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Chapter 493: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (243)

Chapter 493: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Forty-three)

The king was useless, so Wu Ximeng went to the Empress Dowager to make trouble. As the head of the Wu clan, the Empress Dowager was supposed to protect the people of the Wu clan, so she begged her to investigate the death of the Fourth Prince.

Unfortunately, death is like the extinguishing of a light. The old concubine only comforted her and did not intend to delve into the matter. Moreover, this matter involved a maid in the concubine's palace. What role did the deceased maid play in the past?

Under the orders of the Fourth Prince, monitor the actions of the Concubine Dowager?

For an old patriarch who has come through many hardships, it is always a taboo for the younger generation to collude with servants.

Wu Ximeng left the Dowager's Palace unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, has the old concubine agreed?" Wu Ximeng sneered, "She has no intention of helping at all. She even blames my son for secretly bribing her people. Oh, that's true. Now the prince of the Wu clan is the one in the East Palace. What can we do if we find out? We can't let him pay with his life."

Her confidant said disappointedly, "The Witch Clan's non-interference in the Fourth Prince's affairs signifies their acquiescence in not pursuing the culprit. Then, Madam, what should we do? Are we just going to let it go? How could a palace maid be so capable of harming the Fourth Prince? It's obvious that it was done by those two heartless people."

Wu Ximeng gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with anger and pain, and said word by word, "How is this possible! I would rather die together with you!"

"Your Majesty, please remain calm. We will take a long-term approach and will definitely avenge the Fourth Prince."

Wu Ximeng took a deep breath and told herself to stay calm.

On the way back to the palace, passing Noble Concubine Wen's residence, Wu Ximeng began to resent this woman. Despite the pressure from both her and the Empress, she had somehow managed to rise to the rank of Noble Concubine thanks to a daughter. Sometimes Wu Ximeng wondered, who did the Emperor truly love? Her or Noble Concubine Wen? Was the current three-way balance of power in the harem a deliberate attempt by the Emperor?

She thought of the escaped Li Dandan and Prince Lounan, and felt that Concubine Wen must have assisted them, otherwise how could her people not have noticed that Prince Lounan's mansion was empty?

Back in her palace, Wu Ximeng's confidants also discussed Concubine Wen, Prince Lounan, and others. The palace even had underground tunnels, clearly indicating a long-standing plot. Prince Lounan was not one to keep to himself.

However, both the master and the servant understood that as long as Prince Lounan did not rebel, Concubine Wen, his mother-in-law, would be safe. Even if Prince Lounan did rebel, Concubine Wen, an important hostage, would be held captive.

"My Lady, I feel that the King has no intention of passing the throne to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is now ambitious, and the King may not compromise. A fight between father and son may be beneficial to us."

Wu Ximeng smiled, a rare smile, and said, "Yes, if my son is so eager to kill his brother, there's no guarantee he won't kill his father in the future. As long as he refuses to let go, he'll worry about whether his son will seize his throne." She paused for a moment and said, "I should lie low, for a year, two years, or even ten years..."

Wu Ximeng seemed to be lost in thought and stopped talking.

When a murder occurred in the royal family of Ji State, there were actually hidden dangers in the Wu clan's territory.

In pursuit of power and immortality, the witch clan secretly activated several forbidden techniques, some of which required a large number of lives. If they did not capture their clan members, they would naturally harm the people.

There are also many beggar children who were captured by the witch tribe when they were young and became their slaves.

Shuka was captured by the Wu Clan when he was ten years old. These people would be drugged and theoretically would lose their memories, but Shuka felt that he might have been a weirdo. His memory was still there, and he remembered how he was captured by the Wu Clan.

He wasn't a beggar; he had his own family, his parents were simple farmers. When he was six, a passing wushu man touched his bones and said he had a promising future in martial arts. So he became his disciple. But his good fortune didn't last long; after only three years of martial arts training, the wushu man died.

When he was ten years old, Shuka's martial arts skills were not very good, so when the Wu people killed his parents and took him away, he was powerless to do anything.

He endured in the Wu Clan for more than ten years, barely surviving among a group of drug testers, and finally escaped from the Wu Clan after killing an elder.

He never thought that he would be able to come back one day and be reborn. Naturally, he would not let go of the witch people who had harmed him.

After lurking in the Wu Clan for several months, Shuka did not show up. Killing one or two people for revenge was not in Shuka's plan. What he wanted was to destroy the Wu Clan that committed the murder.