Chapter 569: Chapter 571: The Return of the Ghost King (Part 4)
Yi Shaochen swept a glance at Yi Shaoxuan, who was watching Mo Xi with glowing eyes, and a gentle smile played on his lips, a dashing young nobleman, seemingly disregarding the darkness in his eyes.
“Father,” he said, “recently, Lord Ouyang asked me to help transport some medicinal herbs. However, when my men arrived at the city gates, they were seized by General Lin Xin, who claims to be a man under the Third Imperial Brother. He slandered Lord Ouyang’s herbs as poison, so I’ve come to ask for clarification from you, Father.”
Yi Shaoxuan was taken aback, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly formed on his forehead.
Indeed, that bastard Lin Xin had just delivered several carts of herbs to Prince Xuan Mansion, and seeing that the herbs were all valuable tonics, he decided to keep them, intending to find an opportunity to present them to Father. Who would have thought that the seized goods belonged to the Ouyang Family?
Looking at the Emperor with a steely face and Ouyang Yunjin with a clouded expression, his legs went weak, and he knelt to the ground with a thump, “Father, your son had no knowledge that the herbs Lin Xin brought had been seized. Please understand, Father!”
“Hmph!” the Emperor said, his eyes dark and stormy as he let out a cold snort, “Yi Shaoxuan, you indeed have a great deal of audacity, even daring to seize the Ouyang Family’s medicines!”
“Father, your son truly didn’t know, please spare me, Father.”
Yi Shaoxuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead but cursed Lin Xin thousands of times in his heart. If that scoundrel were before him now, he would surely make him suffer a fate worse than death!
The Emperor sighed, his heart softened a little. No matter what, this was his son. Even though the imperial family was ruthless, who could truly be heartless enough to treat their own flesh and blood cruelly?
But before he could speak, Ouyang Yunjin’s stern and cold voice came from beside him: “It seems that people of Lingyun Country are becoming bolder by the day, to the point where they don’t take our Ouyang Family into consideration. This time, I really gained some insight. My Ouyang Family asked Prince Chen to help us transport the medicines, only for them to be intercepted. Those herbs are the most precious in the world, and if they were damaged, how many lives would be enough to make amends? Furthermore, to dare accuse the Ouyang Family of bringing poison into the Imperial City to harm people, haha, is utterly ridiculous. If we wanted to kill someone, we wouldn’t need any poison!”
“Lord Ouyang,” pleaded Yi Shaoxuan urgently, “it truly has nothing to do with me, it’s all Lin Xin’s fault. I really didn’t know the herbs were taken by him, otherwise, I would never have accepted them.”
“Hmph!” Ouyang Yunjin let out a cold snort as an oppressive aura slowly spread out, “His fault it may be, but he is a man under your command. Without your permission, would he dare to so brazenly rob goods from a Prince Mansion?”
Yi Shaoxuan’s body trembled. Ouyang Yunjin was right, it was his support and promise that gave Lin Xin such audacity.
However, this matter truly had nothing to do with him; it was entirely the doing of some who wished to ingratiate themselves to her…
Hearing this from Ouyang Yunjin, the Emperor, inclined to make allowances for Yi Shaoxuan, found it difficult to speak further. He sighed lightly, saying with a voice tinged with helplessness, “Yi Shaoxuan, return to your Prince Xuan Mansion and do not take a single step outside for three years! And let the mansion be renamed Prince Xian Mansion, from now on, consider yourself an idle Prince Xian.”
Yi Shaoxuan looked up in astonishment, unable to believe what he was hearing from the Emperor.
Did Father mean that he had no chance for the throne anymore?