Chapter 129
After King Jing left, Li Yu ordered his attendants to guard the palace and calmly think about what had happened during this period of time.
Perhaps it was because the Sixth Prince had been sent to prison, King Jing’s muteness had been cured, and he was pregnant, so he was quite relaxed. The power that poisoned King Jing had only been exposed recently.
King Jing was still investigating and didn’t have time to make any arrangements. Li Yu subconsciously believed in King Jing’s male lead halo. Although this power hadn’t been exposed in the original book, King Jing would definitely be able to overcome it.
As a result, it was very likely that he and King Jing were caught unprepared by this power.
Thinking back, when they realized that this power was related to Loulan and wanted to warn the Emperor, the Emperor had already begun to avoid meeting them.
Could it be that this was just what he thought was avoiding meeting them? Could it be that the Emperor had been controlled from then on?
When he mentioned that Xue Wuzi grew up in the snowy mountains, the Emperor’s expression at that time clearly showed that he knew something.
Steward Luo hadn’t been by the Emperor’s side for a long time, and Li Yu had neglected him. Perhaps Steward Luo had also been detained.
Without Luo Ruisheng, the Emperor would lose a layer of protection. Even if there were imperial guards by his side, this power could hide in the palace for many years without the Emperor noticing. If they really wanted to cause trouble, the Emperor would probably be schemed against.
No … he should have already been schemed against.
Even the guards in the cold palace had changed, which meant that the other party might have already controlled the palace guards and could even use the imperial edict to summon them into the palace.
The more Li Yu thought about it, the more regretful he felt. Why didn’t he notice it earlier?
He didn’t know how the Emperor was doing. King Jing had gone to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, so nothing must happen to him.
Although according to the rules of the system, King Jing would definitely be fine in the end. He didn’t want anything to happen to the Emperor in this world, who treated King Jing quite well.
In the original book, the Emperor was eventually harmed by the Sixth Prince and was bedridden. He thought that the Sixth Prince was the culprit behind everything. As long as the King Jing of this world successfully defeated the Sixth Prince, then the Emperor would be fine.
Who would have thought that there was a hidden boss in today’s reality?
This boss … did it exist in the original book?
The answer was yes. In the original novel, King Jing was mute. It was not a coincidence that he saw in the system that King Jing’s children could speak. In the original novel, King Jing should have been poisoned as well, and it must have been the doing of this force.
But why wasn’t this force able to fight against King Jing in the novel?
Perhaps …
In the original novel, King Jing and the Sixth Prince fought fiercely. The Sixth Prince’s power was strong for a period of time, but King Jing later massacred the palace. The Sixth Prince’s power had been hidden all this time, and it was likely that King Jing had unintentionally removed it.
It was also possible that he had allied himself with the Sixth Prince and was regarded by King Jing as one of the Sixth Prince’s men.
But now, King Jing had successfully gotten rid of the Sixth Prince. The Sixth Prince had almost no support, and King Jing was not a real tyrant. He would not massacre the palace.
Was that why this power had the opportunity to appear and do something to the Emperor?
They found Lou Lan and Concubine Mei. Whether it was Lou Lan or Concubine Mei, they both had a grudge against the Emperor.
There should be a lot of people in this force. How did they usually hide?
Li Yu had previously deduced that the person who poisoned King Jing might have a certain status.
He could exclude the Imperial Family’s relatives. After all, they lived outside the palace. It was impossible for them to detain the Emperor in such a short time.
In the palace, he could only think of concubines. Among the Emperor’s concubines, who had a relationship with Lou Lan or Concubine Mei?
Was this person originally from Lou Lan, or did he have a relationship with Lou Lan or Concubine Mei?
The latter was almost impossible. Concubine Mei had only been in the palace for a few days before she was sentenced to death …
While Li Yu was hurriedly speculating, the eunuch who had separated him and King Jing earlier came to find him.
“Your Highness, the Little Heir is crying and making a fuss in the imperial study. Please go and take a look.”
Li Yu’s heart skipped a beat. He tried to calm down and asked, “When I left the imperial residence, he was still at home. Why is he suddenly in the palace?”
The eunuch smiled and said, “It was the Emperor’s order to bring the Little Heir into the palace. He was only one step later than Your Highness.”
The eunuch was afraid that Li Yu wouldn’t believe him, so he took out a silver bracelet from his pocket.
The imperial bodyguards beside Li Yu were King Jing’s men. They took the bracelet and checked it before handing it to Li Yu.
Li Yu looked at the bracelet carefully. The bracelet was perfectly round. Because it was meant to be worn on a child’s wrist, there were no prominent patterns. There was only a small fish-shaped symbol engraved on the inner circle. The fish was smeared with gold powder.
When Dabao was a baby fish, its color was gold. Li Yu was very familiar with the fish-shaped symbol on the inner circle of the bracelet. It was what he had drawn himself. King Jing had ordered someone to engrave it.
This was indeed Dabao’s silver bracelet.
Li Yu felt a chill crawling up from the bottom of his feet. He almost couldn’t stand.
King Jing’s residence.
King Jing and His Highness entered the palace. Wang Xi was left behind to take care of the children.
Eunuch Wang doted on the young masters and played with them. Even if he was asked to be a horse for the children, he didn’t feel tired.
Not long after King Jing and His Highness left, someone came from the palace again. This time, he said that he was here on the Emperor’s order to bring the Heir of King Jing into the palace.
The Little Heir entering the palace was a common occurrence. Wang Xi saw that the eunuch had a token to enter and leave the palace. He poured tea for him and ordered someone to pack the things that the Little Heir needed to bring. However, the eunuch said that it was an urgent summons from the Emperor and that there was no need for Wang Xi to be busy.
How could preparing things for the Little Master be busy?
Wang Xi didn’t like the eunuch’s words. When he was about to carry Dabao, Dabao saw the eunuch and hid behind Wang Xi in fear. He hugged Wang Xi’s arm and whispered, “Dabao doesn’t want to go!”
Wang Xi quickly patted Dabao’s back comfortingly. The eunuch laughed and coaxed, “Little Heir, be good. Her Highness is waiting for you in the palace. This servant will bring you to meet the Princess Consort. ”
Dabao shook his head like a rattle-drum. In the past, His Imperial Grandfather would send Steward Luo to personally fetch Dabao. If not, his two fathers would bring Dabao into the palace. His fishy father said that people who didn’t know him would use his father’s name to deceive them. They would … lock them up, not give them food, and not let them see his fishy father!
“Dabao doesn’t want to go!” Dabao was very determined.
The other babies also said, “Father said that it’s very scary!!”
Si Bao, who was usually the most confused baby fish, said without hesitation, “You’re a bad person!”
The eunuch looked embarrassed and wanted to try to persuade Wang Xi again.
Wang Xi said coldly, “Since His Highness and Her Highness aren’t here, this old servant will naturally listen to His Highness. If His Highness isn’t willing, this old servant will accept the punishment. ”
The eunuch realized that it was useless even if he used the oral edict. He said angrily that he had to return to the palace to ask for instructions and left in a hurry.
Wang Xi comforted the children, and his expression gradually became serious.
Recently, the people who came to the palace were very unfamiliar. The oral edict might be fake. They actually dared to pretend to be the imperial decree. How bold.
Wang Xi was very worried about the safety of his two masters. The oral edict might be fake. Would there be a problem with the imperial edict as well?
Something big must have happened in the palace!
Wang Xi was worried that the eunuch would return and bring more people, so he made a bold decision. He brought the children to Duke Chengen Residence and begged for Duke Chengen’s protection.
Duke Chengen Residence had always agreed to King Jing Residence’s requests. After knowing that Wang Xi brought the children here, Ye Qinghuan personally went out of the residence to welcome them and brought the children to see Duke Chengen.
Wang Xi didn’t dare to exaggerate in front of Ye Qian. He told him that two groups of people came from the palace and that His Highness and Her Highness had entered the palace.
Ye Qian hugged Er Bao and San Bao and pondered for a long time. After hearing Wang Xi’s words, Ye Qian also realized that something was wrong and anxiously ordered Ye Qinghuan to find out more information.
Ye Qinghuan quickly returned and told Ye Qian that the palace gates were closed. The guards at the gates said that without the emperor’s edict, no one was allowed to enter the palace. This was also the emperor’s order.
It seemed that something had happened in the palace.
Ye Qian didn’t dare to delay any longer and ordered Duke Chengen to accompany him to Prince Li of the First Rank.
Although the emperor didn’t allow anyone to enter the palace, Prince Li of the First Rank was the head of the Imperial Clan Court and the emperor’s younger brother. He had certain privileges and the guards shouldn’t be able to stop him if he insisted on barging in.
Ye Qian also needed the support of the imperial clan and Prince Li of the First Rank.
Palace, Thousand Autumns Hall.
Li Yu saw Da Bao’s little silver bracelet.
For a moment, his heart seemed to sink to the bottom. But with the lesson learned from the courtyard at the western borders, he kept reminding himself to calm down and not make the same mistake as before.
Li Yu tried to calm his breathing and pretended that he didn’t recognize it at all. Without waiting for the other party to react, he threw the silver bracelet back and hid in a palace room.
He ordered the guards beside him to guard the door and quickly entered the system. A silver bracelet didn’t mean anything. He had other ways to confirm the children’s safety.
In this ancient era where communication could only be done by shouting, he still had the system!
Li Yu clicked on the “Status of Fish Cubs” option in the system and checked the children’s current situation one by one.
Fortunately, he found that the four children were all together. They were laughing and talking around a little girl who looked like she was carved from jade. Wang Xi was silently guarding at the side.
This little girl … Li Yu recognized her. She was the Young Commandery Princess of Qinghe!
Following that, he also saw the old Duke Chengen and Ye Qinghuan couple!
The children were at the Duke Chengen Residence!
Although he didn’t know why they ran to the Duke Chengen Residence, Li Yu knew that with the old Duke Chengen around, he could be completely at ease!
There was no way they could use the silver bracelet to deceive him. Da Bao’s little bracelet must have been lost …
After a while, Li Yu also recalled that the Sixth Prince, Mu Tianxiao, had once sent his confidant in a vain attempt to infiltrate the King Jing Residence through his wet nurse, Madam Qin.
At that time, not only did he mistakenly take the blood of the guard who was pretending to be Da Bao, he also stole a little silver bracelet.
It should be the one that delivered itself to his doorstep!
However, the Sixth Prince had already been thrown into prison. How could the little silver bracelet stolen by the Sixth Prince’s confidant run into the hands of a force that was most likely related to the Lou Lan Kingdom?
If they were in cahoots, this actually didn’t make sense. Why didn’t the other party come out to help the Sixth Prince when he was in trouble? Why did they take action at this time?
Li Yu felt that he was about to touch upon the truth.
The people outside were still urging him to stop. Li Yu smiled and dug a hole for the other party and sprinkled a handful of soil.
“I’m sorry, I have to wait for His Highness to come back. I can’t leave without permission. Since Da Bao has been crying, I’ll have to trouble you to help me carry him over.”
