Ye Qinghuan also met the man sent by the Second Prince to lead him to the Misty Rain Pavilion.
King Jing winked at Ye Qinghuan, and Ye Qinghuan pretended to be unaware and followed him.
King Jing led his confidants to follow him from a distance to avoid being noticed by the Second Prince's men.
When they arrived at the Misty Rain Pavilion, they saw a woman lying on the ground with Ye Qinghuan's sword stuck in her body. Soon, the Second Prince arrived with his guards. The Second Prince
glanced at the dead woman, who was wearing a Jin Jue costume. Mu Tianzhao was proud and pretended to be surprised, "Prince Cheng'en, how could you be here - what did you do to the princess?"
Ye Qinghuan was about to answer, but the emperor's bright yellow dragon robe had already moved to the Misty Rain Pavilion.
This was of course the Second Prince's plan. The Second Prince privately informed the Emperor that he had heard that Prince Ye and Princess Jin Jue were having a secret meeting in the Misty Rain Pavilion. The Emperor felt that although they had been arranged to be married, it was not proper, so he came to reprimand them. Who would have thought that he would run into a murder case!
"What on earth is going on?" The Emperor looked at Ye Qinghuan from the woman on the ground with a questioning look.
Ye Qinghuan said calmly, "Your Majesty, I just arrived here, and I don't know what happened, and the Second Prince showed up."
Mu Tianzhao felt that his tone was a little different, but after thinking it over carefully, he did not find any flaws in his plan.
Mu Tianzhao swept away all the resentment in his chest and retorted: "What happened can be seen by anyone with eyesight. Prince Ye, you killed the princess first, and you still want to argue?"
The second prince raised his finger and pointed at the sword on the woman's chest: "This should be Prince Ye's sword, right?"
The emperor has realized the seriousness of the problem. Could it be that Princess Jin Jue is really dead? Killed by Ye Qinghuan?
The emperor gave an order, and the imperial guards went to check. The second prince's words were quite true. However, when the imperial guards turned the deceased over, they discovered that it was not Princess Jin Jue, but a woman wearing the uniform of Jin Jue's maid.
The emperor's sharp eyes passed away, and the imperial guards stepped aside for the time being, not daring to say anything.
The sword on the woman's chest was also taken out by the guards in front of the emperor and presented to the emperor.
The sword that Ye Qinghuan often used was a gift from the emperor in the past. The emperor was quite impressed. This sword was very similar to the one Ye Qinghuan often used. When the emperor saw it for the first time, he also thought it was Ye Qinghuan's.
"Ye Qinghuan, this is not your sword, you don't have any other swords on you now." The second prince was confident and aggressive.
Ye Qinghuan calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, the second prince seems to have forgotten the rules of the palace. As a minister, you cannot wear a sword in front of the emperor. My sword was taken off when I entered the palace and handed over to the guards guarding the palace gate for safekeeping."
The emperor nodded. Since Ye Qinghuan said so, the emperor immediately ordered someone to take the sword. After waiting for a while, the guards came over with the sword of Ye Shizi.
How come there are two swords suddenly? It was the second prince's turn to be a little uneasy.
Ye Qinghuan solemnly requested the emperor to inspect them.
The emperor carefully compared the two swords in front of him. To be honest, if the two swords were viewed separately, they seemed very similar, but when they were placed together, the difference could be clearly seen. The sword taken from the guards was shimmering silver, while the sword pulled out from the woman was dark as iron, which was very unusual.
It was clear which one was real and which one was fake.
Moreover, the experienced guards in front of him also found out that the woman had actually been dead for many days, and she did not die immediately. The sword on her body was not Ye Qinghuan's, so Ye Qinghuan's murder was not justifiable.
But why were the two swords so similar?
The emperor immediately thought that someone might have deliberately made the weapon look like the sword of Ye Shizi, and framed him.
Recalling that the second prince had just said "This is Ye Shizi's sword" on the left and "Ye Shizi killed the princess" on the right, but in fact, the sword was not Ye Shizi's, and the princess was not dead. The emperor himself had experienced many palace struggles, and his eyes changed when he looked at the second prince.
The emperor said lightly: "Tianzhao, you entered the Yanyu Pavilion, and you haven't even figured out whether this woman is Princess Jin Jue. Why do you insist that it was the prince of Cheng En who killed the princess?" Mu Tianzhao was still in
shock. Why did the emperor just doubt Ye Qinghuan, but now he began to doubt him again?
The person who died in Yanyu Pavilion must be Princess Jin Jue. He had arranged this long ago. Could it be someone else?
But now, the emperor was waiting for his explanation...
Mu Tianzhao said with difficulty, "I saw that the dead woman was dressed as Jin Jue, so I thought she was a princess."
The emperor looked at him meaningfully and ordered the guards to carry the dead woman to the second prince. Mu Tianzhao saw clearly that the dead woman was not the Princess Jin Jue he knew, but...
Ye Qinghuan smiled: "Although this woman is dressed as Jin Jue, the dress of a maid is very different from the princess's clothes. The second prince has a good eye and recognized the maid as a princess at first sight."
Mu Tianzhao: "..."
Ye Shizi had already mocked so obviously, the emperor would not be unaware of what the second prince was going to do, otherwise why did the second prince want to do everything he could to make him drive to Yanyu Pavilion?
I'm afraid that the second prince failed to frame Ye Shizi, but was caught by Ye Shizi.
The emperor was angry and resentful of the second prince at the moment. He really wanted to kick the second prince in the face, but he had to restrain himself.
Both Ye Shizi and Princess Jin Jue were fine, so he should not investigate further. King Jin Jue was still in the imperial city, and he could not let King Jin Jue know that the second prince had the intention to harm Princess Jin Jue.
"Tian Zhao, you can't even recognize a person. You should stay in your mansion and reflect on yourself for a few days. You are not allowed to come out without my order."
The emperor had never spoken to the second prince so harshly.
It was just house arrest, no other punishment. Ye Qinghuan knew in his heart that the emperor was afraid that he would let the second prince go. If he fell into this trap, he would only have one way to go. But now it was clear that it was the second prince who framed him, and the emperor would not really do anything to the second prince.
But there is still a long way to go. If the Second Prince failed to uproot the Cheng'en Mansion, don't blame the Cheng'en Mansion for considering him an enemy from now on.
There are many ways to destroy a person. Ye Qinghuan is always upright, but that doesn't mean he won't fight back if he is slapped in the face. You hit me, I hit you back, it's only natural. Today was the plan he and King Jing had jointly devised. The dead woman was just an unknown female corpse in the sky prison, used to make the Second Prince think that the plan had succeeded and let down his guard.
The emperor personally comforted Ye Qinghuan a few words, and Ye Qinghuan did not hold the Second Prince accountable. The emperor sighed in his heart. At the state banquet that day, he felt that the Second Prince's expression was not right, but he did not expect that the Second Prince almost got into big trouble. He
usually looks very capable, why is he so impulsive just because of an arranged marriage. If he is not given it, will he destroy it?
The emperor could not understand the frustration of the second prince, but the ruthlessness of his scheme against the Cheng'en Mansion made the emperor somewhat wary.
At this time, King Jing walked slowly over.
When the emperor saw his other son, he smiled tiredly: "Tianchi, you are here too?"
Mu Tianchi came over and saluted respectfully, and then, to everyone's surprise, he silently took out a tablet from his arms.
The emperor was wondering why King Jing suddenly took out such a thing. He was displeased for a moment, but when he saw the words on the tablet clearly, the emperor swallowed the words of reprimand that were about to come.
Because this was the tablet of his first wife, Queen Xiaohui, the mother of King Jing!
The emperor's heart, which originally wanted to keep things quiet, was crushed to pieces by this tablet.
He just remembered which family the Cheng'en Mansion belonged to. This was Queen Xiaohui's maternal family and relatives. If Queen Xiaohui were still alive, could he let the second prince go so easily?
Prince Jing is asking for justice on behalf of Empress Xiaohui and Duke Cheng'en. Ye Qinghuan can't say it, but Prince Jing can do it!
"Tianchi, I... understand what you mean." The emperor rubbed his eyebrows, "You and Ye Qinghuan go down, let me think about it again."
Ye Qinghuan quickly pulled Prince Jing out of the Yanyu Pavilion. Even he didn't expect Prince Jing's stroke of genius.
"What a courage!" Ye Qinghuan laughed, but felt very happy.
Don't some people think that the late emperor and the late mother's family have nothing to rely on?
Duke Cheng'en's Mansion is obviously protected by Prince Jing.
Duke Cheng'en's Mansion will definitely protect Prince Jing for Empress Xiaohui.
It was rare for Prince Jing to curl his lips in front of his cousin. Ye Qinghuan went to Yanyu Pavilion first. He followed behind for a while and ventured to Changchun Palace to get his mother's tablet, which really came in handy.
In his opinion, if the second prince was to be beaten, he should be beaten harder, so as not to give him a chance to get up again.
Ye Qinghuan thought so.
I don't know who leaked the news to Prince Jin Jue. When Prince Jin Jue learned that the second prince was plotting against his daughter, he was furious. The emperor urgently summoned Ye Qinghuan, the future son-in-law, to bear Prince Jin Jue's anger. Ye Qinghuan originally wanted to go back to Jingtai Palace with Prince Jing to meet Xiongfeng, but finally had to change his mind and turn back.
Prince Jing was walking hurriedly halfway when suddenly a black shadow jumped over and bumped into Prince Jing without noticing.
Who is it? Prince Jing frowned and looked at the man in front of him.
The man was masked and his appearance could not be seen. King Jing thought that the man might be sent by the Second Prince to seek revenge, and he had quietly grasped the scabbard of his sword. The man was startled, and when he realized it was King Jing, he immediately showed his sword and stabbed King Jing.
The two men then fought together.
The masked man was about the same skill as King Jing, but it seemed that the hand holding the sword was injured, and his movements were always a beat slower. King Jing quickly knocked the man's sword down, but the man took advantage of King Jing's unpreparedness and sprinkled a bag of white powder in his face.
King Jing's eyes suddenly became unclear, and his sword fell to the ground. Feeling the man approaching, King Jing snorted and laughed, calmly pulled out the dagger hidden in his boots, and struck him with one blow.
The fight took less than a quarter of an hour.
The masked man was seriously injured and fled. King Jing also staggered a little. He couldn't make a sound, but he should be not far from Jingtai Palace.
Li Yu and Xiong Feng stared at each other all night, and watched Xiong Feng repeatedly chewing things, poking the fish tank, and wagging his tail all night.
When Li Yu was about to fall asleep, King Jing finally showed up. Wang Xi, who was guarding outside, was delighted: "Your Highness is finally back! Is everything going well?"
King Jing waved his hands. Wang Xi noticed that his expression was not right, his eyes were red, and there was powder on his face. Wang Xi didn't know what happened, and asked repeatedly. King Jing's eyes were hurting and he couldn't write. He kept waving his hands and his movements were a little irritable.
Wang Xi determined that King Jing was not feeling well, and immediately said, "I will help you to rest in the room first, and then I will go to summon the imperial physician!"
Wang Xi thought that with Master Xiaoyu here, his prince usually loved Master Xiaoyu the most, and staying with the fish for a while might make him feel better, so he helped King Jing into the room where the fish and dogs were currently placed.
As soon as King Jing entered the room, Xiongfeng came over with his tail wagging to ask for credit. King Jing couldn't see clearly and accidentally stepped on Xiongfeng's tail. Xiongfeng barked a few times in grievance.
"Xiongfeng, don't make noise, he doesn't seem to be feeling well."
Li Yu was also swimming around in the fish tank anxiously. He was very happy that King Jing was back and didn't want to sleep, but King Jing was not in a good state, why wasn't Wang Xi here?
Li Yu didn't know that Wang Xi had ordered someone to summon the imperial physician.
The lights were on in the room, but King Jing still saw everything blurry, and fumbled to sit down. His eyes were uncomfortable, and he wanted to find a handkerchief to wipe them first.
Li Yu caught a glimpse of King Jing's red and swollen eyes, and the white residue left behind. A thought flashed through his mind: Could it be that King Jing was hit by lime powder?
Seeing King Jing touching a cloth on the basin and about to dip it in water, Li Yu hurriedly said, "No! You can't dip it directly in water!"
If you wash the lime powder directly with water, your eyes may go blind. This is common sense in modern times!
But no one could hear his voice. The little carp was so anxious that it swam up and down in the fish tank, hoping that King Jing could see it and stop.
But King Jing was too busy to notice him at this moment, and he was about to apply the handkerchief to his eyes.
Li Yu wanted to find Xiong Feng, but Xiong Feng, this stupid dog, was sometimes reliable and sometimes not. At this moment, he only tilted his head to look at King Jing. Maybe Xiong Feng thought King Jing's clumsy movements were very interesting.
What should I do? I'm going to go blind! King Jing is already dumb, he can't, he can't become blind again, right?
If so, it would be too pitiful...
Li Yu paused for a moment. He knew there was another way to stop King Jing -
even if it was dangerous for him, he had to try it!
The little carp mustered up his courage and jumped out of the fish tank. Even though there was no teacup near the fish tank, it didn't matter if it hurt a little to land directly on the ground.
King Jing happened to have his back to him, so he quickly used the transformation skill and turned back into human form in a moment.
It doesn't matter how to explain the origin, just stop King Jing first!
"Don't wash it with water!" Li Yu shouted.
King Jing's hand holding the wet towel froze, and he instinctively turned around. This voice...
He remembered that it was the young man he had been looking for for a long time, why did he suddenly appear in the house without any warning?
King Jing was about to turn around, and Li Yu hurriedly said: "Don't turn around right away, please wait a moment!"
King Jing: "..."
Li Yu had just transformed and had nothing to wear, so he looked around in panic, but the amazing thing was that the room Wang Xi chose had no windows and no wardrobe, so naturally there were no clothes.
Li Yu was so embarrassed. He couldn't just run around in front of people like this.
Fortunately, although there was no wardrobe in this room, there was a curtain hanging on the beam. It was too late. This was it!
Li Yu didn't choose the color or texture. He just tore off a piece and wrapped it around his body until he was like a tube.
King Jing stood straight, not daring to move. He heard the movement behind him. The young man hadn't left yet, but he thought that if he turned around, the other party might run away again.
His eyesight was not good now, so he had to calm down first and not scare the person away. King Jing thought silently.
Li Yu packed up the cylinder and said, "It's OK now..."
King Jing turned around quickly and vaguely saw a cylinder. King Jing: "..."