The Palace.
The Emperor had already guessed the outcome, but still did not believe it.
If Song Yin was not Chu Yunxiao, why would he fall in love with Song Wangyue at first sight?
Could it be a blindfold?
Was it to cover up where the real Chu Yunxiao was?
Eunuch Huang opened the door and entered, “Your Majesty, the Grand Prince is here.”
His Majesty opened his eyes and sat up straight, “Let him in.”
Eunuch Huang withdrew, and when the Grand Prince entered, he knelt straight down, “My son is not doing his job well, so I would like to ask Father to punish him.”
“You didn’t spy or ……”
“There is no human skin mask on Song Yin’s face, it is the real one that looks like that.”
The emperor subconsciously wanted to say “no way”, but he knew that with the crown prince as bait, his eldest son would not fool him, Song Yin was really not Chu Yunxiao.
Then where was the real Chu Yunxiao?
The first prince’s heart was in turmoil as he did not hear the emperor’s voice for a long time. He had been pressured by the second prince for the past few months, and he had a chance to make a mark in front of his father, but he had failed to do so.
The emperor’s voice came from overhead, “You are not to blame for this, get up.
The Grand Prince almost wept with joy, his voice choked with sobs, “Thank you, Father.”
“You are still the same as when you were a child, you are always careful in everything, lest you displease me, do you know that you are my father’s first child, from the day you were born my father hoped that you would grow up to be a worthy monarch.”
The Grand Prince could not believe his ears, what had the Father just said? He, he wanted me to be a worthy king?
“Unfortunately, you are too indecisive and that is why Father has delayed in appointing you, reflect on this and change this shortcoming.”
The Grand Prince’s eyes were truly red, “My son will remember my father’s words, and I will definitely change.”
“Get up and give me a detailed account of what happened today.”
……
With one foot inside, Song Wan Yue was embraced into a familiar embrace. She simply raised her arms and wrapped them around Song Yin’s neck, tilting her head and still looking at him with slightly drunken eyes.
Song Yin’s body tensed up abruptly.
During those three years when he had not seen her, although he was lovesick, he did not worry, he knew Yue would take care of herself.
He was afraid that something might happen to Yue’er, and that the Grand Prince, seeing that it wasn’t him, might have some undeserved thoughts about Yue.
“Worried?”
With a voice that was slightly drunk, the breath that still carried the smell of alcohol also sprayed on his face. Song Yin lowered his head and his lips landed on the still slightly open red lips.
He knew Yue was still young and he had been restraining himself, but half a day of worrying had almost destroyed his will and he couldn’t restrain himself any longer.
There was silence in the room.
After a long time, Song Wan Yue leaned helplessly against Song Yin’s chest.
Her head was a little dizzy, but the corners of her mouth lifted.
Song Yin wrapped his arms around her, calming his rapid heartbeat. He never knew that Yue’s lips would be so sweet, so sweet that he didn’t want to let go.
Feeling his stupidity again, Song Wan Yue raised her hand to block his mouth, “I have to go to the study later, I don’t want to go there with swollen lips.”
Song Yin took the opportunity to kiss her on the palm of her hand before he swept her over to the chair and sat her down, pouring warm water and soaking a handkerchief to wipe her face, then pouring water into her hand and sitting on the side to watch her drink it.
After the kiss she had just experienced, and being looked at by him with such a gaze, Song Wan Yue was a little uncomfortable, so she cleared her throat and said, “After coming out of the Grand Prince’s residence, I went to the mansion to see the Second Prince, so I came back a little late.”
The Second Prince’s residence was far away from the Ding Guo Gong’s residence, so it took a lot of time to get there and back, so I could have come back earlier.
Song Yin nodded, “Are you still thirsty?”
Song Wan Yue knew that Song Yin was worried and handed him the cup in her hand, “I still want a drink.”
Song Yin poured him another cup, watched her finish it, suppressed the urge to kiss her red lips, pulled her up and went to the study.
Duke Ding and Xiao Zheng had been waiting for a long time.
Song Wan Yue told them everything that had happened at the Grand Prince’s residence, and also told them what she had said to the Second Prince, saying, “Now that the Second Prince has become suspicious, we only need to push one more time.”
“How do we push?”
Xiao Zheng asked.
“Naturally, we use Wu Jin ……”
She paused and looked at the three people in the room, “To publish what the emperor did to Prince Consort Qin back then and plant it on the Grand Prince.”
There was silence in the room.
The Duke of Ding’s hand gripping the armrest had veins bulging out.
Xiao Zheng was also clenching his fists.
What had happened back then was so unpleasant that once word got out, not only would the people in the house suffer from gossip, but the late Consort Qin would also be criticised.
Song Wan Yue knew that this matter was a scar in their hearts, but it had to be uncovered one day, and for the time being this was the best way to get rid of the Grand Prince.
“Is there, is there no other way?”
Xiao Zheng asked with difficulty.
His gentle elder sister, he had never seen her speak out loud to anyone for as long as he could remember, and no matter what happened, she always smiled at it. But that was the kind of person who had suffered such abuse before she died, and every time he thought of it, he hated to rush into the palace and cut that dog to pieces.
“This is the only way to completely abolish the Grand Prince, and we can remove a powerful enemy.”
Duke Ding slowly let go of his hand, his voice low but unusually firm, “Just do as you say.”
……
Inside the second prince’s study, there was an unusual silence.
For so many years, the Second Prince and the First Prince had been fighting openly and secretly, but neither had trampled anyone to death. Now, the Grand Prince knew that the Second Prince had killed the Third Prince, and as long as he found the slightest bit of evidence, he could put the Second Prince to death.
“It’s a matter of striking first ……”
One of the handlers spoke up, “We might as well backtrack and put the killing of the Third Prince on the head of the Grand Prince.”
“Unacceptable ……”
Another staffer objected, “If we do that, I’m afraid we’ll end up implicating His Highness, we can’t take that risk.”
“But what else can we do besides that?”
“Knock, knock!”
“Come in!”
The door was pushed open and the butler hurried in with a letter, holding his hands up to the Second Prince, “Your Highness, this was just slipped in through the door.”
The Second Prince took it and opened it, and when he saw the contents on it, his eyes immediately went wide.
Several of his staff members looked at each other.
The second prince finished reading the letter and handed it to the nearest staffer with a shaking hand, who read it and also stared in amazement.
The other handlers could not wait and snatched it up, all looking shocked after reading it.
This, this was a secret story involving the Emperor, who, who had sent it?