My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 231 Xiang An is Dead

Chapter 231: Chapter 231 Xiang An is Dead

Xiang Zhang glanced toward Xiang An’s direction, only to discover that the other’s eyes already harbored murderous intent.

He grew angry as well.

What father-son affection?

The King, to achieve his goals, could even sacrifice his own queen, but what was his son to him?

Self-preservation above all! Heaven and earth destroy those who do not fend for themselves!

With a cold snort, he spoke loudly, "Of course, do you think I could have accomplished so much on my own without the King’s help?"

What?

This was the Commandery Prince’s doing?

The Empress Dowager immediately turned around, her gaze upon Xiang An filled with disbelief and disappointment.

Nan Shi and Nan Li merely frowned slightly.

This truth...

Was not hard to guess.

Yet they still found it somewhat hard to accept that the so-called loyal Commandery Prince was actually such a person.

In the end, he had betrayed their trust.

Hearing Xiang Zhang actually admit it, Xiang An was furious.

He was so angry he could crush his teeth, yet he couldn’t make a sound.

"You kidnapped Ruolan to threaten me, where is Ruolan now? Speak, I can no longer tolerate your lies," Chu Baihan said, looking at Xiang Zhang, with a flash of murderous intent in her eyes.

Xiang Zhang knew he was defeated, and the pawn that was Ruolan was no longer of use. With a languid tone, he said, "In Qin Garden."

"Nan Xing, Wuji!"

Chu Baihan’s heart trembled slightly, and she immediately called for Nan Xing and Wuji.

Nan Xing’s face also turned pale.

That was Qin Garden, hopefully, Ruolan was unharmed.

"Princess, we will go and rescue her right now." Not daring to delay a moment longer, they hurriedly left.

"Zhang Qing, send someone to follow them, they must rescue the person," Nan Shi also ordered angrily.

His sharp gaze swept over Xiang An who was not far off.

Qin Garden, Qin Garden, his imperial brother really knew how to give him "surprises."

"Those mad concubines at the Commandery Prince Residence, they actually all came from Qin Garden, didn’t they? Your mother chose suicide to hide the truth," Chu Baihan said coldly.

"Yes, those women were indeed sent from Qin Garden to the Commandery Prince Residence," he admitted.

Just then, the King of Xu spoke up slowly.

In an instant, everyone’s gaze fell on him.

Chu Baihan’s brow furrowed slightly...

She had been worrying about how to lead Xiang Zhang to implicate the King of Xu, why did the King of Xu now step forward himself?

She had a strong premonition that the King of Xu was about to clear himself once again.

"Seventh brother, I remember, Qin Garden is yours, how do you explain this?" Nan Shi asked, his tone containing a hint of anger.

Yet the King of Xu remained calm, he slowly walked to the center, then shook his head and said, "My brother, when I first opened Qin Garden outside the palace, it was to provide a place for the displaced women of the capital. Those women were sent to the Commandery Prince Residence because..."

At this point, his tone suddenly slowed.

"Because of what, King of Xu, speak up quickly!" the Empress Dowager demanded, holding back her temper.

"It was because, the women sent to Qin Garden had all been ravaged by the Commandery Prince," the King of Xu sighed.

His voice was clear enough to reach everyone’s ears.

What?

All faces slightly changed.

"Uncle King Xu, is this how you clear your name of the crimes in Qin Garden?" Chu Baihan stared at King Xu, angrily questioning.

King Xu sighed, appearing greatly remorseful.

He shook his head, "Yunxi, you are right, I am indeed a criminal. Had I known the true nature of Commandery Prince Xiang earlier, I would have reported to my royal brother immediately. Perhaps things would not have reached this point."

Just then, Xiang An broke through his acupoint constraints.

Ignoring the pain in his chest and the blood in his mouth, he hurriedly knelt down to kowtow.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, it is my fault. I was blinded by lust, infatuated with the bodies of young women, yet fearful of marrying them and risking my latter days. So those ruined girls, I secretly sent them all to Qin Garden..."

"King Xu was unaware because when I initially sent those girls over, I deceived him by saying they were daughters of poor families, thus King Xu took them in..."

"I even had someone drug them, causing them to become delusional and voluntarily offer to take clients. Once they went completely mad, I would then take them back to Commandery Prince Xiang’s residence..."

"Their plight had nothing to do with King Xu, and... and Zhang had nothing to do with it either, it was all my doing. Usually, when Zhang brought those beautiful young women into the residence, it was not because he wanted to monopolize them; he did it for me."

"You are lying. Those girls were clearly from Xiang Zhang..." Hu Yi was getting anxious and tried to interject.

But Xiang An glared at her with a dark look, then spoke calmly, "Did you see with your own eyes Zhang violating their purity?"

"I..."

Hu Yi was at a loss for words, for she really hadn’t seen it with her own eyes.

"Moreover, I was bold enough to send people to Qin Garden because King Xu was busy every day with state affairs; his attention was on the court and the common people, so he usually didn’t notice what happened in Qin Garden. I bribed the manager of Qin Garden, which made everything go smoothly," Xiang An continued loudly.

At that moment, King Xu actually moved closer to him, and then firmly said to Nan Shi, "Royal brother, my fault is even greater. If I had discovered the manager’s misconduct earlier or found out about Commandery Prince Xiang’s actions, I would have stopped it earlier..."

"It was too late when I found out later, and I was thinking of investigating this matter clearly before presenting all evidence to you to confess. But just as I found out about Xiang Zhang, they began to take action..."

"Commandery Prince Xiang was foolish, for he had the Princely Heir fake his death to cover his previous actions, thinking it would conceal the truth."

"I entered the palace today also wanting to confess this matter to you. I never expected Hanhan to be so bright as to also uncover the truth."

"Royal brother, it is my fault, and I am willing to confess to the people and accept any punishment. Royal brother, please punish me."

With each word from King Xu, his guilt seemed to deepen, sounding like he was ready to nobly embrace death.

"Uncle King Xu keeps saying he has faults, but what faults do you possess? Everything was the doing of Commandery Prince Xiang and your manager, while you were busy relieving Father Emperor of his worries and benefiting the people. What faults do you possess?"

Chu Baihan’s voice was more sarcastic with each utterance.

Uncle King Xu repeatedly declared his faults, wanting Father Emperor to punish him.

But if Father Emperor really does punish him, then Father Emperor would likely be branded as a "confused emperor."

Has Uncle King Xu calculated that they would find no evidence?

Just at that moment, Xiang An suddenly bled from all orifices and then collapsed on the ground.

Sensing something was wrong, Tang Yu hurried over to check.

"Princess, he... he has severed his own tendons. He is dead," Tang Yu urgently said.

But Chu Baihan remained calm.

Whether Xiang An lived or died was no longer important.

Because the necessary truths had already been uncovered, digging deeper would yield nothing more.

Xiang An was determined to conceal the truth about Qin Garden.

Indeed, dealing with Uncle King Xu... would still be a long and ardous task.

"To think that this was all Commandery Prince Xiang’s doing, it is utterly despicable. Poor Zhang was also implicated by him. Why aren’t you rushing to help the Princely Heir up!"

The Empress Dowager’s eyes only had Xiang Zhang in them, and she ordered lovingly.

Before the servants could act, Nan Shi coldly spoke, "Empress Dowager, even if Xiang Zhang was not the mastermind, he was still an accomplice. How can an accomplice be spared?"