Chapter 131
King Jing’s heart was in turmoil. He didn’t know how Xiao Yu fell into the Sixth Prince’s hands, but he had to get Xiao Yu back as soon as possible and save the Emperor.
King Jing had already paid attention to the distribution of the guards in the hall, and now he had an idea.
“… I know that Fifth Imperial Brother cares a lot about this fish and wants to get it back, but I’m afraid it won’t be easy.”
Mu Tianxiao was still playing with the golden chain on the crystal bottle, chuckling with the attitude of a victor, and looking at King Jing with disdain.
“However, seeing that Fifth Imperial Brother had ‘helped’ me when I was in prison, I’m willing to ‘help’ Fifth Imperial Brother. If Fifth Imperial Brother can suffer all the pain I suffered in prison, maybe I’ll be lenient and return this fish to Fifth Imperial Brother. ”
The Sixth Prince grinned, as if even he was moved by his own sincerity.
King Jing: “…”
Li Yu also heard the Sixth Prince’s words without missing a word. Li Yu was very angry, but unfortunately, his fins were too short, so he couldn’t use his middle finger. This trash Mu Tianxiao actually used him to threaten his Old Gong. Li Yu was afraid that King Jing would take things too hard and really do as the Sixth Prince said.
Oh, he didn’t want his Old Gong to be wronged. He definitely couldn’t trust a person like the Sixth Prince!
No, the fish must save his Old Gong!
Li Yu lowered his body and pointed his tail at the Sixth Prince.
“Tianxiao, it’s just a fish. Why do you have to make things difficult for him?”
The Emperor couldn’t stand it anymore and scolded the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince didn’t even raise his head and retorted, “Imperial Father also said that it’s just a fish. If Fifth Imperial Brother ignores me, what can I do to him? Imperial Father, I know that you’re biased, but you can’t even bear to let him suffer this little grievance? ”
The Emperor was angry with the Sixth Prince’s attitude, but he was afraid of implicating King Jing, so he could only shut up.
The Sixth Prince looked at King Jing leisurely, “Fifth Imperial Brother, please hurry. If I’m in a bad mood, I may change my mind.”
King Jing had already confirmed that the Emperor had been coerced by Concubine Zhang and that the Sixth Prince had threatened him with Xiaoyu. King Jing pursed his lips, his eyes cold. He reached out to the hem of his clothes and bent his knees slightly.
This action made it seem as if he was about to kneel. The Sixth Prince was extremely pleased with himself, and he cried out in delight. Usually, King Jing wouldn’t even let him take a second look at the fish in the crystal bottle. The Sixth Prince deliberately wanted to provoke King Jing, so he opened the bottle cap and touched the soft tail of the fish.
He wanted to let King Jing know that everything was under his control. Even King Jing’s favorite pet fish had to listen to him and do whatever he wanted.
However, just as his fingers were about to touch the fish, there was a sudden change. The fish jumped with all its strength and broke out of the crystal bottle. The Sixth Prince watched the fish fly and immediately thought of deja vu. But it was too late. The Sixth Prince was wrapped in a silver light and before he could react, his cheek was slapped by something as hard as iron, and he saw stars in front of his eyes.
The Sixth Prince was shocked and covered his burning face. Only then did he see clearly that it was King Jing’s fish. Not only did it break out of the crystal bottle unexpectedly, it also slapped him with a murderous aura — with that seemingly harmless and soft tail of the fish!
After the first slap, the fish didn’t stop and was still struggling in the air. Taking advantage of the Sixth Prince’s stupor, the fish slapped him a second time at lightning speed.
The Palace of Heavenly Purity was originally very quiet, but after two consecutive slaps, the Sixth Prince’s cheek immediately swelled up.
Everyone present heard and saw that for some reason, the Sixth Prince was slapped by a fish. Consort Zhang frowned, and the Emperor tried his best to restrain himself, not allowing the corners of his mouth to rise.
An Hou, who was a little further away, also saw it. An Hou’s muddled mind had some impression of this scene, and he actually applauded and laughed, “Good slap, good slap!”
Just as the Sixth Prince was about to curse, a figure flashed in front of him. The Sixth Prince knew that things weren’t good. It turned out that when the fish broke out of the bottle, King Jing pulled out a sharp dagger from his boot and successively stabbed several nearby imperial bodyguards. The Sixth Prince was still immersed in anger and disbelief from being slapped by a fish, but King Jing had already placed the dagger on his neck.
This was the extent of King Jing’s skills. Ye Futian had been subdued by King Jing in public.
“You … what do you want to do?” Mu Tianxiao swallowed his saliva. The cold and eerie dagger frightened him.
He could mercilessly chain his wife’s throat with a chain, but when a dagger was placed on his neck, he was so scared that his legs almost went soft.
But in this situation, how many people in the world wouldn’t be afraid?
King Jing held the dagger to the Sixth Prince’s throat with one hand, and used his other hand to cover the fish, which was flailing its tail in midair.
Li Yu knew that the Emperor was being threatened, and King Jing urgently needed an opportunity. He himself couldn’t stand the Sixth Prince’s touch, so it was better for him to create an unexpected chaos.
King Jing used to clean up his messes, so he should be familiar with his methods. Before Li Yu broke the bottle, he also saw King Jing’s body slightly pause, as if he was about to take action. He wanted to help King Jing divert the Sixth Prince’s attention!
Li Yu aimed at a thick carpet on the ground in advance. When he jumped out, he faced the carpet and tried his best to protect his belly. He planned to land on the carpet after hitting the Sixth Prince twice. King Jing had hidden weapons on him, so he would definitely seize the opportunity. He took advantage of the chaos to jump to a corner and move some water out of his portable space.
Fortunately, he stored a crystal bottle and a fish tank in his portable space this time, both of which were filled with water. Now that the crystal bottle was broken, the fish tank was still there, so he could move the fish tank out. As long as he hid in the fish tank, he would be safe for the time being.
As Li Yu expected, he and King Jing had a tacit understanding, so King Jing took advantage of the opportunity he created. Not only did he restrain the Sixth Prince with the dagger, but he also caught the fish. Li Yu was so happy that his tail tightly wrapped around King Jing’s finger.
Although it was a critical moment, King Jing’s thumb gently stroked the fish’s head.
King Jing used his body and sleeves to block the fish. Li Yu seized the opportunity to get the fish tank out and jumped in.
His heart was thumping with fear. Great, Old Attack was fine, and so was his little cotton-padded jacket. Sob, sob, sob, the fish did it!
“King Jing, what are you trying to do?!” The Sixth Prince was terrified and shouted.
King Jing’s cold eyes looked past the Sixth Prince and stared directly at Consort Zhang.
“Let go of Imperial Father,” King Jing said in a low voice.
The Sixth Prince was Consort Zhang’s son. Since Consort Zhang could hold the Emperor hostage, King Jing could also hold the Sixth Prince hostage and negotiate with Consort Zhang.
When the Sixth Prince heard King Jing’s hoarse voice, he was stunned and looked at King Jing with fear and trepidation.
Wasn’t King Jing born mute? How could he speak?
Everyone in the Palace of Heavenly Purity was shocked when they heard King Jing’s voice.
It turned out that King Jing’s muteness could be cured!
The people in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were all Consort Zhang’s people. In fact, all the consorts were being held hostage by Consort Zhang. If King Jing could save the Emperor, the consorts would be quite happy. They secretly prayed that everything would go smoothly for King Jing.
The Eighth Prince’s eyes were burning. He was a child, so his perspective was different from others. King Jing had restrained the Sixth Prince, but the Eighth Prince saw that King Jing was blocking a corner of the fish tank with his body. He didn’t know how the fish tank came to be, but the fish that slapped the Sixth Prince just now must have fallen into the fish tank.
If Fifth Imperial Brother and Sixth Imperial Brother were to fight, what would happen to the fish?
The Eighth Prince really wanted to help King Jing. He ignored his mother, Consort Lu’s repeated persuasions and ran out stealthily. He hugged the fish tank and ran back.
Because he was small and was a child, no one stopped him!
King Jing: “…”
The Eighth Prince kept hugging the fish tank and refused to let go. King Jing really had to look at this younger brother of his in a new light.
King Jing was no longer worried. He looked at Consort Zhang and said again, “Let go of Imperial Father.”
The dagger that was pressed against the Sixth Prince’s throat tightened, and a line of bright red blood appeared.
The Sixth Prince immediately cried out in pain, “Mother, quickly save me!”
The Sixth Prince was very afraid that King Jing would take his life and hoped that Consort Zhang could save him. However, Consort Zhang’s face was gloomy and she didn’t say a word.
The Sixth Prince’s heart gradually became uneasy.
He was suddenly asked to be released from prison. The person who asked him to be released told him that his mother, Consort Zhang, had gained power. Mu Tianxiao didn’t believe it at first, but when he saw Consort Zhang sitting firmly next to the Emperor with the Emperor’s eyes full of disgust and helplessness, Mu Tianxiao had no choice but to believe it.
This Consort Mother was no longer the woman in his impression that he despised, was useless, and only knew how to be a yes-man.
Mu Tianxiao didn’t know when she had changed.
However, he was very glad that there was such a change. He was the son of Consort Zhang. Since Consort Zhang had the Emperor under control, she would definitely help him ascend the throne. He just had to sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor.
However, there was one thing that the Sixth Prince didn’t understand. Since Consort Zhang was so secretive, why didn’t she help him when he was seeking the throne?
Perhaps, this was Consort Zhang’s pattern. Based on the fact that he had fallen into King Jing’s trap and the Emperor had long been biased toward King Jing, his original plan wouldn’t have succeeded.
It was only when the Emperor and King Jing thought that his faction had been completely defeated that Madam Zhang had the chance to make a move and hit them with a single strike.
Thinking about it carefully, even though she pretended to be ignorant in front of him, he didn’t see it at all. In fact, the people around him were all from Consort Zhang’s side. It wasn’t that Consort Zhang didn’t help him, but for the sake of this victory, she even successfully hid it from him.
The above were all the reasons that Mu Tianxiao could think of when he tried his best to convince himself to accept the current Consort Zhang.
He was so considerate of Consort Zhang, but Consort Zhang didn’t explain anything to him, not even a special instruction. Mu Tianxiao was afraid of his Consort Mother, who could make the Emperor fall into her trap, and didn’t dare to ask too much. In other words, as long as he could be free and eventually ascend the throne, what couldn’t he accept?
But now, King Jing was using him as a hostage to blackmail Consort Zhang. Consort Zhang didn’t respond to his pleas for help for a long time, so Mu Tianxiao inexplicably panicked.
Although he still called Consort Mother, he couldn’t see through Consort Zhang at all.
“Your Highness King Jing.” Consort Zhang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly smiled. “Why does Your Highness think that I would exchange with you?”
“You only have a prince in your hands, but I have the monarch of a country in my hands.”
Consort Zhang gently clapped her hands, and the archers lying in ambush in the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity shot an arrow out on the spot.
The Sixth Prince was caught off guard and was hit by the arrow, causing blood to spurt out from his chest. The Sixth Prince widened his eyes and looked at his wound. This arrow was shot at the behest of his Consort Mother.
“Consort Mother, you, you …”
He uttered a final cry of anguish, and fell forward.
Everyone in the Palace of Heavenly Purity didn’t expect that Consort Zhang would even kill her own son. For a moment, everyone felt threatened and shuddered.
“Even a vicious tiger won’t eat its cubs. Why did you kill Tianxiao?!” The Emperor couldn’t believe it.
Even if the Sixth Prince wanted to kill him, the Emperor had never thought of killing the Sixth Prince.
However, Consort Zhang easily got rid of the Sixth Prince, who was reduced to a hostage, in order to avoid being dragged down. This woman’s methods were so vicious that the Emperor felt ashamed of his inferiority.
“Even a vicious tiger won’t eat its cubs? That’s just a life. You destroyed Loulan and hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives. Aren’t you more vicious than a tiger? “Consort Zhang chuckled.
What she received in return was the Emperor’s glare.
When King Jing heard Consort Zhang’s words, he frowned slightly and probed, “You’re from Loulan — Consort Mei?”
“That’s right.”
Consort Zhang admitted without hesitation. She had been hiding for half her life, so there was no need to hide anymore.
She reached out and wiped her face, tearing off a thin layer of skin.
Consort Zhang was originally a servant girl. Her skin was slightly dark and her face was honest. After removing the skin, her skin was pale and her appearance was beautiful. She didn’t look like Consort Zhang at all.
“I’m Consort Mei,” she said, “but I personally don’t like this title. I’m the daughter of the monarch of Loulan. You can also call me Princess Langya. ”
Li Yu had previously speculated with King Jing that the force that always tried to assassinate King Jing and poisoned King Jing was related to Loulan and Consort Mei.
However, the truth was that Consort Mei, who was supposed to be dead, wasn’t dead. She was the leader of this force and had been hiding in the palace all these years. She lived as the Sixth Prince’s mother, the invisible Consort Zhang in the palace.
The purpose of her existence was probably for this moment, to take revenge on the Emperor.
