The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day
Chapter 82 - 68: Treating Xiao Jinxing (6000 words)_2

Chapter 82: Chapter 68: Treating Xiao Jinxing (6000 words)_2

I just saw Xiao Wu kneel outside the screen with a "thud" and say loudly, "Xiao Wu seeks an audience with the Princess."

Ye Qichi frowned; she truly did not want to bother with him.

"I will only speak a few words, please grant me this favor, Princess," Xiao Wu kowtowed towards the bed.

Each kowtow echoed loudly and clearly.

Ye Qichi pondered whether the heads of ancient people were made of iron.

Kowtowing at the drop of a hat, as if they were cracking walnuts.

Lu You, watching Xiao Wu’s kneeling form, in the end felt somewhat sympathetic.

It didn’t mean that just because the Prince wasn’t good, that Master Wu wasn’t good either.

Master Wu was always polite towards them.

The moment Lu You couldn’t help but want to plead with the Princess on his behalf,

she heard the Princess say, "If you want to talk, then talk."

The head-kowtowing Xiao Wu paused, and the next second quickly thanked her, "Thank you, Princess."

Xiao Wu straightened his body without kowtowing again, but neither did he stand up.

He said, "The Prince has been punished by the Empress Dowager with fifty lashes. His back is now a bloody mess. The house doctor cleaned him up, and the Prince has finally fallen asleep, but just now when I went to see the Prince, I found his cheeks flushed and his body burning up. After calling the house doctor to examine him, we realized the Prince has developed a fever, and it looks quite severe."

So what does this have to do with her?

Ye Qichi rolled over, finding a more comfortable position, clearly indifferent.

Xiao Wu could feel it and hurriedly continued, "Actually, the Prince had no intention of making the Princess take the blame for him; he was left with no choice."

Ye Qichi chuckled coldly.

What lack of choice?

Nothing but his own interests at stake.

She could completely guess the reasons Xiao Jinxing made her take the fall; it was nothing more than to avoid suspicion from the Empress and others.

To the current royal family, Xiao Jinxing was powerless, even excessively weak! He wouldn’t dare to kill the Empress’s people unless he was not as seen by others.

So Xiao Jinxing had to conceal things.

Of course, Ye Qichi could understand it, but that didn’t mean she could empathize.

Forcibly taking a walk at Death’s Door for no good reason would anger anyone.

Seeing that the Princess had no reaction, Xiao Wu continued, "Although the Prince did not come to save the Princess last night, in fact, all night he was thinking about how he could successfully rescue the Princess. And the Prince didn’t move at all last night just because, without full preparation, he didn’t want to startle the snake."

Ye Qichi didn’t believe it.

But at that moment, she did not stop Xiao Wu from speaking.

She might as well treat it as a story.

"Early this morning, the Prince sent his trusted people in the palace to find the young lord. The Prince knew the young lord owed you a favor and would definitely come to help you. Sure enough, upon hearing that you were imprisoned overnight by the Empress, the young lord immediately went to the Emperor to rescue you. Even the Prince considered that last night, the Emperor was with Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu opposes the Empress at every turn. Anything the Empress wants to do, Concubine Shu will try to stop it, especially since Concubine Shu is also afraid that the Empress wants to kill you to bring together the Prince with Miss Bai. So, Concubine Shu would definitely persuade the Emperor to rescue you. As long as the Emperor could come, surely nothing would happen to the Princess," Xiao Wu explained everything clearly.

Ye Qichi listened indifferently.

So, the fact that she was imprisoned by the Empress was actually informed by Xiao Jinxing?!

"The Princess must know that the Empress Dowager doesn’t really favor the Princess," said Xiao Wu. "In order to keep the Princess from being targeted by the Empress Dowager, the Prince took advantage of this incident to give the Princess a life-saving talisman in front of the Empress Dowager. However, such an act clearly angered the Empress Dowager, who felt that the Prince was defying her intentions. Although the Prince made everything seem reasonable and beyond reproach, the Empress Dowager still could not accept the Prince’s disrespect for her, and that is why she punished the Prince."

Ye Qichi’s expression tightened a bit.

She was surprised at first as to why Xiao Jinxing would be beaten by the Empress Dowager.

Now that Xiao Wu explained it, she understood it all.

In fact, she was very aware of how autocratic and controlling the Empress Dowager could be.

The Empress Dowager’s previous plan was surely to have Xiao Jinxing kill her, to make room for Bai Mowan to become the Chen Wang Princess. Since Xiao Jinxing had always failed, the Empress Dowager remained displeased.

Now, in order not to let others suspect that Bai Mowan’s annulment was for Xiao Jinxing, they could still use her for a while as cover, thus, she would not be assassinated by the Empress Dowager again, who was very clear that keeping her would be most advantageous to them at the moment because Xiao Jinxing did not unconditionally comply with her arrangements, so she had to teach Xiao Jinxing a lesson.