Chapter 382

Chapter 382: The Most Heartless Emperor

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Wei Huai’en bowed respectfully.

“Your Highness, I’m here on the emperor’s orders to send you something.”

Noble Consort Shu was clearly prepared and reacted calmly.

“Is it poisoned wine? Or white silk?”

Wei Huai En glanced at the young eunuch behind him.

The young eunuch immediately came forward with a mahogany tray.

On the tray were a wine pot and a wine glass.

Seeing this, Liu Zhi knelt down and cried, “Your Majesty, please spare Her Highness’s life on account of their many years of relationship! ”

Wei Huai’en ordered someone to drag Liu Zhi down.

The other unrelated people were also cleared out. In the end, only Noble

Consort Shu, Wei Huai’en, and the two young eunuchs he had brought were left in the room.

Noble Consort Shu sat still. “His Majesty promised me that he would spare the Sixth Prince’s life. I have to confirm that the Sixth Prince is safe before I can leave in peace.”

Wei Huai’en said, “Your Highness, you might not know this, but the Sixth Prince has already passed away.”

Noble Consort Shu’s eyes widened. Her calm posture instantly disintegrated.

She completely lost her composure and shouted.

“How is that possible? This isn’t true. I’ve already informed Rui’er to run away. He’s definitely still alive. You’re lying to me!”

Wei Huai’en said, “At this point, is there a need for me to lie to you? The Sixth Prince hanged himself. Before he died, he left a suicide note, indicating that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment. The emperor and the empress dowager already know about this.”

Noble Consort Shu still shook her head. “That’s impossible! Rui’er can’t have committed suicide.”

It was not until Wei Huai’en took out Shen Rui’s will that Noble Consort Shu had no choice but to believe that Shen Rui was really dead.

She rushed out as if she had gone crazy.

“Rui’er won’t commit suicide. This letter must have been forged by someone else. He must have been harmed!

“I’m going to see the emperor. Rui’er can’t die in vain. The emperor must mete out justice for Rui’er!”

However, before she could run far, she was stopped by two young eunuchs.

Wei Huai’en poured the poisoned wine into a glass and placed his hands in front of Noble Consort Shu.

“Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered Duke Lang to investigate the Sixth Prince’s death as soon as possible. The truth will definitely come out, but before that, you have to drink this glass of wine.”

Noble Consort Shu struggled desperately.

“I’m not drinking! Let go of me, you bunch of dogs! I want to see Empress Dowager Deng!”

Empress Dowager Deng was her aunt and would definitely stand on her side.

Wei Huai’en spoke unhurriedly, “The Empress Dowager dotes on you, but you shouldn’t have dared to threaten the emperor.”

“You’re a mother too. You should know very well what choices mothers make when their children are threatened.”

Noble Consort Shu was immediately speechless.

She had threatened the emperor with what had happened twenty years ago in order to leave Shen Rui a way out.

She knew the emperor’s nature and understood the consequences of what she had done.

Wei Huai En brought the glass to her lips.

“Since you dare to threaten the emperor, you must be prepared to die. Don’t resist anymore. Please leave with dignity. ”

Noble Consort Shu was indeed prepared to die. However, she did not expect Shen Rui to die before her.

Now that Shen Rui had died for no reason, how could she be willing? She turned her head away desperately, refusing to drink the glass of wine. She had to live. She had to find the murderer who killed Shen Rui and take revenge for him!

Wei Huai’en’s patience ran out.

He grabbed Noble Consort Shu’s chin with one hand and forced her mouth open. Then, he forced a glass of poisoned wine into her mouth. The spicy wine flowed into her body along her esophagus.

Noble Consort Shu whimpered in despair.

Soon, there was a sharp pain in her abdomen.

The two eunuchs released her.

She could not straighten in pain. She could only clutch her stomach and twitch on the ground.

Wei Huai En placed the empty wine glass back on the tray and looked at Noble Consort Shu with pity.

“Bear with it. You’ll be with the Sixth Prince soon.”

Noble Consort Shu was in so much pain that she wanted to die.

She Imew she was about to die.

Would she regret it if he asked her?

She naturally regretted it.

She regretted participating in the concubine selection. She regretted thinking about rising to the top.

What she regretted the most was having feelings for the man on the throne.

The most heartless person in the world was the emperor.

When he felt that she was valuable, he would spoil her until she was lawless and thought that she could squander everything in the world.

But when he didn’t need her, she was an eyesore. She had to be eliminated.

If there was a next life, she would definitely not enter the Imperial Family.

Yu Niaoniao had been waiting for the results of the search, but in the end, she received news that the Sixth Prince had passed away.

This ending was beyond her expectations.

She rushed to the Justice Department just as Lo Pingsha finished the second round of autopsies.

He reported in full detail.

“From the ligature mark on his neck, the Sixth Prince was indeed hanged.

I cut open his abdomen and checked the food residue in his stomach.

He hadn’t eaten for a long time before he died. His stomach was almost empty.

It can eliminate the possibility of having been drugged with food.” Xiao Juan asked, “Could it be that he was drugged with incense?

“Under normal circumstances, the effects of the incense are far inferior to the knockout powder. If the Sixth Prince had smelled the incense before he died, he should have been forced awake when he was hung from the beam and was seriously oxygen -deprived. ”

“Think about it. If you suddenly woke up and found yourself hanging in the air, you would definitely struggle, right? However, the Sixth Prince’s hands were clean, and his clothes were very neat. There were no signs of struggle.” “All of this proved that he did not move even at the last moment. He was really determined to die.”

Xiao Juan was silent.

Yu Niaoniao could not help but say, “In that case, did the Sixth Prince really commit suicide?”

Lo Pingsha nodded. “Yes.”

Yu Niaoniao turned to look at Xiao Juan, only to see that he had been looking at Shen Rui on the autopsy bed. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his thin lips were pursed into a straight line.

Yu Niaoniao asked, “Do you suspect that Shen Rui did not commit suicide?” Xiao Juan hesitated for a moment before saying his thoughts.

“Suicide takes a lot of courage, but from what I know of Shen Rui, he doesn’t have that courage.”

These were all his personal intuitions, but cases were solved with real evidence. Now, all the evidence indicated that Shen Rui had committed suicide.

Xiao Juan’s guess was not supported by any evidence.

He thought Yu Niaoniao would persuade him not to let his imagination run wild, but he heard her say.

“Since you still have doubts, let’s comb this case from the beginning again. We might find something useful?”

Xiao Juan turned to look at her and saw that her face was filled with smiles. Her eyes were bright and full of vitality.

Even if he couldn’t produce evidence, she chose to trust his instincts.

This feeling of being supported unconditionally was really good.

Xiao Juan’s gaze could not help but soften.

“Okay..”