"Prepare a fragrant bath!"
Zhongli Mingye carried Song Jinyu back to the mansion in one go.
He told Micui and Niaoniao to take good care of her. Then he rushed out in a hurry. Unexpectedly, the hem of his clothes was grabbed by the young woman. "I'm very familiar with that person!"
"No, you don't know him!"
Zhongli Mingye didn't stop his steps and left directly.
Song Jinyu closed her eyes, trying to dispel what had just happened in her mind. But she couldn't forget. The dark - skinned man was seven feet tall. Although he wasn't a graceful young master, he was an upright and noble person.
He seldom spoke, but he had an aura that couldn't be ignored.
The Prince Cheng was assassinated. Originally, that knife would also stab Yu Duanya. It seemed that the assassin had come to wipe out the whole family, but fortunately he stopped.
In a split - second, the opportunity was missed.
Song Jinyu stroked her chest. Was that person really Lin Yijun?
By late at night, Zhongli Mingye still hadn't come back. But she heard the news from the Prince Cheng's Mansion. Yu Duanya tried to commit suicide to follow the Prince Cheng, but was saved.
The emperor, touched by her loyalty, took the Princess Cheng and her son into the palace.
First, the crown prince was deposed, and then the Prince Cheng was killed.
Unable to bear this blow any longer, the emperor fell ill in a fit of anger. With a series of accidents befalling the Zhongli royal family, all the royal relatives were in a state of self - defense.
Zhongli Mingye dispatched more shadow guards to strengthen the security of the mansion. Ming Ruyi watched coldly and only sighed slightly in her heart.
He had just brought Lin Yijun's men to the capital. Unexpectedly, that taciturn man would be so decisive.
She shook her head. A hint of cruelty flashed across her extremely beautiful face. "Brother Emperor, you never thought of this!"
Recalling the person she accidentally saw at the gate of the Prince Zhongzhou's Mansion,
Song Jinyu suddenly realized that this matter might be related to the Prince Zhongzhou's Mansion.
She wanted to go out of the mansion, but... "The prince said that the princess is still under house arrest and must not go out without reason." Xing Jian guarded the gate.
She had no choice but to go back dejectedly.
In the evening, Zhongli Mingye finally came back. There was a red mark on his forehead. Song Jinyu was curious and reached out to touch it. It seemed as if he had been hit by something thrown.
"What's this...?"
"Father is ill. It's inevitable for him to lose control of his emotions." His tone was cold. In a fit of anger, the emperor threw the teacup at Zhongli Mingye's head.
"Scoundrel!"
"The case of the Lin family has already been closed."
"He's from Liuzhou, in your territory! You're not blameless!"
Zhongli Mingye knelt on the ground, bearing the emperor's anger. In the memorials of officials like Ling, they accused Zhongli Mingye of deliberately harming his elder brother and conniving at Lin Yijun.
Fortunately, they didn't shift the blame to Song Jinyu's father and brother.
Finally, Zhongli Mingye didn't wipe the blood flowing from his forehead. "Father, you've never trusted your son."
"Son, why would I connive at the murderer to harm my elder brother?"
"For the throne! All of you are for the throne!!!" The emperor gasped and slumped onto the dragon chair. He really wanted to kill Zhongli Mingye, but... at present, his sons were either dead or deposed.
The Prince Yong was brave but not resourceful and couldn't hold down the court officials at all. Zhongli Mingye was the most suitable candidate. The only reason the emperor had delayed making him the crown prince was just out of his own selfishness.
The former crown prince had meddled in the matter of the spiritual medicine back then, only hoping that the emperor would die earlier. The emperor didn't want to make another crown prince!
"You can leave!"
After Zhongli Mingye left the palace, he wiped off the bloodstain. He was afraid that Song Jinyu would worry about this, but she was so meticulous. She lovingly placed his head on her lap and gently applied the wound medicine.
Suddenly, she leaned over and kissed his wound. She didn't know what to say. "My love... have you had dinner?"
"I've had a little... I asked someone to cook some meat congee. Do you want to have some?"
"Yeah, feed me..." His phoenix eyes were slightly closed, hiding his fatigue.
Song Jinyu naturally knew that he was in a very low mood at the moment. She obediently fed him spoon by spoon and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.
"He's from Liuzhou. The emperor not only suspects you..." Song Jinyu calmly stated her inference. "I'm afraid he also suspects father and elder brother."
She sighed, got up from the couch, and pinched her cheek. "Don't be afraid. He won't suspect them."
Because Zhongli Mingye himself had taken all of the emperor's suspicions on himself.
He only took a short nap at home, and then Zhongli Mingye went out. Before leaving, he told Song Jinyu, "Stay at home obediently..."
"The leader of the assassins hasn't been captured yet."
"Okay!"
She immediately turned around and asked Qingfeng to contact Zhong Yuanliu. "What's the connection between Lin Yijun and the Prince Cheng's Mansion?" To clear Zhongli Mingye's suspicion,
she had to understand the relationship between Lin Yijun and the Prince Cheng's Mansion.
Qingfeng was helpless. "Princess, please... listen to the prince."
How could she? Song Jinyu sneered. "Qingfeng!"
"Yes!"
Zhong Yuanliu had been staying in the capital for a long time and had nothing to do. After receiving Song Jinyu's message, he naturally paid more attention to the investigation of the Prince Zhongzhou's Mansion. "Yuanliu, if Ming Ruyi is really colluding with him, then find the evidence."
"Now that the leader of the assassins is injured, he must be hiding somewhere to recuperate."
She paused for a moment. "Maybe Ming Ruyi is also looking for him to silence him!" Zhong Yuanliu left after receiving the order.
Before he came back, the leader of the assassins was actually captured by the people from the Prince Zhongzhou's Mansion!
Zhongli Mingye was helpless. "Uncle... you..."
"I'll hand the man over to you! By the way, tell your princess not to send people to investigate me anymore!" Ming Ruyi opened her fan. A cold look flashed across her extremely beautiful face.
Song Jinyu didn't trust her at all.
After the emperor calmed down that day, Concubine Shu, who had been attending to him for several days, also fell ill. He no longer suspected Zhongli Mingye, but he rarely saw him.
The death of the Prince Cheng had hit the emperor hard. In just a few days, he had aged a lot.
After the Princess Yong and the Princess Yu came to visit, they only sighed in their hearts. People all said that the father - son relationship in the royal family was heartless, but when it came to real matters,
the father - son affection was not fake at all.
They also visited Yu Duanya together. She was still as dignified and elegant as before, but her face was pale. "Thank you, Jinyu, for saving my life."
If Song Jinyu hadn't been there that day, I'm afraid she and her son wouldn't have been able to survive.
"The young master is still young. If he loses his mother, he'll be like a floating duckweed." Song Jinyu held her hand. "Don't do such stupid things again."
Suddenly, Yu Duanya's tears rolled down. "It was only after I lost him that I realized that he had always loved me."
"But I've always been 'polite' to him."
It was not until she saw his cold body that Yu Duanya was heart - broken and finally understood that she had already fallen in love with Zhongli Shuoyi.
Suo Li was also very sad. She resented Zhongli Mingxi. Although in the eyes of outsiders, their couple was harmonious. Only she herself knew that there were already many holes under that harmony.
Zhongli Mingxi doted on his concubines. Although none of them had given birth to a child, Suo Li no longer cared about him in her heart. Now Yu Duanya's situation had taught her a lesson.
When Song Jinyu returned to the mansion, Zhongli Mingye had been waiting for her for a long time.