“Your Highness ……”
It was half a day before the shivering voice of the curate rang out from the study.
They all knew about King Qin’s assassination of the Emperor in the palace that year and were sentenced to be boned, and at one point they all felt sorry for him. As his own brother, who had helped the Emperor to sit in that chair, King Qin could be considered to be above all others, and if he had not died, he would have enjoyed a lifetime of glory and wealth.
However, his heart was not strong enough to swallow an elephant, and the King of Qin, relying on his military power, plotted treason and had his entire family beheaded, but the King of Qin had apparently prepared for this and had his old servant hide his young son before he went to the palace.
But it turns out that ……
The shogun dared not think.
If what the letter said was true, there was no telling what kind of pandemonium this news would cause when it got out.
The Second Prince’s mind was also in turmoil; the news was so shocking that it shook him to his core. He was eight years old when King Qin assassinated his father, and he was still living in the palace when he witnessed the execution of King Qin and saw his bones being taken out piece by piece. At that time, he felt that King Qin deserved it, for his father had treated him so well and given him all his power and wealth, yet he had returned the favour by assassinating his father.
When he heard the shouts of his staff, his lips moved, but no sound came out.
If word of this got out, it would indeed bring down the boss, but it would also make his father furious, and if it was found out that he had sent the word out, he would certainly have his bones ripped out.
He couldn’t take the risk, he’d take it one step at a time and eventually he’d be in that position.
Yes, he could not take the risk.
Thinking of this, the Second Prince picked up the lampshade with a shaking hand, set the letter alight, watched it burn a little to ashes, and looked soberly at several of his staff, “No one has read this letter, and you don’t know the contents of the letter, if anyone dares to reveal half a cent, don’t blame me for being ungracious.”
“Yes.”
……
“Moon, why are you turning your elbow out?”
Song Si’s poison had been completely cured and his face had a few flushes. He couldn’t lie in bed and had someone call Song Wan Yue and Song Yin over to play chess with him.
He had learnt his chess skills from Gu Yi at first, but now he was on the verge of becoming better than the blue and was pushing Song Yin back.
Song Wan Yue couldn’t stand it, so she took the chess pieces from Song Yin’s hand and put them on the chessboard, causing Song Si to be displeased.
Song Wan Yue was righteous, “Who let big brother bully him.”
Song Si, ……
The corners of Song Yin’s mouth lifted.
Song Si looked in the way and threw the chess pieces in his hand back into the chessboard. The woman is not a big girl is said to be Yue’er, this is not even a marriage yet, and already towards Song Yin.
Song Wan Yue didn’t care at all, smiling as she picked up a chess piece and played with it, “It’s been a day and the Second Prince’s side hasn’t moved yet, apparently he’s been shocked, it seems the news for him won’t come out for a while.”
In front of Song Si, Song Yin resisted the urge to touch her head, “It’s up to him, if he doesn’t make a move, we’ll force him to do so.”
……
Two days later.
Rumours were rife in the capital.
“Have you heard? The Third Prince did not die in an accident, but was killed by someone… Who do you think had the guts to do that?”
“Who else could it be, left but those two princes, after removing the Third Prince, their chances of becoming Crown Prince are a bit higher. But I heard that the Grand Prince is investigating, it shouldn’t be him who killed the Third Prince.”
“I’ve also heard that the eldest prince is the eldest, so it is logical that the crown prince position should be his, there is really no need for him to kill the third prince.”
……
Snap!
The second prince slammed the tealight on the ground fiercely.
The butler took a step back without a trace, avoiding the tea that spurted over, “Your Highness, people outside are now talking about it and it will soon be spread into the palace, when the time comes, if the Emperor sends someone to investigate ……”
As the house steward and the second prince’s beloved, he knew that His Highness had sent someone to kill the third prince, and if the emperor really sent someone to investigate, he might find out something.
“Good, very good.”
The second prince gritted his teeth, he didn’t want to push his boss to the brink, but his boss wanted to force him to death.
Since that was the case, then don’t blame him for not being merciful.
“Go and find some reliable people.”
The butler withdrew and soon returned with three young eunuchs. Several of them had been in the house for three years and were very resourceful and loyal.
“You few ……”
After a cup of tea, the three little eunuchs changed into the clothes of an ordinary family and went out through the back door.
An hour later, a new rumour spread, which soon spread throughout the city.
……
“Your Highness ……”
The steward of the Grand Prince’s residence ran in hurriedly with a white face, forgetting to salute, “Something big has happened!”
The Grand Prince had also heard the rumours and was wondering what was going on, when he saw the butler’s panicked appearance, his heart inexplicably sank, “What has happened?”
“Outside, outside are, are all rumours when, the truth about King Qin’s treason back then, saying, saying, saying that it was because the Emperor had defiled King Qin’s concubine.”
The Grand Prince stood up in shock, “Say it again.”
Cold sweat dripped from the housekeeper’s forehead in large globs.
The Grand Prince’s eyes went black and he stumbled and fell back into his chair.
No, it couldn’t be true, how could Father do such a thing? There were so many beauties in the world, what kind of beauty did the father want, how could he think of a woman who had given birth to a child?
But if it wasn’t true, why would King Qin suddenly enter the palace and assassinate his father? They were brothers from the same mother, and if King Qin hadn’t suppressed the palace mutiny on his own, Father wouldn’t be in that position.
“Your Highness ……”
The butler was no longer as bashful as before and trembled in his voice, “They also said that it was Wu Jin who escaped with his last breath to tell you, trying to use this condition to get you to bail out the Wu family.”
Boom!
Something exploded in the Grand Prince’s brain, exploding so hard that he didn’t even have the strength to stand up, his lips opened and closed for a moment before he squeezed out a voice, “You, say that again.”
“Your Highness, what should we do next?”
Word had already spread through the capital, the palace would soon get word of it, and if the Emperor decided it was the Grand Prince who had spread it, the Grand Prince would be finished.
“Help, help me up, I, I want to go into the palace.”
……
The Grand Prince entered the palace and stumbled all the way to the Hall of the Nurtured Heart.
Inside the Hall of the Raising Heart, there was an air of death.
The palace maids and eunuchs were kneeling on the ground, all silent, not daring to speak.
“Father, I’ve been wronged!
The eldest prince knelt straight down.
The Emperor copied the inkstone on the desk and smashed it over, right on the Grand Prince’s head, blood mixed with ink flowed down the Grand Prince’s cheeks and dripped onto the ground.
The Grand Prince hit his head hard on the ground, “Father, I’m really innocent! I don’t know anything, someone is trying to frame me.”
“Framed you?”
There was a storm in the Emperor’s voice, as if it would swallow him up at any moment.