C60 Part3

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Concubine Rong became more and more angry with her words.

Her face turned pale with anger, and she was heartbroken, as if she regretted making that decision back then.

"Concubine Rong, you don't need to get angry.

Please, drink some tea to calm down and restore your breath."

Murong Ci smiled coolly,

"Don't you know, Concubine Rong?

Fan Xiao Wen died of a asthma attack."

"Fan Xiao Wen?

Isn't that the name of the eldest son of Lord Fan, Bachelor of the Imperial Academy of Literature, of the Fan Clan?"

Concubine Rong looked shocked.

"Life is really impermanent, sigh..."

"Concubine Rong, if you plead guilty, this King will only punish you.

If you don't, I'll have enough reasons to suspect that you have linked up with Duke Rong Guo and conspired to kill Fan Xiao Wen.

The Emperor will be furious, and you know better than anyone else, what will happen to Duke Rong Guo!"

Murong Yu's tone was light, but his words were heavy, which made people feel bitter.

Concubine Rong's complexion was faintly pale, and her eyebrows, that had always been calm, trembled with her long eyelashes at this time, apparently thinking about how much they had discovered.

At this moment, a guard came in, and was about to speak out, but Murong Yu waved his hand, with his eyes bursting with dazzling cold light,

"Concubine Rong, this King gives you one last chance."

Concubine Rong's facial expression condensed with a somewhat heroic look, with her eyes filled with determination,

"Yes, it was this Consort that instructed Xiao Yongzi to kill Fan Xiao Wen."

Her schemes had been revealed, and the most important thing now for her was to keep her brother, Duke Rong Guo out of it, safe and sound.

Concubine Rong knew that the Royal King was well-known for always being strict in law enforcement and with iron and bloody wrist.

That same person had miraculously given her a change this time.

If she hadn't taken it, and hadn't pleaded guilty, she would have given him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make moves over her Rong Clan, which would have most likely resulted in the destruction of the Rong Clan, which would have encountered a terrible disaster.

As for herself, Concubine Rong felt that she had lived enough time in the deep Palace.

However, she pityed her young daughter, Princess Jinyang.

She didn't regret what she had done, but she only hated herself for not considering everything, misjudging and underestimating the Crown Prince and the Royal King's minds.

The guard said:

"Your Royal Highness, Prince Regent, this humble servant found this Brocade Box in the small drawer of the bed of Concubine Rong's Sleeping Hall."

Concubine Rong sadly looked at the Brocade Box, closed and opened her eyes, with watery tears surging in her eyes.

'My life is over...'

Shen Zhiyan took the Brocade Box, and after opening it, he sniffed it closely, and said with joy:

"Your Highness, it's Poppy Pollen."

Murong Ci shouted:

"Come here, take Concubine Rong into custody."

Meanwhile, Wei Wen Chang, the official of the Ministry of Etiquettes and Rituals, had already been taken into custody as well.

Murong Ci didn't expect that Murong Yu would have made Concubine Rong confess with just a few words, and it was really outstanding.

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After Fan Xiao Wen's death, the whole family of the Bachelor's Fan Clan mourned and started his funeral.

Concubine Rong instructed her servant to use Poppy Pollen to cause Fan Xiao Wen's asthma attack, which led to his death.

She was temporarily taken into a prison cell in the Palace and handed over to the Emperor.

When Duke Rong Guo learned of this, it became a mess.

The Rong Clan was one of the Four Great Families in the Northern Yan Kingdom.

The honor or disgrace brought to the Rong Clan by the status of Concubine Rong in the Harem, had always been a bargaining chip for the Rong Clan's status in the court.

If she were sentenced to death, then the reputation of the Rong Clan would have been impacted and their status in the court would have no longer been the same.

Therefore, Duke Rong Guo was so anxious.

It was impossible for him to watch his sister, Concubine Rong, being executed, yet there was nothing he could do about it.

In the same day and night, he went to the Imperial Palace to see the Royal King.

However, the guards at the gate prevented him from entering, saying that the Regent wasn't there.

Duke Rong Guo asked if the Royal King would be returning to the Palace, but he was told vaguely that they didn't know when he'd be back.

Therefore, Duke Rong Guo had no choice and went back angrily.

Overnight, the rumor of the murder of Fan Xiao Wen by Concubine Rong during the Literary Test had spread throughout the aristocracy of the Northern Yan State.

Many people talked about the incident.

There were some who couldn't believe their ears, some who were mocking and disdainful, and some who were simply sighing horrified.

In the early morning of the next day, the rumor had spread rapidly like a plague, and all the people in the market were discussing about it.

However, the Competition couldn't be stopped, and the first day of the Martial Arts Test proceeded as scheduled.

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END of CHAPTER 60 PART 3

.....................to be continued