Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1622: Chapter 1622: A Strategy to Kill Two Birds with One Stone

Just moments ago, amidst the chaos, Tang Feng was fixated on the unconscious Princess Fule’s face on the ground, his heart filled with suspicion. How could someone look so alike?

But as he continued to observe, he noticed a discrepancy and soon discovered a slight lift at the edge of Princess Fule’s face. He quickly determined that the person was wearing a human skin mask.

”Tear it off and take a look,” the Emperor said coldly.

Lu walked over quickly, soon touched the edge of the mask, and with a swift motion ripped off the human skin mask, revealing a face with ordinary features.

”Why would there be a human skin mask? Could this Princess Fule be an imposter?” Bai Ruozhu linked the events of the night together and felt this explanation finally made sense.

Princess Fule’s visit to Danliang this time was for an alliance through marriage, helping Chengshui’s new Emperor to solidify his position more quickly. But why would she suddenly attempt to assassinate the Danliang Emperor? If the plan was to assassinate the Danliang Emperor from the start, wouldn’t it be too much fanfare?

Moreover, Chengshui’s greatest threat now is the escaped Zhou Jue, not the distant Danliang Emperor. What good would it do to assassinate Tang Yin?

Not to mention the benefits, but the risks are too high, aren’t they?

Tang Yin sat at the head, his face cold, ”It’s already late today, I’ll arrange accommodations for everyone, don’t leave the palace for now. Also, bring in everyone from the Chengshui delegation, I want to interrogate them thoroughly.”

The officials and noblewomen present did not dare to breathe heavily, the Emperor suspected someone among them of colluding with the enemy, so he placed them under house arrest in the palace until everything was clarified.

Wang Shun instructed people to arrange accommodations for everyone, soon the Empress Dowager came over with her attendants, seeing the Emperor safe and sound, she breathed a huge sigh of relief, yet when seeing the Empress had already stopped breathing, she couldn’t help but shed tears.

”Mother, rest in the palace first, I will handle everything.” Tang Yin worried about the Empress Dowager’s health, persuaded her for a while, only then did she leave with reddened eyes.

Once everyone was arranged to leave, the bodies were carried away, leaving only the unmasked Princess Fule and the sole rescued dancing girl.

”Bai Ruozhu, do you have a way to wake these two?” the Emperor asked.

”Your servant can immediately wake them, and also find a way to make them speak the truth,” Bai Ruozhu nodded and said.

”Good, wake them up, I want to interrogate them myself,” the Emperor said through gritted teeth.

Then a guard hurried in from outside, saluting, ”Reporting to the Emperor, everyone in the Chengshui delegation is gone, not a single person is left in the Guest House.”

Tang Yin squinted his eyes, ”Can so many people really disappear just like that? Order the city gate patrol to seal off the gates, conduct an all-night search, and make sure to bring the people back for me!”

”Yes!”

Jiang Yichun’s expression was also not very pleasant as he spoke, ”It seems that the whole Chengshui delegation was a façade, we were caught off guard, and who knows where the actual Princess Fule’s party has gone.”

The Emperor’s gaze fell on the fake Princess Fule’s face, ”Wake her up!”

Bai Ruozhu quickly administered a needle, soon waking the fake princess. In her eyes a fierce light flashed quickly, yet Jiang Yichun acted quicker, swiftly dislocated her jaw, preventing her from biting a poison pill or trying to bite her tongue to die.

Bai Ruozhu used his mind to retrieve a poison from Space that causes confusion from within, quickly tossed it into the fake princess’s mouth.

She now seemed panicked, vaguely asking, ”What did you make me eat? Don’t let me find an opportunity, otherwise I will surely kill you all!”

Tang Yin’s face darkened, suddenly snatching a sword from a guard’s waist beside him, fiercely stabbing toward the fake princess’s arm.

”Ah... Damn Emperor, I’ll kill you!” The fake princess convulsed in pain all over, but still stubborn mouthed, Tang Yin even more infuriated, drew the sword and stabbed her thigh, targeting non-lethal parts to amplify her suffering.

Bai Ruozhu seeing Tang Yin readying another stab, raised his hand to stop him, ”Emperor, hold on, otherwise the constant pain will prevent the medicine from controlling her mind.”

Only then did Tang Yin toss aside the sword, glaring fiercely at the fake princess.

Soon, the fake princess’s eyes slowly lost focus, her whole person seemingly losing her soul.

Bai Ruozhu nodded at the Emperor, ”Your Majesty, it’s ready.”

”Speak, who are you? Who sent you?” the Emperor asked loudly.

The fake princess sounded like a puppet, mechanically answering, ”My name is Yu Minmin, I came for revenge. My whole family was killed by Tang Zhi. Too bad he died early, I couldn’t kill him to avenge my family, so I could only take the life of Tang Yin, this damn Emperor. Such a shame, but killing his Empress is fine.”

When reaching a point of excitement, even the fake princess’s puppet-like face could show some expression.

Tang Zhi was Tang Yin’s father, some now believed in repaying the father’s debts, hence the fake princess resented the already deceased Former Emperor but aimed to kill Tang Yin for vengeance.

”You can’t have done all this alone, tell me who arranged everything?” Tang Yin asked.

”Of course it was Chiyou Master, he’s meticulous, planned seamlessly, only shame I didn’t learn well, otherwise I would have surely taken the damn Emperor’s head today,” the fake princess said.

Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun exchanged a glance, again that Chiyou; seemingly Bai Ruozhu’s Furball hadn’t killed him after all, he still secretly plots something.

Tang Yin furrowed his brows, ”Where are the other people of the Chengshui delegation? Where is the real Princess Fule?”

”Those people were certainly killed to silence them, Princess Fule has been taken by Chiyou Master. Eventually, you and Chengshui can hate each other,” the fake princess said with a laugh.

Without Bai Ruozhu’s poison, she would rather die than speak these words, and Tang Yin would definitely question Chengshui for the matter, and Chengshui would also demand Tang Yin for the missing Princess Fule within Danliang’s territory. With someone stirring the pot, relations between the two countries would indeed get tense.

What a neat two-pronged strategy, successful assassination naturally being Chiyou’s hope, but he didn’t seem to have held too high expectations, otherwise kept this afterthought to create trouble for Tang Yin.

Tang Yin then asked some more questions, learning the meetup places these individuals had in the Capital, he immediately sent Shadow Guards to their rendezvous spots to catch people.

Unfortunately, Yu Minmin didn’t know what Chiyou really looked like, she had only seen him three times, all while he was wearing a mask.

Moreover, she didn’t know where Chiyou had taken Princess Fule.

By the time the interrogation reached this point, the drug’s effects wore off, Yu Minmin awoke, soon realizing she had spoken things she shouldn’t have, shrieking in agonized distress.

The Emperor gave her a glance, ”Dislocate all her joints, throw her into the prison and have someone watch her closely!”