Too high to reach

Chapter 289 He was in a bad mood
"No! Your Highness..." Mo Yi felt guilty and anxious.

"...I just received this news. It's simply outrageous..."

Li Jing casually put her legs up on the table and leaned back in her chair.

It's hard to imagine that a prince who is usually serious and rarely smiles, and who has been taught by various Confucian scholars since childhood, could make such a move.

"Tell me..." Li Jing sneered inwardly. What could be more outrageous than letting her husband know that his wife was having a private rendezvous with someone else?
Mo Yi blinked, but ultimately didn't dare use any of the several excuses she had thought of. "Your Highness, as you know, the first time we met... was at the Liang family of Marquis Jing'an."

We've finally gotten to the point!
Li Jing smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "Are you referring to the Liang family of Marquis Jing'an, or specifically Liang You?"

Mo Yi sensed something was off about the prince, but she couldn't dwell on it. "Liang You's biological mother was on good terms with my aunt. She wanted to set us up... and then..."

"Who do you want to work with?" Li Jing asked seriously.

Mo Yi sighed, "Is this the point?"

"Trying to match me with Liang You... Your Highness, Liang You just told me some news..."

"Oh?" Li Jing interrupted her. "Just now? Wasn't Liang You training troops at the Western Suburbs Camp? Where did he tell you that he came to my house? How come I didn't know?" He spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Your Highness, Xu Ke has an affair with Princess Yu'an!" Mo Yi disliked his tone, so she cut to the chase, "Therefore, my sister's pregnancy was caused by Princess Yu'an. And she killed those three people too..."

This news was indeed somewhat unexpected for Li Jing, and he put his legs down.

"really?"

"Yes. My sister just got pregnant, and Princess Yu'an didn't even bring a maid. She arrived at the western suburban camp almost dark and asked the soldiers at the gate where Xu Ke was. She went to look for him. The two of them struggled to get into the carriage. It was late at night, and there were only the two of them in the carriage. Liang You saw it with his own eyes!"

She finished speaking in one breath.

The last sentence particularly displeased Li Jing. She nodded and said, "So, Liang You guessed that the two were having an affair based on the fact that a man and a woman were alone together in the carriage?"

Mo Yi didn't understand what he meant at all, but nodded in agreement, and continued, "Something must have happened after they got in the car. The guard heard the commotion and was very embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't dare to intervene. You think that's abnormal?"

Furthermore, the people in the courtyard came out to see what was going on. Without any orders, the guard drove the carriage out of the western suburban camp. Later, as night deepened, the gatekeeper saw Xu Ke walking back alone.

Li Jing looked at Mo Yi with amusement.

"Your Highness, when Xu Ke took a liking to my sister, the whole family was overjoyed. Especially during the New Year, when we saw him in person, we were utterly astonished. No one expected him to be so handsome. Everyone thought it was a perfect match made in heaven..."

Now it seems they just wanted an easy-going young woman from a poor family, someone who wouldn't interfere with their illicit affair!

Mo Yi was both ashamed and angry, her face turning bright red. "...Perhaps, Xu Ke made some promise, so when the princess found out that my sister was pregnant, she went crazy. After making a scene with Xu Ke, she took action here!"

Li Jing realized that this person simply couldn't understand what she meant...

never mind!

He sighed and seriously thought about the matter.

“Your Highness.” Mo Yi was truly frightened. “My sister, and the Mo family, are facing such a cruel princess. She’s willing to take lives at the drop of a hat! Before…” She thought hard, “Yu’an always tried to get close to me and even invited me to the princess’s residence… Now it seems, she has some ulterior motives towards me.”

The scene from that day flashed through my mind. The Crown Prince was there too... What a coincidence!

Her mind was in turmoil. "This time, the princess didn't kill her, but what will happen next? Your Highness, what should we do?"

Li Jing sneered, "Ha, the Xu family lads, noble and refined, thinking themselves extraordinary. But who would have thought they'd produce a Xu Ke with such a down-to-earth air? I'll have to ask him if Xu Lang has run out of talent and is now thinking of selling a handsome descendant to maintain the family's reputation!"

"Huh?" Mo Yi was dumbfounded. What kind of inappropriate words were those?
The two Madam Xus, so noble and self-assured, would probably even contemplate suicide if they heard the prince's words.
She didn't know that Li Jing had been in the military camp since he was a child, and he had heard all kinds of dirty jokes and knew how to say them.

"Your Highness..." Mo Yi covered her eyes with her hands, her whole body trembling, it was hard to tell whether she was crying or laughing.

"Alright. Now that we know the whole story, there's no need to worry too much. But, Mo Yi..." Li Jing's tone suddenly turned serious.

"Huh?" Mo Yi raised her face.

"You know that when a man and a woman are alone together, it means something is abnormal and improper. What about yourself?" Li Jing's face was devoid of warmth.

"Ah..." Mo Yi blushed with embarrassment and stammered.

"Moreover, you had a past with Liang You. Any other woman would be trying to avoid suspicion, yet you actually met him in a teahouse..."

Oh no, oh no... How did he know?
Mo Yi's eyes darted around for a second...

"You want to ask how I found out, right? If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place! I won't even mention Yu'an's despicable nature. But Xu Ke, for the sake of the Xu family's reputation, was careful in everything he did when he was having an affair with the princess, trying not to leave any evidence. But in the end, he couldn't hide it from everyone..."

Mo Yi lowered her head in embarrassment.

"I believe that you and Liang You are innocent. This matter is indeed inconvenient to discuss in writing or through others... I will simply consider it a slight breach of rules and regulations that you were forced to do. However... he could have simply walked through the front gate of the palace and let me know... Is that right?"

His gaze was sharper than ever before.

After being frightened by Liang You's news once, Mo Yi was frightened again by the prince.

"Yes. You are right. This was due to my lack of foresight." Mo Yi stood up to receive the reprimand.

"Hmm. Considering this is your first offense, I'll give you a warning this time. If there's a next time... you, and Liang You, will not be let off easily!"

“Yes…” Mo Yi felt that today was too sad.

"Alright, now that I know this news, I'll go ahead and make the arrangements."

"Your Highness...should we tell my sister about this?"

"Say whatever you want, you can even tell the two Madam Xus!" Li Jing said maliciously as she turned and left.

Thinking of how Mo Yi's face had turned pale from his fright, he suddenly grinned.

Since the waters are already murky, let that bastard from the East come back and fish...

With that matter settled, he went out to take care of the things he had missed on his way back... to see that bastard Liu Yue!

Thinking of Liu Yue, the fire in his heart flared up again.

What kind of bullshit news website is it?
They didn't even know that Xu Ke and Yu An had been having an affair for so long!
I was angry the whole way.

Little did Liu Yue know that the man's nameless rage was about to erupt. The agreed-upon time had passed, and he had waited foolishly for ages, unable to leave in the first place.

I was bored, so I brewed two pots of tea and went to relieve myself when Li Jing arrived.

He actually brazenly accused himself of being late...

"Your Highness, I'm going to relieve myself..."

"A lazy donkey trying to get on the millstone," the man said.

Where can I go to seek justice?
My gut feeling is that this scoundrel is in a bad mood today.

The result was indeed unsatisfactory.

I investigated so many people's affairs myself. Including: the Crown Prince selling official positions, the Fourth Prince seizing property in Yunzhou, the Ninth Prince secretly supporting 500 elite troops for the Crown Prince, the Prince of Yong'an's unfathomable wealth, and the widespread establishment of silver shops and gambling dens. And so much other information about their assets—copper, iron, gold, salt…

As a result, he only glanced at it before stuffing it into that damned bag.

Turning around, he asked, "Where was that place again?"

...Anyway, it's just a matter of land consolidation, what's so great about it? How much land can there be in total?
And... Yu'an slept with Xu Ke.

He even complained about himself: "I couldn't even find this out!"

It’s simply baffling!

Yu'an, that woman, is in the prime of her youth. She's been provoked by Dongfang and is in a bad mood. Can she really stay celibate?
A princess like her, sleeping with a pretty boy like Xu Ke...

What's wrong? !

"I have already sent a message by carrier pigeon to bring that bastard from the East back."

Finally, Liu Yue heard this man say with a sinister grin...

"You want to ask how I know, right? If you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place!"

—The past is like smoke, and the author was once young... cough cough, let's not talk about it.