Chapter 438: 438 villains causing trouble

“So what do you think? Should the Second Prince be imprisoned as well?” Looking at Ye Jiu, whose ideas were so naive, the War King could not help but despise her, “What is your status, and what is the status of the Second Prince? The law states that the Emperor is subject to the same laws as the commoners, but that’s just something people say. Did you actually believe it?”

“Let alone the fact that the Second Prince merely took you into his mansion, even if he had taken your life, how could that matter? Who would dare to say a word?”

“So you also think that Sikong shouldn’t have come to rescue me, that I deserved to die by the hands of the Second Prince and your Princess Consort, becoming a sacrifice for your political struggles?” Ye Jiu retorted angrily.

“What do you mean? The Second Prince captured you; what does that have to do with my Princess Consort?” The War King still didn’t know that although the Princess Consort hadn’t taken part in capturing Ye Jiu, she almost got used by the Second Prince to target him.

After Ye Jiu revealed the true nature of the situation, the War King didn’t scorn the Princess Consort’s foolishness but rather reflected upon it.

Indeed, his guess had been correct.

Those who had seen him and Ye Jiu would undoubtedly think, without hesitation, that Ye Jiu was his illegitimate daughter.

Otherwise, even biological father and daughter might not look so similar, let alone these two, who were unrelated.

After a long and winding conversation, the War King finally spoke, “Rest assured, the turmoil in Nanchang is about to be quelled. Sikong is indispensable at the frontier border, and nobody would dare to harm him. Arresting him is just a lesson to make him less arrogant. Within a few days, the Emperor will find an excuse to release him.”

“Really?” Ye Jiu found it hard to believe.

The War King scowled, “Why would I lie to a young girl like you?

As of now, the frontier borders are unstable, and Nanchang is in chaos, with several countries poised to stir up trouble. Everyone knows that after Nanchang’s turbulence ends, we will start a war with Dongyue, and generals in other places are already poised for battle. There’s no surplus manpower available. In such circumstances, detaining Sikong in prison with no plans to release him would bring no benefits to the Imperial Court!”

Ye Jiu considered that the War King had a point.

However, she thought it was quite sad that Dongyue, a great realm, had reached a state of having no one else to depend on!

Almost everyone believed that Sikong’s temporary arrest was the Emperor’s way of teaching him a lesson. Unfortunately, there were always some fools in the world who, despite their lack of cleverness, always tried to stir up trouble.

In the residence of the Second Prince, the wife of the Second Prince, with a pained expression, instructed the servants to administer medicine to the Prince, then said, “My lord, rest assured, even if we are destitute, we’re still a Prince’s mansion. Even if the War King has great authority, a single word from the Emperor, and he would still have to obediently enter the prison!”

The Second Prince was so frightened that he nearly jumped up, “You went to the palace to complain?”

The wife of the Second Prince naturally replied, “Of course. Look at the state our mansion has been reduced to. That Sikong dared to lay hands on my lord; if we don’t teach him a lesson, others might think we are afraid of him!

“Moreover, the Emperor has already ordered the collapsed parts of our mansion to be rebuilt, and just now, I ordered someone to clear up that area.”

No sooner had the wife of the Second Prince finished speaking than a servant came in to report, “My lady… My lord, something terrible has happened!”

“What matter could possibly warrant such panic and shouting?” the wife of the Second Prince scolded immediately.

“This servant has erred, please spare my life, Your Highness,” the servant was so scared that he immediately knelt on the ground.

The wife of the Second Prince raised an eyebrow lightly, “Alright, you are panicking too much. What exactly happened?”