Chapter 1609 - 1611: I’m Afraid He’ll Poison Me Too
"Hehe, since that’s the case, don’t blame me for being ruthless."
"Master, what should we do?"
"In the Capital City of Shandong, I want even a three-year-old child to know about the Corpse Flower incident."
"Yes, I promise to fulfill your command, my lord."
After finishing speaking, the man in the blue robe extended a hand towards an elderly woman with an extremely old appearance, "Give me a pill."
"Why must the master still take medicine? Isn’t it good to stay in this state?" Her old and hoarse voice, like a devil crawling out of hell, seemed ready to devour people at any moment.
"Looking like that useless person is more advantageous for me to escape this time." The man in the blue robe waved his hand and said, "Don’t say so much, give me the medicine."
The old woman didn’t think much, tossing him a small bottle, "There’s not much of this medicine left. If there’s no replenishment, you’ll have to remain that useless appearance forever."
"No worries, I’ve found a way. I will completely kill that useless side before then and become fully myself."
After speaking, the man in the blue robe left the dark house under the cover of night. When he reached the back gate of Prince Le’s Mansion, he looked around and finally disappeared inside the mansion gate.
The next morning at the court assembly, not a single civil or military official was missing.
Then they saw Prince Le, who rarely attended court and seldom appeared before others, kneeling outside the great hall.
Surprisingly, Prince Le was crying.
The crowd was baffled; some people scoffed, thinking this Prince Le was a coward. How could anything be so overwhelming that a grown man was sobbing like this?
It’s a disgrace, bearing the blood of the imperial family. Even with such humble beginnings, he could still earn a princely title and have a meal to eat. If born into a common family, he would probably have starved to death.
Everyone passing by shook their heads, thinking the only right decision Prince Le had ever made was to be born into such a noble imperial family by chance.
However, Old Mu and Baili Yan found him unusually extraordinary, sensing something amiss.
The Emperor, who received the news, felt the same. Like Old Mu and others, he received Luo Linhao’s letter last night and couldn’t believe that his usually timid son would do such a thing.
How could a timid person, who would cry in front of the entire court, plan such a meticulous series of actions? He didn’t believe it and thought it impossible!
Therefore, after the assembly, the Emperor summoned Prince Le to the Imperial Study.
Meanwhile, Baili Yan and Old Mu, waiting in the side hall of the Imperial Study, looked at each other.
Because once Prince Le entered the study, he shouted, "Father Emperor, I was wrong, I want to confess, and I will no longer do those things."
Just that one sentence made Baili Yan and Old Mu filled with various speculations.
But the following words from Prince Le were obviously much quieter, making them outside feel anxious yet helpless.
"What have you done wrong?" The Emperor remained calm, pretending he hadn’t seen those things from yesterday.
"Father Emperor, I shouldn’t have believed the words of my elder brother, thinking that Father Emperor didn’t love me." Prince Le wiped his tears and said, "Father Emperor, I was wrong. Although the Fancy Red Pavilion is mine, the money to open it and the profits all belong to my elder brother. I am just, just helping my brother manage it."
"What did you say?"
"Father Emperor, I had wanted to tell you this for a long time, but my brother threatened me not to. I was afraid, afraid... This time I overheard that those strange diseases in Shandong are also related to my brother. I’m scared, I’m scared to death. I know so many of my brother’s secrets, I’m afraid he’ll poison me too... He even dares to poison Father Emperor, I’m scared, I’m scared, sob sob..."