Chapter 190 - The Crown Prince Was Almost Deposed (2/2)

At this time, nobody would doubt Shen Luo’s words.

Mo Xiangbin got furious and was about to rebuke Mo Junyu who looked after the colorful phenix, but Ling Ruiyin sighed and spoke first. “It’s difficult to deal with. I don’t know who is so vicious and wanted to poison the holy bird.

“Your Majesty, you can’t tolerate such an evil-doer.”

She said a few words and tried to make Mo Xiangbin get mad at the poisoner.

It was said that the person who did it was to blame. There was nothing wrong with her logic.

Mo Junjiu cursed in his heart that Ling Ruiyin was too partial, but he had to pretend that he agreed with her. He just whispered as if by accident, “Grandma, you are reasonable. But Junyu has made the Qianzheng Palace heavily guarded, and something like this shouldn’t have happened, unless…”

Mo Junjiu stopped when he was about to mention the key point and even showed a terrified expression on his face, as if he found something significant, which was more suspicious.

“Junjiu, what are you thinking about?” Mo Xiangbin asked in a deep voice.

Mo Junjiu shook his head repeatedly and answered modestly, “Nothing. I just guess. Don’t take it seriously.”

It was easier to attract others’ attention as he said something like this.

Mo Xiangbin expressed soon, “No matter what you guess, just say it. Who do you think is the poisoner? If I find that it’s true, I won’t spare him.”

“Ugh…” Mo Junjiu purposely showed that he was in a difficult position and said after stuttering for a long time, “I just think that outsiders are unable to poison it, and the one who can do it is probably from the Qianzheng Palace…”

Mo Junyu couldn’t help but interrupt him before he finished his words and then reproached him coldly, “Junjiu, with no evidence, you can’t speak at random.”

Mo Junjiu shrank his neck, as if he were frightened, and stopped talking.

Mo Xiangbin immediately glared at Mo Junyu. “I haven’t rebuked you as you didn’t take good care of the colorful phenix, but you are so bold as to interrupt when I want to find the truth. Is it that somebody from your palace poisoned the colorful phenix as Junjiu guessed and you want to cover up for the criminal?”

Mo Junyu turned pale with fear and hurriedly knelt down, denying, “Father, I was wronged. I looked after the colorful phenix carefully these days as the feeder told me and didn’t dare to neglect it. It’s just that Junjiu slandered the people in my palace and I was furious, so I interrupted him. I would never want to cover up for the criminal.”

Mo Xiangbin raised his brows and sneered. “How can you be sure that the one who poisoned the colorful phenix is not from the Qianzheng Palace?”

“Uh…” Mo Junyu was pushed so hard that he had cold sweat on his forehead, but he couldn’t find any words to answer.

It was because he didn’t know who the hell had poisoned the colorful phenix.

Mo Junyu was anxious out of wits, while Mo Junjiu played a kind person again.

“Father, don’t be mad. Junyu cares about the people in his palace and it’s forgivable that he can’t tell right from wrong.” Mo Junjiu appeared to justify Mo Junyu, but in fact, he blamed his brother as the latter defended his servants before investigating.

To make it pleasant to hear, Mo Junyu trusted his subordinates, but on second thought, he was the crown prince and should keep calm at any time. He could convince everybody only when he was reasonable. And it was a taboo to trust somebody blindly and be partial.

Hearing Mo Junjiu’s words, Mo Xiangbin turned ghastly pale.

Without giving Mo Junyu a chance to explain, Mo Xiangbin announced, “The crown prince is immoral and didn’t take good care of the holy bird. I will deprive him of his title for now, and he will be grounded in the Qianzheng Palace. He will be punished after the colorful phenix recovers from its illness.”

After he made the imperial decree, there was an uproar in the crowd.

All people present were clear that Mo Junyu probably could hardly escape this time, but none of them, including the initiator of evil expected that Mo Xiangbin was so cruel as to directly deprive Mo Junyu of his title as the crown prince and put him under house arrest in the East Palace. Was he going to depose the crown prince?

Mo Junyu paled and looked up at Mo Xiangbin in disbelief. His lips trembled, but he couldn’t say a word to complain about his father’s cruelness.

After declaring the punishment, Mo Xiangbin didn’t look at Mo Junyu but walked quickly into the room. He stared at the colorful phenix and was gentle to Shen Luo but concerned about the phenix. “Doctor Shen, how is the colorful phenix now? Since you know that it was poisoned, you must know how to detoxify it.

“The colorful phenix’s safety is related to the safety and rise and fall of the Mo Country and also represents the prosperity of the Qin Continent. It can’t have anything wrong. If you can cure it, I will satisfy you, no matter if you ask for wealth or honor or a title of nobility, but if you dare to slack off, don’t blame me when I am heartless!”

Shen Luo was speechless.

He was flattered and allured with interests but was threatened at last.

Shen Luo heard that and couldn’t help but roll his eyes secretly, but his emotion was not affected.

There were too many to complain, and he was powerless.

“I will try my best!” Shen Luo bent over and answered politely.

In fact, he was not afraid of Mo Xiangbin’s threat at all, but the colorful phenix was really rare, and it was a pity that it died innocently in the fight for the throne as soon as it was sent here.

He glanced at Mo Junyang in secret, and the latter’s eyes were cold and emotionless, so he thought the other party agreed with him.

“But the colorful phenix was poisoned too seriously, and I just keep it alive with some pills. I’m afraid that it is not so easy to cure it.”

Mo Xiangbin thought Shen Luo needed some rare medicinal materials, so he stated at once, “As long as you can cure the colorful phenix, you can use anybody and anything.”