Greetings, Ninth Uncle

Chapters 131 - 132

Ch 131 - Protecting His Wife

The crowd was shocked when the eunuch on the door shouted, "The Crown Prince has arrived." The Crown Prince was obviously absent for disaster relief, so why did he come back suddenly?

Cheng Yujin was also stunned at first, but she soon returned to her senses and immediately rushed to the door, "Your Highness!"

Li Chengjing entered the inner hall. He clearly had just returned to the capital, as he was still wearing his narrow-sleeved travel attire topped with an indigo-colored light jacket. Li Chengjing was tall and slender; compared to the wide-sleeved heavy robe he wore to the morning court every day, this streamlined attire fit his figure even more, making him look sharper than usual.

When Li Chengjing entered the hall, he said not a single word, but the aura on his body caused everyone else to move backward subconsciously, opening an unimpeded path for him. Li Chengjing's expression was icy, and his every move carried a murderous aura that seemed to originate from the depth of hell itself. In the past few months, Li Chengjing had been facing corpses, seeing disasters both natural and man-made, and had brushed deaths with the plague itself. The situation he faced daily was beyond the imagination of the people who lived splendidly in the safe and prosperous capital.

Therefore, it was normal for Li Chengjing's aura to change completely.

Li Chengjing did not restrain his momentum until he saw Cheng Yujin among the crowd, walking toward him in a rush. Only then did his expression softens, and his eyes revealed the warmth he reserved only for one person.

Cheng Yujin rushed to Li Chengjing's side. She had been calm and rational all the time, refusing to give in an inch even when facing a one-sided attack. Yet at this moment, she was suddenly filled with infinite grievances, and her voice carried a cry: "Your Highness."

Li Chengjing quickly took two steps forward and caught Cheng Yujin's body. Seeing her red eyes and aggrieved face, his heart seemed to be clenched into a ball. He wiped the tears from Cheng Yujin's eyes and said softly, "It's alright. I'm back."

Soon after he said that, Li Chengjing pulled Cheng Yujin behind him and looked up at the rest of the people. At this moment, Li Chengjing no longer had the gentleness he showed just now, and his entire person, from his expression to his aura, was full of sharp coldness. "During the time Gu was absent from the palace and worked in the disaster area for the sake of the country, is this how you people treat Gu's Crown Princess and child?"

Empress Yang looked a bit awkward. Why did Li Chengjing have to return at this time? Yet, she smiled and tried to cover it up: "Why does Crown Prince say such things? Your return is a happy event worthy of our celebration."

"Celebration? If this is the celebration Empress and Empress Dowager prepare, Gu is certainly unable to accept it." Li Chengjing replied coldly, "Gu rushed to the capital and finally arrived today, but when Gu first returned to the Eastern Palace, Gu learned that Empress Dowager had been quite ill for a while and that the heavy-bellied Crown Princess was summoned to the Cining Palace to take care of Empress Dowager. Gu immediately hurried over, but along the way, Gu vaguely heard some nasty remarks about Gu's unborn child."

Empress Dowager Yang had no scruples towards Cheng Yujin, but when she saw Li Chengjing coming in, she subconsciously tensed. Even the old Abbess, who looked so lofty just now, also lowered her head and quietly took two steps aside, not daring to face the Crown Prince.

The crowd looked a little embarrassed, and the imperial clansmen who had just expressed their support to the Empress Dowager were like quails at this moment, not daring to even show the slightest sense of existence. The Emperor also felt quite awkward. He coughed lightly and asked, "Crown Prince, why are you suddenly back? Why didn't you send any news beforehand?"