Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 409: You Two Will Be Buried With Me

Chapter 409: Chapter 409: You Two Will Be Buried With Me

The Fourth Prince was endlessly repenting.

It seemed he truly regretted his actions, but as death approached, these regrets were already meaningless.

Suddenly, he knelt on the ground.

"Imperial Sister-in-Law, you are the kindest at heart, I truly have no other wishes. Imperial Sister-in-Law, can’t you fulfill this last request of mine?"

A few tears dropped onto the damp ground, making the Fourth Prince look extremely pitiful.

But Jun Yuyan and Murong Jiu remained unmoved.

The Fourth Prince raised his head and saw someone moving at the entrance of the Sky Prison behind the two, he spoke:

"Eldest Imperial Brother, Imperial Sister-in-Law, I can tell you a secret about the Third Prince, can I borrow the Buddhist bead bracelet for a moment?"

Jun Yuyan said coldly, "You speak first."

The Fourth Prince knew he had no room for negotiation, so he said, "I know, Eldest Imperial Brother, that you don’t care about the throne, you just can’t stand being treated differently by our father. Clearly, you are the most outstanding among us brothers."

"Just say what you want to say," Murong Jiu interrupted him.

The Fourth Prince continued, "The Third Prince was made infertile, and this was orchestrated by you, Eldest Imperial Brother, wasn’t it? On the surface, it looks like a struggle between the Third Prince and the Second Prince, but in reality, everything was under your control."

"That’s not true," Jun Yuyan responded coldly.

The Fourth Prince smiled and said, "Eldest Imperial Brother, there’s no need to panic. I don’t have any evidence now, it’s just a guess. The secret I want to share is that before the Third Prince had his issue, he had already secretly sired an heir, arranged by our father himself. If the Third Prince really can’t have children anymore, Father would surely bring that child back to the palace."

Then, looking towards Murong Jiu, he said, "Imperial Sister-in-Law, lend me your Buddhist bead bracelet for a moment. You can take it back immediately; just let me wear it, and then I’ll immediately tell you the whereabouts of that child."

The Fourth Prince believed that Jun Yuyan and Murong Jiu would not refuse.

He was just borrowing it temporarily.

Moreover, his hands were tied, he couldn’t do anything, not even damage the bracelet.

Just by lending it to him, they would learn the whereabouts of the Third Prince’s only heir. Then, should anything happen to the Third Prince, the only person Father would think of would be Jun Yuyan.

Moreover, Murong Jiu was unaware of this matter; he had only received the news recently by accident and hadn’t had a chance to deal with it before being locked up by Father in the prison.

Given this unpredictable factor, even if they were so-called good people, they would still want to learn of this from him to gain control over the situation.

As expected, after a moment of hesitation, Jun Yuyan spoke, "Alright, first tell us the whereabouts, then we will lend you the Buddhist bead bracelet."

Murong Jiu also nodded at him.

Both were not ones to break their word.

The Fourth Prince discreetly looked outside and informed the two of the whereabouts of the Third Prince’s heir.

"Can you lend me the Buddhist bead bracelet now?"

Murong Jiu took off the bracelet, Jun Yuyan held it in his hand, approached the Fourth Prince, and placed the bracelet on his bound hands.

It still held Murong Jiu’s warmth, and though perhaps it was an illusion, the Fourth Prince felt his heart settle down as he wore it.

He suddenly burst out laughing.

Jun Yuyan and Murong Jiu looked at him, puzzled.

"You’ve been clever all your lives, fooled just this once. Soon, you will be joining me in death, and I’ll be waiting for you on the Yellow Spring Road!"

The Fourth Prince laughed arrogantly, and after speaking, he viciously bit his own tongue.

Little did he know, Jun Yuyan was well-prepared, and with a stretch of his hand, he dislocated his jaw.

Not only that, Jun Yuyan also took a dagger from his sleeve and cut the ropes binding The Fourth Prince’s hands.

The Fourth Prince incredulously looked at him, then turned towards Murong Jiu.

Murong Jiu seemed unaffected by this sudden turn of events, her expression still as indifferent as she watched him.

"Are you surprised that we knew you would try to kill yourself?"

At these words, The Fourth Prince’s complexion turned even uglier.

Now that he could use his hands, the first thing he did was to tightly grasp the Buddhist bead bracelet on his wrist.

Neither Murong Jiu nor Jun Yuyan showed any reaction.

Murong Jiu said, "Don’t worry, I won’t compete with you for it, as the one you’re wearing is the same kind as the one you originally gave me."

The Fourth Prince’s eyes widened in disbelief. He popped his dislocated jaw back into place as if he could no longer feel the pain.

"You deceived me! Why would you deceive me!"

He raised the Buddhist bead bracelet, which indeed was a counterfeit, slightly different from the one he had taken from Murong Jiu.

Murong Jiu said, "Wasn’t it you who deceived us first? You stole the Buddhist bead bracelet, then bit your tongue to commit suicide, thinking that when you died, the beads would be on you, hoping it would give you another chance. This is because the last time something happened to you, you were also wearing my Buddha Beads, right?"

The Fourth Prince’s face turned deathly pale.

Murong Jiu was right.

In a previous life, after Murong Jiu died, she was buried generously as the Crown Princess Consort by the Second Prince, but that was just for show; in actuality, she was hastily buried, and her belongings were taken and sold by a daring servant.

Latter, the Buddhist bead bracelet ended up in his hands. On a whim, he wore the bracelet one day, and after his death, he was reborn.

At first, he didn’t realize his rebirth was related to the bracelet, but later, he saw the same bracelet on Murong Jiu’s wrist.

That’s when he realized the significance of the bracelet.

But it was stolen by Jun Yuyan later.

Now, caught in a dead end, he knew he had no chance for a comeback, so he pinned his last hope on the bracelet in Murong Jiu’s possession.

After getting the bracelet, he planned to bite his tongue and commit suicide immediately, hoping to be reborn and change his fate, but Jun Yuyan prevented him, and Murong Jiu even told him what he had was only a fake.

Then, Murong Jiu raised her other hand, revealing the real Buddhist bead bracelet.

The Fourth Prince’s eyes turned red with desperation.

"Give it to me! Give it to me! It’s mine!"

"It isn’t yours," Murong Jiu said earnestly, "and even if you died wearing it, you wouldn’t get another chance. Fate doesn’t offer so many opportunities to correct itself; you failed to cherish and realize that."

The Fourth Prince would not listen to her, almost madly demanding Murong Jiu hand over the bracelet.

Three Quarters of Noon was nearly upon him; he was about to die.

Murong Jiu did not yield, merely standing quietly, while Jun Yuyan also observed indifferently.

Suddenly, The Fourth Prince let out a resigned, mocking laugh and slumped to the ground:

"Enough. Even if I can’t live another life, today is not entirely without gains. The Emperor is right outside, listening to every word we say. Just by the matter of Third elder imperial brother’s heir, the Emperor will not spare you. And with this Buddha Beads, the Emperor will surely want them. Having you two as scapegoats, it seems a bit less painful."

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