0p0 Chapter 228: The Houmen Madam Nursery School has started (14)
Chapter 228: The Houmen Madam Nursery School has started (14)
At first, they just talked about random things to show people around them how good a couple they were and how well-suited they were.
Later, he started to use physical force and tried his best to get close to Bu Shi'an.
After both his outstretched hand and approaching body failed, he decisively stood up from his seat.
The two seats placed side by side are very close to each other, and the distance between them will never exceed three steps when measured in steps.
Marquis Cheng'en stood up and walked towards Bu Shi'an.
Almost in a breath, he arrived next to Bu Shian's seat.
Just when he wanted to sit next to the other person so that he could reach out and touch her.
A woman with disheveled hair suddenly rushed out from the bushes behind his seat.
She held a golden hairpin in her hand, passed by Marquis Cheng'en's original position with a strong purpose, and pounced towards him.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, no one reacted at all.
When everyone came to their senses, the golden hairpin had already pierced Marquis Cheng'en's back.
The party became chaotic.
By the time the guards of the Marquis's Mansion arrived after hearing the news, the woman who attacked Marquis Cheng'en had already stabbed the hairpin into her own throat.
Something injured happened at the banquet, someone in the host's family was hurt, so the banquet naturally could not continue.
Everyone said goodbye, leaving only Bu Shi'an howling in vain with a handkerchief in his hand.
After all the outsiders left, Bu Shian immediately retracted his voice.
Under the handkerchief, the pair of eyes without any redness or swelling stared at Marquis Cheng'en with a cold and playful look.
Marquis Cheng'en, who was holding his chest and felt pain even when breathing, sobered up instantly after seeing Bu Shi'an's eyes.
He understood that all of this was carefully planned by this woman.
Seeing Marquis Cheng'en's expression turn from pain to distortion, Bu Shi'an burst out laughing.
"Zhao Ye, how does it feel to be stabbed in the heart by your childhood sweetheart, whom you kept as a concubine?"
"Tsk tsk, the hairpin she poked you with seems to be a token of your love."
Bu Shi'an said this, walked forward and took the blood-stained gold hairpin from the woman's hand.
"Hey, why would a woman use a token of love to hurt her lover and then commit suicide?"
"Oh, I remember now, because her child died, died from the neglect of the child's father."
As soon as she finished speaking, the distorted expression on Marquis Cheng'en's face went blank for a moment.
Before he could recover his thoughts, the familiar hairpin stabbed his wound again with increased force.
As more blood gushed out of the wound, Bu Shian's voice exploded in his ears.
"Shocking or not, unexpected or not."
"The merchant woman you want to marry for dowry is very calculating."
"Not only did he cripple your mother, he also fueled the flames and caused the three of you to kill each other."
Bu Shian said this and suddenly pulled out the golden hairpin.
"My Lord, go with peace of mind."
"I will inherit your Cheng'en Marquisate, and let a child who won't even visit your grave bring you the dowry you desire, and restore the fallen Cheng'en Marquisate to its former glory."
With reluctance in his heart, Marquis Cheng'en took his last breath.
Bu Shi'an threw away the golden hairpin, stood up, and gave instructions to the guards who were watching him closely.
"Someone come and take the bodies of this family of three to see the old lady."
"Remember, you must explain the cause of death of this family clearly."
"We must make sure our elderly lady knows this clearly."
That afternoon.
The Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion announced that the Cheng'en Marquis had been seriously injured and died, and the old lady had died with him out of grief.
Since there were many people present when the incident happened, the process can be said to be extremely transparent.
Everyone saw the disheveled woman rush over and stab Marquis Cheng'en.
Those who were close by could hear the woman mumbling something like, "You betrayed me, you deserve to die."
Combining what had happened in the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion in recent times, everyone quickly pieced together what had happened.
Marquis Cheng'en was keeping a mistress outside, and the old lady fell ill out of anger when she found out.
As a last resort, Marquis Cheng'en returned to his mansion.
When he saw that his wife, whom he disliked, brought the Crown Prince into the house, he immediately ignored his concubine and illegitimate child.
So the concubine brought the child to make trouble, and as a result, Marquis Cheng'en favored his wife for the sake of his future, and they suffered a great loss.
Afterwards, Marquis Cheng'en forgot about his concubine and his illegitimate son. The illegitimate son fell ill during this period or for some other reason, but something must have happened.
So the concubine went crazy, stabbed Marquis Cheng'en at the banquet and then committed suicide.
Because his injuries were too severe, Marquis Cheng'en could not be saved.
The old lady, who was already seriously ill, became more ill and died after hearing the news of her son's death.
No one from the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion came out to say anything, and these were all inferences made based on known circumstances.
It is precisely because these are deduced bit by bit by people that they believe them even more firmly.
Of course, there are also smart people who see through the essence.
Marquis Cheng'en has been married to his wife for many years but has no children. As a mother, does the old lady really not care about anything?
The illegitimate child is so old now, is it really possible that the old lady had no idea about it before?
Just as something happened in the Marquis' Mansion, Marquis Cheng'en met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the mansion. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?
Before this, the wife of Marquis Cheng'en had never liked to get involved in banquets hosted by other ladies. Why did she suddenly take the initiative to hold a banquet?
Since the concubine and the illegitimate child are in the mansion, how could the mistress of the mansion not know what happened?
The place where the banquet was held was so close to the courtyard where the concubine was located. Was it intentional or an accident?
Marquis Cheng'en was indeed stabbed, but how could a frail woman be killed so quickly by a hairpin, stabbed in the thick flesh of the back?
The old lady was seriously ill in bed. How could she know about her son's death so promptly if no one told her? What did the wife of Marquis Cheng'en do?
All these questions indicate that all this was planned by someone.
And who is the one who calculated everything? The answer is obvious.
Those who can see through this are smart people. They will not offend the favorites of the Queen and the Crown Prince for the sake of a useless person with an empty title.
They would only teach the younger generations in the family to be careful with the Cheng'en Marquisate and not to offend the new marquis who inherited the title directly after his father's death.
How could a child chosen for adoption by a mother like that be a soft persimmon that is easily bullied?
They firmly believed that no matter how deceptive the new Marquis Cheng'en's appearance was, it could not change the fact that his heart was at least 30% similar to his adoptive mother.
There are many permanent and temporary residents in the capital, so naturally there are many kinds of gossip.
Although the affairs of the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion were a hot topic, they were only widely discussed for half a month before no one mentioned them anymore.
Just as the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion returned to peace, the atmosphere in the former court and the harem became increasingly tense.
The emperor, who was originally in good health, suddenly fell ill.
The crown prince, as the eldest son, is still young, let alone the other princes.
There was no heir of royal age who could act as regent, so the former dynasty was temporarily controlled by the prime minister and several important officials.
In the harem, the queen believed that the emperor's sudden illness was a sign of murder.
He quickly caught the person in the identity of the master of the central palace and dealt with him without waiting for the emperor to wake up.
At this time, the former dynasty was controlled by the prime minister and the harem was controlled by the queen.
Anyone who is not a fool can see that.
The crown prince's ascension to the throne is a foregone conclusion, a fact that could even be realized within a month or so.
As for the origin of all this, the previous example is right here.
Even the prince is recuperating in the house of the last person who did this.
For a time, officials who became aware of certain situations began to conduct self-inspections.
They were afraid that the affairs of the previous dynasty and the harem would not affect them before the inner palace would give them a big bomb.
They don't want to be the dead Marquis of Cheng'en, nor do they want to be the emperor who is forced to be seriously ill.
What is a mistress? What is a concubine? Madam, I truly love you.