Chapter 9 — Little Demon King Khang Vuong Phu

Fresh blood oozed along the gaps in the green tiles. The electric door was closed tightly. Inside came the Emperor's voice trying to suppress his pain.

“Get everyone out.”

The Crown Prince rushed to the front door of the palace.

“Your Majesty, I will save you if there is a delay.”

There was no response from inside. Just as the Crown Prince was about to call out again, the palace door suddenly opened a small crack. Chief eunuch Phung Bao poked his head out, his face covered in cold sweat.

“Your Majesty has an edict, only allowing the princess of Khang Vuong palace to enter.”

All those present were stunned. The Crown Prince turned around and stared at me. I also looked at him.

“Your Highness, don't look at me like that.”

"It's not like I told Uncle Huang to point me out by name."

The Crown Prince spoke coldly: "Your father met an assassin, how could he let you go in there alone?" Phung Bao whispered and advised: "Your Highness, this is your royal edict." The Crown Prince's face was extremely ugly, but he did not dare to stubbornly rush in. I threw Tieu Thuan Tu to the ground.

“Watch carefully.”

“This guy took me to a shortcut, but on the way I met two fake guards who wanted to take my life.”

Phung Bao's eyes immediately changed.

“Fake guard?”

I threw the sword down right next to his feet.

“The sword also belongs to them.”

The Crown Prince spoke up and interjected.

“After this matter will be interrogated later, the safety of your father is the most important thing.”

I smiled and nodded.

“Your Highness is right.”

“But if I don't say these words clearly and clearly, I'm afraid that as soon as I step in, there will be two more dead bodies outside, and the crime will fall on the head of Khang Vuong Palace again.”

Tham Tung Le's face was as white as paper. The Crown Prince coldly scolded: "Do you think everyone is as bad as you?" I don't care about him. We entered the Royal Study Room. The electric door slammed shut behind me. The smell of blood was much stronger than outside. The Emperor sat behind the throne, his left shoulder stained red with blood. The royal doctor knelt to one side, urgently stopping his bleeding. On the floor, there was a palace maid kneeling, her whole body shaking like a leaf. Next to that palace maid was a broken cup. The bottom of the bowl left a little black residue. The Emperor raised his eyes and looked at me. His face was pale, but his eyes were extremely sharp and alert.

“A Man, your mother's half of the Blue Ngoc Khau is in your hand, right?”

My heart sank.

“Yes.”

“Bring it here.”

I move forward, placing the two halves of the pearl on the surface of the desk. The emperor stared at the completely reassembled pearl, but for a long time still did not say a word. The royal physician quietly reported: "Your Majesty, the wound has not been bandaged yet." The Emperor raised his hand to stop him.

“Do you know what the word ‘Luong’ on the back of this pearl means?”

I shook my head.

“The Queen Mother has not yet spoken.”

The emperor slowly closed his eyes.

“Luong, not a person's name.”

“It's Luong Chau.”

I frowned. Luong Chau is located in the remote South, with rolling hills and mountains. It is the birthplace of many rare medicinal herbs, but at the same time is also the cradle of countless strange and poisonous species. My mother was originally the descendant of a famous physician from Jiangnan. These two places inherently have nothing to do with each other. The Emperor looked out my question. He lowered his voice thoughtfully: "Sixteen years ago, when the rebellion in Luong Chau was suppressed, there were people in the court who were in cahoots with the rebels."

“The poison that the rebels used was identified by your mother.”

“She saved my life, and also saved the Queen Mother's life.”

I asked: "Who is that person?" The Emperor looked straight at me.

“I have been investigating for sixteen long years.”

“Looking until today, the clue has finally appeared.”

He pointed towards the palace maid kneeling on the ground.

“She just offered me tea, there was poison in the tea.”

The palace maid immediately bowed her head repeatedly.

“Your Majesty, please forgive me, I don't know anything, I really don't know anything.”

I strode forward and squatted down in front of her.

“Who sent you to serve tea?”

The palace maid sobbed and confessed: "It's Miss Ton in the Royal Tea Room."

“Where is your aunt?”

Phung Bao's voice came from outside to answer: "He's hung from the beam of the Royal Tea Room." I clicked my tongue a few times.

“Another person died.”

The emperor stared at me.

"That's why I called you in here."

“They want you to shut up, they also want to borrow your hand to stir up this puddle.”

I retorted: "Do you want me to continue causing trouble?" The corner of the Emperor's mouth seemed to lift slightly.

“You are also observant.”

"Kang Vuong has been very quiet for many years."

“It was so quiet that they mistakenly thought that Khang Vuong Palace had broken all its fangs and claws.”

My heart suddenly swelled with sadness.

“If you know that my father has suffered many wrongs over the years, why don't you protect him?”

The royal study room was silent for a moment. Even the royal physician paused in his bandaging action. The Emperor looked at me, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

“I used to protect you.”

“Protect him until he kneels before me, earnestly begging me not to protect him anymore.”

My throat feels tight. The Emperor spoke softly and quietly: "Because every time I stand up to protect him, Khang Vuong's palace encounters another incident."

“The year you fell into the water, the person I sent to investigate, three days later died miserably outside the city.”

“The year you had a high fever, a poison handbook was stolen from the Royal Hospital.”

“When you were eight years old, you broke the teeth of the young master of the National Duke Palace. I was originally planning to back you up, but the next day the stables of the Khang Vuong Palace caught fire.”

I stood stunned in place. It turns out that behind those small disasters that we still remember clearly, there are hidden cruel blades that we did not know about. The Emperor whispered: "A Man, your father is not a weak and useless person."

“He is using his own spine to block the knife for you.”

I lowered my head and looked down at Thanh Ngoc Khau placed on the desk. The pearl lies quietly and peacefully. Just like the last sound my mother left behind for this game. I asked: "So whose execution today is the masterpiece?" Before the Emperor could open his mouth, the Crown Prince's voice suddenly rang out outside the palace.

“Your Majesty, Uncle Khanh Vuong requests an audience.”

“He said he had captured the assassin's comrades.”

The Emperor's eyes flashed coldly. I turned around and looked out the palace door. Outside there was a sound of crying and wailing. The voice was sharp, it sounded similar with the female mandarin of Tho Khang palace. She screamed: "Your Majesty Minh Giam, the princess of Khang Vuong's palace wields a sword!"

11

As soon as the palace door opened, all eyes in the yard were focused on him. The female official of Tho Khang Palace was kneeling on the ground, her bun loose and loose, half of her face covered in blood. Next to her lay a short sword. The hilt of the sword has a red string wrapped around it. Khanh Vuong stood on the steps, his face extremely sad and angry.

“Your Majesty, I have captured this woman in the side corridor of the Royal Study.”

“She admitted with her own mouth that Princess Khang Vuong Palace bribed the palace staff and plotted to harm His Majesty.”

I burst out laughing. Khanh Vuong scowled at me.

“What are you laughing at?”