Princess An'er married into the Eastern Palace, and after becoming the prince's concubine, she enjoyed unparalleled glory, and the prince doted on her extremely.
She personally sent the invitation, and Mu Ying and his mother were now just commoners, so they naturally could not refuse.
After Huo Yi learned about this, he also came to Prince Yan's mansion, but he was not alone. The Longwei Army was waiting outside.
Huo Hongying realized something was wrong: "Brother, are you...a job assigned to you by the imperial court?"
Huo Yi nodded: "I just received an order that there is a group of bandits causing trouble in Huang County, and the court sent me to suppress them."
Huo Hongying frowned: "This is too much."
Huo Yi felt the same way.
As soon as the Crown Prince's concubine invited Mu Ying and her son to the banquet, Huo Yi was sent away. Unfortunately, Xiao Chenyan and Qing Wu were far away in Nanling at that time. After Huo Yi left, Mu Ying and her son were isolated and helpless in the capital.
Huo Yi had duties to attend to and could not stay long, so he only said to Huo Hongying, "The old lady from the Ruyang Palace will also be there on the day of the banquet, so you should be smart."
Huo Hongying's beautiful eyes lit up: "Brother, have you asked the old lady to come?"
The old lady of the Prince of Ruyang's Mansion is of a high generation. In fact, the current emperor has to call her cousin, not to mention that she took care of his majesty a lot when he was young, and the relationship is very deep.
It’s just that the old man is very old and has not left the house for a long time.
Huo Yi had no choice but to do this.
There was obviously something fishy about the Crown Prince's concubine inviting Mu Ying and his mother for no reason. Given her status and position, it would be too easy for her to make things difficult for Mu Ying and his mother.
Moreover, it is not appropriate for men to interfere in the affairs of the female relatives. In the whole capital, the only one who can intimidate the other party with her status is the old lady of Ruyang Palace.
After instructing Huo Hongying, Huo Yi called Xiao Yulang over.
"Can you be modest and cautious in order to protect yourself and your mother?"
The young boy had been practicing martial arts for a while, and his body had become visibly stronger. He nodded vigorously: "Master Huo, don't worry, I will protect myself and my mother!"
Huo Yi patted the young boy on the shoulder and then left. Before leaving, he glanced towards the inner courtyard and saw Mu Ying there.
Huo Yi suppressed all his emotions and left quickly. He had to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible so that he could get back quickly.
However, even Huo Yi couldn't understand what the Eastern Palace concubine did today.
What is there on Mu Ying and her son that is worth taking action against?
Do you think you can threaten Prince Yan's Mansion this way?
Huo Yi always felt that things were not that simple.
The East Palace at this moment.
Princess Anyi stirred the soup spoon and tenderly fed the medicine to the prince one spoonful at a time.
The prince looked at her obsessively, swallowed the bitter medicine, and couldn't help coughing again.
Princess Anyi quickly rubbed his back and said angrily, "Your Highness has been working too hard. You need to take care of yourself."
"Don't worry, concubine. I will live with you till old age." The prince held Lady An's hand and kissed it gently.
"Your Highness~" Princess An said coquettishly.
When the prince pinched her chin and was about to kiss her, he heard the panicked voice of a servant outside.
"How dare you, servant, break into His Highness's room without permission. You are courting death!"
"Please go and see Concubine Xu! She is dying!"
Hearing the noise outside, the prince frowned and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes. He saw the pus on the back of his hand that looked like fish scales, and he couldn't suppress the feeling of nausea.
"What are you doing? You must stop!"
The prince looked impatient and his roar spread out, and the outside world instantly became quiet.
Before Princess An'er married into the palace, the most favored person in the Eastern Palace was Concubine Li Yu.
Although they are both concubines, her background cannot be compared with that of Princess Anxu, so now she is called concubine.
The left is the most respected, followed by the right.
No one in the Eastern Palace was surprised by this, but no one expected that Li Yu would suddenly get a strange disease. He always had a foul smell on his body, and he grew moss that looked like fish scales, which was even transmitted to the crown prince.
The prince now disliked her so much that he retained her position as concubine out of their past friendship and let her be confined in the courtyard to recuperate.
In fact, everyone in the East Palace knew that although he was recuperating, he had actually fallen out of favor. After the prince was infected, the two words he hated the most were "Li Yu".
The servants who served the prince all felt that the concubine Li Yu might be executed before the prince recovered from his illness.
"Your Highness, please do not be angry over insignificant people. I'd better go and take a look at the concubine."
"No!" The prince refused immediately: "What if you are also infected by her?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I have the prescription given by Doctor Zhong. I won't be infected. Look, I have been serving Your Highness personally these days, and I am fine."
The prince nodded, his expression slightly relieved: "Doctor Zhong's medical skills are good, but my disease..."
Speaking of this, the prince's expression became gloomy again and he couldn't help scratching the back of his hand.
"Imperial Doctor Zhong said that this ichthyosis can be cured by finding a suitable medicine. I have found the medicine, and it won't be long before Your Highness will be cured."
The prince looked hesitant: "What exactly is that medicine?"
"It's just a little bit of boy's blood."
"This..." The prince frowned, looking unhappy: "It won't sound good if this gets out."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I have taken all of this into consideration. The boy must be healthy and have the talent to practice martial arts, so that his blood and qi can be strong. That's why I chose the young man from the Wang family."
"He is the son of a criminal. Although General Huo has exempted him from the crime of being implicated, his future career in the government is hopeless."
"They are in a difficult situation right now, living in Prince Yan's mansion, helpless. The Crown Prince wants to ease the relationship with Prince Yan, so why not take this opportunity to adopt the child as his adopted son."
"It would be a good story if a son donated blood for his father. And with your blessing, His Highness, he would not have no future."
"This..." The prince frowned, still hesitant: "Does it have to be him? This move is too deliberate."
He just didn't want to openly break up with King Yan for the time being, nor did he really want to ease the relationship. Adopting the son of a criminal as his adopted son would really lower his own status.
Princess Anyi lowered her voice and said, "Your Highness, don't you feel that things in the East Palace are not going well recently?"
The prince frowned, looking unhappy.
More than just bad luck, he has not had a single day of peace since Xiao Chenyan came to Beijing.
"When I was young, I met a wandering Taoist priest. I heard him talk about changing one's luck. Many wealthy businessmen would find some lucky children to adopt as their adopted sons and daughters to change their luck. It was quite effective."
When the prince heard this, his expression remained unchanged, but his heart was moved.
"How can we take the words of a wandering Taoist seriously? Besides, the young man from the Wang family is the son of a criminal. Can he be considered blessed by fate?"
There was contempt in the prince's words, but after listening to the second half, it was obvious that he was moved.
Princess Anxi laughed and said, "He first escaped death, and then the Mu family was implicated and exiled by his father because of his conspiracy with Prince Yan's Mansion. Now he has become Huo Yi's disciple. Huo Yi is willing to give out such a precious red book and iron certificate for him. It shows that this boy is blessed with good fortune."
The prince's eyes lit up; he was truly moved.
"Besides...if the prince marries his adoptive father, he will naturally become close to General Huo."
The prince pondered, "Will the medicine-inducing thing hurt the child?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Just a little blood from your fingertips will do."
Hearing this, the prince breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "In that case, I will also go to the banquet to show my support for you."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After helping the prince to sleep, Princess Anyi came out of the bedroom with the smile on her face gone.
She glanced at the palace maid kneeling outside the palace with a cold expression, and said mockingly:
"Didn't you say that Concubine is going to die?"
"Why don't you lead the way? Princess, go and see her in person on behalf of the Crown Prince."
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