LRAB Chapter 84 His Majesty's Murderous Intent
Chapter 84 His Majesty's Murderous Intent
In the small garden of Guangxin Palace, the evening breeze carried a slight chill.
Wu Feng gently supported Li Yunrui as the two walked slowly along the bluestone path.
At this moment, she was dressed in a plain white palace dress, the fabric of which was soft and light, and her plump body gently rested against Wu Feng's arm.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her face, making her beautiful face appear gentle and charming.
The auction was finally over, and they had received several million taels of silver, so both of them were in a good mood.
Now, the three major pharmacies and Qingyutang are ostensibly under the control of the royal family, but how much actually goes to the royal family is entirely up to them.
The current Emperor Qing has no control over these matters.
"Your Highness," Wu Feng slightly raised his eyes to look at Li Yunrui's profile, "when are you going to Xinyang? I'm quite curious about your fiefdom."
Li Yunrui paused in his steps.
She turned her head to look at Wu Feng with interest, her face smiling sweetly: "What? You want to take my fiefdom?"
"I'm just curious," Wu Feng said. "I've never been to Xinyang before."
Li Yunrui chuckled softly: "Don't even think about taking my fiefdom. My fiefdom is the main source of military provisions, so there's not much room for maneuver."
Wu Feng's eyes lit up, and he was about to say something...
"Your Highness."
Mei Gu's voice came from the other end of the corridor.
She walked over quickly, bowed, and said, "Eunuch Hou has arrived."
The smile on Li Yunrui's face faded slightly, but his voice remained amiable: "Let him come over."
"Yes."
Mei-gu, step back.
Before long, Eunuch Hou followed her over.
The old eunuch, with his usual fake smile, approached and carefully bowed, saying, "This old servant greets Your Highness the Princess."
"No need for formalities, Eunuch Hou," Li Yunrui said gently. "Just say what you need to say."
Eunuch Hou immediately said, "His Majesty requests your presence at Chang Le Palace, saying he has something to discuss with you."
Li Yunrui nodded: "I understand."
She turned her head and gave Wu Feng a look, meaning for him to stay in Guangxin Palace.
Then, he took Chunmei's hand and turned to walk out of the palace.
The princess's entourage was already waiting at the palace gate.
The group slowly walked towards Chang Le Palace.
After she left, Wu Feng turned to Aunt Mei: "Sister Mei, how are the preparations for His Highness's trip to Suzhou in two days coming along?"
Mei Gu looked somewhat alarmed: "Lord Xiao Wu, given your current relationship with His Highness... you should stop calling me 'sister'. His Highness will be unhappy if he hears it."
Wu Feng paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I was wrong in my thinking."
Anita Mui breathed a sigh of relief before answering:
"Everything is ready. His Highness has instructed that we will depart by water this time. However, I am worried that, given His Highness's current health... traveling by boat might not be appropriate?"
Wu Feng understood her concerns.
Li Yunrui is currently pregnant, so traveling by boat is indeed more bumpy than riding a horse or traveling by carriage, although the official road is now very smooth.
"Don't worry," he said. "I have a plan. Get things ready; we'll probably have to leave earlier than scheduled."
"I understand," Mei Gu replied.
Wu Feng looked in the direction of Chang Le Palace, his eyes narrowing slightly.
The reason Emperor Qing wanted to see Li Yunrui at this time was probably because of the sale of the sales rights of the three major workshops.
These past few days, Chen Pingping's Supervisory Council has been searching for Ye Qingmei's child, and has had no time to carry out Emperor Qing's order to sabotage the auction.
The auction is now over, and the contracts have been signed.
Emperor Qing must be... furious, right?
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On the other side, Li Yunrui's entourage stopped at the entrance of Chang Le Palace.
The princess's entourage was left at the palace gate, and only Chunmei accompanied Li Yunrui inside.
As soon as Li Yunrui stepped into the gates of Chang Le Palace, he sensed that something was amiss.
Her gaze swept over the palace maids standing in the courtyard, all dressed in black palace attire.
Li Yunrui frowned slightly.
Palace maids usually wear white or light-colored clothes, so why are all the palace maids in Chang Le Palace wearing black?
Eunuch Hou led the way, guiding her and Chunmei through the front yard and all the way to the door of a secluded wing room in the back yard.
Li Yunrui was even more puzzled.
Now that His Majesty has woken up, why doesn't he go back to his own palace and instead stay in Chang Le Palace?
Moreover... he was living in such an ordinary room that was completely out of place for an emperor?
"Your Majesty," Eunuch Hou called softly into the room, "Her Highness the Princess has arrived."
The Emperor's voice came from inside, somewhat deep: "Let her in."
Eunuch Hou pushed open the door and stood to the side of it, saying, "Your Highness, please."
Li Yunrui went inside.
Chunmei stayed outside the door.
The room was small and simply furnished.
Li Yunrui looked to the left and saw Emperor Qing sitting cross-legged on a soft couch by the window with his eyes closed.
"Your Majesty, I, your humble sister, pay my respects." Li Yunrui slightly curtsied and bowed.
Emperor Qing slowly opened his eyes.
But the moment his gaze fell on Li Yunrui...
A flicker of fear flashed in his eyes!
Although that expression was fleeting, Li Yunrui still caught it.
Emperor Qing's face instantly turned extremely ugly, as if someone had publicly exposed some shameful secret.
"go out!"
He suddenly let out an angry shout.
Li Yunrui stood there, stunned.
They just got here and they're telling her to leave? What kind of nonsense is that? Is it an insult?
"Get out!" Emperor Qing shouted again, his voice filled with barely suppressed anger.
Both Eunuch Hou and Chunmei, who were guarding the door, looked astonished.
Li Yunrui's anger also flared up.
She disregarded royal etiquette, coldly turned away, and walked straight out of the room.
Chunmei quickly followed.
The master and servant left Chang Le Palace without looking back.
"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Hou called out cautiously.
"Close the door." Emperor Qing's voice came from inside the room, his anger barely contained.
Eunuch Hou quickly closed the door.
Inside the room, Emperor Qing's face turned completely gloomy.
He stared intently at the spot where Li Yunrui had just stood, his face contorted in a near-grotesque grimace.
White palace attire...
It's white palace attire again!
Damn Ye Qingmei!
This made him make such a fool of himself in front of others once again!
At that moment, he harbored murderous intent towards Li Yunrui.
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Guangxin Palace.
Wu Feng found it strange that Li Yunrui had returned so quickly and that her expression was off.
"Your Highness, what happened?" He immediately went to greet him.
Li Yunrui didn't say anything and walked straight into the bedroom.
Chunmei immediately dismissed all the maids and closed the bedroom door behind her.
"Your Highness." Wu Feng helped Li Yunrui to sit down by the phoenix bed.
Li Yunrui was about to vent his anger on Wu Feng.
But she stopped abruptly when she was about to speak.
fear?
She just... seemed to have seen fear in His Majesty's eyes?
Did His Majesty feel fear upon seeing her?
What's going on?
The anger on Li Yunrui's beautiful face gradually subsided, replaced by an expression that was a mixture of confusion and deep thought.
She tilted her head slightly, a sickly light flashing in her alluring eyes.
Seeing the change in her expression, Wu Feng asked softly, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Li Yunrui slowly raised her hand, her fingertips gently touching her lips, her voice soft and gentle:
"Little Wu Zi... tell me, why is His Majesty afraid when he sees me?"
"Scared?" Wu Feng was taken aback. He became interested. "Your Highness, please tell me in detail what happened."
Immediately afterwards, Li Yunrui recounted what she saw upon arriving at Chang Le Palace, and the look of fear in Emperor Qing's eyes when he saw her.
Wu Feng thought about it carefully.
But soon he understood what was going on.
None of the maids in Chang Le Palace were wearing white, and Li Yunrui was also wearing white.
When he switched Ye Qingmei's body, she was also wearing white clothes.
Thinking of this, Wu Feng's smile became even more twisted...