Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 111 - : Past and Present Lives are Different Now
Chapter 111: Chapter 111: Past and Present Lives are Different Now
Ni Yuanshan knew the child had bad intentions, but he didn’t take it seriously.
Because this was his home, the west courtyard was surrounded by traps, and only he had the key to the gate. Once someone went in, they shouldn’t think about coming out again.
The child must have wanted to go in to rescue someone. Tsk tsk, not very old, looking about ten, yet quite bold.
Ni Yuanshan had received an earful from Murong Man, and this sinister energy was just right to vent on this child.
As he walked, he sinisterly chuckled and took off the cumbersome festive robe he was wearing.
“You, stop right there for your young master! What’s your name, announce it!”
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The child obediently stopped under the porch, looking terrified.
Ni Yuanshan’s smile deepened, eager to remove the excess clothes from his body.
“Come here, don’t worry, I am very compassionate towards beauty.”
“Why are you taking off your clothes?”
The child asked curiously, tilting his head.
Ni Yuanshan chuckled, “Because I’m too hot.”
With that, he reached out his wicked claw and pounced toward the child.
But unexpectedly, he grasped at air.
The child, young as he was, had incredible Qinggong. Ni Yuanshan floundered a few times and couldn’t even touch the hem of his clothes, immediately becoming enraged and about to shout for others.
The child smirked, picked up a blue brick from the ground, aimed well, and knocked him to the ground with one throw.
Then he came over and smashed Ni Yuanshan’s head brutally about ten times until he knocked him unconscious, his head a bloody mess, before taking the keys from his waist to open the gate of the west courtyard.
Two of Jun Yuyan’s Hidden Guards quickly entered and, seeing Ni Yuanshan’s dreadful state, their mouths twitched.
“Ah Huai, you went too hard, is he still alive?”
“The master said he needed him alive, I left him a breath,” he said.
Then, taking the keys, he opened another door, found a secret door, walked through the underground passage, and in the hidden chamber were all pretty young boys, some barely breathing lying on the ground, some were already corpses, and others were covered in wounds, trembling at the sight of people.
Little Ah Huai and the two Hidden Guards, seeing this, were furious, grinding their teeth.
One of the younger Hidden Guards, after leaving, stepped down and crushed Ni Yuanshan’s root, making him scream a ghostly wail even in his unconscious state.
If Murong Jiu were here, she would certainly recognize that this young Hidden Guard was Yang Chuan, who in a past life was the somber youth at the Second Prince’s side, his martial arts strong, making him the Second Prince’s best executioner.
In this life, Yang Chuan’s brother, Yang Shan, was saved by Murong Jiu, naturally eliminating any chance for the Second Prince to cause discord.
Thanks to Murong Jiu’s warning back then, Yang Chuan was taken back to the Prince Mansion by Jun Yuyan early, and the Second Prince missed his chance.
Although Yang Chuan was still fierce and ruthless, his emotions now were more about hating evil, nothing to do with the malicious viciousness of his former life.
Elsewhere,
After the wedding ceremony, all the guests were seated.
The Second Prince naturally sat at the same table with Jun Yuyan, Murong Jiu, and the three young masters of the Fu Family along with Fu Baozhu.
Today, the troublemaker Fifth Princess didn’t come; it was the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince who came.
They had just been summoned to the capital by the Emperor not long ago, each assigned plenty of tasks.
The Third and Fourth Princes were also very good-looking, but Murong Jiu privately thought that compared to Jun Yuyan, they were still lacking a lot.
Moreover, the mothers of the two were of humble origins, and having not been favored early on, neither of them exhibited particular arrogance. Unlike the Fifth Young Master, who looked down on others through his nostrils and seemed more haughty, they appeared more humble, especially deferential toward Jun Yuyan and the Second Prince, their elder royal brothers.
Among them, the Third Prince appeared even more low-key and modest, and his speech all the more cautious, as his mother was merely a concubine, not even considered a Noble Consort, because she was born a palace maid.
While at least the mother of the Fourth Prince had a father who was a minor official, qualifying her as somewhat of a young lady from a wealthy family.
However, Murong Jiu gave the Third Prince an additional glance.
Others might not know, but in her reborn life, she was well aware.
On the surface, Noble Consort Qi was the most favored, but in private, the person the Emperor cherished the most was Consort Jing Pin, who was the mother of the Third Prince.
Consort Jing Pin was in poor health, and had been bedridden since giving birth to the Third Prince. Therefore, even the daily greetings to the Empress and the Empress Dowager had been excused by the Emperor, allowing her to remain in her secluded Jingan Palace to recuperate.
Everyone thought Consort Jing Pin had fallen out of favor, and even the concubines in the harem nearly forgot about her.
Little did they know, the Emperor was merely protecting her.
The Emperor had specifically constructed a tunnel from Yangxin Hall to the underground of Jingan Palace. Seemingly unrelated, but on the nights when the Emperor didn’t summon anyone to his bed, the person by his side was always Consort Jing Pin.
Noble Consort Qi seemed favored, but she was just a decoy set up by the Emperor for Consort Jing Pin’s sake.
The Emperor was not heartless, he had simply devoted all his love to Consort Jing Pin.
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Similarly, the Third Prince also received all of the Emperor’s affection, but this affection was kept private, known only to the Third Prince and Consort Jing Pin themselves.
Rather than say the Emperor feared Jun Yuyan’s influential power in earlier years, it was more accurate to say he was clearing the way for the Third Prince.
Indeed, Murong Jiu later realized that by having the Second Prince treat Jun Yuyan as a formidable enemy, forcing them into mutual destruction, the Emperor’s ultimate aim was to ensure that the Third Prince would one day ascend to the throne.
Perhaps it was Noble Lady Hui’s secret medicine that ruined the Emperor’s health, making him feel he might not live long, and led him to start planning ahead for the Third Prince.
Murong Jiu’s rebirth had already altered the course of many events.
However, in her previous life, the Emperor did not succeed in making the Third Prince the Crown Prince. He probably underestimated the ruthlessness of the Second Prince.
In her last life, it wasn’t until two years later that the Emperor showed any hints, by which time the Second Prince had grown more capable. Sensing that there were elite Hidden Guards secretly protecting the Third Prince, he directly ordered Yang Chuan and a personal guard surnamed Xu to assassinate the Third Prince.
Speaking of which, in this life, the Second Prince had already lost these key supporters. Not to mention Yang Chuan, the guard surnamed Xu was considered a traitor from the previous dynasty due to a “leak” and was decapitated by the Second Prince himself as a warning to others.
It was only after seeing the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince that Murong Jiu suddenly thought of all this.
In her past life, being confined to the inner palace, she had only seen the two princes briefly a few times.
Thinking how different her past life and present life were, she couldn’t help but smile.
The Second Prince was momentarily dazed again, only to have his view blocked by Jun Yuyan stepping to the side.
“What would you like to eat? I’ll help you get some.”
Ignoring the gaze of the Second Prince, Jun Yuyan spoke gently to Murong Jiu.
“I’d like to try the sweet osmanthus and honeyed lotus roots.”
Jun Yuyan served her, placing it in her bowl, and then autonomously picked a few of her favorite dishes as well.
The people at the table were in no mood to dine, their eyes almost all on the two, although the stares of the others were more discreet, only the Second Prince watched intently.
Watching Murong Jiu eat each dish Jun Yuyan served her, the two seemed very familiar with each other, which made the Second Prince feel uneasy.
He had grown accustomed to Murong Jiu doting on him and revolving around him, always feeling that Murong Jiu would continue to adore him and wait eagerly to return to his side one day.
Although he had little regard for Murong Jiu, he was not entirely repulsive. He had even considered reserving a place for her in his quarters, after all, her medical skills were indeed exceptional.
But now, Murong Jiu had not even glanced at him once.
