Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 361

Yun Shang turned around and looked at the female corpse on the ground. After a moment of silence, she felt something was wrong. When she knew that the prison was set on fire at night, she thought that she was the target. As soon as Hua Jing was put in prison, the prison was set on fire. What a coincidence.

It was not until now that Yun Shang realized Xia Houjing also died in the prison. If the assassin only wanted to kill Hua Jing, it would cost a lot for doing this.

Yun Shang frowned and fixed her eyes on Prince Jing, who had never spoken the whole time. His identity had just been known to the public the day before yesterday. It was also the day before yesterday that Xia Huanyu and his father issue an imperial edict for alliance. Since the heavenly prison had caught a fire yesterday, and the crown prince of the state of Xia, Xia Houjing had died in it.

It was a perfect plan to kill two birds with one stone. Both she and Prince Jing were taken into the storm. If they took a wrong step, their reputation would be ruined.

Not far from the room where Hua Jing was held, it was the cell of the crown prince Xia Houjing. It took them several steps to reach the corpse. Different from the corpse of the fake Hua Jing, Xia Houjing was lying on his stomach with his face facing the ground so close to the ground that his face, which was not covered by the quilt, seemed not to be burned. Frowning, Emperor Ning ordered his servants to turn over the corpse.

Xia Houjing's face was extremely fine and not burnt at all. He closed his eyes, and his face was full of pain and anxiety. His hair was almost burned to ashes. Yun Shang looked at him, and knew that he was the real Xia Houjing from one glance. Even the best human skin mask could be seen with slight marks around the hair line. However, even this corpse's hair had been burned to ashes, not a trace of wearing a mask was seen.

Xia Houjing was really burnt to death, but Ning Hua Jing was not. What was the murderer's intention? Yun Shang frowned and felt confused about it.

Xia Huanyu had already been brought in. He paused a little at the sight of Xia Houjing's corpse. After a long while, he said, "it's Jing'er's corpse." He looked a little pale.

Emperor Ning nodded, "it happened in the heavenly prison of the state of Ning. I will find out the truth as soon as possible and give the crown prince of the state of Xia an explanation."

Yun Shang noticed that Xia Huanyu had stared at the corpse for a long time. Then he squatted down and touched Xia Houjing's face, he kept silent for a long time before he suddenly stood up. he stumbled and then raised his eyes. "The crown prince's corpse was first placed here and let the coroner check it. If it's finished, please notify me, emperor Ning, so I can also ask someone to bring the corpse back home."

Emperor Ning hummed and agreed. After a while, he looked up at Prince Jing and said, "the cooking oil in the prison is too strong. Qingyan, please send the emperor Xia back first."

Hearing this, Prince Jing paused. He looked up at Xia Huanyu and then at Yun Shang. She knew that he was worried about her, so she said quickly, "I'll go back to the palace with my father. Go ahead."

Prince Jing nodded and walked out of the prison with Xia Huanyu. "When will the coroner be here?" Emperor Ning said calmly with no expression on his face.