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Chapter 340: 340: The Crown Prince is Annoyed

Attendant No. 2 asked, “Do you know who threw this piece of paper?”

The child shook his head: “I don’t know, but when I woke up, they were everywhere. Everyone is picking them up. Uncle, can you read the words on this for me? There are some I can’t recognize, what happened to the Crown Prince?”

Attendant No. 2: “Let’s go quickly!”

He was somewhat irritated.

Li Jixian was even more disturbed.

“Go find out what’s going on!”

He said angrily.

The carriage left the alley and entered the main street of Chang’an City. Sure enough, there were small pieces of paper everywhere.

Quite a few people were picking up the paper.

For ordinary people, paper is not cheap and it’s not a necessity, so they are reluctant to buy it.

Now that paper is scattered everywhere, just as the child said, it would be good to pick it up for use, even if it’s just for wiping their buttocks.

Attendant No. 2 bent down and picked up a few pieces of paper. All of them contained identical writings about the Crown Prince.

He didn’t dare to show the paper to the Crown Prince, but how could the Crown Prince not know?

The chatter was endless in every street and alley.

On this otherwise tranquil early autumn morning, the entire city of Chang’an was ignited with salacious gossip about His Highness the Crown Prince.

As the carriage passed by, there were voices of discussion everywhere.

Li Jixian clutched his chest, feeling like he could vomit blood.

He had barely returned to the palace when, before he could reach the East Palace, someone from the Emperor’s side came to relay a message that the Emperor wanted him to come over immediately.

Li Jixian went apprehensively, and was greeted with a hail of paper slips.

He glanced at them and his heart skipped a beat.

These were exactly the same as those scattered everywhere in the streets and lanes.

How did they get into Emperor Father’s hands so quickly?

“You scoundrel!” the Emperor roared, “You’ve only been Crown Prince for a few days, and you’re already causing such a scandal! This is absolutely outrageous!”

Li Jixian knelt down in a hurry: “Emperor Father, please calm your anger. I’ve been wronged!”

“Wronged? What have you been wronged for? Ah? I’ve already had someone ask Lu Xun, the Jingzhao Magistrate! Last night you broke into someone’s house and behaved disgracefully. Do you still dare to claim innocence?”

“I truly am innocent, I was deceived into going last night…”

“Who deceived you?”

“It was… the Princess Consort of Yu!” Li Jixian gritted his teeth and went all in.

“Why would the Princess Consort of Yu deceive you?”

“Because… because of those past misunderstandings. She harbored resentment in her heart and tricked me into the inn. I didn’t expect it to be a trap!” Even though Li Jixian hadn’t fully investigated it, he could only push all the blame onto Jiang Ning for now.

The Emperor sneered, “You claim Jiang Ning asked you to meet her at the inn? As far as I know, she went with her mother to the temple to offer incense yesterday, and they haven’t even returned yet!”

Li Jixian’s head started to buzz.

How could the timing be such a coincidence?

Just then, a eunuch came in and handed the Emperor a few pieces of paper. The Emperor read them, his anger growing even more intense. He tossed the papers to Li Jixian: “Read them yourself!”

Li picked up the papers, not words this time, but drawings.

The drawing depicted a man sitting in a carriage, looking outside while several imperial guards were holding onto several crying children.

The scene was heart wrenching.

The drawing depicted the scene where Attendant No. 2 went to arrest children for interrogation.

Li Jixian’s heart pounded wildly.

How did something that just happened get drawn so quickly?

To those who did not understand the real situation, the portrayals in the drawing were gravely misleading.

The Emperor pointed at him, gasping in anger: “Yesterday, you exploited a common woman, today, you’re mistreating children. Furthermore, your actions are causing a huge uproar in the city.. Li Jixian, I see your days as Crown Prince are numbered!”