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Chapter 32 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (32)

"Armor, crossbow, and golden artifact?"

"There are even corpses of pregnant women who starved to death?"

"A fabricated human heart?"

The sounds of surprise were repeated one after another. It can be said that everything found this time was shocking.

I'm shocked by the King of Lu's audacity. He's not a human being!!
At the same time, Zhai Hongxia was somewhat at a loss, because in the past, or at least in this dynasty, no prince's palace had ever been confiscated. And generally speaking, unless a prince was clearly proven to be planning a rebellion or had already rebelled, the emperor would not likely confiscate the prince's palace.

The purpose of Zhai Hongxia's search was not to find evidence of Prince Lu's crimes, but to find the murderer behind the scenes and help Prince Lu return to normal.

But now so many things were unexpectedly found.

Should he report it, or keep it secret?

If he reported it, first of all, his search procedure would not be very legal. Even if he could barely say that he found evidence unintentionally to help Prince Lu, it would depend on whether Emperor Tianwu admitted it or not. If Emperor Tianwu did not admit it or made malicious speculations.

He was deliberately provoking the royal family.

If he conceals the truth and it is discovered later, he will be held accountable for not reporting it or even for conspiring with the King of Lu to rebel. I'm afraid he will not end up well.

Thinking of this, Zhai Hongxia's eyes really went dark.

If he had known this, he should have died suddenly yesterday, or he should not have gotten involved so much and tried to avoid any disputes with the palace, pushing the matter to the chief judge or the county lieutenant. He should never have personally participated in this matter out of curiosity.

Curiosity really kills the cat!!!
"Privately storing armor and bows and crossbows is a crime tantamount to treason. Even if you are a prince, except for a few guarding the border, you should not be allowed to privately store so many armor and bows and crossbows in your palace.

What on earth does Prince Lu want to do?"

While Zhou Hui was muttering, Doctor Wang was also looking at the gold and antiques brought by the guards and said in surprise:
"It's not surprising to have gold artifacts, but these golds are clearly unicorn gold. These artifacts are also rare items that have not been handed down from generation to generation. There are still traces of soil on them. They must have been dug out from the tombs of previous generations. Is the King of Lu robbing tombs?"

"None of this matters.

According to regulations, His Royal Highness the Prince of Lu was supposed to have 300 guards. While armor should be distributed to the guards, it also requires maintenance and repair. Having around a hundred pieces in stock at the palace was quite reasonable. As for the crossbow, it was probably just a hobby of the Prince of Lu. After all, modern firearms are far more powerful than crossbows, and regulations on firearms are much stricter than those on crossbows.

It’s just that the old rules of the previous dynasty have not been changed.

But I don’t think Your Majesty would care about this.”

In reality, these people are just grasshoppers temporarily tied to the same rope, while Dong Huaide and Prince Lu are really tied to the same rope. If Prince Lu is accused of treason, what good will happen to him as the general manager?

It would be useless even if he had just arrived at Prince Lu's Mansion.

So Dong Huaide had to try hard to defend it:

“As for these golden relics, they might have been donated by outsiders. It’s hard to say whether His Royal Highness Prince Lu is aware of them or not. It’s impossible for His Royal Highness to pay attention to every detail of such a small matter.

If there is any guilt, it is the fault of the former steward of the palace.

Your Majesty will surely see clearly.

Doctor Wang and the rest of you, please stop talking nonsense."

The clever part of his defense was that he mentioned Emperor Tianwu twice, reminding them and asking them to recall how Emperor Tianwu responded and what the punishment was the other time he faced similar situations, even situations far worse than the evidence they had just found.

Although the words are short, the effect is quite obvious.

After hearing this, Zhai Hongxia immediately decided to help keep it a secret. He had to keep it a secret. After all, the Prince of Lu only had a few hundred suits of armor hidden, not five thousand or ten thousand. If he had hidden five thousand or ten thousand suits of armor, there would be no need to worry that Emperor Tianwu would let the Prince of Lu go. After all, if he had hidden so much armor, no one would believe that he was not rebelling.

But it's really hard to say about the hundred or so. It all depends on whether Emperor Tianwu is willing to punish. If he is willing to punish, it will be a serious crime. If he is not willing, it's fine to just say they are handicraft collections.

But Emperor Tianwu is most likely unwilling to do so.

Not to mention the suspected tomb robbery that followed, which was a complete disgrace to the imperial family. It would be strange for Emperor Tianwu to accept it. As for the pregnant woman who starved to death, Emperor Tianwu had already made a judgment on this matter. What's the point of bringing it up again? Are they trying to slap Emperor Tianwu in the face? They can only continue to keep it secret.

Everyone present was smart. After a moment's thought, they looked at each other in tacit understanding and simply passed over these matters. At the same time, they ordered the guards who came to report to keep it confidential and temporarily seal up the things that were found. Then they continued to discuss whether it was necessary to search the only two remaining places.

That is the bedroom where King Lu is sleeping.

And the princess's coffin.

"Prince Lu's bedroom is easy to deal with. We'll wait for him to finish drinking the tranquilizing soup and move him to the side. It will take less than half an hour to search it. There's no way Prince Lu will wake up in this short time. The problem is the princess's coffin. It's probably not appropriate to open it for inspection."

Zhai Hongxia quickly continued.

Anyway, the Prince Lu's Mansion has been basically searched, so it's no big deal to search the bedroom again. Zhai Hongxia is willing to take responsibility for this matter, but he will start searching the Princess Lu's coffin.

He is unwilling to bear the relevant responsibilities.

Opening a coffin is a very taboo thing for ordinary people. It is okay if family members open the coffin, but if the government or outsiders want to open the coffin and don't find any problems, it will be a big trouble.

So he wanted Dong Huaide to agree.

But Dong Huaide was unwilling to do so and simply ignored it.

The scene seemed a little awkward for a moment. Not only did no one speak, but they also avoided looking at each other.

“There’s no need to open the coffin for inspection.

When the princess died and was being put into the coffin and the burial objects were being placed, many people were watching. The eunuch who delivered the decree even checked it personally, and then nailed all three layers of the coffin shut with coffin nails in front of everyone.

Who can go into a nailed-down coffin and do anything?"

After a long time, Zhai Hongxia said dryly.

A coffin that is nailed shut cannot have anything inside come out, and anything outside cannot get in.

There's really no need to risk opening the coffin.

"Has the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict personally examined it? Where are the eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict? If that doesn't work, call them in to question them."

Seeing that no one was willing to take the responsibility of opening the coffin.

Zhai Hongxia immediately prepared to settle for the second best and asked the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict whether he had found anything wrong, such as whether the coffin containing the princess's body was normal.

The palace steward Zhai Hongxia once again looked troubled:
"Those eunuchs who were delivering the imperial edict sneaked out before dark last night."

"Run away? Could it be them?"

Zhai Hongxia was rarely excited.

"No, that shouldn't be the case. They knew about the strange changes in Prince Lu and were probably worried that this would implicate them, so they ran away secretly."

Dong Huaide didn't explain in detail, but Zhai Hongxia knew from his expression that he was hiding something. However, after thinking about it carefully, it was unlikely that a few eunuchs who were delivering imperial decrees would do such a thing.

So I didn’t ask any further questions in the end.

After discussing with each other, they decided together not to go and open the coffin of Princess Kailu. They just planned to carefully ask the people who were responsible for customizing the coffin, those who put the princess's body into the coffin, and those who nailed the coffin shut, whether there was anything wrong. Finally, they might also ask the people who were keeping vigil whether they heard any movement.

When direct search is not possible.

I can only ask more questions.

(End of this chapter)