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Chapter 238 The Future Princess Consort of Prince Jing

At this moment, more than a dozen young ladies from official families have gathered on Mount Putuo.

They had all been invited by Li Shiying, the daughter of Prime Minister Li, to watch the autumn sunset, but now that the time had come, Jiang Yuyue was nowhere to be seen.

Li Shiying's fingers unconsciously twisted the handkerchief, her expression showing a hint of nervousness.

"Didn't you say she accepted the invitation?"

Li Shiying was getting a little anxious and asked Zhu Ye in a low voice, "Why hasn't she arrived yet, even though it's already this late?"

Zhu Ye was also quite puzzled and quickly said, "That Miss Jiang did indeed keep her promise to come, but perhaps she was delayed because she is not familiar with the roads in the capital? Miss, please wait a little longer."

However, these words did not reassure Li Shiying. According to Xie Zhi, she had already made an agreement with the assassins. As long as she pretended to fall, the assassins in the shadows would disguise themselves as bandits, kidnap everyone here, and then "accidentally" kill Jiang Yuyue, who was resisting fiercely.

But now the protagonist is nowhere to be seen, how can she not be anxious?

"Time Shadow".

Bai Weiwei, the daughter of the Left Vice Minister who was on good terms with Li Shiying, stepped forward and looked around. "Didn't you say that a woman who was involved with His Highness Prince Jing was also coming today? Where is she?"

The young ladies present all knew that Li Shiying was in love with Prince Jing. They understood the thoughts of young women. Wasn't Li Shiying inviting Jiang Yuyue here today because she was wary of her relationship with Prince Jing?

These young ladies naturally all wanted to curry favor with Li Shiying. Zheng Yanran from the Zhongsan Doctor's family stepped forward with a smile, "After all, she is just the daughter of a merchant from Jiangnan, from a humble family, not worthy of being presented to the public. Perhaps she was intimidated and backed out because she didn't dare to come?"

These words elicited giggles from the young ladies, but Li Shiying could hardly manage a laugh.

If Jiang Yuyue really refuses to come, then I'm afraid I'll never have another chance to make a move on her. Wouldn't I just have to watch her take over the Jingwang Mansion?

"You must not speak ill of Miss Jiang behind her back."

Li Shiying forced a smile, "I don't know her at all, and the invitation was abrupt. It's normal that she didn't want to come right away."

Just as they were talking, a group of menacing-looking people suddenly surrounded them.

This scene naturally threw the group of pampered young ladies into chaos, and Li Shiying's heart skipped a beat when she saw it. Hadn't she not even pretended to fall yet? Why were these people already out?

These people were not assassins arranged by Xie Zhi for Li Shiying, but rather secret guards led by Feng Ling. Li Shiying, being the organizer of today's event, stepped forward and boldly asked a question.

"Who are you? We are all family members of officials!"

"I am naturally aware of the identities of these ladies."

Feng Ling's eyes were sharp as blades as she swept across the faces of these young ladies. "However, an accident happened when the future Princess Consort of Jing came to accept your invitations today. I'm afraid you all cannot leave until we find out the truth of the matter."

The future Princess Consort of Prince Jing?

Upon hearing this, the group of young ladies all displayed various expressions, with Li Shiying's expression being the most interesting.

She was both ashamed and indignant that Feng Ling had called someone else "the future Princess Jing" in front of so many people, but also delighted that "an accident had occurred."

However, Li Shiying also felt something was strange. Hadn't the people Xie Zhi had arranged for her not made a move yet?

What could have happened to Jiang Yuyue?

Regardless, seeing the grim expressions on the faces of the people in front of her, Li Shiying knew that Jiang Yuyue was likely in grave danger, and she felt secretly pleased.

Even if Jiang Yuyue is called the future Princess Consort of Prince Jing, so what? If she doesn't live to enjoy it, it's all for nothing.

What Li Shiying didn't know was that the assassins Xie Zhi had arranged for him had all been captured by the secret guards.

The dozen or so thugs were taken to a secret room in Prince Jing's mansion. Since they were only hired and not assassins, they were not tortured excessively and told the whole story.

"Your Highness, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life!"

The leader knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Song Jinglan. Several of his teeth had been knocked out, and his mouth was full of blood and foam. "We were indeed hiding on Mount Putuo for money, but... we haven't made a move yet!"

"Taking money to do services?"

Song Jinglan's eyes sharpened, his face filled with murderous intent. "Whose money are you taking, and what are you doing?!"

This man truly hadn't expected to offend the dignified Prince Jing, and at this moment he dared not hide anything, so he hurriedly spoke.

“A young lady came to Huangquan Lane last night to do business. She said she would go to Mount Putuo this evening. After one of the ladies pretended to fall, I sent men disguised as bandits to kidnap the ladies, and then... to kill a young lady named Jiang Yuyue…”

The moment the name Jiang Yuyue was uttered from this person's mouth, Song Jinglan's blood boiled in his chest, and his killing intent surged like an undercurrent.

Seeing this, the man hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Please, Your Highness, investigate thoroughly! Although we were invited to do this sordid thing, we were captured by Your Highness's men before we could even begin!"

Haven't they even had a chance to make a move yet?

Song Jinglan was filled with murderous intent, but at least she still retained a sliver of rationality.

This person didn't seem to be lying, and more than half an hour had passed since Feng Ling went up to the other side and Jiang Yuyue fell off the cliff. If it really was them, there was no reason for these people to be foolish enough to stay in the same place and wait for him to come and catch them.

Furthermore, the maid said that the horse was suddenly startled and did not see anyone else.

"Take him away first."

Song Jinglan took a deep breath, but the storm in her eyes did not subside. "Bring her maid up."

Jasmine's eyes were already red and swollen from crying. Before Song Jinglan could even speak, two more lines of tears fell from her eyes.

"Your Highness..."

This scene caused Song Jinglan another pang of pain in his heart. He said with a stern face, "Tell me in detail what exactly happened back then."

"The young lady was thirsty on the way and said she wanted some tea..."

Jasmine sobbed violently, "The mountain road was bumpy, and the tea accidentally spilled on Miss's clothes. Fortunately, we had an extra set of clothes, so Miss said she wanted to stop the car to change..."

"Miss also bought pastries on this trip. After changing her clothes, she found that the pastries had been soaked in tea. So Miss asked me to get out of the carriage and ask Guard Yueying to buy another batch. But no sooner had Yueying left than I saw the horse... the horse suddenly went mad and charged straight down the cliff!"

At this point, Jasmine burst into tears again, truly looking heartbroken.

Song Jinglan took a deep breath, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.

The horse wouldn't have gone mad so easily. Since someone had arranged for an assassin to take Jiang Yuyue's life, the horse's fright must have been deliberately orchestrated.