Chapter 451 Let him completely disappear from this world

Due to the Queen Mother's majesty, the Queen had no choice but to spare the life of the palace maid and let her give birth to the fourth prince safely.

Although the fourth prince was born safely, the queen did not want his identity to be made public, let alone let him appear in public.

She claimed in front of Emperor Shunwu that if the emperor recognized the fourth prince, it would mean that he was behaving improperly as a king and had an affair with a lowly palace maid.

Not only that, the queen also asked her father, Prime Minister Xue, to secretly write a memorial to remind Emperor Shunwu not to do anything that would damage his image as an emperor.

In order to save face, Emperor Shunwu listened to the advice of the Queen and her daughter and let the Fourth Prince and his mother fend for themselves.

In the end, the Queen Mother could not bear to see the royal heirs being killed in vain, and she always reminded the Queen not to go too far.

As for other matters, the Queen Mother did not interfere too much.

As a result, the mother and son lived in the palace like walking on thin ice. In the end, the palace maid was tortured to death at the behest of the queen.

Although the Fourth Prince was in the palace, he was sent by the Queen to work with the eunuchs.

Now that Nan Heng is missing, in order to maintain her own status and that of the Xue family, the Queen must have someone who can compete with Nan Qi.

Therefore, she turned her attention to the Fourth Prince.

The Queen found Emperor Shunwu and said that she had felt empty since Nan Heng disappeared. It happened that the Fourth Prince had no mother, so she was willing to adopt him so that he would have someone to rely on when he was old.

Emperor Shunwu also took into consideration that his two sons were missing, and having only one prince would definitely be criticized by court officials. Moreover, the fourth prince was still young, and he did not suspect that the queen had any ambitions, so he readily agreed to the queen's request.

Although the Fourth Prince had not been publicly acknowledged by Emperor Shunwu, the truth could not be hidden forever, and Nanqi's people had discovered his existence a year ago.

At that time, Nan Heng and Nan Rui were still around, so he did not take seriously an insignificant prince who was not recognized by the emperor.

Now, unexpectedly, this inconspicuous fourth prince has become the queen's final chess piece.

Of course, it was impossible for Fei Nanyu to write so much content on a piece of paper. What he said was simpler, but Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran could understand it.

Fei Nanyu talked so much about the Fourth Prince, his main purpose was to remind Mo Jiuye to be careful. The Queen didn't know that Nan Qi and Mo Jiuye had a bad relationship. Once Nan Qi succeeded, she would definitely find a way to pardon the Mo family's crimes. At that time, with Mo Jiuye protecting Nan Qi, her Xue family would easily lose its foothold in the court.

Even if Fei Nanyu didn't remind him, Mo Jiuye would have paid close attention to this, especially since the Xue family had just opened Jingxianlou in the northwest. This meant that the Queen had already taken action, but Fei Nanyu hadn't noticed it yet.

At the beginning, they also knew that one of the three officials in the capital who were poisoned by the Gu was the Queen's father, Prime Minister Xue, but they didn't know which of the three female Gu in their hands was the one that controlled General Jin.

In desperation, the two had no choice but to send all three mother insects to Fei Nanyu.

If it weren't for the need to save General Jin's life, even if Prime Minister Xue had Doctor Lu's help to keep him alive after being poisoned, it would only have delayed his death.

Now, in order to save General Jin, Prime Minister Xue has taken advantage of the situation...

There was nothing that could be done about it. He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye didn't have the energy to dwell on it.

After putting down the letter, the couple looked very solemn.

I believe that it won’t be long before the news that all the Mohist men, including Duke Mo, are alive will reach the capital.

If Emperor Shunwu did not want the Mo family to live, he would have two options.

The first is to directly issue an edict to charge the Mohists with the crime of deceiving the emperor by faking his own death because he was unwilling to work for the country.

The other option is simpler. In order to get rid of the thorn in his side, he can send a killer here.

No matter what methods Emperor Shunwu used to deal with the Mohists, they would inevitably be charged with treason.

"Ranran, if something irreversible happens, you will take the women in your family and our children and hide away."

Mo Jiuye placed his hands gently on He Zhiran's shoulders, his tone extremely solemn.

He Zhiran also realized the seriousness of the matter.

I thought Nan Heng was dead and the queen had no bargaining chips to fight for power.

But she was still ambitious and adopted a fourth prince to compete for the throne.

Although the Jingxianlou opened by the Xue family in the northwest appeared to have been razed to the ground, even so, the Mo family could only gain temporary peace.

If there is no news from the people in Xijing Xianlou, it will definitely alarm the Xue family. At that time, the Xue family will send a smarter person to investigate, and the news that the men of the Mo family are still alive will definitely not become a secret.

"Husband, although things are developing in a bad direction, there is still a way out."

"What do you mean?" The other way around?

He Zhiran nodded: "Why not? A tyrant ruler is in power and can't distinguish right from wrong. How can we keep such a person to celebrate the New Year?"

Mo Jiuye clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the table.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "If Seventh Brother's trip to the southern border goes smoothly, he will probably be back with his men in half a month.

By the time we have produced enough bombs, we brothers will hurry up to the mountains to train those old troops."

“There’s nothing wrong with training your own army, but have you ever considered that if Emperor Shunwu wants to take action against the Mohist school, regardless of whether our school succeeds or fails, we will be charged with treason.

Instead of this, let's not dwell on it any further. If he doesn't take action, that's fine. But if he does, we will be irreconcilable with him."

After a pause, He Zhiran continued.

"Of course, if no one had ill intentions towards the Mohist School, I would think the same as you and would be willing to live this simple and comfortable pastoral life in the northwest for the rest of my life.

But this is based on the premise that there is no provocation. If there is a day of resistance, we must make sure that he is completely frightened and dare not even think about it again."

He Zhiran's words made it clear that she didn't want to be a rebel either.

Besides, she had some understanding of the history of this dynasty. Although many things had changed because of her arrival, that had not changed the overall situation.

He Zhiran didn't want to change history. Moreover, according to history, Emperor Shunwu would die in two years, and the country would fall into the hands of Nan Qi.

After Nan Qi ascended the throne, he ignored the affairs of state and left all the affairs of the court to Fei Nanyu to manage.

Fei Nanyu is not the kind of person who cannot distinguish right from wrong. Only then will the Mohist school be able to achieve true peace.

However, there were still two years before the death of Emperor Shunwu as recorded in history. During these two years, the best way for the Mohists was to avoid rebellion while keeping their families safe.

Mo Jiuye sat on the chair beside the table, tapping his fingers on the table thoughtfully.

He thought the same as He Zhiran.

"We still need to make the necessary preparations. I just hope that Emperor Shunwu won't make any big moves. As for others who are secretly dealing with the Mo family, I will lead my men to the capital and make them disappear from this world completely."

"Well, at the moment we can't see what their next move will be." He Zhiran said, looking down at his huge belly.

"If I weren't pregnant, we could have entered the capital right now and secretly wiped out the entire Queen's clan. As the saying goes, it's hard to guard against an attack from the dark. We really can't be careless."

The couple has said so much, but they can't take any action yet.