The Blessed (Book 5)

861 - 876

861. Orthodox Imperial Bloodline (2)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

Didn't Chu Yunhan's words obviously mean that he had something to do with Beauty Yang's death? Even if that was only a semi-demoted concubine, she was His Majesty's woman, the birth mother of the ninth prince. Qian Weijing was so scared that he cried out for injustice and didn't forget to look at Chu Yunhan and defend himself, "You Empress, don't say something groundless. I left with many colleagues this morning. Until I came to the palace to see His Majesty again, I haven't seen anyone alone. The death of Beauty Yang has nothing to do with me."

Saying so, Qian Weijing couldn't help but wonder if it was a coincidence. Could it be his younger sister Virtuous Consort? Or was it really a trap? Had they had fallen into someone else's trap?

Thinking of this, Qian Weijing felt a chill on his back. He almost used up all his self-control to restrain himself from trembling. If it was a trap, it must be the Bai family. Otherwise, how could they come to make a scene so coincidentally? The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. But he couldn't show it. Now that things had come to this, he had to go on to the end.

"It doesn't need your own hands to kill a grounded beauty. Besides, aren't there someone else who is also surnamed Qian? I have asked someone to investigate the information of people who came in and out of the palace today. Except that Noble Consort Bai has asked his old eunuch to fo out once, your family has submitted several messages to Cirtuous Consort's place a few times. And Virtuous Consort's people have also gone out several times. But Beauty Yang died at such a time. I had to go deal with it. And Official Qian happened to come to the palace to 'expose' that the crown prince is not His Majesty's biological son, and even brought his real 'father'. If you said there's no connections among those things, I guess few people will believe it, right?"

As Chu Yunhan spoke, he walked to the chair used by the crown prince and sat down. The key words deliberately stressed could not help but make people think more. Yan Shengzhi's suspicious eyes got sharper and shot at Qian Weijing, and the ninth prince directly broke away from Chu Yunhan and rushed to throw Qian Weijing a few kicks, "You dog thing! It's you who killed my mother, right? I'll kill you!"

Regardless of the dignity of a prince, the ninth prince pounced on him and punched and kicked him. While dodging, Qian Weijing defended himself, "My prince, I'm innocent. I really have nothing to do with the death of Beauty Yang. Your Majesty..."

Generally speaking, as a second rank official of the court, he didn't have to be so afraid of a young prince. But now he was in an awkward situation, and both His Majesty and His Empress were present. He could do nothing but cry for injustice.

"Little Nine!"

Seeing that it was almost enough, Yan Xiaoming walked up and stopped him, "What's true is true. Little Nine, don't worry. Father and I will help you find out the real murderer, and let you personally avenge her!"

"Brother."

Hearing that, the ninth prince threw himself into his arms and began to sob again. The pain of losing his mother tortured him again. Yan Shengzhi felt sorry for him and took him to sit aside. Seeing all this, Yan Shengzhi was not only satisfied with them brothers so close, but also full of struggling, only afraid what Qian Weijing said was true. Now he only had four sons left. What the second prince did yesterday undoubtedly disappointed him. And little Six... except for making trouble, What else could he do? Little Nine and Ten were still too young, so only little Seven was the most suitable one.

Although he was young, he basically owned the quality of an emperor. If he was not his son, who else could he give his throne to?

"Your name is Jiang Yu. Yunying's shadow guard? Why haven't I seen you before?"