The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Arrested

Consort Li’s bedchamber.

When the Emperor arrived, the entire bedchamber was filled with a heavy atmosphere.

Xu Huaien, the head of the Imperial Physician’s Office, along with several other imperial physicians, were treating the unconscious Song Yu.

Consort Li cried and rushed to the Emperor, “Your Majesty, you scared your subject to death.”

The Emperor held Consort Li by the waist, patting her soothingly, and asked, “What exactly happened?”

Lady Wang, kneeling on the ground, was pale and trembling. “Your Majesty, please investigate! Your subject is innocent! Your subject did nothing! It was Song Yu who suddenly charged at Consort Li, and then suddenly fell to the ground on his own.

“It has nothing to do with your subject. Your subject knows nothing. Your subject is innocent.”

The Emperor merely gave Lady Wang a casual glance and did not pay her much attention.

He sat on the main seat in the hall and looked at Consort Li.

Consort Li wiped her tears, “Lady Wang came to the palace, wanting me to help her summon an imperial physician to see her. Imperial Physician Song just happened to be in the palace. Lady Wang said she couldn’t sleep well, and Imperial Physician Song said that difficulty sleeping might be because she had done too many wicked deeds.”

The Emperor:…

Huh?

“But before Imperial Physician Song could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed. He rushed towards me, telling me to be careful, saying she was going to assassinate me. Then, Imperial Physician Song blocked me and collapsed.”

Beside them.

Xu Huaien, the head of the Imperial Physician’s Office, had already stepped forward.

After Consort Li finished speaking, Xu Huaien said, “Reporting to Your Majesty, a silver needle was found on Imperial Physician Song. The silver needle was inserted into Imperial Physician Song’s arm. Imperial Physician Song’s fainting was due to the silver needle being poisoned.”

Consort Li’s heart was still pounding. Relieved at her near escape, she patted her chest, “It’s a good thing it didn’t stab me, otherwise, how distraught would Your Majesty be to lose a dear one like me.”

The Emperor:…

Ah… er… well…

His eye twitched slightly, and the Emperor decisively turned to Xu Huaien, “Can the poison be cured?”

Xu Huaien looked hesitant, “This poison, your subjects have never encountered. We will need to try to find an antidote.”

As Xu Huaien spoke, Consort Li’s personal maid entered from outside, her face blazing with anger, and knelt with a thud.

Consort Li was startled and looked at her in confusion, “What are you doing?”

The personal maid kowtowed to the Emperor, “Your Majesty, please uphold justice for the Lady! Anyone in the Lady’s bedchamber can be bribed! Yesterday, the Lady punished Imperial Physician Song and ordered he be slapped. The Lady never uses severe punishment, but Green Shade, who executed the punishment, used extreme force and beat Imperial Physician Song severely.

“Just now, your servant discovered that Green Shade actually privately lured the Sixth Prince to the Lady’s bedchamber.

“Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!”

Lady Wang, kneeling nearby, was so shocked by this revelation that her heart nearly jumped out of her throat.

The Emperor’s face darkened. He slammed the nearby table and ordered the Chief Eunuch beside him, “Investigate!”

Consort Li’s bedchamber might not use severe punishment.

But the Chief Eunuch did.

He immediately ordered men to seize Green Shade, pin her down in the courtyard, and immediately apply torture.

The bamboo sticks of the finger-squeezing torture were clamped onto Green Shade’s fingers. Unable to endure the excruciating pain, Green Shade cried out and confessed, “The Earl of Anping ordered this servant to lure the Sixth Prince here!”

Inside the hall.

Lady Wang staggered, hurriedly kowtowing, “Your Majesty, please investigate! Your subject is innocent! This vile slave is speaking nonsense!”

Outside.

Green Shade, whose fingers were being tortured, cried hysterically, “The Earl of Anping ordered this servant to bring the Sixth Prince, and ordered this servant to drug Song Yu so he would defile the Sixth Prince!”

The repulsive words reached the hall.

Lady Wang was terrified. She couldn’t even kneel properly and slumped to the ground like a puddle of mud, mechanically denying the charges, “Your Majesty, please investigate! It’s a miscarriage of justice! She is fabricating lies and framing me!”

The Emperor’s eyes were blazing with fury as he looked at Lady Wang.

Consort Li was even more furious, unable to contain her anger. She pointed at Lady Wang’s nose and cursed, “You came back to the capital from the impoverished Qinghe County. It was because I remembered our friendship from years ago that I begged His Majesty’s grace to send your pig-stupid son to the Imperial Academy.

“You don’t repay my kindness, but instead try to harm me?

“You bribed my servant, drugged Song Yu, and planned for Song Yu to be crazed by the drug and defile the Sixth Prince right here in my bedchamber.

“Are you trying to get the Crown Prince to kill me?

“What enmity do I have with you that you would harm me like this?

“You dare to scheme against even a Prince?”

As she spoke, Consort Li suddenly remembered the past.

“The previous time the Sixth Prince fell into the water, was that also your attempt to frame me?”

Before Lady Wang could stammer out a reply, Consort Li’s personal maid nearby spoke up, “Reporting to His Majesty, just now when your servant stopped Green Shade, the Sixth Prince personally said that it was Green Shade who pushed him into the water that day.”

Outside.

Green Shade, tormented by the torture device, wailed heartbreakingly, “The Earl of Anping ordered this servant to push him!”

In a frenzy of fear, Lady Wang turned in anger and roared toward the courtyard, “Nonsense!”

They had only found out today that Song Yu was in the capital, and only then made subsequent arrangements.

How could they have instructed Green Shade to push the Sixth Prince into the water several days ago?

Offending the Crown Prince would bring them no benefit!

After roaring, Lady Wang tremblingly addressed the Emperor, “Your Majesty, please investigate! When the Sixth Prince fell into the water, your subject and others were still in Qinghe County. How could we have given the order? This vile slave is framing me. It must be Song Yu who bribed her to deliberately frame your subject!”

The Emperor didn’t bother to waste another word on her.

An Earl’s family from Qinghe County, daring to scheme within the palace—they truly did not know their place.

He directly ordered, “Send her to the Ministry of Justice for a thorough investigation.”

…

Song Yu was woken by pain.

“Ugh…”

His lips were throbbing painfully, as if some insects were chewing on his mouth.

When he opened his eyes, he instinctively raised his hand to rub his lips.

Behold!

He opened his eyes.

He saw the Crown Prince Qi Wang sitting by his bedside. On Qi Wang’s cold face was a clear fire of anger, and the expression in his eyes was dark and gloomy, like a gathering storm ready to devour everything. His hand was—

Torturing his lips?!

It turned out it wasn’t being chewed by insects; it was being pinched and kneaded by Qi Wang.

What is wrong with him!

Why does he love pinching other people’s mouths so much!

His soft lips had been kneaded for an unknown amount of time. They were swollen and inflamed, the wounds tearing. Song Yu couldn’t bear it.

“Your… Your Highness… it hurts.”

Frowning, Song Yu lay there, trying to grab Qi Wang’s wrist, but having just woken up from the poisoning, he was weak and limp, unable to lift his arm at all.

Qi Wang lowered his gaze, looking at Song Yu’s dazzlingly attractive face and slightly parted lips.

His Adam’s apple bobbed, and he withdrew his hand as if granting a pardon.

He cleared his throat. “Why?”

[Qi Wang has been waiting here since Little Yu was sent back to the Imperial Physician’s Office.]

[He waited for three whole hours. Since he couldn’t wait for Little Yu to wake up, he started pinching Little Yu’s mouth?]

[He scared me! When he first touched Little Yu’s mouth, I thought he was going to kiss him…]

Song Yu: ???

Your idea of kissing swells a person’s mouth?

Ridiculous!

This is torture!

Naked, blatant torture!

Scanning the words floating before his eyes, Song Yu knew Qi Wang was asking why he hadn’t killed Consort Li and had instead poisoned himself. He quickly said, “Your Highness, it might not have been Consort Li who ordered the harm…”

As he spoke, his voice suddenly stopped.

Oh no!

Qi Wang had only told him to kill Consort Li, but not why.

It was those words that mentioned the Sixth Prince and the rest.

He just blurted it out!

What now!