EBE Chapter 375 The Conspiracy in Progress (2)
Chapter 375 The Conspiracy in Progress (2)
Yu Qingli pulled Xiluo to the pavilion. Inside the pavilion, Prince Alai and Murong Yanhui were playing Go. To everyone's surprise, Prince Alai's Go skills were pretty good.
Since the welcoming banquet that day, Prince Alai often came to Anle Palace and was extremely attentive to Xiluo. It seemed that he really fell in love with this woman at first sight. In addition, for some reason, he and Murong Yanhui hit it off immediately. Although they had some language barriers, they could still chat happily. He even learned all of Murong Yanhui's shameless habits.
For example, the habit of calling Xiluo "Luoluo", Xiluo felt that this must have been learned from His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan.
However, although Prince Alai was clearly pursuing Xiluo, he did not do anything excessive. He just gave Xiluo some rare items and said some cheesy words. Compared with Murong Yuan's generosity, his actions seemed a little too childish.
Ever since Prince Ashura entered the palace that day, the prince, who was supposed to live outside the palace, was forced to stay. It was Murong Yuan who personally went to ask Murong Shiling for permission. Murong Shiling was left with no choice but to agree to Murong Yuan's request.
After Prince Ashura settled down, Murong Yuan reported to him every day. Her devoted look was so unbearable that not only the concubines in the palace but even Queen Li herself couldn't stand it anymore and reminded Murong Yuan indirectly that girls should be more reserved.
Unfortunately, Murong Yuan was determined to get Asura's love, so she treated Asura with the same care and action as she treated Murong Yanhui. Even someone as cold as Asura felt more and more troubled. He never knew that a woman's pursuit would bring him so much trouble.
However, since he was under someone's roof, Asura had no choice but to compromise for the time being. In addition, since he knew that Murong Yuan was Murong Feng's biological sister, he felt that he could make good use of her.
"General! I won again! Prince Alai, don't you admit defeat?" Murong Yanhui held the Go board in his hand, his movements were extremely elegant, but it made Prince Alai so angry that smoke was about to come out of his head.
"It's not fair, this isn't fair. How can King Yan always win? There's definitely something wrong!"
"How about playing another game if you're not convinced?" Murong Yanhui curled his lips and smiled. Meeting a worthy opponent in chess is one of the great pleasures in life.
A little head, very dissatisfied, slipped from the table and into Murong Yanhui's arms. The fat boy snatched the chess piece from his hand and said with a dissatisfied look on his face, "Daddy, you and Uncle Alai have been playing chess for so long. When will you accompany me out of the palace to play?"
Murong Yanhui reached out and rubbed Murong Yue's little head. "Yue'er, it's not that Daddy doesn't want to go out with you, it's just that the weather is not good. It has been raining for several days in a row. I guess there are no small businesses on the street."
Yue'er pouted, "I don't care. I'm going to tell Mommy that Daddy, you don't keep your word! You're the most untrustworthy person!"
Murong Yanhui quickly reached out and pulled Murong Yue onto his lap, "Little thing, complaining is not a good habit. As a man, you shouldn't complain casually."
"My mother said I was a child, not a man."
Murong Yanhui was speechless. Before she could speak, Prince Alai took out a strange-looking object from his side and handed it to Murong Yue. "Here you go."
Murong Yue's eyes lit up, "What is this?"
"This is called a model. This is a model of a ship."
Not only Murong Yue, but even Murong Yanhui looked at the thing with great interest and said, "This thing is really exquisitely made. Is it a specialty of your country?"
"I guess so. I made this myself. It's not worth much."
While the two were talking, Xiluo and Yu Qingli had already arrived at the pavilion. Prince Alai stood up quickly, his eyes glowing, "Luoluo, you're here."
Xiluo's face darkened, and he spoke respectfully and distantly, "Your Highness, have you forgotten again? My name is Xiluo, not Luoluo."
"Almost, almost. Luoluo, come sit down. You must be tired after standing all day."
Xiluo's expression became more and more ugly. This outgoing Persian prince really made her helpless. Besides, which eye of his could see that she was tired?
Yu Qingli was also amused by the situation and burst out laughing.
"The rain has stopped outside. Yue'er, if you want to go out, how about coming with me?"
Murong Yue slid down from Murong Yanhui's legs with a swish and said with a smile, "Okay! I'm going out with Mom. I'll let Chou Daddy and Uncle Alai continue playing chess here!"
"Lili, are you going out?"
Hearing that Yu Qingli was leaving the palace, Murong Yanhui hurriedly expressed his opinion, "In that case, I will also accompany Prince Alai to go shopping together."
Yu Qingli glanced at Murong Yan calmly and said, "Isn't it His Royal Highness' job to receive the prince? How did it become your job now?"
Murong Yanhui smiled nonchalantly, "As the saying goes, those who are capable should do more work. Hasn't Lili heard of this? Besides, I am always willing to help others. The Crown Princess has been unwell recently, so the Crown Prince has been in a bad mood these days.
"What happened to the Crown Princess? I noticed something was wrong with her expression at the last banquet."
"I don't know the details either. I only heard that he was unwell, but I don't know anything else."
Yu Qingli frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy. If these disasters were caused by her tampering with the history of these people, would Liu Caiyi die and the prince have to marry that woman named Chen again?
The more Yu Qingli thought about it, the more possible it seemed to her, and she immediately felt more and more guilty. If that was the case, she would have truly committed a sin.
"Lili, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Yu Qingli's face suddenly change, Murong Yanhui was puzzled. Even though he knew that Yu Qingli and the Crown Princess had a good relationship, she wouldn't look like this when she heard that she was sick, right?
Under Murong Yanhui's gaze, Yu Qingli waved her hand, "Nothing, Yue'er, aren't we leaving the palace? We'd better go and come back quickly."
"Yue'er understands. I will follow mother's arrangements in everything." Murong Yue was extremely well-behaved.
"I will follow your instructions as well." Prince Ale quickly followed suit, making everyone laugh. This Prince Ale really has the mentality of a child.
Looking at the Prince Alai in front of him, Yu Qingli was reminded of himself in his previous life. He was just as naive. Such a person is really easy to be envied by others, for example, his uncle who was as cold as an iceberg.
Thinking of that man, Yu Qingli always felt a chill in her heart. He gave her the feeling of a most venomous king cobra, lurking patiently. Once it struck, it would surely hit the target with one strike! The person would surely die.
Yu Qingli's biggest fear in life was snakes! Fortunately, Murong Yuan had been pestering Asura these past few days. This was probably the most Yu Qingli felt grateful to Murong Yuan. Thanks to this lustful woman, otherwise, she would have been worried that Asura would come to her under various pretexts.
Because she was worried about the Crown Princess's condition, Yu Qingli thought about it and decided to ask someone to ask the Crown Princess if she wanted to go out with them to relax. After all, it was the Crown Prince's responsibility to entertain Prince Alai. If he didn't go, they would inevitably be criticized if they went out with the prince.
What surprised Yu Qingli was that not long after, Liu Caiyi actually came to Anle Palace with Crown Prince Murong Cheng. Although it was obvious that Liu Caiyi's face was pale and haggard, he looked in good spirits and seemed to be in a good mood.
Yu Qingli became more and more confused. What kind of disease was this? Liu Caiyi didn't look like he was sick.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you all. I heard that you all wanted to go out together. I was so happy for a moment and wanted to go out and take a look too."
"Nothing, it's more fun when there are more people!" Prince Ale spoke very familiarly, and so, the team that was supposed to be composed of only Yu Qingli suddenly had a lot more people. When they left the palace, Yu Qingli discovered that this was a huge team and the target was really huge.
Fortunately, the presence of Prince Alai provided a suitable excuse for the group to leave the palace. Otherwise, it would have seemed a bit strange for so many people to leave the palace together, especially since the crown prince and the emperor's most feared brother were going out together. This would surely arouse suspicion.
"Lili, frowning all the time will make you age quickly. Come on, smile for me."
Murong Yan replied in an ambiguous voice, and there was a hint of sexiness in her deliberately lowered voice.
Yu Qingli gave him a cold look, staring at his face thoughtfully. She found that his complexion was obviously much better than in the past few days. She felt a little puzzled, "Little Uncle was not feeling well a few days ago. How has he been these past two days?"
Murong Yanhui's eyes lit up, "Lili is concerned about me?"
"If you think so, then so be it."
Yu Qingli surprisingly didn't refute, which made Murong Yanhui a little flattered. He quickly reported the truth: "In fact, the king was not sick a few days ago, but was poisoned. However, with my junior brother who is a skilled doctor here, he is now fine. Apart from not drinking alcohol for the next six months, there are no other taboos."
Seeing that Yu Qingli was not surprised at all, Murong Yan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Qingli, do you know that I was poisoned?"
Yu Qingli didn't answer directly, but looked at him with a half-smile, "Your Highness, what do you think? Should I know about such an important matter?"
"You deserve it! You really deserve it!"
Murong Yue raised her little head after hearing this, and asked dazedly, "Mother, what should I do?"
"Nothing, mother just thinks that some people need to be taught a lesson."
Murong Yanhui's face suddenly turned bitter. He was not deliberately hiding it. He just had not figured out how to tell Lili, especially since this matter involved the safety of his mother.
Seeing Murong Yanhui fell into deep thought, Yu Qingli didn't say anything else. She lifted the car window curtain with her slender fingers and looked outside.