Chapter 22

Kang Yuyi was slightly stunned. Arresting the Liao family?

But she quickly realized that he were referring to Liao Jingyi, who had once been as close as a sister to her.

Her heart tightened, and remembering that they were still in the Empress Dowager’s Renshou Palace, she dared not ask more questions and could only reply softly, “Yes.”

The Emperor did not intend to elaborate further here; it was just to set her mind at ease sooner.

The Emperor’s gaze was fixed on her face. She had applied light makeup, her eyebrows were delicately drawn, and her lips lightly tinted. She appeared a bit fuller than before childbirth, but her features were extremely refined.

Her fair, jade-like skin had a rosy hue, much like the most fragrant and dazzling pink peony in spring.

The little chubby child, seeing the atmosphere quiet down, started gesticulating and babbling in a childish voice.

He even looked at his father with a disdainful expression, as if to say, “How come you’re still holding me after all this time?”

Even the Empress Dowager on the side was amused by his antics and said with a laugh, “Our crown prince has so much to say. When you return from Rehe at the end of the year, perhaps he will have learned to talk.”

Hearing this, Kang Yuyi’s reluctance deepened severalfold, and her eyes turned slightly red.

“Your Majesty, can His Highness stay at Luhua Palace for one night tonight? I can’t bear to part with him…” Kang Yuyi’s voice trembled slightly.

At sixteen, Kang Yuyi had a gentle temperament and was deeply affectionate. Just thinking about not seeing her parents for half a year made her reluctant, so she didn’t hesitate to ask the Emperor to take her along.

Now, knowing that this extremely adorable little chubby child was her own flesh and blood and loved to cling to her, she was even more reluctant.

The Emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, seemingly surprised.

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed and hurriedly replied on her son’s behalf, “Of course, you can take the child away! Just let the wet nurses and nannies follow you!”

Kang Yuyi raised her eyes to look at the emperor, her apricot eyes shining with anticipation.

The emperor’s eyes moved slightly, and he nodded, saying, “Yes.”

Later, the emperor accompanied Kang Yuyi back to Luhua Palace with the little chubby child in his arms.

Along the way, the crown prince was quiet, but his little head kept turning left and right, perhaps finding the world outside Renshou Palace unfamiliar.

When they arrived at the main hall of Luhua Palace, the crown prince suddenly began to struggle, constantly reaching out towards Kang Yuyi, even faking cries without tears to be held.

Kang Yuyi, extremely distressed quickly took the little chubby child from the emperor’s hands patting his back in an attempt to comfort him.

“Ah!” Kang Yuyi suddenly exclaimed, her face turning pale.

The little chubby child, perhaps hungry, instinctively nuzzled against Kang Yuyi’s plump chest even opening his mouth to bite.

Kang Yuyi was so frightened that she almost let go. The emperor’s heart trembled suddenly, and he quickly stepped forward to take the crown prince and handed him to the nurse.

The nurse and attendants were also startled and hurriedly took the crown prince to the side room to be fed.

Kang Yuyi stood stunned for a long time, her mind suddenly becoming chaotic, as if she had thought of something but couldn’t remember.

Seeing this, the emperor embraced her in his broad and firm arms, gently patting her shoulder.

A few days ago, Kang Yuyi had asked why the crown prince was being raised in Renshou Palace instead of Luhua Palace where she lived. The emperor couldn’t bear to tell her the truth.

He even subconsciously felt that it wasn’t a bad thing for her to forget. Now, it seemed good for her to be close to the crown prince like this…

Seeing that she had calmed down, the emperor said softly, “Jin Yiwei found out that Liao Jingyi’s younger brother was arrested in March of the 31st year of Yongfeng for gambling debts. In early April, Liao Jingyi suddenly had a large sum of money to redeem her brother.”

Kang Yuyi was quickly distracted by these words, her heart filled with shock.

“In that case, is it possible that the huge sum of money Jingyi suddenly obtained was given by the person who instructed her to drug me?” Kang Yuyi asked weakly.

Their Kang family lived well among the servants of the palace, but they had no extra savings.

Her mother, Zhou, could never have come up with a large sum of money to pay off gambling debts.

“Probably, I will personally interrogate her later. Before arriving at Renshou Palace, I had already sent someone to arrest Liao Jingyi,” the emperor said.

Thinking of something, the emperor frowned slightly, “Why haven’t you told me about this in the past seven years? Why did you suddenly remember a few days ago and still not say anything?”

Kang Yuyi, terrified said with little confidence, “Your Majesty, because… because Jingyi said it was my mother who instructed her, and I was afraid you would take your anger out on our family…”

The emperor didn’t speak, and only a faint trace of helplessness was visible at the bottom of his deep eyes.

After dinner in Luhua Palace, the commander of the Jin Yiwei asked the eunuch to report that Liao Jingyi had been “invited” to the North Town Division.

Upon hearing this, the emperor rose and personally went to the Beizhen Fu Division, located outside the Bei’an Gate of the Imperial City.

Meanwhile, in a dark and damp interrogation room at the North Town Division.

Liao Jingyi’s clothes were still neat and presentable, but she was shaking uncontrollably like chaff.

“My lord, dare I ask what crime I have committed? Why have you arrested me?” Liao Jingyi’s heart was full of an ominous premonition.

The guard in charge of watching her grimly said, “The emperor himself is coming to question you; you’ll find out then.”

When Liao Jingyi heard this, she seemed to lose her soul, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on her forehead.

The emperor is coming to interrogate me personally? Could it be that the matter of the drugging back then has come to his attention?

All these years, even though Kang Yuyi had become a noble consort, she never did anything to her. Liao Jingyi thought it would never be brought up again in her lifetime. Why does the emperor suddenly know…

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