newbobooks Chapter 348: Disregarding
Chapter 348: Disregarding
An Lingrong's heart tightened when she heard this, and she confirmed it in disbelief.
"The Fourth Prince is crazy? Is this news true?"
Concubine Hua was also stunned. The teacup in her hand trembled slightly, and a few drops of tea splashed onto the table.
He asked anxiously, "What's going on? Hasn't the Fourth Prince been in mourning at Cining Gate? Why did he suddenly go crazy?"
"The exact cause is still unclear, but we heard that the Fourth Prince suddenly started yelling and screaming in his thatched cottage, his behavior uncontrollable, as if possessed by an evil spirit. The Emperor sent a young eunuch to the Taiji Palace to ask for Imperial Physician Zhang to come and treat him."
Songzhi told him everything she had heard.
"Lingrong, let's go check on the Fourth Prince."
Concubine Hua took An Lingrong and walked out.
"Sister Nian, wait a minute. It's windy outside, grab a cloak to keep out the cold."
An Lingrong took the cloaks that were hanging on the rack for the two of them and carefully tied them on her.
It was already dark outside, and the cold wind was howling, sounding a bit creepy.
Concubine Hua, who was walking beside An Lingrong, asked curiously.
"Lingrong, how could the Fourth Prince be like this?"
"There are many people in the palace, and things have been unsettled lately. Let's go over and see what Doctor Zhang has to say."
An Lingrong patted her hand gently, "Sister Nian, the princess and the prince have both encountered accidents today. The emperor must be in a bad mood. Let's act according to the situation."
Concubine Hua nodded solemnly.
Even if the Fourth Prince is not favored by the Emperor, he is still his son.
The emperor must have had other intentions when he asked him to appear at the empress dowager's funeral this time.
However, Concubine Hua was secretly happy in her heart. The Fourth Prince, whose face was disfigured, was rumored to have gone crazy, and he had no chance of becoming emperor.
She decided to go and watch the fun first, and then see if she should secretly promote the Fourth Prince who had disappeared for many years.
Before the two of them turned the corner from the palace wall, they heard a commotion ahead.
"Fourth Prince, the roof of the thatched cottage is not solid, please come down quickly!"
"Master, I beg you, please come down quickly!"
"Hongli, get off here!"
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With her ears perked up, she heard Concubine Hua's anxious voice, and she pulled An Lingrong and started jogging.
She was afraid that if she went too late she wouldn't be able to see anything.
From about ten meters away, An Lingrong, who had good eyesight, saw a person dressed in plain mourning cloth dancing on the roof of the thatched hut.
She gently tugged at Concubine Hua, signaling her to stop.
"Sister Nian, look! The Fourth Prince is throwing dry grass on the roof."
The Fourth Prince's madness is extremely serious. He can't even listen to what the Emperor says.
Guards and eunuchs were standing around the thatched hut and near the Cining Gate, each of them wanting to protect the Fourth Prince's safety.
An Lingrong and Concubine Hua exchanged glances for several times before quickly walking behind the emperor and bowing respectfully.
"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty."
"Why are you here?"
The emperor with a gloomy face looked at the two of them irritably.
An Lingrong replied softly.
"Your Majesty, Princess Longyue was attacked today. When I heard about the Fourth Prince's situation, I was worried and came to visit him."
The emperor nodded, without looking at the two of them, and continued to look up at Hongli who was throwing dry grass down.
Two quarters of an hour ago, he was listening to Xia Qi's report on the house confiscation in the Yangxin Palace, and Su Peisheng was reporting at the door in a panic.
Hongli, who was mourning in the thatched cottage, went crazy!
When the emperor and his men arrived, Hongli, who had made a mess in the thatched cottage, had already climbed onto the roof through the door.
"Master, please don't pull the dry grass. If the roof collapses, it will hurt you."
Li Yu, anxious as an ant on a hot pan, cried and tried to persuade him.
After dinner, the master accompanied Madam Yu to eat sugar cakes. Who knew that while Li Yu was in the toilet, he was singing and dancing in the thatched cottage.
When the patrolling guards saw that something had happened in the thatched cottage, they ignored his request and reported it directly to the Yangxin Palace.
The master was very strong, and even he and Madam Yu could not pacify him together.
Later, the master saw a lantern shining in the distance, and he quickly climbed up to the roof of the thatched hut through the door.
Li Yu was very puzzled, as he had seen his master practicing martial arts before.
But Master Wu never said that his master was a rare martial arts genius.
Seeing that more and more people were gathering, the emperor gave an angry order.
"Go up and capture him for me!"
"Come and arrest me... Hahahaha... I'm not afraid... I'm the son of the most noble man in the world. Who dares to touch me?"
After Hongli finished speaking, swaying from side to side, he bent down and pulled out a handful of dry grass and threw it towards the crowd below.
"This is a reward from this prince, why don't you thank me?"
"Untouchables... a bunch of unruly people..."
An Lingrong looked in the direction of Hongli's finger and saw that the emperor was quietly moving.
She gently pulled Concubine Hua, who was stretching her neck to watch the fun.
"There are too many people here, let's step back a few steps."
Hongli was unconscious and no one knew what dangerous actions he would take.
As An Lingrong stepped back, she also gave Yu Ying'er a look, signaling her not to get too close.
The guards who received the emperor's order climbed up the gate of the Cining Palace, but unfortunately their skills were not as good as the Fourth Prince's, so their efforts were in vain.
Seeing that the emperor was about to get angry, Su Peisheng hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"Your Majesty, I have ordered someone to inspect the ladder."
The Fourth Prince on the roof was like a hysterical person. The more the people below tried to persuade him, the happier he became.
When he got excited, he would pull up dry grass and reward everyone.
If the Fourth Prince pulls out all the dead grass where he is staying, the consequences will be unimaginable.
The emperor could not tolerate Hongli's condescending disrespect, so he called Su Peisheng aside and shouted loudly.
"Rebellious son! Get off my feet!"
"Father Emperor, someone is bullying Hongli... I will remember you, you have the loudest voice..."
Another handful of dry grass flew down from the roof while Hongli was still shouting.
"Quickly capture that troublemaker for me, and all this gold will be yours."
“…Hahaha…they all belong to me!”
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Concubine Hua gently poked An Lingrong and glanced at the emperor.
"The troublemakers that the Fourth Prince is talking about are..."
An Lingrong nodded silently.
The Fourth Prince is indeed arrogant enough that he doesn't even take the Emperor seriously.
"The ladder is coming! Please make way!"
The two breathless eunuchs shouted hurriedly.
Everyone who heard the sound tacitly made way.
There was an empty space on the roof, and the dazed Fourth Prince was jumping there. If he missed a step, he would fall down.
The emperor suppressed his anger and signaled the guards to rescue the people as soon as possible.
Xia Qi said that he found remnants of the previous dynasty in the palace, and he suspected that Hongli was very likely to have fallen into the trap as well.
As soon as the ladder reached the eaves, the Fourth Prince, who had been jumping around just now, took a curious look.
Just as he was about to go over to take a look, his feet suddenly left nothing behind and he suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.
"I can fly..."