Chapter 850: Some are happy, some are sad
Xiao Yechen frowned: "You're back so soon?"
Given how much Xiao Yeyang dotes on Yan Yiyi, he would definitely look for her everywhere if Yan Yiyi disappeared. How come she returned home so soon?
"Could it be that Yan Yiyi has been found?"
Xiao Yechen still recognized the Third Prince's abilities, otherwise, he would not have joined the Third Prince's camp.
Just then, Defu came to Chenyuan with several guards.
Defu first bowed to Xiao Yechen and said, "Master, the prince has something to ask Gao Yuan and Gao Fang, who are by your side. Please be accommodating."
Hearing this, Gao Yuan and Gao Fang immediately looked at Xiao Yechen as if asking for help.
Xiao Yechen didn't look at the two of them, but looked at Defu coldly: "Can Xiao Yeyang order the people around me around me around him at will? I'm counting on them to serve me, I won't go."
Defu's smile remained unchanged: "Master, two maids have died in the palace. Everyone in the palace will be questioned. The prince has also approved this."
Xiao Yechen slammed his hand on the table. "You bastard, you're just bullying me. I'm the eldest son of Prince Ping's mansion. How can I allow a slave like you to bully me?"
Defu put away his smile and said, "Sir, I will try my best to persuade you. If you don't cooperate, I will have no choice but to offend you." As he said that, he waved his hand, and the guards behind him immediately stepped forward and took Gao Yuan and Gao Fang away.
"Defu, you are so brave!"
Xiao Yechen stood up suddenly and pointed at Defu with an angry face.
Defu bent down and replied, "Master, I am only following orders. If Gao Yuan and Gao Fang had nothing to do with the maid's death, I would have brought them back myself."
Having said that, he bowed again and then left with his men.
"How can this be justified? How can this be justified!"
Xiao Yechen was furious. He walked around the room several times and then quickly went to Pingxi Hall to find Prince Ping.
Pingxi Hall.
When Prince Ping heard Huai En say that Xiao Yechen had arrived, he was silent for a long time before speaking: "Let him in."
As soon as Xiao Yechen entered the room, he didn't even bother to greet everyone. He said directly, "Father, you must make a decision for your son. Xiao Yeyang had Gao Yuan and Gao Fang, who were with me, arrested. He doesn't even take me, his elder brother, seriously."
Prince Ping looked at his eldest son quietly. When he calmed down, he asked, "Did you have anything to do with Yan's kidnapping last night?"
Xiao Yechen's heart tightened, but his face still showed a look of grievance: "Father, I have been staying in the courtyard to mourn for my mother for the past two months. How could I know that my second brother's wife was kidnapped?"
Prince Ping looked at Xiao Yechen: "You don't seem surprised at all?"
Xiao Yechen's expression froze.
Prince Ping let out a long sigh. "I know that you and your mother have always been hostile to Ye Yang. It's my fault. I thought that your mother gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and you were born as a bastard, which led to a lot of rumors. So, I was particularly partial to her and you, which led to you having inappropriate thoughts."
Xiao Yechen suddenly interrupted Prince Ping: "Inappropriate thoughts? Father, what do you mean?"
Prince Ping looked at Xiao Yechen and said, "I have always favored Yeyang for the title of prince, so I have tacitly accepted that everyone calls him the Little Prince. This has never changed."
Hearing this, Xiao Yechen laughed immediately: "I have never changed. What about me, father? What am I?"
Looking at his eldest son with tears in his eyes, Prince Ping felt uncomfortable, but he still said, "There is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. You should know this."
"I have no idea!"
Xiao Yechen roared, "I only know that I'm not inferior to Xiao Yeyang in any way. We're both your sons, so why should he be the only one to inherit the title of the royal palace and not me? I refuse to accept this!"
Prince Ping frowned tightly. At this time, Xiao Yeyang walked in with an expressionless face.
"If you want the title of the prince, then you must rely on your true ability to seize it. No matter what means you use, I will accept it. But you should never, ever collude with the Third Prince to murder Yi Yi."
Xiao Yechen's face turned pale, but he still said stubbornly: "I don't understand what you are saying."
Xiao Yeyang's lips curled with sarcasm: "Xiao Yechen, do you know why I have looked down on you since childhood? Because you are a coward, you dare not admit it, and you only know how to use the same shameful tricks as a woman."
The word "cowardly" irritated Xiao Yechen, and he raised his fist to hit Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang grabbed Xiao Yechen's wrist and, with a little force, bent Xiao Yechen over. He sarcastically said, "Look at yourself. When you were little, someone told you your secrets, and you just hid behind your mother, pretending to cry and act weak. Now that you've grown up, you can only raise your useless hands in anger."
After saying that, he pushed Xiao Yechen away and threw him directly to the ground.
Xiao Yeyang looked at Prince Ping and said, "Gao Yuan and Gao Fang have both confessed. It was Xiao Yechen who, in collusion with the Third Prince, abducted Yi Yi last night."
Prince Ping sighed and closed his eyes.
Xiao Yeyang didn't urge him, but just stood aside and waited.
After a long time, Prince Ping opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yeyang: "Leave him alive and let him guard the imperial mausoleum."
"No!"
Xiao Yechen hurriedly crawled towards Prince Ping: "Father, I will not go to guard the imperial mausoleum, I will not go."
Because the Eighth Prince had last attempted to assassinate the Emperor in the Imperial Mausoleum, the Emperor had since ordered the revision of the Imperial Mausoleum rules. The already harsh conditions in the Imperial Mausoleum now had even stricter rules. Guarding the Imperial Mausoleum was like being in jail without any personal freedom.
Xiao Yeyang looked at Prince Ping and said, "Okay, Yiyi was a little frightened. I'll go back and accompany her."
Prince Ping nodded, and after Xiao Yeyang left, he looked at Xiao Yechen helplessly: "You shouldn't have touched Yan girl."
Yan Yatou is not only Ye Yang's wife, but also the old man's apprentice. Most importantly, she is the only one who has ever sent Zhong Shoumao to mourn for Grandma Gu.
"I will have someone pack some more things for you." After saying that, Prince Ping stood up and left the room. He was afraid that if he stayed for too long, he would become soft-hearted.
Pingxi Hall.
After being sent back by Xiao Yeyang, Daohua fell asleep and did not wake up until mid-afternoon. After waking up, Xiao Yeyang told her that Xiao Yechen was going to guard the imperial tomb.
"It's fine for him to go guard the imperial mausoleum. I'm really scared of him staying in the mansion. He's like a ticking time bomb."
Xiao Yechen, who was given a sterilizing drug, can be said to have nothing left and no direction in life. It is very scary when such a person goes crazy.
The third prince was furious when he learned that Daohua was missing. He had just sent more people to look for her when he heard that Daohua had returned to the palace. He sent people to Prince Ping's palace to find Xiao Yechen to ask what happened, but was told that Xiao Yechen had gone to guard the imperial mausoleum.
The third prince immediately had a bad feeling.
The third prince immediately sent secret guards to the abandoned imperial mausoleum. When the secret guards came back and told him that the abandoned imperial mausoleum had been surrounded by the Imperial Guards and the Jinling Guards, his heart sank to the bottom.
Duke Cheng'en was as annoyed as he was, especially when he learned that the location of the treasure was discovered because the third prince had captured Yan Yiyi but lost her on the way, which allowed Xiao Yeyang to find her. He immediately regretted that he and the Queen Mother had chosen such a stupid teammate.
The location of the treasure was obtained at the cost of my son's life, yet it was exposed so quickly by the idiot Third Prince.
Compared to the two people's annoyance and anxiety, the emperor was very happy.
Half a month later, carriages filled with gold, silver and jewelry were delivered to the treasury.
Seeing that the treasury was finally full, the emperor smiled more.
The Empress Dowager of the Cining Palace was so angry that she smashed several sets of ornaments: "Idiot, how can there be such an idiot!" The treasures in the abandoned imperial tomb should have belonged to the Jiang family, but now they have all been taken advantage of by the emperor.
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