Before leaving, she glanced at the emperor's hunched back and suddenly felt a little guilty. After suffering so many blows one after another, the emperor was exhausted both physically and mentally, and his illness was getting worse. He was probably really running out of time.
As soon as he left the palace gate and had just finished dealing with the emperor, Ye Fuxun bumped into Mu Yunfang.
At this moment, Mu Yunfang's face was pale, her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked haggard. She had completely lost the high-spirited look of the past.
Ye Fuxun knew that this was because of Yu Xiunan's death and her excessive grief.
As soon as Mu Yunfang saw Ye Fulun, she rushed over and slapped her fiercely.
Ye Fuxun did not hide and accepted the slap. Because she could understand Mu Yunfang's mood very well. If it were herself, she would still have the intention to kill.
This slap was considered a slap she received for her inner guilt.
"Second sister-in-law, there is no resurrection after death, please show me your condolences!"
"It's you! It was you who killed His Highness, was it you who killed him?" Mu Yunfang's eyes were bloodshot, and she grabbed Ye Fuxun's clothes with both hands, asking her hoarsely.
Ye Fuxun allowed her to pull him, without struggling or resisting. He just looked at her calmly, and then said to her calmly: "No, I didn't kill the second emperor brother."
"Impossible! He went with you. He and more than a hundred of his men are dead, but you are the only one who is still alive. Who else could it be besides you?"
Mu Yunfang gritted her teeth, her eyes showing the ferocity of a beast, as if she wanted to eat Ye Fuxun alive.
"Ye Fuxun, you can deceive others but you cannot deceive me! You are not willing to let His Highness get the treasure, and His Highness has repeatedly tried to kill you, so you are afraid of him.
In order to protect yourself, you took the initiative and tricked him into going to Jade Ridge, setting a trap to kill him!"
Ye Fuxun suddenly smiled. He didn't expect that Mu Yunfang, who was usually very clueless, would actually have a clear mind now.
Mu Yunfang asked angrily: "Why are you laughing? Am I right?"
Ye Fuxun smiled even deeper and said: "I laugh at you for your rich imagination, Second Sister-in-law. No matter what you say, I still say that the death of the Second Emperor Brother has nothing to do with me."
"Then can you explain the reason why they died but you came back? Tell me!" Mu Yunfang always insisted on her conjecture, and her intuition told her that Ye Fuxun was the murderer.
Ye Fuxun said leisurely: "I just explained it in front of my father. The second emperor brother and his men all died after entering the cave and triggering the mechanism.
And because I was exhausted, I rested for a long time on the way and arrived at the cave an hour late, so I survived. Maybe this is God's will? God favored me, so I survived? "
Mu Yunfang was so angry that the anger in his eyes was blazing, "God's will? I think it's your intention, right? You had already set up traps in the cave, so you deliberately went an hour late. This is basically because you had already set up traps in the cave.
A conspiracy brewing!"
Mu Yunfang's hand suddenly grabbed Ye Fuxun's neck with increasing force. He was unable to fight back and could only avoid blindly. However, Mu Yunfang was a general's woman after all, and her martial arts skills were much better than hers, and now she wanted to kill her.
She tried her best with every move.
Even if Ye Fuxun had a weapon, he was no match for her. Continuing like this was not an option. Ye Fuxun thought to himself that he had to find a way to escape as soon as possible.
Just when he was worried, Bai Yuxian rushed over and saw that Ye Fulun was being chased by Mu Yunfang. He immediately ran forward to stop him and knocked Mu Yunfang to the ground with just one move.
Bai Yuxian protected Ye Fuxun behind him and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you not injured?"
Ye Fuxun shook his head and said, "I'm fine, why are you here?"
"I was worried that the emperor would make things difficult for you, so I planned to sneak into the palace to have a look, but I didn't expect to meet you here." Bai Yuxian said, looking at Mu Yunfang on the ground with cold eyes, exuding murderous aura.
Ye Fuxun knew that she had murderous intentions. "She is too sad because she lost her husband. Don't embarrass her, let's go!"
She won't feel guilty for killing Yu Xiunan, but seeing Mu Yunfang's grief-stricken look, her heart will twitch. No matter what, she feels sorry for Mu Yunfang. She has no qualifications and no need.
Make things difficult for her.
Bai Yuxian saw through Ye Fuxun's thoughts and persuaded him: "Don't think about this anymore. Yu Xiunan's death was his own fault, and it is only natural that he will affect the people around him. He cannot blame anyone."
"I know." Ye Fuxun shook his head, stopped thinking, and turned to another topic: "You think, after Yu Xiunan's death, which prince will the emperor choose as his successor?"
Bai Yuxian smiled and said: "Looking at the abilities of all the princes, I guess it should be the fourth prince."
"Fourth Prince Yu Xiuqi?" Ye Fuxun did not expect Bai Yuxian to guess this person, "But Yu Xiuqi is not outstanding among the princes!
Not only does he not have the powerful power of his mother's family like other princes, but his abilities are mediocre and he has not made any achievements in many years. How can such a person be selected as the crown prince? The officials will definitely not obey him sincerely."
Bai Yuxian shook his head and said: "Although the fourth prince seems to have mediocre abilities on the surface, I always feel that he seems to be deliberately hiding his clumsiness and is not as simple as he usually seems.
Besides, being an emperor without the influence of one’s mother’s family has certain advantages, right?
However, this is just my guess. Maybe I saw the wrong person this time. These are things that the emperor has to worry about. We don’t have to think about it. Let’s see when we can resign from the emperor and return to Dongchen.
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Ye Fuxun nodded, feeling that he was right. This was a matter for the Western Kingdom's imperial court, and she didn't need to care.
After Yu Xiunan's death, the ministers in the court felt very sorry, and at the same time they were suddenly confused.
Originally, I thought that the second prince would definitely be the future emperor. Everyone tried every means to please him and deal with him, hoping that they would be used in the future.
However, something unexpected happened, the second prince died unexpectedly, and the position of crown prince had to be replaced.
Among the remaining princes, no one was particularly outstanding. For a while, no one could make up their mind as to which prince the emperor would like, and they all had to wait and see.
After Yu Xiunan was buried, the emperor's illness suddenly worsened and he was in a coma for two days and two nights. He did not wake up until the third day. However, his body was too weak to handle government affairs. All affairs could only be temporarily delegated to the prime minister.
At this time, the princes couldn't help but get ready to make a move. They usually didn't care much about the emperor, but they visited the palace very frequently in the past few days. They claimed that they came to visit their father, but in fact they just wanted to show their courtesy to him so that he could be treated well.