Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 219 - With Jun Yuyans Death He Can Take

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: With Jun Yuyan’s Death, He Can Take Advantage of the Situation

Chapter 219 -219: With Jun Yuyan’s Death, He Can Take Advantage of the Situation

The Emperor, as the ruler of the nation, naturally found it hard to be deceived about events at the Frontier Pass.

Especially the incident where the Second Prince fell from a horse and was subsequently bombarded by Fire-thunder, a little inquiry revealed that the Second Prince had not engaged in combat.

The capital buzzed with exaggerated tales of the Second Prince’s valor, which the Emperor met with repeated cold laughter.

Learning that Jun Yuyan and Fu Zheng had discovered the secret weapon of the Xiongnu and had learned to manufacture it themselves, the Emperor was overjoyed, so he did not expose the Second Prince’s actions.

The deeds of the Second Prince would ultimately backfire on him one day.

The Emperor now loathed the Second Prince deeply, as his favorite, the Third Prince, had injured his leg and become considerably more melancholic, and would limp like Jun Yuyan in the future, an affliction caused by the Second Prince’s Faction.

By the time the Second Prince arrived, his injuries had significantly healed, and it was just a fractured leg, which would heal and allow him to walk normally again.

The Emperor thought that one day, he would break the Second Prince’s legs and cripple him.

The Empress had also been too arrogant for many years, and the backing of the Yun Family had grown increasingly powerful, intricate, and had become a cancer to Great Yan, one that needed to be eradicated root and stem one day.

His throne could only be inherited by the woman he truly loved.

Seeing Consort Jing grow increasingly thin, the Emperor felt his thoughts strengthen daily.

The reason the Second Prince’s faction was large was because he was born of the Central Palace, a legitimate son, so his succession was justified.

If the Empress were to be deposed, the Second Prince’s claim would no longer be valid.

However, the Second Prince himself knew well that he was no longer favored by his father. Upon realizing that Consort Jing and the Third Prince were the true apples of the Emperor’s eye, he had long conferred with the Empress and the Yun Family had acted low-key, burying the scandals of earlier years so skillfully that the Emperor’s men could not find a pretext to act.

Upon returning to the capital, the first thing the Second Prince did was to seek an audience with Murong Jiu at Prince Ling’s Mansion.

Murong Jiu instructed her steward to dismiss him on the grounds of her illness.

Many were aware of the “sabotage” she suffered in the palace, and with many noble ladies and young misses seeking meetings using the same excuse, it was easy to hear that Murong Jiu was troubled by Consort Jing, which had affected her pregnancy.

However, for those she needed to maintain ties with, Murong Jiu did not meet them but sent them prescriptions instead.

Her medical prescriptions were now extremely difficult to procure.

Unable to meet Murong Jiu, the Second Prince could only return to his mansion to recuperate.

On his journey back to the capital, the Second Prince pondered a lot. Murong Man had once been gentle and considerate toward him, intelligent and dignified, with a well-known graceful reputation, and he had always favored such women, suitable to be his wise consort. But after the scandal involving Lady Wang and the stripping of the Marquis title from her family, Murong Man had lost her ability to add glory to his status.

To continue and marry Murong Man was to retain some affection and to put his father at ease, but he had overestimated his father’s affection for him, thinking that whoever he married would still be a thorn in his father’s eye.

Yun Weiwei was also a clever woman, and with her previous incident of being poisoned, he felt more of a responsibility toward Yun Weiwei. Moreover, although Weiwei’s parents held no significant power within the Yun Family, the family was still tightly knit, and marrying Yun Weiwei was also to ensure the Yun Family’s full support for him.

But with both women stirring chaos in his backyard, Murong Man lost all her maidenly grace in the battle for favor, resorting even to bawdy house tricks in her desperate attempt to conceive his child.

Yun Weiwei, on the day of his departure for the campaign, had embarrassed herself publicly, displaying a petty family-mindedness.

This made him more appreciative of Murong Jiu’s virtues, who not only had unparalleled medical skills that won her high regards from distinguished ladies and misses but also possessed a generous heart, opening granaries and providing porridge under shelters, earning an excellent reputation among the common folk, her past as a village-born ugly woman long forgotten, with many calling Princess Consort Ling a living Bodhisattva.

Initially, Murong Jiu had wholeheartedly adored him, but unfortunately, he had gambled everything wrongly and lost disastrously.

If he had married Murong Jiu back then, what business would Jun Yuyan have had?

All the good reputation would have been his, the Second Prince’s.

Luckily, it’s not too late now. Murong Jiu lacked affection; it was merely because Jun Yuyan treated her well that she fell in love with him.

Having witnessed the power of the Xiongnu weapons, he knew well that it would be incredibly difficult for Great Yan to win this battle, and since Jun Yuyan had volunteered to go to the battlefield along with General Fu as the leading grand marshals, he would definitely be fighting on the front lines.

Even if Jun Yuyan were lucky, surviving once or twice, what about the third or fourth time?

The same applied to General Fu and his brothers.

By then, Murong Jiu would have no support, and he could take advantage of the situation.

One who achieves great things does not bother with the trivial.

He could disregard that Murong Jiu was not chaste, had given birth to a child. Having a child could actually be better, easier to control.

Once Jun Yuyan dies, Prince Ling’s Mansion would fall apart; who then could protect Murong Jiu and her child? Wouldn’t they be at his mercy?

Besides, Murong Jiu’s face indeed dazzled him every time he saw her.

Murong Jiu also had such capabilities; he could give her a bit of his true heart, and once he ascended to the throne, perhaps he could make her a consort and have her bear his offspring.

Regrettably, he hadn’t been able to see Murong Jiu this time.

Truth be told, having been away from the capital for over a month, he really did miss seeing Murong Jiu.

It was these tumultuous thoughts that eradicated his intention to kill Murong Jiu.

After all, if Jun Yuyan was going to be a dead man, the only real threat to him was the Third Prince.

As he thought of the Third Prince, sudden news came from the palace.

“Your Highness the Second Prince, Her Majesty the Empress has heard of your severe injuries and has specially ordered this servant to bring you some supplements, asking you to take good care of your health.”

The messenger was Eunuch Xia, who was most trusted by the Empress.

The Second Prince used sending a message back to his mother as a pretext to dismiss the servants.

Eunuch Xia then whispered, “Your Highness, guess what Her Majesty has discovered?”

“What? Could it be related to the Third Prince?”

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Eunuch Xia, flattering:

“Your Highness, you truly have divine foresight. Recently, Her Majesty has been secretly investigating the mysterious deaths of many palace maids surrounding the Third Prince. As you know, the Third Prince had an incident a while ago and stayed in the palace until his injuries were much better before returning to Prince Rui’s Mansion, but during that time in the palace, six palace maids went missing. Some died suddenly from acute illnesses, some were beaten to death after offending their master, and another one vanished alive and was found dead only yesterday, her body discovered in a well in the Cold Palace.”

The Second Prince furrowed his brows, puzzled, “And then? What did Mother discover? What does it have to do with the Third Prince?”

“Your Highness, although the palace maid had been dead for some time, the well in the Cold Palace is very deep and the water extremely cold, which preserved the body, albeit somewhat disfigured. It was still apparent that she had been tortured before death; the maid was naked, her body covered in bruises and even bite marks, yet her virginity remained intact!”