ebookland Chapter 184: King Rui's Imprisonment
Chapter 184: King Rui's Imprisonment
After hearing this, Prince Rui felt another intense wave of nausea.
Who would like Zhang Jueping? He is a man, and I am also a man, how could I like that bastard!
"Mother, I am not as fond of Long Yang as you can be. The person I like has always been the second lady of the Su family, Su Yunrou." Prince Rui explained immediately.
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course Long Yang is good if his son is not good, but the second lady of the Su family is not a good person either.
If it weren't for Su Yunrou, his son would not have gone to see her, nor would he have followed her to some small village outside the city, and would not have gotten involved with Zhang Jueping.
But now is not the time to deal with Su Yunrou. She comforted Li Zixuan and said:
"Mother knows. Since my son hates Zhang Jueping, let him die. I have just had him castrated. With this injury, he won't live more than two days after returning to the Zhang family."
When Prince Rui wanted to ask what happened after he fainted, Aunt Li hurried in, her face looking pale.
"What happened? Why are you so panicked?" asked Concubine Shu dissatisfiedly.
"Your Majesty, a eunuch is here to deliver an imperial decree." Aunt Li said hurriedly.
She just wanted to find out what the eunuch said, but the eunuch refused to reveal a single word and only asked Prince Rui and Concubine Shu to come out to receive the edict.
The two men helped Li Zixuan go outside to receive the imperial edict, but after hearing the eunuch's order, King Rui was struck by lightning and stared at the eunuch in disbelief.
Concubine Shu was even more flustered, muttering, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, this must not be what the emperor meant."
"Your Highness, Prince Rui, please accept my order!"
The eunuch passed the decree to him, but Prince Rui refused to accept it and said, "I want to go to the palace and see my father. I was tricked."
"Your Highness, the Emperor said that you are seriously ill and bedridden. You must stay in the Prince Rui's mansion to recuperate and you cannot go anywhere."
The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict repeated the contents of the imperial edict.
Prince Rui's body swayed, and he sat down.
The emperor seemed to be disgusted with him and wanted to imprison him in the palace. He didn't even want to see him again.
Zhang Jueping, you bastard!
Prince Rui cursed in his heart, but no matter how angry he was, he had no way to vent it at this moment.
He finally accepted the order, but it was just house arrest. He still had a chance.
However, Concubine Shu was extremely anxious and even wanted to go back to the palace to ask the emperor to revoke his order.
“Mother, cough cough…when you go back, don’t go to father to beg for mercy.” Prince Rui said while panting.
"Why? You didn't do anything wrong. You were framed by others. Why can't I go and beg for mercy?" Concubine Shu felt very aggrieved.
Since his son is not as good as Long Yang, he must have been plotted against, but he doesn't know who did it.
But it is probably related to those people in the palace, especially the queen.
The Crown Prince was about to die, and Prince Rui was so outstanding, so she naturally wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
"Ahem, my father doesn't like me right now. If you go over and beg for mercy, it will only make things worse. What you need to do now is to stabilize the third branch of the Su family. As long as my engagement with Su Qingwan is still there, ahem... there will be opportunities in the future."
Prince Rui coughed as he spoke; he felt extremely tired.
Concubine Shu wanted to say something, but seeing how exhausted her son looked, she said nothing more and just asked the imperial physician to check on her son immediately.
The unconscious Zhang Jueping was sent back to the Zhang family.
Mrs. Liu was overjoyed that her son came back alive, and it was worth it for her to risk her head and kneel at the palace gate.
However, when she saw Zhang Jueping's pale and bloodless face, she was completely stunned.
"Jueping, why are you like this?" asked Mrs. Liu.
But the eunuch who sent him back didn't say much, he just said: "Madam, I have sent the person back to you. I will go back to report. Goodbye."
"Eunuch, why is my son like this? Why is there so much blood there?" Mrs. Liu grabbed the eunuch and refused to let him leave.
Fortunately, the maid who served her stuffed a purse into the eunuch's hands.
The man squeezed the bag and said in a low voice:
"Madam, he was already like this when we went to Prince Rui's mansion to pick him up. But we asked and found out that the person who stabbed him is very skilled. You can give him some good medicine and take good care of him. His life will not be in danger."
After saying this, the eunuch drove away with the carriage.
Mrs. Liu didn't understand what was happening. The overstimulation made her eyes roll back and she fainted.
There was another commotion in front of Zhang's house.
At this time, Su Qingwan and her parents and brothers had just returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
Su Zhiru was dressed in dust, and Su Qingwan could see that he was very tired, so she didn't talk to her parents any more and went to the study with her brother.
"Sister, that's good now. Your marriage with King Rui is settled." Su Yuewen couldn't stop being happy.
Su Qingwan was naturally happy too. On her way back home, she asked Linxiang to go to Prince Yi's mansion to report the news. She thought that the imperial edict to cancel the marriage would be issued tomorrow.
Su Yuewu learned the news in the prince's palace. When he heard this, he didn't care about the ongoing martial arts competition and ran back to the marquis's palace.
As soon as I entered Helin Courtyard and was about to shout at the top of my lungs, I was patted by Aunt Rong.
"Don't shout. Your father is back. He asked you about it while we were having dinner just now. You'd better be careful." Aunt Rong said.
Su Yuewu was so happy that he forgot that his father had returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
He chuckled and said, "I was so busy being happy for my sister that I forgot about my father."
"I'm going to find my sister."
Su Yuewu ran to the study room excitedly. Although it was late at night, his sister must be in the study room.
"Sister, I'm back." After Su Yuewu went in, he found that his eldest brother was also there.
"Brother, you are back!"
Su Yuewen nodded, looked at him a few times, and found that Su Yuewu had become stronger and taller.
"I heard that you have been playing with Li Yukang and others recently. Have you memorized the military book?" Su Yuewen asked.
Su Yuewu scratched his head and said, "We are too busy and don't have time to memorize."
"Brother, I bought a big horse from the Northern Territory for you and sister. How about we go and take a look tomorrow?" Su Yuewu said flatteringly.
"Just thinking about playing! Father is at home, do you think we can go out of town to play?" Su Yuewen put down the brush and asked with a smile.
"Oh! Then we'll have to wait until another day."
If possible, he really wanted to bring the horse back, but his sister wouldn't let him.
"We'll go see the horse you chose in a few days," Su Qingwan comforted.
After the three siblings chatted for a while, they went back to their rooms to rest.
The next day, all the members of the three branches of the Su family dressed neatly and went to Rong'an Hall.
Today in Rong'an Hall, almost all the masters of the Marquis' Mansion have arrived, but Su Yuejie is missing from the first house, and the grandfather of the second house, Su Zhicai, is still visiting friends outside and has not returned home.