Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Chapter 485 Don’t Be Afraid, Prince

Chen Duo looked at King Xiaoyao's facial expression, and his heart was slightly moved, but he couldn't help showing a trace of pity on his face:

"Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. Don't worry. Didn't His Majesty say that? Bring that old rascal directly into the palace to confront Concubine Song!

"No matter what, the Concubine Tai will never side with her and bully her own son!

"I will have that old slave taken away right away and will never let her meet you, Your Majesty!"

As he said this, he winked at a guard next to him.

The imperial guard nodded and strode to the back. After a while, a human figure wrapped in a bed sheet like a wet silkworm cocoon was carried out by two imperial guards!

The human figure inside was still struggling violently, whimpering non-stop, but it was obvious that his mouth was blocked and his hands and feet were tied, so he couldn't break free at all.

Chen Duo sneered at the thing and said loudly: "Give it to Han, the head of the inner temple, and he will definitely warn her about the rules of the palace!

"Teach him to be obedient, then take him to Concubine Song! Otherwise, we can't afford to disturb Concubine Song again!"

The imperial guards agreed in unison: "Yes!"

The sound was so loud that even the humanoid, King Xiaoyao, and the maidservant were all shaken violently!

Chen Duo then stepped forward and personally supported King Xiaoyao: "Your Majesty, please sit down for a while and watch them check. If there is anything they haven't found, can you remind them?"

King Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I am not allowed to enter the nanny's place. They say that the place where women live has too much yin energy, and I am young and will be offended.

"The six stewards and her two personal maids in the mansion are always coming in and out. Chen Sibo might as well let them assist."

Then he asked the two kneeling maids on the ground, "One of you should take Chen Sibo to look around the house, and the other should go and tell the imperial guards which of the stewards is Madam's confidant and which one of them still has a bit of good will towards the king."

After a pause, he uttered "oh" again and pointed inside, "There should be four servants waiting for me at my residence.

"One of them was specially appointed by Nanny. Except when attending court, he will stay with the king all the time.

"The other three take turns accompanying the king - when Mammy sets the rules for the king, they all have to accompany him.

"Chen Sibo, you can interrogate them, but don't torture them anymore. They are used to being beaten. Although they are afraid of being beaten, beating them is useless."

As he spoke, King Xiaoyao sighed and rubbed his wrist gently.

Chen Duo lowered his eyes and saw that the joints of the right hand from the fingers to the wrist had an abnormal curvature and color.

Chen Duo's eyes suddenly turned red. He rushed forward and held up King Xiaoyao's hand, trembling:

"If the Supreme Lord saw this, knowing that his beloved young son was treated so harshly by this old wicked slave, wouldn't he be heartbroken?

"Your Majesty must chop that old bitch into pieces!"

She asked in a tearful voice, "Please sit down, my lord. I will ask the imperial physician to look at your hand. Is that ok?"

"No need. Anyway, after you finish your investigation, I also want to go to the palace to see my mother.

"In the past, there were always people from the nanny following me. I haven't really talked to my mother properly for three years..."

King Xiaoyao's expression became gloomy.

Chen Duo praised repeatedly and ordered the maid to serve King Xiaoyao some hot porridge and snacks. He was very attentive and then left to search for evidence.

King Xiaoyao sat at the table, eating all the porridge, vegetables and snacks on the table in an upright and polite manner.

The maidservant beside him hesitated for a while and stepped forward to dissuade him:

"Your Highness usually has a small appetite. No matter how much you eat today, it's not good for you to eat too much at once. Your stomach will be upset."

King Xiaoyao turned a deaf ear to him, but he still poured the last mouthful of fish porridge into his mouth, sipped it carefully to make sure there were no fish bones, and swallowed it, then nodded and smiled:

"I know. Don't worry. I will go to the palace to see my mother later, and she will see the imperial physician for me."

After a pause, he smiled and asked, "Now that Mammy is gone, we are all free.

"Do you want to stay by my side as a maid, or do you want to leave the palace, marry someone far away and live a peaceful life?"

The maid was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes, and she knelt down with a plop: "I want to ask for the grace of the prince, to grant me a white body and let me leave the palace!

“I will leave the capital and never come back!

"I will lose my memory if I go out. I have never served you. I have been wandering for the past 16 years!"

King Xiaoyao kept smiling and nodded, "Okay. When this matter is over, I will release you!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness! Wuuuu!" The maid kowtowed repeatedly until her head was bruised and black.

After dinner, it was still too early for the imperial guards to search, so King Xiaoyao returned to his bedroom and slept soundly for more than two hours.

It was not until three quarters after noon that Chen Duo and his companions searched the palace from top to bottom, found countless contraband items in the servants' residences, and arrested seventeen or eighteen male and female servants. They then asked a maid to go in and wake up King Xiaoyao.

King Xiaoyao rubbed his eyes and stood up, asking the maid to help him change his clothes and wash. He asked another maid the same question he had asked in the morning: "What about you?"

The maid was combing King Xiaoyao's hair. Her fingers trembled slightly, her eyelids drooped, and she choked up:

"Can this servant...?"

King Xiaoyao looked at her face in the mirror.

The maid bit her lip, tears rolling down her cheeks: "Can this servant stay with the prince?

“This servant can do nothing but serve the prince.

“I only know the rules for the royal family.

“If they were to go out, everyone would be seen as extremely strange in the eyes of the people.

"Except for the distant relative who sold me ten years ago, I don't have anyone I know outside to turn to. If I leave the house, I'm afraid I'll be kidnapped and sold to death...

"I beg Your Majesty to show me mercy and not drive me away..."

As she spoke, her hands that were pinching King Xiaoyao's long hair were shaking, and she didn't dare to let go. She just used the back of her hand holding the comb to roll up her sleeves to wipe her tears and cover her eyes.

King Xiaoyao's expression relaxed: "Okay. Don't worry, I'll leave everything around me to you from now on."

Then, he asked hesitantly, "You, what's your name?"

"My name is Muxiang." Muxiang turned around and pointed at another maid who was tidying up the bed. "Her name is Mulan."

King Xiaoyao lowered his eyes, looked at his right hand with protruding joints, which was playing with a jade hairpin on the table, and said softly:

"I will follow Chen Duo and the others into the palace in a little while. You stay at home and have a good talk with Mulan.

"In the morning, she asked me to leave, and I agreed."

Mu Xiang squeezed the comb tightly and forced a smile: "She is really willing to do that.

“We have captured so many bad servants in our palace, and we are in great need of manpower. If you keep them to serve the prince, what a glorious life you will have in the future?

“This little girl has lost her mind.

"How about I scold her again to wake her up?"

King Xiaoyao looked at her in the mirror again and laughed, "Don't be so kind, people may not appreciate it.

“Besides, this king will not keep fools around.

"After all, we will be the ones who get killed by then."