My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 205 Tang Ze is Injured

Chapter 205: Chapter 205 Tang Ze is Injured

"Empress sister-in-law... uh, Princess, how are you? Have you been injured?"

At this moment, Yan Lian and Jian Yun rushed over in a hurry.

They had gone out for a stroll today.

Little did they know that after they returned, something had happened at the Princess Residence, so they began looking everywhere for Chu Baihan before finding her here.

"I’m fine," Chu Baihan replied indifferently.

"That’s a relief," Yan Lian said as he approached, patting his chest in reassurance.

He had promised the eighth Prince before, as long as he was here, he would definitely help protect the eighth Prince’s wife.

But just as he reached Chu Baihan’s side and his gaze fell inside the carriage, he screamed, "Ah!"

"Don’t shout!"

Chu Baihan spoke helplessly.

She had had some thoughts before, but they were all gone after his scream.

Yan Lian quickly covered his mouth and then peered in with horror.

Indeed, there was a skeleton inside, and it bore spotty bloodstains, a truly frightening sight.

Nan Cong, hearing the commotion over here, also hurried to look, just in time to see the situation inside the carriage.

He immediately berated in anger, "Fourth Princess, how dare you desecrate the Princely Heir’s corpse? You are violating human decency, how will you explain yourself?"

"I don’t need to explain to anyone, because I’m not responsible for this. However, the person behind this has sinister intentions, and I really must investigate and find the truth."

Chu Baihan spoke coldly, her back turned to Nan Cong.

She continued to issue commands to the Hidden Guard: "Regardless of whether it’s a corpse or a skeleton, bring it inside for now."

Nan Cong, seeing this, became anxious and wanted to intervene.

But Tang Ze’s long spear barred his way, preventing him from moving any closer.

"You all go inside, I, the Pavilion Master, will hold him off," Tang Ze said indifferently to Chu Baihan.

Looking up at him, Chu Baihan felt a strange calm settle in her heart.

She quickly nodded; "Alright, but be careful yourself."

After speaking, she put away her whip and hurried inside.

Pavilion Master?

Nan Cong, finally detecting something fishy from Tang Ze’s self-reference, was sharply interrogative.

"Are you the Tang Sect Master?" he asked incisively.

He had been closely monitoring Chu Baihan’s affairs, so he was aware of her close dealings with the people of the Tang Sect and wasn’t surprised to guess Tang Ze’s identity.

He quickly retracted his aggressiveness and tugged at the corner of his mouth, whispering, "So you’re the Tang Sect Master. I’ve heard of you before, but just didn’t recall in the moment."

Tang Ze also retracted his spear but showed no intention of conversing with Nan Cong.

Seeing Tang Ze’s attitude, a cold glint flickered in Nan Cong’s eyes.

But he quickly concealed this glint, tugging at the corner of his mouth again before probing, "Pavilion Master Tang, are you today prepared to make an enemy of the court?"

With a single lightweight phrase, he painted Tang Ze as an enemy of the court.

At last, emotion flickered in Tang Ze’s eyes.

He looked up, his incisive gaze fixed on his opponent...

...

"Princess, what has happened?"

At that moment, Cao Li from the Ministry of Justice, having heard the disturbance, quickly walked out to the courtyard.

"Cao Li, bring all the available forensic doctors, and conduct the autopsy as quickly as possible," Chu Baihan ordered coldly.

"Yes, Princess."

Cao Li was the Crown Prince’s confidant and had been in the Ministry of Justice the whole day, hence he was unaware of the events outside.

But now, hearing Chu Baihan’s command, he dared not delay for a moment, and immediately turned around to find the forensic doctor.

An hour later, all the forensic doctors in the capital city were gathered at the Ministry of Justice.

"Why is it so quiet outside?" Chu Baihan asked in a deep voice to the Hidden Guard.

She wondered how Tang Ze and Nan Cong were faring.

"Just now, the Empress Dowager sent someone, originally wanting you to enter the palace..."

The Hidden Guard quietly replied.

Upon hearing this, Chu Baihan understood in her heart that the Empress Dowager must have learned about Xiang Zhang’s incident and wanted to summon her into the palace for questioning.

"However, Your Highness can rest assured, the Emperor and the Crown Prince have already blocked those people. The Emperor even issued a decree, stating that you are to handle this matter and no one else should interfere," the Hidden Guard continued.

"Princess, you needn’t worry, the Emperor is on our side."

But when Chu Baihan heard these words, her expression did not relax; it became even more solemn.

"It is precisely because Father Emperor is on our side that we need to find the truth as soon as possible. Otherwise... Father Emperor won’t be able to give everyone an explanation," she shook her head and said in a helpless tone.

"Speaking of which, where is Pavilion Master Tang?"

Hearing the Hidden Guard not mentioning anything about Tang Ze, Chu Baihan quickly asked.

"Reporting to Your Highness, it seems that Pavilion Master Tang... has been injured. He and the Second Prince were in a standoff, and it was all going fine. But when the Crown Prince sent people over to drive away the Second Prince’s men, he finally couldn’t hold on and vomited blood," the Hidden Guard continued.

What?

Tang Ze is injured?

Chu Baihan’s heart sank even further.

In her memory, Tang Ze had always been a powerful figure.

Except for that time she saved him, he would typically not be harmed by anyone.

"It appears he had an old injury. Where is he now?" Chu Baihan asked solemnly.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Tang Yu came and took Tang Sect Master away. We don’t know where they went," the Hidden Guard shook his head and promptly replied.

"You go check on Tang Sect Master’s condition."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After taking a deep breath, Chu Baihan’s anxiety finally eased slightly.

She walked quickly into the house.

The room was somewhat dim, only brightened by the oil lamps that were lit.

A dozen forensic doctors were now gathered around a bloody skeleton, troubled by it.

"Princess Residence, this, isn’t the murderer too cruel?"

One of the older forensic doctors, with a head full of white hair, couldn’t help but voice his shock.

He had been a forensic doctor for nearly thirty years and had never seen such a cruel method of murder.

"Princess Residence, whose body, whose skeleton is this?" a relatively younger forensic doctor asked.

"Xiang Zhang, the Princely Heir from the Commandery Prince Residence," Chu Baihan answered in a calm voice.

What?

Upon hearing her words, the forensic doctors looked at each other in disbelief.

"Is this truly the Princely Heir Xiang’s?"

"But, but when I saw his body being brought to the Princess Residence’s gates by the Commandery Prince’s people on the street today, I saw a complete body," they said, and couldn’t help but glance nervously in Chu Baihan’s direction.

After all, this matter concerned her.

"If you have anything to say, just speak freely, I don’t mind," Chu Baihan immediately said, knowing their concerns.

With her consent, everyone felt relieved.

They continued, "Indeed, I also saw it, the body was intact. How did it become so mutilated in just four hours?"