Chapter 119
Mu Tianxiao was taken away by the imperial bodyguards, and the emperor dismissed everyone. The punishment of the sixth prince would be left until after they returned to the palace.
The man who was Concubine Lu’s “old acquaintance” was also interrogated at this time. The emperor discovered that this person was drunk and wasn’t very clear-headed. He muddle-headedly ran into the hunting ground and entered Concubine Lu’s tent.
After this person sobered up, he realized that he had made a big mistake, but he couldn’t remember clearly what happened when he was drunk.
The entire incident sounded like a drunken mistake, but the hunting ground was heavily guarded. It was impossible for ordinary people to barge in. Moreover, they were all drunk. How could a drunk person who didn’t know the situation in the hunting ground find Concubine Lu’s residence? Therefore, someone must have led this man in and led him into Concubine Lu’s tent.
The person who could do this had a high status.
The Emperor had already captured the Sixth Prince, and was determined to investigate from the Sixth Prince.
After some effort, he actually discovered that the sixth prince’s wife’s sedan had entered and left the hunting ground twice.
Because the sixth prince was accompanying her in front of the sedan at that time, and the sixth prince’s wife was pregnant, the guards couldn’t carefully look inside the sedan. The emperor sent people to verify the sixth prince’s wife’s whereabouts and learned that Madam Liang had entered the hunting ground and hadn’t left. It seemed that once, she had specially used the sedan to transport the man.
The sixth prince even used his pregnant wife as a shield. The emperor thought about how Mu Tianxiao previously didn’t have any misgivings about Madam Liang’s health and used his son to fight for favor, so it wasn’t too strange.
However, after the man was transported in, Concubine Lu’s tent must have received him.
The emperor investigated the people who went in and out of Concubine Lu’s tent and discovered that during this period of time, there was only one old mama who frequently went in and out.
The emperor ordered people to capture this old mama and interrogate her. He discovered that this old mama was originally someone who served the seventh prince’s birth mother, Consort Li. Because Consort Li and Concubine Lu were similar in age and both had sons, their relationship was good. This old mama’s embroidery was very liked by Concubine Lu, so Consort Li transferred this old mama to Concubine Lu.
However, it was this mama who, upon seeing the Emperor’s angry expression, kowtowed like she was pounding garlic. With snot and tears, she confessed that it was the Sixth Prince who had taken advantage of her and ordered her to put a man into Lu Pin’s tent while Lu Pin was resting.
As expected, it was the Sixth Prince again. The Emperor pondered for a moment and realized why the Sixth Prince had to pick this old mama to let her in. It was because this mama was not only someone who served Lu Pin, but was also a gift from Li Fei. If the Emperor did not know that the Sixth Prince was behind the scenes and thoroughly investigated Lu Pin, he would definitely find Li Fei in the end. And Li Fei was the Seventh Prince’s birth mother!
The Emperor thought that the Sixth Prince was killing two birds with one stone, but that was not the case. In this game of chess, the other princes were all plotted against!
It was no wonder that the Sixth Prince would continue to take the risk when he found out that all the blood tests had passed. Because this step would allow the Sixth Prince to ascend the throne. It was indeed a great temptation.
If King Jing and the Eighth Prince were found to have mixed up the blood of the imperial family, the Seventh Prince would also be implicated. At that time, other than the Sixth Prince, he would have no one else to choose.
Even though the Emperor was used to seeing all kinds of shady affairs, he still felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Mu Tianxiao’s ruthlessness. He also did not expect the Sixth Prince to have hidden so deeply.
Fortunately, with the help of King Jing and the others, the Emperor became aware of the Sixth Prince’s ambition in advance.
It was Princess Jing’s suggestion to mix up the blood bottles and mark the blood bottles in order to force the Sixth Prince’s people to surface. Imperial Physician Pan was personally followed by King Jing, and it was also King Jing who asked the Emperor to sit in the corner next to the Sixth Prince’s to eavesdrop.
There was no more convincing evidence than hearing it with one’s own ears.
If the Emperor was still investigating King Jing before, then now that the Sixth Prince had revealed his true colors, he had also made a certain decision.
“Father, are you okay?” Li Yu was a little worried about the Emperor.
Ever since the Emperor exposed the Sixth Prince in public, he was a little absent-minded.
Grandfather was unhappy, what should he do?
The few treasures gathered together and muttered for a while before coming up with an idea. Da Bao immediately went to Steward Luo and brought a cup of tea.
Steward Luo hurriedly tried to stop him, “Little Heir, you can’t do that. Be careful not to burn yourself!”
Li Yu smiled and shook his head. The tea in front of the Emperor was just right to drink and was not hot at all. It was better to let the child do more work.
Moreover, Da Bao was very happy to do it.
Da Bao, who wanted to make his grandfather happy, walked unsteadily, but he held the teacup very steadily.
The Emperor smiled as he watched the little person bring the tea in front of him.
Just as he was about to lean over to take it, Si Bao jumped out from behind Da Bao and shouted, “Ah ah!” to stop Da Bao.
The Emperor was confused.
Although the Emperor doted on Da Bao, it did not mean that the Emperor did not dote on the other treasures.
The Emperor was very curious about what Si Bao wanted to do.
Si Bao lifted the lid of the teacup with his chubby little hand and gulped down a few mouthfuls of tea. Then, he patted his tea-filled belly and nodded at Da Bao with a serious expression.
Da Bao then continued to walk over and brought the tea that Si Bao had drunk to the Emperor.
This was …
Even the Emperor could not react in time.
Li Yu was embarrassed. How could these two little idiots give the Emperor leftover tea!
Li Yu was about to take back the teacup that was stained with Si Bao’s saliva when Steward Luo suddenly knelt down and cried tears of joy, “Your Majesty, the Little Heir and the others are being filial. They are testing the tea for you.”
Steward Luo often did this himself, so he was very familiar with it. Although Steward Luo would not drink directly from the teacup, the general meaning was the same.
Li Yu was speechless.
No way, could it be that the treasures even knew this?
That was not very likely. The Emperor was the most complicated profession in the world. Li Yu had not been able to explain the uniqueness of the Emperor to the children. Perhaps the children often stayed in the Palace of Heavenly Purity and were used to Steward Luo’s behavior, so they secretly learned from him.
Perhaps in the children’s eyes, the Emperor was to be eaten leftovers?
However, Steward Luo was at least right about one thing. This was indeed the children’s filial piety towards the Emperor.
The Emperor smiled and took the teacup. He did not mind the children’s saliva and took a sip from the teacup.
Although his son had always disappointed him, there was always new hope in the world.
After experiencing two consecutive crises, the Emperor was no longer in the mood to hunt. He hastily announced that after this year’s Hunting Festival, he would return to the capital.
King Jing led Li Yu slowly into the tent.
When they came to the hunting ground, because they guessed that the Sixth Prince would most likely take action, the two of them were very nervous. Now that the Sixth Prince had fallen from the throne, although the Emperor did not explicitly say anything to King Jing, they were very clear in their hearts.
Li Yu had long known about King Jing’s male lead halo. Thinking about how King Jing had to go through hardships to ascend the throne in the original novel, he felt that it was much easier here.
But why not?
King Jing had suffered so much in the original novel, so it was time to let him relax a little.
On this day, King Jing was mainly responsible for following the Sixth Prince. He also had to keep an eye on Li Yu and the children at all times.
Although Li Yu was in public and very close to the Sixth Prince, Li Yu was not afraid at all.
Because he knew that King Jing was by his side, silently protecting him.
“Tianchi, are you — tired?” Li Yu called out in a low voice.
King Jing shook his head and turned to take Li Yu’s hand. The two of them were in a leisurely mood. They were not in a hurry to go back, but rather looked at the hazy moonlight for a while.
Everything will be different when they go back this time.
I will always be good to you.
King Jing moved his lips and made a silent promise.
Li Yu blinked to tell him that he knew.
Li Yu still wanted to say something, but suddenly a shadow rushed over from the side and threw itself directly in front of him.
Li Yu was startled. King Jing straightened his body to protect him and was about to draw his sword.
Li Yu saw clearly who it was first and hurriedly said, “Tianchi, wait a moment!”
The person knelt down in an extremely twisted posture. “Your Highness King Jing, Princess Jing, please, help me!”
Sixth Prince’s wife, Liang Suyun, knelt in front of them with disheveled hair.
Not far behind Liang Shi, a group of servants ran over and kept shouting “Sixth Prince’s wife”. But Liang Shi turned a deaf ear to them and only looked at Li Yu and King Jing with tears in her eyes.
What’s going on? Li Yu was stunned.
Liang Shi knelt in front of him and King Jing. This was clearly inappropriate. Seeing Liang Shi’s bulging belly, Li Yu felt even more uneasy.
“Don’t be like this. Get up quickly.” Li Yu said in embarrassment.
In terms of seniority, he and Liang Shi were “sisters-in-law”. But King Jing and the Sixth Prince’s relationship was not an exaggeration to say that they were enemies. At most, he and the Sixth Prince’s wife would greet each other when they met. In addition, there was a difference between men and women, so they were not close at all.
It was far inferior to his friendship with Princess Jinjue.
“Please, help me. I can only ask you for help …”
Liang Shi was unwilling to get up. The servants beside her wanted to help her up, but she refused and continued to kneel and wipe her tears.
Li Yu and King Jing looked at each other. Li Yu asked, “What’s wrong?”
The Emperor ordered the imperial bodyguards to take the Sixth Prince away. Liang Shi must have received the news. If they really wanted to talk about it, Li Yu and King Jing’s “contributions” couldn’t go unnoticed for the Sixth Prince. Yet, Liang Shi still had to ask them for help. It was a bit awkward.
Also, Li Yu wasn’t sure if this was a new conspiracy.
“I’m sorry. I know I was too reckless. I want to see Tianxiao. Please, help me.” Liang Shi begged.
The Emperor exposed Mu Tianxiao’s true colors in front of everyone. Now, the Sixth Prince’s name was like poison. No one wanted to touch it. In the past, anyone who had anything to do with the Sixth Prince wanted to immediately distance themselves from him.
After Liang Shi found out that the Sixth Prince was imprisoned by the Emperor, she fainted several times. When she woke up, she wanted to see the Sixth Prince no matter what. After all, he was her husband. Although he didn’t treat her as well as before, Liang Shi couldn’t leave him alone. She was still pregnant with their child.
However, who could she ask for help from?
If she asked Consort Zhang, Consort Zhang didn’t have any ideas. She hid and avoided meeting her daughter-in-law. If she asked Marquis Dingbei’s residence, Marquis Dingbei used to be quite satisfied with the Sixth Prince. Now that something happened to the Sixth Prince, Marquis Dingbei, as in-laws, couldn’t separate himself from the Sixth Prince. He couldn’t wait for Liang Shi to immediately divorce the Sixth Prince. How could he be willing to help Liang Shi …
As for the Emperor, he didn’t give Liang Shi any chances. Every time, it was Head Steward Luo who came out and urged her to take care of the baby.
Liang Shi also looked for a circle of people and begged a circle of people. In the end, she had no other choice but to thicken her skin and beg King Jing and Princess Jing.
She heard that one of the goals of the Sixth Prince’s actions was to frame King Jing. However, other than King Jing, Liang Shi couldn’t think of anyone else who had the ability or method to help her.
Li Yu repeated: “You want us to help you see the Sixth Prince?”
Liang Shi hurriedly nodded: “Wangfei, I only want to see him from afar … I can’t thank you enough!”
Liang Shi kept bowing to them. Li Yu saw that she carefully avoided her abdomen every time and felt a little sorry for her.
They were the Sixth Prince’s enemies, but he felt pity for the Sixth Prince’s wife. Wasn’t this too unimaginable?
Be careful. King Jing warned her with his eyes.
“I really don’t have any bad intentions. I just want to ask you to help me.” The Sixth Prince’s wife was about to lose all hope.
“Tian Chi, I …”
Li Yu glanced at King Jing. He wanted to say something but stopped.
As a parent, Li Yu realized that Liang Shi wasn’t faking it from the way she always protected her abdomen. Although the Sixth Prince was hateful, Liang Shi didn’t harm them. Li Yu subconsciously wanted to help Liang Shi. This favor was just a small matter to him. He didn’t have to do much.
If the Sixth Prince’s wife and the Sixth Prince met, they couldn’t avoid the Emperor. Li Yu didn’t want to do anything else. He had to be on guard. At most, he could help plead with the Emperor to allow the two to meet.
“Can you help me just this once?” Li Yu asked softly.
Xiao Yu’s heart softened … King Jing understood and squeezed Li Yu’s palm.
Although there was a risk, the Sixth Prince’s wife was still under control.
King Jing smiled and looked at him. I’m here. You can make the decision.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu felt sweet in his heart. At this moment, the System, which had been silent since the release of the “Sharing the World” main mission, suddenly refreshed its notification!
“Host, the conditions for activating the side mission ‘Compassion’ have been met.”
Helping Liang Shi was a side mission?
Li Yu was very surprised. The System had said that “Sharing the World” was the last main mission. However, after the Sixth Prince was arrested, the main mission didn’t refresh. Li Yu guessed that he might have to wait until King Jing ascended the throne. It didn’t matter. He had time. The System told him that he could choose any side mission. Li Yu couldn’t even remember the last time he did a side mission.
“The reward for ‘Compassion’ is an ancient medicine recipe. Host, do you want to activate the side mission?”
Ancient medicine recipe?
Li Yu was slightly stunned. Why was there such a thing? What was it for?
The System existed to trick him. Usually, it wouldn’t explain if it didn’t have to.
Just like the fish pillow. When it was given to Li Yu, the System didn’t tell him how to use it. It was all up to Li Yu.
Actually, the ancient medicine recipe sounded good. It was better than nothing. If he didn’t need it for now, he could store it. Maybe it would come in handy one day.
