Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

431 The Real Xiaoming

Kang Huijuan wiped the blood from his lips from the back of his palm. He glared at Lóng Wei, who grabbed his collar and pulled him close. “Did I not tell you to stay away from Li Hua? How dare you even meet her gaze?” Lóng Wei asked him as he was ready to hit him for the second time when Qiu Mu held his hand.

He pushed Lóng Wei away and asked him to stop.

“Do not insert your nose in my matter!” Lóng Wei said with a stern expression and told him to leave.

“You cannot order me,” Qiu Mu stated.

“And you cannot intervene in my matter. I have told you many times not to tell me what I should do,” Lóng Wei affirmed. He was ready to push Qiu Mu away when Mingquan came there and held Lóng Wei’s arm. He tilted his head to gaze at the Fourth Prince.

“I do not understand why both the princes were preventing this bastard from me. He even came to my manor in my absence and said something against my wife,” Lóng Wei stated briefing them and saw Kang Huijuan had a nonchalant expression on his face.

Qiu Mu turned to look at Kang Huijuan. “Why did you enter the manor of the Prince when he was not around?” He demanded an answer from Kang Huijuan.

“Forgive me,” Kang Huijuan apologized as he did not want this matter to get stretched. Today, he was given the official decree from the King, that he would uplift the suspension from him.

“Do not even ask for forgiveness. I will kill you, Kang Huijuan. The mistake I did by sparing your life, I will rectify it today,” Lóng Wei said and yanked off Mingquan’s hand from his arm when Qiu Mu placed his hand on his shoulder.

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“Be mindful of your actions, Lóng Wei,” Qiu Mu said with a menacing look.

“Come with me. I have to tell you something,” Qiu Mu said. When Lóng Wei did not get ready to leave with him, he dragged him away with him. Mingquan told Kang Hujiuan to remain within his limits and went behind his two brothers.

Qiu Mu took Lóng Wei to a pavilion and let go of his arm. Mingquan also reached the pavilion and heard Qiu Mu speak.

“I have found out that the Queen was the one, who tried to kill Li Hua,” Qiu Mu revealed to Lóng Wei. He gazed at Qiu Mu with an astonished look, wondering how he found out about it.

“I investigated an assassin and he told me that Her Majesty was the one, who gave the order to attack Li Hua. I have not told about this to anyone yet except you and,” he tilted his head to glance at the Fourth Prince, “Mingquan.”

“Are you sure, Brother Mu?” Mingquan asked him and took a step toward them. “What if the assassin is lying?” he asked.

“Days before the attack on Li Hua, I handed an envelope that had a message from her well-wisher. I would like to check it,” Qiu Mu stated. Lóng Wei squinted his eyes, wondering what he should say in that matter. After a few seconds of deep thinking, he decided to let Qiu Mu do what he felt was right.

The Queen must be punished for her evil act.

“I will ask Li Hua about it,” Lóng Wei asserted. “Why did you come to me instead of going to our father and General Hei?” He was curious to know.

“Because the assassin is no more. He was fed poison in the meals and he told me about it before taking his meals. He wanted to tell me something more, but he could not,” Qiu Mu said with a frustrated sigh. Lóng Wei was happy that the assassin died because if he had told the real reason behind Ye Yujin’s death, then Xiwan might have gotten into a problem.

“Who could give the poison to the assassin?” Mingquan asked. “When did it happen? Why did Brother Mu not tell our father earlier?” He questioned again.

“Her Majesty might have done this. I cannot believe that she took such an extreme step,” Qiu Mu affirmed. “I think that your wife got a message from the queen as bait,” he opined as he looked at Lóng Wei.

Lóng Wei was surprised to find this side of Qiu Mu. He thought he was dumb, but he was clever.

“I will demand the harshest punishment if it is the Queen,” Lóng Wei asserted. He found it easier to punish Zhu Liling.

Qiu Mu nodded his head. Lóng Wei brought them to his manor. He asked Li Hua about the scroll that Qiu Mu had given her. She nodded and handed Qiu Mu the envelope that had a folded sheet inside it.

Qiu Mu opened it and he furrowed his brows together to read it. “It is the handwriting of Her Majesty,” Qiu Mu said and looked at Lóng Wei. “Why did she send such a kind of message?” he asked Li Hua.

Lóng Wei took the letter from him and read it. “Because she knew that Li Hua would come out of the palace to find out the truth related to the massacre of her family,” he proclaimed.

Qiu Mu told them that he would tell about it to their father. Li Hua looked at Lóng Wei and waited for his answer.

“A storm will come into the palace,” Mingquan stated and advised them that they should tell about it to Xiaoming first.

“No. We will go to the King,” Lóng Wei affirmed. He wanted to see if Xiaoming was the right person to be the future king. His today’s decision would show the real Xiaoming to all of them. Would he let his mother hang to death or would he try to protect her?

Qiu Mu, on the other hand, wanted to throw Zhu Liling out of the Queen’s position because she was the one, who humiliated his mother when she was in prison. He wanted his mother, Xiuying, to be the next Queen.