The Eighth Prince was too frightened to care about his wife and children.
When Ke Shu Chengfeng is ruthless, she's not human at all; she's a demon.
On that day, everyone who remained in the mansion heard the Eighth Prince's miserable screams.
But the imperial physicians were too skilled; even the Eighth Prince's cries for help were useless after losing both legs, and the bleeding was eventually stopped.
Furthermore, a royal physician will be stationed there for three months to ensure the Eighth Prince stays alive.
After dealing with these matters, Shu Chengfeng returned to his residence.
There was no rush to report anything to His Majesty.
After returning to his residence, he went to Jiyue Pavilion.
Yan Nangui was arranging flowers when she saw him arrive. She smiled and said, "Your Highness, please sit down. I'll be done soon."
Shu Chengfeng simply grunted in response, without sitting down, and told him to change his clothes.
Jiangxiang hurriedly helped him into the clean room and changed him into a casual robe.
Once he had changed, the tea was served, and Yan Nangui had finished his work.
"Wash some fruit for His Highness."
Shu Chengfeng looked at her: "Do you have any fruit for me?"
"We have everything! It's almost July. Watermelon, you know? The watermelon I ate yesterday was delicious, sweet and crisp. Although I like sandy flesh, don't you like crunchy ones?"
Shu Chengfeng nodded.
It's clear he wasn't really concerned about what to eat; he was just saying it offhand.
Yan Nangui waited for the watermelons to arrive, then waved for someone to leave.
The chilled watermelon was sweet and cool, and she forked a piece and fed it to Shu Chengfeng.
After feeding them, they still want to steal a kiss from their mouths.
A watermelon-flavored kiss is also very sweet.
"What's bothering you? Haven't you gotten used to it over the years?" This disgusting thing must not be the first time.
"I am just... my elder brother, a man of integrity and upright character," Shu Chengfeng said.
“I don’t know who His Highness Prince Qin is. But with Consort Zhen standing there, isn’t that a disgrace all these years? This matter is disgusting, but can it be any more disgusting than that? There’s no need to get worked up over these things. Isn’t what His Highness needs to do just one thing?” Yan Nangui said.
"Oh? What is it? You know everything." Shu Chengfeng smiled.
"You're here again, and you expect me not to know? If I didn't know, what are you doing here now? What business do you have? It's nothing more than changing the old ways for the new."
Shu Chengfeng chuckled and pulled Yan Nangui, who was rolling her eyes, into a hug: "Sharp tongue."
As he spoke, he pressed her down and kissed her for a while.
Suddenly, his smile vanished: "It was done by Eighth Brother. The Liu family is already in jail. Eighth Brother..."
"Both legs, I've dislocated them." He said this deliberately in a somber tone.
Yan Nangui stared at him with her beautiful eyes for a long time before frowning and asking, "And then?"
Shu Chengfeng...
He was deliberately trying to scare her by bringing up the matter of dislocating her leg.
But this woman's focus...
"I cut off both of his legs." Shu Chengfeng thought she hadn't understood.
“Oh, you should cut his tongue out.” Yan Nangui laughed: “Why are you scaring me with this? You’ll scare me sick.”
"You're afraid?" Shu Chengfeng was speechless.
"It's alright. If you cut off someone's leg for no reason, I would definitely be scared. But well, I should think about how I'm going to treat my good stepmother in the future," Yan Nangui said.
Shu Chengfeng chopped off the Eighth Prince's leg partly to vent his anger, but it's also possible that he intended to make an example of him.
"You..." Shu Chengfeng sighed, holding the person without saying a word.
Yan Nangui then fed him another piece of watermelon.
The two of them snuggled together and finished eating a plate of watermelon.
Shu Chengfeng wasn't in a particularly bad mood, just feeling down.
Anyway, after eating watermelon and having a meal, I felt much better.
At the Prince Shun's residence, Shu Yufeng listened to the eunuch's reply.
"The Eighth Prince's... the Eighth Prince's legs have both been... both cut off... The imperial physician is waiting, saying his life is not in danger, but... the Eighth Prince's wife escaped because she was pregnant, but it is said that she will be sentenced to death after the child is born. His Majesty has entrusted this matter entirely to the Crown Prince, and we cannot get involved..."
Shu Yufeng's expression remained unchanged, only his eyes became deep and unfathomable.
When he was a child, he did love his younger brother who used to chase after him.
But it all vanished with the wind after that assassination attempt.
He reached out and touched his face; the scar was so obvious that he could still feel the pain.
"The Crown Prince is truly ruthless." That's what Shu Yufeng said, but that wasn't how he actually felt.
After all, he knew best why the Eighth Prince had ended up in this situation.
Eighth Brother is still alive, isn't he?
“Nowadays, no one dares to speak openly about these rumors outside, but... it’s the rumors circulating in the palace that the Empress beat three of the concubines that are causing such a stir,” the eunuch said.
The main reason is that all three consorts have sons. The second and third princes are not young anymore, and it is a big deal that their mother was slapped.
"The Eighth Prince had his foot cut off, and some officials even submitted a memorial saying that the punishment was too lenient. They requested that His Majesty revoke his status as a prince."
Shu Yufeng smiled and said, "So, after all this, not only did His Highness the Crown Prince suffer no losses, but others suffered heavy losses?"
"That's not it. There are plenty of people gossiping about His Highness Prince Qin among the common folk, but the investigations are strict these days, so they don't dare to say it openly," the eunuch said.
Shu Yufeng shook his head: "It won't have much impact on the Crown Prince's position."
"However... I imagine my second and third brothers must be very anxious."
"Yes, that's what you're thinking." The eunuch thought to himself that the prince must be anxious, since even such a big matter hadn't affected His Highness the Crown Prince.
However, their thinking was still one step too shallow, or rather, what they cared about most were the princes.
But they all overlooked His Majesty.
At first, no one was coming for His Majesty.
But this matter gradually took on a different feel.
Because the King of Qin was humiliated, the Queen and the Crown Prince were furious, and the Ye family also petitioned for a thorough investigation.
Consort Zhen, Consort Lixian, and Consort Xude were all slapped by the Empress. The Eighth Prince, as the one who spread the rumors, was deposed by the Crown Prince.
Instead, His Majesty entrusted the entire matter to the Crown Prince.
What does this tell us?
The Crown Prince's power has risen even higher, and His Majesty, you could say, is just being affectionate towards his son.
However, it could also be said that they were defeated by the Crown Prince's faction.
The court, already in turmoil due to the conferment of the title of king, seemed to have been further engulfed in flames.
News of the rebellion in the southern border region was sent to the palace on the first day of the seventh month of that year.
Southern Xinjiang was once a separate country, but it was destroyed as early as when the Shu royal family still bore the surname Helian.
From then on, the Southern Frontier became part of the Dayan Dynasty.
There were several rebellions over the centuries since then, but none of them were major incidents.
This time, however, the descendants of the Southern Frontier King claimed to be the new Southern Frontier King and gathered 100,000 men to attack Xianyu Prefecture, the closest prefecture.
When the news reached the capital, Xianyu Prefecture might not have been able to hold out any longer, since it was not a strategically important military location.
Without saying a word, Shu Chengfeng knelt in the main hall: "Your subject requests to go into battle!"
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