MTL NOVEL Chapter 127 - 127 His Achilles' Heel
Chapter 127: Chapter 127 His Achilles’ Heel
It was the dead of night, with no moon and a fierce wind blowing.
In the Crown Prince’s Study Room.
Mo Chen returned to report, “Your Highness, the investigation has been concluded.”
Ye Yiheng replied indifferently, “Speak.”
“There were daggers found on two palace maids who led the way, meant to take Miss Lai’s life on the spot. On the bridge, Beauty Wang’s sedan shook—the eunuchs did it on purpose. Beauty Wang enjoys the Emperor’s favor, and Consort Xian very much wanted to get rid of her. Despite the danger at that critical moment, Miss Lai, who is kind-hearted, saved Beauty Wang.”
Ye Yiheng said coolly, “Consort Xian wanted to get rid of not only Beauty Wang but also Leng Yu Yan.”
“Exactly. If Beauty Wang had fallen into the water, Consort Xian was ready to pin the blame on Miss Lai. The Emperor would surely have had Miss Lai killed. They did not expect Miss Lai to be alert and throw herself into the lake. However, Consort Xian and Lai Manting had another trick up their sleeve—they had prepared two men in the side palace by the lake. The room was filled with intoxicating fragrances and aphrodisiacs, intent on taking Miss Lai’s purity. If their plan had succeeded, Your Highness would have lost face completely, and Miss Lai would have become a laughingstock to the world and would have had a difficult time staying alive. Fortunately, Miss Lai went to Ninth Princess’s Xingning Palace and thus narrowly escaped disaster.”
Hearing this, Ye Yiheng slammed the table fiercely.
The pressure in the study room plummeted.
Mo Chen shuddered, “Your Highness, during the interrogation, those people were extremely arrogant. They were yelling that it’s their negligence that Miss Lai’s life was not taken.”
Ye Yiheng snorted coldly, his fingertips slowly circling the rim of his cup, “Then let’s use some methods to send them on their way.”
She was the future Crown Princess Consort, and they dared to take her life, showing no regard for his position as the Crown Prince.
Ha, as if they were tired of living.
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Her life was his, and no one else was allowed to touch it!
The moment someone did, it was as if they were provoking his wrath!
Mo Chen bowed, “Yes, Your Highness!”
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The next morning dawned.
Leng Yu Yan was still having her breakfast while Miao Zhu was beside her, too anxious to stand still.
Seeing her as if she were about to burst, Leng Yu Yan asked with a smile, “What’s the rush?”
“Miss, a terrible incident occurred last night. I wanted to wait until you finished your breakfast before telling you, lest it upset your stomach,” said Miao Zhu.
While continuing her meal, Leng Yu Yan replied, “My appetite is fine, and it won’t be affected. Feel free to speak.”
“Last night, the palace maids who guided Miss were turned into ‘human pigs’, along with those involved in sordid acts within the palace and several eunuchs that carried Beauty Wang’s sedan—all of them!” Miao Zhu swallowed hard, answering her own question, “What is a human pig? It’s when all of a person’s limbs are chopped off.”
Leng Yu Yan nodded, “Continue.”
“What’s worse, not only were they turned into human pigs, but they had to watch with their own eyes as their arms, legs, hands, and feet were eaten by the wild wolves that were raised in circles,” Miao Zhu said, terrified.
With a serene demeanor, Leng Yu Yan asked, “Do you know who did it?”
“This, I do not know. The people outside spreading the rumors didn’t say who it was.” Miao Zhu held her rapidly thumping chest, “Even stranger, those people, half-dead from pain and fear, had their eyes gouged out, tongues cut off, and eardrums pierced.”
At this point, Leng Yu Yan’s brows furrowed slightly.
The methods used in the prison interrogation were indeed harsh. But, turning people into human pigs and gouging out eyes and cutting off tongues, seemed like they each had their own purpose?
Even after being turned into human pigs, they could still talk and be interrogated.
But after the eyes were gouged, tongues cut out, and eardrums pierced, those human pigs would become nothing but lumps of flesh—how could they be questioned then?
Almost at the same time, Mo Chen reported back to Ye Yiheng.
“Your Highness, with the methods we used yesterday, we hadn’t yet managed to dispatch those evildoers when Prince Liang’s men arrived. They blinded, deafened, and muted them to protect Consort Xian and Lai Manting.”
Ye Yiheng pinched the bridge of his nose and slowly said, “Have those people signed confessions?”
“They had signed them long ago, Your Highness can rest assured.” Then, thinking it over, Mo Chen expressed some concern, “However, Prince Liang probably knows that our people took action first.”
“It doesn’t matter, the crimes of his mother and the woman are in my hands.”
Upon hearing this, Mo Chen nodded, “By rendering the people blind, deaf, and mute, they wouldn’t know that we’ve already secured the evidence of the crimes.”
“It is so indeed.”
Yet, Prince Liang will only add to his reputation a sinister name.
Blind and frail, already rumored to be gloomy and insane, what harm is there in one more label of malevolence?
Furthermore, Fourth is far more ruthless behind closed doors than he.
That day, Consort Xian told the Emperor that the case had been cleared up. It was the palace maids and eunuchs who harbored resentment toward Beauty Wang and indirectly caused Leng Yu Yan to fall into the water. The palace maids and eunuchs had confessed to their crimes and had been duly punished.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor sent some comforts to Leng Yu Yan in the Eastern Palace as consolation.
That night.
The Emperor turned over Beauty Wang’s card.
Beauty Wang also came to know the tragic fates of those few in prison. Although she was aware that the palace maid and eunuch were merely scapegoats, she said nothing before the Emperor.
As Consort Xian was in charge of both the case and the harem, Beauty Wang seemed to understand something.
If she were to investigate further, Consort Xian, mother of two, would probably target her even more.
Now she still had the Emperor’s favor. If she persisted, and the favor was lost, what she would end up with would be nothing.
The best course of action for now was to conceive a dragon heir as soon as possible.
Chenglan Palace.
Consort Xian, upon learning that the Emperor was still visiting Beauty Wang that night, was so furious that she smashed quite a few things.
But one plan had already been set in motion; the next should not come too hastily.
Otherwise, if she lost her authority over the harem, the loss would outweigh the gain.
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Several days passed.
Early one day, Miao Zhu excitedly prepared several dresses: “Miss, choose a set.”
Leng Yu Yan glanced at the various garments spread out on the bed. “Why dress up so beautifully?”
“Miss can rightfully go without a veil or patches, so naturally, you should look as pretty as possible!” Miao Zhu said, smiling brightly as she held up dress after dress against Leng Yu Yan’s frame.
Leng Yu Yan, laughing, pointed to her forehead: “I’m going to the Imperial College, not a beauty pageant. Help me pick out a suit of pale blue men’s clothes.”
If a certain person knew she went to the Imperial College dressed so flamboyantly, who knows what kind of madness might ensue.
Thinking back to the fates of those people a few days ago, she couldn’t shake the feeling that he had something to do with it.
Although it was their own fault, even though she wasn’t sure if he had indeed ordered it…
But she couldn’t help thinking about what would happen if she offended him. Would her fate be just as terrible?
After all, that person’s moods were unpredictable and capricious.
Without warning, she might provoke his anger.
“Do you really want to wear men’s clothes?” Miao Zhu frowned, pouting.
“Belt up and dress as a man!” Leng Yu Yan decided. “The students at the Imperial College are all males; it is only appropriate to wear men’s clothes.”
“Alright, then.”
Miao Zhu slowly took out a chest binder and the pale blue men’s attire, helping Leng Yu Yan get dressed.
As soon as Leng Yu Yan left the Eastern Palace, someone immediately reported to Ye Yiheng.
“Your Highness, Miss is dressed as a man going to the Imperial College today.”
Ye Yiheng responded indifferently, she was sensible enough.
At this moment, Jian Lecheng entered the study room. “Your Highness, Miss Lai doesn’t have patches! I missed the palace banquet that day, so I didn’t get to see it.”
His voice was full of regret.
These past few days, he had been running errands for His Highness and hadn’t been able to visit the Eastern Palace.