Children of Loulan

Chapter 460: 7 Star Pavilion Seal

The king's face was as gloomy as water, and he tightly grasped the note in his hand, as if the note was his enemy. The handwriting on the note was concise and clear, but it revealed a chilling malicious intent - burning the prince's bedroom.

The king's eyes fell on the star mark below the note. Although the mark was small, it was extremely conspicuous. He frowned slightly and handed the note to Aishan who was standing beside him.

Aishan took the note and glanced at it quickly, then his face changed drastically. He immediately said to the king respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is the exclusive seal of the Seven Star Pavilion!"

The king's voice seemed to come from the Netherworld, cold and ruthless: "Investigate!"

Aishan did not dare to be negligent and quickly replied, "Yes!" He quickly stepped forward and carefully searched the two packages again. Sure enough, in the corner of one of the packages, he found an identical note with the Seven Star Pavilion's mark on it.

However, these two notes could not directly prove that there was a connection between the Seven Stars Pavilion and the Chengwang Mansion. The king's brows were still tightly furrowed. He thought for a moment, then ordered: "Go check their documents for leaving the palace and see who issued them!"

Although there is a rule in the palace that maids and eunuchs can obtain their freedom by applying for a document to leave the palace when they reach a certain age. However, the two people in front of them are obviously not old enough to leave the palace, so this document must have been secretly processed by someone behind the scenes.

At this moment, Ziya carefully took out a notebook from his pocket, and then respectfully presented it to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have checked it!"

After Aisan received the book, he also respectfully presented it to the king. This book was not simple, it recorded in detail the information of all the palace maids and eunuchs who left the palace, including their names, time of leaving the palace, reason for leaving the palace, and who handled the leaving palace procedures, etc.

The king opened the book and carefully checked each page. When he saw one of the pages, his face suddenly changed, because it was stamped with the seal of the Cheng Palace!

The king's eyes widened as he stared at the seal on the book that represented King Cheng, as if he wanted to see King Cheng himself through it. His anger was instantly ignited, and he threw the book away, shouting, "Come here! Search King Cheng's mansion for me, arrest everyone inside, and put them in the prison of the Ministry of Justice! I want to interrogate him in person to find out why he repeatedly tried to murder his brother's life!"

With the king's roar, the entire palace seemed to shake. Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word.

Keremu, who was still kneeling beside him, looked at the king's back as he left in anger, his eyes full of murderous intent. He knew very well that the reason why his father was so angry and confiscated the Cheng Palace was simply to protect Batur. Thinking of this, Keremu's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a cold smile, and then coldly said to the guards around him: "Take these two people away and sentence them to death by slicing!"

When the palace maid and the eunuch heard the words "death by slow slicing", they were struck by lightning, their bodies instantly lost their support, and they collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud. Their faces turned pale as paper, their lips trembled, but they could not make a sound, and they had no idea how to beg for mercy to save their lives. In this way, they were dragged away by the wolf-like guards like dead dogs, leaving behind fear and despair along the way.

At this tense moment, Xilin slowly woke up on the bed. She stretched and yawned like a kitten that just woke up. Then, she said in a lazy but slightly majestic voice: "Someone, change clothes!"

However, strangely, after she finished speaking, no maid came in to help her get up as usual. The room was unusually quiet, with only Aunt Kui standing quietly by the bed. Seeing this, Aunt Kui hurried forward and carefully dressed and washed Xilin, with gentle and meticulous movements.

When Aunt Kui was combing Xilin's hair, she suddenly said, "My queen, I heard from people downstairs this morning that there was a fire in the East Palace last night and the Crown Princess unfortunately passed away!"

When Xilin heard the news, her sleepy eyes suddenly became clear. She raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was not surprised by the news, and just responded lightly: "Oh, only the Crown Princess?"

Aunt Kui combed her long hair that looked like a waterfall and continued, "Yes, I heard that the king suddenly and secretly summoned the prince to the imperial study yesterday to discuss matters, so the prince was able to escape this disaster."

Xilin raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing an imperceptible smile, and said softly: "I can't believe that our Crown Prince is so blessed!" There was a hint of ridicule in her tone, but it seemed to hide some other emotions.

Aunt Kui agreed with her words: "Yes, the king went to the East Palace in person early this morning. I heard that it was found that it was King Cheng who set the fire. Now the king has ordered a search and seizure of King Cheng's mansion!"

Xilin looked disdainful and said frivolously: "Oh, really? It seems that the king is also very quick!"

Aunt Kui continued calmly: "Now Cheng Wang is considered useless!"

Xilin's face was uncertain: "It is indeed useless, but it is a pity that the crown prince has not been eliminated. It seems that I have to think of other ways to deal with this crown prince!"

Aunt Kui asked doubtfully, "Madam, do you want to...?"

Xilin narrowed her eyes slightly, with a faint smile on her lips, and said in a lazy and slightly sarcastic tone: "Doesn't the king have another son? Who knows if he will have evil thoughts about the supreme throne in the future?"

Aunt Kui naturally understood that Xilin was referring to the Fifth Prince, but she couldn't help but worry. After all, the Fifth Prince had been an unlearned and unskilled dandy all these years, idle all day long, and had no interest in the throne.

Not only that, Concubine Jing has been well protected by the king over the years, and the confidants around her are all arranged by the king himself, which can be said to be as solid as a rock. Although Xilin is dissatisfied with Concubine Jing and has made a move on her many times, she has failed.

Therefore, Aunt Kui knew very well that it would not be easy to sow discord between the Fifth Prince and the Crown Prince.

After hearing the news, Concubine Ru was extremely anxious. She didn't care about anything else and immediately rushed to the imperial study. When she saw the king, she fell to her knees and pleaded with the king with tears in her eyes: "Please understand! Our son has always been well-behaved and sensible. He would never do such a stupid thing! Moreover, how could he leave such obvious evidence of his crime? This is too risky. It is obvious that someone deliberately framed him!"

However, the king was furious. He stared at Concubine Ru and angrily said, "Although this is a risky matter, the chances of success are extremely high! Once it succeeds, the two arsonists can take advantage of the chaos to leave the palace, and your son can kill the witnesses and then burn the account book. In this way, who can find out that he is involved in this matter?"