roccoschili Chapter 236 It’s hard to sleep
Chapter 236 It’s hard to sleep
Dingbei Palace was obviously not a suitable place to ask.
Li Chengye suppressed his doubts and left with the guards.
Similarly, Li Ce did not summon Hongying and Hua Nei Shi for questioning.
He gave a direct order, asking the guards to bring the two men back to the palace.
Also returning together were Princess Ding and her servants.
Princess Ding did not dare to disobey and allowed the guards to "escort" her as she walked out of the Dingbei Palace and got on the carriage.
As for Jiang Wanyue, she naturally rode with Li Ce.
Speechless all the way.
Li Ce didn't ask, and Jiang Wanyue didn't take the initiative to explain.
At this point, the more you explain, the more trouble you'll get into.
Soon, everyone returned to the palace.
Princess Ding and her people were sent to a side hall to the west of Liangyi Palace and were strictly guarded by guards.
Li Ce had just arrived at Liangyi Hall and had not yet sat down when he issued his first order.
"The maids and eunuchs around the prince failed to protect their master and put the prince in danger. They were beaten to death."
Liang Gaosheng was a little confused, but he was smart and didn't ask any questions. He just took the order and left.
Then, Li Ce summoned the deputy commander of the imperial guards and asked him to lead 500 people to guard Prince Yong's Palace.
At the same time emphasize.
"Guard the gate and don't let anyone in or out."
After the deputy commander left, Li Ce tapped the table three times with his fingers.
A man walked out of the shadows and half-knelt in front of him.
"Call ten guards to keep an eye on Prince Dingbei's mansion. When Prince Dingbei leaves the capital tomorrow, kill all the servants in the mansion without mercy."
The inner guard nodded silently, stood up, retreated back into the shadows, and then disappeared.
After coming out of Dingbei Palace, Li Ce's brows have been furrowed.
Of course he would not doubt Jiang Wanyue.
No matter how daring a person is, he cannot have a secret meeting at someone else's wedding banquet.
Moreover, Jiang Wanyue has always treated the prince like her own son and it is impossible for her to give birth to another.
Li Ce was very sure of this.
As for the prince...
Li Ce looked out the window with a serious gaze, and his hand reached out to a secret compartment under the desk as if out of control.
In the small secret compartment, there was a stack of rolled-up silk sheets, each of which was covered with densely written words.
He took out one of the balls and saw familiar handwriting on it.
"Wanxia, the concubine of Prince Yong's mansion, was born a palace maid. The prince is very fond of her and has written several poems for her."
After this, there are the verses of poetry copied by the secret guard.
Li Ce's gaze was fixed on the last sentence.
"When the sun sets in the west, I think of the sunset glow. When I hear the crows calling, I see the bright moon."
But the word "晚" (late), which should have been "晚霞" (evening glow), was written as "婉" (wan).
Originally, Li Ce thought that the secret guard had copied it incorrectly.
After all, "晚" and "婉" are somewhat similar.
But at this moment, an idea popped up in his mind uncontrollably.
What if it wasn’t copied wrong?
Li Ce couldn't sleep that night.
The Prince Yong's Mansion was also unable to sleep.
It was only after the prince returned to the palace that he learned that the princess almost had a miscarriage.
He didn't bother to ask anyone what happened in Prince Dingbei's Palace, and rushed to see the Crown Princess as soon as possible.
The Crown Princess was lying on the bed, looking listless and her face seemed a little pale.
When she saw the prince, she hurriedly got out of bed to greet him.
The prince walked over quickly and held her down.
"You should take a good rest. Your health is important."
The princess bit her lip.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The prince said a few words to comfort him before starting to ask questions.
"What happened? Wasn't he fine when I left this morning?"
Before the Crown Princess could speak, the personal maid beside her could not help but start yelling.
"Isn't it Wan Chenghui? He relied on entering the palace earlier than the Crown Princess to speak rudely and offend our master."
"Feihong!"
The princess warned.
The maid named Feihong pursed her lips and said nothing, but her face still showed an expression of unconvinced.
The prince glanced at the maid, then looked at the princess.
"You are the Crown Princess, the mistress of this mansion. If anyone says or does something inappropriate, you will be punished directly."
The Crown Princess was a little nervous.
"Wan Chenghui was the first one to follow His Highness. His Highness only has two concubines, she and Chao Fengyi, and they usually serve His Highness attentively."
The prince didn't take it seriously.
"They are just two concubines."
The Crown Princess felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief before speaking.
"I have ordered Wan Chenghui to be confined to his house for a month as a minor punishment."
The prince was not interested in women, and he only had two maids who were given to him by the palace. However, they had never had official status, so she promoted them to concubines. After His Highness was crowned the prince, she decided to give them official status.
Of the two, the one called Wanxia was obviously more favored by the prince. It was said that the prince even wrote a few poems for her and taught her calligraphy. Before she entered the palace, she was considered to be favored, so her position was higher.
But the Crown Princess didn’t understand. Wanxia was usually quite well-behaved, so why did she speak so aggressively today?
The Crown Princess didn't know what was going on at the time. She just felt that after hearing Wanxia's words, blood rushed to her head, followed by a sharp pain in her lower abdomen.
She almost lost the baby.
She reached out and touched her lower abdomen, feeling a little scared.
Fortunately, I listened to my mother and invited a doctor in addition to the imperial physician, and stayed in the mansion the whole time, which saved the child.
Thinking of this, the Crown Princess pulled the Crown Prince's hand.
"Your Highness, I am in poor health now, and Wan Chenghui is under house arrest. You must be served by someone. I want Hongying to serve you. What do you think?"
"Hongying?"
"She is another maidservant of mine who came with me as a bride. She has been with me for five years. She has always been prudent in her work, gentle in nature, and good-looking. She has a beautiful handwriting, especially the small regular script with flower hairpins. I am ashamed of myself for not being able to write as well as she does!"
The Crown Princess thought that the Crown Prince liked to teach Wanxia how to write poems and calligraphy, so he must like women with literary talent. She herself was born in a military family, and although she had hired a teacher to teach her for several years, she did not have the talent. Among all the maids around her, Hongying was the most outstanding.
"By the way, I asked Hongying to go to Dingbei Palace to ask His Highness for instructions. Why didn't she come back?"
The Crown Princess suddenly remembered that she hadn’t seen Hongying yet!