The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Plan

Clenching his fists, Prince Yu’s face was alight with excitement.

“I’m going into the palace right now!” He glanced at Su Yunhe, granting him clemency. “You’re somewhat useful after all. If you can find evidence that Song Yu brought anesthetic drugs into the palace within two days, I will restore you to your original official position!”

Su Yunhe sighed in relief and quickly expressed his gratitude, “Thank you for Your Highness’s grace. Your subordinate will certainly spare no effort.”

Prince Yu entered the palace.

At the same time, chaos erupted at the Earl of Anping’s residence.

Qi Wang’s opera performance and the hanging of the corpse outside Prince Yu’s residence caused a sensation throughout the capital. Soon, the news about the imperial edict issued to the Imperial Physician’s Office also spread.

An imperial physician named Song Yu had actually joined the Imperial Physician’s Office!

Initially, the Earl of Anping’s family held a sliver of hope, thinking it was just a coincidence of names.

But after secretly taking a distant look at the Imperial Physician’s Office—

“It really is Song Yu! How did he end up at the Imperial Physician’s Office!” The Earl of Anping nervously wrung his hands and paced back and forth, anxious and fearful. “Didn’t we give him to that human trafficker to be sold off to another region! Did the trafficker sell him in the capital instead?”

The Earl of Anping’s wife, Lady Wang, was so distraught she wiped away tears. “Even if he was sold in the capital, he shouldn’t have been sold to the Imperial Physician’s Office to become an Imperial Physician! We should have just killed him back then! What should we do now! How did that lowly bastard become an Imperial Physician!”

It was Gu Zhen who had suggested not killing him to silence him, but instead selling him into slavery.

Gu Zhen had his own selfish motives…

He hadn’t expected Song Yu to escape his clutches and even enter the Imperial Physician’s Office as an Imperial Physician.

Does he want to escape his control?

Dream on!

His eyes dark with menace, Gu Zhen sat in his chair, appearing calmer than the Earl of Anping and his wife.

Clearing his throat, Gu Zhen said, “Earl, Lady, Song Yu joining the Imperial Physician’s Office may not necessarily be a bad thing. If we can get a grip on him, he might not be useless as our pawn.”

Lady Wang glared at Gu Zhen and retorted angrily, “That’s easy for you to say! We shouldn’t have listened to you back then!

“What was it—killing him would be too easy, selling him into slavery is the real humiliation? Now look, he’s an Imperial Physician!

“Tell me how to make him a pawn! I say, we should go all the way and kill him. That’s the best option!”

Gu Zhen shook his head, “For him to rise from the status of a low-born slave in Qinghe County to an Imperial Physician in the capital, there must be a powerful force helping him behind the scenes. If we kill him directly, it might alarm that powerful force and cause unnecessary trouble.

“It’s better to use him. If we can control Song Yu, the powerful force behind him might also be utilized by us.”

Lady Wang’s angry expression softened slightly.

Although they were an Earl’s residence, they had been living in Qinghe County for the past decade due or so because of an old incident.

They had almost no connections in the capital.

They were only able to come to the capital this time by appealing to Consort Li, saying that Song Shian had passed the provincial examination and wished to study at the Imperial Academy, allowing the family to accompany him.

However, the house they lived in was merely a spacious two-courtyard residence, not an officially conferred manor.

Their Earl’s residence was still in Qinghe County.

But as the saying goes—

Since they were already here!

They certainly planned to make their fortune and were unwilling to return to that impoverished place.

If they could truly leverage the power of a powerful figure…

Lady Wang gnashed her teeth, “That bastard Song Yu, with his foxy looks, had such good luck. Even after becoming a slave, he managed to rise! If we had successfully rescued the Crown Prince when he was ambushed, we would be under the Crown Prince’s protection now. We wouldn’t be looked down upon everywhere!”

The thought of all the cold shoulders they had received since coming to the capital made Lady Wang extremely resentful.

The Earl of Anping sighed, not dwelling on the past, but asking Gu Zhen, “Do you have any good ideas?”

Gu Zhen smiled, “For this, Lady needs to make a trip to the palace.”

Lady Wang looked puzzled.

Gu Zhen explained, “I hear His Highness the Crown Prince’s younger brother, the Sixth Prince, is mentally deficient from birth. If we can lure Song Yu into seducing the Sixth Prince and commit some public indecent act, will His Highness the Crown Prince let Song Yu off?”

The Earl of Anping immediately slapped the table. “That’s a good idea!”

He turned to Lady Wang and said, “Go into the palace right now to see Consort Li. Then, say you’re unwell and ask Consort Li to summon Song Yu to treat you. I will find a way to use the people we’ve bribed in the palace to lure the Sixth Prince to Consort Li’s bedchamber.”

…

In the palace.

Song Yu had received imperial favor, and Xu Huaien specifically brought him into the palace to kowtow and express his gratitude to Consort Li.

“…Although you suffered an injustice yesterday, today’s favor was secured by Consort Li from His Majesty. When you see Consort Li later, you must not mention yesterday’s events,” Xu Huaien earnestly instructed.

Song Yu was greatly perplexed.

Qi Wang had used Xu Huaien’s connections to get him into the Imperial Physician’s Office.

At the time, when Qi Wang handed him over to Xu Huaien, he said in Xu Huaien’s presence: within three days, he would kill Consort Li.

Now.

Xu Huaien acted as if nothing had happened, bringing him to see Consort Li. Instead of talking about how to kill her, he was talking about how to express gratitude?

Song Yu blinked, looked around to ensure they were alone, and whispered, “Sir, do you know my purpose for entering the palace?”

Xu Huaien blinked, looked around to ensure they were alone, and whispered, “What business is that of mine?”

Song Yu:…

Song Yu:!!!

No!

You!

Blinking again, Song Yu quietly persisted, “Sir, you should know that if I kill someone in a moment, as the person who brought me in, you will be implicated, right?”

Blinking again, Xu Huaien… rolled his eyes. “Can’t I just leave?”

Song Yu:…

Huh?

Before he could react, the two arrived at the entrance of Consort Li’s bedchamber.

Xu Huaien said he was leaving, turned, and did just that, only leaving him with a perfectly legitimate line: “This is Consort Li’s bedchamber.”

Then.

He left.

Without even waving his sleeve.

Song Yu:…

Song Yu:!!!

[Hahahaha, Little Yu is shocked, Little Yu is confused, Little Yu is speechless.]

[Xu Huaien: I’m just a tool with no feelings, okay? You guys do your murder thing, don’t cue me!]

[So, next up is Song Yu assassinating Consort Li?]

[I wonder how he plans to assassinate her and still get away with it.]

Having been informed in advance, Song Yu was welcomed in by a palace maid waiting at the door as soon as he reached Consort Li’s bedchamber.

Inside the bedchamber, Consort Li, dressed in opulent attire, sat in the main seat.

Song Yu lowered his head, stepped forward respectfully, and knelt to salute, “May the Lady enjoy boundless prosperity and peace. Your humble servant thanks the Lady…”

As he spoke, Song Yu felt the silver needle hidden along the edge of his sleeve.

The silver needle was poisoned.

If he pricked Consort Li anywhere, the toxin would enter her bloodstream and kill her instantly.

“Lady, the Earl of Anping’s wife requests an audience.”

Just as Song Yu was about to finish his words of thanks, a palace maid entered from outside and reported.

Song Yu’s fingers, which were clutching the silver needle, paused slightly.