readytorunbook Chapter 388
Chapter 388
Liu Dexia shuddered and opened his mouth to make some excuses, but it was obvious that he couldn't find a good excuse immediately.
"Well, let's go forward..." Feng Ming looked up at the ceiling. Zhou Chang could no longer tell whether it was her or Prince Yi who was talking at the same time. "I want to make frostbite cream, and you secretly stopped the eunuch from peeling the snake skin. There is no excuse for that..."
Liu Dexia's temples were throbbing, and he finally shouted, "That's not true. It must be some villain gossiping..."
The skinny monkey was busy poking him in the face.
The teacup was hot, but Feng Ming's fingertips were cold as he held the cup: "Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't gotten to the point after saying so much. Although so many years have passed, you should still be clear about it in your heart."
Liu Dexia was like a fish out of water, gasping with his mouth wide open, not caring about the bloody wound on his cheek: "Your Highness Prince Yi, I really don't know how I have offended Your Highness Prince Yi."
The skinny monkey stabbed him in the back of the neck with the dagger again: "Stop pretending to be confused."
Feng Ming's phoenix eyes were deep, and he smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter if you really can't say it. There's no need to waste time if you refuse to repent, monkey..."
The skinny monkey exerted force on his hands.
Liu Dexia's neck was aching and bleeding, but he didn't care about the pain. However, his defense was broken in his heart: "Your Highness Prince Yi, what happened back then was all a misunderstanding. If it weren't for the fact that Concubine Jin was in a hurry and I couldn't get away, I wouldn't have delayed Concubine Lan's mission..."
"So you still know what happened back then..." Feng Ming's eyes were cold.
"No, no, it has nothing to do with me. It was all caused by Concubine Jin who delayed me. I was just following orders..." At this time, Liu Dexia could only shirk responsibility.
"I'm giving you a chance, just say something useful." Feng Ming leaned back, the past events came to his mind so vividly that he couldn't breathe.
Zhou Chang also felt breathless. She could no longer tell whether those were Prince Yi's emotions or hers.
Liu Dexia was still calculating what he could say and what he couldn't say. Seeing Prince Yi's eyes slightly closed, leaning back in his chair expressionlessly, he became even more uncertain: "I was just a small manager in the Yingshi Office back then. I had to listen to my masters whenever I couldn't make decisions."
Feng Ming seemed not to hear.
Liu Dexia had no choice but to think of Uncle Qiu, so he crawled on his knees and turned around: "Chief Qiu, no, Master Qiu...his legs were also broken by someone from the Inner Court, it has nothing to do with me."
"You..." Uncle Qiu was filled with anger but was not good at speaking. He pointed at Liu Dexia on the ground and trembled. "If you hadn't refused to give me even a small token, how could I have forced my way into the palace in desperation? Why are you making things difficult for the people of Huilan Garden? Aren't you just flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak, and you think that the 'tribute' you gave to me is too little?"
"It's more than that?" As soon as the topic was brought up, Aunt Jing couldn't help but get angry. "Don't play dumb. You've made things difficult for us before and after that. You either cut our monthly salary or gave us less or delayed our food, clothing and other expenses. When our prince was sick, you slandered our prince behind his back and made trouble for him. You wished that our prince would follow the queen so that you could get rid of the trouble... You, you are such a villain who takes advantage of others' misfortunes. You should go to the eighteenth level of hell..."
Feng Ming closed his eyes and listened, waves of memories hitting his heart like waves hitting rocks.
Zhou Chang felt the same way, and was in so much pain that he had difficulty breathing.
What happened at the time only hurt people once, but the long memories that linger over the years are what hurt people fundamentally.
Feng Ming couldn't stand the invasion of memories. He opened his eyes but couldn't look directly at Liu Dexia. He just grabbed Aunt Jing's hand and said, "Aunt Jing, there's no need to say more. There's no point in saying more."
Seeing Prince Yi's face turn pale, Liu Dexia knew something was wrong, and crawled forward two steps on his knees: "Your Highness Prince Yi, Your Highness Prince Yi, this is absolutely not the case. It was all your misunderstanding... You were young at that time, how could you know that many of these things were just misunderstandings. Moreover, how dare I harm Your Highness? What good would it do me?"
"You didn't mean to harm His Highness, but His Majesty died because of your delay..." Aunt Jing's face turned red with anger, "People like you harm others and don't benefit yourself, but you don't have to do anything good. It's just that His Highness was young at the time, and you thought Hui Lanyuan was easy to bully."
Feng Ming grabbed Aunt Jing's arm tightly, held it in front of his face, and was filled with grief.
Zhou Chang tried desperately to comfort Prince Yi, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not suppress the grief of losing his mother that flooded his heart.
Liu Dexia touched his head to the ground, still trying to argue: "Slave, I really didn't know that Concubine Lan was critically ill at that time, and I definitely didn't have the intention to harm Your Highness..."
After a while, Feng Ming's expression softened and he looked at Liu Dexia with his almond-shaped eyes as if he was looking at a dead person. He was disgusted that Liu Dexia's head hit the tip of his shoe and kicked it away.
The skinny monkey grabbed Liu Dexia's hair from behind and dragged him back: "Behave yourself, you are already in the pot, where else can you go? Bah, you are not presentable."
Feng Ming looked down at Liu Dexia again, his eyes cold again: "Liu Xia, have you finished what you wanted to say?"
Liu Dexia felt Prince Yi's murderous intent and struggled instinctively: "Your Highness, Your Highness..., when Concubine Lan died, even if I delayed the time to invite the imperial physician, the Concubine Lan died after all. The main responsibility still lies with the imperial physician, that is Xu Wei. His medical skills are well known to everyone in the palace... If it weren't for Concubine Yi's support, he wouldn't have been able to climb to the position of the head of the palace. Your Highness Prince Yi, please be clear, please be clear, I don't deserve to die..."
"Clearly investigate? Of course I have to investigate clearly." Feng Ming sneered, "Humph, after I deal with you, it will be Xu Wei's turn. None of you can escape tonight."
Liu Dexia was shaking like a sieve, but his mind was still clear: "Your Highness, Your Highness has always been fair. Even if you blame me for my mistakes back then, I will not be punished by death. Please give me a chance to make amends."
As he said this, he kowtowed violently to the ground.
"Am I fair, my king? No one seems to say so." Feng Ming has suppressed the pain of memories and regained his composure.
Liu Dexia's forehead was bruised, but he could still plead with a shameless face: "Your Highness is fair, the most fair. Your Highness may seem cynical and greedy, but in fact he is kind-hearted and righteous. I beg Your Highness to show mercy and let him off..."
"Haha..." Feng Ming sneered, "You really can say anything to save your life."
"Every word I said is from the heart." Liu Dexia kowtowed like crazy, "Your Highness, you can't use public power to take revenge on personal grudges."
"How can this be called public revenge? Where is the 'public'? This is a personal vendetta..." Zhou Chang emphasized the last two words, "Didn't you look down on me the most in the past? An unloved prince died in the palace and no one took it seriously. Isn't it too late to say anything now?"