The Mad King's Heir

Chapter 139: Darlings of Heaven

She knew the system had its own selfish interests, but at the time she thought they were aligned. But when it mattered the most, it left her stranded. She still hadn’t decided yet what to do with Li Jun when she caught him. If the system wanted Li Jun dead, then it should give her guaranteed benefits.

While she was contemplating her next move, she had someone issue the warrant. She didn’t want everyone to know, so she only sent her trusted aide, Marcia. What she didn’t realize was that the same woman she had trusted the most was actually a spy put in that position by Draco.

Marcia endured all her abuse for years and expressed her absolute loyalty, but she had been feeding Draco information about her every move. What made Xiu Ying trust her so much was that Marcia had been serving her even before she became the Imperial Queen.

Xiu Ying’s excitement was only short-lived. The very next day, StarNet was in a frenzy. That’s because there was a video released of Li Yu smuggling in the plasma gun that had killed Li Jun. It was right there in high resolution.

It also showed the man, hours later, going to pick up the plasma gun just before the hearing. Not only that, but messages were leaked. Messages asking her if she wanted to get rid of Li Jun and that they could help.

StarNet exploded with the majority of them enraged. Li Jun was not only demonized for years when he didn’t really do anything that warranted such hatred. Not only did he not do anything wrong, but he also had been doing so many good deeds in secret.

The orphanages in the Imperial capital were mostly funded by him. Not only that, but the funds for disaster relief all came from him. These past few months, documents that had long been released years ago were resurfacing. It was then that the Netizens realized they didn’t know much about Li Jun.

It ignited their curiosity, so even though Li Jun concealed his donations with the intent of being anonymous, they still followed the trail. This kindhearted person was not only demonized by everyone, but he was also killed by Li Yu.

Sure, she didn’t pull the trigger herself, but she facilitated his murder. This news was just too much to handle. People were already displeased with Xiu Ying’s act of destroying the memorial hall and not maintaining the defense shields funded by Li Mingze.

Now her daughter, who was revered as the flower of Aurelia, helped the murderer who killed the Imperial Prince. The mother and daughter seemed to be working overtime to ruin the pair father and son.

Protests erupted in the streets. People were demanding justice for Li Jun. It started of peaceful, with them marching the streets with Li Jun’s official portraits. There were even children from the orphanages he had sponsored for years marching along on the streets.

They were questioning the charges put on Li Jun’s head. It was starting to look like a scheme to eliminate the true heir so their power would never be challenged. Thus, they were demanding the reinvestigation of Li Jun’s charges.

When the news reached Xiu Ying, she exploded with rage. Her entire body was shaking with anger. Li Yu, that spoilt brat, had gone behind her back and did this. No wonder she couldn’t find anything no matter how many resources she poured into finding out who was behind Li Jun’s death.

She had also made it a point to keep the suspect alive and restricted access to him. But he just turned out dead. It turns out the snake was in the house. Well, calling Li Yu a snake was giving her too much credit. Li Yu was just like a rat. A treasonous rat.

Xiu Ying wanted to crash out. She wanted to beat her daughter half to death, but what was done was done. She could only deal with her when she came home. For now, she had to calm people down. She had to appease the council and find a way to save her only heir.

While she was restraining her anger, chaos erupted. An order was issued to restrain the protestors by any means necessary. The Imperial Army was deployed, and the once peaceful protest turned violent. When Xiu Ying received the report, she couldn’t believe her ears.

She didn’t issue an order, so why was it in her name? This was an imperial order. While Xiu Ying was working, figuring out who had screwed her over and preparing for a press conference, Li Yu was happily eating fruit with no care in the world.

The people around her knew what had happened, but the Imperial Queen specifically prohibited them from telling her the mess she had caused. She was busy daydreaming of her wedding with Yu Wen.

But the person she was imagining as the groom was walking on clouds even though it was wartime. As though aware that he was in a good mood, Helion launched several attacks in the afternoon, and Yu Wen, who was so leisurely, was suddenly busy. He was pushing back hard, but his heart was as fluffy as cotton.

Several times, Alex caught him smiling, and he had to remind him to restrain himself. Yu Wen would straighten his face, but damn, with Li Jun walking around with the seductive strut and occasionally staring at him, how could Yu Wen not smile?

While Yu Wen was blissfully enjoying his spring that had finally bloomed. Helion’s seer, Kai Jing, was pulling out his hair in frustration. He had closed his eyes and entered the Divine space. At least that’s what he called it.

There was the book where everything in this world was written. Anything he changed in the story would change. He had tried changing it several times, but the result was always the same. He would die, Helion would perish, and Li Jun and Yu Wen would end up together.

Using his abilities, he had managed to manipulate several key figures to change the story, but none of them had come as close as Xiu Ying had. She was the most determined of them all, but still she had screwed up. Li Jun and Yu Wen were the darlings of heaven, favored by the gods.