If it were any other grandson, the emperor might not be so concerned. He would most likely take this opportunity to test it out. People are always suspicious of people or things they are not familiar with. But the emperor still remembers that three of the children of Prince Jing are very similar to Prince Jing when he was a child, and the other one looks like Princess Jing. It is so obvious. Is he blind to question it? What
made him suspicious was the person who informed Prince Li. Moreover, it was a scandal that Concubine Lu was caught having an affair with someone. The emperor had ordered Luo Ruisheng to suppress the news. How did Prince Li know about it?
The emperor's trust in Prince Li did not come overnight, but was accumulated slowly since he was young. Otherwise, he would not have let his younger brother take charge of the Imperial Clan Court and handed over the affairs of the royal family to Prince Li. He was very sure that this was not Prince Li's conspiracy, so someone deliberately leaked the news to Prince Li.
First there was the informant letter, and then Prince Li learned that Concubine Lu had a secret meeting with someone. Prince Li would naturally take the informant letter seriously and even come to the hunting ground to persuade him. In most cases, the emperor would listen to Prince Li's words. If he did not know the children of Prince Jing very well, then the ones who would be verified this time would most likely be those children and the eighth prince.
Then what would happen? The informant had already been written in the letter, wasn't it to prove that they were "not Prince Jing's children" and were not royal family?
The emperor, who had experienced the succession struggle in the past, knew that there were many shady means, and this was what made him angry.
No matter what the result of the test was, the Eighth Prince would always have a grudge against the Eighth Prince because of Concubine Lu, and if anything happened to the children of Prince Jing, he estimated that his plan for Prince Jing would also be over.
This was such a vicious plan to kill two birds with one stone. If it really worked, the Eighth Prince and Prince Jing would be ruined.
Fortunately, because he trusted these children, he discovered this vicious plan in time, otherwise, if he was deceived, what would happen to Dabao?
The emperor didn't dare to think about it.
"Tianchi, what do you think?"
The emperor asked Prince Jing, he hoped that Prince Jing could see the clues like him.
King Jing had thought about it several times. The emperor's protective feelings towards Dabao made King Jing realize that the original plan might have to be changed.
King Jing thought for a while, asked the emperor for paper and pen, and quickly wrote: Concubine Lu was used as bait, someone intended to frame Dabao and frame his son.
The emperor nodded, King Jing's brain seemed not bad.
Since the emperor asked, King Jing appropriately revealed another thing. A few days ago, a thief sneaked into King Jing's mansion and wanted to take Dabao's blood, but ended up taking someone else's blood by mistake.
King Jing tried his best to express it cleverly so that the emperor would not find out that he was playing tricks on him. As for who was behind the thief, given King Jing's position, if he directly revealed everything, he might be suspected. Who would benefit from this plan, I believe the emperor himself would think of it without him having to mention it.
Emperor: "..."
The emperor finally found out why Dabao and Prince Jing looked so much alike when they were children, and why they were framed. Prince Jing's words further confirmed that this was a long-planned murder.
What about Concubine Lu?
The emperor now recalled that Concubine Lu had knelt on the ground and begged him bitterly. Concubine Lu had indeed caught a foreign man in her tent, and she also admitted that she had known the man since childhood, but Concubine Lu repeatedly assured that the two had completely cut off contact after entering the palace. She really didn't know why the man suddenly appeared in the hunting grounds and even entered her tent. Could there be a problem here?
Fortunately, he was angry last night and didn't kill the man directly, otherwise there would be no evidence. Concubine
Lu had been sent back to the palace overnight. The emperor decided to re-examine the man who was beaten by the guards and had only one breath left. Perhaps there would be new clues. "You stay here and don't have to go back. Wait for me to find out the truth." The emperor said to King Jing. It's not that the emperor didn't believe King Jing, but the emperor wanted to create doubts and stabilize the people behind the scenes, making the other party think that King Jing was locked up before continuing to act. King Jing understood that the emperor must have other arrangements and knelt down quickly. "Tianchi, what's wrong with you?" The emperor didn't understand what King Jing meant. King Jing pointed in the direction of his tent and looked at the emperor. The emperor frowned: "Are you worried about Li Yu and the child? It doesn't matter, I can let Luo Ruisheng give you a message." More than just worry, King Jing shook his head slowly. The emperor recalled the tiff between Prince Jing and Princess Jing, and said helplessly: "Then you can write a note and give a token to Luo Ruisheng to take, that's fine." Prince Jing hesitated for a moment, still shaking his head. Emperor: "..." "What do you want?" The emperor guessed several times and got a little angry, and raised his voice unconsciously: "Why don't I take them over and reunite with you?" The emperor originally mentioned it casually, but who knew that Prince Jing actually bowed heavily and thanked him! Emperor: "..." The emperor was almost mad at Prince Jing, and waved his hand: "Okay, I'll let Luo Ruisheng go there in person." Luo Zongguan immediately agreed and came over to ask Prince Jing what he wanted to bring. Prince Jing lowered his head and pulled out a silver bead tied with a red rope from his collar. Although the emperor was very annoyed and said that he didn't want to care about King Jing, he still inadvertently noticed that there seemed to be more than one thing hanging around King Jing's neck, in addition to the silver beads, there was a piece of... It looked like a round stone. The emperor complained in his heart, what the hell is this. King Jing wanted to hand over the silver beads, but thought about it and took it back, still kneeling. "Are you going back on your word again?" The emperor said unhappily. King Jing's eyes flashed, and he confessed to the emperor and made a real request. After King Jing went to see the emperor, Li Yu took the children to stay in the tent. Because King Jing was not there, Li Yu was a little uncomfortable without anyone to discuss everything with. The children couldn't sit still. Even if they couldn't walk much, the small tent couldn't contain the childishness. Li Yu had to play with them to distract their attention and also distract himself. King Jing was late to return, and the worry and panic that Li Yu had felt when he was alone in the villa reappeared. Calm down, you have to trust him, and don't do anything rash... Li Yu kept taking deep breaths and convincing himself. "Dad, Dad!" The tender voices of the four treasures came over. Li Yu came back to his senses and found that the children were holding on to his clothes tightly. There are still children, and we must not mess around. Li Yu smiled and picked them up one by one and kissed them: "Do you want to play hide-and-seek or tug-of-war?" The treasures looked at each other. Tug-of-war was not very interesting, because whichever side the fish father went to would win.
The four treasures then unanimously chose to play hide-and-seek!
Li Yu took them to play, blindfolding each child with a handkerchief in turn, and asked one of them to catch while the rest hid.
The children were not very good at walking, so Li Yu did not have any difficulty. He hardly hid and let them find
him. Soon it was his turn to catch.
Li Yu was blindfolded by Erbao and Sanbao.
The treasures did not know how to tie knots with handkerchiefs, so Dabao had an idea and pulled Wang Xi's hand to help.
Wang Gonggong covered his mouth and laughed, and helped to tie a slipknot for Li Yu.
Dabao, Erbao, Sanbao, and Sibao each dispersed. If they could not walk fast, they would crawl, and if they could not crawl fast, they would roll.
Dabao ran straight to the curtain, lifted the curtain and hid behind it. Erbao and Sanbao found a bamboo basket to crawl together, and bumped their heads against each other and found that something was wrong. Then they found a table to crawl together, but it was still not right after bumping their heads.
The two treasures rubbed their foreheads and looked at each other, and suddenly realized something. One went under the table, and the other went to the bamboo basket.
The four treasures looked around, pulled open the quilt and lay down.
Li Yu counted from one to ten and was about to start catching the fish. He pulled down the handkerchief covering his eyes a little, and saw that the cloth curtain bulged for no reason. The bamboo basket that was originally standing fell to the ground, revealing half of the little buttocks, and someone was holding the head under the table.
Li Yu was happy and coughed lightly. In order to make it more lively, he deliberately covered the handkerchief again and went to catch the fish with the handkerchief on his head.
"Daddy can find you even if he is blindfolded!" Li Yu said majestically.
He dragged out the fish in the bamboo basket and under the table with incomparable accuracy, and then pulled the cloth curtain open.
The children's screams and laughter came one after another.
Li Yu had found three and was ready to find the fourth. The tent was not big, and the only place left to hide the children was the bed. Li Yu was very confident and felt his way to the bed.
Suddenly, he touched a tall, hard object and wondered how such a thing could be in the tent.
The children's voices gradually became louder, and they all shouted "Dad, Dad" in surprise!
Li Yu felt out the arm and the leg.
He quickly took off the handkerchief covering his eyes. Before he could see clearly who was coming, he was hugged and kissed passionately.
Li Yu was startled and found that it was the breath of King Jing. He surrendered immediately and almost drowned in this sudden tenderness.
In front of the fish cubs, the fish father completely became a braised fish.
Forget it, we are all family, and there is nothing wrong with kissing each other, Li Yu muttered in an ostrich mentality.
He thought that he and King Jing had only been separated for a short while, so why was he so upset as if they had met again after a long separation?
Of course, Li Yu didn't know that just now, in front of the emperor, the emperor asked King Jing directly whether he knew about it. King Jing was really like standing on the edge of a cliff.
If he made a wrong step, there was a high possibility that he would be torn to pieces.
But King Jing survived and gained the trust of the emperor. How could he not be happy to see Li Yu again?
But he would not deliberately tell Li Yu about his feelings.
"By the way, why are you dressed like this?"
Li Yu hugged King Jing's arm. It turned out that King Jing had changed into a guard uniform, which was very different from what he wore when he left, so he couldn't figure it out for a while.
King Jing curled his lips and wrote to Li Yu as briefly as possible about what happened.
"So it was my father... who let us pass?" Li Yu asked in surprise.
King Jing nodded and suggested that he should get up as soon as possible and not let outsiders know.
Li Yu was puzzled. Since they were all going to meet at the emperor's place, why did King Jing have to run back? He could just send someone to inform him. And why did he have to pretend to be a guard?
Although Li Yu did not ask directly, his expression had already asked for him.
King Jing held Li Yu's hand under his sleeve and pointed at his nose with a smile.
Li Yu: ???
Is this because of what he wanted?
Li Yu suddenly understood. Yes, why did he have to make this trip? Wasn't it because he was worried about the safety of him and the children?
King Jing had specially asked the emperor to hide his identity to come and pick them up.
In front of the children, even though Li Yu was moved to tears, he was too embarrassed to give them another kiss.
But he was very happy that King Jing could be so considerate of him. Li Yu held King Jing's hand tightly and shook it gently, indicating that he would always remember it in his heart.
Li Yu and Wang Xi picked up the children and were about to leave, but they found that one was missing. It turned out that Sibao was playing hide-and-seek in the quilt, and when Yu's father came to find him, he accidentally fell asleep. King Jing pretended to be a guard, lowered his head and took Sibao out of the quilt, and protected him on both sides in a proper manner.
The group did not walk far before they ran into the Sixth Prince.
"Fifth Princess is in a hurry, is there something wrong? By the way, why didn't you see the Fifth Prince?"
The Sixth Prince seemed to be taking a walk, and when he ran into Li Yu, he asked a normal question.
Li Yu knew that this was most likely a test from the Sixth Prince. If he hesitated for too long, or if the Sixth Prince discovered that the guard beside him was King Jing, it would be bad. The emperor would create the illusion that he was angry with King Jing, and it would be discovered.
But how should he answer so that the Sixth Prince would not be suspicious and get rid of the Sixth Prince as soon as possible?
"Sixth Prince, my prince has not returned yet, and the princess wants to go and ask about it." Wang Xi was eager to protect his master, and rushed to answer for Li Yu.
After Prince Li had a secret talk with the emperor, the emperor summoned King Jing. This was known to everyone. On the surface, there was indeed no news about King Jing, so Wang Xi's words were somewhat credible.
"Really not back yet?"
The Sixth Prince's eyes lit up. Did his plan work? Did the emperor become suspicious of King Jing, so he detained King Jing?
Li Yu nodded reluctantly.
King Jing secretly tightened the sword in his hand. If the Sixth Prince dared to do anything bad to Xiaoyu, he would definitely take action first to protect Xiaoyu.
Fortunately, the Sixth Prince's full attention was on Li Yu and the children, and Wang Xi was mediating. The Sixth Prince, who was determined to find out something from Princess Jing, failed to notice the abnormality of the guard.
Everyone had their own thoughts. Li Yu was thinking about a quick victory and slipping away naturally. Dabao, who was holding his hand, suddenly cried: "Daddy, I want daddy!"
Li Yu suddenly had an idea and took the opportunity to hug Dabao and coax him: "Don't cry, Dabao, I'll take you to find him now!"