My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 230: Counterattack

Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Counterattack

Chu Baihan had scarcely finished speaking when Tang Yu brought up another bruised and battered Xiang Zhang.

"What, what has happened here?"

Seeing two Xiang Zhangs, even the Empress Dowager was baffled.

Xiang An’s heart started to feel uneasy.

Chu Baihan pulled out a handkerchief and then wiped the face of the "Xiang Zhang" who had already died.

Soon, another face appeared in front of everyone.

"This, this isn’t..."

Xiang An quickly pushed the body away.

The man who had died was Xiang Zhang’s lackey, Wang Liangcai.

Because he was very similar in build to Xiang Zhang, every time the emperor punished Xiang Zhang, they had Wang Liangcai take the punishment instead.

"Princess, what is the meaning of this? You actually used disguise techniques to deceive us!"

Suppressing his unease, Xiang An angrily questioned Chu Baihan.

Chu Baihan did not rush to answer him; instead, she turned her head and gave the real Xiang Zhang an almost mocking look.

"You see, it seems your father also does not wish you to live."

Xiang Zhang’s face contorted fiercely.

Her words, indeed, were like a knife harshly plunged into his heart.

"Zhangzhang, don’t listen to her nonsense. Wang Liangcai was killed by her; it has nothing to do with father."

Xiang An was frantically explaining while trying to run over to Xiang Zhang’s side.

But Tang Yu reacted quickly, blocking the way, and then said emotionlessly, "Commandery Prince, whatever needs to be said can be said from there. There’s no need to get so close. Who knows? After you come over, maybe another person will die."

"You..."

"Enough, I truly want to know what exactly has happened. Is there anyone willing to tell me?" Nan Shi spoke coldly.

The atmosphere in the palace grew even colder.

"Princely Heir, speak. Who was the one hanged?" Chu Baihan coldly gazed at Xiang Zhang and spoke softly.

Xiang Zhang clenched his teeth and turned his face away.

Although he no longer trusted his father, he was not prepared to confess his own deeds.

Seeing his reaction, Chu Baihan was not in a hurry.

She chuckled lightly, then walked up to him, lowered her voice, and said, "Xiang Zhang, to Duke Xu and your father, you are just a sacrificial pawn. Wang Liangcai is already dead, and you are next. If you tell the truth, this princess can guarantee your safety."

"Can you truly guarantee my safety?" Xiang Zhang’s eyes flickered.

After all, he was still fearful of death.

"Naturally," Chu Baihan replied calmly.

After a long silence, Xiang Zhang, with a "bang," despite the intense pain, fell to his knees.

"Zhangzhang, you are so severely injured, why are you kneeling now? Someone, quickly call the Imperial Physician, hurry!"

Seeing Xiang Zhang in this state, the Empress Dowager was extremely distressed.

"Empress Dowager, now is the time to identify the murderer. The Princely Heir’s injuries are of little concern."

Suddenly, Nan Shi spoke coldly.

The Empress Dowager’s expression turned ugly.

In the next instant, Nan Shi had already ordered Lin Qing standing behind him, "What are you standing around for, go quickly and help the Empress Dowager to sit."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"No need, my imperial brother, I can sit by myself." The Empress Dowager clenched her teeth, hiding the crimson and resentment in her eyes, then slowly sat down.

"Speak, the identity of the body that was hung." Chu Baihan glanced again at Xiang Zhang, her voice stern.

"It was a gambler I had found in a gambling house; I knocked him out, put on my human skin mask on him, and then hung him by the rope," Xiang Zhang said, his head bowed as he spoke laboriously.

Xiang An was extremely uneasy internally; he had always wanted to stop it.

But Tang Yu was always in his way; he couldn’t do anything!

"Did you know that at that exact time, the concubine would come?" Chu Baihan continued to ask.

"Yes, she was foolish, thought she was flawless, but didn’t know that the day she entered the residence, I had already ascertained her identity. She observed me every day, that day, I deliberately showed despair due to your refusal, just to make her think her opportunity had arrived..."

"So, from the beginning, your target was not to hang the gambler, you wanted to use the concubine’s poisonous insect to kill him, right?" Chu Baihan continued to ask harshly.

"Correct, I knew that the concubine and her sister had been in contact with the people from Miao Border since their youth, and her sister had mentioned the human-eating poisonous insect to me several times, even saying her sister possessed one..." Xiang Zhang said with a cold sneer.

What?

Hu Yi was listening this whole time, and her heart sank deeply.

She glared at Xiang Zhang and then fiercely asked, "Before my sister committed suicide, I sneaked once into Qin Garden; my sister said it was because of a man that she was tricked into entering Qin Garden. Are you that scoundrel?"

Initially, she thought her sister had been lured into Qin Garden and then been dishonored by Xiang Zhang, and so...

She never expected that her sister had been betrayed by Xiang Zhang from the start!

"Well, the Princely Heir still has some charm, blame her for her stupidity, to still think of marrying the Princely Heir," Xiang Zhang raised his head and taunted arrogantly.

Chu Baihan looked at his corpulent body and those lecherous eyes, and she just wanted to vomit.

How could he have the face to say such things.

It was also pitiful for Hu Yi’s sister...

Their past experiences had made them very desirous of a home.

Thus, seeing someone average-looking like Xiang Zhang, they might have thought he was an honest man.

Chu Baihan gave Nan Xing a look.

Nan Xing quickly went over to soothe Hu Yi.

And Chu Baihan continued to harshly question Xiang Zhang, "You must have guessed that Hu Yi would use the human-eating poisonous insect for revenge, hence you let all of it play out, with everyone from the Commandery Prince’s Residence helping you, pretending you were dead, and then delivering the so-called corpse to the threshold of the Princess Residence. Subsequently, your father began vehemently slandering me, pressuring the Princess to pay with her life..."

"You also anticipated that the Princess would definitely investigate the real murderer. During the transportation of the corpse, the human-eating poisonous insect would start to consume the body, and by the time the corpse reached the Ministry of Justice, it had turned into a mound of bones. The Princess wanting to find the truth would then become extremely difficult. Am I right?"

Xiang Zhang turned his head away, his expression very discontented.

However, his demeanor was telling everyone that what Chu Baihan said was true.

"Your actions, your father knew about them, didn’t he?"

Chu Baihan grabbed Xiang Zhang’s head and turned it towards her, then demanded harshly.

Hearing this, Xiang An was on tenterhooks.

He opened his mouth wanting to interrupt Chu Baihan’s questioning, but Tang Ze picked up a peanut from the table and threw it at him, hitting his acupressure point, and he instantly could not make a sound.

Because almost everyone’s attention was on Chu Baihan and Xiang Zhang, no one paid attention to Tang Ze’s action.

Only... the Commandery Prince.

He still had the trace of a smile at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes had narrowed, with a chilling light flowing within.

He stared at Tang Ze’s profile.

After a long while, he scoffed coldly.

This Tang Sect Master, it seems, really cannot be spared.