Crown Prince's Palace
At that moment, a servant was reprimanding Yiming for smashing things in the room.
He grabbed his collar angrily and shouted a reminder.
"You brat, you bit the Empress Dowager, that's a capital offense. You'll be taken away to be executed soon. And you dare to smash things here? Everything here is very valuable. Any one of these items could take your life."
Yiming blinked his big eyes warily, then aimed at the servant's wrist and bit down hard.
"ah!"
The servant yelled, then slapped him across the face, kicked him to the ground, and shouted angrily:
"You little bastard, you dare to bite me? I'll beat you to death today."
Just as he was about to step forward to crow, the door creaked open from the outside, and Leng Chuchen walked in coldly, then gave an order to Li Ping beside her:
"Drag him out and chop him up."
The servant immediately raised his eyebrows in smug satisfaction.
"You brat, I told you to behave yourself, now look what happened, I'm going to chop off your head!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Li Ping stepped forward, grabbed his collar, and demanded an explanation through gritted teeth.
"You dare call me 'brat'? You're really asking for trouble."
Only then did the servant realize that the prince wanted to kill him.
He was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me! He just bit me, so I slapped him. Your Highness, spare me!"
"Hmph! Did I tell you to get close to him? You asked to be bitten, damn it, drag him out."
Seeing that Leng Chuchen was about to kill the servant, Yiming quickly got up from the ground, came to him, and looked up at him.
"Uncle Chen, can you please let him go? Don't kill someone because of Yiming, okay? Just punish him by making him clean the latrine!"
Leng Chuchen bent down, pulled him into her arms, and looked at him with tender eyes.
"Alright, listen to Yiming, tell him to go sweep the outhouse."
The servant, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, thanked him profusely and ran out.
Yiming stared at him with wide eyes, pouting as he asked:
"They all call you the Crown Prince, are you really the Crown Prince?"
Leng Chuchen let out a soft sigh and nodded, "Mm."
"Then you don't have the surname Chu?"
He shook his head. "My surname is Leng."
"Oh, then I can't call you Uncle Chu anymore, I'll just call you Uncle Chen!"
He raised his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, then nodded.
"You can call me whatever you want."
Actually, he thought it sounded quite nice for him to call him "father," but now that he had regained his status as crown prince, calling him that again would cause trouble. So, he added:
"Let's call him Uncle Chen!"
Yiming clapped his little hands and looked at him expectantly.
"Uncle Chen, since you are the Crown Prince, you must have a lot of power. Can you let me go home? I miss my mother."
Yiming's words touched Leng Chuchen's heart. He carried him to a chair in the room and sat down, looking at him with gentle eyes.
"Do you miss your mother?"
Yiming nodded heavily.
"Yes, my mother will cry if she can't see me."
"How about I take you to see your mother later?"
"Really?"
He grinned at him, "Uncle Chen didn't lie to me?"
"I'm not lying to you, but you can't go back to Phoenix City for the time being."
"Why?"
His long eyelashes fluttered incessantly, and his large eyes revealed a look of confusion.
"Is it because Yiming bit your grandmother? My mother is implicated because of me?"
Leng Chuchen never expected that this three-year-old child would think so much.
However, he shook his head and denied it.
"Yiming, it's not your fault, but don't worry, you won't be there for long. I'll get you out."
Yiming looked up at him and nodded heavily.
"Uncle Chen, please take me to see my mother. I miss her."
"good."
Although he was very reluctant, his father had already given the order, and he could not disobey.
Besides, rather than letting him stay here alone, it would be better to send him to find Luo Zhiwan so that the mother and son can be reunited, and she won't have to worry about him anymore.
Ministry of Justice's Imperial Prison
Unlike the Shuntian Prefecture prison, the people imprisoned here are mostly those who have committed cases related to the royal family, requiring trial by the Ministry of Justice or the Emperor himself.
Therefore, there are not many prisoners here, and it is relatively quiet.
The Luo family members were locked in a large room. At this moment, Luo Tianhe sat in the corner, looking lost and dejected. Jiawang's mother leaned against him, sighing incessantly.
Zhiruo's eyes were red from crying, and although Jiawang's emotions were stable, he was also hiding his fear in his heart.
Zhiwan sat on the only wooden bed, frowning as she looked at the cell door.
"Father, Mother, Zhiruo, Jiawang, I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."
Luo Tianhe sighed softly and shook his head helplessly.
“We’re all family, why say things like that? When you were successful, we also benefited from it.”
“But this matter could be a big deal or a small deal. If the Emperor were to make a mistake and punish our whole family for deceiving the Emperor, I would truly become a sinner in our family.”
"The emperor's decree cannot be disobeyed. If that day really comes, as long as our family is together, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Although Luo Tianhe said that, his body still trembled involuntarily at that moment.
Jiawang's mother understood his feelings best.
For so many years, the Luo family had been running their small business peacefully, never provoking the government or getting into any trouble like this.
However, she was very grateful to Luo Tianhe for supporting Zhiwan without hesitation at this time.
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