novelaction Chapter 212 Hiding in Princess Yun'an's Mansion
Chapter 212 Hiding in Princess Yun'an's Mansion
A big battle broke out in Chunfeng Tower.
Although the killers of Xuanyi Tower were very skilled in martial arts, there was a saying that "two fists cannot beat four hands". Tang Yi brought with him two hundred people, and they were all skilled fighters who followed him from the battlefield.
As for Xuanyi Tower, it had lost a group of people when it was discovered in the territory of Dayin Dynasty. This time, it sent people to the imperial mausoleum to assassinate the second prince, and lost another group of people, so there were not many people left.
Excluding the prostitutes and maids in Chunfeng Tower who knew nothing, there were no more than thirty people actually in Xuanyi Tower.
Thirty against two hundred, this battle is very difficult.
Except for Ye Feng, no one else could escape and all died at the hands of Tang Yi. Of course, with the desperate resistance of the people in Xuanyi Tower, Tang Yi's side also suffered heavy losses.
Tang Yi asked the rest of the people to check the identities of the corpses and found that they all had the totem tattoos of Xuanyi Tower, so he sent someone to take these people to the Dali Temple.
The assassination of the Second Prince was originally the responsibility of the Dali Temple Minister, and he also traced the matter back to the Xuanyi Tower.
However, when he reported to the emperor, he failed to obtain more evidence, so the matter was left unresolved. However, the case has always been on his mind.
Now Tang Yi brought the bodies of everyone in Xuanyi Tower here, which really scared him.
"These……"
"Sir Qin, these are the bodies of the bandits from Xuanyi Building. They are the murderers who assassinated the second prince." Tang Yi said, "Now, there are still bandits from Xuanyi Building on the run. Sir Qin, please issue a wanted order to bring the bandit to justice."
Upon hearing this, Lord Qin, the Minister of Dali Temple, sighed, and resigned himself to his fate and went about his business.
At the same time, Ye Feng, who was wanted, had changed his clothes, blended into the crowd in a low-key manner, and came to the alley at the back door of Princess Dayin's mansion.
He found a suitable position, climbed over the wall and hid in the yard.
There were not many guards in the princess's mansion, and with Shi Lidie's deliberate indulgence, he quickly avoided the guards' eyes and found where Shi Lidie was.
At this time, Shi Lidie was in a room, fiddling with the precious medicinal herbs she brought out from the palace.
"Princess." Ye Feng appeared and called out.
Shi Lidie turned around, surprised:
"Why are you here? Did you receive the letter I sent? Have all the brothers in the building escaped? Why are you alone? Where are the others?"
When saying this, Shi Lidie's face was full of worry, and she seemed to be concerned about their life and death.
"They're all dead." Ye Feng clenched his fists and said fiercely, "Tang Yi is really too abominable. Every move of his men is aimed at killing us. It seems that they don't want us to live at all."
Shi Lidie sighed when she heard this:
"It's also my fault. I got the news a step late. If I had found out about this matter earlier, I could have sent you the letter earlier, and the brothers of Xuanyi Tower would not have suffered this disaster."
"Princess, don't blame yourself. Your letter arrived just in time." Ye Feng said, "You are a princess from a foreign country. You don't have many connections in Kyoto. We are very grateful that you took the trouble to find out this news and took the risk to tell us the news."
Shi Lidie sighed and waved her hand, then spoke again:
"Okay, let's stop talking about these polite words."
"Although I feel sad for the brothers who died, the living must not be impulsive. I will prepare clothes for you, just like the servants in the princess's mansion. The situation outside is tense during this period, so I will inconvenience you to hide here for a while."
"As for other matters, let's wait until His Royal Highness wakes up."
"Thank you, Princess." Ye Feng bowed to Shi Lidie.
Soon, Shi Lidie sent someone to take Ye Feng to wash and change clothes. From that moment on, the princess's mansion had an extra servant.
Shi Lidie specially transferred Ye Feng to work outside the pharmacy and said:
"I didn't bring many people with me from the Great Yin Dynasty, so there weren't many people I could use or trust. They have to protect the entire Princess Mansion, so there's no one guarding the pharmacy. You'll stay here from now on."
"Inside these are the precious medicinal materials that I asked the Emperor of Ye for. They are all used to prepare the antidote for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This concerns His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's life, so I can only feel at ease if I give it to you."
Shi Lidie wanted to pretend to take Ye Feng in, but she couldn't let him move around freely in the princess's mansion, lest he accidentally discovered her other secrets. So she could only use this method to make Ye Feng willingly be trapped outside the pharmacy.
As long as Ye Feng is loyal to the prince, he will not want anything to go wrong with these medicinal materials, so he will guard them carefully and never leave. In this way, he will not have the opportunity to find out other things in the mansion.
"Thank you, Princess." Ye Feng thanked her again, and then asked, "May I ask Princess, how is the Crown Prince doing now?"
"Alas, the situation is not good." Shi Lidie shook her head. "He was not assassinated in an ordinary way. The assassins smeared poison on their weapons. It was the palace's secret medicine Qianji Powder. There is currently no antidote. I tried my best, but I could only barely prevent the poison in His Highness' body from spreading. I kept him alive for the time being, and then researched the antidote as quickly as possible, so he can't wake up for the time being."
After hearing this, Ye Feng gritted his teeth:
"If the Fifth Prince hadn't been secretly plotting evil, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't have been exiled to a place like the Imperial Mausoleum, and wouldn't have been assassinated. And that woman from the Zhou family actually poisoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She is truly a vicious person!"
"If the Fifth Prince had not died and the Zhou family's side branch had not been dealt with by His Majesty, I would have gone to avenge His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Alright, you have little hope of revenge if you are alone, so you'd better stay here quietly." Shi Lidie interrupted him, "Besides, do you really think that the assassination of His Highness was done by Min Zhaoyi? I was at the scene when the case was decided, because the case could only be traced back to Min Zhaoyi, and there was no evidence to investigate further, so they pushed the blame on Min Zhaoyi."
"Princess, are you saying that there is someone else behind the assassination of His Highness?"
"Think about it, who wants the Crown Prince to die the most?" Shi Lidie sighed. "If we can think of going to the imperial mausoleum to assassinate the Second Prince, the Tang family might also think of assassinating the Crown Prince. Qianji Powder is a secret medicine of the palace. The Tang family has had concubines in the harem for generations. It would be easy to hide a few bottles of medicine. I just don't know how they framed him."
After hearing this, Ye Feng did not say anything, but just lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long while, he said:
"Princess, you are right. I must not be impulsive. Thank you very much for giving me a hiding place. I will guard the pharmacy well. As for the poison in His Royal Highness' body, I will leave it to you, Princess."
"Of course, even if you don't say it, I will do my best." Shi Lidie said, "He came all the way from Dayin Dynasty to bring me here. He has long been my chosen husband."
When Ye Feng heard this, his face was full of emotion, and his impression of Shi Lidie improved a lot.
Little do we know that life is like a play and it all depends on your acting skills.