The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 392: The Candy Clutched in His Hand Scattered Everywhere
But the Crown Prince’s will was firm, even when struck by the poisoned short arrow, he did not fall immediately. Instead, he persevered through the discomfort and found several letters in the secret compartment. After a simple selection and filtering, he hid the two most significant ones on his person.
When Ye Ying followed the scent of blood to find him, the Crown Prince’s lips were already purple, and his face was pale.
It was clear that this poison was extremely potent.
He looked at the arrow in the Crown Prince’s chest, right at the heart, and frowned, saying, "Your Highness, you..."
This arrow wound, fatal indeed!
Ye Ying only needed a glance to basically assess the Crown Prince’s injury.
In an instant, a cold sweat appeared densely on his back, and his hand pointing at the arrow wound on the Crown Prince’s chest trembled slightly. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
He did not know how Jun Ning would react upon knowing the Crown Prince’s condition, and at the same time, he feared Jun Ning finding out. He feared even more that Jun Ning would be heartbroken.
Yet the Crown Prince forced a breath and said, "I’m fine."
After thinking for a moment, the Crown Prince again took out the letters he had hidden on himself and handed them to Ye Ying, "These items, after you get out, you must hand them to Ah Ning, she will know what to do."
"Alright." After hiding the letters well, Ye Ying said unquestionably, "I will take you out together."
The Crown Prince smiled bitterly, suddenly recalling the crack in the Jade Ring, he said, "... I’m afraid my fate is already sealed!"
"Don’t say that, I will definitely take you out, you... will be fine..."
Ye Ying tried hard to comfort the Crown Prince, but these comforting words were indeed somewhat self-deceptive, even he himself didn’t quite believe them, and he spoke with very little confidence.
The Crown Prince was a smart man, how could he not hear it? But he didn’t refute, and after hesitating for a moment, said, "...alright."
Ye Ying quietly brought the Crown Prince out of the study room, but as soon as they stepped out, they were surrounded by armor-clad soldiers with long spears, lying in ambush around them.
The items hidden in the secret compartment of the Eldest Prince’s study were extraordinary, and since the Eldest Prince set a poisoned short arrow in the secret compartment, he would also have people lying in ambush around.
As long as the mechanism of the secret compartment was triggered and the arrow was fired, it would alert the people the Eldest Prince had arranged to protect the study room long ago.
Now, the Crown Prince and Ye Ying were surrounded on all sides.
As for Jun Ning, who was originally guarding the door, she had already been discovered and tied up by the Eldest Prince.
Seeing the situation, the Crown Prince decisively said, "Ye Ying, you must take the items and leave immediately, I will cover you."
Ye Ying naturally also understood how important the items hidden on him were, and how much he wanted to save Jun Ning and the Crown Prince and take them away together.
But obviously, if he chose to save them, he would be hindered, unable to leave even if he wanted to, and the hard-won evidence would also return to the hands of the Eldest Prince.
The best choice for him now was to take the evidence and leave first.
As for the Crown Prince and Jun Ning, as the Crown Prince said, he was already at the end of his fate. Being hit by the short arrow in the heart, he wouldn’t last long. And Jun Ning, as Emperor Yongning’s most beloved little daughter, even if the Eldest Prince captured her, she wouldn’t be in danger for the time being.
Thinking of this, Ye Ying no longer hesitated, dodging the barrage of arrows alone, he flew away.
Watching his departing figure, Jun Ning and the Crown Prince both smiled.
The Crown Prince smiled because the evidence was taken out, and one day, the Eldest Prince’s evil deeds would be brought to light.
Jun Ning smiled because Ye Ying would not have left her easily if he didn’t carry some important evidence. To protect it, he left first.
They had planned for many days and finally got the evidence, it wasn’t in vain.
The Eldest Prince looked at the two smiling, "At this time, what are you laughing at?"
"Nothing," the Crown Prince and Jun Ning said in unison.
The Eldest Prince: "......"
"You two, disguised yourselves to come to my study, what are you intending?" The Eldest Prince looked at the Crown Prince and Jun Ning with a gloomy gaze, "You were trying to find something in my study."
Although the Eldest Prince knew clearly what they were looking for, he still asked.
His intentions were very clear.
If the evidence hidden on Ye Ying cannot be made known to the world, then Jun Ning and the Crown Prince might be misunderstood as assassins sneaking into the Prince Mansion, intending to assassinate the Eldest Prince.
Jun Ning knew explanations were useless, so she simply didn’t bother to explain.
"Crown Prince brother..." Jun Ning suddenly saw the short arrow in the Crown Prince’s chest, and her eyes widened as she cried out, "No..."
"Crown Prince brother, you weren’t hit in the heart, and you weren’t hit by a poisoned arrow, it can’t be..." Jun Ning was already in tears, unable to accept that the Crown Prince had suffered such a fatal injury, and dare not imagine the pain of losing the Crown Prince brother.
The Crown Prince forced himself to endure the excruciating pain in his chest, and comforted, "Ah Ning, don’t be sad, people inevitably die..."
Before he finished speaking, the Crown Prince vomited a mouthful of black blood and then fainted, unable to hold on. Seeing this, Jun Ning couldn’t bear it, struggled away from the two guards pressing on her shoulders, and hurriedly ran to the Crown Prince’s side.
"Brother..."
In those few steps to the Crown Prince’s side, Jun Ning didn’t run over, she accidentally fell, and being tied with ropes, she couldn’t get up immediately after falling.
She was like a pupa, inch by inch, struggling to crawl to the Crown Prince’s side.
"Ah... Ah Ning..."
The Crown Prince found it difficult to even call Jun Ning’s name, and he looked at her desperately approaching with a heartache.
Jun Ning anxiously grasped the Crown Prince’s hand, shaking her head, said, "Brother, you must hold on, sister-in-law, Jing Shu, Song Er, they are all waiting for you to come home..."
The Crown Prince’s lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but he could no longer speak. His hand could still move, he moved what he was holding in his hand towards Jun Ning.
But just as his hand touched her arm, he breathed his last, and his raised hand fell heavily...
The candies he was clutching scattered on the ground.
"Brother..."
Jun Ning let out a heart-wrenching scream, but there was no response anymore.
Scenes from the day she met the Crown Prince suddenly flashed through her mind, the quarrels, the good times, their mutual support, their reliance on each other, and their mutual trust...
From now on, she would no longer have such a brother who loved her dearly, trusted her unconditionally, and believed she was smart even if she hadn’t attended school, rather than being uneducated.
Unable to accept it, she screamed, "Ah..." and then began to cry. Her face twisted in agony, losing all semblance of the once dignified and precious little princess.
In contrast, the Eldest Prince standing not far away was expressionless, and not only that, upon the Crown Prince’s death, he burst into loud laughter as if he was extremely delighted.
