What Bad Intentions can the Yandere Crown Prince have?-Chapter 99: Turning the Tables

Today’s greatest surprise was that the Crown Prince also went to Le You Garden.

When the Crown Prince travels, there must be experts secretly following him.

Today’s situation at Le You Garden was clearer to the bystanders than to those involved.

The experts protecting the Crown Prince were hidden in the dark, making it easier for them to spot any unusual movements in the crowd, thus they saved Ah Yuan and captured the mole hidden in the crowd.

However, surprises are indeed better the more there are.

Tang Ziqian maintained his bowing posture and respectfully asked, "Does Your Highness have any personnel in Wannian County?"

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Didn’t Second Miss Tang already entrust Xue Shaoqin?"

Tang Ziqian raised his eyes in surprise, "Even Your Highness knows?" They were talking inside the room, so logically, the Crown Prince shouldn’t have heard it.

Li Mu nodded, "The ’Ling Xian’ was torn by me."

Tang Ziqian was speechless for a moment.

Xue Shaoqin’s ’Ling Xian’ was kept in his room, and he already pictured his little sister leading the Crown Prince to break into an empty house.

This Crown Prince was far too different from how he imagined.

What about the sworn blood feud, the enduring humiliation with a heavy burden?

Tang Ziqian shook his head and said, "A few days ago, I went to Wannian County for a look. Zheng Mei controls the small Wannian County Office as tightly as a drum. Although Xue Shaoqin is named County Magistrate, he is soft-natured and has no capable people under him. He might even have to personally watch over the corpse——"

...

Outside the mortuary behind the Wannian County Office, Xue Shaoqin was sitting on the steps in front of the door, exchanging glances with his attendant.

"Why does the master have to personally do this hard work?" The attendant asked, puzzled.

"You don’t understand," Xue Shaoqin touched the fragment of ’Ling Xian’ stuck to his chest and sighed, "The matter is of great importance, I don’t trust others," and sighed again, "If only Ah He were still here..."

"Did you go around looking for me just to have me examine corpses for you?"

Xue Shaoqin jumped up: "Ah He!"

He was looking up to find the person, but was patted on the shoulder from behind. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Turning around, he saw his long-missed friend standing in front of him, smiling with charm, dressed in a green short coat, looking untamed and unrestrained.

"Why, why have you returned?" Xue Shaoqin was so happy he didn’t know what to say.

"I heard you were looking for me, so I came back to take a look," Yao He glanced at the mortuary behind him, "What? Have you been demoted to guard the mortuary?"

"No, no——" Xue Shaoqin waved his hand, briefly explained today’s matter, and sighed, "Second Miss Tang said if the body were taken away, I would never see my book again!"

Yao He thoughtfully stared at the door of the mortuary and asked, "Does anyone want to take this body?"

"I don’t think so?" Xue Shaoqin thought for a while, "County Magistrate Zheng even ordered strict guarding, I said I would watch it personally, and he didn’t say anything."

Yao He smiled intriguingly, rolled up his sleeves, and walked inside, "Let me take a look at this body——"

...

Yao He’s grandfather had been a minor official in charge of criminal cases in Wannian County. He had been exposed to it since he was a child and knew a bit of everything.

Conducting an autopsy was no challenge at all.

As soon as he lifted the cloth covering the corpse, a smell of alcohol rushed out.

Yao He frowned slightly, then laughed, "The person has been dead for several hours, yet the alcohol odor is so strong, it must have spilled on the clothes!"

Xue Shaoqin didn’t understand this, and said, "The person was kicked to death by Tang Ziqian in front of everyone, many people saw it. What does Second Miss Tang want me to do with this corpse?"

While examining the body, Yao He laughed, "Second Miss Tang is indeed eccentric, to think of this at such a young age!"

"Think of what?" Xue Shaoqin asked, not understanding.

"In front of everyone, it’s not certain that the person was killed by Tang Ziqian’s kick."

Xue Shaoqin was stunned and asked further, "Then how did he die?"

Yao He stood upright, holding a three-inch long silver needle in his hand. The tip was about three parts darkened in blue and black.

"Poison, poison, poison..." Xue Shaoqin was so scared he could hardly speak.

Yao He took out a cloth, wiped the needle tip clean, carefully folded the cloth, and put it away, saying, "Such an obvious poison, any forensic doctor could find it," paused, "Just don’t know who has the courage and ability to report it."

Xue Shaoqin was confused: "What do you mean? Can’t say the deceased was poisoned?"

Yao He didn’t answer but asked, "I heard Tang Ziqian was just promoted to Left Guard Middle General because of his military merits?"

Xue Shaoqin nodded.

"A full Fourth Rank!" Yao He clicked his tongue, "This beggar obviously is a frame-up, someone trying to bring down Tang Ziqian," he said while covering the corpse, "When the gods above fight, don’t get involved as a small County Magistrate——"

...

"——Xue Shaoqin may not dare get involved in this matter, even if he discovers something, he wouldn’t have the guts to report over Zheng Mei." Tang Ziqian said.

"To reach the emperor, why rely on Xue Shaoqin alone?"

Tang Ziqian exchanged glances for a moment, then smiled, "What if no one goes to the Imperial Court to accuse me? Should I accuse myself?"

Li Mu shook his head, "Someone must accuse you."

In broad daylight, for a murder, someone must accuse; that’s normal.

If it’s suppressed silently, isn’t it like covering the sky with one hand?

"In that case..." Tang Ziqian thought and then smiled, "Why not reverse the roles?"

...

On the twentieth of the first month, the Imperial Censor presented a memorial, impeaching Tang Ziqian, the Left Guard Middle General, for lawlessness and reckless killing.

The emperor was furious and immediately summoned Tang Ziqian to the palace to face the emperor.

...

"It’s just a beggar who died, what’s the big deal?" Although Miss Tang was anxious enough to pace around the room, she wouldn’t back down verbally, "Besides, Brother accidentally killed the beggar to vent anger for me!"

Tang Xiaobai bowed his head, pinching his fingers, and said, "Brother won’t say that, right?"

"Won’t say what?" Tang Jiaojiao’s gaze was sharp as electricity.

Tang Xiaobai looked up at her, "Brother should not mention Sister, he would only say——" thought for a moment, "perhaps he will say that beggar wanted to assassinate him?"

...

"...that beggar suddenly rushed out from the forest, and I thought he was coming to assassinate me again——" suddenly paused, "Your Majesty! Could it be that beggar was really coming to assassinate me?"

"General Tang killed the man with one kick, how does such skill attempt assassination on General Tang?" The Imperial Censor sneered.

"True." Tang Ziqian nodded in agreement.

The Imperial Censor coldly said, "If thought to be an assassin, shouldn’t you have kept him alive?"

Tang Ziqian displayed surprise: "Of course! I just hit too hard, but didn’t kill with intent, who knew he was so fragile?"

The Imperial Censor angrily said, "Not everyone can withstand the heavy hand of General Tang!"

Tang Ziqian laughed, "How would I know if he could withstand it or not?"

The Imperial Censor was even more infuriated, bowing to the emperor, shouting, "Your Majesty, human life is serious, how can there be room for quibbling? I request harsh punishment for the perpetrator!"

"Perpetrator?" Tang Ziqian laughed slightly and also bowed deeply to the emperor, "Your Majesty, human life is serious, I request thorough investigation of the perpetrator!"

"Oh?" The emperor finally spoke, "What do you mean, Ziqian?"

Tang Ziqian laughed, "Your Majesty, seeing is not always believing, to blame me for murder requires proof——"

"At the very least, perform an autopsy, no?"