Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 841: Li Xingsheng & Ling Yuezi Side Story (11): Whoever Bullies Her Dies!

Chapter 841: Li Xingsheng & Ling Yuezi Side Story (11): Whoever Bullies Her Dies!

After tidying up, Ling Yuezi, accompanied by Ah Qing and Ah Lan, went to the side hall on the left.

The front part of this room was Ling Yuezi’s practice room, while the back part was set up as a simple mourning hall.

The mourning hall had no ancestral tablets, only an incense table and two clay urns.

One was familiar, the one Ling Yuezi polished every day, which contained her mother’s ashes.

The other was unfamiliar.

Ling Yuezi walked over, held the clay urn, and wailed, "Father..."

After crying for a while, she worried about disturbing the people monitoring outside, so she lowered her voice.

The people monitoring her were locked up by Ah Qing and Ah Lan at night, but during the day, they were allowed to roam free, or else it would arouse the Regent King’s suspicion.

"Princess, should we invite the Emperor over?" Ah Qing asked.

"Invite the Emperor over." Ling Yuezi wiped away her tears and nodded.

Ah Lan stayed with Ling Yuezi, while Ah Qing went to invite him.

When she went outside, she saw those eunuchs and palace maids all standing outside the side hall on the left, craning their necks to see something.

Ah Qing scoffed coldly.

The people quickly backed away in fright.

They couldn’t defeat Ling Yuezi’s people, but because they had a mission, they had no choice but to keep an eye on Ling Yuezi.

Ah Qing left Moonlight Palace and invited the Little Emperor, Ling Xingyun. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Sister, what does the Emperor need from me?" Ling Xingyun asked as he walked.

But since he was accompanied by others, Ah Qing couldn’t speak plainly and only said, "The Princess has compiled a new set of boxing techniques and wishes to teach the Emperor."

Young boys all love to play, even a frail boy like Ling Xingyun.

Hearing about learning boxing techniques, Ling Xingyun immediately said happily, "Good, good, good, I’ll come to see Sister’s boxing techniques."

Upon arriving at the entrance of the side hall, Ah Qing stopped the two eunuchs who had followed Ling Xingyun, "You cannot go in."

"We were sent by the Regent King to serve the Emperor, why can’t we follow?" one of them protested.

"This is a matter between the Princess and the Emperor, what business do you have following? Do you want to eavesdrop on their secrets and report to the Regent King?" Ah Qing retorted unceremoniously.

The two eunuchs dared not admit it. "Nonsense, there’s no such thing!"

"Then why follow? Wait outside." Ah Qing invited Ling Xingyun into the side hall and closed the door, not letting the two eunuchs enter.

Ling Yuezi’s other ten maids were either standing in the courtyard, at the main entrance, or in the main hall, glaring at the eunuchs.

Once inside someone else’s palace, it becomes their territory, and the eunuchs dared not act rashly.

Ling Xingyun entered the side hall, truly believing he was there to learn boxing. After Ah Qing closed the door, he immediately asked, "Sister? I don’t see her? Where will she teach me boxing?"

Ah Qing’s expression grew solemn, "Emperor, please follow the maidservant to the inner hall."

Ling Xingyun glanced around, then followed Ah Qing to the inner hall.

In the inner hall, blue and white curtains were hung, and in the north direction stood an incense table, with two ancestral tablets placed on it, and in front of the tablets were two clay urns.

The urns were inscribed with the names of Emperor Xiao Jingren Ling Yao, and Empress Xiao Hui Zhuang Yuxiu.

Ling Xingyun widened his eyes, standing dumbfounded at the door, "Sister, this is..."

Ling Yuezi, dressed in mourning clothes, was kneeling before the ancestral tablets.

Hearing a sound, she turned to look, "Come and pay your respects to our parents, little brother."

Ling Xingyun, with teary eyes, walked forward crying and knelt beside Ling Yuezi, "Father, Mother..."

As he cried, Ling Yuezi also began to shed tears.

After crying for a while, Ling Xingyun wiped his tears and asked, "Sister, how did you find Father and Mother?"

Ling Yuezi patted his head, "Mother’s ashes have always been with me. I wanted them to be buried together before telling you. A relative helped find Father’s ashes."

"What relative? Do we still have family in this world?" Ling Xingyun remembered, during that coup, almost all members of the Imperial Family were killed.

Those who survived were distant relatives, separated by several generations.

"It’s..." Ling Yuezi hesitated for a moment but finally said, "your brother-in-law."

Ling Xingyun exclaimed with delight, "Brother-in-law? I asked who he was, but you never said. So brother-in-law came to Luocheng? Where is he? Let me meet him soon."

"With the Regent King in power in the palace, he cannot show himself just yet. Once the palace is peaceful, I’ll bring him to see you," Ling Yuezi said with a warm smile.

"Good, good. With brother-in-law caring for Sister, I am relieved." Ling Xingyun turned to face his parents’ shrine, "Father, Mother, Sister has a husband now, you can rest easy."

But Ling Yuezi sighed inwardly; bringing Li Xingsheng into the palace was not so simple.

...

This afternoon, the Regent King invited Ling Yuezi to the Mingyu Pavilion for a tea banquet. The servants of the pavilion began preparing early.

They cleaned all the floors of the pavilion, prepared snacks and tea leaves, tables and chairs, and a small couch for the Regent King to rest on.

Next to the well, a young servant was doing the cleaning.

As he swept the ground, he noticed something unusual in the well.

The water in the well was murkier than usual.

The young servant threw a bucket into the well, discovering bits of grass in the water he drew up.

But the Mingyu Pavilion was paved with stone; there was not even dust, let alone grass.

The young servant felt something was wrong and reported it to the Pavilion Master.

The Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion was one of the Regent King’s confidants. He did not consider the possibility of someone dirtying the water, but rather that it might be the work of thieves.

He dismissed the young servant and went down the well himself, finding that the mechanism had been tampered with.

He did not understand how to operate the mechanism.

He had no idea what valuable items were inside, only that whatever was in there was extremely important!

Even if Mingyu Pavilion collapsed, he could not allow the items inside to be lost.

The Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion was terrified and went personally to the Imperial Palace to report to the Regent King about the situation at the bottom of the well.

The Regent King was shocked and hurriedly went to Mingyu Pavilion.

After inspecting it himself, he found that Ling Yuezi’s father’s urn was missing, and there was an arrogant note inside.

——Ling Yuezi is my woman; whoever bullies her will die!

The Regent King tore the note into pieces and threw it into the well water.

The Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion stood by the well, asking inside, "Prince, was something lost?"

The Regent King’s face was ashen, and he crawled out of the well, gnashing his teeth.

"Who has been here?"

The Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion, pale with fear, replied, "Return... Return, Prince, I do not know."

"Useless!" The Regent King angrily kicked at the Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion, "You don’t even know who stole it, what use do I have keeping you all? Come! Feed him to the dogs!"

"Yes, Prince!" Two guards stepped forward and took the Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion away.

"Prince, spare me, Prince—" The Pavilion Master of Mingyu Pavilion loudly begged for mercy.

But the Regent King, in his rage, was beyond listening.

Those around him were too frightened to even breathe.

"Find him for me! Dig up the land if you have to find this person!"