Chapter 2: Is the prince weak in the knees?

Chapter 2: Is the prince weak in the knees?

The emperor was about to get furious, but he noticed that Chu Li looked calm, so he turned and looked at Concubine Rong.

"It's dark at night, Concubine Rong had better see clearly whether the jade pendant is alone or not?"

Concubine Rong's eyes changed and she looked at the jade pendant in her hand. The Third Prince also looked over. His pupils shrank. The jade pendant was actually worn by him!

Chu Li actually switched things secretly just now!

Concubine Rong's fingers trembled slightly, and the jade pendant fell to the ground instantly and broke into two pieces.

The emperor looked extremely displeased.

"Your servant..." Just as Concubine Rong was about to explain herself, she heard Chu Li's voice coming in like a clear spring.

"I am just a poor man who lost his mother. Tonight, I thought of my mother while listening to the opera. Is it not okay for me to walk here alone?"

As she spoke, her throat choked with sobs and she opened her clenched fist, and a white chrysanthemum appeared in her palm.

The emperor's eyes suddenly changed. That was the queen's favorite white chrysanthemum.

Chu Li's eyes were filled with complex expressions of longing, sadness and grief.

"Don't I have the freedom to move around in the palace? Did Concubine Rong send someone to monitor me? Otherwise, why would the guards report my movements to you?"

Chu Li looked at his father with heartache, who loved his mother deeply but still did not let him suffer.

The original owner's mother was the emperor's sweetheart and could be used as a shield at any time.

This card is extremely powerful if used well.

Sure enough, a look of guilt appeared in the emperor's eyes.

Concubine Rong felt as uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a fly.

She looked at the emperor nervously and immediately explained, "I am only concerned about the prince. The palace maids' promiscuity in the harem is also the harem's business."

"Stop talking!" Chu Li reminded the emperor that Concubine Rong was not only arrogant because of her favor, but even the guards in the palace would report any problems to her first.

If it was just a matter of the harem, it would be fine. But since this matter involves the prince, it cannot be considered a matter of the harem.

"Noble Concubine Rong has been busy lately, so please let Noble Concubine Shu help with the affairs of the harem!"

Concubine Rong's expression changed drastically. Chu Li was very resourceful. With just one sentence, he divided her power to rule the six palaces equally.

If that bitch Shu Guifei were on an equal footing with her, many things would become difficult!

Ever since the Queen's death, His Majesty has been slow to appoint a new queen, and now her wings have been clipped because of Chu Li's few words.

She could only swallow all the grievances and reluctance, and replied calmly: "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding of me."

The emperor looked at the palace maid Qiao'er with a cold expression and said, "Kill this girl!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!" Qiao'er was dragged away and soon her voice could no longer be heard.

The emperor took one look at the third prince who was kneeling on the ground and shaking like a sieve, and said sternly, "Tie up the third prince and send him to the clan house to be locked up first."

Afterwards, he glanced at Chu Li lightly. After the queen's death, he really didn't care about Chu Li anymore, and even thought of deposing the crown prince.

Now that Chu Li said this, his heart softened again and he felt sorry for the dead queen.

"How are your studies going recently, Prince? Where is your tutor?"

The young eunuch was about to invite someone, but the emperor raised his hand and said, "Wait, invite the Left General Mu Feng and the Imperial Guard Commander Pei Ye to the Imperial Study."

"You, come with me!" Chu Li's gaze met his father's slightly guilty eyes.

Now that you feel guilty, why didn’t you do something about it earlier?

"Yes, Father!"

Chu Li followed happily, but at the same time he was thinking that he must make his scumbag father bleed heavily this time.

It's not easy to be called her father.

In the imperial study, the emperor was reviewing memorials, and Chu Li was waiting quietly outside the study.

A man was invited over from the dark. The man had a straight posture, and there was an evil air under his handsome features. He walked without looking around, arrogant and unruly. Chu Li's heart suddenly jumped.

This person... looks somewhat familiar.

"Please come in, Commander." The eunuch bowed and invited the person in, and Chu Li finally met the person in his memory.

It turned out to be Pei Ye, the commander of the imperial guards!

In the original owner's memory, he began to control the imperial guards three years ago. He has been elusive over the years. Although he is only twenty years old, it is said that the entire Daliang Palace is full of his minions.

She was drugged last night, but there was no one from the Imperial Guards?

Judging from his figure, could it be that he was the one who slept with her?

Chu Li’s breath was choked, it’s very likely!

She withdrew her gaze and calmly watched the unruly man walk past her indifferently.

After all, they grew up together. She was just thinking about how to get close to this man later when a very strong and magnetic male voice suddenly appeared behind her.

"Your Highness, calm down. You will be exposed."

Chu Li was so frightened that she almost lost her soul. What was she exposing? Her female body?

When she turned around, she saw the tall and heroic Left General Mu Feng, dressed in blue.

He is also the original owner’s uncle.

"Uncle." Chu Li called softly, and asked in a low voice, "What did you expose?"

"It reveals your lack of confidence."

Chu Li was shocked!

Is this man doing this on purpose, or is he just making a double entendre?

Although she called Mu Feng, who was six years older than her, "uncle", Mu Feng was an adopted son from her maternal grandfather's family and there was no blood relationship between them.

However, when Chu Li thought that the man she was sleeping with might be her uncle Mu Feng, her hair stood on end.

Ever since the original owner was forced to replace his brother's position as crown prince.

Mu Feng always thought that she was effeminate, weak and incapable of doing anything, so he looked down on her from the bottom of his heart.

He also taught the original owner martial arts, but unfortunately the original owner was too weak and had no talent for martial arts. After a year of hard work, the original owner only knew some mediocre skills.

In addition, the original owner was afraid that her uncle would discover that she was a girl, so she acted sneaky and sneaky every time she saw Mu Feng.

As time went by, Mu Feng looked down on her even more.

Chu Li subconsciously kept a distance from him and took a step back, but bumped into a strong embrace.

She turned her head suddenly and looked up, and saw a handsome man with a demonic appearance looking down at her with a disdainful look.

The man was dressed in white, extremely handsome, with cold eyes and stern eyebrows, and exuded an ascetic temperament that kept strangers away.

The man pushed her away with a finger in disgust, his voice calm but cold as ice, "Are your legs weak, Prince? You can't stand standing for such a while."

Chu Li's palms were sweating.

Why did Taifu Ye Hanting say that her legs were weak?

This powerful official who holds great power in the court is only twenty-two years old and is the minister most trusted by my father. Just standing here gives people a strong sense of oppression.

Moreover, this guy wouldn't even kneel when he saw the emperor. There is really no one who is so arrogant as this.

She glanced at the man's waist and recalled the man's strong waist on the bed just now. Could it be him?

Chu Li lowered his voice and answered calmly, "Sir, I have been concentrating on studying and neglecting martial arts recently. I just tripped and lost my balance!"

Ye Hanting replied lightly, "Oh, then I will definitely check on your academic progress some other day."

Chu Li: “…” Don’t scare me!

It’s hard not to be suspicious of the performance of these three people!

In addition to the three of them, all the officials above the third rank who were able to attend the palace banquet today were over 30 years old.

So, was the man she slept with the commander of the imperial guards Pei Ye, or the left general Mu Feng, or the powerful official Ye Hanting who held sway over the government?

Does that man know that he is sleeping with the prince? !

Chu Li's heart just relaxed until Eunuch Li brought the four of them into the imperial study. But after hearing his father's decision, his hair suddenly went numb and all the blood in his body rushed to his forehead!