The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  The Eldest Prince took a peek at Helian Wei Wei's expression as she lowered her head. An evil thought suddenly brewed in his mind, as he could not help but crave to look more closely at her.

  However, someone blocked the path in front of him. It was simply a tiny silhouette, yet it exuded an overwhelming pressure.

  The Eldest Prince snickered, resting his arms on the little boy's shoulder. "Third Brother, let me give you some advice. Don't oppose me every single time. Otherwise, I will eliminate you and everyone around you."

  After finishing his words, the Eldest Prince walked away with his men trailing behind him. However, he was frustrated about the Li family losing its power, as it meant that he would lose all the support behind him.

  The Eldest Prince's biological mother, Concubine Shu, lost her appetite due to the Li family's issue but she did not dare to plead for her son either.

  She understood the Emperor's skeptical character. In times like this, the more she pleaded, the less likely the Li family would survive.

  They had to bear with it for a few days.

  The Emperor was merely in a fit of rage, he would not actually do anything to the Li family.

  When he calmed down, everything would return to normal.

  Concubine Shu settled herself down and specially instructed the Eldest Prince to not do anything in these three days. He should simply stay in Fengxiao Palace, abstain from meat, pray for the Emperor, and not to wander off elsewhere.

  She also tried to contact the Li family's former subordinates to stop them from writing in reports to the Emperor.

  The little boy stood on the school grounds, as usual, repeatedly rubbing his mouth with his hands. His eyes dimmed along with the darkening sky.

  Initially, he did not want to make a move so early.

  However, there was an ignorant fool who dared to eye his prey!

  His fingers clenched tightly underneath the long sleeves, as his mind sank deep into his thoughts.

  It would be better to maintain a perfect image in her eyes.

  It was simply unnecessary for her to know these dirty and heinous things.

  The little boy lowered his head, frowning slightly.

  "What are you thinking?" Helian Wei Wei's heart still ached for him as she wrapped the last bandage onto the little boy's head. Then, she said, "I wonder when this cut will heal. I'll cook some pork ribs soup for you today, it should be good for your injury."

  The little boy did not tell her that he could easily recover with the Fire Qilin's and his martial Qi.

  He lowered his sight and spoke faintly, "I want some braised beef with soy sauce."

  "No, beef is a stimulating food." Helian Wei Wei gently kissed his bandaged left eye, adding, "It's not good for your injury."

  The little boy replied with a soft hum. His face was expressionless as he held her hands. He savored the residual warmth on his left eye. Actually, he did not mind what the next meal was. He merely wanted to feel what it was like to be worried about and cared for by someone.

  He had found out a long time ago that she would kiss him when she could not fulfill his demands.

  Thinking of that, the little boy smirked. However, his face remained ghastly pale, without a tinge of redness.

  The Emperor was undoubtedly selfish. Perhaps he ignored Baili Jia Jue on purpose and waited until the evening before sending an imperial physician to him.

  As Helian Wei Wei observed by the side, she clutched her hands tightly. Why would he ignore such an obedient son?

  He would rather be biased toward a prince who is selfish and l.u.s.tful. The Emperor was indeed a "respectable Emperor" who simply lived to keep his throne.

  As the little boy watched as Helian Wei Wei sent the doctor out, he casually summoned the Shadow.

  The Shadow thought his master wanted to use the bathroom but was too embarrassed to do it in a woman's presence, so he approached with a chamber pot in his hands.

  To his surprise, the little boy simply glanced at the chamber pot coldly and spoke in a deep voice, "Judging from Emperor Murong's character, he would surely seize this chance to completely suppress the Li family. Visit Murong Mansion later and send this message to his study room with a throwing star. Do not leave any trace."

  "Isn't it a bit too early?" The Shadow frowned. Didn't master plan to do it next year? He's even practicing his lightness skill for it.

  The little boy sneered, "Someone offended me, so I couldn't bear it any longer. Concubine Shu wanted to protect the Li family, so she refrained them from pleading for mercy. I won't let her get what she wants. After I eliminate the entire Li family, I want to watch how that pig can steal my possessions again."

  The Shadow's hands shivered. This time, His Highness is going to kill… kill the Eldest Prince?

  "Keep this between us, and don't let that woman know…"

  Chapter 614 - The Li Family Was Destroyed, His Highness Was Evil

  The little boy looked over with ice-cold eyes.

  The Shadow's shivering hands began to tremble more violently. As he was worried that this would cause more problems, he advised his master, "However, if this matter is not handled well, Concubine Shu will definitely suspect Your Highness. If so, Your Highness would be in a worse situation. Shouldn't we wait for the Retired Emperor's return..."

  "No need," the little boy interrupted him. With his left eye bandaged, he stared at him coldly and ordered, "Do as I say."

  The Shadow dared not speak anymore and merely nodded, "Yes, Your Highness."

  At night, after Emperor Murong had received and read the message, a sudden realization flashed in his eyes as he yelled, "Servants, order the men to intercept Concubine Shu's message. Tell the ministers from the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs and the Ministry of War to write in their plea now!"

  The newly appointed High Concubine Rong was at the Murong Mansion as well. Upon hearing Emperor Murong's instruction, she stood up and asked, "Are you demanding these people to write in to convict the Li family of their crime?"

  "No, I'm using them to protect him." Emperor Murong held out the letter and nodded, "I don't know who sent this message, but this plan is brilliant!"

  High Concubine Rong frowned and questioned him again, "Brother, you made your decision based on a single letter. Isn't that too reckless?"

  "Sister, you are new to the palace. You don't understand the Emperor. This letter analyzed the situation perfectly. The Emperor would not tolerate any cliques and factions between the princes and ministers. If someone is protecting the Li family, they would be gone even sooner. The Emperor especially disliked those from the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs and the Ministry of War. The Li family has too many former subordinates in these ministries. If they plea for the Li family's lives, that seed of suspicion within the Emperor would blow up and he would take their lives even sooner! Even the First Prince might be… Heh heh..." Emperor Murong cackled coldly. The message was clear even without him finishing the sentence.

  This night was destined to be chaotic.

  Somewhere deep within the palace, in the brightly-lit South Chancery, the Emperor threw out a report from his hands.

  All of the palace maids and eunuchs who served the Emperor kneeled down at once.

  Even Eunuch Gao, who was closest to the Emperor lately, was hit by the report in his face. However, he dared not shout out in pain. He could only kowtow and cry out, "Please calm down, Your Majesty!"

  "How could I?" The Emperor's expression darkened as he pointed at the report, growling, "A day hasn't even passed, yet eight of these ten letters are pleading for the Li family and trying to speak for Feng Er! Good, splendid! Relay my words, the Li family's issue will be handled by the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs from now on. Remove Minister Li from the ministry and let someone from Murong Mansion take over this case!"

  "Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Gao retreated after receiving his commands.

  "How is it? What did the Emperor say?" She thought that since t
he Emperor doted on Feng Er, the Emperor should have considerably calmed down after a day.

  Unexpectedly, the eunuch shook his head and said quietly, "The Emperor has authorized Prince Murong to take over the Li family's case. I couldn't get any news on what would happen after that."

  "What?" Concubine Shu's face instantly turned pale and she passed out.

  Everyone knew about the intense rivalry between the Li family and the Murong Mansion. Since the Emperor handed this case over to the Murong Mansion, it was clear that he wanted the Li family dead.

  The message spread like wildfire and almost everyone knew about it, except for the confined First Prince.

  The Shadow kneeled down on one knee as he reported the message to Baili Jia Jue without leaving out a single word.

  The little boy listened and smiled, snarking, "That was quick. It seems like she was not strong enough to take the blow."

  The Shadow kept mum. At that moment, the sense of admiration for his master was mixed with great fear.

  Logically speaking, he should not be frightened.

  He was the one who knew all of His Highness' plans. He had a clear view of everything, which was why he thought that the prince in front of him was breathtakingly brilliant.

  If it was not for his accurate understanding of everyone, he would not be able to concoct this plot with such detail.

  Everyone in the palace understood that the Murong Mansion had a dominating victory in the battle with the Li family.

  However, no one knew that the mastermind behind all these was merely an eight-year-old boy.

  The Murong Mansion had indeed benefitted from this palace rivalry.

  However, he was merely a pawn that His Highness used to exterminate the Li family.

  Until now, Shadow still did not understand why His Highness would take the lives of the Li family so suddenly.

  He assumed that they were disrespectful, but they had always been behaving in such a manner.

  Why did the master stopped tolerating them this time and destroyed the entire Li family, while he risked being discovered?

  The Shadow pondered curiously as he looked at the little boy sitting on a wooden chair.

  The little boy did not continue talking and simply ordered in a calm tone, "You may leave."

  "Yes, Your Highness." The Shadow stood up and noticed the new palace maid coming in.

  Helian Wei Wei did not ask what they were discussing. She was holding a casserole pot in her hands as she looked at the boy writing in silence. Then, she took away his writing brush and said, "Your head is still wounded, stop writing."

  "The doctor is visiting tomorrow." The boy snatched his brush and continued writing as if he had been writing seriously just now.

  Helian Wei Wei said, "I'll write for you, go and drink the soup."

  "You'll write for me?" the boy raised his brow.

  Helian Wei Wei was fired up after seeing his mocking face and retorted, "What's wrong with that?"

  "Nothing much. You have to write this 20 times." The boy stood up and comfortably drank the bone soup that Helian Wei Wei had boiled.

  Since she wanted to help him write, he could slack off for the time being.

  It was just that…

  The little boy was eyeing Helian Wei Wei as he drank the soup beside her. Suddenly, he could not contain himself and asked, "Who taught you how to write?"

  "Isn't it unique?" Helian Wei Wei's expression seemed as if she was fishing for compliments.

  The boy snickered, "If ugliness is unique, then your writing is truly unique."

  Helian Wei Wei replied, "Would it kill you to speak more kindly?"

  "Move over," the boy's tone was calm. Without waiting for Helian Wei Wei to react, he held her hand that was holding the brush. He tilted his elegant face and said slowly, "When you write this stroke, you should put some strength into your wrist…"

  At that moment, Helian Wei Wei thought she had gone back to the past when he hugged her from behind and held her writing hand like this.

  "When will you go back with me?" she accidentally spurted out the words.

  The little boy's fingers froze and his eyes were unfathomable.

  Suddenly, Shadow pushed the wooden door open and rushed in with a rather panicked expression, saying, "Your Highness, I have bad news."

  Chapter 615 - The Little Prince Was Furious

  "What's the matter?" The little boy leisurely let go of Helian Wei Wei's hand.

  Shadow's face was completely pale and he seemed to be at a loss for words. He only continued speaking after taking a glance at Helian Wei Wei, "The Empress has ordered that after the Eldest Prince's confinement, Sister Wei would have to go over and serve him."

  Bang!

  The thing in the little boy's hand fell off. He turned his head around, his eyes were completely bloodshot as he snarled, "What did you say?"

  "His Highness, I don't think the Empress meant to..." Shadow wanted to explain.

  However, the little boy smiled, beautifully yet threateningly. Like a snake hiding in the grass that suddenly lashed out, he growled, "Tell mother that this is impossible, unless she does not want father to go to her ever again!"

  "Yes." Shadow had never seen His Highness in this state before. With one eye bandaged and the other stained with blood-red, he appeared menacingly cold and viciously evil, like a demon from hell.

  The little boy's c.h.e.s.t inflated and deflated furiously as he said, "Summon Yun Biluo here."

  "Your Highness…" Shadow was horrified at the scene unfolding in front of him. Master's... face...

  The little boy seemed to have realized something and slowly calmed down his tone before speaking, "Go and call her over."

  Shadow let out a sigh of relief. He must have imagined it. How could there be blood on His Highness' face?

  The little boy was standing with his back facing Helian Wei Wei, so she did not see his face. However, she knew that the matter was very complicated from Shadow's expression. She walked over and crouched down, before hugging the little boy from behind and purred, "So hot-tempered, it's not like you."

  "No one can take anything away from me, especially…" The little boy took a deep breath.

  He seemed to have calmed down and stopped himself from uttering the word 'you'. However, blood trickled from his finger as he pinched his finger out of anger.

  When Helian Wei Wei saw it, she turned him around to face her and kissed his forehead, saying softly, "Calm down, don't let your temper control you."

  The little boy's body shook lightly, but he did not look up. He immediately buried his face in her arms and muffled, "Forget everything you just saw."

  "Okay." Helian Wei Wei c.a.r.e.s.sed the little boy's head, feeling that her heart was going to melt.

  She had heard a lot about him before and knew that he had an unhappy childhood.

  However, she realized that his childhood was not just unhappy when she truly witnessed it.

  Everyone wanted to hurt him or step on him.

  His father and mother regarded him as nothing but a pawn in their struggle for power. They were cautious of him, yet they used him.

  However, His Highness was clearly still so young.

  Although he seemed cold and had a vicious tongue, his eyes would widen and shine beautifully like any other children when he saw something delicious.

  However, his eyes were stained crimson red today.

  It turned out that the imperial palace had forced him into this state right from the beginning.

  Helian Wei Wei thought of this and held his hands tightly.

  Unexpectedly, the little boy comforted her with his deep voice instead, "Don't worry, I won't let you go. Although you're a little dumb, it doesn't mean that they can take you from me."

  Helian Wei Wei thought to herself. That's so touching! Wait... who is he calling a little dumb?

  "Your Highness," Yun Biluo had come in for quite some time but she merely waited. She wanted to see how long it would take the
prince to find out that she had come in. However, the boy did not even glance at her direction for the entire time.

  What is so good about that old woman!

  Yun Biluo clenched her fists but she seemed wronged, saying, "Master, did you call for your me?"

  The little boy looked at her with his cold eyes and spoke without warning, "Pack up and return to Luanfeng Palace."

  Yun Biluo simply could not believe her ears. Her pupils shook violently as she extended her hands to hold the little boy's leg, begging, "Your Highness, I will not leave! I have been with you for two years. What did I do wrong? I will change, believe me! Please don't chase me away!"

  The little boy looked at her expressionlessly and growled, "I thought you liked sending letters to mother? Wouldn't it be better to just send yourself over?"

  "Your Highness…" Yun Biluo's jaw dropped and her body trembled in shock. He knew?

  "Go," His Highness uttered, without any emotions.

  Yun Biluo was lying on the ground pitifully. Her hair was completely disheveled as she stared fixedly at Helian Wei Wei's face.

  Shouldn't the old woman be the one that is sent away? Why was I sent instead?

  It shouldn't be like this!

  It shouldn't be!

  "Your Highness, Your Highness!" When Yun Biluo was arrested by Shadow, she burst into tears in an attempt to beg for sympathy. She pleaded tearfully, "Please listen to me…"

  However, her plea was merely greeted with a deathly cold stare.

  Shadow took a lot of effort to drag Yun Biluo out of the door. He looked down gravely at Yun Biluo who was sitting on the muddy ground and said, "I told you not to challenge His Highness's patience before. He can protect us, but that doesn't mean we can do whatever we want. You clearly know that His Highness treats Sister Wei differently, but you still told the Empress about her. His Highness did not kill you but he sent you back to Luanfeng Palace. Do you know what this means? His Highness is not reminiscing his old flame. His Highness is using you to warn the Empress. If the Empress really wants to mess with Miss Wei, she would receive the same fate as you."