Chapter 113 - King Dingxi
Chapter 113 King Dingxi
Looking at the letter paper turning to ashes, Donglin mourned for the bandits for a while.
His Royal Highness was very angry, so the bandits would be doomed!
…
Su Muge sat in the cell.
The prison was dark and damp, surrounded by walls with a door and a high skylight.
The ground was covered with scattered wet straw. And there were some rats and cockroaches running on the straw from time to time.
As the winter was coming, the prison was even colder than outside, so Su Muge could only curl up to make herself not so cold.
Three days ago, she was taken away from An Mansion by Jing Zhaoyin’s men and directly put in jail.
“Bang!”
With a series of footsteps, the door of the cell was opened and two officers came in.
“My Lord orders to interrogate Su Muge.”
Su Muge didn’t resist, allowing them to take her out of the cell.
Hearing the movement, all the prisoners in other cells lay on the iron door and looked out. Their eyes on Su Muge were different, but mostly lifeless and stagnant.
Su Muge was taken into a room filled with instruments of torture. Jing Zhaoyin in an official uniform was sitting on the chair in the middle of the room.
Lord Fang, Jing Zhaoyin, glanced at Su Muge and met her eyes. With a solid foundation in the capital, he had certainly heard about Su Muge, so he was somewhat curious about her.
Lord Fang waved his hand, and the two officers who escorted Su Muge retreated.
“Su Muge, do you know what crime you have committed?”
Su Muge lifted her eyelids. “I don’t know.”
“You intended to murder Infanta Ceylon. Everyone in An Mansion has seen it!”
“My Lord, you must be joking. I wonder who in An Mansion has seen it. If the person who claims to have seen it intends to frame me, how can you prove that she is not telling a lie?”
“Eh…”
Lord Fang didn’t expect her to be so clever and eloquent.
“All right. Tell me, do you have evidence to prove your innocence?”
“There was no one around me at the time.”
“It means you can’t prove yourself innocent?”
Su Muge looked at Lord Fang. “There is a way to prove it.”
“Oh? Tell me.”
“If Infanta Ceylon wakes up, she will tell who pushed her into the water.”
Infanta Ceylon had kung fu skills. If someone wanted to hurt her, even if she couldn’t react immediately, she would definitely resist after the reaction.
However, being so close to her at that time, she didn’t hear any strange sound.
In other words, Infanta Ceylon was probably pushed into the water by her maid!
Only people she trusted could hurt her when she was unprepared. She believed that Infanta Ceylon wouldn’t frame her up at the risk of her own life.
“But Infanta Ceylon hasn’t woken up yet.”
It had been almost a day, but she hadn’t awakened. There were only two possibilities for her unconsciousness.
One was that she had been drugged to prevent her from waking up, and the other was that water had entered her brain.
The first case was much easier to deal with. But if it had been the second case, it would have been hard to say if she could wake up in the future or if she could be a normal person after waking up.
“I can wake her up.”
Lord Fang pondered for a moment. “Take the prisoner back first.”
“Yes.”
The two officers came in and brought Su Muge back to her cell.
“Do you think I should report her words to His Majesty?” This case was handed over to him by the Emperor. If he couldn’t do it well, how could he keep a foothold in the capital in the future?!
Hearing this, the person beside Lord Fang frowned, “Since His Majesty has asked you to deal with this case, I’m afraid it’s not appropriate if you report everything to His Majesty.”
“But she said she could wake Infanta Ceylon up.” As long as Infanta Ceylon told who pushed her into the water, the case would be settled.
With flickering eyes, the man replied with a smile, “My Lord, maybe Su Muge just wanted to take the opportunity to ask for help. If you let her go out, maybe more variables will be caused. We’d better wait and see.”
Lord Fang nodded. “You are right. Send someone to watch on her. No mistake can be made.”
“Yes.”
Looking at the light changes through the skylight, Su Muge could sense that it had been dark now.
“Time to eat.”
The small hole in the cell door was opened, and a bowl of two steamed buns was thrown in.
The steamed bun was cold and hard. Su Muge didn’t want to eat it at all, but for the sake of her body, she walked over and bent over to pick up the bowl.
Just as she reached out, a hand quickly reached in through the small hole and grabbed her wrist!
Su Muge was shocked. It was so fast!
She struggled to get rid of the hand, but he grabbed her even more tightly, almost breaking her bones!
“Such cold and hard buns, how can you eat them, Miss Su?” A hoarse voice sounded.
“Who is it?”
“It seems that Miss Su doesn’t remember me anymore.”
The man let go of her hand. The next moment, the cell door was opened and a black figure came in.
He was wearing a hood, hiding his entire face in the dark. Su Muge couldn’t see his face at all.
Su Muge took two steps back and clutched the silver needle in her hand.
“It’s you who frame me up?!”
“Ha-ha, how can you say I frame you up, Miss Su? It’s just that … you are too unlucky.”
After finishing his words, the man suddenly reached out to pull off the hood on his head, revealing his hidden face.
Under the faint moonlight, Su Muge caught sight of his face, and her pupils shrunk and her fists in her sleeves clenched tightly!
“It’s you!” It was the person who poisoned her at the hunting party! It was King Dingxi, Xia Housheng, who should be in his fiefdom now!
As almost half of his face was covered with beards, Su Muge could only saw his sharp eyes like the eagle’s eyes.
“It seems you have recognized me.”
Xia Houmo had told Su Muge that the Emperor didn’t like this brother King Dingxi. In addition to his restlessness, King Dingxi looked much alike to the Emperor!
At first glance, they would easily be taken as twin brothers!
When Su Muge passed out at that time, she saw Xia Housheng’s face which was very similar to the Emperor’s and thought the one who wanted to kill her was the Emperor!
“Your Royal Highness, you have been hard on me for so long. Of course, I’ll know something about you.”
Hearing this, King Dingxi laughed; even his laugh was similar to the Emperor’s.
Looking at him, Su Muge suddenly heard a voice in her heart. She was shocked!
Unexpectedly, the man with An in the rockery that day was King Dingxi!
Su Muge wondered about Su Lun’s expression if he knew An had an affair with King Dingxi.
“It seems that you are having a good time in the cell?”
“I heard that your favorite truth-born son is a lame man, Your Royal Highness.”
Su Muge’s words made the smile on King Dingxi’s face disappear instantly.
His cold eagle eyes were narrowed. At that moment, Su Muge saw the homicidal intent in his eyes.
Xia Houpo, the eldest truth-born son of King Dingxi, was talented in both brainy and brawny activities. Unfortunately, he accidentally broke his leg in a fight and hadn’t recovered until now. After knowing this, King Dingxi was very angry and killed the whole family of the man who fought with Xia Houpo. After hearing it from Donglin at that time, Su Muge sighed and rebuked that the whole family of King Dingxi was so cruel that they didn’t take human life seriously.
“Do you want to die?”
“Your Royal Highness, you know that I’ve cured His Majesty’s disease not long ago. Even the imperial doctors in the palace could do nothing with it.”
“What do you want to say?”
“What I want to say is what you’re thinking now, Your Royal Highness. As for what to do, you must have had your plan.”
King Dingxi stared at her coldly, making the air in the cell frozen.
This man had a strong aura.
When the atmosphere was extremely depressed, King Dingxi suddenly laughed out loud. “You are smart. I like smart people, but I prefer smart and capable people.”
“Whether I’m smart or not depends on my mood.”
“Humph, stay here.” After finishing his words, King Dingxi turned around and strode out of the cell.
The cell door was closed with a “bang”, and the silver needle at Su Muge’s fingertips slipped down to the ground.
Just now, she really thought she would die.
At this time, she felt so lucky to have heard the gossip of King Dingxi from Donglin.
As she said, King Dingxi valued his truth-born son very much. Although his other sons were not weak, they were much worse compared with Xia Houpo, especially in military skills.
So, she was betting that King Dingxi wanted her to heal Xia Houpo’s leg.
She was convincing King Dingxi that she was still useful for him.
…
Infanta Ceylon was pushed into the water and fell into a coma, which was known to King Dingxi in his fiefdom far away with the capital.
It was said that King Dingxi loved his daughter as he loved his life. After receiving the news, he rode his horse for thousands of miles alone to the capital. He knelt in front of the gate of the capital, asking the Emperor to let him in to see his daughter.
King Dingxi’s love for his daughter was truly moving. His birth mother, Concubine Dowager Ma, also knelt in front of the Emperor’s Yangyi Palace early in the morning, asking the Emperor to let King Dingxi enter the capital.
King Dingxi came alone this time without any guards with him. If the Emperor insisted on disallowing him to enter, it would definitely cause people’s dissatisfaction.
In the end, the Emperor ordered to let King Dingxi enter the capital and go to the palace to see Infanta Ceylon.
When King Dingxi entered the palace, the palace had been surrounded by imperial guards. King Dingxi was under strict surveillance except for going to the toilet and sleeping.
“Your Majesty, Infanta Ceylon has woken up!”
The night when King Dingxi arrived at the palace, Infanta Ceylon woke up. Everyone said that Infanta Ceylon must have known King Dingxi’s arrival and couldn’t wait to wake up and reunite with her father!
Hearing the news, the Emperor just smiled and ordered to send plenty of supplements to her.
“The father and daughter are really connected!”
“You’re right, Your Majesty.”
“Your Majesty, King Dingxi and Infanta Ceylon are here.” A little eunuch walked to the hall and announced.
She wanted to enter the palace as soon as she woke up. Her body was really strong as if made of steel.
Xia Hourui waved his hand. “Let them in.”
“King Dingxi, Infanta Ceylon, please come in.”