Chapter 25
At first, Ye Qinghuan thought it was some kind of joke, so he read the letter with a smile. There were only a few words in the letter, but after Ye Qinghuan read it, his expression changed.
Although King Jing disliked Ye Qinghuan, he was still his cousin. King Jing still wanted to know how Ye Qinghuan had been provoked, so he glanced at Wang Xi.
Wang Xi stepped forward and said on his behalf, “Lord Heir, what’s wrong?”
Ye Qinghuan seemed to have lost his soul. After a while, he came back to his senses and handed the letter over. “Tianchi, do you know who wrote this letter?”
Wang Xi took the letter and handed it to King Jing without even reading it. Mu Tianchi glanced at it and was surprised.
The handwriting on this letter was probably the worst he had ever seen in his life. Only a few words were correct, and most of them were missing arms or legs. They were crooked, as if they had been olown by the wind. Even the handwriting of a six or seven-year-old child was better than this.
It was fine if the handwriting was ugly, but this letter… also talked about a hair-raising matter.
The Second Prince planned to assassinate Ye Qinghuan and slander Ye Qinghuan for killing Princess Jinjue. This letter warned Ye Qinghuan to pay attention to the Second Prince’s movements, and not to trust the Sixth Prince easily.
The Emperor now had four grown princes. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Sixth Prince was the Third Prince’s follower. The Third Prince did not get along with the Second Prince, and King Jing did not get along with any of these princes.
This letter was thin, but it implicated three of the four princes. Ye Qinghuan himself was obviously related to King Jing. Thinking of this, King Jing’s expression became serious.
As the former Empress’s maternal family, the Duke Chengen Family was heavily relied on by the Emperor, and had a bright future. Because the former Empress’s legitimate princes had died young, the Duke Chengen Family did not have any princes of their own, but with their current status, they did not need to side with the other princes. Duke Chengen Family usually did not have any contact with these princes, and wanted to avoid disputes as much as possible, but disputes still took the initiative to find them.
This letter was delivered through Xiong Feng, so it was strange everywhere. The contents of the letter were outrageous, and Ye Qinghuan could not tell whether it was true or false. He had other concerns. Could it be that the letter itself was a trap used to trap the Duke Chengen Family?
Mu Tianchi thought for a moment and coughed lightly. Ye Qinghuan looked up and saw Prince Jing’s fingertips pinching a mark on one of the names.
King Jing was hinting, and Ye Qinghuan saw it clearly. King Jing wanted him to be careful of “Princess Jinjue.”
Ye Qinghuan was startled. “You mean, why is it Princess Jinjue?”
If it was someone else, it would be more believable. But this was related to Princess Jinjue. King Jing and Ye Qinghuan had not heard of any movements from Jin Jue in recent days, and Jin Jue was very far away from the Imperial City. The Princess Jinjue had not even seen him. Why would the Second Prince want to kill such a person and frame him?
This was the contradiction. If this letter was really a trap for the Duke Chengen Family, there was no need to involve a foreign princess. Therefore, King Jing was more inclined to believe, or at least partially believe, this letter.
King Jing took out another piece of paper and wrote down, “It’s better to be prepared.” Ye Qinghuan was silent for a while. He completely understood King Jing’s meaning.
*It’s better to believe it than not. I will order people to keep an eye on the Second Prince and… the Sixth Prince. I want to see what they are up to.”
He also wanted to see what the intentions of the writer were.
“Thank you for reminding me in time. Otherwise, I’m afraid I would have a headache for a while.”
Ye Qinghuan laughed heartily and patted King Jing on the shoulder.
People said that King Jing was aloof and did not care about anything. In fact, this guy was meticulous and had a clear mind.
Ye Qinghuan’s overly enthusiastic behavior made King Jing frown slightly.
“That’s right.” Ye Qinghuan said, “Who do you think sent this letter? Since it was sent by Xiong Feng, this person must know my habits very well. Could it be… that he or she is very close to me?”
Ye Qinghuan’s conjecture was not without reason. King Jing also wanted to know who sent the letter, but his thoughts were slightly different from Heir Ye’s.
This letter was indeed sent through Xiong Feng, but it was sent after Heir Ye’s visit to King Jing’s residence. If this person was only close to Heir Ye, why did he choose to do it right under King Jing’s nose?
King Jing was more inclined to believe that this person was inextricably linked to King Jing’s residence. He just seized the opportunity when Heir Ye came to visit and sent such a letter.
The various parties involved in this letter were tangled and complicated. Looking back at the wild handwriting in the letter, there were a few places where the strokes were forked, and each stroke was very forceful. With such a way of writing, even the brushstrokes were probably …
King Jing’s heart skipped a beat. He remembered that he had seen a bald pen in the past few days. It was… in his room!
It was that young man. He had speculated that he had written something in his room. Could it be… the letter in Ye Qinghuan’s hand?
* … Tianchi, what are you thinking about with a sullen face?”
Ye Qinghuan stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of King Jing’s eyes.
King Jing mercilessly slapped away his troublesome hand.
Ye Qinghuan smiled and said, “Are you thinking about who this person is and where he is? I have a way to find him, but…
Ye Qinghuan glanced at King Jing and stopped at the key point.
King Jing impatiently signaled with his eyes: Say what you want to say.
“Pfft.” Ye Qinghuan smiled and continued, “I have my own way. If you want to find the person who sent the letter, you have to answer a question of mine first.”
Ye Qinghuan felt that he was extremely quick-witted to be able to use this opportunity to get some information from King Jing. He shook his head and said, “I heard that you moved back to the palace because you were attacked by an assassin in the palace. I don’t understand this. Jing Tai Palace is your territory and you have a lot of guards around you. How could you let an assassin sneak into your room?
Ye Qinghuan wanted to gossip for a long time.
Regarding the assassination of King Jing, the palace was guessing who was the culprit. However, the assassin had already been killed by King Jing. The Emperor’s imperial bodyguards searched the corpse but couldn’t find any useful clues.
The palace was divided into two guesses. One was that Imperial Concubine Qiu was punished by the Emperor because of King Jing, so Lady Qiu must have held a grudge. Even if the assassination of King Jing wasn’t done by Imperial Concubine Qiu, she must have had something to do with it.
The other was that someone deliberately framed Lady Qiu. After all, when King Jing was attacked by an assassin, anyone would think that Lady Qiu was the culprit. The Second Prince was anxious to “reconcile” with King Jing because of this concern as well. Other than helping Lady Qiu out of her predicament, he was also afraid that the Emperor would believe the rumors outside.
As King Jing’s cousin, Ye Qinghuan was naturally very concerned about King Jing. He wanted to know who had the guts to attack him in the palace. The Third Prince had been eager to try these years and had secretly joined forces with the Sixth Prince to compete with the Second Prince. The princes were at loggerheads with each other.
“So, who was the assassin? If you tell me, in exchange, I will find the person who wrote this letter.”
Why didn’t King Jing leave anyone alive and directly kill the assassin?
Ye Qinghuan felt that he must know something, but was unwilling to say.
King Jing snorted and glanced at Wang Xi. Wang Xi covered her mouth and secretly laughed. She then ordered the guards to lift Ye Qinghuan up by the collar.
“Tianchi, what are you doing?!” Ye Qinghuan turned pale with fright.
Wang Xi slowly said, “Heir Apparent, why don’t you learn from your mistakes? His Highness has always disliked people to negotiate with him. Why do you have to negotiate with him?”
Ye Qinghuan, “…”
Well, he thought that he could get information from King Jing. He was a fool!
Wang Xi ordered the guards to pick up Ye Qinghuan and throw him out of the palace. Ye Qinghuan put up a last-ditch struggle, “Wait, if I am thrown out, who will find the person who sent the letter?”
“Isn’t that enough, Heir Apparent?* Wang Xi joked, “His Highness asked this old servant to ask you. Do you want to be thrown out, or do you want to tell him yourself?”
“I really have to hand it to you.” Ye Qinghuan laughed and scolded. He didn’t argue and took the initiative to tell him his plan.
His plan was to use Xiong Feng. Since the person who wrote the letter asked Xiong Feng to deliver the letter, Xiong Feng must have seen this person before. As long as they let Xiong Feng lead the way, they would definitely be able to find the person.
King Jing, “…”
So it could be done like this!
Ye Qinghuan untied the leash and begged Xiong Feng for help.
It wasn’t clear if Xiong Feng understood, but after Ye Qinghuan finished speaking, he licked Ye Qinghuan’s palm and turned to run.
Ye Qinghuan hurriedly said, “Quick, he’s going to find the person.”
King Jing and Ye Qinghuan looked at each other and tacitly followed behind.
When King Jing and Ye Qinghuan weren’t around, Li Yu quickly transformed into a human without any scruples, scaring Xiong Feng into barking.
Li Yu wasn’t afraid of Xiong Feng in human form, but he didn’t have anything to appease Xiong Feng, so he could only feed Xiong Feng some red fish food.
Unexpectedly, Xiong Feng liked fish food very much. Not only did he stop barking, he even licked Li Yu’s hand. Li Yu subdued Xiong Feng and transferred the letter he kept in his space. He asked Xiong Feng to deliver the letter with his mouth.
At this point, the rescue plan should be more than half completed. The next step was to see how Heir Apparent Ye would arrange it.
In fact, it would be best if he could go with them, but it was too inconvenient whether he was in human or fish form. If he went out in human form, he would be caught. If he followed the dog in fish form, he probably wouldn’t be able to catch up with the dog.
Therefore, Li Yu decided to stay where he was and wait for Xiong Feng to return with the letter.
This time, the transformation went very smoothly. There was still a long time before he could transform back. Li Yu didn’t dare to run around. After putting on his clothes, he sat in the room and stared blankly at a plate of pink peach blossom-shaped snacks on the coffee table.
This snack was called a peach blossom cake. It looked like a peach blossom and smelled very fragrant. According to Wang Xi, it was a craft passed down from the imperial chef in the palace.
King Jing sometimes used some.
Because the snacks were placed by Wang Xi himself, there shouldn’t be any problems. Li Yu sat for a while and felt bored. Soon, his thoughts moved to the peach blossom cake.
The last time he transformed into a human, he was busy writing and didn’t have time to eat human food. The last time he transformed into a human, he ate the food that Aunt Xu served him. He didn’t have any snacks. Now that a plate of appetizing snacks was placed in front of him, Li Yu felt that….. he was craving them.
These were King Jing’s snacks. As a pet, it was normal to eat the snacks of its owner.
The peach blossom cake was divided into three layers and arranged neatly into a cake mountain.
Li Yu picked a relatively large piece from the top three and stuffed it into his mouth to take a bite.
The pink cake was crispy and sweet. It was called a peach blossom cake, and he really tasted the taste of peach blossoms.
Li Yu was afraid that the transformation time would be up soon, so he ate quickly. After eating it, he wanted to eat more, so he took a second piece and stuffed it into his mouth.
He didn’t plan to eat too much. After taking two pieces, the top layer was chipped, and the original cake mountain became imperfect. Li Yu thought for a while and took two pieces from the bottom layer, which was the third layer, and rearranged the rest of the pancakes. This way, this layer shrank. Li Yu took another piece from the second layer and rearranged it on the second layer …
This way, the whole cake mountain shrank by a circle.
Li Yu nodded with satisfaction and ate all the extra peach blossom cake, stuffing his cheeks full.
He was chewing the snacks energetically when a loud dog bark came from outside. Li Yu was happy at first. Did Xiong Feng successfully complete his task and come back?
Li Yu went to the window to take a look. Xiong Feng was running as fast as lightning, wagging his tail wildly. King Jing and the heir of Duke Chengen were following behind him.
Li Yu:!!!
Idiot Xiong Feng. He said that he would complete the task alone and not betray him. Why did he lead these two people here?
