vrcanaries Chapter 499 What happened
Chapter 499 What happened
Cheng Wan was seriously injured, and some of Prince Jing's men were also injured. They should have stopped traveling and rested.
However, with the emperor's birthday approaching, it was impossible to delay any longer.
Prince Jing's entourage and the birthday congratulatory delegation joined forces and embarked on the final leg of their journey back to the capital.
Meanwhile, one of Prince Jing's men was carrying Prince Jing's letter and was riding ahead of the main force to the capital.
In the Hall of Union in the Imperial Palace, the emperor sat behind his dragon desk, his eyes lowered, his gaze quickly sweeping over the words on the paper in his hand.
At one point, the emperor seemed to see something extremely unexpected, and his eyebrows twitched upwards.
"The third brother saved Marquis Zhaoping from Wei Hufeng's men."
what?
Changfu, who was bowing and standing by, was startled by the emperor's words and almost lost his composure.
Did His Highness Prince Jing rescue Marquis Zhaoping from Wei Hufeng's men?
Wasn't His Highness Prince Jing single-mindedly focused on killing... and wasn't he extremely at odds with Marquis Zhaoping?
How could he have saved Marquis Zhaoping?
Moreover, she was rescued from Wei Hufeng's men.
His Highness Prince Jing, Wei Hufeng, and Marquis Zhaoping.
Why are the two people who were most at odds with each other the same person now paired together?
Good heavens, what exactly happened in between?
As if he could guess what Changfu was thinking, the emperor handed the letter from Prince Jing to Changfu, his voice carrying a hint of ambiguous laughter: "Look, our Prince Jing has certainly experienced quite a bit of excitement on this trip out of the capital, and he has also made considerable progress."
Chang Fu didn't respond to that. He bowed and accepted the paper from the emperor with both hands, then looked down and read it carefully.
In his letter to the emperor, Prince Jing described in detail how he rescued Marquis Zhaoping from the bandits after their chance encounter, how he found Wei Hufeng's handwritten letter ordering them to intercept and kill Marquis Zhaoping on the bandits' corpses, and how he had already received the congratulatory delegation from Liangzhou...
Of course, Prince Jing didn't write down those things that he had already made a deal with Cheng Wan that the emperor couldn't know about.
Wei Hufeng's handwritten letter...
Chang Fu's eyes flickered, and he bowed to hand the paper back to the emperor, his face beaming with just the right amount of admiration.
"His Highness Prince Jing is indeed His Majesty's son; he is exceptionally intelligent and quick-witted."
Not only did they rescue Marquis Zhaoping from the bandits, but they also smoothly welcomed the Liangzhou birthday celebration delegation, truly a great achievement!
The emperor took the letter, and the enigmatic smile on his face deepened: "The third prince did a good job this time, calming down a storm."
"Your Majesty, Wei Hufeng sent men to intercept and kill Marquis Zhaoping. Now the evidence is conclusive. Should we imprison him for questioning?" Chang Fu carefully chose his words and asked tentatively.
Previously, Cai Shu, the official in charge of the Liangzhou birthday celebration delegation, sent someone to report that Marquis Zhaoping had been captured by bandits. He also presented a wooden plaque with the character "Wei" engraved on it, saying that it was accidentally dropped by the bandits who came to take the people hostage.
In this vast world, there are certainly many people with the surname Wei besides Wei Hufeng. To conclude that Wei Hufeng sent people to capture Marquis Zhaoping based solely on a wooden plaque with the character "Wei" inscribed on it is far-fetched.
Therefore, to this day, Wei Hufeng and his family remain intact.
But now, with the personal letter from Wei Hufeng delivered by someone sent by Prince Jing, things are quite different.
The emperor casually placed Prince Jing's handwritten letter on a corner of his dragon desk, his dark gaze sweeping out of the palace, as if he could see through the many palace walls and into the distant official road where the group of people were.
"Not in a hurry."