Chapter 297 Every Dog Has Its Day (1/2)

The Empress and the Crown Prince were a pair of mother and son, who had different plans.

Both of them were hiding their own thoughts on the surface.

“It’s not your fault. But I hope that something like this will no longer happen. Your father is still on his sickbed. Many people in the whole Capital City, are watching you and me.”

The Empress warned him sincerely and earnestly, like a loving mother. Her reminder surprised the Crown Prince.

“Mother, she did not scold me in the least.”

For the Crown Prince, this was something unimaginable!

“Don’t you blame me, mother?”

The Crown Prince asked a tentative question. The Empress gave him a friendly smile.

“How could I blame you, my son. Nobody is perfect. You have made up for it and now your merits will offset any wrongs. Be cautious and thoughtful in future. You’ve been busy the whole night. Go back and have a rest. There’s still an important task of catching the rest of the assassins, waiting for you.”

The Crown Prince looked at the Empress and thought it was unbelievable. Was she the same mother who had treated him in an extremely strict way, since he was a child?

“Yes, mother. Please have an early rest, too.”

Even after his goodbye greeting and departure from Yongle Palace, the Crown Prince was still overcome by his astonishment.

“Are you alright, Your Highness? Did Her Highness blame you?”

Outside the palace, a beauty in a pretty palace costume, came out to greet him and looked worried.

The beauty was the Crown Prince’s new favorite, in place of Vice Princess Dugu, and was the best coquette of Capital City, Yun Jinyi.

Vice Princess Dugu was superficially kind. But Yun Jinyi, the ever best beauty of Capital City, had not only an excellent appearance, but also had the art of winning people’s support, more than anyone else.

She just spent half or one month seducing the Crown Prince, and making him besotted with her.

“Jinyi, my mother did not blame me. Does it mean that mother has already given up on me, and does not care about me anymore?”

The Crown Prince held Yun Jinyi tightly in his arms, like a drowning man clutching at the last straw.

The Empress always banned him from visiting whorehouses, let alone allowed him to bring a whore back to his house. He had asked to bring Yun Jinyi to his house publicly. But the Empress did not chide him. Instead, she gave him a small pouch, specially blessed for sons.

Yun Jinyi reached out her hands and held his shoulders.

Both of them were embracing each other closely, as if there were no one else around them.

“No mother would not love her child. Your Highness, you have been too busy recently, so you think too much. Her Highness considers you to be an adult. The control of Dajin will be placed on your shoulders one day. The more you experience, the better it will be for Dajin, right?”

Yun Jinyi’s voice was soft and only a few comforting words from her could soothe a person.

The Crown Prince lost himself in the beauty in front of him and her gentle smile. His heart was softened by her words as well.

“She’s right. Mother must have realized that she treated me too strictly in the past.”

“I’m the only son and the real Crown Prince of Dajin. Mother has high expectations of me.”

“I think too much. Right, I think too much.”

“No hatred between mother and son, can last until the next morning, Your Highness. You don’t need to worry about Her Highness. You should consider how to deal with those people who are coveting the position as the Crown Prince.”

Yun Jinyi tried to persuade him in a gentle way. While holding her in his arms, the Crown Prince was thinking of how to scheme against Long Tianyu.

Suspicions about Long Tianyu had almost been cleared, but those members whose relatives were killed, still wanted an explanation.

The Crown Prince was considering taking advantage of their anger. No matter how powerful Long Tianyu was, he was still not powerful enough to defeat them yet.

Borrowing a knife to kill a man was the best plan.

Besides, Lin Mengya was now confined in the palace. In February, General Lin would return to the frontier to guard Dajin. Then, Lin Mengya would not be able to run away from his control!

Lin Mengya had no idea that in the Crown Prince’s eyes, she was already a sheep in a tiger’s mouth, and allowing herself to be given up for slaughter soon.

The Empress’s maid led Lin Mengya to a small dirty and isolated courtyard.

Lin Mengya watched the tangle of overgrown weeds, and just smilingly shook her head. “Every dog has its day. Today, it’s my turn to live in an abandoned house.”

“Master, why are you still laughing? Even a mouse would not like to stay here. We are servants and can bear it. But what about you?”

Baizhi complained. She never expected the Empress to be such a mean woman.

But Lin Mengya did not care about the terrible state of the house, and she looked around her.

It was dilapidated. But it was open with a low wall. When looking out from the door, everything could be seen clearly, and so anyone trying to spy on them could be spotted easily.

“Shangguan Qing was restrained by us in a dirty house before, right? The Empress is trying to let us experience the same. It’s fine. Let’s go and see.”