AWB Chapter 1130 The Tragic Princess Killed by a Scumbag (4)
Chapter 1130 The Tragic Princess Killed by a Scumbag (4)
Soon, the news of the fire in Tianxiang Tower spread throughout the capital.
This naturally included the news that the culprit, Princess Jiahe, went mad due to drinking and set fire after drinking.
Zhou Ziyan, who was carried back to Zhou's home, was still unconscious.
The entire Zhou family was in chaos, and everyone was calling for a doctor.
The one who wanted to file a complaint in the palace was cursing, "God damn Princess Jiahe, there is really no law! She actually set fire to Tianxiang Tower and ruined my son's appearance. I'm going to file a complaint against her in the palace."
The person who spoke was Zhou Ziyan's mother.
After Zhou Ziyan passed the imperial examination, she was conferred the title of Lady of Imperial Concubine by her original father, the Emperor.
According to the laws of Daze State, she had the right to enter the palace wearing the imperial robes.
"Don't worry! Let the doctor take a look at Yan'er's condition and see if he can be cured!"
Father Zhou quickly stopped him and said, "Even if you can't cure her, you must ask the doctor to wake Yan'er up and accompany you to the palace!"
"Row!"
And here at Tianxiang Tower.
This time, because Zhou Ziyan was truly disfigured and unconscious, no one arranged the aftermath.
So, people from the county government in the capital went directly to investigate the reason.
A guest said that he saw with his own eyes a drunk veiled woman holding a candle and setting the curtain on fire.
"Then who thinks that woman is Princess Jiahe?" the investigator asked carefully.
As a princess of a country, if she really did it, then the entire Daze Kingdom would be disgraced.
Moreover, according to news from the palace.
Today, Princess Jiahe did not leave the palace at all, but accompanied several princesses to appreciate flowers and drink tea.
They need to be even more cautious.
"I don't know. Anyway, someone shouted it out, and we thought it was her!" a guest said immediately.
"Have you ever seen the true face of that woman? Can you draw her appearance?"
Suddenly, the guests who were dining on the first floor looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I haven't really seen that. The woman was wearing a veil!"
"That's right, we haven't seen it!"
Afterwards, people from the county government found signs of kerosene on the burnt traces on the pillars on the first floor.
Soon, they found the owner and waiter of Tianxianglou and brought them back.
As for Zhou Ziyan, he finally regained consciousness under the skillful treatment of a famous doctor in the capital.
However, because of the wound, his speech was not clear.
After he vaguely said "Jiahe", Zhou's mother impatiently took people to the palace.
Emperor Daze, who was busy with many affairs, was unaware of the rumors outside the palace.
Even when Zhou Ziyan was taken away disfigured, Su Li had already returned to the palace in seconds.
He even brought several daughters of Emperor Daze to visit Queen Daze.
Emperor Daze, who happened to have a harmonious relationship with his empress, was also drinking tea in his own empress's palace. Looking at his beautiful daughters, he felt very pleased.
Until a secret report came from outside the palace that his beloved princess had set fire to Tianxiang Tower!
It also indirectly burned to death a waiter who didn't have time to escape.
This made Emperor Daze extremely angry!
His beloved princess stayed well in the palace and didn't even leave.
Someone actually poured that basin of dirty water on his precious princess?
How audacious!
Therefore, the county government in Beijing conducted a thorough investigation into the fire.
Coincidentally, just when the county government brought the owner and waiter of Tianxiang Tower to the palace.
Zhou's mother also brought her disfigured son, and Zhou Hanlin beat the drum to seek justice.
Therefore, this time, Emperor Daze did not just call the original body and Zhou Ziyan together for questioning as he did before.
Instead, he personally went to the square outside the imperial city with a grand procession of ceremonial guards and faced the mother and son of the Zhou family in front of all the people in the capital.
When she saw Emperor Daze surrounded by palace servants, Zhou's mother cried, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for my son!"
Emperor Daze frowned slightly as he looked at the crying woman in front of him.
What he hated most was seeing the women in the harem crying in front of him, and sometimes they would even make a scene of crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to hang themselves.
So, his face darkened slightly, and without asking the other party to stand up, he asked directly, "Speak, what is the grievance you are beating the grievance drum for?"
"Your Majesty! I am suing Princess Jiahe!"
She raised her body and stared at Su Li with cold eyes, "Sue her for being the Princess of Daze, respected by all the people, but acting wickedly, setting fire and injuring people, doing evil things that cannot be tolerated by heaven!"
"Now my son's appearance is completely ruined. He can no longer continue his career path, and there will be no good girl from a suitable family to marry him! I beg Your Majesty to punish Princess Jiahe and marry her to my son as a concubine to atone for his sin!"
Zhou Ziyan, who was lying on the ground, called out incoherently, "Mom, no, Jiahe..."
He wanted to tell his mother that Jiahe didn't seem to be in Tianxiang Tower at that time.
Unfortunately, his mother misunderstood.
"Yan'er, I know you have your cousin in your heart! But now that your face is disfigured, your aunt may not marry your cousin to you! Listen to your mother, take Princess Jiahe home first, and we can talk about other things later!" Zhou's mother whispered to comfort her.
"No, no..." Zhou Ziyan looked anxious.
He wanted to tell her not to be like this and to go back quickly.
Because he was really disfigured and did not have any evidence of Princess Jiahe in Tianxiang Tower.
In addition, after Tianxiang Tower was burned down, he had no time to deal with the follow-up matters, so it was easy for him to be discovered.
Unfortunately, his mother had no idea why he was so anxious.
When he planned this, he told his mother that he would bring disgrace to the princess.
He wanted to turn the most noble princess of a country into a slave of her Zhou family, and make her work diligently for the Zhou family.
At this moment, Emperor Daze listened to Zhou's mother's story with a meaningful look on his face.
When the mother and son whispered, he smiled, a dangerous smile.
"You said that my Princess Jiahe set fire to Tianxiang Tower? And ruined the appearance of your son Zhou Hanlin? You said that you want me to marry the apple of my eye as a concubine to your son? Huh?" There was a coldness in Emperor Daze's voice.
"Not bad!"
Mother Zhou straightened her chest and said, "Although Princess Jiahe is a princess, if the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like a commoner. I don't think Your Majesty will protect Princess Jiahe, right?"
Emperor Daze immediately laughed, "You are right! The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people! Then let me ask you, when you sued Princess Jiahe, did you know there is another law?"
"Ah?" Zhou's mother was confused.
"If you sue the royal princess and it turns out to be a false accusation, your entire family will be executed! Do you know that?" Emperor Daze asked again in a cold voice.
Mother Zhou was immediately anxious, "Your Majesty, I did not make false accusations! It is a fact that my son was disfigured in Tianxiang Tower, and it is also a fact that Tianxiang Tower was set on fire by Princess Jiahe!"
Emperor Daze sneered, "Facts? Is there any evidence? As the saying goes, if you catch a thief, you take the stolen goods; if you catch a prisoner, you take his pair! You said Princess Jiahe set the fire. Do you have any evidence?"
"Your Majesty, you can't shield Princess Jiahe! As for the evidence, all the guests who dined at Tianxiang Tower can prove it!"
Mother Zhou said anxiously, "They can prove that it was Princess Jiahe who went crazy after drinking and set the curtains on fire on the first floor!"