Chapter 635 - Palace Rumors, Little Seven Was Becoming A Demon? (1/2)
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
“I have severely underestimated him. After all, he is brought up by the Third Prince. It’s impossible that all he thinks of is food.” As the Emperor touched the blood stain on his lip, his gaze darkened while he gave an order, “Inform the others, the murderer of the palace maids has been identified.”
Eunuch Gao was stunned as he repeated, “The murderer of the palace maids?”
“That’s right.” The Emperor smirked as he said, “The Seventh Prince has revealed his demonic nature and he killed them to suppress his gluttony. He escaped just now after being exposed by me. Draft out the edict and publish it to the public at once. Get the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs to investigate immediately!”
No one should find out about his secret…
Even if it was his own son!
In fact… This was an opportunity for him.
As long as the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs diverted their suspicions onto someone else, he would be able to escape from the trouble.
To him, it was a son’s duty to carry some burden on behalf of his father.
The Seventh Prince could treat this as an opportunity to repay his many years of love and kindness.
Once the edict is announced, no one would believe whatever Little Seven says!
Eunuch Gao could see through the situation yet he was helpless as the Retired Emperor and the Third Prince was not around. He would be sentenced to death if he did not obey the orders of the Emperor, he was the man who made the decisions in the imperial palace after all!
The edict was announced on the same night.
The entire patrol battalion of the imperial guards entered the palace.
They were the Emperor’s soldiers. Whenever they were summoned, it usually meant that something serious was about to happen.
The palace maids and eunuchs murmured to one another in fear, “What is happening?”
“Haven’t you heard? Rumor has it that they are on the hunt for the Seventh Prince. The news had come from the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Apparently, all this while, it was the Seventh Prince who was killing palace maids!”
“That’s impossible!” One of them exclaimed, “The Seventh Prince is such a lovely child and he’s still very young. How can he murder so many palace maids?”
“I’m not sure, but there was something about him turning into a demon. Haven’t you noticed that the Seventh Prince has an appet.i.te much larger than everyone else? How can a child consume that much food? Yet, the Seventh Prince has never once mentioned that he feels full. Remember that incident at Eunuch Sun’s place, where he was lectured by Eunuch Sun for running around recklessly with a goldfish in his mouth? What child would hold a living fish with their mouth? We should be more cautious in the future, especially since the Seventh Prince is still on the loose. Our blood might be sucked dry if he set his sight on us…”
“That’s enough, it’s too terrifying!”
The voices slowly faded away in the palace courtyard.
However, the current situation had changed completely. All the palace maids would move in groups. Even if they simply wanted to go to the lavatory, they would seek company for fear of running into a terrifying encounter.
The Seventh Prince had amazing martial Qi, thus capturing him would be rather challenging.
The patrol battalion had dispatched thousands of men to conduct an extensive search within the palace grounds.
Whether it was the Eastern gate, the Western gate, the Northern gate, or the Southern gate…
Every gate was guarded by the Supreme Masters from the Elder Compound.
While it was uncertain if they could capture the Seventh Prince, he was definitely still in the palace grounds…
Snap!
The winter pine tree bent over, unable to withstand the weight of the snow buildup on its branches. It sent a flurry of snow raining down onto the little one.
The little one was curled up into a ball, his clothes were completely soaked. He could not help but scratched himself due to the combination of the persistent itch and the biting pain his body was experiencing.