Children of Loulan

Chapter 166 Settlement of Accounts

The new house was all red, with red silk hanging everywhere, looking festive. In the middle of the room was a large bed, on which lay a man who was still unconscious, and beside the bed stood a court doctor who was busy changing his dressings.

"How is the prince now?" a young man asked anxiously.

After the court doctor skillfully treated the wound, he answered while packing up the medicine box: "Judging from the prince's current condition, it is relatively stable. As long as he takes medicine regularly and changes the dressing, the wound will slowly heal."

After the court doctor left, Ziya gently closed the door and walked to the bedside and sat down.

"Your Highness, she sent someone to deliver a letter early this morning, and it was sent to the escort agency, which seems to be a very far place. And just now in the back garden, the Second Prince hugged her from behind, and then her maid started fighting with the Second Prince. When the guards arrived, they both said it was just a misunderstanding." Ziya reported in a heavy tone.

After hearing this, Keremu suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of mockery in them.

"Huh, misunderstanding? She is indeed much smarter than the idiot second brother. She knows that this is the palace and there are eyes and ears everywhere. If they really hug each other openly, they will definitely be discovered. That's why she deliberately let her maid fight with him. This way, she can attract attention and distance herself from him at the same time. It's really smart!" Keremu raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"What?" Ziya said angrily, "I was wondering why the Second Prince came to visit you so early this morning. It turns out he wanted to see his mistress earlier!"

Seeing that Keremu didn't say anything, Ziya pondered for a moment, then said, "Then, what about the letter? Do you want your subordinates to intercept it and check it out?"

Keremu smiled and said, "No need for that. How could such a smart woman blatantly provide us with clues? The letter was probably just a cover. She probably wanted to see if we noticed her!"

Ziya frowned and asked, "So what should we do now?"

Keremu shook his head and said firmly: "Don't do anything over there for now. Just keep an eye on her!"

After the second prince Aidier walked out of the Xuanwang Mansion with a gloomy face, he rushed to the Imperial Master's Mansion without stopping. As soon as he entered the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion, he immediately dismissed all the servants and the Imperial Master's disciples, and then went straight to the room where the Imperial Master was.

The Imperial Master, who was meditating, heard the noise and slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the angry Aidier in front of him and felt a little unhappy. He frowned and asked in a cold tone, "I wonder why the Second Prince came here today? Could it be that he has become interested in another concubine?"

Hearing the words of the national teacher, Aidil's face became even uglier, and his eyes were full of anger. He stared at the national teacher and shouted with gritted teeth: "Didn't the prince ask you to go to Jingsijuli to select the candidate? Look who you picked?"

The Imperial Master raised his eyebrows and looked at Aidil with a half-smile, seemingly not caring about his anger. He replied calmly, "Oh? Could it be that the woman did not meet the Second Prince's wishes? So the Second Prince regretted it?"

Seeing the leisurely and indifferent look of the Imperial Master, Aidil's anger grew stronger. He glared at the Imperial Master and said in a low voice: "My Lord Imperial Master, you promised to help me once and repay a favor. Now I finally asked you to help me, but it turned out like this! Do you think you can repay the favor like this? It's too easy!"

Hearing him mention the favor, the Imperial Master was a little unhappy: "At the beginning, I owed the Prime Minister a favor, not you. It's just that over the years, the Prime Minister has been mentioning it to me. When you came to me that day, I thought that you were his grandson and it was the same to return it to you. Moreover, we agreed that after I did this for you, my Imperial Master's Mansion would have nothing to do with your Prime Minister's Mansion. What? Are you going to regret it now?"

Aidier frowned and said, "Yes, we agreed that we would have nothing to do with each other after this matter is done, but who did this prince ask you to choose? And who did you choose? Don't you know it in your heart?"

The Imperial Master looked at Aidier and his face darkened. He said with a hint of displeasure: "From the tone of your Second Prince, did I choose the wrong person?"

Aidier snorted coldly, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face: "Humph, I thought the Imperial Master was going to deny his debt! He messed up and refused to admit it!"

The Imperial Master chuckled and responded calmly, "I remember that the Second Prince told me that this person lived in Jingsi Residence and that she had a teardrop mole under her eye! Is that true?"

Seeing that the national teacher was not playing dumb, Aidil immediately put his hands behind his back and said with a lingering anger: "Not bad!"

The Imperial Master continued, "If I remember correctly, one of the guards who followed me to select people that day was the Second Prince's spy. So whether I went to the wrong place or selected the wrong person, the Second Prince might as well ask him!"

Hearing what the Imperial Master said, Aidil's expression changed instantly. How could the Imperial Master know about his spy in the palace? Not only did he know, but he also knew the name of the spy. Did he only know that one, or did he know all of them? The more he thought about it, the more flustered he felt. He hurriedly asked, "Master Imperial Master, what do you mean?"

The Imperial Master chuckled and said, "Second Prince, don't panic. I have no intention of doing anything to you. I just want you to check whether I entered Jingsi Residence and whether the person I chose has a teardrop mole!"

Seeing that the Imperial Master didn't seem to be lying, Aidier began to defend himself, "It's impossible. This prince has seen those concubines openly and secretly. She is the only one with a teardrop mole in the entire palace, and she is the only one living in the entire Jingsi Residence!"

The Imperial Master really didn't want to continue arguing with him, so he closed his eyes again and said calmly: "If that's the case, then shouldn't Second Prince think about it carefully? If it's really as you said, could it be that someone has noticed your plan and made some moves? You know, once the relationship between you and that person is discovered, the consequences will be disastrous..."

After hearing this, Aidil suddenly became panic-stricken. He widened his eyes and looked at the Imperial Master in disbelief, muttering to himself, "Impossible, no one will know..."

Just as he was in self-doubt, he suddenly came to his senses, stared at the Imperial Master closely, and asked in a cold tone, "Then how did you know this, Imperial Master?"

The corners of the Imperial Master's mouth slightly raised, revealing a contemptuous smile, and asked back: "Second Prince, how do you think I knew about this?"

Aidil frowned, his eyes flashing with ferocity, staring at the Imperial Master intently, as if trying to find out something from him. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Could it be that the Imperial Master deliberately sabotaged our plan?"

Imperial Master: "Your Highness is really young and energetic. However, I think that instead of wasting your time here, you should go back and find out who did what and who the woman who was replaced is."

Aidil did not answer him, but continued to stare at him.

The Imperial Master had no choice but to stand up and slowly walk to Aidier. He said in a serious tone, "I just want to repay my debt as soon as possible and practice in peace. As for everything in the palace and who sits on the throne, it has nothing to do with me. I am not interested at all!"