Chapter 372: Unworthy

"I have already known about this matter and have sent a letter to Yuan'er, asking him to make arrangements outside to find a way to exonerate Heng'er."

The Queen also looked distressed. "Yuan'er and Heng'er grew up together. Heng'er has been helping Yuan'er wholeheartedly. I also treat Heng'er as my own child. I will definitely not allow Heng'er to be slandered to this extent. You can rest assured."

Seeing the queen say this, Concubine Xian felt relieved. But when she thought of Qin Peiheng being tortured in the prison, her nose was sore and tears could not stop falling. "Thank you, Queen. Thank you, Queen."

The Queen patted Concubine Xian's hand that was holding onto her bed, and said slowly, "It's just that the Emperor is still angry right now, so we can't rush into anything. You went to ask for forgiveness last night, which added fuel to the fire. I can't rashly go to ask the Emperor for help at this moment, so I can only arrange for someone to say a few more words to him."

"Well, don't be too anxious for now. Go back to the palace and have a good rest. I will also think of a countermeasure and arrange people to deal with it."

Seeing that Concubine Xian was hesitant, the Queen coughed a few more times and continued, "I know you are thinking about Heng'er, and I also feel sorry for Heng'er, but Heng'er still has to rely on us now, so we must not lose our composure. If we rush to do things, and make this matter irreversible, Heng'er will really be desperate."

As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. If you are too impulsive at this moment, it will be more trouble than gain.

The virtuous concubine understood this truth, but at this moment she was deeply worried about Qin Peiheng and could not return to the palace to rest in peace.

But at this moment, she still had to rely on the Queen and the Grand Prince to rescue Heng'er. If she blocked this road again out of impatience...

After thinking for a while, Concubine Xian stood up with sobs, "I understand what the Queen means, and I know what to do."

"But Her Majesty the Queen still needs to take care of this matter..."

Halfway through her words, Concubine Xian choked up and could say no more.

The Queen comforted her for a long time and talked about many reasons. Only after Concubine Xian's emotions calmed down a little did she send someone to arrange a sedan chair to send her back to the palace.

Only after Concubine Xian left did the Queen breathe a sigh of relief.

The tired and exhausted look on her face changed, and even her hunched body slowly straightened up. The queen wiped away the few tears that had just been squeezed out with a handkerchief and said impatiently, "Tell someone to set the table."

She had just woken up and was disturbed by such a commotion early in the morning. She was very hungry and a little irritable.

"Yes, your majesty." The maid beside her responded and told someone to set the table, while she helped the queen get up and get dressed.

Putting the complicated palace clothes on the queen, the maid tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, would you like to send someone to deliver a letter to the eldest prince, asking him to contact the ministers in the court to explain things for the second prince?"

"The letter must be delivered." The Queen narrowed her eyes slightly, "But there is no need to contact the ministers in the court. Just tell Yuan'er not to intercede for the Second Prince, and not to take any action. Just pretend that you don't know about this matter."

After thinking for a while, the queen said, "Yes, tell Yuan'er that if he has done anything wrong in the past, especially against Qin Peiyou, put all the blame on Qin Peiheng."

The Queen has been very dissatisfied with Concubine Xian and Qin Peiheng recently.

The virtuous concubine dressed like a butterfly every day and went to Chongyang Palace whenever she had something to do, either to pay her respects or to bring soup. The emperor also went to her palace more often than before.

The most important thing is that the emperor often goes to her place but never remembers to come to the palace.

The emperor had forgotten that she was still ill, which showed that Concubine Xian did not remind the emperor to visit her, and even wanted to take advantage of this time to consolidate her own favor.

Qin Peiheng was also becoming more and more restless.

I heard from You'er that Qin Peiheng has been too opinionated in his actions recently, and even met with the King of Yue frequently in private. When asked why he met with the King of Yue, Qin Peiheng replied that they just wanted to chat and drink.

When a person lives in this world, he must have a purpose in doing anything.

Qin Peiheng did not seek out others to chat and drink, but went to find the King of Yue. How could we know that he was not trying to win over the King of Yue to support him? Perhaps he also looked at Concubine Shu and Qin Peiyou, and felt that they, mother and son, had the qualifications and ability to compete for the throne? Oh, he didn't even take a look at himself to see if he was worthy! What a thing! He had so many little thoughts in private, and made a shocking move to kill Qin Peiyou. As a result, the matter was exposed, and he thought of calling this helper and that helper. Did he really think that others were fools? Moreover, Qin Peiheng had such a thing, and according to the emperor's temperament, he would definitely investigate the people around him and would definitely find out something.

If Qin Peiyou is implicated at that time, it would be a huge problem.

Now that Qin Peiheng has become a discarded pawn that is difficult to recover from, it is better to make the most of this discarded pawn.

Qin Peiheng is fortunate to be able to serve as a shield for the future crown prince and future king!

The maid paused when she heard the queen say this, "If we do this, I'm afraid..."

A bit too insidious.

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But the maid didn't dare to say this out loud, she just said, "I'm afraid that the Second Prince won't admit it, but will blame the First Prince. The Concubine loves her son very much, if she gets angry... I'm afraid that even a rabbit will bite when it gets angry."

"Don't worry about this." The Queen disagreed. "Qin Peiheng is already like this. Even if we don't put these things on him, he will still be severely punished. But if this matter involves me and Yuan'er, then there will really be no one in the court who will plead for them."

"It doesn't matter if I suffer this injustice. As long as Yuan'er is fine now, when Yuan'er is named the crown prince and inherits the throne in the future, are you afraid that there will be no time to rescue Qin Peiheng?"

"If Qin Peiheng and Concubine Xian understand this, they should be grateful to me for what I have done. If Qin Peiheng is smart, he should take all these things upon himself to show his loyalty."

"If the mother and son are both foolish, then I and Yuan'er don't need to care about them anymore. Just let them fend for themselves."

"Your Majesty is right." The maid nodded, "I will send someone to deliver a letter to His Majesty right away."

“When you go, please send some of the jujube and yam cakes made by the small kitchen in my palace. Although Mrs. Wu is already pregnant, she is very hungry. She doesn’t care about anything else but the jujube and yam cakes in my palace. Sending some to her will help her satisfy her craving.” The queen said with a smile.

"Yes." The maid also laughed. "Although I am young, I have heard people say that this is harmful to the mouth. It is not because the pregnant woman is harmful to the mouth, but because the baby in the belly is greedy. Since the eldest prince's wife likes to eat jujube paste and yam cake, it is enough to see that the future little grandson looks very much like the queen."

(End of this chapter)