“B*tch, that b*tch, how dare she… deceive me!” Emperor Zongwen’s face was purple. He reached out to cover his chest and said a few words with difficulty. As he opened her mouth, he spat a mouthful of blood. Liu Xi only had time to cover his mouth with a handkerchief before he immediately became dispirited and was helped to sit on the throne.
“Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. Even if you don’t look out for yourself, you still have to consider His Highness,” Liu Xi persuaded anxiously as he served Emperor Zongwen a cup of tea.
Emperor Zongwen took a sip of tea before he regained some of his strength. He closed his eyes in disappointment and stated wearily, “That damned boy is also useless. He ran away for a woman at the crucial moment.” The matter had to be settled as soon as possible. His health was getting worse and worse, so some steps needed to be sped up.
“Your Majesty, His Highness is very smart. You can see that he has been doing very well over the years. It is indeed not the best time.” Liu Xi took the handkerchief that Emperor Zongwen handed him and skillfully burned the blood-stained handkerchief to ashes with the candle on the candlestick beside him. Then, he opened the window wider to disperse the smell of blood in the room.
Emperor Zongwen opened his eyes and looked at the secret report that had fallen by his feet. The red seal on it was slightly opened. It was the one that he had read just now. For an instant, he felt physically and mentally exhausted.
Liu Xi turned around and looked at the lonely Emperor. He thought that he had accompanied him for many years and seen the Emperor grow from youth to age. He felt sad for a moment. He turned his head and wiped his tears. Then, he turned back and asked with a forced smile, “Your Majesty, do you want to have a rest?”
Having been serving Emperor Zongwen for many years, he had changed from a little eunuch to a eunuch supervisor of the entire palace. It was a bloody journey. However, he had never changed his loyalty to Emperor Zongwen. Now that he noticed that Emperor Zongwen seemed to be lonely and on the verge of collapse, how could he not be sad?
After that, his voice was a little constricted.
“I’m not going to rest. Get someone to arrange it and let the Empress know that Imperial Noble Consort Wen has plotted against Ding General Manor. The harem has its own way of dealing with her!” Emperor Zongwen’s face looked a little dark and ferocious under the light as if he wanted to eat someone. Even though he was talking about the reward to Consort Zhao, he looked even more like he was going to eat people.
Imperial Noble Consort Wen dared to do such a vicious thing. He had really thought that she was the only person in the palace, who was sincere to him. But he didn’t expect that this woman had started to plot so many years ago. She had even killed his other son and asked another woman to raise her son.
Emperor Zongwen believed that no matter how incompetent the Empress and Ding General Manor were, they would prevent her from getting what she wanted!
“Yes, do you want to inform His Highness to come back as soon as possible?” Liu Xi asked cautiously.
“Order him to come back soon. If he comes back late, I will issue an edict to dethrone Consort Xuan,” Emperor Zongwen hissed hatefully. The best way to prevent a woman from ruining a country was to get rid of her directly. The Emperor’s long and narrow eyes glistened with viciousness.
“Yes, get it. I will get someone to gallop out to send the letter to His Highness.” Liu Xi did not dare to say anything else. He stood behind the Emperor and reached out to gently rub his temples to ease the throbbing veins. The Emperor did not like the fact that King Chu had appeared to be the most powerful prince recently. The plot was a trap for everyone.
Everything was under King Xuan’s control! The old eunuch could not help but sigh to himself when he thought of King Xuan, who seemed to be extremely arrogant and wild on the surface. He was the one who was the best at playing dumb and then defeating enemies.
Regardless of whether it was King Chu, King Yan, or King Ning, they had all fallen into his trap step by step.
It was only a matter of time before they failed.
Now, the next step was to force the other princes to rebel. This was the plan that King Xuan had made with the Emperor before he left…
He didn’t look like a young man who was not yet 20 years old, but looked like a crafty man! No one can match him in plots. If he wanted to work for him in the future, Liu Xi must be more careful. Later, he should send the Emperor’s letter to King Xuan as soon as possible.
The old eunuch shuddered when he thought of Feng Yuran. However, Mo Xuetong and Feng Yuran were really in danger. The First Prince of the Yan Kingdom was standing under the tree where they had hidden themselves. It was said that Bai Yichen’s strength was very comparable with Bai Yihao’s. His clothes were a little messy and he seemed to be in a hurry to come out. With a fierce look on his face, he asked the guard who was holding a torch, “There isn’t anyone?”
“We’ve looked around. There’s indeed no one,” the guard replied respectfully.
Bai Yichen looked around suspiciously and then looked up at the black treetop and branches. He frowned. Even though the place under the tree was brightly lit, he could not see it clearly. After he looked up for a while, his eyes twinkled and he suddenly said, “Go up the tree and take a look.”
Even though the canopy of tree was like a cloud, people could only stand on the main branch. If more than a dozen of them flew up, they would definitely find the two of them. Mo Xuetong was spontaneously shocked. She reached out in the darkness and poked Feng Yuran’s chest. She grew anxious. They were in the territory of the Yan Kingdom right now, and if Bai Yichen discovered Feng Yuran, it would be dangerous.
Feng Yuran held her hand and gently drew a few strokes on her palm. He wrote the words “don’t be afraid”. He still hugged her tightly and stood on the tree quietly.
“Yes,” the guards answered in unison, making gestures of flying one by one.
If Feng Yuran hadn’t reached out to cover Mo Xuetong’s mouth, she would have cried out in surprise. Her heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of her mouth. Slight cold sweat appeared on her forehead. She stared at the guards under the tree, afraid that they would appear before her eyes.
But after they stayed there for a long while, there was no movement. The guards only agreed but did not take action.
“Off you go.” Under the tree, Bai Yichen was still a little suspicious, but he still decisively ordered the men to leave. He could not make a big deal out of the matter of him staying in the Lan family’s courtyard.
“Yes, Your Highness.” The guards all retreated and quietly scattered in every corner of the courtyard, monitoring every change here.
Bai Yichen only brought two people with him and hurried to the inner courtyard.
Feng Yuran stopped covering Mo Xuetong’s mouth and whispered in her ear with a smile, “Do you want to see Bai Yichen meet a beautiful woman at night?”
Mo Xuetong had been so scared that she felt a little weak. Now she relaxed and asked subconsciously, “Did he come here in order to meet a woman in private?” After that, she covered her mouth hurriedly and looked around with her watery eyes. Fortunately, there were many trees in this area, so no one noticed her.
“Of course. Otherwise, why would he be so careful? He has lied to us just now, which means that the woman is a special person. Come, I’ll take you to watch the fun.” Feng Yuran’s lazy voice carried a hint of decadence. He had said it very seriously, but somehow, it made Mo Xuetong feel as if she was being teased by him.
Mo Xuetong’s face grew red for no reason!
However, before she could say anything in embarrassment, Feng Yuran gently kissed her by her ear, flashed with her in his arms and ran after Bai Yichen.
Mo Xuetong suppressed her exclamation in her mouth. At this stage, once they made a mistake, they would be doomed eternally. This man was really not serious. He never had felt fear in his life. However, she was also curious. Bai Yichen would not appear in the Lan family’s courtyard for no reason. Furthermore, she had visited the courtyard herself before.
If Bai Yichen had secretly come to meet a woman, what kind of woman would make him so cautious? Was he afraid of the Fifth Princess or someone else…
Bai Yihao walked all the way inside and arrived at the gate of an empty courtyard. Then he walked to the door with only a little eunuch with him. After that, Bai Yichen pushed the door open and walked inside while the little eunuch stood outside the door.
The room was not big, but it was very delicate. Both the screen with women painted on it and the blooming flowers made people feel that it was a woman’s room. There was a charming atmosphere in the room. In front of the light next to the window sat a woman in a dazzling palace dress. She was standing there gracefully with a scarf on her arms. At a glance, one could tell that she was a beauty.
Hearing the sound of the door, the beauty turned around, and a look of surprise appeared on her slightly aged face. Before Bai Yichen could even stand still and close the door, she rushed over and asked coyly, “Darling, why are you so late?”
At the back window, Mo Xuetong looked at the somewhat familiar face, stunned, and her watery eyes suddenly widened!
Bai Yichen held the woman’s hand affectionately and took her in his arms as he answered softly, “When I came here just now, I was afraid that someone would follow me, so I looked into it carefully.” However, from Mo Xuetong’s angle, she happened to see a flash of disgust in the corner of his eyes.
The woman was startled at first, but she calmed down immediately and comforted Bai Yichen, saying, “Is someone following you? It’s not possible. My secret guards have been following me, so no one will know.” It was obvious that she was very confident in her secret guards.
“We’d better be careful.”
“What are you afraid of? Anyway, he has gone out. And the old one is busy in some palace. No one will pay attention to us.”
Bai Yichen was a little uneasy. He pushed away the woman in his arms with a frown and asked in a deep voice, “Did anyone see you when you left the palace?”
The woman raised her chin and said proudly, “It will be all right. How could something be wrong? So many years have passed, but has anyone noticed it? Even the Lan family has only thought that you just have a secret date with your lover, but has never thought that it is me.”
She had great confidence in the secret guards under her command. When she had married into the Yan Kingdom, these secret guards had also come over but had not been handed over to the Yan Emperor. Instead, they had become her private army. The fact that she had been able to sit firmly on the position of the Yan Empress was closely related to the people in her hands.
Bai Yichen’s eyes darkened and a hint of displeasure flashed across the corner of his eye. He was growing impatient with this woman who always thought she was self-righteous!
However, in the current situation, he could only rely on her.
He reached out and embraced the Yan Empress gently again, smiling, “Of course your people are trustworthy, but we still have to be careful. Only when we get the throne in the future can we truly be together forever.”
This was the condition given by the old woman. At that time, Bai Yichen agreed without hesitation. He couldn’t achieve his goal alone at the moment, so he could only act according to the old woman’s thoughts and listen to her all the time. When he could really make a decision in the future, the old woman would disappear.
“Darling, you’re so nice!” The Yan Empress was touched by his words. She began to move, hugged Bai Yichen tightly in return and pulled him to the bed beside her. It was not easy for her to get out, so how could she not relieve the pain of missing him? Bai Yichen’s words had already turned her on. Her body was as soft as water and even her voice was so sweet that it could almost drip water. She kissed Bai Yichen’s face, with burning passion.
However, Bai Yichen hated this feeling very much. He didn’t have sexual desire when he looked at the tiny wrinkles at the corners of Yan Empress’s eyes. Furthermore, he was still feeling troubled. He was not in the mood to play with her. But he was afraid that she would not be satisfied. He could only sit down with her in his arms. He hugged her tightly so that she would not move violently.
“He is about to return. I heard that more than half of the people in the court are already on his side. They support him as Crown Prince. We are too weak,” Bai Yichen said seriously. After Bai Yihao returned from being a hostage, he did not expect him to be so powerful. He had managed to win the hearts of the people after just a few matters.
Thinking of this, Bai Yichen could not be happy. He frowned and looked annoyed, not in the mood to play with the Yan Empress!
