Rui’an King arrived at the Crown Prince Residence with his men. Thanks to the imperial edict given by the Emperor, they entered the Crown Prince Residence smoothly.
Concubine Ning Yao, the wife of the Crown Prince, clutched her stomach, confronting the arrived Rui’an King with a pale and composed face, "What are you up to, Your Highness? I am bearing the Crwon Prince’s first son, the first grandchild of the Emperor."
Rui’an King was slightly taken aback.
Ning Yao straightened her back, "With this mighty force, are you planning to harm the future emperor?"
Rui’an King naturally couldn’t bear such serious charge. He presented the imperial edict, "Concubine Ning Yao, the Emperor has ordered me to interrogate you. Please, come with me!"
Ning Yao remained standing,"May I ask what crimes I have committed?"
Rui’an King’s face was stern, "Concubine Ning Yao, you knowingly ask. What you have done, you ought to know. I always conduct impartial investigations. I never wrong a innocent person, nor will I let go of a person who commits countless immoral deeds behind the scenes."
Just as Ning Yao was about to speak again,
Rui’an King was determined. He waved his hand, "Men, please escort Concubine Ning Yao to follow me." He then made an additional instruction, "Be careful not to harm the imperial heir in her womb."
Two people stepped forward, one on each side, holding Ning Yao’s arm, and led her out of the room.
Ning Yao cried out, but Rui’an King remained indifferent. He swiftly led his men out of the Crown Prince Residence.
By the time the Crown Prince Yan Li rushed back home, Rui’an King had taken away his wife, Concubine Ning Yao. Upon learning that Rui’an King took Ning Yao for interrogation, Yan Li hurried to the Rui’an King Residence.
Rui’an King had anticipated that as soon as Ning Yao got the news, she would send a message to Yan Li. Therefore, he acted very swiftly. Moreover, he deliberately ordered a few carriages to be blocked on the way Yan Li would to return to the Prince Residence from the Ministry of Housing. This allowed him to successfully extract Concubine Ning Yao.
If it weren’t for Ning Yao’s actions against Xie Lin, given Rui’an King’s usual tendency not to offend others, he naturally wouldn’t have disrupted Prince Yan Li’s affairs. But his well-cultivated son was nearly killed on the street. How could Rui’an King not harbor a grudge? Especially since he was intercepted and assassinated by a large number of assassins sent by this woman on his way back to the capital from the Buddha Temple. The sword wound on his back was also more than enough to make him remember Ning Yao.
Once Yan Li arrived at Rui’an King Residence, he was naturally met with a closed door. The gatekeeper relayed a message, saying: "His Highness isn’t receiving guests. Please return, Your Highness!"
Yan Li’s face turned livid, but he also realized that if Rui’an King could take away his wife, certainly it must have been done under the command of the Emperor.
Yan Li hurriedly entered the palace.
When the Emperor saw Yan Li, his face was extremely cold, "Yan Li, have you the audacity to visit me?"
Yan Li "thump" knelt on the ground, "Father Emperor, I don’t know what crime my wife has committed? She is carrying my flesh and blood, just full month, I have not had the chance to inform you."
The Emperor was taken aback, "What did you say?"
Yan Li repeated, "The imperial doctor said it could be a male heir."
The Emperor’s face became pale, "Really?"
Yan Li nodded vigorously. He couldn’t let anything happen to Ning Yao. If anything happened to Ning Yao, the Marquisite of Nanping whom she belonged to can’t be saved. If the Marquess of Nanping couldn’t be saved, all his years of planning would fail. He had put half of his treasures on the Marquis of Nanping.
The Emperor angrily said: "Even if she is carrying the imperial heir, she is still unfit to be a member of the imperial family."
The Emperor angrily threw a stack of files onto Yan Li’s head, "Look at it yourself! Look at what your good wife has done! Don’t you dare tell me that you, being her confidant, don’t know about the messy things she’s been doing behind your back."
Yan Li felt pain when the files hit his face, but he dared not rub it. He picked up the files and upon reading the contents, his face turned white, and his voice changed, "Father, Father Emperor...this, this is impossible! Yao wouldn’t do this kind of thing!"
"So you mean to say that those monks falsely accused her? Did Rui’an King create false evidence to frame her?" the Emperor was furious, "Open your damned eyes and look! Every single piece of evidence was extremely detailed, the witnesses are present, all of the evidence was manipulated by Rui’an King, how could he possibly frame her?"
Yan Li couldn’t say a word, his mind filled with disbelief. How could Ning Yao be exposed? It’s only been a few days?
"Go back to your Residence now, and reflect upon your actions. Without my command, you are not allowed to leave the Residence." The Emperor looked sternly at Yan Li. Seeing that he still wanted to speak, he roared in anger, "Say one more word, and I might cut your head first!"
Yan Li immediately ceased. He didn’t dare to utter a word, and exited the Imperial Study Room with a pale face.
As the Crown Prince left the Imperial Palace, the Emperor sent out the imperial edict that no one was allowed to leave the Prince Residence. He stationed two thousand Imperial Guards outside.
This move not only shook the Crown Prince’s faction, but also Prince’s faction and all the major mansions in the capital city.
Crown Prince Yan Huisheng was also surprised. He had expected that Rui’an King would conduct a thorough investigation due to the attempt on his son’s life, but he didn’t expect it to be so fast. He was also surprised that the Emperor actually allowed Rui’an King to conduct a thorough investigation, and even implicated Concubine Ning Yao.
The Emperor would not be ignorant of what it meant to harm Concubine Ning Yao, but he still let Rui’an King make the move.
Yan Huisheng was somewhat dazed. For years, he, as the Crown Prince, has been wary and suppressed, watching Prince Yan Li and Prince Yan Lin strut around him every day, overlooking him. He had thought that it would take a lot of time, perhaps two, or even up to five years, to break this situation. But amazingly, in such a short time, Ning Yao made a mistake, and the Prince Residence was guarded by the Imperial Guard.
He suddenly remembered, Su Rong had once said to him that he shouldn’t be happy with the present difficult situation, but because he couldn’t break through, or didn’t dare to break through, he gave her this matter. Give her some time to find an opportunity, and she would help him break through and put him in a beneficial position.
At that time, he said that it’s like a situation that has been frozen over three feet of ice cannot be solved in a day. The current situation can’t be rushed.
Su Rong also promised, and indeed didn’t rush anything. She made her own arrangements, first directing Ning Yao to become a laughing stock, then inciting Prince Yan to impeach her father in the imperial court, and then using all the ties that can be used around her, using her own life story as a fuse, to light this fuse.
The first one to join the game was Concubine Ning Yao. She had hit the nail on the head on this key point and made her the knife to break the game.
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