What a sin! The most handsome lazy man in the village married a crazy woman.

Chapter 305: Death of the Mastermind

The birth of a prince by the Crown Princess should have been a great joyous event, but because of the assassin incident, the Crown Prince and Emperor Yuanwu were furious, and everyone in the Crown Prince's Mansion was in a panic.

Gongsun Tianhua interrogated the assassin and found out that she was instructed by the Second Prince.

The Second Prince cried out in a tragic and heroic manner: "It's not me! I didn't do it. I have no reason to harm the Crown Princess. I don't know the assassin. Someone framed me!"

After an in-depth investigation, Gongsun Tianhua discovered that the assassin was the mistress of the younger brother of one of the second prince's concubines.

The second prince continued to cry out: "It's not me, I have never seen that brother of someone, he is not..."

There were too many concubines in the mansion, and he had long forgotten this concubine who had been neglected for many years. He didn't even remember the concubine, so how could he remember who the concubine's brother was.

"Framed! This is a frame-up! Father, Crown Prince, please believe me, I really didn't do it. This will not do me any good!"

Although Gongsun Tianhua was angry, he was still rational. The angrier he was, the calmer he became. After thinking carefully, he realized that although the matter involved the Second Prince, it was not necessarily the Second Prince who did it.

The Second Prince doesn’t have the means or brains to do so!

Gongsun Tianhua arrested the concubine and her brother and interrogated them strictly.

The concubine did not know the assassin and kept shouting that she was innocent, but her brother knew the assassin. The assassin's name was Liu Ying, and she was his mistress.

The concubine's younger brother was extremely ugly and not very rich, and was a very ordinary person in the capital.

However, Liu Ying had a beautiful appearance and was also a female doctor with excellent medical skills, otherwise she would not have been chosen to enter the Prince's Mansion.

The concubine's younger brother said that Liu Ying was an orphan he picked up five months ago. All her family members had died, and it was Liu Ying who took the initiative to ask him to adopt her. It was also Liu Ying who took the initiative to climb into his bed. Later, he listened to Liu Ying in everything, ran around for her, and helped her enter the Prince's Mansion.

Gongsun Tianhua felt something was wrong after hearing this: "How could he help Liu Ying enter the Crown Prince's Mansion?"

It was about Qin Jinhua. He sent his trusted aides to select all the female doctors, nannies and midwives, and he personally interrogated them afterwards...

Thinking of something, Gongsun Tianhua's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly called a secret guard: "Go call Wang Yi!"

The secret guard went there quickly.

But he came back soon: "Your Highness, Wang Yi is missing!"

When Gongsun Tianhua returned to the capital, he brought six confidants with him, and Wang Yi was one of them. He had followed him for eight years and was diligent and smart. He once blocked a knife for him and almost died at that time.

Gongsun Tianhua's face darkened: "Find Wang Yi! And his parents and brothers, don't let any of them go."

At this moment, in a quiet and peaceful courtyard, Wang Yi was kneeling respectfully in front of a man.

"Master, I may have been exposed. I can't go back."

"I asked you to lurk by his side for so many years and gain his trust just to wait for this day, but you failed? You and Liu Ying disappoint me."

"Master, we were about to succeed. Qin Jinhua was dying, and Liu Ying hadn't been exposed. It was that Ye Tang who ruined our plan. If it weren't for her, Liu Ying wouldn't have exposed herself."

"Ye Tang? I will kill her sooner or later! And Xiao Jingxuan, both of them will have no chance of survival." The man said with a gloomy face.

As soon as he finished speaking, a silver needle suddenly flew into his neck.

The man's body suddenly stiffened.

Wang Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, was startled and stood up to run.

Xiao Jingxuan appeared on the courtyard wall at some point, and kicked Wang Yi down the moment he climbed over the wall.

Wang Yi fell heavily to the ground. He took out a hidden weapon in panic. He Songlin flew up and cut off his right hand with a sword.

"Ah!" Wang Yi just let out a scream when He Songlin put a sword on his neck and his right foot was broken.

"You are simply wishful thinking to want to kill my husband and me."

Xiao Jingxuan jumped lightly and landed in front of the man as light as a swallow. The man wanted to run, but found that his neck was stiff and his limbs were out of control, and he couldn't move at all.

Jamel Xiao pulled off the human skin mask on his face and saw the man's face clearly: "I never thought it was you, my cousin!"

Spring is in full swing and the flowers in the palace are blooming.

The deposed Crown Prince Gongsun Tianxu was thrown in front of Emperor Yuanwu, with an unstoppable look of panic on his face.

"You bastard!" Emperor Yuanwu slapped him in the face. "How dare you harm your own brother's wife and nephew? How can you be so vicious!"

"Father, please listen to my explanation..."

"There are witnesses and evidence, and you still want to quibble." Emperor Yuanwu was extremely disappointed with Gongsun Tianxu.

Gongsun Tianhua was also heartbroken: "Brother, why did you do this? You are my biological brother from the same mother!"

At this point, Gongsun Tianxu stopped pretending. He sneered loudly: "Don't pretend to be a brother to me. You wish I would die! Gongsun Tianhua, I don't have a brother like you. It was you who took my position as the crown prince. If it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have abolished me! It's you who ruined me! If I don't live well, you won't live well either!"

He pointed at Emperor Yuanwu and said, "Father, you are too partial! I am the eldest son, the legitimate crown prince, but you favor the eighth son. Why did you depose me for him? How am I inferior to him?"

"You simply don't repent!" Emperor Yuanwu shook his head in disappointment: "I have given you many chances, but you didn't cherish them. For the throne, you disregarded the kinship and framed your brothers everywhere, even at the cost of harming innocent people. For your own selfish desires, you also joined forces with Gao Yi..."

When Gao Yi was mentioned, the prince turned pale: "I didn't..."

Emperor Yuanwu raised his hand to interrupt him: "Don't quibble. I have seen everything you have done. You are my son. How could I not know what kind of person you are? You will do anything to achieve your goals. You are selfish and can sacrifice anyone for your own benefit."

"Father..."

"Old Eight has never done anything to hurt you. You are all my sons. Whoever is the most outstanding will be the crown prince. This position is not exclusive to you alone."

A king must be someone who cares about the world and knows how to think about the people.

Gongsun Tianxu is not like that. He regards human life as worthless and the common people as straw dogs.

Emperor Yuanwu thoroughly investigated Gongsun Tianxu's mansion, found out all the talents he had trained, and captured them all in one fell swoop.

Then he demoted Gongsun Tianxu to a commoner, allowing him to experience the suffering of the people firsthand.

Gongsun Tianxu was full of dissatisfaction: "Commoner? How can I, the crown prince, be a commoner? I, Gongsun Tianxu, was born noble, and I will never yield!"

The next morning during the court session, news came that Gongsun Tianxu had committed suicide by taking poison in a small courtyard.

The Queen was overcome with grief when she heard the bad news.

"My son!"

She fainted from excessive grief and then fell seriously ill.

Emperor Yuanwu was also in a heavy mood, with an air of anger and sadness lingering around him.

"If a son is not taught well, it is the father's fault!" He closed his eyes in pain, tears rolling down from the corners of his eyes.