"How's it going?"
"Report to Your Highness, the task is accomplished!" Zhongli Mingye stood with his hands behind his back, lost in thought.
"Your subordinate sent a stealth agent from the shadow guards to sneak into Prime Minister Ling's mansion at night."
"Therefore, the news will spread in no more than three days..."
A chilling sneer curled up on Zhongli Mingye's lips. "Very good..." Those who dared to scheme against him should have the courage to bear the consequences.
Early the next morning, Ling Yufei was in a complete daze. After the doctor was summoned by Lady Ling to examine her, he couldn't diagnose the cause. He only said that she might have suffered a mental blow recently.
Three days later, Ling Yufei couldn't sleep at all at night and kept wailing. Prime Minister Ling was in a panic. He invited the most famous doctor in the capital, but the medicine was of no avail.
The news gradually spread that Miss Ling, the third daughter of the Ling family, had fallen ill from lovesickness. Although she was favored by the Emperor to enter Prince Yu's Mansion as a concubine, unfortunately... she was not blessed enough.
Prime Minister Ling didn't believe that his daughter had suddenly fallen ill! He wracked his brains but still couldn't figure it out. Seeing Ling Yufei unable to eat and wasting away,
he had no choice but to seek out a famous doctor from the martial arts world. The doctor prescribed a prescription that made her drowsy. Although she was still out of her mind, she could finally eat something.
At least her life was saved.
Originally, Prime Minister Ling was still reluctant to give up and intended to let Prince Yu's Mansion welcome Ling Yufei in. However, Zhongli Mingye insisted that Ling Yufei should enter the mansion only after she recovered.
But the famous doctor from the martial arts world asserted, "Miss will be bedridden for the rest of her life."
"Unless the head of the Miao clan on Tianmen Mountain steps in, but unfortunately, he passed away a few months ago."
Watching his daughter still calling out "Zhongli Mingye" in her coma, Prime Minister Ling gritted his teeth and sealed off the embroidery building. "Take good care of Miss. Don't go out without permission!"
Song Jinyu was extremely shocked. She had thought that Zhongli Mingye might defy the imperial edict, but she never expected him to do such a thing.
"He's really heartless!" This was exactly Zhongli Mingye's style.
After He Yi heard about this in the palace, she was very shocked. She boldly guessed that this must be the doing of the Fourth Prince. But... it was for the better. Since Ling Yufei was seriously ill, she couldn't marry into Prince Yu's Mansion, and Zhongli Mingye wouldn't have to bear the crime of defying the imperial edict.
In any case, Song Jinyu couldn't stay in the pharmacy anymore. When she heard the news that Zhongli Mingye had returned to the mansion, she quickly walked into the study.
She met his phoenix eyes filled with a deep smile. "You..." Did you poison her?
"What do you think, my love?"
He wrapped his arm around her slender waist and played with the jade pendant on her body.
"Of course it's excellent..." Song Jinyu told the truth. It didn't matter if her man was a bit ruthless.
Zhongli Mingye let out a soft laugh and looked at her seriously. "I've never been a gentleman..."
A gentleman? Among the royal family, a gentleman wouldn't survive to adulthood.
"So, my love, don't betray me..."
"I, Zhongli Mingye, can do anything." He wasn't joking. Startled by his words, Song Jinyu sighed. She knew he was serious.
She hid the fear in her beautiful eyes and tightly hugged him back. How could she bear to betray him and this deep affection?
"However... you've offended Prime Minister Ling and your father, the Emperor."
The Emperor would think he was cruel and disobedient; Prime Minister Ling had always doted on Miss Ling, the third daughter, and now he would hate Zhongli Mingye because of his daughter.
Zhongli Mingye was already walking on thin ice in the court. Now, for her sake, Song Jinyu held his face and kissed him deeply.
Zhongli Mingye enjoyed her boldness and passion. His hands caressed her delicate body. But... Yu Nianbai's voice interrupted their tenderness.
Song Jinyu had no choice but to leave the study.
He had been waiting so long for her to take the initiative, but it was interrupted. Zhongli Mingye's face darkened.
Yu Nianbai didn't know what he had done wrong. He just thought that the princess had angered the prince just now!
Ming Ruyi fanned himself and squinted his phoenix eyes, showing a calculating look. "He's really heartless!"
He naturally knew that the two were deeply in love, and he was happy to see Zhongli Mingye make a fool of himself. Unexpectedly, that man had directly poisoned Miss Ling, the third daughter.
It was probably more than just poison. Otherwise, how could Ling Yufei be so seriously ill and worse than dead?
For Song Jinyu, Zhongli Mingye had spent so much effort that it was truly amazing.
Was it worth it?
In fact, marrying Ling Yufei would have been a good thing for Zhongli Mingye. At least Prime Minister Ling was on the Emperor's side and was a well - known honest official in the court. What on earth did he want? Did he really only want the beauty and not the throne?
"Ye'er... you've made a wrong move."
In the imperial garden, the Emperor was playing chess with Zhongli Mingye. "I've always loved playing chess with you..."
"On the chessboard, your son only has father - son affection and no imperial etiquette."
Zhongli Mingye smiled and placed the chess piece in his hand. "Why do you have to do this?"
"Is she really that important?" Important enough to offend Prime Minister Ling?
The Emperor looked at Zhongli Mingye sternly. "Father... your son respects you not only because you're the Emperor but also because you're your son's father."
"You're family. Your son doesn't want you to get hurt, and he's even more worried about your dragon body."
Zhongli Mingye's words touched the Emperor's heart. "Ye'er has always been sensible."
"She... in your son's heart... is irreplaceable." Ling Yufei's illness was very strange. It could deceive others, but not the Emperor.
"Your son hates being schemed against the most!"
Looking at Zhongli Mingye seriously, the Emperor was very touched. These words had really hit his heart. None of his other sons, including the crown prince he had once loved the most, had ever opened their hearts to him like this. Therefore, the Emperor was no longer angry. He just shook his head.
The next moment, he widened his phoenix eyes in surprise. "You won?"
Zhongli Mingye bowed. "Your son was lucky to win another game!" Was that one move a mistake? A cold smile appeared on his lips.
Sometimes, it might not be a mistake. He could see clearly that if the Emperor really cared about Ling Yufei's life or death,
he would have flown into a rage and thoroughly investigated the matter long ago.
After all, they were father and son. Although Prime Minister Ling was important, the royal family valued their reputation even more. Ling Yufei had provoked him repeatedly, and now she had ended up like this. No one would question it.
Zhongli Mingye was certain that the Emperor wouldn't blame him for this, but he also couldn't let the Emperor have a bad impression of Song Jinyu.
In the Jinshui Palace, Ouyang Jinse was extremely angry.
Because Ouyang Weiyi had been missing for a long time. "Where on earth is the vice - palace master?"
"Don't worry, Palace Master. Your subordinate will send people to look for him again!"
"Who did this?" Ouyang Jinse faintly felt that Ouyang Weiyi had been harmed. How could a person disappear without a trace?
There was no sign of life or death.
This was the scariest thing!
Since Tianmen Mountain had lost its power, the Jinshui Palace had been advancing by leaps and bounds.
Now it had become the number one sect in the martial arts world. At that time, Ouyang Jinse had only been in charge of the Jinshui Palace for two years, but he had already ranked first among the young heroes in the martial arts world.
He was now deeply experiencing another meaning of the phrase "a scene of prosperity and splendor." Tianmen Mountain would never regain its former glory,
but it had also avoided the disputes in the martial arts world and even the coveting of the court.
He slumped down on the throne and calmed down. Thanks to the new spiritual medicine, Ouyang Jinse had become the Marquis of Jin'an. But what if there was a problem with the new spiritual medicine?
If something happened to the Emperor's dragon body, what would happen to the Jinshui Palace?
It had to be said that after Ouyang Weiyi's accident, Ouyang Jinse had become more and more cautious in his actions. After the crown prince was imprisoned, although the martial arts world still respected the Jinshui Palace,
the major sects that knew the inside story didn't pay much attention to it. Especially after Tianmen Mountain had closed its doors to cultivation, they even faintly blamed Ouyang Jinse.