On Ye QingHuan’s side, he also encountered the person that the 2nd Prince sent to lure him into the YanYu Pavilion.
Jing-wang gave Ye QingHuan an eye signal. Ye QingHuan pretended to not know anything and followed behind that person.
Jing-wang led his trusted subordinates and followed them at a distance in order to avoid the 2nd Prince’s people from noticing.
When they arrived in YanYu Pavilion, sure enough, Ye QingHuan saw a woman fallen on the floor with his sword piercing through her body. Very quickly, the 2nd Prince arrived leading the Imperial Guards.
The 2nd Prince glanced at the dead woman and at the JinJue outfit she wore on her body. Mu TianZhao(2) felt very pleased with himself internally and purposely feigned a surprised tone: “ChengEn heir, why would you be here– what did you do to the princess?”
Ye QingHuan was just about to answer when the Emperor arrived in YanYu Pavilion in his golden dragon robes.
This was also part of the 2nd Prince’s plans. The 2nd Prince privately informed the Emperor that he heard Ye-shizi and the JinJue Princess were secretly rendezvousing at YanYu Pavilion. The Emperor felt that although he already appointed the marriage, this was still completely scandalous. So he came over to give them some scolding. Who would have thought, he’d bump into a murder case!
“What exactly is going on?” The Emperor’s questioning gaze moved from the woman on the floor to Ye QingHuan.
Ye QingHuan said in a calm and composed manner: “Your imperial majesty, this state official also just arrived. I have yet to figure out what happened, then the 2nd Prince appeared.”
Mu TianZhao(2) felt Ye QingHuan’s tone was somewhat strange, but after thinking carefully, he didn’t feel like there was anything wrong with his plans.
Mu TianZhao(2) swept up all of the resentment gathered in his chest and reprimanded in return: “Anyone with eyes could see what had happened. Ye-shizi, you killed the princess, now you want to deny it?”
The 2nd Prince pointed at the sword in the woman’s chest: “This should be Ye-shizi’s sword, right?”
The Emperor already realized the severity of the situation. Did the JinJue princess really die? Killed by Ye QingHuan?
The Emperor gave the order. An imperial guard went to examine the body. The 2nd Prince’s words sounded rather reliable. Yet when the imperial guard examined the deceased, he discovered that this wasn’t actually the JinJue Princess. Instead, it was only a woman who was wearing JinJue attire.
The Emperor’s severe expression shot over. The imperial guard temporarily moved to the side, not daring to speak.
The sword in the woman’s chest was also pulled out by the imperial guard and presented before the Emperor’s eyes.
The sword that Ye QingHuan used was something that the Emperor had gifted him before. The Emperor had a deep impression of it. This sword was extremely similar to the sword that Ye QingHuan normally used. At first glance, the Emperor also thought this sword belonged to Ye QingHuan.
“Ye QingHuan, is this not your sword? Presently, you have no other swords on you.” The 2nd Prince saw success before his eyes and asked aggressively.
Ye QingHuan said calmly: “Your imperial majesty, the 2nd Prince seems to forget the rules of the imperial palace. As a state official, I cannot bring my sword before you. My sword has long been given to the entrance guard for safekeeping when I entered the palace.”
The Emperor nodded his head. Since Ye QingHuan said this, the Emperor immediately sent people to retrieve the sword. After waiting a while, the guard carried Ye-shizi’s sword over.
Why were there suddenly two swords? This time, the 2nd Prince lost some of his composure.
With a heavy voice, Ye QingHuan invited the Emperor to examine it.
The Emperor carefully compared the two swords placed before him. Based on feelings, if the two swords were viewed individually, they were very similar. However, now that they were placed side by side, it was easier to see the difference. The sword that the guard retrieved shone with a clear silvery light. Yet the sword that was pulled out of the woman’s body was heavy like iron, rather ordinary looking.
Which was true and which was fake was already very apparent.
Furthermore, a rather experienced imperial guard also noticed that this woman had actually died for several days, and it wasn’t an immediate death. With the sword also not belonging to Ye QingHuan, then the premise of Ye QingHuan killing someone was completely groundless.
However, why were the two swords so similar?
The Emperor immediately thought that someone probably deliberately made the murder weapon to look like Ye-shizi’s sword in order to frame him.
The Emperor recalled how the 2nd Prince immediately threw out “this is Ye-shizi’s sword” and “Ye-shizi killed the princess” just now; while in actuality, the sword didn’t belong to Ye-shizi and the princess didn’t die. As a person who also experienced plenty of palace struggles, the Emperor immediately looked at the 2nd Prince with a changed expression.
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The one dead in YanYu Pavilion must definitely be the JinJue Princess. This was something he arranged at an earlier time. How could it be someone else?
However, right now, the Emperor was waiting for his explanation……
Mu TianZhao(2) did his best to say: “I saw the deceased woman wearing JinJue attire, so… so I thought it was the Princess.”
The Emperor gave him an ambiguous look and ordered the imperial guard to carry the deceased woman in front of the 2nd Prince. Mu TianZhao finally saw clearly, the deceased wasn’t the JinJue Princess that he knew, but instead it was, it was……
Ye QingHuan laughed: “Although this woman is wearing JinJue clothes, the attire of common maids is still very different from the princess’s outfit. 2nd Prince, you must really have good eyesight to be able to recognize a maid as the princess with just one glance.”
Mu TianZhao(2): “……”
Ye-shizi already ridiculed him so obviously. It was impossible for the Emperor not to know what the 2nd Prince had planned. Otherwise, why did the 2nd Prince think up all sorts of plans to have him come to YanYu Pavilion?
Most likely the 2nd Prince failed at framing Ye-shizi and got red-handed.
At this moment, the Emperor only felt anger and hatred towards the 2nd Prince, so annoyed that he really wanted to kick the 2nd Prince a few times. Yet, he had to control himself.
Since Ye-shizi and the JinJue Princess were unharmed, it was ill-advised to continue a deeper investigation. The King of JinJue was still in the Imperial City. He can’t let the King of JinJue learn that the 2nd Prince planned to harm the JinJue Princess.
“TianZhao(2), since you can’t even recognize someone properly, you should stay well-behaved in your estate the next few days and do some reflecting. Without my orders, you’re not allowed to come out.”
The Emperor has never spoken so severely to the 2nd Prince before.
It was only solitary confinement, not any other punishment. Ye QingHuan understood very well inside, the Emperor was probably going to let the 2nd Prince off. If Ye QingHuan had fallen to this scheme, the only outcome would have been death. Yet now that it was clear the 2nd Prince was deliberately trying to frame him, the Emperor still won’t really do anything to the 2nd Prince.
However, life was long. The 2nd Prince was unsuccessful in pulling up the ChengEn Palace Estate by the roots, so don’t blame the ChengEn Palace Estate for treating him as an enemy in the future.
There were plenty of methods to render someone powerless. Ye QingHuan was usually upright and honest, but it didn’t mean that he wouldn’t return the favor after getting hit in the face. You hit me, I return it back to you. This was how the world spun. Today was the stratagem that he and Jing-wang arranged together. The deceased woman was only an unknown dead body from the imperial prison that they obtained in order to make the 2nd Prince relax his guard and believe that his plans were going accordingly.
The Emperor personally comforted Ye QingHuan with a few words. Ye QingHuan also didn’t persist regarding this matter. The Emperor sighed nonstop internally. On the day of the national banquet, he had already felt that the 2nd Prince’s expression was not right. It’s just he never thought the 2nd Prince would almost cause such huge trouble.
Normally the 2nd Prince looked pretty capable. So how could he be so reckless over a mere marriage edict? If he can’t have it, then he must destroy it?
The Emperor couldn’t understand the 2nd Prince’s grudge, however, the ruthlessness of this scheme against the ChengEn Palace Estate made the Emperor somewhat want to make it taboo.
At this time, Jing-wang ambled over slowly.
Seeing his other son, the Emperor smiled tiredly: “TianChi, you also came?”
Mu TianChi walked over and respectfully gave his greeting. Then, exceeding everyone’s expectation, he silently pulled out a memorial tablet from in front of his chest.
The Emperor was just feeling odd about why Jing-wang would suddenly pull out this kind of thing. For a split second, he was even displeased. Yet when he read the name on the memorial tablet, the Emperor forcefully swallowed down all of his words of reprimand.
Because this was his first wife, Jing-wang’s birth mother, Empress Xiao Hui’s memorial tablet!
The Emperor’s original intent to keep the peace and patch up the dispute was instantly crushed into dust by the memorial tablet.
He finally remembered what kind of family the ChengEn Palace Estate was. This was the clan that Empress Xiao Hui came from, her close relatives. If Empress Xiao Hui were still alive, would he still let the 2nd Prince go so easily?
Right now Jing-wang was representing Empress Xiao Hui and representing the ChengEn Palace Estate in seeking justice. The words that Ye QingHuan couldn’t say out loud, Jing-wang can do instead!
“TianChi, I…… understand your meaning.” The Emperor rubbed his brows: “You and Ye QingHuan are both dismissed. Let me think about it carefully again.”
Ye QingHuan immediately tugged Jing-wang out of YanYu Pavilion. Even he didn’t expect Jing-wang’s stroke of genius.
“How amazingly audacious!” Ye QingHuan laughed quietly while also feeling extremely carefree.
Didn’t a certain person feel like the deceased empress’s relatives didn’t have any backing?
Clearly ChengEn Palace Estate still had Jing-wang’s protection.
The ChengEn Palace Estate will also definitely guard Jing-wang on behalf of Empress Xiao Hui.
In a rare moment, Jing-wang smiled in front of his cousin. Ye QingHuan had gone to YanYu Pavilion first. Jing-wang followed behind for a while. Then, he took the gamble of returning to ChangChun Palace to obtain his mother’s memorial tablet. Sure enough, it was useful.
In his opinion, if they were going to hit the 2nd Prince, then they should hit him hard to prevent the 2nd Prince from getting the opportunity to climb back up.
Ye QingHuan firmly agreed as well.
It was unknown who was the person that disclosed this information in front of the King of JinJue. However, after the King of JinJue learned that the 2nd Prince planned to harm his daughter, he became furious. The Emperor hastily summoned Ye QingHuan, this future son-in-law, to deal with the JinJue King’s rage. Ye QingHuan originally was going to return to Jingtai Palace together with Jing-wang to get Gale. In the end, he had no choice but to change plans and head back.
Jing-wang went back by himself hurriedly, Half way, a black figure suddenly jumped out and in a moment of carelessness, bumped into Jing-wang.
Who? With furrowed brows, Jing-wang examined the person before him.
This person had their face covered with a mask, so it was impossible to see their appearance. Jing-wang felt like this could possibly be someone sent by the 2nd Prince for revenge; his hand already secretly grabbed the sword handle. This person was stunned briefly. Seeing it was Jing-wang, they immediately pulled out their sword and started attacking fiercely.
The two people promptly entangled in a fight.
The masked person’s fighting abilities were about the same as Jing-wang, but perhaps because one of their hands that was holding their sword was injured, their movement was always one step slower. Jing-wang very quickly knocked this person’s sword to the ground. Yet unexpectedly, this person also caught Jing-wang off guard and threw a bag of white powder in his face.
Jing-wang instantly couldn’t see clearly with his eyes. His sword also landed on the ground. Sensing this person drawing close, Jing-wang scoffed and calmly pulled out the dagger hiding in his boot and hit his target with one blow.
This struggle occurred within a span of less than 15 minutes.
The masked man received a serious injury and escaped. Jing-wang’s gait also staggered somewhat. He couldn’t say anything, however, Jingtai Palace shouldn’t be too far.
Li Yu and Gale stared at each other, big eyes vs small eyes, for an entire night. He also watched Gale chew nonstop, poke the fishbowl, wag its tail all night.
Just as Li Yu was just about to fall asleep, Jing-wang finally appeared. Wang Xi who was guarding outside felt a sense of delight: “Your highness, you’re finally back! Was it successful?”
Jing-wang shook his head. Wang Xi noticed his expression didn’t look right; his eyes were reddened, and his face still had powder. Wang Xi didn’t know what happened and asked repeatedly. Jing-wang’s eyes were aching presently and couldn’t write words, so he waved his hands nonstop, moving rather agitatedly.
Wang Xi concluded that Jing-wang was unwell and immediately said: “This servant will help you inside the room to rest and go find the imperial physician!”
Wang Xi thought since Master Xiao Yu was present and his highness normally loved Master Xiao Yu the most; to stay together with the fish for a while might make him feel better. Therefore, he helped Jing-wang into the room where the fish and dog were settled in.
As soon as Jing-wang entered the room, Gale wagged its tail even more and jumped over enthusiastically. Jing-wang couldn’t see clearly and accidentally stepped on the dog’s tail. Gale pitifully barked a few times.
“Gale, stop being noisy. He doesn’t look very good.”
Li Yu was also swimming back and forth anxiously inside the fishbowl. Jing-wang returned. Li Yu was very happy and didn’t even feel sleepy anymore. But Jing-wang’s state didn’t seem right, why wasn’t Wang Xi here?
Li Yu wasn’t aware that Wang Xi went to order people to summon the imperial physician.
There were lanterns lit in the room, yet everything still looked blurry to Jing-wang. After feeling about and sitting down, he felt his eyes bothering him and wanted to first find a handkerchief to give them a wipe.
Li Yu caught a glimpse of Jing-wang’s red and swollen eyes and the white powder that remained. A thought flashed through his head quickly. Did Jing-wang get hit by limestone powder?
Seeing Jing-wang blindly grabbing a piece of cloth next to the washbasin and about to dab it in water, Li Yu hastily said: “You can’t! You can’t use water directly!”
If limestone powder was washed directly with water, his eyes might go blind. This was knowledge from the modern world!
But no one could hear Li Yu’s voice. The little carp swam erratically inside the fishbowl in panic, wishing that Jing-wang could see it and stop what he was doing.
However, at this time Jing-wang only had time to focus on
himself so he didn’t notice Li Yu. Wringing the cloth, he was just about to cover his eyes with it.
Li Yu wanted to find Gale. However, this stupid dog Gale was sometimes reliable and sometimes not. Right now, it was only concerned with looking at Jing-wang with its dog head tilted. Perhaps Gale thought Jing-wang’s clumsy movements were very entertaining.
What to do? He will be blinded! Jing-wang was already mute, so he can’t, can’t turn into a blind person as well, right?
That would really be too unfortunate……
Li Yu paused briefly. He clearly know another plan that would be effective in stopping Jing-wang–
Even if it was dangerous to himself, he needed to give it a try!
The little carp gathered his courage and jumped with all of his strength, leaping out of the fish bowl. Even though there were no teacups placed near the fish bowl and landing directly on the ground was a bit painful, it was fine.
Jing-wang just happened to have his back facing Li Yu. Li Yu quickly used his shapeshifting ability and instantly changed back into human form.
How to explain where he came from was no longer important, he’ll figure it out after stopping Jing-wang first!
“Don’t wash with water!” Li Yu yelled loudly.
The hand that Jing-wang used to hold the wet cloth stiffened. He reflexively started to turn his head, this voice……
He remembered, this was the youth that he never found even after pursuing strenuously for a long time. Why would he suddenly appear without any warning signs in this room?
Jing-wang was just about to turn around when Li Yu quickly said: “And don’t immediately turn your head. Please wait a second!”
Jing-wang: “……”
After transforming, Li Yu was still not wearing anything. Scrambling around hastily, he searched all over. However, very strangely, other than not having windows in this room that Wang Xi picked, there was also no wardrobe; naturally there were no clothes.
Li Yu was extremely embarrassed. It’s not like he could run around in front of people like this.
Fortunately, even though there was no wardrobe inside this room, there were curtains hanging from the beams. Time’s up. It has to be that!
Li Yu didn’t bother with the color or texture and pulled down one randomly. Recklessly wrapping it around himself, he kept going until he wrapped himself like a tube before stopping.
Jing-wang stood upright and straight, not daring to move. He heard the movements behind him. This youth didn’t leave yet. But Jing-wang felt that if he turned his head, perhaps the other would run away again.
Now that his eyes weren’t convenient, it’s better to stand still first and not frighten the person away. Jing-wang thought silently.
Li Yu fixed the tube well and then finally said: “Now it’s okay……”
Jing-wang swiftly turned around. Vaguely with his blurry vision, he only saw a tube. Jing-wang: “……”
Li Yu stood in front of him, explaining in a small voice: “You…… your highness, you definitely can’t wash your eyes with water. Let me help you clean them, okay?”
“he only saw a tube” lmfaoo ig our xiao yu will be safe
#1 fish nudity censorship, the tube!!
I imagine it only that way (https://images.app.goo.gl/9XyojhCRbLaBeQkf6)
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HELP HAHAHAHAH I CANT STOP IMAGINING HIM LIKE THAT
truly, a tube.
Thank You very much for the chapter ♥️
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Thank you for the chapter ! Xiao Yu is finally transforming in front of Jing-wang so exciting ~
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thanks for the chapter!
Hahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣🐟❤️
omg finally
AHHHHH he did! he did turn to help him!!!
but this is going to be really hard to explain QAQ
After all of these and the emperor still want to let 2nd prince go easily? Why?? Please don’t tell me he still want him to be crown prince. Like, really? REALLY?!
Tube!xiao yu is still cute~😂