Raiders of His Royal Highness - Chapter 157

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After a while, the guards who went to arrest Rou Concubine and Yu Sheng just now returned to their lives.

“Your Majesty, the concubine Rou has been waiting outside the hall, but… but the sixth prince is gone. Our people have been searching for a long time, but have not found the sixth prince…”

Hearing this, Emperor Jing Ming’s doubtful thoughts disappeared without a trace.

With a cold face, he said in a deep voice, “Bring that **** up.”

After a while, Rou Concubine, neatly dressed in a concubine-colored palace costume, was brought in by the guards.

Emperor Jing Ming looked at Chen Jiarou, who had long since lost her tenderness like water, and said after a long time, “Speak for yourself, make it clear.”

Chen Jiarou chuckled.

I don’t know if he is laughing at his own situation or at the words of Emperor Jing Ming at this moment.

“Since the emperor has ordered people to arrest the concubine and Sheng’er, do you still need the concubine to explain anything?”

This is an admission.

“Very good. I can’t believe that over the years, I have been deceived by the King of Huainan and your mother and son!”

Emperor Jing Ming narrowed his eyes and asked sharply, “Where is that evil seed?!”

Chen Jiarou was very disgusted with the word ‘evil species’, “Sheng’er is not a villain!”

After refuting Emperor Jing Ming’s words, she smiled sarcastically and said coquettishly, “Haha, I wanted to deal with it for a while, but I didn’t expect this trash Lu Zhenglan to actually find out about me.”

“It’s also my fault that I wasn’t cruel enough to kill you when Hu Deshan exposed the privately-made weapons!”

Lu Zhenglan was lying on the ground, and out of the corner of the eye glanced at Roubi, and when she saw her stern words, she silently retracted her gaze.

The lights in the hall clattered, and the flickering candles flickered.

Emperor Jing Ming looked at Rou Concubine with a complicated expression, and after watching for a while, he opened his mouth and instructed: “You guys go out first.”

Hearing this, Lu Zhenglan quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, got up after salute, and left the Xuanzheng Hall in a flash.

Eunuch Cheng glanced at Rou Concubine, who seemed to have not been affected by this incident, and felt a little worried, “Your Majesty, you are alone in the palace…”

However, Emperor Jing Ming didn’t pay attention to his worries. He waved his hand and said in a cold voice, “It’s okay, you just step back.”

As Eunuch Cheng bowed his body and slowly exited the Xuanzheng Hall, for a while, the two people in the hall were silent for a long time.

Emperor Jing Ming sat on the dragon chair and stared at the face below, which was familiar to him but seemed unfamiliar at the moment.

“Do you have anything else to say to me?”

Chen Jiarou lowered her eyes and did not speak.

Suppressing all the emotions in his heart, Emperor Jing Ming suddenly stood up from the dragon chair.

He walked down step by step and stood in front of Chen Jiarou.

“I thought that you were the confidant of my life, and the love of my life. For you and Yu Sheng, I pushed the queen and the crown prince to the public, and blocked the conspiracy of the next morning for you.”

“For both of you, I turned a blind eye to the fact that you instructed Yu Sheng to push the prince and Ning Ping into the water, and even after being kind to you, released the imperial guard Hu Deshan out of Beijing.”

“Also for you, I let Yu Feng and Yu Lang fight with each other on the bright side, and in the end they raised their minds, and I almost died at their hands.”

“Not long ago, I sent the crown prince out of Beijing for you too. As long as the crown prince dies, Yu Sheng can rightfully become the crown prince.”

There was no emotion in Emperor Jing Ming’s low voice.

He looked at this face that was getting along day and night, and was silent for a long time before he said, “You have disappointed me too much.”

“You bitch, living up to my wholehearted effort and playing me with applause.”

“very good……”

“I won’t let you die. A glass of poisoned wine is too cheap for you…”

Hearing this, Chen Jiarou smiled softly, “Since I let Sheng’er out of the palace ahead of time, I also expected today. Does the emperor think I will be afraid of death?”

Retracting her smile, she fixedly looked into Emperor Jing Ming’s eyes.

“Besides… Your Majesty, do you really love me as much as you say?”

She pursed her lips, with a hint of irony in her tone: “Back then, the emperor had just ascended the throne, and the queen’s mother’s family was very powerful. You feel aggrieved about this, and you will be very satisfied with my gentleness and gentleness.”

“On the one hand, you use the Song family to consolidate the power in the court, and on the other hand, you don’t want the courtiers to think that you are a coward who can rise to power through the power of the Song family, so you don’t like the queen of the Song family.”

“Because in my Changqiu Palace, you can feel the reverence and complacency that you don’t have in front of the Queen, so you only love me in every possible way.”

“Your Majesty, you have pretended to be affectionate for a long time. Do you really think that you really love me?”

At this moment, Chen Jiarou ignored Emperor Jingming’s anger, smiled again, and said, “Your Majesty, in fact, you only love yourself.”

Snapped–

Emperor Jing Ming, who seemed to have been exposed, slapped Chen Jiarou’s face with a slap in the face.

“presumptuous!”

Chen Jiarou, who was slapped on the marble with a slap, slowly stood up. She wiped away the blood that overflowed from the corner of her mouth, tugged at the corner of her mouth, and mocked, “Coward!”

Emperor Jing Ming, who had already lost his patience, was furious and kicked her on the body.

“Someone, drag this **** down and interrogate her severely!”

The door of Xuanzheng Hall opened with a creak, and Eunuch Cheng walked in with two guards with knives.

Eunuch Cheng waved his hand and instructed the two guards to drag Chen Jiarou, who was curled up on the ground, out.

“Go and check, the whereabouts of the evil seed.”

“Let’s pass the civil and military officials to come to discuss the matter.”

Eunuch Cheng buried his head, took the order, and carefully went out to preach the decree.

He looked at the capital still caged in the dark night, and knew that the storm was coming. And… the candidate for the next heir may only be the fifth prince who is not very well-born…

Unless…unless, His Royal Highness, who has left the capital, can return safely…

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The prince Yu Lingyuan, who was remembered by Eunuch Cheng, was outside Beijing, and it took a day before he received the news of Qin Zhirong’s disappearance.

“…The shadow changed into the appearance of the palace, and stayed with Huailu to assist the third prince…”

In a somewhat crude tent, Yu Ling sat on the head with a gloomy expression, and explained the follow-up to the following people.

“However, if you’re not here, how can I take over the follow-up?” Yu Lang on the side also knew about Yu Ling’s anxiety, but now he can’t show his presence, and he can’t participate too much in many things, so after hearing Yu Ling’s explanation , he was a little overwhelmed.

Yu Ling glanced at him.

“Originally, Ben Gong’s plan was not to leave the palace. So don’t worry, there is no Ben Gong, and they know what will happen next. You just need to give pointers from the side.”

As soon as the words fell, Yu Ling’s figure disappeared from the tent.

Yu Lang asked Huailu and Yingying a little worriedly, “Is it safe for the prince to return to Beijing alone?”

The shadow that had already taken out the disguise tool that he carried with him, while fiddling, replied: “Third prince, rest assured, there are secret guards by your side.”

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It only took a whole night for Yu Ling to rush back to Beijing without sleep.

While the sky was still dark, she used Qinggong to pick an inconspicuous corner and returned to the East Palace.

In the study, Huaining, who was so anxious, clenched his fists and walked up and down under the candlelight.

Hearing the movement outside, he looked towards the open door.

Yu Ling, whose face was pale and covered in snow, carried a gust of cold wind into the house.

“Have you found the whereabouts of the Crown Princess?”

As soon as she entered the room, Yu Ling’s mouth was dry, and she asked Huaining in a deep voice without taking a sip of tea.

Huaining shook his head and handed Yu Ling a cup of hot tea, “That day was the Shangyuan Festival, the Crown Princess left early and disappeared in the imperial garden.”

“The person who kidnapped the princess was very strong in martial arts, and disappeared into the rockery next to her in the blink of an eye. The dark guards who followed the princess didn’t even know what that person looked like…”