Chapter 614: The Li Family Was Destroyed, His Highness Was Evil
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The little boy looked over with ice-cold eyes.
The Shadow’s s.h.i.+vering hands began to tremble more violently. As he was worried that this would cause more problems, he advised his master, “However, if this matter is not handled well, Concubine Shu will definitely suspect Your Highness. If so, Your Highness would be in a worse situation. Shouldn’t we wait for the Retired Emperor’s return…”
“No need,” the little boy interrupted him. With his left eye bandaged, he stared at him coldly and ordered, “Do as I say.”
The Shadow dared not speak anymore and merely nodded, “Yes, Your Highness.”
At night, after Emperor Murong had received and read the message, a sudden realization flashed in his eyes as he yelled, “Servants, order the men to intercept Concubine Shu’s message. Tell the ministers from the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs and the Ministry of War to write in their plea now!”
The newly appointed High Concubine Rong was at the Murong Mansion as well. Upon hearing Emperor Murong’s instruction, she stood up and asked, “Are you demanding these people to write in to convict the Li family of their crime?”
“No, I’m using them to protect him.” Emperor Murong held out the letter and nodded, “I don’t know who sent this message, but this plan is brilliant!”
High Concubine Rong frowned and questioned him again, “Brother, you made your decision based on a single letter. Isn’t that too reckless?”
“Sister, you are new to the palace. You don’t understand the Emperor. This letter a.n.a.lyzed the situation perfectly. The Emperor would not tolerate any cliques and factions between the princes and ministers. If someone is protecting the Li family, they would be gone even sooner. The Emperor especially disliked those from the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs and the Ministry of War. The Li family has too many former subordinates in these ministries. If they plea for the Li family’s lives, that seed of suspicion within the Emperor would blow up and he would take their lives even sooner! Even the First Prince might be… Heh heh…” Emperor Murong cackled coldly. The message was clear even without him finis.h.i.+ng the sentence.
This night was destined to be chaotic.
Somewhere deep within the palace, in the brightly-lit South Chancery, the Emperor threw out a report from his hands.
All of the palace maids and eunuchs who served the Emperor kneeled down at once.
Even Eunuch Gao, who was closest to the Emperor lately, was. .h.i.t by the report in his face. However, he dared not shout out in pain. He could only kowtow and cry out, “Please calm down, Your Majesty!”
“How could I?” The Emperor’s expression darkened as he pointed at the report, growling, “A day hasn’t even pa.s.sed, yet eight of these ten letters are pleading for the Li family and trying to speak for Feng Er! Good, splendid! Relay my words, the Li family’s issue will be handled by the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs from now on. Remove Minister Li from the ministry and let someone from Murong Mansion take over this case!”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Eunuch Gao retreated after receiving his commands.
The next day, the servant sent by Concubine Shu to inquire about the case returned.
“How is it? What did the Emperor say?” She thought that since the Emperor doted on Feng Er, the Emperor should have considerably calmed down after a day.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch shook his head and said quietly, “The Emperor has authorized Prince Murong to take over the Li family’s case. I couldn’t get any news on what would happen after that.”
“What?” Concubine Shu’s face instantly turned pale and she pa.s.sed out.
Everyone knew about the intense rivalry between the Li family and the Murong Mansion. Since the Emperor handed this case over to the Murong Mansion, it was clear that he wanted the Li family dead.
The message spread like wildfire and almost everyone knew about it, except for the confined First Prince.
The Shadow kneeled down on one knee as he reported the message to Baili Jia Jue without leaving out a single word.
The little boy listened and smiled, snarking, “That was quick. It seems like she was not strong enough to take the blow.”
The Shadow kept mum. At that moment, the sense of admiration for his master was mixed with great fear.
Logically speaking, he should not be frightened.
He was the one who knew all of His Highness’ plans. He had a clear view of everything, which was why he thought that the prince in front of him was breathtakingly brilliant.
If it was not for his accurate understanding of everyone, he would not be able to concoct this plot with such detail.
Everyone in the palace understood that the Murong Mansion had a dominating victory in the battle with the Li family.
However, no one knew that the mastermind behind all these was merely an eight-year-old boy.
The Murong Mansion had indeed benefitted from this palace rivalry.
However, he was merely a p.a.w.n that His Highness used to exterminate the Li family.
Until now, Shadow still did not understand why His Highness would take the lives of the Li family so suddenly.
He a.s.sumed that they were disrespectful, but they had always been behaving in such a manner.
Why did the master stopped tolerating them this time and destroyed the entire Li family, while he risked being discovered?
The Shadow pondered curiously as he looked at the little boy sitting on a wooden chair.
The little boy did not continue talking and simply ordered in a calm tone, “You may leave.”
“Yes, Your Highness.” The Shadow stood up and noticed the new palace maid coming in.
Helian Wei Wei did not ask what they were discussing. She was holding a ca.s.serole pot in her hands as she looked at the boy writing in silence. Then, she took away his writing brush and said, “Your head is still wounded, stop writing.”
“The doctor is visiting tomorrow.” The boy s.n.a.t.c.hed his brush and continued writing as if he had been writing seriously just now.
Helian Wei Wei said, “I’ll write for you, go and drink the soup.”
“You’ll write for me?” the boy raised his brow.
Helian Wei Wei was fired up after seeing his mocking face and retorted, “What’s wrong with that?”
“Nothing much. You have to write this 20 times.” The boy stood up and comfortably drank the bone soup that Helian Wei Wei had boiled.
Since she wanted to help him write, he could slack off for the time being.
It was just that…
The little boy was eyeing Helian Wei Wei as he drank the soup beside her. Suddenly, he could not contain himself and asked, “Who taught you how to write?”
“Isn’t it unique?” Helian Wei Wei’s expression seemed as if she was fis.h.i.+ng for compliments.
The boy snickered, “If ugliness is unique, then your writing is truly unique.”
Helian Wei Wei replied, “Would it kill you to speak more kindly?”
“Move over,” the boy’s tone was calm. Without waiting for Helian Wei Wei to react, he held her hand that was holding the brush. He tilted his elegant face and said slowly, “When you write this stroke, you should put some strength into your wrist…”
At that moment, Helian Wei Wei thought she had gone back to the past when he hugged her from behind and held her writing hand like this.
“When will you go back with me?” she accidentally spurted out the words.
The little boy’s fingers froze and his eyes were unfathomable.
Suddenly, Shadow pushed the wooden door open and rushed in with a rather panicked expression, saying, “Your Highness, I have bad news.”