Traveling through the Tang Dynasty: The Concubine Goes to War

In the East Palace, Yunxi was in a very good mood as she watched the prince slowly recover his health. Suddenly, she remembered that she should ask the prince about the circumstances under which he was stabbed.

Yunxi asked softly, "Your Highness, do you still remember the scene when you were stabbed? Did the assassin leave any clues?" The prince's eyes flashed with confusion, and he tried to recall, "I only remember a black shadow flashed by, and then I felt a sharp pain... I don't know anything about what happened after that."

Yunxi frowned, wondering what to do. She continued to ask: "Do you remember if there were other people around at the time? Or did you hear any noise?" The prince shook his head, indicating that he didn't remember anything.

Yunxi pondered for a moment and asked, "Where were you stabbed? Where were the palace maids and eunuchs at the time?" The prince replied, "I sneaked out of the East Palace under the cover of night and caught crickets in the garden. I heard Aunt Wan mention that she and General Shangguan once caught some interesting crickets in the garden..."

Yunxi's heart sank. After all, the prince was less than nine years old, and he was very curious and loved to play. This would make it more difficult to track down the real culprit. She secretly made up her mind to protect the prince no matter what and never let him get hurt again.

Therefore, Yunxi decided to start the investigation from the people around the prince. She first gathered the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving at the time and asked them one by one whether they noticed anything unusual. However, the answers of these people were surprisingly consistent, saying that they did not find anything special.

Although everything seemed normal on the surface, Yunxi knew in her heart that there must be something wrong with this matter. However, there were too few clues at the moment, and she had no idea where to start. Just as she was thinking hard, a little eunuch caught her attention. The little eunuch looked flustered, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to be hiding some secrets.

Yunxi calmly took note of this person and prepared to investigate him secretly. At the same time, she also told the prince never to leave the palace alone in the future to avoid any accidents.

Yunxi noticed the eunuch's strange behavior and sent someone to follow him secretly. One day, the eunuch sneaked into a remote palace and Yunxi followed him quietly.

After the young eunuch entered the palace, he was talking to another person in a room. Yunxi looked closely and found that the person was the emperor's former favorite concubine, Mei Cairen, who was now demoted.

Yunxi was very confused. Why did Mei Cairen appear here? Did she have some unspeakable secret with this young eunuch? Out of curiosity, Yunxi decided to continue observing.

The young eunuch lowered his head, bent his waist, and stood respectfully in front of Mei Cairen. He answered carefully: "Your Majesty, everything went according to your plan. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not suspect anything."

Hearing this, Yunxi's heart sank suddenly. It turned out that the assassination of the prince was planned by Mei Cairen! She clenched her fists tightly, and a raging anger burned in her heart.

After the young eunuch left, Yunxi could no longer suppress his anger. He walked up to Mei Cairen and asked coldly, "Why did you do this?"

Mei Cairen obviously did not expect Yunxi to suddenly appear, and was horrified. But she quickly calmed down, a sneer appeared on her face, and she said sarcastically: "Humph, the reason why I was demoted is all because of you. You became the mother of the prince, didn't you want to be honored by your son? I won't let you get your wish!"

Yunxi angrily retorted: "Don't slander me. It was obviously you who made the mistake first. I'm just telling the truth."

Mei Cairen's eyes flashed with cunning, and his tone became colder: "No matter what, I won't let you succeed."

Yunxi warned righteously: "Your behavior is too despicable! I will definitely expose your conspiracy and let everyone know the truth!"

After saying that, she turned and left, determined to tell the prince and the emperor about this matter, and never let Mei Cairen get away with it. Yunxi hurried back to the East Palace and told the prince about this matter. The prince was shocked after hearing it. He did not expect that Mei Cairen, who was usually gentle and kind, would do such a vicious thing.

"Mother, should we report this to father immediately?" the prince asked seriously.

However, Yunxi said, "Ms. Mei is from the Queen Mother's family. We'd better not act rashly without solid evidence. Don't alert your father for now. This will not affect the relationship between you and the Queen Mother."

"I understand!" said the prince, nodding his head.

Then Yunxi told the prince about the eunuch who betrayed his master. The prince was furious and planned to deal with him immediately.

However, Yunxi said, "Since this matter is not going to be made public, of course this little eunuch cannot be dealt with openly." She whispered a few words in the prince's ear. The prince nodded repeatedly in approval.

The next morning, when the prince got up and washed, the eunuch who betrayed him happened to serve him. He was seen holding a copper basin and carefully walking into the bedroom.

The copper basin was filled with steaming water, and there were wisps of steam rising from it. The young eunuch was about to put the copper basin down, but his feet suddenly slipped and he fell forward, spilling the full basin of hot water all over the prince.

"Ah!" The prince screamed and jumped up subconsciously. His clothes were soaked and stuck to his body, making him feel very uncomfortable.

"I deserve to die! I deserve to die!" The young eunuch was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kept begging for mercy. He knew that he had made a big mistake and might be severely punished.

Yunxi came over upon hearing the noise, and was secretly delighted when he saw the scene before him. This was a rare opportunity.

So, she walked quickly to the prince and asked with concern: "Your Highness, are you okay? Are you hurt?" At the same time, she glared at the young eunuch fiercely and shouted angrily: "You bold servant, how dare you treat Your Highness like this! Come, drag this useless thing out and give him twenty strokes of the cane!"

The young eunuch was terrified and kowtowed to beg for mercy, but Yunxi remained unmoved. She knew that if she didn't take this opportunity to get rid of the spy, there would probably be no such opportunity in the future.

So she did not hesitate to have the guards drag the young eunuch away and ordered him to be beaten with 20 sticks. After that, he was sent to the palace to do hard labor.

Seeing the young eunuch being dragged away, the prince felt a little bit reluctant, but he didn't say anything. After all, Yunxi was venting his anger for him, and he also knew that Yunxi was always thoughtful. So he nodded in agreement.

The young eunuch was dragged out by the guards, and soon, screams were heard from outside.

"Mother, isn't this punishment too severe?" the prince said with some reluctance.

"He made a mistake, so he must be punished. Moreover, this will also serve as a warning to other servants." Yunxi said.

The prince nodded again and admired Yunxi even more.

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