Chapter 86 The Emperor of Chu is Here
Ye Qingyu and the Emperor of Chu sat opposite each other, setting up their chessboard. The Emperor was a skilled chess player, and Ye Qingyu was no pushover. The two exchanged blows, the situation on the board becoming stalemate, seemingly unresolved. During this time, Concubine Mei sent messengers to check on the Emperor several times, only to be told he was playing chess with the young prince.
When the emperor was about to play a second game of chess with Ye Qingyu, Ye Qingyu slowly said, "Uncle Emperor, there is some progress in that case. I have come to ask for your advice."
"Oh? Tell me quickly!" Upon hearing this, the King of Chu immediately became interested and put down the chess piece in his hand.
Ye Qingyu looked around and saw the palace maids and eunuchs coming and going. She winked at the Emperor Chu. The Emperor Chu understood and said immediately, "Everyone, leave. Chang Xi, you go guard outside."
After everyone had left, Ye Qingyu reported what he had discovered and the people involved to the Emperor of Chu. Upon hearing this, the Emperor's expression shifted, sometimes livid, sometimes pale, and he remained silent for a long moment. This matter actually implicated Concubine Mei and the Xue family, especially his beloved Concubine Mei. Could she truly be a spy from the Northern Liang Kingdom?
"Qingyu, are you telling the truth?" Emperor Chu seemed to have a thousand doubts in his heart, and his brows were furrowed.
"Yes, those people have been arrested. You can interrogate them personally." Ye Qingyu had long expected Emperor Chu to have such a reaction, and replied calmly.
"Where are they?" asked the King of Chu.
"Xue Family Villa."
"Let's go, I want to go and see for myself. I don't believe that Concubine Mei is from Beiliang Kingdom!" The Emperor of Chu was very fond of Concubine Mei at this time, not to mention that Concubine Mei was pregnant. No matter what, he was unwilling to believe that Concubine Mei was related to Beiliang Kingdom.
Just like that, when everyone thought that Emperor Chu was playing chess with the Little Prince of the Northwest, Ye Qingyu took Emperor Chu out of the palace in disguise and headed to Xue Family Villa.
As the commander of the imperial guards, Chen Yan naturally followed Emperor Chu closely all the way and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
When the three of them arrived at Xue's Villa, Qing Yi was having a lot of fun "playing" with Little Moustache. Little Moustache had often given Xue An bad advice, so Qing Yi couldn't let him off easily. However, considering Little Moustache was a key suspect, Qing Yi did leave some room for maneuver.
"Hey, your name is Little Mustache, right? I just don't like your beard. Today I will help you shave it off so that it won't be an eyesore!" Qing Yi said as he pulled out his dagger from his waist and waved it in front of Little Mustache, with a cold light flashing, which scared Little Mustache so much that his face turned pale.
"Master, please spare me! Master, please spare me!" The man with a mustache was so scared that he begged for mercy repeatedly.
"Haha, you're so timid, like a rat. Look, even Miss Taohong despises your cowardly appearance!" Qing Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw this. Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he raised his knife. With a "swish", the mustache man felt a cool breeze in front of him. When he touched his chin, the mustache was gone.
"Tsk tsk, your eyebrows aren't that good either..." Qing Yi put away the dagger, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and looked carefully at the mustache without the beard.
Qingqing, who was standing aside, looked at Qingyi's extremely boring prank and couldn't help rolling her eyes. This kid is really unruly!
Suddenly, Qing Yi pulled out his dagger and swiped it twice, and Xiao Hu's eyebrows were also bald. Without the beard, Xiao Hu could still be barely recognized as a human being, but without the eyebrows, the whole person suddenly became extremely ugly and his appearance was extremely weird.
"Hey, little brat, your aesthetic taste is really terrible! I think he looks uglier and uglier after shaving his beard and eyebrows!" Qingqing couldn't help but comment, her tone full of disgust.
"Silly girl, are you the only one who understands aesthetics? Then tell me, what needs to be fixed on him to make him look good?" Qing Yi became unhappy when he heard Qing Qing's words and asked back.
"Of course! I don't like his hair either. His beard and eyebrows are gone, and it doesn't match his hair. It's better to just shave it all off. It will be so refreshing to be bald!" Qingqing and Qingyi have the same personality. They both love to join in the fun and have fun.
"Hey, you know what, that's a really good idea!" Qing Yi's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he nodded repeatedly in agreement. He immediately started shaving the mustache hair. But before he was even halfway through, Ye Qingyu walked in with the King of Chu and Shen Yan.
As soon as the King of Chu entered the room, he saw this strange scene: a young man in a blue shirt was holding a dagger and gesturing up and down at the hair of a terrified man. The man had lost more than half of his hair and looked extremely miserable.
Emperor Chu frowned slightly, wondering in his heart: What is this young man in blue doing?
"Qing Yi!" Ye Qingyu didn't expect to see this scene as soon as she entered the door, so she spoke out to stop it.
"Ah, Xiao Ye!" Qing Yi heard Ye Qingyu's voice, threw away his half-shaved mustache, and ran to Ye Qingyu. Of course, he also saw Chu Huang and Shen Yan following behind Ye Qingyu.
"Stop messing around!" Ye Qingyu scolded softly, and then unnoticeably asked Qing Yi to stand beside him, fearing that Emperor Chu would scold Qing Yi.
The Emperor of Chu swept his gaze over everyone, then began to personally interrogate them. As Ye Qingyu had said, it turned out that these people were all from the Northern Liang Kingdom. The Emperor of Chu's expression grew increasingly gloomy.
The Emperor of Chu was silent, and no one spoke either.
After a long time, the Emperor of Chu finally seemed to have made some difficult decision. He spoke slowly in a low voice: "Chen Yan, execute Zhao Quan immediately. As for Concubine Mei... spare her life for now, and deal with her after she gives birth to the royal heir. The rest of the people involved in this matter will be executed here." The Emperor of Chu obviously did not want to make this matter a big fuss and let everyone know about it. However, facing Concubine Mei, whom he had doted on for many years, he still couldn't bear to kill her.
"As you command!" Chen Yan responded, but he couldn't help but feel doubts. The emperor's bedmate was a Beiliang spy. Why did the emperor still insist on keeping Mei Fei? Chen Yan subconsciously raised his eyes and cast his gaze at Ye Qingyu, the young prince of the Northwest, who was standing beside him. There was a probing look in his eyes.
In fact, the reason why Ye Qingyu had not mentioned the secret affair between Zhao Quan and Concubine Mei before was because he had this idea: If Concubine Mei's identity as just a secret spy from Beiliang was exposed, and the Emperor of Chu did not investigate further after questioning her, then he would naturally not bring up the past again to avoid putting the Emperor of Chu in an embarrassing situation.
However, seeing that the Emperor of Chu still had feelings for Concubine Mei, Ye Qingyu knew that if he continued to keep this a secret, it would cause great trouble. However, such a secret matter could not be made public in front of so many people. He nodded slightly to Chen Yan, indicating that he already knew the situation.
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