Chapter 375: Meritorious Service

The emperor was dissatisfied with Xie Jingyu for bringing Chen Wan into the palace late, and awarded Tianxiang Tower to Prince Yuzhang. After lunch, Chen Wan played chess with the emperor, and Xie Jingyu watched from the side.

Everyone was having a great time here, but over there in Shoukang Palace, Empress Song and the Queen Mother learned that Chen Wan had entered the palace to accompany the Emperor for dinner, and their faces became uglier than the other.

When he learned that the emperor had awarded Tianxiang Tower to Prince Yuzhang, he was even more furious.

The Prince of Yuzhang dragged the Prince of Song into the water, forcing them to take out the antidote to detoxify Old Lady Lin and Old Tutor Lin. If it weren't for the loyalty of Prince Qing, who took all the blame, and if the matter was not done so flawlessly, the Emperor would definitely have charged Prince Qing with treason.

Prince Teng only hit Prince Yuzhang a few times and punished him to kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect on his sins. The Prince of Jingbei even asked for a reward for him to avoid punishment.

What’s even more infuriating is that no matter what Prince Jingbei and Shen Wan do, the emperor agrees with them!

Fortunately, that bastard prince is gone, otherwise, what would her son have done with the throne?!

Queen Song and the Queen Mother were so angry, not to mention Princess Shouzhen who was about to be sent to Dongliang for marriage. They wanted to pick up a knife and chop Shen Wan.

If Shen Wan hadn't helped Princess Xuanning, she wouldn't have been sent to marry!

But let alone chopping Chen Wan, Princess Shouzhen didn't even have the chance to get to Chen Wan. The palace maids stopped Princess Shouzhen.

After several battles, they were all defeated miserably. Princess Shouzhen had no psychological trauma, but they were really scared. The emperor had issued an order that if Princess Shouzhen made any mistake before the envoys from Dongliang arrived to welcome the bride, their heads would be cut off.

The Emperor has only Princess Shouzhen, who is of marriageable age. If anything goes wrong, he won't be able to find anyone to marry her to.

The emperor not only reprimanded Princess Shouzhen, but also told Queen Song that if something happened to Princess Shouzhen and she could not marry, she would be deposed.

Princess Shouzhen was so angry that she smashed things to vent her anger.

On this side, Chen Wan played chess with the emperor, and occasionally with Xie Jingyu's guidance, he could also play back and forth with the emperor. On the other side, Eunuch An went to Tengwang Mansion to announce the reward.

Eunuch An could not visit Prince Teng's Palace once a year. His sudden visit startled Prince Teng and his wife.

Prince Teng was a little nervous, "Why did Eunuch An come to my Prince Teng's Mansion?"

Eunuch An smiled and asked, "Where is the Prince of Yuzhang?"

Prince Teng said, "That bastard caused trouble, and now he is being punished and reflecting on his mistakes in the ancestral hall..."

Eunuch An laughed and said, "The Prince of Yuzhang and the Prince of Song have been fighting for many times. It was an unintentional mistake. Besides, the Prince of Song has already been cured of the poison. Prince Teng should not punish him. I am here today to deliver a reward to the Prince of Yuzhang on the orders of the Emperor."

Prince Teng, “…???”

Princess Teng, “……???”

Their son got into trouble, and the emperor not only didn't punish him, but also rewarded him?

Both of them suspected that they had heard wrongly.

But looking at Eunuch An's expression, he didn't seem to be joking, so Prince Teng quickly asked his servant to call Prince Yuzhang over.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Prince Yuzhang came over.

When they saw their own son, not to mention Prince Teng, even Princess Teng was so angry that she was about to burst into tears.

Prince Teng simply hit Prince Yuzhang a few times with a feather duster and punished him to reflect on his mistakes in the ancestral hall. However, given his son's bad temper, it was impossible for him to kneel down obediently without anyone watching.

It was just a minor skin injury, but he pretended that he needed two servants to carry him over.

Eunuch An was unaware and believed it to be true. He said, "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. The punishment imposed by the Prince of Teng is too severe."

Prince Teng didn't know what to say. He couldn't say that his evil son was pretending.

Prince Yuzhang said, "Eunuch An is still the best. He cares about me."

Eunuch An laughed, "Your Majesty, the County Prince has made great contributions. The Prince and Princess of Jingbei have asked for a reward on your behalf. The Emperor has awarded you Tianxiang Tower."

Prince Yuzhang couldn't believe it, "The emperor gave Tianxiang Tower to me?"

Prince Teng and Princess Teng looked at each other in disbelief.

Their son discovered the assassin who was trying to kill the Prince and Princess of Jingbei, but when they raided Tianxiang Tower, the assassin escaped and has not been caught yet. This is already considered a failure in their work. Even if they wanted to reward him, a few pieces of silk and an inkstone would be enough. Why would they give Tianxiang Tower to their son?

Eunuch An smiled and nodded. He glanced at the young eunuch behind him, and the young eunuch handed over the reward, the deed to Tianxiang Tower, to the Prince of Yuzhang.

The Prince of Yuzhang couldn't stop laughing.

He knew that brothers were not made casually, and he was indeed a very considerate person.

However, after a fight and being hit a few times by his own father, he stayed in the ancestral hall for one night and got a Tianxiang Tower.

This deal is such a good deal.

Prince Yuzhang said, "Your Majesty, I will definitely make Tianxiang Tower the best brothel in Ning Dynasty..."

Eunuch An, “…”

Prince Teng's face turned green. He really didn't want to beat his son, but sometimes he really couldn't help it.

Before the Prince of Yuzhang could finish his words, Prince Teng slapped him on the back of his head. The Prince of Yuzhang staggered and almost fell to his knees.

Prince Yuzhang said, "Father, you hit me again!"

Prince Teng wanted to kill his own son.

Princess Teng calmed Prince Teng down while glaring at Prince Yuzhang. "The Emperor gave you Tianxiang Tower, not Hualou!"

"If you dare to have such thoughts, your father and I will break your legs."

Prince Yuzhang said, "If you don't want the flower tower to bloom, then don't bloom it. And you don't have to hit me so hard, right?"

Prince Yuzhang had an expression that said, "Are you still not my real father?", which made Eunuch An's mouth twitch.

No one knows how the Prince of Jingbei became close to the Prince of Yuzhang and others, and he trusted them so much that he asked the Prince of Linjiang Marquis to investigate the Jizhou granary water leakage case, and handed over the task of welcoming the coffin of Concubine Chen back to the capital to the eldest son of the Minister of War.

Is it really reliable?

However, thinking about the poison pill that was accurately shot into the mouth of the Prince of Song yesterday, Eunuch An felt that the Prince of Yuzhang was still quite reliable when he was reliable.

After sending Eunuch An away, Prince Teng returned and asked, "Why did the emperor give you Tianxiang Tower?"

The Prince of Yuzhang said, "I have made a contribution."

Prince Teng said, "You raided a house and then let someone escape. What kind of achievement is that?"

Do you want to say that he is so useless?

Prince Yuzhang said, "Father, you don't think that the poisoning of the Duke of Song yesterday was an accident, do you?"

"Father is so old, yet he's still so naive?"

It was not luck but strength that enabled him to inject the poison into the mouth of the Prince of Song.

Prince Teng raised his hand in anger, and the Prince of Yuzhang, who had just needed two servants to support him, ran away like the wind.

Mansion of Duke of Song.

After taking the antidote, the Prince of Song recovered almost completely.

However, after so many fights with Prince Yuzhang and others, he was actually defeated by him. The Prince of Song could not swallow this humiliation.

Knowing his son's temperament, Duke Song warned him, "Stay away from them from now on."

"Father!"

The Prince of Song was not convinced.

Duke Song said, "You are no match for the Prince of Jingbei. He is cunning and scheming, even more ruthless than his father, the Prince of Jingbei."

The Duke of Song's wife couldn't stand it any longer, "Why would the Duke encourage others to be more ambitious and destroy his own son's prestige?"

Duke Song said, "He is my only child. If there were no antidote, he would be dead by now!"

The Prince of Jingbei was able to plot to drag his son into trouble in such a short time, and all the fault was his son's. Even if he died, he could not ask the Prince of Yuzhang to pay for his son's life.

With this method, it is no wonder that the third prince of Beiyue said that the prince of Jingbei is their strong rival. If he is not eliminated, King Cheng will not be able to sit in that position safely even if he can.

I used to think that the Third Prince of Beiyue overestimated the Prince of Jingbei, but after this confrontation, I realized that they underestimated the Prince of Jingbei.

Before Lady Song could speak, the steward came in with a carrier pigeon in his hand, "Duke, there's a letter from Lianzhou via carrier pigeon."

"Give it to me."

The steward delivered the letter to Duke Song.

Duke Song unfolded it, took a glance, and his face darkened.

After reading it, the wife of the Duke of Song said anxiously, "We must not allow the autopsy results to be sent to the capital!"