Chapter 95: The useless bastard Lao San! Why doesn’t he protect Tian Bao?

"Your Majesty, the White Tiger's stomach is empty. It must have not eaten for several days."

"Your Majesty, the Third Prince can't close his eyes... Concubine Ming has fainted from crying."

"Your Majesty, there are more than three deep pits in the hunting grounds. There's an even deeper pit deep in the forest, filled with chicken and duck bones... There's even hair from a white tiger in the pit, so it must have been kept there for some time."

"There's a snake hiding under the wood in the deep pit, and it seems to be poisonous..."

"His Highness often sneaked out without permission while at Huguo Temple. It's said that he was a frequent visitor to 'Hua Man Lou'..."

"Half of the Buddhist scriptures Your Highness copied were written by ghostwriters..."

"Your Highness..."

The deposed crown prince cannot withstand scrutiny; he has already done countless evil things.

The tyrant just didn't expect that even after sending him to the temple to cultivate his character, he would still be so restless. He was really unworthy of being the eldest prince. He had such a good life in vain and did nothing human!

The tyrant sighed to the sky, staring blankly at himself, not knowing what he was thinking. The hand on the hand warmer did not move for a long time, and one of his fingers was so hot that it turned red.

"Your Majesty?" Liu Gao hurriedly took away the hand warmer, took the tyrant's hand, and carefully blew on it to cool it down. "Your Majesty, do you want to rest?"

"Liu Gao, ask the Imperial Medical Bureau to prepare a dose of typhoid medicine for me."

Liu Gao was so frightened that he was shaking all over. He said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, what is this..."

Qianji medicine is a strong poison. After taking it, the whole body will convulse, and finally the head and feet will be close together, like a bent bow.

He had served the tyrant for so many years, and the tyrant had only given him this kind of poison once. The person who took the poison died in such a miserable way that Liu Gao still shudders when he thinks about it.

"The third brother died with his eyes open! Although he was mediocre in talent, he was the most filial. He just turned sixteen, and I haven't had time to grant him a mansion yet. I always thought he would be the one who lived to be a hundred years old, but I didn't expect him to leave so early..." The tyrant choked up for a while.

Liu Gao's eyes moistened when he heard this. He had been serving the tyrant since he came to power. Seeing that the tyrant was becoming more and more like his old father, he felt relieved but also felt sad and heartbroken for the tyrant.

The tyrant waved his hand wearily: "Go, that bastard can't be kept here."

When he was walking out personally carrying the mandarin duck wine pot, he saw the frail and weak Concubine Yu kneeling and shivering outside the Qingfeng Palace.

It was very cold, and she was wearing plain white without even a cloak.

The tyrant's extremely cold eyes passed over her face: "No need to plead for him."

Concubine Yu kowtowed and said, "I am not here to plead for Wang'er. Blame me for my poor teaching. I am here to apologize. I will go to the cold palace to pray and chant scriptures for His Highness the Third Prince..."

"You should go and ask Ming Fei for forgiveness." The tyrant interrupted her and walked away quickly.

Concubine Yu stared at his back, her mind swaying slightly as two lines of tears slid down her beautiful face: "Wang'er, my Wang'er..."

"Empress? Does the Emperor blame us, or not?" The nanny helped Concubine Yu up and asked in a puzzled voice.

Concubine Yu shook her head and said, "Let's go to Green Water Palace and apologize to Concubine Ming."

Some time ago, she found an opportunity to say a lot of good things about Qin Wang in front of the tyrant, and finally begged the tyrant to let him out of the Huguo Temple. Unexpectedly, Qin Wang arranged such a big surprise for her.

He kept swearing that he was absolutely sure that he could kill Qin Huo during the hunting trip. Concubine Yu believed him, but she never found a chance to ask for details.

She shouldn't have believed it. She should have been persuaded.

She was trembling, unable to even walk steadily, and she kept patting her chest. The whole way, her tears never stopped...

Thousands of miles away, Nanqiao Palace.

After hearing the report from the spy, the tyrant emperor fell down in the throne room in despair and began to cry in front of the spy and eunuchs.

His mouth trembled for a long time, and he choked and said, "My sweet baby has suffered."

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, and tears fell like beads from a broken string.

"Your Majesty, please don't be sad..." Zhong Dequan's eyes were red as he carefully wiped the emperor's tears. From time to time, he would wipe his own tears behind his back. "The little princess is blessed by heaven. Your Majesty will definitely take good care of her."

“Wow, wow, wow… I’m so useless. Why did I let my sweet baby be a hostage… Not only was she attacked on the way, but there was also a fire on the first night in the Daqi Palace. My sweet baby must have been terrified…” The foolish emperor felt more and more upset the more he thought about it, and he cried breathlessly.

Zhong Dequan couldn't coax or deceive her, so he could only secretly ask someone to invite the queen.

After hearing the whole story, the queen hugged the emperor's arm and cried together: "Our sweet baby is so pitiful, what should we do?"

Because the journey was long, and the spies had to use every possible means and be very careful to find out the situation of Tianbao and Xulaiqing after they arrived in Daqi, the news they sent back was delayed by about two months.

The following scene seemed to have appeared in front of the emperor and the empress: Lingxiu Palace was burned into a pile of ruins, and Tianbao, with black ash on his face, huddled in a corner pitifully, hugging his knees and crying, saying: Father, Mother, Tianbao is so scared.

Zhong Dequan and Huaying looked at each other, and were infected by the sadness of the emperor and empress, and began to wipe away their tears.

There was a sudden cry in the Golden Palace.

The tyrant emperor cried and cried, angrily saying: "Old Third, you useless bastard! Why didn't you protect Tianbao? How dare you sleep at night? If he didn't sleep, how would those eunuchs and palace maids have the chance to steal things?"

The queen looked at him with tears in her eyes, stunned by the emperor's anger, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his logic.

"Just steal it! Why is he so petty as to rob them? Just let them steal it. That way they won't get so angry that they'll set the house on fire!"

The queen was in a daze, shedding tears. She nodded and shook her head. She still felt something was wrong, but it seemed to make sense?

"The most hateful thing is that after burning down the house, you didn't even find someone to cry to show your weakness. You even had your meals in the burnt ruins. You are such a pitiful sweet boy! Third brother, third brother, I made you the crown prince because I trusted you, and you just act like this..." The foolish monarch burst into tears after saying this.

The Queen slowly stopped crying, finally realizing what was wrong: "Your Majesty is wrong. Under the circumstances at that time, it was already a great achievement for him to step forward and become the Crown Prince. He was only a child..."

"Bah! They didn't want me in the first place! If they did, I would rather go to Daqi as a hostage so that Tianbao can enjoy a peaceful life at home. I can't bear to let Tianbao suffer. It's all my fault for being useless... Lanxin, Tianbao won't blame me for being useless, right?"

"Absolutely not!" The Queen raised her finger firmly and swore, "Tianbao has been sensible since she was young. This time, she chose to suffer herself to spare us from suffering. She is a lucky star sent by God to us! She will not resent the Emperor."

"Lucky Star..." The foolish emperor's eyes flashed slightly. The queen didn't know what Lucky Star was, but he himself knew it very well.

He is simply a fake lucky star, otherwise why would he be so anxious?

Thinking of this, the tyrant cried even more sadly, and almost cried loudly.

Prince Jing, who had rushed into the palace, happened to see this scene: "...Your Majesty, an envoy from Daqi has arrived."