frightfiction Chapter 521 Autopsy?!
Chapter 521 Autopsy?!
When these words came out, Jiang Ningwan's eyebrows jumped.
Autopsy...
The emperor also looked embarrassed.
Jiang Ningwan quickly said, "No! The King of Chu has passed away. He made so many contributions during his lifetime, how could he die without a complete body? I will never allow anyone to touch the King of Chu's body!"
Fan Shixian was emotional and glared at her, "You are reacting so strongly, the death of the King of Chu must be related to you!"
"You did it!"
Otherwise, why would the King of Chu suddenly die of illness?
It was clear that she would be marrying into the Prince of Chu's mansion in half a month, and then she would be able to legitimately take care of the Prince of Chu and help him detoxify.
Jiang Ningwan did it on purpose. She took action before she entered the mansion and killed the King of Chu!
Jiang Ningwan frowned, feeling annoyed.
He deliberately took action in advance, firstly because he was afraid that Fan Shixian would do something bad, and secondly because he didn't want Fan Shixian to get into trouble.
I didn't expect that she would still come to cause trouble openly.
The King of Chu is dead, what's the point of her nagging so much?
"The King of Chu's illness is being taken care of by me and the imperial physicians. Do you think my medical skills are inferior to yours, as are the other imperial physicians?"
"You still want to perform an autopsy? What gives you the right?"
"Don't even mention that you haven't entered the family yet. Even if you did enter, you would only be a concubine. What qualifications do you have to interfere with the remains of the King of Chu?"
"Someone, drag Fan Shixian away!"
Jiang Ningwan was eager to get rid of this trouble.
Can't let her do anything bad.
If an autopsy is really performed, Qin Shuangchi’s fake death will become real death.
The guards entered and tried to drag Fan Shixian away, but Fan Shixian broke free from the guards' control.
Regardless of everything, she knelt before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, if the truth cannot be uncovered and the King of Chu is cleared of all charges, I would rather die with him!"
The emperor's expression showed a hint of impatience.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Lord Fan who was not far away. "Lord Fan, are you really going to allow your daughter to cause trouble in the King of Chu's mourning hall?"
Master Fan's heart trembled, and he stepped forward to persuade her, "Xian'er, stop making trouble!"
"It is impossible for the princess to harm the king of Chu. The prince is of noble status, how can he perform an autopsy?"
But even when her father came to persuade her, Fan Shixian still refused to give up.
She knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, please trust me just once! There must be something strange about the King of Chu's death!"
The emperor's expression grew increasingly grim, and his tone became stern: "How outrageous!"
"How can we tolerate your nonsense in the King of Chu's funeral hall?"
"Since you want to die, then grant me the death penalty! Come, drag me away!"
At the command, Fan Shixian's face suddenly turned pale and she couldn't utter a word.
But Lord Fan reacted quickly and knelt down quickly, "My little girl is ignorant, Your Majesty, please have mercy on her!"
The emperor said sternly, "Shut up! You guys are not allowed to make noise in the King of Chu's funeral hall!"
"Anyone who says anything more will be put to death!"
Lord Fan's face turned pale and he dared not say a word. He could only watch the guards drag Fan Shixian away.
When she was dragged away, Fan Shixian begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I won't do it again. Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
But this time, no matter how she cried and begged for mercy, it was useless.
Jiang Ningwan glanced at her with regret and then looked away.
The death of the King of Chu was originally ordered by the emperor.
How could he allow anyone to investigate how the King of Chu died?
Soon, the mourning hall returned to silence.
No one dared to say anything anymore.
Fan Shixian, who was dragged away, also fell silent.
After all the officials paid their respects, the emperor ordered that he be buried in the imperial mausoleum as soon as possible.
The next day, Jiang Ningwan and Ling Weijun personally escorted the coffin into the imperial mausoleum.
The atmosphere in the team was heavy, and people along the way were mourning.
It was snowing heavily, and soon after the team left the city, the coffin was covered with a thick layer of white snow.
Yan Huixue rode beside Jiang Ningwan and looked around. "There's a group of people following us from a distance. They've been following us since we left the city."
The fog was very thick in the snowy weather, and the vision was obstructed by the vast expanse of white.
Jiang Ningwan said calmly, "It's okay, everything will proceed according to plan."
Because the road was slippery due to snow, the team moved slowly.
When passing through a dense forest, the sound of suona suddenly came from the front. The team stopped and a funeral procession came into view.
A team of about fifty people carried a fine coffin, which was considered a grand funeral.
Paper money fluttered in the sky along with the snowflakes.
Jiang Ningwan ordered, "Let them pass first."
As the funeral procession passed them, it suddenly stopped. The man in the lead, holding the coffin, asked with a haggard face, "Excuse me, sir, whose coffin is this?"
Jiang Ningwan: "Your Highness the Prince of Chu."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
"Your Highness the Prince of Chu? How could Your Highness the Prince of Chu..."
Everyone found it unbelievable.
Jiang Ningwan explained, "Died of illness."
The man sighed and then asked tentatively, "The King of Chu is a great hero. Could you allow us to pay our respects to him? It would also be considered a farewell to the King of Chu."
Jiang Ningwan did not refuse and nodded.
Afterwards, the funeral procession lowered the coffin, and the leading man shouted, "Dear friends and relatives, this is the coffin of the King of Chu. Let us send him off!"
Everyone knelt down and worshiped the King of Chu's coffin.
But at this moment, a sharp arrow cut through the sky and came straight towards him with murderous intent. Jiang Ningwan was startled and raised his hand to swing his spear to cut off the arrow.
"There's an assassin! Protect the people!"
The people were also frightened, and Ling Weijun immediately dismounted and protected the people in the middle.
At this time, the two coffins were placed together.
Soon, a large number of men in black rushed out of the woods, wielding sharp swords, and rushed forward to fight.
The people gathered in the middle and there was chaos.
Sometimes assassins would sneak up on the crowd and Jiang Ningwan would quickly fight back to protect the people.
Soon, many bodies of killers fell to the ground.
After killing a group of killers, the surroundings returned to silence, but the people were frightened and their faces turned pale.
Yan Huixue held his breath and concentrated, observing the movements in the woods.
He quickly said, "General, I'm afraid there are still assassins!"
The people were suddenly panicked, "What? There's more?"
Jiang Ningwan quickly said, "Leave immediately! The killer is coming for us and won't hurt you. Go!"
The people did not hesitate and immediately carried the coffin and fled in a hurry.
As soon as the mourners left, a large number of killers rushed out of the woods again and surrounded them.
Jiang Ningwan and his men fought fiercely with them.
But in the chaos, the King of Chu's coffin was overturned.
After a fierce battle, some of the killers were killed and some were captured.
Jiang Ningwan quickly ordered, "Lift up the coffin."
Even the coffin lid was overturned, and the body of the King of Chu rolled out. Jiang Ningwan and others personally carried the body back.
He angrily ordered, "Yan Huixue, bring all these assassins back to the army and interrogate them strictly. Bring back their bodies as well. We must find out their origins!"
"Yes!"
Yan Huixue and his men immediately escorted the killer back to the army.
The body was also carried away, pushed onto a bullock cart, and pulled back.
After packing up, Jiang Ningwan's team continued their journey towards the imperial mausoleum.
On the distant mountain top, Lu Lingsong was observing quietly.
The snow was falling so heavily that the vast expanse of white was hard to see clearly, but he had a clear idea of what had happened.
"Heh, stealing the dragon and switching it to the phoenix."
The subordinate behind him asked, "General, are we still going to follow Ling Wei's army?"
"No need. Go after the funeral procession. They should have carried the King of Chu's coffin away."