Chapter 30
On Ye Qinghuan’s side, he also met the people sent by the Second Prince to lead him to the Misty Rain Pavilion.
King Jing gave Ye Qinghuan a look, and Ye Qinghuan pretended not to know anything and followed him.
King Jing led his confidants and followed them from a distance, so as not to be noticed by the Second Prince’s people.
When they arrived at the Misty Rain Pavilion, they saw a woman lying on the ground with Ye Qinghuan’s sword still stuck in her body. Soon, the Second Prince arrived with the Imperial Bodyguards.
The Second Prince glanced at the dead woman, who was wearing the uniform of Gold Jue. Mu Tianzhao was pleased, but pretended to be surprised and said, “Heir of Duke Chengen, why are you here? What did you do to the Princess?”
Ye Qinghuan was about to answer, but the Emperor’s bright yellow robe had already moved to the Misty Rain Pavilion.
Of course, this was also the Second Prince’s plan. The Second Prince secretly told the Emperor that he had heard that Heir Ye and Princess Jinjue were having a private rendezvous in the Misty Rain Pavilion. The Emperor felt that although the marriage was already arranged, it was still inappropriate, so he came to reprimand them. Who would have thought that he would run into a murder case?
“What is going on?” The Emperor looked at the woman on the ground with suspicion, and then looked at Ye Qinghuan.
Ye Qinghuan said calmly, “Your Majesty, I have just arrived here. I don’t know what is going on, but the Second Prince has already appeared.’
Mu Tianzhao felt that his tone was a little strange, but after thinking carefully, he didn’t find any flaws in his plan.
Mu Tianzhao swept away all the resentment in his chest and retorted, “Anyone with eyes can see what is going on. Heir Ye, you killed the Princess first, and you still want to quibble?”
The Second Prince pointed at the sword in the woman’s chest, “This should be Heir Ye’s sword, right?”
The Emperor realized the seriousness of the problem. Could it be that Princess Jinjue was really dead? Killed by Ye Qinghuan?
The Emperor gave the order, and the Imperial Bodyguards went to investigate. The Second Prince made it sound like it was true. In the end, the Imperial Bodyguards turned the dead body over and found that it was not Princess Jin Jue. It was a woman wearing Jin Jue’s maid uniform.
The Emperor’s sharp eyes glanced over, and the imperial bodyguard retreated to the side, not daring to say anything.
The sword in the woman’s chest was also taken out by the Imperial Bodyguard and presented to the Emperor.
Ye Qinghuan’s commonly used sword had been bestowed by the Emperor in the past. The Emperor had a deep impression of it. This sword was very similar to Ye Qinghuan’s. When the Emperor first saw it, he also thought that it belonged to Ye Qinghuan.
*Ye Qinghuan, could it be that this isn’t your sword? You don’t have any other swords on you right now.” The Second Prince was confident and aggressive.
Ye Qinghuan calmly said, “Your Majesty, the Second Prince seems to have forgotten the rules of the palace. As an official, I cannot carry a sword in front of the Emperor. When I entered the palace, I took off my sword and handed it over to the Imperial Bodyguard for safekeeping.”
The Emperor nodded. Since Ye Qinghuan said so, the Emperor immediately ordered someone to retrieve the sword. After a while, the Imperial Bodyguard returned with Ye Qinghuan’s sword.
How could there be two swords? It was the Second Prince’s turn to be uneasy.
Ye Qinghuan solemnly asked the Emperor to examine it.
The Emperor carefully compared the two swords placed in front of him. In all honesty, if the two swords were separated, they looked very similar. But when placed together, the difference could be clearly seen. The sword from the Imperial Bodyguard’s office shone with a silver light, while the sword from the woman’s body was as dark as iron. It was very ordinary.
It was very clear which was real and which was fake.
At this time, the experienced Imperial Bodyguard also discovered that the woman had actually been dead for many days. Since she didn’t die immediately, and the sword on her body didn’t belong to Ye Qinghuan, then the fact that Ye Qinghuan killed her was untenable.
But why were the two swords so similar?
The Emperor immediately thought that someone must have purposely made the murder weapon look like Ye Qinghuan’s sword to frame him.
He recalled how the Second Prince had said, “This is Ye Qinghuan’s sword,” and “Ye Qinghuan killed the Princess.” But in reality, the sword didn’t belong to Ye Qinghuan, and the Princess didn’t die. The Emperor himself had experienced many palace struggles, so the way he looked at the Second Prince changed.
The Emperor said indifferently, “Tianzhao, you entered the Misty Rain Pavilion and didn’t even know if this woman was the Princess Jinjue. Why do you insist that it was Duke Chengen’s Heir who killed the Princess?’
Mu Tianzhao was still in shock. Why did the Emperor suspect Ye Qinghuan just now, but now suspect him?
The one who died in the Misty Rain Pavilion must be Princess Jinjue. This was arranged by him.
Could it be someone else?
But now, the Emperor was waiting for him to explain …
Mu Tianzhao struggled to say, “I saw that the dead woman was dressed in gold jue, so I thought she was the Princess.”
The Emperor looked at him meaningfully and ordered the Imperial Bodyguard to carry the dead woman to the Second Prince. Only then did Mu Tianzhao see clearly that the dead woman wasn’t the Princess Jinjue he knew, but, but …
Ye Qinghuan smiled, “Although this woman was dressed in gold jue, the attire of an ordinary maid is very different from that of a Princess. Your Second Highness has good eyesight, recognizing the maid as the Princess at a glance.”
Mu Tianzhao, “…”
Ye Qinghuan’s mockery was so obvious that the Emperor must have known what the Second Prince wanted to do. Otherwise, why would the Second Prince try so hard to bring him to the Misty Rain Pavilion?
The Second Prince failed to frame Ye Qinghuan and was caught red-handed by Ye Qinghuan.
The Emperor was angry and hateful toward the Second Prince. He wanted to kick the Second Prince when he was angry, but he had to restrain himself.
Ye Qinghuan and Princess Jinjue were fine, so he couldn’t investigate further. The Gold Jue King was still in the Imperial City, so he couldn’t let him know that the Second Prince wanted to harm the Princess Jinjue.
‘Tianzhao, you can’t even recognize people. You should stay in your mansion and reflect on your actions. Don’t come out without my order.”
The Emperor had never spoken to the Second Prince so harshly.
Ye Qinghuan knew in his heart that the Emperor would probably let Second Prince go. If Second Prince fell into this trap, there was only one way out for him. But now it was clear that Second Prince was framed, but the Emperor would not really do anything to Second Prince.
However, there was still a long way to go. The Second Prince couldn’t uproot the Duke Chengen Mansion, so he couldn’t blame the Duke Chengen Mansion for treating him as an enemy.
There were many ways to cripple someone. Ye Qinghuan was a man of integrity, but it didn’t mean that he didn’t know how to fight back after being slapped in the face. If you hit me, ‘ll hit you back. It was the right thing to do. Today was the plan that he and King Jing came up with. The dead woman was just an unknown female corpse in the prison. It was used to make the Second Prince think that their plan had succeeded and make him let down his guard.
The Emperor comforted Ye Qinghuan personally, and Ye Qinghuan didn’t hold the Second Prince any longer. The Emperor sighed in his heart. That day at the state banquet, he already felt that the Second Prince was not right, but he didn’t expect the Second Prince to almost get into big trouble.
He usually looked quite capable, so how could he be so impulsive because of an arranged marriage? If they didn’t give it to him, would he destroy it?
The Emperor couldn’t understand the Second Prince’s grievance, but the ruthlessness with which he schemed against the Duke Chengen Mansion made the Emperor somewhat wary.
At this time, King Jing slowly walked over.
When the Emperor saw his other son, he smiled tiredly. “Tianchi, you also came?”
Mu Tianchi walked over and bowed respectfully. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he silently took out a memorial tablet from his bosom.
The Emperor was wondering why King Jing would suddenly take out such a thing. For a moment, he didn’t like it, but when he saw the words on the memorial tablet, the Emperor swallowed the words of reprimand he was about to say.
Because, this was the memorial tablet of his first wife, King Jing’s birth mother, Empress Xiaohui!
The Emperor’s original intention to keep the peace was crushed by this memorial tablet in an instant.
Only then did he remember which family the Duke Chengen Mansion was. This was Empress Xiaohui’s maternal family, her family. If Empress Xiaohui was still alive, would he let the Second Prince off so easily?
King Jing was asking for justice on behalf of Empress Xiaohui and the Duke Chengen Mansion.
What Ye Qinghuan couldn’t say, King Jing could do!
‘Tianchi, zhen … understands your meaning.” The Emperor rubbed his forehead. “You and Ye Qinghuan can both leave. Zhen will think about it carefully.”
Ye Qinghuan hurriedly pulled King Jing out of the Misty Rain Pavilion. Even he didn’t expect King Jing’s stroke of genius.
“How bold!” Ye Qinghuan chuckled, but he also felt very carefree.
Didn’t some people think that the late Empress’s maternal family had no one to rely on?
Duke Chengen Mansion still had King Jing’s protection.
Duke Chengen Mansion would definitely protect King Jing for Empress Xiaohui.
It was rare for King Jing to smile in front of his cousin. Ye Qinghuan went to the Misty Rain Pavilion first. He followed behind for a while, then took the risk to go to the Changchun Palace to get his mother’s memorial tablet. It really came in handy.
In his opinion, if he wanted to beat the Second Prince, he had to beat him harder, so that he wouldn’t have a chance to get up again.
Ye Qinghuan agreed.
Someone leaked the news to the Jin Jue King. When the Jin Jue King found out that the Second Prince was plotting against his daughter, he was furious. The Emperor hurriedly summoned Ye Qinghuan, his future son-in-law, to bear the Jin Jue King’s anger. Ye Qinghuan originally wanted to go with King Jing to Jingtai Palace to pick up Xiong Feng, but he had to change his mind and go back.
King Jing hurriedly walked halfway. Suddenly, a black shadow jumped over. He didn’t pay attention and bumped into King Jing.
Who was it? King Jing frowned and looked at the person in front of him.
The person was wearing a mask, so he couldn’t see his face. King Jing thought that he might be sent by the Second Prince to seek revenge, so he secretly grabbed the scabbard of his sword. The person was startled. When he saw that it was King Jing, he immediately pulled out his sword and stabbed at King Jing.
The two immediately started fighting.
The masked man’s skills were about the same as King Jing’s, but it seemed like his sword-wielding hand was injured, so his movements were always a beat slower. King Jing quickly knocked the masked man’s sword away. Unexpectedly, the masked man took advantage of King Jing’s unpreparedness to throw a bag of white powder at him.
King Jing couldn’t see clearly and his sword fell to the ground. Feeling that the person was approaching, King Jing sneered, calmly pulled out the dagger hidden in his boot and stabbed.
The fight happened in less than a quarter of an hour.
The masked person was seriously injured and fled. King Jing also staggered. He couldn’t make a sound, but he should be close to Jing Tai Hall.
Li Yu and Xiong Feng stared at each other for the whole night. They also saw Xiong Feng repeatedly gnawing on food, poking the fish tank, and wagging his tail for the whole night.
Just as Li Yu was about to fall asleep, King Jing finally appeared. Wang Xi, who was waiting outside, was delighted. “Your Highness is finally back! Did everything go well? “
King Jing waved his hand. Wang Xi noticed that his expression wasn’t right. His eyes were red and there was powder on his face. Wang Xi didn’t know what happened and asked repeatedly. King Jing’s eyes were hurting and he couldn’t write. He kept waving his hand and his movements were a little irritable.
Wang Xi concluded that King Jing wasn’t feeling well and immediately said, “This servant will help you to the room to rest first. I will call for the imperial physician now!*
Wang Xi thought that with Master Xiaoyu around, His Highness might feel better after spending some time with Master Xiaoyu. His Highness usually doted on Master Xiaoyu the most, so he helped King Jing into the room where the fish and dogs were placed.
As soon as King Jing entered the room, Xiong Feng ran over with his tail wagging. King Jing couldn’t see clearly and accidentally stepped on Xiong Feng’s tail. Xiong Feng barked a few times, feeling wronged.
“Xiong Feng, don’t make a fuss. He doesn’t seem to be feeling well.”
Li Yu was also anxiously swimming around in the fish tank. He was very happy that King Jing was back and didn’t want to sleep. However, King Jing didn’t seem to be in a good state. Why wasn’t Wang Xi here?
Li Yu didn’t know that Wang Xi had already ordered someone to call for the imperial physician.
The room was lit, but King Jing still couldn’t see clearly. He groped around and sat down. His eyes felt uncomfortable, so he wanted to find a handkerchief to wipe them first.
Li Yu caught a glimpse of King Jing’s red and swollen eyes, as well as some white powder left behind. A thought flashed through his mind. Could it be that King Jing had been splashed with lime powder?
Seeing that King Jing was about to touch a piece of cloth on the washbasin and was about to wet his eyes with water, Li Yu hurriedly said, “You can’t! You can’t wet it directly!”
If the lime powder was washed directly with water, the eyes might go blind. This was common knowledge in modern times!
However, no one could hear his voice. The little carp was so anxious that he swam up and down in the fish tank, hoping that King Jing would see him and stop.
However, King Jing was too busy looking after himself to notice him. He twisted the handkerchief and was about to apply it to his eyes.
Li Yu wanted to look for Xiong Feng, but Xiong Feng, the stupid dog, was sometimes reliable and sometimes unreliable. At this moment, he was only looking at King Jing with his head tilted.
Perhaps Xiong Feng thought that King Jing’s clumsy movements were very interesting.
What should I do? I’m going blind! King Jing was already a mute. He couldn’t possibly … he couldn’t possibly become blind, could he?
If that was the case, he would be too pitiful …
Li Yu paused for a moment. He knew that there was still a way to stop King Jing.
Even if it was dangerous for him, he had to try!
The little carp summoned his courage and jumped out of the fish tank. Even if there were no teacups near the fish tank, it didn’t matter if it hurt a little when he landed on the ground.
King Jing happened to have his back to him. He quickly used his transformation skill and changed back to his human form.
It didn’t matter how he explained his origin. He had to stop King Jing first!
“Don’t wash it with water!” Li Yu shouted.
King Jing’s hand that was holding the wet handkerchief froze. He instinctively wanted to turn around. This voice ….
He remembered that it was the young man he had been searching for for a long time. Why did he suddenly appear in the room without any warning?
King Jing was about to turn around when Li Yu hurriedly said, “Don’t turn around immediately.
Please wait!*
King Jing: “…”
Li Yu had just transformed and hadn’t put on his clothes yet. He looked around in a panic. But the strange thing was that the room Wang Xi chose had no windows or wardrobes. Naturally, there were no clothes.
Li Yu was very embarrassed. He couldn’t just run around in front of people like this.
Fortunately, although there was no wardrobe in this room, there were curtains hanging from the beams. It was too late. This was it!
Li Yu didn’t care about the color and texture. He simply pulled off a piece and wrapped it around his body. He didn’t stop until he looked like a tube.
King Jing stood straight and didn’t dare to move. He heard the movement behind him. The young man hadn’t left yet. However, he felt that if he turned around, the young man might run away again.
His eyes were not good now. It was better to stay calm and not scare the young man away. King Jing thought silently.
Li Yu packed up the tube and said, “It’s fine now…”
King Jing quickly turned around and vaguely saw a tube. King Jing: “…”
