Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 425 Li Chu is interrogated

Because Shi Jian had stated Dugu Xin's location in the pigeon message, he spent half a day riding at full speed to reach the temporary military camp.

Dugu Xin saw Dugu Moyan and asked, "What day is it today? Why are you all coming to my place?"

Dugu Moyan felt that Dugu Xin looked down on him... so he asked, "Son heard that you were injured, so I came to visit you. If you look down on me, I'll leave."

Dugu Xin walked forward quickly, put his hand on Dugu Moyan's shoulder and said, "Your father has no intention of disliking you. It's just a coincidence today. You are not the only one who came to see me. Come, sit down."

Dugu Moyan then sat down and asked, "Yao'er and Yue'er are here too?"

Dugu Xin approached him and whispered, "Yuer is here, but Yaoer is not."

Dugu Moyan didn't understand why this matter was worth discussing quietly, so he asked, "Why didn't Yao'er come?"

Dugu Xin continued in a low voice: "Yao'er is pregnant and is currently staying at home to take care of the baby."

Dugu Moyan was also very surprised when he heard this: "This is good news! Why does Daddy look a little worried?"

Dugu Xin told Dugu Moyan about how Dugu Jingyao was frightened by the rumors and almost had a miscarriage, as well as how she had a quarrel with Li Chu.

Dugu Moyan slammed the table and stood up when he heard it: "What? They actually quarreled! How does Li Chu take care of Yao'er? No, I have to go to the Guangping Palace to take a look."

Dugu Xin said, "I knew you were angry," and pulled Dugu Moyan aside, "Sit down first. It's a good thing you didn't make the quarrel worse. You stay with your father for a day today. Yao'er and Yue'er are not here."

Dugu Moyan gave up the thought of leaving and walked with Dugu Xin, helping him change his medicine...

It was not until the next day, when Li Chu finished his morning court session and went to the East Palace to pay his respects to the Crown Princess, that he saw Li Neng and Li Ruo in the Crown Princess's Aoxue Palace. They were all looking at Li Chu with scrutiny, which made Li Chu feel a little uneasy.

However, he still looked very calm as he greeted the Crown Princess. However, the Crown Princess did not wake him up immediately. Instead, she asked, "Chu'er, I heard that Jingyao is pregnant and almost had a miscarriage. You two are arguing again. What's going on?"

Li Ruo couldn't wait to ask, "Yes, brother, did you bully my sister-in-law?"

Li Chu was somewhat bewildered by this sudden interrogation. After all, they were all his closest relatives, so why were they all on A Yao's side? However, he was not angry. He simply said, "Mother, Ruo'er is worrying too much. You all support A Yao, how could I possibly bully her?"

Li Neng also asked, "What's going on? Brother Huang, can you please tell us?"

Several people looked at him expectantly. Li Chu was speechless. He asked calmly, "Mother, can you allow me to stand up and continue speaking?"

The Crown Princess then realized that she was too anxious to know the truth and had forgotten to ask him to get up. She cleared her throat awkwardly and said, "Ahem, Chu'er, you should get up first."

After Li Chu thanked him, he stood up and walked to his seat and sat down.

Li Ruo didn't have the patience of her own mother. As soon as Li Chu's butt touched the stool, she asked, "Royal brother, what's going on?"

Li Chu told them how Dugu Jingyao was walking in the garden and heard the news that Dugu Xin was injured and unconscious, and she was so frightened that she almost had a miscarriage, and how Dugu Jingyao was angry with him because he did not take good care of Dugu Xin.

After listening, the Crown Princess asked, "How is Jingyao now?"

Li Neng asked, "Have the culprit been caught?"

Li Ruo asked, "When will you and your sister-in-law be able to reconcile?"

Despite the barrage of questions, Li Chu remained calm and answered them one by one: "Mother, both Ayao and the child are fine now. They just need to rest well."

Then he replied, "The person who leaked the information was caught and punished, but there was someone else behind it. When we followed the clues and found him, he was already dead."

Finally, he answered Li Ruo's question: "Ruo'er, don't worry. I'm already trying to find a way to coax your sister-in-law. It won't be long before I can comfort her."

After getting the answers they wanted, they nodded in satisfaction.

However, the Crown Princess still asked, "So, Chu'er, who is the person behind this? Why did he die?"

Li Chu frowned slightly and said, "It was the other two maids, but they both committed suicide and left behind confessions. We've questioned everyone they had contact with over the past few days, but haven't found any new leads."

Li Neng said, "Is it probably an internal thief? After all, it's difficult for outsiders to get their hands on Prince Guangping's mansion."

Li Chu nodded slightly and said, "Brother Dan has made progress. I think so too. That's why I asked Feng Shengyi to carefully investigate the mansion. I hope the person behind this can reveal some clues."

Several people agreed, and then talked about other things before Li Chu prepared to leave the palace.

However, the Crown Princess asked Nanny Xu to take some supplements and went out of the palace with Li Chu to visit Dugu Jingyao.

On the other side, Dugu Moyan also set out from the temporary camp and headed towards Prince Guangping's Mansion.

When Li Chu and Nanny Xu arrived, they found Dugu Moyan there. Gugu Moyan wanted to teach Li Chu a lesson, but when he saw that there were Nanny Xu following him, he gave up the idea, so as not to let the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess think that he was too rude, and also to make a bad impression on Dugu Jingyao.

After Aunt Xu visited Dugu Jingyao and exchanged greetings with her, she said, "Princess, since I have already visited and brought the Crown Princess's message, I will go back and report to her."

Dugu Jingyao nodded and smiled as she instructed, "Madam, take care. Shijian, go see Madam Xu off."

Shi Jian agreed and escorted Aunt Xu out of the bedroom.

After Shi Jian returned, Dugu Moyan began to lecture Li Chu. He said, "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you? Why are you arguing with my sister when she's pregnant?"

Li Chu was so upset that he couldn't explain himself. Dugu Jingyao asked everyone else to leave first, leaving only Li Chu, Dugu Moyan and Dugu Jingyao in the bedroom.

Dugu Jingyao looked around to see if there was anyone else around, and then confirmed that Shi Jian and Si Jian were guarding the door. Then he whispered, "My dear brother, haven't you figured it out yet?"

Dugu Moyan was about to ask what they didn't see? He paused, looked at the two people trying to hold back their laughter, and suddenly realized something, and said, "So, you are..."

Realizing his voice was a bit too loud, he lowered it and asked, "Are you acting?"

Dugu Jingyao laughed and said, "Hehe, you found me. There's nothing we can do. The enemy is hiding too deep. This is just a temporary measure."

After hearing this, Dugu Moyan couldn't help but frown and asked with a worried look on his face, "How could it be so difficult? What on earth is going on?"

Li Chu, standing nearby, also had a face filled with sorrow. He sighed deeply and said, "Brother, you don't know this! In fact, after an in-depth investigation, we've discovered that there's someone else behind this. However, when we finally tracked down the clues, we found that the person involved had already died. This shows that there must be someone else manipulating everything behind the scenes. I'm sure this person would love to see us two brothers become enemies and argue with each other, so that they can take advantage of the situation and get more evidence against us."

After hearing this, Dugu Moyan's expression became even more serious. He asked again, "So what's the situation now? Is there any new progress?"

Dugu Jingyao shook his head helplessly and sighed softly, "Alas, we haven't gained anything yet. This person is meticulous and extremely cautious, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to uncover his true identity in a short period of time. So, in my opinion, we may need to feign an argument for a few more days to confuse him before we can find an opportunity for a breakthrough. Brother, what do you think?"

Dugu Moyan pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. Then, he immediately entered into character, his face darkening as he harshly rebuked Li Chu and mercilessly ordered him out of the bedroom. After Li Chu left, Dugu Moyan turned back and, with gentle words, comforted Dugu Jingyao. The scene was perfectly executed, flawless. After his scenes were complete, Dugu Moyan slowly left the bedroom, secretly pondering his next move.