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Chapter 424 The Long Night

With the help of Zhou Chang and Gao Yuan, the skinny monkey carried Uncle Qiu on his back and walked out of the palace.

Zhou Chang watched the backs of Skinny Monkey and Uncle Qiu disappear into the thick darkness, then turned around and sat back in his chair.

This night is so long.

"Tell me, who on earth instructed you to do this?" Zhou Chang spoke in a stern voice, his spirit and mood having reached their limit.

Little Jiangzi lost his last support and kowtowed: "Your Highness Prince Yi, please be kind and spare my life. I did nothing but draw two pictures. I didn't kill anyone or set any fire, and I never thought of doing anything bad to the palace."

"It seems that you would rather die than tell us who your master is?" Zhou Chang forced himself to ask, but he had lost his last bit of patience.

Little Jiangzi has become a repeater: "Your Highness, please behave yourself, Your Highness, please behave yourself..."

"You make your own choice. Do you want to give out the mastermind and save your life, or would you rather die than tell anyone?" Zhou Chang no longer had the heart to ask any further questions.

Xiao Jiangzi was stunned. If he was asked to choose, he didn't want to die, but he also didn't want his only relative to die.

"Forget it. You'll die if you tell me, and you'll die if you don't." Zhou Chang was tired. "Even if you don't tell me, I already know, but I can't keep you here."

It is already very clear that Xiao Jiangzi was a trick Liu Dexia put on before his death, sneaking into Prince Yi's mansion.

Tonight, Ma Feihu and his team are working together inside and outside to find evidence.

All of this points to Prince Duan.

"His Highness, please be well. Your Highness, I have done nothing except to inquire about the situation, and I have not harmed anyone..." Little Jiangzi observed the words and expressions of the people, and still wanted to hope for a glimmer of hope.

Zhou Chang waved his hand and said to Gao Yuan: "Find a safe place and have someone guard him. If he is willing to talk, let him live. If he is not willing to talk, then... deal with him."

"Yes..." Gao Yuan agreed, and took the palace soldiers to gag Xiao Jiangzi and take him away.

After everyone left, Zhou Chang was the only one left in the front hall.

Finally it was my turn to go see Aunt Jing, but all my strength had been drained from my body.

He picked up the soup at hand and took a couple of sips, and his heart began to twitch.

Just close your eyes and sleep.

I don't know how much time had passed, but I vaguely heard the sound of the door being pushed open again.

"Your Highness, why are you still here?" The voice of the skinny monkey.

Zhou Chang opened his eyes and tried to get up: "How is Uncle Qiu?"

The thin monkey came over to help him: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Uncle Qiu has woken up. Doctor Meng went to see him and said that he was stimulated and is prescribing medicine. I was worried about you, so I came here early."

"Okay..." Zhou Chang propped up the skinny monkey and sat up straight. "Uncle Qiu must be more sad. Judging from his condition, he wants to be that little Jiangzi's son."

The skinny monkey rarely showed a sad expression: "Alas, we servants are rootless people. Many of us have no one to rely on from old age to death. If Xiao Jiangzi is really a good person, it would be great for Uncle Qiu to adopt him as his son. Unfortunately, it's all my fault that I have neglected Uncle Qiu in recent days and haven't been able to spend more time with him. Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this..."

"No, no one will be alone when they grow old." Zhou Chang stood up. "You, Aunt Jing, Uncle Qiu, and Gao Yuan, we will be together forever, never separated, and accompany each other until we grow old."

The skinny monkey showed his big white teeth and said, "Yes, although I have no roots, I will follow the prince for the rest of my life. The prince is my roots."

"Okay, let's go see Aunt Jing now." Although Zhou Chang felt awkward listening to these words, he understood what they meant, so he gathered his energy and walked out.

The thin monkey said, "Aunt Jing is still in a coma. Doctor Meng said that in addition to changing the dressings on time, she should try to sleep as much as possible. If the prince goes now, he won't be able to see anything. I see that the prince looks tired and has been tossing and turning all night. It's better for him to go back and rest early."

Zhou Chang shook his head and left the front hall: "We have to go and take a look, otherwise how can we feel at ease?"

The skinny monkey followed.

Zhou Chang went down the stairs and saw the bodies of the two thieves caught that night still lying there. In the distance, the palace soldiers who were guarding the bodies were taking a nap under the porch.

Look up at the moon.

The moon had already moved westward, and the moonlight was pale. He couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Humph, it's almost dawn now, and the City Patrol Office and the government office are not making any movement. I don't know what they are doing for a living."

The thin monkey was not surprised: "This is normal. They always try to avoid things if they can. If they take the initiative to post it one day, then there is something fishy going on."

"If no one comes to these two places after daybreak, don't blame me for coming to your door in person. The back hall has burned down, and I'm worried that I don't have the money to repair it." Zhou Chang didn't even glance at it again and headed towards the west courtyard of the back hall.

Not long after they walked away, Gao Yuan came running back to report: "Your Majesty, Xiao Jiangzi has been sent to guard him."

"Hmm..." Zhou Chang no longer cared about Xiao Jiangzi, and asked, "Have you searched the two bodies in the front hall?"

Gao Yuan replied: "We searched one of them before he died. There was nothing special on him or Ma Feihu. Their clothes were ordinary black fabrics. There was no clue."

Zhou Chang also expected this, but he had a hunch that what happened tonight was a continuation of the Hunting Palace incident: "You chase them tonight and see if their skills are similar to those of the black-clad men who broke into our palace residence in the Hunting Palace that day?"

Gao Yuan seemed to have discovered something after being reminded, and frowned: "I can't be sure."

"Could it be that Prince Duan has put so much effort into this just for the evidence?" Zhou Chang was still not sure.

"Your Highness, do you suspect that Prince Duan has been deliberately trying to harm you?" The skinny monkey was surprised.

Zhou Chang nodded and shook his head: "There is no evidence. This matter is out of the question. We just need to be more careful and vigilant."

In the absence of evidence, saying more will serve no purpose and will only bring greater trouble.

"Yes..." Gao Yuan and Shouhou agreed in unison.

"Let's go see Aunt Jing together." Zhou Chang also put it aside temporarily, and as he spoke he had already arrived at Aunt Jing's west courtyard.

As soon as he entered the main house, Zhou Chang was surprised again. Yuan Qi was still there.

In addition to Yuan Qi, Fu Ming and Doctor Meng also returned. Zhong Yu and Mother Wang also did not go back to rest.

Everyone was there, and they all stood up, but without making a sound.

"How is Aunt Jing?" Zhou Chang asked softly.

Everyone's face was filled with sorrow.

In the end, it was Doctor Meng who responded first: "I injected medicine, treated the wounds, and used a special ointment for treating burns that Doctor Chu brought. I did everything I could. The rest is up to her."

"Shall I go and take a look?" Zhou Chang went to the inner room.

Yuan Qi came up and gently stopped her: "Your Majesty, Aunt Jing is still unconscious, please go in..."

"I'll be gentler." Zhou Chang said anxiously as he walked inside.

Xinxian and Xinmu gently opened the door of the inner room from the inside, probably because they had heard the noise.

A strong smell of medicine hit me in the face.

It was the first time that Zhou Chang entered Aunt Jing's room.

Yuan Qi had no choice but to follow, followed by Gao Yuan and Shou Hou.