The footsteps outside grew more urgent. Su Jun put down the teacup in her hand and said, "Are you sure it's successful?"
Dong Shuang whispered, "Madam, my life and property as a guarantee, everything is worry-free!"
Su Jun closed her eyes. The face that has been calm and waveless these two days finally had a trace of a smile. She said, "I trust you."
Dong Shuang caught a glimpse of Su Jun's smile and felt a little more at ease. Phew, phew, Miss is returning to normal.
At least, she's not as lifeless as before. As for others dying, what does that have to do with her?
Su Shaoxian placed her next to Su Jun in order to do something like this.
Qiulu pushed open the door and said, "Miss, should I go now?"
Su Jun nodded indifferently.
After finding the woman's body in Zhang Zhao training room, the princess immediately dispatched Dong Shuang to suppress the crowd and block out the news. Then she sent people to report it to Her Majesty Empress and Her Royal Highness.
Considering the previous dispute between Dong Shuang and Zhang Zhaoxun, Su Jun specially sent Qiulu to summon Zhang Zhaoxun to the front courtyard.
When Qiulu hurriedly arrived at the prince's front yard, seeing no one outside the yard, she curiously pushed open the door and was about to report it when she suddenly found Zhang Zhaoxun in an affair with the eldest son of Cao Gong.
The piercing scream echoed throughout the deathly silent room.
Zhang Shi was dragged away, and the eldest son of Cao Gong was arrested.
When Su Jun learned of the news, she hurried to the front courtyard, only to find that Zhang Shi had become mute due to fear and could not speak.
Although Su Jun immediately issued a death sentence to block the news, it still spread throughout the Six Palaces.
——Zhang Zhaoxun had an affair with the eldest son of Cao Gong, and her maid discovered the affair, so she was cruelly killed.
There are also rumors that Zhang Zhaoxun forced the maid to serve the eldest son of Cao Gong along with her, and the maid refused point-blank, claiming that she had once been favored by the Crown Prince and was his person. In the end, she was brutally murdered by Zhang Zhaoxun in a frenzy.
Whether the truth is what it seems, the Crown Prince is still wearing a green hat on his head.
The Guifei Dian is afraid to intervene in the affairs of the East Palace. On her way here, she twisted her foot and broke it. The empress mother sent a nursemaid to deal with it and took Zhang Shi and others to the Confucius Palace.
Just at this moment, the Crown Prince returned, dressed in civilian clothes and feeling pleased with himself.
Upon hearing the news, the Crown Prince was enraged and immediately kicked the eldest son of Cao Gong. Fortunately, others managed to stop him shortly.
Su Jun said, "Your Majesty, Qiulu came here and they were only half-dressed at the time. Zhaoxun was still chaste..." She couldn't say that Zhaoxun's chastity was intact after she was seen naked by someone else. Su Jun could only improvise at the moment and say, "Zhaoxun wasn't touched."
The Crown Prince was extremely angry, very angry.
Su Jun added, "Maybe someone is intentionally calculating this. Both of them were probably caught in a trap!"
The words were said with absolute certainty. The Crown Prince's face color slightly improved. After all, compared with Zhang Shi's betrayal of him, he would prefer this to be an accident.
Dong Shuang quietly waved her hand, relaxed her grip on Zhang Shi's person, and Zhang Shi immediately threw herself at the Crown Prince's feet.
Although Zhang Shi cannot speak at the moment, she relies on her familiarity with the Crown Prince and skillfully performs a pitiful yet moving appearance, which makes the Crown Prince soften towards her.
Su Jun watched coldly at everything.
When Dong Shuang had a dispute with Zhang Shi before, she had already given Zhang Shi a drug. Now, with Qiulu wearing an agglutinin pouch, Zhang Shi could temporarily lose her voice.
This method is crude and the Imperial Physician can easily see it. But Zhang Shi won't have the chance to let the Imperial Physician examine her.
Today's commotion is not about putting Zhang Shi in prison, but rather... it's about the life of the eldest son of Cao Gong!
The mess was a mess, and no one noticed that the eldest son of Cao Gong had a face redder than usual.
On the way to the empress mother's palace, the eldest son of Cao Gong suddenly fell to the ground, vomiting blood profusely. Su Jun immediately sent someone to invite a physician.
Fortunately, the Imperial Physician Qian was at the palace of the empress mother taking pulse readings and immediately rushed to the scene.
He and Su Jun exchanged glances hurriedly. Su Jun seemed to be casually lifting her hand to brush her cloud-like bun, and her fingertip happened to stroke the side of her face.
The Imperial Physician Qian dared not hesitate any longer. Since he decided to conceal the fact that Su Jin had slapped Su Jin, he had no way to turn back.
Now if he were to expose it, the emperor would only sentence him to death faster.
Because he had a precedent of betrayal, the emperor here does not exist in the form of repentance and performance.
With the matter leaked, it is unknown how the Su family will fare, but the Qian family is certainly doomed to have no place to be buried.
Ah, divine beings fighting, and the small ghosts suffer!
The Imperial Physician Qian shook his hands, examining for a while and said, "There's no hope."
The Crown Prince was unable to believe it. Although he disliked the eldest son of Cao Gong for daring to do such a thing, he had never thought of letting him die!
Firstly, he was a companion of his, and their relationship was not ordinary.
Secondly, Cao Gong's family only has one male heir!
The Cao family is the descendants of a founding meritorious official. The current Marquis of Cao is a pillar of the court and was originally a die-hard member of the Crown Prince's party.
However, with the death of the crown prince's attendant, the Cao family will certainly seek revenge on the Crown Prince to the death!
Su Jun was flustered, expressing her concerns in her heart. Her voice was not loud, but just enough for Zhang Shi to hear.
Zhang Shi jolted, even if she were foolish, she knew that the Cao family would definitely take her life. Especially since neither the empress dowager nor the emperor liked her!
Then let her be used to soothe the old officials!
"Your Majesty, I am your person. I have never betrayed you..."
Zhang Zhaoxun cried wretchedly and disregardfully rushed into the Crown Prince's embrace. The rich fragrance aroused a strange desire in the Crown Prince, making him think of the beautiful moments he had touched Zhang Zhaoxun before.
Today, he said that the most famous courtesan in the south had arrived in the capital and would leave tomorrow. The Crown Prince, for some reason, so went out of the palace with You Tianye to have fun.
You Tianye was a bit older than the Crown Prince, but he would never advise the Crown Prince to follow the rules like those old scholars. The other day, he happened to know about the Crown Prince's preference, so he would specially pick some things from the courtesan's house to tell the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince knew that You Tianye was flattering him, and indeed, these were things that the Crown Prince had never been exposed to.
After two days, the Crown Prince had this idea.
The head of the brothel, that should be more thrilling, right?
However, when they really touched it, they found that it was quite dull and did not compare to Zhang Shi.
At this moment, with Zhang Shi's delicate and boneless figure in his arms, the Crown Prince was overwhelmed with emotion and couldn't bear to part with her.
The empress dowager arrived with someone's help and immediately sent someone to summon the emperor.
The Cao family only received the news the next morning, by which time the silver needle embedded in the eldest son of Cao Gong had already been removed by the Imperial Physician Qian secretly.
The rumors in the palace had already become that the Crown Prince, in anger, severely injured the eldest son of Cao Gong, causing his bones to pierce his internal organs and thus leading to his death.
The court was in an uproar.
Zhang Shi had nowhere to go, and finally, Su Jun proposed: "Why not place her in the Long Corridor? We haven't yet clarified the matter, and I'm worried that if she is placed outside, she might..."
She didn't finish speaking, and everyone present understood her meaning.
The Ministry of Punishment and the Imperial Prison claim to be airtight, but in fact, the emperor doesn't know how many holes there are.
However, in the palace, it's a different story. The Cao family has never had a queen consort, and since the empress dowager's departure, the Long Corridor has always been managed by the empress dowager's people. No one from the concubinage could interfere.
As for Su Jun, in the empress dowager's eyes, how could her own youngster see such things.
She should be enjoying clear skies and bright moons every day.
Such matters should be dealt with by the elders.
So it was settled.
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In the depths of the night, behind the artificial mountain, there was no one in sight.
Qiulu stood guard outside the artificial mountain.
Su Jun said indifferently, "I have fulfilled your request. Now it's time for you to keep your promise."
