Chapter 192: Numbness
The moment they saw Emperor Jingwen, they immediately knelt on the ground and shouted “Long live the Emperor” three times, especially the commander who was responsible for the safety of the ship, who was now trembling with fear.
Fortunately, he was the emperor’s man, otherwise he would have been killed by the second prince long ago.
Now that Emperor Jingwen has escaped from trouble, it is time for his final judgement.
“I am incompetent and failed to detect the assassin’s arrival in time, causing damage to the emperor’s body. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
To be honest, the assassins came so fiercely and silently that it was understandable that the commander failed to notice them in time.
But there was no way, the result was like this. Since he was given the task in the first place, he had to do it well, no matter whether it was beyond his ability or not.
Therefore, Emperor Jingwen did not hesitate and immediately dismissed him from his official position and replaced him with another person.
This is the best outcome for the commander.The emperor was injured, several princes were injured, and he was lucky enough to be able to save his family. The rest of his life was saved for nothing.
The commander straightened his back and kowtowed three times to Emperor Jingwen, his eyes full of gratitude: “Thank you for your grace.”
Except for the commander, no one else in charge of this area could escape.
They all knelt in front of Emperor Jingwen, waiting for his decision with anxiety or nervousness.
Yao Zhi, who was in the team, was immediately frightened when she saw such a scene.
When she was in Yaoren Valley before, she only knew that the young man’s father was extraordinary and not like an ordinary person. Now she has truly seen his side as an emperor.
The same was true for the others. Almost the moment they left the valley, they stopped all their ease and joking and suddenly became cautious and tense.
These are referring to the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince.
Yao Zhi instinctively looked at the young man beside her and saw that he was still the same. For some reason, she felt inexplicably relieved.
As if he could see her emotions, Ye Shuo whispered to comfort her: “Don’t be nervous.”
Yao Zhi was used to storms after all, so she nodded quickly.
It just so happened that the secret guards were all here. Seeing his cheap father whispering a few words to Wu Yi, and then seven or eight secret guards disappeared into the crowd one by one, he vaguely felt that these people should be going to investigate the assassin. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but say, “Stay with me more in the next few days. If you have any problems, tell me. I will accompany you then.”
Yao Zhi opened her mouth and after a moment she uttered a soft “hmm”.
The fourth prince in the carriage nearby: “…”
They can talk, but can they not say it in front of me?
After reorganising the team, Emperor Jingwen and his entourage quickly set off again.
Having learned from the last lesson, this time, in addition to the people brought on the southern tour and the secret guards, the newly appointed prefect of Shengzhou heard that the emperor was now in his territory and immediately sent garrison troops over.
When Emperor Jingwen came, he was only accompanied by a thousand men, but when he returned, he was accompanied by a large group of four or five thousand men.
Looking at the young man in the team, Yao Zhi had previously thought that he did not come from a good background, so he could so casually say that he wanted to marry her.
But two days later, from the information revealed by people around, it seems that this is not the case at all.
The son of the imperial concubine, the emperor’s favourite son, the grandson of the Duke of Zhen…
He was the former richest man in Liangzhou, and also the chief leader who has become famous in the underworld in the past two years.
Apart from the Crown Prince, the Ninth Prince is the most noble one…
In the entire team, everyone was respectful to him, including the other princes, who were all polite to him.
Yao Zhi gradually gained a better understanding of his identity, but when she was with him, she couldn’t tell at all.
“Why are you looking at me like that? It makes me feel embarrassed and I can’t even talk to people properly.” Her eyes were too focused and Ye Shuo was a very perceptive person. After a while, he felt his back starting to get hot.
Unexpectedly, Ye Shuo’s charming face came closer, making Yao Zhi blush.
“Ninth Prince, please respect yourself!”
She pretended to be calm, but the red tips of the girl’s ears still betrayed her.
“There is no relationship between the two of us now!”
“What’s the big deal? There’s no outsider here.” Ye Shuo is not the kind of person who doesn’t know his limits. He is definitely not like this when he is outside.
The fourth prince at the side couldn’t help but cough heavily: “Cough cough!”
When the two looked over, the fourth prince was somewhat helpless: “I’m still here.”
The Fourth Prince’s desire to stand up again became stronger and stronger. Otherwise, if he met these two people, he would not be able to escape and would be forced to listen to their sour words.
Ever since Yao Zhi took over the job of treating Mei Yingzhuo’s injuries, Ninth Brother has been visiting her more frequently.
Seeing this, Ye Shuo did not seem panicked at all: “What’s the big deal? Fourth brother, you are not an outsider.”
None of the brothers like to gossip outside, and each one of them is more strict than the other, so Ye Shuo is more outrageous.
The Fourth Prince said that he would definitely not tell anyone, but the problem was that even if that was the case, he was too confident in himself.
The Fourth Prince was speechless and could only make arrangements later, asking the people around him to pay more attention to the movements around them when the Ninth Prince came, in order to avoid being noticed by someone with ulterior motives without his knowledge.
Today is already the third day since leaving the valley. According to the cycle, it is time to give acupuncture to the Fourth Prince, but the problem is that the Fourth Prince’s injury is in his right leg. As a girl, Yao Zhi naturally cannot do it herself.
But this is not a difficult thing. It’s just acupuncture. Any doctor with some skills can do it. It’s not a big problem.
“Let me do it.”
Ye Shuo on the side suddenly spoke up, looking eager to try. Apart from anything else, Ye Shuo was absolutely great at identifying acupoints.
However, just these three short words made the Fourth Prince’s hair stand on end.
If I let the Ninth Prince take action, will I still have a chance to survive?
However, Ye Shuo’s subsequent words made the Fourth Prince even more desperate.
“But you have to teach me how to give acupuncture first.”
The fourth prince lost all his composure and shouted without even thinking: “I don’t want you to come!”
“Where is the imperial physician in the team? Send him over!”
The fourth prince was ready to crawl out even if he had to.
Perhaps because he screamed too miserably, the imperial physician rushed over soon.
After Yao Zhi explained the acupuncture points, sequence and strength, the imperial physician quickly had an idea.
“Fourth brother, can’t you trust your brother just once?” Ye Shuo looked disappointed.
The Fourth Prince was so afraid that he would attack directly if he was late that he wished his neck would be broken.
“Oh well……”
Seeing that the young man was in a low mood, Yao Zhi hesitated for a while, but finally spoke.
“Come here, I’ll teach you.”
It’s just acupuncture techniques, some basic stuff, so Yao Zhi didn’t care that much about it.
In the past, when encountering something like this, Yao Zhi would usually teach him step by step, but now it is different. She just gave guidance from the side and didn’t even touch him.
Xiaojiu also has this day.
The Fourth Prince smiled unconsciously, but his expression soon twisted because of the sudden pain in his leg.
Compared with Ye Shuo and the Fourth Prince, the atmosphere on Emperor Jingwen’s side was much more tense.
Emperor Jingwen would be unable to sleep or eat well if he could not find the source of such a large number of assassins.
By now the main force had already arrived in Shengzhou. Two days later, news came from Bingzhou that the crown prince had learned that they had escaped and was determined to come no matter what.
Seeing that the crown prince was no longer as lifeless as before, Emperor Jingwen’s mood finally improved a little.
At this time, Emperor Jingwen also remembered the letter he had sent to the prince when he was in Liangzhou. He believed that after reading the letter, the prince would not be the same as before.
When the Second Prince saw this, his eyes suddenly darkened.
On the surface, my father seems to favour my ninth brother the most, but this favour is ultimately just superficial. In the end, the one he values most is only the crown prince.
For so many years, the Second Prince could not figure out why the Crown Prince was so good when they were both his father’s sons. The only thing that made the other party better than them was that they could be reborn into the Empress’ belly.
It’s a waste that the emperor loves him so much. I’m afraid the prince will disappoint the emperor this time.
The second prince lowered his head, hiding the resentment and unwillingness that had emerged in his eyes, and raised his lips in a sarcastic smile.
Emperor Jingwen’s good mood was eventually halted by the news coming from the secret guards.
After reviewing the evidence presented by the secret guards, Emperor Jingwen’s expression suddenly changed.
He never imagined that his legitimate son, whom he had always placed high hopes on, would actually do such a thing as killing his father and brother.
The so-called father-son relationship is nothing but a joke.
Emperor Jingwen felt a tightness in his chest and had difficulty breathing.
“What? Third brother is coming?” After hearing about this, Ye Shuo sat up from the bed at once.
He hasn’t seen the prince for almost three years, and he misses him a lot.
The next morning, hearing the noise outside, Ye Shuo got up early on purpose.
The moment he saw the prince, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but be stunned: “Why have you lost so much weight?”
In Ye Shuo’s impression, the prince has always been a gentleman, gentle as jade, but now he has lost his charm and looks emaciated, almost unrecognisable.
For a moment, Ye Shuo almost couldn’t recognize it.
Seeing that it was him, the prince subconsciously smiled: “Xiao Jiu.”
For some reason, these two short words almost made Ye Shuo cry.
“That’s good, that’s good…” Seeing that his brother was healthy and seemed to have no serious health problems, the prince couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After observing for a while, the prince couldn’t help but say, “Xiaojiu seems to have grown a lot taller.”
The prince remembered that when he left the palace, he was only about the same height as himself, but now he is almost half a head taller than him.
“Third brother is now completely incomparable to you.”
There’s no way. If you play outside every day and get a lot of exercise, you’ll grow fast.
Feeling somewhat embarrassed by the other party’s teasing gaze, Ye Shuo was about to say something when he heard a voice of notification coming from not far away –
“The Emperor has arrived——”
“Greetings to the Emperor, long live the Emperor.”
The prince knelt down subconsciously, but he didn’t know that when Emperor Jingwen looked at him again, his eyes were first filled with anger, then resentment, and the Buddhist beads in his hand kept tightening. His expression was extremely unfamiliar, as if he had just met him for the first time.
“I was extremely worried when I heard that my father was in danger. I wonder if he is doing well now…”
The prince was silent for a moment when he saw that there was no sound from above for a long time, and then he spoke. However, before he finished speaking, Emperor Jingwen was already extremely angry.
When he heard the word “An”, Emperor Jingwen could no longer restrain himself and kicked him.
“You bastard!”
The prince only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. As he fell to the ground gasping for breath, the last glimmer of light in his eyes finally turned into complete numbness.
This day finally arrived.