The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity

Chapter 907 - 862: Secret Prison

Upon hearing someone call him, Amuer looked up and found he didn’t recognize the woman in purple palace attire, so he didn’t step forward and quietly stood beside Su Qing, unwilling to let go of the small hand tugging at Su Qing’s sleeve.

Li Yuan saw he wasn’t coming over, so she walked over to the little fellow herself and squatted down, gently saying, "Amuer, I am your aunt."

Amuer vaguely remembered his father saying last night that he would take him to meet his aunt today.

Aunt, is it really a person?

He was a bit confused and looked up at Su Qing.

Su Qing said, "Be good, call aunt."

Amuer had no choice but to tenderly say, "Aunt~"

Li Yuan’s gaze softened. "It’s been so long since you’ve left, do you miss your parents?"

Amuer’s big eyes showed confusion, his father was clearly right here.

When he was taken back by Su Qing, he was only two years old, and his memories from then had already blurred, recognizing Su Qing and Lin Xiaoyue as his real parents.

Hearing Li Yuan say this, Su Qing’s brow furrowed slightly.

Back then, when attacking West Yue, he was the commander-in-chief, and was well aware that among the escaping imperial family were Amuer’s father and mother.

Later he heard they went to Bei Yan to seek help from the Imperial Concubine. Could it be that those people were still in Bei Yan?

In this way, wouldn’t Amuer be reunited with them?

Thinking of this, an unusual emotion rose in Su Qing’s heart.

He didn’t wish for this child to meet his biological parents.

Li Yuan directly ignored Su Qing’s emotions, "Rare to see him, I wish to keep him in the palace for a few days."

Not in a tone of discussion, just informing the Chu Country envoy.

Su Qing blurted out, "No!"

Wen Wan also thought it wasn’t appropriate, "If Your Majesty feels longing, let the Little Prince accompany you more during the day, but at night the Little Prince still needs to return to the post house to rest."

Li Yuan didn’t respond, she pulled Amuer’s small hand, turned to look at Emperor Yan.

Emperor Yan chuckled twice, his face full of kindness, "Since the Imperial Concubine likes this child, it’s no problem for him to stay in the palace for a few days. If Princess is worried, you may stay too."

"Add two more people." Wen Wan negotiated, "Mr. Su and my servant Sanshun."

Emperor Yan still had a cheerful demeanor, like a Buddha smiling, "As long as the Imperial Concubine is willing, I will appease her."

Appease her?

Indeed, she’s spoiled beyond measure!

Wen Wan thought.

The three were arranged to stay at Ganquan Palace not far from Fengyang Palace.

Princess Wen Wan, with her noble status, stayed in the main hall, while Su Qing and Song Wei stayed in the side hall.

Taking advantage of the early hour, Wen Wan left the palace to return to Huitong Hall to pack some things, intending to bring the little black dog into the palace to accompany Amuer, but she unexpectedly found the little black dog dead. Using a silver needle she carried with her, she tested it and found it was poisoned.

Wen Wan called over the maid from the hall to inquire if any strangers had come in before, the maid shook her head repeatedly saying she hadn’t seen any strangers.

No strangers, it could only be someone from the hall who did it.

The Chu Country envoy was obviously unlikely, the most likely suspect was the Huitong Hall officer.

The purpose of the little black dog’s appearance was to cause a rift between the Imperial Concubine and the Chu Country envoy, so who would benefit from this?

When Wen Wan returned to Ganquan Palace, she told Song Wei about it.

Song Wei speculated, "On the surface, the ones benefiting are the Empress and Crown Prince, but I think it shouldn’t be this mother and son duo."

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Amuer was kept in Fengyang Palace by Li Yuan, after eating two fruits, he was drugged by a tranquilizer placed inside beforehand. Li Yuan dismissed all the servants, carried Amuer to the sleeping chamber, and pressed the mechanism underneath the bed. With a rumbling sound, a stone door appeared behind the phoenix couch.

Li Yuan held Amuer with both arms and slowly ventured into the stone door, the deeper she went, the dimmer the light became. Fortunately, lanterns were lit on both sides of the stone walls, fully illuminating the deserted secret passage.

Deep in the secret passage, the occasional sound of chains rattling could be heard, and closer inspection revealed a middle-aged man with disheveled hair, covered in bloodstains, clearly imprisoned here and subjected to torture for a long time.

Li Yuan stood still in front of him, her red lips curling up, "Elder brother, look whom I have brought."