died suddenly, and it was an unsolved case at that time, and the murderer was not found. 】

[What happened to cause someone who still has a few years to live to die now? 】

Hearing Qiao Wanshu's voice, the Qiao family members also felt cold.

If she didn't even know how the prince died, then if the murderer deliberately framed him, the Qiao family might have to take the blame again.

Although they haven't heard the emperor's arrangements yet, they intuitively smell the crisis.

Because the matter was so important, even though all the officials and family members were gathered together, no one dared to talk about it.

They all still understand this principle.

Soon, the chief chamberlain came to convey the order.

The officials and their families were brought to various palaces for temporary accommodation.

As the head of a hundred officials, the Qiao family was assigned to a small palace alone.

Although this arrangement seemed reasonable, Qiao Zhongtian and Chen looked at each other and saw surprise and anxiety in each other's eyes.

Things seem to be far from simple as they seem.

[Where is fourth brother? Where did fourth brother go? 】

Qiao Wanshu looked around and suddenly found that Qiao Jingyang, who was supposed to be with everyone, was missing.

She exclaimed in her heart, which also attracted the attention of other Qiao family members.

They also discovered that Qiao Jingyang was missing.

But looking at the attitude of the head chamberlain, it seemed that he didn't even know that Qiao Jingyang had been here or that he was missing.

The more this attitude is, the more it means there must be a monster when something goes wrong.

Everyone's hearts "thumped" and sank deeply.

After being imprisoned in the small palace, Chen was about to talk to Qiao Zhongtian, but was stopped by General Chen raising his hand.

He pointed to the roof outside the palace gate and shook his head.

Everyone can understand that this is saying "walls have ears."

It was not until a long time later that General Chen nodded and said: "The person listening has left, but you still can't speak too loudly, and you have to be extra careful with everything you say."

"Dad, who could have done this?"

Chen couldn't help but ask.

She really couldn't think of anyone who would dare to assassinate the current prince in the palace under such circumstances.

"The prince's current status is unstable and he is not favored by the emperor. Everyone can see this. The queen also worked hard to stabilize the prince's status.

In this case, assassinating the prince is far less safe and effective than waiting for him to slowly fall out of favor. If you weren't too eager to get that position, or had a deep hatred, you wouldn't have made such a move. "

Mr. Chen analyzed slowly.

"If you look at the people who can benefit the most after the assassination of the prince, it is naturally the other princes. But either their mother clan is not powerful enough, or they simply do not have the courage.

One of the most likely reasons now is that they came to our Qiao family. After all, Jing Yang suddenly disappeared and we were supervised alone. This signal couldn't be more obvious. "

Qiao Zhongtian also nodded and said: "Yes, this may be Liu Zhan's trick. Last time he used Fang Yan'er's mouth to frame Jing Yang for assassinating the prince. It's not unusual to do it again this time.

And it doesn’t matter whether Jing Yang assassinated the prince or not. What’s important is...whether your majesty wants to pursue the case..."

As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent.

Everyone knows that the emperor has wanted to catch the Qiao family's pigtails for a long time.

This time, it was almost like delivering the handle to the emperor himself.

Qiao Wanshu's precognitive ability has also failed for some reason. Now they seem to have no better solution besides waiting quietly.

The only good news is that Qiao Jinyue stayed outside the palace to accompany Wu Qingyun.

Next, it depends on how the emperor plans to deal with this matter.

While the Qiao family was feeling uneasy and speculating on the mighty will of God, the queen's palace was full of gloom and mist.

The queen had regained consciousness, but she cried so hard that she fainted and regained consciousness several times.

She struggled on the bed, crying and begging the emperor to find out the truth and give the prince justice.

The emperor was about to speak when he saw the Ninth Prince walking in with a bowl of soup.

"Mother, when you wake up, please drink this bowl of soothing medicine first. Please express your condolences and accept the change. Don't let the imperial brother be under the influence of Jiuquan and still worry about your safety. It will be difficult for the hero's soul."

He was not in the palace originally, but went to get medicine for the queen.

As a result, when he came back, the queen saw him and immediately waved his hands and feet, struggling desperately and threw himself off the bed.

He roared crazily at the Ninth Prince.

"Little beast, it's you! It's you, isn't it?

You have wanted to harm my prince for a long time, and finally you got the chance today. You are the real culprit behind the scenes, right? "