Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child

  Chapter 605 Without hesitation

  She quickly sat up straight, leaned on the window and looked forward, wanting to see more clearly.

   Deng Yuchuan leaned on crutches and walked slowly in front of the emperor and Queen Mother Deng.

  Deng Luyun would always be by his side on weekdays, but today he entered the palace alone, with no one around him.

  He knelt down tremblingly.

   "My humble minister Deng Yuchuan, pay homage to the emperor and queen mother."

  Empress Dowager Deng smiled and said: "Brother, please come, you are all from your own family, so there is no need to be so polite."

  The old emperor also said: "Come here, show uncle a seat."

   Immediately someone moved a seat and put it behind Deng Yuchuan so that he could sit and talk.

  Deng Yuchuan did not sit down, he was still standing there with a cane, his body was a little bent due to old age, although his face was still resolute, his face was already covered with wrinkles of different depths, and his hair was also gray.

  He said unhurriedly: "Time flies, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, both the queen mother and the humble minister have reached their sixtieth years."

  Empress Dowager Deng sighed: "Yes, we are all old."

  Queen Wen comforted her in a timely manner.

   "Don't say that, queen mother, we see that you are still very young."

   Others also followed suit, praising the queen mother for being still very young.

  Empress Dowager Deng knew in her heart that everyone was coaxing herself, but she was still amused and laughed.

  Who in this world doesn't like to hear good things? She is no exception.

  The guards came up carrying a heavy mahogany box.

  They put the big box on the ground and stood it up according to Deng Yuchuan's instructions.

  The official of the Ministry of Rites looked at the words on the gift list and read slowly.

   "Respect Duke Deng Yuchuan presents a Jade Buddha!"

  Empress Dowager Deng prayed to Buddha all the year round, and at this time she was still wearing a string of jasper beads on her wrist.

  Hearing this, she couldn't help showing a look of anticipation: "It turns out that elder brother gave the Jade Buddha to Ai's family."

  The old emperor looked at the big mahogany box and said with a smile.

   "It seems that this Jade Buddha should be quite big, open it quickly so that I can open my eyes."

   Deng Yuchuan declined the help of others.

  He walked over with a cane, opened the brass lock with the key he carried, and then slowly opened the lid of the box.

   Then the contents of the mahogany box were revealed to everyone.

  In an instant, everyone present gasped.

  The atmosphere of the birthday banquet froze.

   It turned out that what was contained in the mahogany box was not the Jade Buddha, but a scorched corpse that had been burned beyond recognition!

  Shen Zhuo was the first to react.

  He stood up suddenly, and shouted sharply: "Come on, move this thing down!"

  Deng Yuchuan next reached out and pressed on the mahogany box, his voice was very loud.

   "Seeing that His Royal Highness is so anxious, you must already know the origin of this charred corpse. According to seniority, you should call him grandfather."

  As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar!

  The old emperor's complexion has turned livid: "Deng Yuchuan, do you know what you are doing?!"

  Empress Dowager Deng stared blankly at the charred corpse, her expression gradually becoming panicked.

  She couldn't believe that after so many years, she would actually see that man again under such circumstances.

  Scenes from that year resurfaced in her mind like a fleeting glance.

  Those were nightmares that she would never want to think of in her life.

  Yu Youyou watched this scene quietly, recalling what happened six days ago in her mind—

  Before she left Yujing with everyone from the county palace, she quietly ordered someone to send the charred corpse to Deng's mansion, and handed it over to Mr. Deng.

  She originally planned to send everyone in the county palace away, and then disguised herself and mixed into the Deng family's team to enter the palace for a banquet.

   But she didn't expect a sudden change. The emperor suddenly found out about the charred corpse, and she was called into the palace urgently.

   What happened after that was out of her control.

  She could no longer follow the plan and could only pin her hopes on Deng Yuchuan.

  Before this, Yu Niao made many assumptions, the worst result of which was that Deng Yuchuan gave up revenge for his sister and chose to destroy the body and traces, so as to protect himself and the entire Deng family.

  Everyone is selfish, if Deng Yuchuan really did this, Yu Niao has nothing to blame.

  She had no choice but to accept her fate.

  The final fact did not disappoint her.

  Deng Yuchuan did not flinch, let alone give up.

   Even though he knew that the road ahead was a dead end, he still did not hesitate.

  Yu Niao looked at Deng Yuchuan's slightly stooped figure, and his chest was filled with emotion.

  Even though time is ruthless, even if the dead have already turned into dry bones.

   But in this world, there are still people who remember them.

   There are still people who will go forward for them.

  The imperial guards rushed towards Deng Yuchuan aggressively, intending to take him down on the spot.

  Deng Yuchuan unhurriedly took out the fire bag and blew on it lightly, sparks came out of the fire bag.

  He put the fire folder close to the mahogany box, and glanced at the imperial guards.

   "The interlayer of this box is filled with gunpowder. As long as I ignite the fuse, the gunpowder will explode immediately, and everyone present will be blown away."

  The imperial guards took a closer look and found that there was indeed a thin lead wire at the corner of the mahogany box.

   As long as Deng Yuchuan's hand is moved a little further, the fuse can ignite the fuse.

   Immediately everyone backed away in fright, not daring to act rashly again.

  The old emperor was furious: "Are you crazy?!"

  Deng Yuchuan was not only not crazy, he was even calmer than ever before.

   He realized that someone was trying to sneak away, so he immediately said loudly.

   "Now, please do well, everyone, and listen to me tell a story quietly. When the story is finished, I will naturally put you on the scene and leave. But if someone acts rashly before that, I will immediately ignite the fuse."

  As soon as this remark came out, those who wanted to escape immediately didn't dare to move, and could only sit back obediently.

  Empress Wen managed to maintain her composure: "If the explosives are detonated, you will not be able to escape."

  Deng Yuchuan: "Since I have achieved this step, I am ready to die."

  Shen Zhuo endured and endured, but in the end he still couldn't hold back, and turned his head again to look at where Yu Niaoyao was.

  From his angle, he could only see a small window, and he couldn't see Yu Lingling's figure at all.

  At this moment, he finally understood why Yu Niaolong insisted on entering the palace today to attend the birthday banquet.

  She must have known Deng Yuchuan's plan long ago.

  Maybe she has a part in this plan!

  Shen Zhuo pursed his lips tightly, clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves into fists, and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

   After a long time, Empress Dowager Deng struggled to find her voice.

   "Brother, why are you doing this?

  We are obviously a family, what can we not sit down and talk about? Why bother to make such a fuss?

  If something happens to the Ai family and the emperor, not only you, but the entire Deng family will suffer.

  Even if you don’t think about yourself, you should think about the children and grandchildren in your family. "

  Deng Yuchuan: "Do you really treat me as a family?"

  Empress Dowager Deng: "Naturally..."

  Deng Yuchuan interrupted her: "What about Li Niang? Do you regard her as a family member?"

  Hearing the name Li Niang, Empress Dowager Deng's face instantly turned pale.

  (end of this chapter)