APTnovel Chapter 228 Everything is weird
Chapter 228 Everything is weird
"Your Majesty, you must take charge of Che'er. You must find the murderer and bring him to justice."
As soon as Concubine Shu returned to the palace, she went to see the emperor, who also stayed awake all night because of this matter.
"I have sent someone to investigate, my beloved, please get up quickly."
Concubine Shu thought that if it was really the prince who did it, then he would definitely not leave any traces. If the emperor were to investigate, he would probably not find anything. So she continued to cry.
"Your Majesty, yesterday was the Qiqiao Festival. I heard from Princess Xuan that Che'er left the palace alone without any guards."
The emperor stroked his beard and squinted his eyes at Concubine Shu
"Do you know something?"
Concubine Shu carefully observed the emperor's expression and said
"I also heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the Crown Princess out of the palace yesterday. You also know the Crown Princess's previous relationship with Prince Xuan. Perhaps..."
"Maybe what?!"
The emperor slapped the table heavily
Seeing the emperor's rage, Concubine Shu was so frightened that she quickly bowed her head.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down. I just think there might be a connection between the two, and I don't mean to point fingers at anyone."
"Hmph, the matter has not yet come to a conclusion. If you can solve the case based solely on your imagination, then what is the point of the Ministry of Justice?"
"Yes, yes, I was worried and confused. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Che'er is lying in bed unconscious. I was a little anxious just now and talked nonsense. I know I was wrong."
The emperor was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. At this time, Eunuch Xu came back and saw the emperor's expression. He quickly stepped forward to help him calm down.
After the emperor calmed down, he asked Eunuch Xu
"How is Prince Xuan?"
Eunuch Xu shook his whisk and said,
"Your Majesty, Prince Xuan has taken the Purple Gold Pill and is no longer in danger of death, but he has not yet woken up."
"Um"
The emperor nodded, then looked at Concubine Shu and said
"Che'er is also my child. I will definitely find out the truth and seek justice for him. I will not show partiality to anyone. You can go down first."
Seeing that the emperor had said so, Concubine Shu felt that it would not be appropriate for her to stay any longer.
"Then I will take my leave. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
The emperor waved his hand at her, signaling her to leave.
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Two days later, Xiao Lingche finally woke up and saw Shen Qingqing waiting beside him.
"My Lord, you finally woke up! I was so scared! Wuwuwu..."
Shen Qingqing sat at the head of the bed, holding Xiao Lingche's hand, tears streaming down her face. She had been really worried for two days and had been staying by his side the whole time. She wanted the first thing the prince saw when he woke up was her.
But Xiao Lingche's eyes were full of disgust at this moment. He pulled his hand away and said
"Who let you in?"
Qingshi, who was standing by, was afraid that the prince would be angry, so he stepped forward and said
"Your Majesty, the princess refused to leave, and I had no other choice."
After all, the princess is pregnant, and if anything goes wrong, he can't bear it.
Xiao Lingche closed his eyes again
"The king has awakened now, you can leave now."
When Shen Qingqing heard that the prince wanted to drive her away, she said anxiously
"My Lord, you are seriously injured. Let me stay and take care of you."
"Qingshi will take care of me. You are in great pain, so please go back."
"But……"
"I don't want to say it again!"
Seeing him so heartless, Shen Qingqing's tears that had just stopped welled up in her eyes again. She immediately thought of something and continued
"Your Highness, who hurt you like this? I'm going to report her to the Emperor."
When she thought that the prince might have been injured because of Ye Qingge, she felt extremely angry.
"The people I met were from Hua Man Lou. Go ahead and sue me. It would be best if you could get my father to raze Hua Man Lou to the ground. That would be a great achievement."
"What? Hua Manlou?"
Shen Qingqing opened her eyes wide in shock
"How could the prince offend someone from Hua Man Lou?"
Xiao Lingche rubbed his eyebrows helplessly and said
"Does Hua Manlou need a reason to kill someone?"
Shen Qingqing was speechless. Yes, that was a gangster organization that killed people without blinking an eye, but she still couldn't understand why they wanted to attack the prince.
"I thought it was..."
"Why?"
"Ah...no...nothing, Your Highness, you should have a good rest. I'll make you some soup. You've been unconscious for two days, you must be hungry."
Xiao Lingche said nothing, and Shen Qingqing left. After she left, Qingshi stepped forward and said,
"Why did the prince tell the princess?"
Xiao Lingche snorted coldly
"Through her mouth, I will let my father know that it was Hua Manlou's doing. I also want to see how my father will deal with it."
If he turns a blind eye and protects the prince, then his previous respect for his father will be gone forever. In this case, don't blame him for being cruel as a son.
Shen Qingqing lived up to everyone's expectations. Not long after, the news of Prince Xuan being attacked by Hua Manlou spread to the palace.
The emperor threw the memorial in his hand to the ground, and he leaned back on the dragon throne and rubbed his eyebrows in anger.
Eunuch Xu picked up the memorial and put it back on the table
"Your Majesty, what makes you so angry?"
"Reports from the border say the Northern Barbarians are stirring again. How long have they been quiet? They're invading Dongling again."
Eunuch Xu was also a little surprised after hearing this. The border between the Beiman tribe and Dongling was very small. Wasn't there the Qi State next to them?
"Your Majesty, will Qi State just sit back and do nothing?"
"I don't know the reason. Logically, Qi should be the first victim. Could it be that Qi has formed an alliance with the Northern Barbarians? Are they going to attack Dongling together?"
Thinking of this, he began to feel helpless. He had just heard that Che'er was injured because of Hua Manlou. Everything seemed strange.
For many years, the imperial court and Hua Manlou have kept their distance from each other. How did Che'er offend them and why did they treat him so cruelly?
Now that Hua Man Lou's power is constantly expanding, if he takes action to control it, he may not be able to win. Then he thought of something and said to Eunuch Xu:
"Go and call the prince."
"Well, I'll go right away."
Xiao Lingye followed Eunuch Xu away, and Ye Qingge paced back and forth in the room.
They also heard the news from Prince Xuan's Mansion this morning that Prince Xuan was injured by Hua Manlou's men.
Ye Qingge was very puzzled. What exactly did Xiao Lingche mean? He didn't report them directly, but instead said that someone from Hua Man Lou had hurt him, but he didn't mention the owner of Hua Man Lou.
What is he planning? Is he trying to get the emperor to eliminate Hua Manlou? But that doesn't seem very realistic.
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"Your son pays homage to your father"
When Xiao Lingye arrived at the imperial study, he saw his father's face filled with sorrow.
"What does your Majesty want to see me for?"
The emperor looked up at him
"I remember you said that when you were in Lingyun Mountain, it was the miracle doctor from Hua Man Lou who treated you. Do you know the owner of that building?"
"Why does Father ask this? Is it because of Third Brother?"
The emperor nodded
"Alas, the third brother was seriously injured by Hua Manlou's men last night. What grudge did they have that would make them want to kill Che'er?"
"The owner of Hua Man Lou is elusive, and I've never seen him. I only know that Hua Man Lou has always been in the business of killing people. Perhaps my third brother's enemies made a deal with Hua Man Lou, asking them to kill him."
Che'er's enemy? When the emperor heard this, he immediately remembered Xiao Lingche's previous fight against the northern barbarian tribes, where he was invincible and almost forced them into the bitter cold land of the north.
Now they are starting to make moves again. Could it be that they are really going to kill Che'er for revenge?