If this were any of the other royal grandsons, the Emperor might not have been so concerned. It was extremely probable, he would have really seized the opportunity to test. People always held suspicions towards unfamiliar people and unfamiliar things. However, for Jing-wang’s kids, the Emperor still remembered that three of them looked very similar to Jing-wang in his youth while the last one looked like Jing-wangfei. Such an apparent thing. Was he blind– to still need to question its validity?
What made him suspicious, on the contrary, was the informant who reported this secret to Prince Li, as well as the scandal of Concubine Lu being caught rendezvousing with someone. The Emperor had already ordered Luo RuiSheng to suppress the news. So where did Prince Li learn of this?
The Emperor’s trust in Prince Li wasn’t fleeting. Instead, it accumulated slowly since their youth. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have allowed this little brother to control the Royal Family Estate and given him the responsibility of taking care of all Royal clan related issues. He was very certain that this wasn’t a scheme from Prince Li. Then that meant someone had deliberately passed this information to Prince Li.
First there was the secret letter, then they let Prince Li learn of Concubine Lu’s rendezvous. Naturally, Prince Li would feel more concern towards the contents of the letter, enough to run over to the hunting grounds to warn the Emperor. The Emperor usually listened to Prince Li’s advice under most circumstances. If it weren’t for his understanding towards Jing-wang’s kids, those kids and the 8th Prince would have most likely been forced to confirm their identities.
What would happen after that, the informant had already written in the letter. Wasn’t this all just to prove that they weren’t “related to Jing-wang,” and weren’t part of the royal family?
The Emperor, who had once experienced the battle for the throne many years ago, also knew many shameful unspeakable methods. That’s why he was so furious here.
Regardless of what the 8th Prince’s result would have been, he would have ended up always holding a grudge towards the 8th Prince because of Concubine Lu. Meanwhile, if there were any issues with Jing-wang’s kids, he was likely to have reached the end of his relationship with Jing-wang as well.
This was a malicious plan to kill two birds with one stone. If it truly succeeded, the 8th Prince and Jing-wang would have been forsaken.
Luckily, because of his trust in these kids, he promptly saw through this venomous scheme. If he had been fooled otherwise, what would have happened to Bao#1 then?
The Emperor didn’t dare to think any further.
“TianChi, do you have any idea?” The Emperor asked Jing-wang. He hoped that Jing-wang was also able to see through the issues here like he did.
Jing-wang was in deep thought. The Emperor’s protective feelings over Bao#1 made Jing-wang realize that his original plans might require a slight change.
Jing-wang considered a moment and then asked for a brush and paper from the Emperor, writing speedily: Concubine Lu is bait. Someone is attempting to frame Bao#1 to create a false charge against me.
The Emperor nodded his head. It looks like Jing-wang was pretty smart.
Since the Emperor asked, Jing-wang took the opportunity to divulge another thing. A few days ago, a thief secretly entered the Jing Estate, wanting to steal Bao#1’s blood. Yet he unknowingly obtained someone else’s blood by accident.
Jing-wang tried his best to explain this in a clever manner, not letting the Emperor discover that what had happened was part of his counterattack. As for who was behind that thief, if Jing-wang said out loud directly, the Emperor might become suspicious of him instead. Jing-wang was confident that he didn’t need to mention who’d gain the most benefit here. The Emperor can figure out the answer by himself.
The Emperor: “…….”
The Emperor finally understood why Bao#1 was so similar to when Jing-wang was young; he was also plotted against. Jing-wang’s words gave more evidence that this was a long premediated plot.
Then what about Concubine Lu?
Now the Emperor started recalling how Concubine Lu knelt on the ground and begged him desperately. A strange man was indeed captured inside Concubine Lu’s tent. Concubine Lu also acknowledged that she once knew this man. However, Concubine Lu swore again and again that after she entered the Imperial Palace, the two people cut off all relations. She didn’t even know why that man would suddenly appear inside the hunting grounds and enter her tent. Was there– something fishy going on here too?
Luckily he didn’t kill the person directly in his anger yesterday. Otherwise, there’d really be no one alive to tell the tale.
Concubine Lu had already been sent back to the Imperial Palace overnight. The Emperor decided to interrogate the man who had been beaten to the last of his breaths by the guards. Perhaps there’d be some new clues.
“You stay here. There’s no need for you to head back. Just wait until I finish investigating the truth.” The Emperor said to Jing-wang.
This wasn’t because the Emperor didn’t trust Jing-wang. Instead, the Emperor wanted to deliberately create a façade to lure the culprit behind the scenes into a false sense of security. By making the other believe that Jing-wang had been locked up, it would make the investigation progress more smoothly.
Jing-wang understood that the Emperor must have some other plans and hastily knelt down.
“TianChi, what’s wrong with you?” The Emperor didn’t understand Jing-wang’s meaning.
Jing-wang pointed his finger towards the direction of his own tent and looked at the Emperor.
The Emperor furrowed his brows: “Are you worried about Li Yu and the kids? No worries. I can have Luo RuiSheng deliver a verbal message for you.”
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The Emperor: “…….”
“What do you want exactly?” Guessing a few times but unable to get it right, the Emperor was somewhat annoyed. He unconsciously raised his voice: “Why don’t I bring them over as well and have them unite with you?”
The Emperor was originally just tossing this out casually. Unexpectedly, Jing-wang actually clasped his hands seriously and thanked him!
The Emperor: “…….”
The Emperor was almost angered to death by Jing-wang. Waving his hand, he said: “Fine. I will let Luo RuiSheng take a trip personally.”
Head manager Luo instantly agreed and came over to ask Jing-wang what he should pass along.
Jing-wang lowered his head and pulled out a silver pearl that was tied around a red string.
The Emperor was practically nauseated and expressed that he didn’t want to bother with Jing-wang anymore. Unintentionally, he still saw that Jing-wang didn’t have only one thing hanging around his neck. Other than the silver pearl, there was also a… a round looking stone.
The Emperor cursed silently. What the heck was that?
Jing-wang was about to hand over the silver pearl. Thinking again, he put it away again and continued to kneel.
“You’re reneging now?” The Emperor said disgruntledly.
Jing-wang’s eyes shone brightly. Apologizing to the Emperor, he brought out his true request.
After Jing-wang went to see the Emperor, Li Yu and the kids remained in the tent. Because Jing-wang wasn’t here, there was no one to converse with him. Li Yu felt a bit out of sorts.
The kids were unable to sit still. Even though they couldn’t really walk, the small tent was not big enough to hold their childish hearts. Li Yu had no choice but to play with them to distract them. It was also a distraction for himself.
Jing-wang hasn’t returned for quite awhile. That sense of worry and panic that Li Yu had back then when he had to remain by himself in the private residence appeared once again.
Calm down. You have to believe in him. Don’t act reckless……
Li Yu took deep breaths and told himself constantly.
“Dad, dad!” Bao#4’s young and tender voice traveled over.
Li Yu returned from his thoughts and discovered that the kids were holding on to the corner of his clothes tightly.
The kids were still here. He definitely couldn’t lose his composure.
With a smile, Li Yu moved close to each of them individually and gave them kisses: “Do you guys want to play hide-and-seek or tug-of-war?”
The Baos exchanged looks. Tug-of-war was very boring because whichever side fish dad took, that side would win.
Therefore, the four Baos unanimously chose: Hide and seek!
Li Yu led them in their games, using a handkerchief to cover the kids’ eyes in turns, letting one of them do the seeking while the rest do the hiding.
The kids weren’t very good at walking. Li Yu didn’t make it too difficult for them. He didn’t hide much and just let them find him.
Very quickly, it was his turn to seek.
Li Yu’s eyes were covered by Bao#2 and Bao#3 together.
The Baos still didn’t know how to make a knot with the handkerchief or whatever. Bao#1 had a great idea and pulled Wang Xi over to lend a hand.
Laughing with his mouth covered, Wang-gonggong tied the handkerchief around Li Yu’s eyes with a slipknot.
Bao#1, Bao#2, Bao#3, and Bao#4 dispersed. If they couldn’t walk quickly, they crawled. If they couldn’t crawl quickly, they rolled.
Bao#1 went straight for the cloth curtains. Lifting the curtain, he hid behind it. Bao#2 and Bao#3 found a bamboo crate and dove into it together. Bumping their heads together, they felt like something didn’t fit quite right here. Then they found a table and dove under it together again. Bumping their heads together again, it still didn’t fit quite right.
The two Baos rubbed their foreheads and looked at each other. Suddenly they reached an understanding. One of them went to hide under the table while the other one hid under the bamboo crate.
Bao#4 looked around all over. Pulling open the blanket, he laid inside.
Li Yu counted from one to ten and started to look for the fish babies. He pulled the handkerchief around his eyes down a little. Immediately, he saw a bulge in the curtain for some reason. The originally standing bamboo crate had fallen to the floor, revealing half of a tiny little butt. Under the table, someone was covering his head with his hands.
Li Yu laughed and coughed lightly. To make it more entertaining, he deliberately covered his eyes with the handkerchief again and went to catch the fish babies with the handkerchief still on.
“Even if daddy has his eyes covered, he can still find you guys!” Li Yu said proudly.
He extremely accurately dragged out the ones inside the bamboo crate and under the table. Then he suddenly pulled open the curtain.
The kids screamed in surprise. Delighted laughter followed.
Li Yu already found three and got ready to go find the fourth one. Tent wasn’t very big. The only other place where a kid could hide was the bed. Li Yu was very confident and felt his way towards the bed.
Suddenly, he touched a very tall, big, and firm thing. He thought, why would something like this be inside the tent?
The kids’ voices gradually resounded. They all let out pleasantly surprised calls of “dad, dad”!
Li Yu felt up an elbow and also felt up a leg.
He hastily pulled off the handkerchief covering his eyes. Not even seeing the person clearly, he found himself in a full embrace. An intense kiss met him head-oh.
Li Yu jumped in shock. Discovering that it was Jing-wang’s scent, he immediately surrendered and almost drowned in this sudden tenderness.
Right in front of the fish babies, fish dad became a completely red, roasted fish.
Forget it. It’s all family here. Kissing back and forth wasn’t anything crazy. Li Yu mumbled to himself in an ostrich mode.
He thought: he and Jing-wang just separated for a short while, so how come they were acting so sickeningly sticky like they have been apart for a long time.
Of course Li Yu didn’t know that just now in front of the Emperor, the Emperor had straightforwardly asked Jing-wang if he knew what was going on, Jing-wang was really in a situation no different than standing at the edge of a cliff.
With just one mistake, he would have fallen and broken into pieces
However, Jing-wang survived. And he even obtained the Emperor’s trust. Reuniting with Li Yu, how could he not be happy?
However, he didn’t specifically let Li Yu know this special mood of his.
“Oh right, how come you’re dressed like this?”
Li Yu hugged Jing-wang’s arm. Jing-wang had changed into the outfit of an imperial guard, dressed very differently from when he had left, which made Li Yu not recognize him as quickly.
Jing-wang smiled and did his best to briefly write down what had happened.
“So father…… want us to head over?” Li Yu asked in surprise.
Jing-wang nodded his head. Best to set off as soon as possible. Don’t let anyone else know.
Li Yu didn’t understand. Since they were going to unite at the Emperor’s place, why did Jing-wang run back over here? He could have just sent someone to pass along the message. And plus, returning was one thing, why did he return dressed up like an imperial guard?
Although Li Yu didn’t ask this question, his expression asked loudly enough for him.
Jing-wang held Li Yu’s hand under their sleeves and pointed at his nose with a smile.
Li Yu: ???
Did this mean it was all for him?
Li Yu’s thoughts suddenly cleared. That’s right. Why would Jing-wang make this trip? Wasn’t it because Jing-wang was worried about the safety of himself and the kids?
Jing-wang had specifically begged the Emperor to come over here under disguise to pick them up.
With the kids present, Li Yu was extremely touched but also felt too embarrassed to start kissing again.
However, he was very happy that Jing-wang would be so considerate and go so far for him. Li Yu squeezed and held onto Jing-wang’s hand tightly, swinging it lightly, expressing that he will forever remember this.
Li Yu and Wang Xi picked up the kids and got ready to go. Right before they left, they discovered that one was missing. So Bao#4 had hidden inside the blankets during the hide-and-seek. While waiting for fish dad to come find him, he accidentally fell asleep. Still pretending to be a guard, Jing-wang lowered his head and carried Bao#4 out of the blankets. He guarded the group rather professionally.
The group didn’t go far when they bumped directly into the 6th Prince.
“5th wangfei is in such a hurry. Did something happen? Oh right, how come 5th elder brother isn’t here?”
The 6th Prince looked like he was taking a walk, bumped Li Yu accidentally, and making the usual inquiries.
However, Li Yu knew that the 6th Prince was most likely probing for information. If he took too long to reply or if the 6th Prince discovered that the guard next to him was Jing-wang himself, that’d be terrible. The façade that the Emperor had created of being furious with Jing-wang would be broken.
But how was he supposed to reply so that the 6th Prince wouldn’t become suspicious while doing his quickest to extricate them from the 6th Prince?
“6th Prince, my family’s highness hasn’t returned yet. Wangfei wants to go make some inquiries.” Wang Xi was eager to protect his master and scrambled to answer for Li Yu.
After Prince Li and the Emperor had finished their secret discussion, the Emperor immediately summoned Jing-wang. Everyone knew this. Outwardly, there was really no information regarding Jing-wang. Therefore, Wang Xi’s words were actually somewhat credible.
“He really hasn’t returned yet?” The 6th Prince’s eyes brightened. Did this mean his scheme was progressing as planned. Did the Emperor already become suspicious of Jing-wang? Was that why he had kept Jing-wang behind?
Li Yu forcefully nodded his head.
Jing-wang secretly gripped the sword in his hand tightly. If the 6th Prince dared to make a move towards Xiao Yu, he would definitely act first to protect Xiao Yu.
Fortunately, all of the 6th Prince’s attention was on Li Yu and the kids. With Wang Xi acting as a distraction in the midst of this as well, the 6th prince, who was focused single heartedly on seeking information from Jing-wangfei, didn’t notice the irregularity of this guard.
Everyone here had their internal thoughts. Li Yu was just thinking about a method to escape in a natural manner when Bao#1 tugged his hand and suddenly started crying loudly: “Dad, want daddy!”
Reacting quickly, Li Yu seized the opportunity to hug Bao#1 and coax him: “Bao#1, don’t cry. I’ll take you to find him right now!”
Li Yu nodded his head slightly towards the 6th Prince and walked off immediately, squeezing Bao#1 in the middle with Wang-gonggong, with Jing-wang following behind them closely.
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I also love eating sandwich
Thank You for the chapter（*’∀’人）♥
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6 is so despicable… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
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When did Emperor realize he needed to control his lower half better
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