The Elegant Dancing Years By Huo Li (火狸) | BL

Chapter 52 | Brief Reunion

During the silent night, only the sound of wind knocking against the window was audible along with the light patter of droplets from the drizzle hitting the window lattice. It was the time when even the residual flowers were withering and countless leaves were falling. Upon looking outside the window, one could see the ground littered with fallen red leaves, an indicator of autumn.

Qi Mingyue was not a person who was easily sentimental and did not hold much interest towards the scenery outside. He just remembered the words he sent through Little Black to the palace a few months ago and wondered how Father reacted to it. It must have made him angry, and that's why there had been no word from him these days.

He pleaded for Qi Musheng not because of sudden softheartedness, but because of a long-term plan. Father must be aware of it as well. It was just that the person who wanted to harm him was spared so easily, Father couldn't stand it and threw a tantrum.

In fact, at times when he pondered about it, Father Emperor was a bit headstrong when it came to matters related to him, he also had a domineering attitude and strong possessiveness. If calculated carefully, when referring to the age of the soul alone, Father was still a few years younger than him. However, it could not be denied that as an Emperor, his methods were not weak in the slightest.

This time, Hua Fengjin was removed and the identity of the alien star was dumped on Qi Musheng's head. Both witnesses and physical evidence were present, there seemed to be no room for sophistry, but no one knew that everything was arranged by father; from the palace guards bribed by Qi Musheng to the ministers, all were intentionally facilitated by him. Even the source of the poison could be verified. The bribed guards claimed that they were ordered by the Eldest Prince, so who would believe that he was actually innocent?

Now, the entire world knew that the Eldest Prince had poisoned his mother because he was afraid of being dragged down by his imprisoned consort mother. The fact that Hua Fengjin was restless and caused an obscene mess in the imperial court had also spread somewhat. If the Eldest Prince had his reputation tainted, there would unfortunately never come a day in his life when he would become the Crown Prince. Everyone was aware of the fact that the higher the ranking, the more hope there was of being instated as the Crown Prince.

How could the Crown Prince of CangHe have a consort mother with such a tarnished reputation? Therefore, the Eldest Prince was so ruthless and killed his biological mother to clear the way for the future.

It was said that on the day Hua Fengjin was interrogated, the Eldest Prince pleaded for her but was not sincere. This was obvious to all that from then on, he did not want his consort mother to live.

Under all the divergent opinions, Qi Musheng murdering his mother had become an indisputable fact, no one sympathised or felt sorry about his departure. As the alien star, not being executed was already considered a good outcome. Everyone wanted him to be as far away from CangHe as possible.

Today, everyone knew that the Eldest Prince Qi Musheng was the alien star that the Grandmaster had spoken about. Fortunately, His Majesty was wise and drove him away to Tanzhou. Still, His Majesty was also benevolent and cared about familial affection towards his own flesh and blood, so he did not execute the alien star.

Putting aside the letter from Jiang Yao brought by Little Black, Qi Mingyue narrowed his eyes slightly with a mocking smile on his lips. As long as an obvious conclusion was placed in front of the people, everyone would find all kinds of clues to support the 'truth' and automatically string a chain of events to tell its ins and outs.

He shook his sleeves that got wet after closing the window, the sound of raindrops was cut off and the room suddenly became quiet. The soft light from the pearl illuminated the room with warmth.