Rescuing the Villainous Boss with a Little Dirty Master

Now, Li Lian could no longer pretend nothing had happened. He suddenly pushed open the door and rushed into the hall, where he saw Dongling Yu lying on the ground with his limbs twisted.

"What have you done to His Highness!"

He questioned Dong Tinglan angrily, but his eyes were bright. He secretly slipped a note to Dong Tinglan and rushed to Dong Lingyu's side in a few steps, not knowing what to do.

"Your Highness! I will go find the King immediately!"

"You're not allowed to go." Dongling Yu managed to squeeze out the words, gasping for breath. "Set my arms and legs back together, go find the physician, and tell him I fell off the bed."

Li Lian was surprised. What had his master said to Dongling Yu? The man had been crippled and yet he didn't dare to complain? But he was happy with this outcome. He gave a restrained reply and helped set the man's dislocated joints. It seemed that the muffled groan earlier was because of this.

As Dong Tinglan left, he brushed past Zhuo Yi, who had just returned. Zhuo Yi glanced at him warily, clutched the sandalwood box in his hand, and hurriedly ran into the hall.

As they approached the palace gate, they saw Lian An waiting halfway there, with no one else around.

Lian An bowed to him, showing even more respect than he would to the King of Dongli.

"Fifth Prince, may I speak with you in private?"

Dong Tinglan nodded and followed Lian An to a more secluded side.

"Where did the pendant on the Fifth Prince's waist come from?" Lian An looked directly into Dong Tinglan's eyes, afraid of missing even a trace of emotion in the other's gaze.

"Do you recognize this pendant?"

Dong Tinglan raised her hand and took off the wooden magnolia carving, dangling it in front of the two of them.

Lian An stared at the magnolia blossom, his eyes reddening. "It's something from an old friend."

"An old friend? You and my mother were acquaintances?"

confirmed.

Lian An felt a sense of relief, as if the dust had settled. He looked at the magnolia blossom and said with a touch of nostalgia, "I can't say we're old acquaintances, but Consort Li was my benefactor."

There are countless sordid things happening in this deep palace. It's not surprising that a young eunuch with no powerful backing and considerable good looks would suffer any hardship. Lian An didn't want to taint Dong Tinglan's ears with old stories.

"If Your Highness needs anything in the future, please feel free to give the order." He paused, then moved a little closer and whispered a few words.

......

"What? The fact that King Dongli can't have children was Lian An's doing?"

At the Fifth Prince's residence, Jiang Heng had just returned from Jiang's place when she heard this shocking news.

“Lian An felt that he had betrayed his mother and had been secretly tampering with his incense for years in order to get revenge on him.”

Dong Tinglan never expected that this person would go to such lengths for his mother.

"He's trying to get His Highness into that position."

Jiang Heng was puzzled. In the original story, why did Dong Tinglan ultimately fail? Was it really because the protagonist's halo was so powerful? Dong Lingyu didn't seem like a protagonist either. What kind of protagonist is so vicious?

“Host, in the original plot, Dongling Yu never revealed his true nature. He did not openly target the villains, and there was no plot where his leg was broken. This person has not gone mad.”

Jiang Heng was even more puzzled. Why didn't Dong Tinglan touch his legs in the original story?

886 scratched its head, not quite understanding either. This was its first time entering such a brain-intensive world. "It's probably because the host changed the timeline. Dong Tinglan didn't have a girlfriend in the original story."

This was Jiang Heng's first time undertaking this kind of task, so she stopped thinking about things she couldn't understand; as long as she could complete the task, that was enough. "Once Dongling Yu is completely offline and Dongting Lan takes over, my task should be completed, right?"

886 checked the mission progress and then looked at the self-destructive tendency, which was only 5% remaining. "It should be."

In the middle of the night, Zhao Yi suddenly knocked on the door and woke Dong Tinglan up, "Master! Something has happened!"

Dong Tinglan sat up, grabbed some clothes from the side to change, and saw Jiang Heng groggily open her eyes. He patted her head and said, "You go back to sleep. I'll go see what's wrong."

Jiang Heng nodded and buried herself back under the covers.

"What happened?"

Dong Tinglan followed Zhao Yi into the study, where she saw that Mo Wu, who had been missing for many days, had returned.

"Is everything done?"

"Yes." Mo Wu nodded. "Something happened in the palace."

Dong Tinglan's eyes narrowed. "What's going on?"

"Dongling Yu went to Chengxing Palace in the evening, after which King Dongli suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma. Chengxing Palace has now been sealed off."

In the days that followed, the King of Dongli fell seriously ill and suspended court. On this day, Dong Tinglan went to the residence of Imperial Censor Zeng Xi, and no one knows what the two talked about.

In the afternoon, Zeng Xi, accompanied by several important officials, entered the palace to request an audience with the King of Dongli.

"His Majesty is unwell, gentlemen, please return."

Zeng Xi looked at the unfamiliar eunuch in front of her and the tightly closed palace doors, her brows furrowing deeply, and she believed Dong Tinglan's words even more.

"Where is Eunuch Lian? Why haven't we seen him?"

"The chief eunuch is serving the king and cannot leave."

Zeng Xi and the others exchanged a glance and turned to leave.

Suddenly, the sound of breaking dishes came from inside the hall. The Qilin Guards guarding the door moved swiftly and surrounded Zeng Xi and the others.

"What do you mean by this! How dare you lay a hand on a high-ranking official of the imperial court?!"

"We are acting on His Majesty's orders. You gentlemen will be staying in the palace for a few days."

"Why is Your Majesty doing this? We demand an explanation!"

"Is this truly the King's order? Or are you spreading false information and plotting a rebellion?"

Zeng Xi stood at the front of the group, straightened his back, and protected his old friends behind him. He shouted loudly, "Where is Li Xiangyan? The commander of the Qilin Guard can't be taking over the job of the palace physician, can he?"

The leader of the Qilin Guards' eyes flickered slightly, and he was about to speak when another cracking sound came from behind him. He quickly put on an impatient look and said, "Hurry up and take the person away."

The others wanted to argue, but Zeng Xi stopped them. With his back to the Qilin Guards, he gave them a reassuring look and tightened his grip on the signal flare in his sleeve.

The Qilin Guards took the men to a side hall far from Chengxing Hall and imprisoned them, leaving a few guards behind.

"Keep a close eye on him. If anything goes wrong, you can act first and report later."

Zeng Xi, who was eavesdropping with her ear pressed against the door, felt her heart pounding when she heard this and quietly moved a few steps away from the doorway.

Damn it, the Fifth Prince didn't tell him that this matter might cost him his life!

He glanced at the group of people still cursing and swearing not far behind him and sighed heavily.

"Old Zeng, why are you sighing?"

Zeng Xi leaned over and beckoned the group together, saying, "You all need to cover your mouths first."

The crowd was puzzled and wanted to ask again, but seeing Zeng Xi's fist raised in mid-air, they swallowed hard and quickly did as she said.

Zeng Xi is great in every way, except that she's impatient and has a temper that makes her prone to hitting people.

"The Fourth Prince has likely rebelled. The King is in grave danger."

The exclamation that was about to escape their lips was covered by a hand, and only then did everyone understand why Zeng Xi had told them to cover their mouths. After they recovered from their shock, they hurriedly asked Zeng Xi what she meant.

……

"What's next?"

"Now the Fifth Prince and we can't communicate with each other anymore."

Zeng Xi took out a signal cigarette from her sleeve, her face serious. "Now we can only wait."