Moreover, it was an extremely tragic way of death. The body was torn to pieces, a sight too horrible to behold, not even a complete corpse left.
Zhuo Lingxiao couldn't believe his eyes at all. He stared blankly at the tragic scene of Feng Jingxuan's dying in front of him, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Impossible, impossible! Ah—"
Princess Yunxi let out a shrill scream and then fell straight backward.
"Yunxi!" Zhuo Lingxiao woke up from his daze like from a dream and quickly stepped forward to support Princess Yunxi.
"Princess..." The maids swarmed forward.
Once again, there was a flurry of activity at the scene.
No one noticed that at this moment, Bai Yinan had also walked up.
He looked at the half - body in front of him and collapsed to the ground.
Thank goodness it was Feng Jingxuan and not Bai Zheng or Feng Linyuan...
But if even Feng Jingxuan, who was quite capable, was injured like this, could Feng Linyuan and Bai Zheng survive in that raging fire?
With red eyes, his trembling fingertips tapped on the wet ground one by one. On his somewhat aging back, his shoulders began to tremble slowly, slowly, accompanied by a hoarse and sobbing voice of an old father.
"Zheng'er... A Yuan..."
"My lord!"
As if in response to Bai Yinan's words, a loud cry suddenly came from afar.
Bai Yinan suddenly widened his eyes. The next second, he quickly got up and ran desperately in the direction of the sound.
My children, you must be okay, you must be okay...
Not far from the side courtyard was a small artificial lake. Since it was summer, the branches and leaves were lush, making the lakeside look green and dense. Thus, no one noticed Feng Linyuan and Bai Zheng, whose half - bodies were submerged in the water, with only their shoulders and above lying on the lakeside.
In order to put out the fire, the servants in the mansion had almost drained half of the artificial lake.
Then Feng Linyuan and Bai Zheng's bodies were exposed.
Now that it was already broad daylight, when someone passed by, they finally saw the couple lying there.
Wang Lin was the first to reach the lakeside quickly.
He saw that Feng Linyuan was tightly holding Bai Zheng's waist with one hand and clinging to a tree branch hanging by the lake with the other, obviously trying his best to protect Bai Zheng. He himself was completely soaked, with soot and mud on his face, and his hair was also wet, hanging on both sides of his cheeks. His lips were pale.
As for Bai Zheng in his arms, her situation seemed even worse. Her lips were even a bit blue - purple, as if she had been poisoned.
"Zheng'er, Zheng'er!" Bai Yinan stumbled and fell several times on the way before finally reaching the lakeside.
Seeing Feng Linyuan and Bai Zheng, he rushed forward and together with Wang Lin, they dragged the two out and turned them over.
Throughout the whole process, the couple showed no reaction at all.
Wang Lin's heart sank. He quickly reached out his hand to feel their breaths and then their pulses.
"How are they?" Bai Yinan felt as if his heart had stopped beating.
Since he heard the news of Feng Linyuan's disappearance last night, Wang Lin's eyebrows had never relaxed.
But at this moment, his eyebrows relaxed slightly.
"Is Uncle Zhu at the door?" he suddenly asked.
"He has been guarding outside for three hours, just waiting for your order." A deep male voice came from somewhere.
"Quickly let him in!" Wang Lin nodded slightly and said loudly, "Send His Lordship and Lady Hou to the nearest guest room!"
Hearing this, Bai Yinan slumped to the ground. The uneasiness, anxiety and fear that had been building up all night welled up in his heart. He took a deep breath, but still couldn't help crying with joy.
The news of Feng Jingxuan was so shocking that no one noticed Feng Linyuan at all.
Even Feng Jingye couldn't hold back his excitement and laughed out loud for a while when he first heard the news. He laughed until tears came out. Then he composed himself, put on a sad look and walked to the outside of Feng Linche's room.
After Feng Linche came out, he and Queen Chu supported him and came to the Yanhua Courtyard.
After everyone's painstaking search, about 60% of Feng Jingxuan's body parts were barely gathered. But at the same time, they also found other body parts, which didn't belong to Feng Jingxuan and even not to the same person.
That meant that at least two other people were with Feng Jingxuan at that time!
When Feng Linche came to the scene, this was the sight he saw. The bodies of Feng Jingxuan and the other two were covered with white cloth again.
Looking at the white cloth from afar, Feng Linche couldn't stop shivering all over.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you'd better not look..."
Someone saw Feng Linche coming and quickly scrambled forward to stop him.
Feng Linche stopped and asked in a low voice, "Where was he found?"
The man stretched out his hand and pointed tremblingly at a large rock in the distance and replied, "His Highness the Third Prince was crushed under that big rock, so no one noticed him until the servants lifted the rock together and then saw him..."
Feng Linche's eyes were blood - red. He asked slowly, word by word, "Are you sure it was really His Highness the Third Prince?"
"R - reply, reply to Your Majesty..." The man lowered his head and stammered, "The man was wearing His Highness the Third Prince's clothes today, and he also had the token that Princess Yunxi once gave to His Highness the Third Prince. The most, the most crucial thing is..."
"What is it?" Feng Linche asked urgently.
"The most crucial thing is that the servants found His Highness the Third Prince's head... Although the face on it was severely damaged, it was still clearly recognizable that it was... it was His Highness the Third Prince!"
As soon as these words were said, all the servants in the courtyard knelt on the ground and cried out loudly.
"Woo - woo - woo... His Highness the Third Prince... Woo - woo - woo..."
The hot and fishy wind blowing towards them carried the increasingly loud crying sounds, which were getting louder and louder.
But Feng Linche seemed not to hear at all. He just stood there motionless, staring blankly into the distance.
More and more people came here after hearing the news. Concubine Yi, who had just woken up, with her hair in a mess, was supported by Su Mulin, the only side concubine in the mansion, and came here. She lifted the white cloth and took a look, then fainted again.
Although Su Mulin was sad, she had long since lost her feelings for Feng Jingxuan. Now she had become the only one in the mansion who could take charge of affairs.
With red eyes, she directed the servants to carry Concubine Yi away.
The white cloth was quickly covered again, but everyone saw clearly in that instant when it was lifted - it was really Feng Jingxuan.
Even Queen Chu, who was always tough - minded, was a bit frightened. Her heart pounded for a while before she finally managed to calm down.
She looked at Feng Linche beside her, whose face was getting more and more blue - purple and whose breathing had even become rapid. She felt a bit scared.
"Summon the imperial physician!" she shouted loudly.
Then she turned to Feng Linche and asked gently, "Your Majesty, shall I support you to go down and rest?"
Seeing that Feng Linche didn't answer, Queen Chu winked at Feng Jingye. The mother - son pair supported Feng Linche, whose body had completely stiffened, back again.
In the guest room, the imperial physician knelt on the ground and carefully gave Feng Linche several acupuncture needles.