coobybook Chapter 125 Confession
Chapter 125 Confession
Li Chengyu was the last one to come in.
She hadn't put on her clothes or combed her hair. She only put on a cloak and followed her nurse into the house with a confused look on her face.
When she saw the situation in the inner room, she was still a little overwhelmed.
Jiang Wanyue sighed, walked forward and touched the top of her head.
"Princess, please go and see the Crown Princess for the last time!"
Li Chengyu's body trembled, his pupils suddenly widened, and he looked at the ball covered by the white cloth, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
"mother……"
She stumbled over and subconsciously reached out her hand to lift the white cloth, but then she pulled her hand back and had to kneel down and cry with her brother.
Li Chengye burst into tears, but Li Chengyu just sobbed softly.
Jiang Wanyue glanced at the two children and walked to Li Ce.
"Your Highness, please have someone tidy up the Crown Princess's remains first! This appearance is frightening to the children."
Li Ce reacted and nodded.
"It's all up to you."
Jiang Wanyue turned around and told Xing'er, "Go and ask the palace maid to come and help the Crown Princess change her clothes."
Then, she walked over to Li Chengye and Li Chengyu, said a few words of comfort to them, and led them out first.
Zhu Yan followed.
"The Crown Princess passed away suddenly. Who should be responsible for the funeral?"
Zhu Yan was a little worried.
She didn't want to get involved in Lu Qingshuang's affairs after her death.
Jiang Wanyue didn't want to get involved, so she said.
"I think there are corresponding rules in the palace. My sister and I are only concubines. We have no right to manage the funeral of the Crown Princess."
The group arrived at the side hall and sat down.
Li Chengyu muttered to himself.
"How could there be a fire? How could there be a fire?"
Li Chengye kept frowning, and it seemed that he was thinking about the same question.
Xiuchun quietly returned to Jiang Wanyue and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Tui Er, dead."
Jiang Wanyue's eyelids twitched, and she turned to look at Xiuchun.
Xiuchun sighed.
"I found her in her bedroom. The room was filled with the smell of alcohol and there were several palace maids lying there. At first I thought she was drunk like the others, but when everyone else was awake she didn't respond. I went over to check and found she was already dead."
After that, she took out two pieces of paper.
One piece of paper was filled with crooked words, while the other piece of paper was blank.
Xiuchun opened the white paper and let Jiang Wanyue see the white foam in the creases and gaps.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this is the paper she used to hide the poison."
Jiang Wanyue pursed her lips and looked at another piece of paper.
There were only two short lines of words on the paper, but the content was shocking.
Confession.
Jiang Wanyue closed her eyes and let out a breath.
"Leave it to Your Highness!"
Xiuchun replied yes and walked out quickly.
There was no mention of Jiang Wanyue on the letter. Cui'er only said that her sister died because of the Crown Princess, and she was full of resentment, and everything she did was to avenge her sister.
She took all the blame on herself and was even worried that other palace maids would be punished, so she specifically asked for the palace maids in Cheng'en Palace to be drunk.
She obviously didn't have to do that.
According to the original plan, Lu Qingshuang could only last one or two months at most.
But Cui'er couldn't wait any longer.
Jiang Wanyue thought that perhaps, every time she saw Lu Qingshuang, Cui'er's hatred deepened, so she had been holding back and not taking action.
I have endured until now, it is already the limit.
Xiuchun sent the two pieces of paper to the main hall.
At this time, Dr. Zeng also arrived. He looked at the white paper and immediately found the residual medicine in the crease and checked it carefully.
"This is purified arsenic. It is extremely poisonous. Taking even a small amount can kill you."
Li Ce's eyes sharpened.
"Where did the Eastern Palace get such a poisonous substance? Someone, come! Check it for me!"
The men looked solemn and immediately took the order and left.
Li Ce rubbed his eyebrows and pointed towards the inner room.
"Please, Doctor Zeng, take a look and see if the Crown Princess died from this poison?"
Doctor Zeng nodded and walked into the inner room.
During this time, the palace maids had already changed the Crown Princess into clean clothes and wiped her body clean, but they had not had time to comb her hair.
Doctor Zeng called the palace maid to help, and after a thorough inspection, he came back to report to Li Ce.
"The Crown Princess showed no signs of poisoning. Although there were burn marks on her body, they were not fatal. I asked the palace maid about the Crown Princess's recent condition, and she must have died of shock."
"Didn't he die of poisoning?"
Li Ce was a little surprised and couldn't understand it.
Since the maid wanted to kill Lu Qingshuang to avenge her sister, and she had poison in her hand, why didn't she just poison her? Instead, she set fire to the place? Isn't this a waste of time?
Dr. Zeng gave his own guess.
"Perhaps the amount of poison was too small and not enough. Or perhaps the maid thought that poisoning the Crown Princess was too easy and wanted her to die in pain, fear and despair."
Li Ce didn't say anything.
No matter what, Lu Qingshuang is dead. On the surface, it seems to be an accident, and there can be an explanation to the outside world.
As for the internal situation...the culprit has committed suicide, so there is no need to explain.
The status of the Crown Princess is related to the reputation of the Eastern Palace, so it is impossible to let the coroner to perform an autopsy. Therefore, even if there is something fishy going on, it cannot be investigated further.
Li Ce took a deep breath, called Eunuch Wang, and asked him to take people to report the death.
Eunuch Wang was a shrewd man. He understood his master's intention and used two different excuses.
The first one is about the death of the Crown Princess.
The second set of stories says that the Crown Princess went mad and set fire to the palace herself.
As for the real reason, only a few people know it.
Li Ce didn't even tell the emperor.
When it was almost dawn, Prince Zhao, who was in charge of the funeral, and Princess Zhao rushed to the East Palace.
Soon, the mourning hall was built, white banners were hung inside and outside the East Palace, and Jiang Wanyue and the others also changed into plain clothes.
Several children, dressed in mourning, knelt in front of the mourning hall and cried bitterly.
When the mistress dies, the only ones who really need to mourn are the children.
The Crown Prince didn't need to do that, and even concubines like Jiang Wanyue didn't need to observe mourning. Of course, they still had to pay attention to their clothes and diet, but as long as they weren't famous, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Therefore, for women, the only thing that is closely related to them is their children.
Of course, if the queen dies, that would be another matter.
Jiang Wanyue was thinking randomly.
As the Crown Princess, the funeral ceremony was much grander than that of an ordinary official family. However, with the assistance of Prince Zhao and his wife, Jiang Wanyue and the others did not have to worry about it.
After the wake was over, Lu Qingshuang's coffin was carried out of the palace and headed to the imperial mausoleum.
Li Ce's imperial mausoleum had not yet been built, so Lu Qingshuang could not be buried there, but there was a special place in the imperial mausoleum for storing coffins.
Everything was arranged properly and there was no mistake.
Spring is gradually coming and the green is getting thicker.
Finally, Donggong took down the white banners and white lanterns.
At this time, Aunt Sun also returned to Beijing.
After Jiang Wanyue received the news, she immediately sent someone to invite him.
After several months, Aunt Sun set foot in the Eastern Palace and was shocked by its plainness and coldness. She kept muttering to herself, and the first thing she said after seeing Jiang Wanyue was.
"Why is the East Palace so deserted?"