Yun Zheng Must Die

At night, deep within the palace.

"Have you found out everything clearly?"

Emperor Wen looked up and asked the Shadow Guard who strode in.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's all clear."

The Shadow Guard bowed and carefully informed him of the information obtained from interrogating the former guards of the Bibo Courtyard.

"Throw them into the imperial prison?"

Emperor Wen slapped the table angrily and roared, "How dare he! Without my permission, the Third Prince dared to secretly arrest the Sixth Prince and send him to the imperial prison? No wonder the Sixth Prince was so frightened that he wanted to die!"

Emperor Wen was furious and gasped for breath.

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

Mu Shun, who was attending to him at the side, quickly stepped forward to console him, "His Highness the Third Prince probably just wanted to frighten His Highness the Sixth Prince. After all, the confidant of the Crown Prince went to His Highness the Sixth Prince before he died..."

Emperor Wen slightly raised his eyes and looked sharply at Mu Shun, "Do you think the Sixth Prince is involved in the Crown Prince's case?"

"Well..."

Mu Shun's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "This old servant doesn't know."

"Don't know means you think it's impossible, right?"

Emperor Wen snorted, "If you were the Crown Prince, would you ask this useless wretch to rebel with you? Can he provide the Crown Prince with a single soldier or offer any useful advice?"

Asking the Sixth Prince to rebel with him was purely a burden!

Anyone with a bit of sense wouldn't do such a stupid thing!

"No."

The Shadow Guard shook his head gently.

"Useless thing!"

Emperor Wen was extremely disappointed and said angrily, "Bitten by my own dog, I even changed his guards for him and handed him the stick to beat the dog, yet he didn't dare to kill those vicious dogs! Useless, extremely useless! Why did I give birth to such a coward..."

The more Emperor Wen thought about it, the angrier he became and couldn't help but curse.

The Shadow Guard and Mu Shun just listened and didn't say a word.

When Emperor Wen cursed Yun Zheng, it was a father scolding his son, and he could say whatever he wanted.

If they dared to call the Sixth Prince a useless wretch in front of Emperor Wen, it would be like slapping Emperor Wen, the father, in the face.

After venting his anger, Emperor Wen ordered the Shadow Guard, "Take those lowly maids out of the Bibo Courtyard and beat them to death with sticks!"

At this moment, Emperor Wen fully displayed the coldness of an emperor.

"Yes!"

The Shadow Guard bowed and retreated.

After the Shadow Guard left, Emperor Wen let out a long sigh and asked in a deep voice, "Are Madam Shen and the others still kneeling outside the palace?"

"Yes!"

Mu Shun nodded gently.

Emperor Wen was silent for a moment and then asked, "Have I been too harsh on the Shen family?"

Mu Shun quickly put on a smile and said, "This is Your Majesty's favor towards the Shen family."

Favor?

Madam Shen and the others were probably cursing him in their hearts now.

Emperor Wen smiled bitterly to himself. After pondering for a moment, he ordered, "Go and tell them that I'm sending the Sixth Prince to the border to make contributions, not to die! Although the Sixth Prince is not very capable, he's still my son after all. Even a fierce tiger doesn't eat its cubs!"

"Yes!"

Mu Shun bowed and then said, "Your Majesty, since you've already bestowed a marriage on the Sixth Prince, should you prepare a mansion for the Sixth Prince for the wedding?"

Mansion?

The Sixth Prince doesn't have a mansion yet?

Emperor Wen was slightly stunned and then slapped his forehead and mocked himself, "If you hadn't reminded me, I really would have forgotten about this!"

In the Great Qian Dynasty, princes would be given mansions outside the palace after they came of age, except for the Crown Prince's Mansion, which was in the palace.

The reason why Yun Zheng was still living in the palace was purely accidental.

Mainly because Yun Zheng's presence was so low that if it weren't for today's incident, Emperor Wen would have almost forgotten that he had such a son, let alone given him a mansion.

The place where Yun Zheng was living now was still his residence in the palace before he came of age.

Thinking of Yun Zheng, Emperor Wen cursed the coward in his heart again.

I forgot about this, and he didn't dare to bring it up?

Useless thing!

After pondering for a moment, Emperor Wen ordered Mu Shun, "Send people to clean up the mansion of the criminal official Yu Min overnight. Tomorrow morning, go to the Bibo Courtyard to deliver the decree and bestow it on Yun Zheng! Arrange the servants in the mansion according to the etiquette!"

...

In the Third Prince's Mansion.

Yun Li still felt bursts of pain from his lower body from time to time.

Xu Shifu and Concubine Shu had come to visit Yun Li in the mansion.

Looking at Yun Li's appearance, the brother and sister were both distressed and angry.

Yun Li was actually injured by that useless wretch Yun Zheng?

This was simply absurd!

In addition to being angry, Xu Shifu couldn't help but lecture Yun Li, "You're so stupid. Why couldn't you give that useless wretch Yun Zheng any other charge? Why did you have to accuse him of being an accomplice of the Crown Prince? Who would believe that, let alone the whole court? Do you even believe it yourself?"

Yun Zheng rebelled with the Crown Prince?

Even the dogs in the palace wouldn't believe such a thing!

That coward, he trembled at the sight of blood!

Rebel?

Anyone who said such a person was involved in a rebellion was simply out of their mind!

Yun Li was both depressed and angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "I just wanted to frighten that useless wretch. I never expected that he would dare to lay a hand on me!"

"If he didn't fight back and make some noise, would he just sit there and wait to die?"

Xu Shifu glared at him angrily and then reminded him, "You should rest and recuperate these two days and don't go looking for trouble with Yun Zheng!"

"Why?"

Yun Li growled with hatred on his face, "Just let that useless wretch off like this? How can I swallow this anger?"

"Stupid!"

Xu Shifu suddenly raised his voice and said sternly, "Your Majesty must already know the whole story. The fact that Your Majesty hasn't come to visit you until now is to deliberately warn you! If you go looking for trouble with Yun Zheng at this time, you'll be asking for trouble yourself!"

Unlike the still immature Yun Li, Xu Shifu was extremely shrewd.

Emperor Wen had already warned Concubine Shu in the main hall today.

Not to mention that it was impossible for that useless wretch Yun Zheng to be an accomplice of the Crown Prince, even if he was, without Emperor Wen's permission, Yun Li had no right to send him to the imperial prison.

The move of frightening Yun Zheng was really stupid!

"Listen to your uncle."

Concubine Shu comforted him, "This is a critical period. If you can't bear a little, you'll mess up the big plan!"

"But I can't swallow this anger!" Yun Li said exasperatedly.

"Don't worry!"

Xu Shifu waved his hand and said sinisterly, "In a few more days, the envoy mission of the Northern Huan Kingdom will arrive at the imperial city. At that time, we'll plot to make that useless wretch offend the envoy mission of the Northern Huan Kingdom!"

"Our dynasty is currently in internal turmoil, and Your Majesty doesn't want to go to war with the Northern Huan Kingdom!"

"As long as that useless wretch offends the envoy mission of the Northern Huan Kingdom, to appease the anger of the Northern Huan Kingdom, Your Majesty will surely punish him severely!"

Hearing this, Yun Li's eyes lit up.

Kill with a borrowed knife!

This was a good idea!

After thinking quietly for a moment, Yun Li gritted his teeth and said, "Severe punishment isn't enough! That useless wretch must die! We can't give him the chance to go to Shuobei!"

Xu Shifu and Concubine Shu thought about it and nodded gently.

Indeed, they couldn't let Yun Zheng go to Shuobei alive. They had already lost too much face!

Yun Zheng must die!

It seemed that before the envoy mission of the Northern Huan Kingdom arrived, they had to plan carefully!

They had to strike a fatal blow!

Not give Yun Zheng any chance to survive!

Just like they did with the former Crown Prince!