Forced love, an inescapable fate

Chapter 141 The bad guy complains first

outside the hall.

It was Emperor Jing with a gloomy face, the eldest prince, and Wen Muchuan and his group who were rushing over here.

When they saw the situation in the hall, everyone gasped. Only Wen Muchuan looked at Jiang Ci, who was standing in the hall holding Mu Qingli, with an intriguing expression.

At this moment, the Imperial Noble Consort seemed to have found her backbone, and she ran towards Emperor Jing crying.

"Your Majesty, please save me. The Sixth Prince has gone mad and wants to kill me."

Jiang Ci still looked at the people outside the door with an indifferent expression, a sarcastic smile on his lips.

When he saw the corpses scattered all over the hall, and then looked at Wanyue holding the bloody sword in his hand, the anger on Emperor Jing's face reached its peak.

Before he could speak, the eldest prince on the side was already pointing at Jiang Ci with a look of grief on his face.

"Father, not only did our Sixth Prince trespass into the harem, he even dared to commit murder in the palace. Father, this is a serious crime. Fortunately, we arrived in time. If we were any later, my mother would have been killed long ago."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I thought of Princess Qingli, who was all alone, and since today was New Year's Eve, I wanted to summon her to the palace for a personal chat. Your Majesty also knew that I had a chronic headache, so I always had the habit of taking a nap. Seeing that Princess Qingli hadn't come yet, I went to rest as usual. I asked Nanny Jiang to entertain Princess Qingli on my behalf. But when I came out of my nap, I saw the Sixth Prince and his men chopping off Nanny Jiang's limbs with swords. In the end, they even tried to kill me. They even killed the guards who came to stop them. Your Majesty, if you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have been killed long ago. Please help me."

The Imperial Noble Consort lay at the feet of Emperor Jing in a dishevel, crying about Jiang Ci's behavior just now.

While crying, she winked at the eldest prince Jiang Xian.

Jiang Xian also reacted and knelt down in front of Emperor Jing.

"Father, my mother had good intentions. She wanted to summon Princess Qingli to the palace to talk because General Feng was far away at the border, but Sixth Prince treated her like this. Father, he has disregarded palace rules and even committed violence. You must intervene for my mother."

The wicked are the first to complain, and they, mother and son, do have a mutual understanding.

Mu Qingli, who was held in Jiang Ci's arms, was so angry about this that she almost gritted her teeth.

She had never seen anyone who could confuse right and wrong like this.

As if she, the person involved, was dead.

Just as she was struggling to raise her head and speak, she was stopped by Jiang Ci.

"Sister, can you hold on? Don't move, leave it to me. I won't let anyone who hurts you succeed. Trust me."

His tone was unnaturally gentle, which made Mu Qingli feel at ease.

At this point, she said "hmm" softly, and then nestled quietly in Jiang Ci's arms.

Wen Muchuan's gaze fell on Jiang Ci in the hall, with a bit more inquiry.

He didn't expect Jiang Ci to be so reckless and go straight into the palace to save people.

The situation before him was beyond his understanding of Jiang Ci.

What he was more curious about was how Jiang Ci would break the deadlock and retreat in the face of the current situation.

Emperor Jing had already been shocked by the tragic scene in the hall, and was now furious, especially when he saw Jiang Ci standing in the hall with an indifferent expression, his anger grew even greater.

"Jiang Ci, what else do you have to say? I didn't realize you were so bold as to commit a crime in the harem. If I had been a little later, would you have really attacked the imperial concubine? Would you have attacked me in the future? I remember that you were a hostage in Qi for many years and suffered a lot. I turned a blind eye to your actions in recent years. Do you really think I don't know about your little tricks behind my back?"

Hearing this, Jiang Ci just sneered.

This scene made the Imperial Concubine and Jiang Xian happy.

The eldest prince took the opportunity to exaggerate the story that Jiang Ci had recently learned of using Mu Qingli to win over Feng Zong.

"Father, there is one more thing. For the sake of harmony between brothers, I didn't want to bother you with this, but today I have to tell you."

"Your Majesty, are you aware that five years ago, General Feng Zong had already negotiated with Qi to bring my Sixth Brother and Princess Qingli back to our Jing Kingdom? However, to gain Feng Zong's support, my Sixth Brother secretly sabotaged General Feng's plan and absconded with Princess Qingli during Qi's autumn hunt. Through some manipulation, he and Princess Qingli settled in Dongli Town, Qi, and deliberately had people block those who came to look for them. His goal was to gain Princess Qingli's trust and, through her, gain General Feng's support. Your Majesty, for years, my Sixth Brother has been coercing ministers at court and weakening the power of the other princes. Now, he has the audacity to enter the harem and commit murder. Your Majesty, although I do not wish for brothers to kill each other, my mother has diligently managed the harem for years. If we had not arrived in time today, I am afraid that my Sixth Brother would have already fallen into my hands. I beg your Majesty to understand and give you an explanation for what happened today."

As soon as Jiang Xian finished speaking, the Imperial Concubine hugged Emperor Jing's thigh and cried.

"Your Majesty, the harem has been empty for these years, and I have been diligently managing it. I had good intentions, but now the situation has come to this. I feel wronged. Please, Your Majesty, help me."

The mother and son sang in unison, successfully bringing the anger in Emperor Jing's heart to its peak.

"Jiang Ci, you are such a good person! I underestimated you. You have been so deliberate and unscrupulous in your pursuit of the position of crown prince. Now, if I allow you to continue to do as you please, you will become a laughing stock of the Kingdom of Jing. Come, capture him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Xian and the Imperial Noble Consort looked at each other. They didn't expect that they could overthrow Jiang Ci so easily today.

Jiang Ci sneered at Emperor Jing's words.

Finally, I laughed out loud.

His reaction couldn't help but make the Imperial Concubine and Jiang Xian feel confused.

Could it be that he went crazy after seeing the truth exposed?

Even Wen Muchuan was unsure of what Jiang Ci was planning. Seeing that Emperor Jing's face became even angrier, he had no choice but to speak up to help.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there was a misunderstanding in today's incident. Yihua Palace is not the place to talk right now. Why don't we move to Chengtian Palace and explain the whole story clearly? It won't be too late to make a conclusion then."

Wen Muchuan spoke, and Emperor Jing naturally would not offend him.

"What Mr. Wen said is correct. Then let's do as Mr. Wen said."

As soon as he finished speaking, he ordered everyone to go to Chengtian Palace.

Jiang Xian and the Imperial Noble Consort, who were kneeling on the ground, thought to themselves that something was wrong.

They were just focused on how to bring Jiang Ci down, but forgot about Wen Muchuan's existence.

For the unpredictable tutor Wen Muchuan, his words at this moment meant that things had changed.

They wanted to quickly convict Jiang Ci, and preferably execute him in a fit of rage, although this was unlikely.

But the current situation makes Jiang Xian and the Imperial Noble Concubine feel inexplicably uneasy.