Chapter 115 What?

Xie Jin Yan was shocked, both surprised and angry.

To outsiders, this was nothing more than infighting among the women in his harem. Even though Yu Qingwu was injured, it was still a matter within his Crown Prince’s residence. To put it bluntly, as long as he handled it properly and kept it behind closed doors, even his mother, the Empress, wouldn’t interfere too much.

How had even his imperial father been alarmed?

“Your Highness, did you understand His Majesty’s oral decree?”

In a daze, Yu Qi’s solemn and gentle voice rang out again.

Xie Jin Yan suddenly came back to his senses and slowly stood up from the ground. When his eyes met Yu Qi’s, he suddenly understood.

His expression turned cold, and he strode outwards.

Yu Qi glanced in the direction of the inner chamber and followed him.

The two walked all the way to the pavilion outside before Xie Jin Yan stopped, looking coldly at Yu Qi, questioning him with a hint of anger, “Eunuch Yu, was it you?”

“What is Your Highness saying? This servant doesn’t understand.”

Yu Qi asked back, maintaining his solemn and respectful posture. His eyes were unwavering, showing no anger or joy, and revealing no emotions.

Seeing him feign ignorance, Xie Jin Yan became even more infuriated. Seeing that there was no one around, he simply erupted, angrily saying, “I am asking, did you speak nonsense in front of my imperial father?”

The anger in his eyes was obvious, as if he wanted to kill someone.

If an ordinary eunuch saw this, they would surely be filled with fear.

But Yu Qi seemed not to see it at all, his expression still faint, respectfully saying, “Your Highness is joking. This servant is just a eunuch, how could I have the ability to advise His Majesty on anything?”

“You…” Xie Jin Yan was exasperated.

His face turned green as he stared at Yu Qi with a gloomy expression, his anger surging even more intensely.

After a long while, he finally managed to calm himself down, coldly snorting, “Whether Eunuch Yu has this ability or not, you know it clearly in your heart.”

Hearing this, Yu Qi didn’t answer.

He only looked at him with a smile that wasn’t a smile. After a long time, he said meaningfully, “Even if this servant could really say something to slander, it’s also because His Majesty and Her Majesty the Empress already have murderous intentions towards Gao Shi.”

“Instead of blaming this servant here, Your Highness might as well go to His Majesty or Her Majesty the Empress and argue a bit. Perhaps, they might temporarily soften their hearts and spare Gao Shi’s life out of consideration for past favors.”

He smiled, his face gentle, but his eyes were like those of a ghost from hell, mocking Xie Jin Yan.

Before Xie Jin Yan could speak, he smiled again and kindly reminded him, “However, Gao Shi has committed a serious crime, even beating her to death would be considered light. If Your Highness pleads for her, you might anger His Majesty, and even your position as Crown Prince might be handed over to someone else. Although Her Majesty the Empress is already a bit old, it’s not impossible for her to have another little prince. At the very least, adopting a more obedient one from those low-ranking concubines would be better than Your Highness, who is always going against his own mother.”

“You…” Xie Jin Yan was exasperated again.

Yu Qi usually spoke very little, but once he opened his mouth, he could always infuriate people.

But the words he said were all reasonable. Yes, his mother had never tolerated A Yue, but he always defended her. Although they were mother and son, on this matter, his mother was indeed likely to use the opportunity to take A Yue’s life in order to cover up those unbearable past events, and after breaking with him, establish someone else.

In the end, he had miscalculated. He had calculated many things, but in the end, he hadn’t calculated that A Wu would hurt herself so seriously, nor had he calculated that Yu Qi would make such a move.

His mother had always wanted to get rid of A Yue. Previously, she had always considered their relationship as mother and son, but now that she could use the hands of others to force A Yue to death, she was naturally willing.

Yu Qi was willing to be the executioner, and his mother was even more willing.

Now that the imperial father’s oral decree had been issued, it was probably difficult to send A Yue away.

Xie Jin Yan realized for the first time that although this brother-in-law was unlikely to cause a situation of powerful relatives interfering in politics, he was not one to accept things passively.

Now that he was like this, he probably wanted to put A Yue to death in order to vent his anger for his sister. On the other hand, he was probably afraid that A Yue would make a comeback, so he wanted to completely eliminate this rival for his sister.

Xie Jin Yan had a terrible headache. He gritted his teeth and looked at Yu Qi for a moment, then simply questioned him directly, “Eunuch Yu, do you have to kill A Yue?”

Seeing him so straightforward, Yu Qi no longer beat around the bush, but coldly smiled and said, word by word, “This servant will not allow anyone to harm this servant’s sister.”

“But… But A Wu is not in mortal danger.” Xie Jin Yan originally wanted to tell the truth, but he swallowed the words back, paused, and explained, “Originally, it was A Wu who deliberately provoked A Yue, which led to this incident. I only want to send A Yue away now, why must Eunuch Yu be so aggressive?”

Aggressive?

That damned poisonous woman had not only caused his sister to miscarry, but had also almost cost her her life. Now this Crown Prince was instead saying that it was his sister’s fault.

In an instant, the anger in Yu Qi’s chest surged even more, and his face became extremely ugly. He suddenly raised his head and retorted sharply to Xie Jin Yan, “Your Highness the Crown Prince! You are really biased! Don’t think that this servant doesn’t know Gao Shi’s character.”

“As far as this servant knows, my sister has been harmed by her countless times before, why? Was it also my sister who provoked her before?”

“Don’t think that this servant can’t see through your little thoughts. You are just thinking of pretending to send Gao Shi away, and then bringing her back after the storm has passed! You are the Crown Prince, and it’s not my place to say anything about you having many wives and concubines, but if anyone dares to harm A Wu, even if it’s Your Highness the Crown Prince, I can take their life!”

Yu Qi’s phoenix eyes had turned bloodshot at some point. The more he spoke, the more agitated he became, and by the end, he seemed as if he wanted to pounce on Xie Jin Yan and devour him alive.

Perhaps realizing that he had lost his composure, his voice quickly calmed down, and he said expressionlessly, “In short, this servant will not let Qingwu suffer the slightest grievance…”

A cold and hard sentence, containing years of forbearance and family affection.

Xie Jin Yan stood in the pavilion with his hands behind his back, his face turning green and then purple, purple and then green. After holding it in for a long time, he finally forced out a few words, “Eunuch Yu, I will not let A Wu suffer any grievances.”

“Yes, A Wu is your sister, but she is also my wife, and also my senior sister. The affection I have for her is no less than yours.”

Wife?

Which wife would let a widow without even a proper title stand on top of her?

These words could only deceive his silly sister.

Yu Qi glared at Xie Jin Yan and immediately retorted, “These lies can deceive my silly sister, why? Does Your Highness think that this servant is also easy to deceive?”

Silly sister? A woman who could kill two strong men and leave no trace of their bodies, she was silly?

Xie Jin Yan was speechless…

“Eunuch Yu, I think you probably have some misunderstandings about Senior Sister…”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess invites you to come over.” Xie Jin Yan frowned, and was about to explain, when Feng Yuan suddenly walked over from afar.

He looked at Xie Jin Yan, then at Yu Qi, with a strange expression, and said, “That, Granny Xun came to deliver a message, saying… that Eunuch Yu is also invited to come over.”