The Cao family had two queens. The first queen passed away after giving birth to the crown prince. The Cao family was afraid that the crown prince's position would be unstable, so they sent their youngest daughter into the palace to be the next queen.
It is said that being a stepmother has always been difficult, but how many stepmothers in the world are kind and loving?
In particular, as a prince, what he wanted to divide was not the family property, but the world.
Faced with such temptation, who wouldn't be tempted?
The Queen Mother appears to be a loving mother to the outside world, and teaches the Prince with all her heart and soul. But if she really did, would the Prince have the reputation he has today?
If she was truly doing her best and doing everything for the prince's own good, why would she make such a big fuss and send people to look for the prince?
Is this because they are afraid that the assassin doesn't know where the prince is?
The Cao family has two queens, one supporting the prince and the other supporting the empress dowager. In this way, no matter whether the prince or the sixth prince succeeds to the throne in the future, the glory of the Cao family can be preserved.
This incident was undoubtedly led by the Queen! What was she planning to do?
Qin Zhan walked back and forth twice, then asked the waiter, "Who are the officials who went with Uncle Cao?"
The guy answered one by one.
Qin Zhan immediately understood. Although he was far away from the court, he was still very clear about the various forces in the court. Among these people, apart from the queen's people, there were the fifth prince's people.
The fifth prince's mother, Rupin, was born in Shenyang. The prefect of Shenyang was her maternal family. The assassination of the prince was inevitably the work of the prefect of Shenyang and the governor.
The prefect of Shenyang and the governor are in cahoots with each other, and they have absolute power in Shenyang and are taking advantage of the drought to make money. If the prince has enough evidence to bring down these two people, Rupin will completely lose her backing. The fifth prince has such an in-law, and even if he is lucky enough not to be reprimanded by His Majesty, he will be completely excluded from the ranks of those vying for the throne.
Therefore, the people who assassinated the prince and Qin Wan must be the prefect and the governor of Shenyang!
Qin Zhan figured out the reason, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He asked his men to go downstairs to rest, and then he saw Qin Sheng coming.
Qin Sheng asked anxiously, "Father, the doctor said Wan'er's fever won't go away and her life is in danger. Do you have any medicine at home to reduce the fever?"
Qin Zhan actually had it. He quickly took Qin Sheng back to his room to get it, and then went to Qin Wan's room with him: "Is the injury serious?"
Qin Xie shook her head: "It's not serious, it's just that the wound hasn't been treated for such a long time, so it has worsened and caused a high fever."
Qin Zhan pulled up Qin Wan's sleeve, untied the gauze, and checked the wound on her wrist. The wound was not deep, but it was obvious that the wound had worsened due to lack of treatment. He took the medicine and gently helped her apply it, then bandaged it and instructed Zhenzhen and the others: "Help Wan'er apply the medicine well."
"Yes." Zhenzhen took the medicine.
Qin Zhan said to Qin Sheng and Qin Xie: "Let's go out and talk."
Qin Zhan expressed his guess and added, "Now that things are like this, I'm afraid Wan'er will have to marry the prince."
Qin Xie was unwilling: "Wan'er is now a divorced woman. She is naturally precious to us and would be worthy of anyone. However, if she were to marry the Crown Prince, after weighing all the factors, we are unlikely to agree to let Wan'er become the Crown Princess."
"But if she's a Consort or a Consort, Wan'er just divorced last year because of the co-wife issue. If she's the Crown Prince's Consort now, how many people will laugh at her."
Qin Sheng snorted coldly, "What are you kidding me? Even the Crown Prince's Consort has a certain rank, how can she be compared to an ordinary person? If they dare to laugh at me, I'll have their mouths ripped off!"
Qin Xie glared at him, "Do you understand what I mean? This isn't a matter of status at all. This is about a wife becoming a concubine! Who wants to be a concubine when they can be the wife? No matter how noble the Crown Prince's Consort is, she's still a concubine. She'll always be inferior to the future Crown Princess. In the future harem struggles, who will have a good ending?"
"But now that things have come to this, what can we do?" Qin Sheng was also helpless. He thought over and over: "Why not become a monk? Let's keep our hair uncut and practice for a few years. When things calm down, we can return to secular life. When the time comes, Wan'er can marry if she wants, or accept a son-in-law if she wants. If she doesn't want to, we will support her for the rest of her life!"
Qin Zhan sighed and said, "It's not up to us to decide now. We have to wait for Wan'er to wake up and ask her what she thinks. But..."
Qin Zhan's eyes flashed, and he said, "Your Majesty is very suspicious. If someone were to do something at this moment, it would certainly implicate the entire Qin family. I will go to the palace first."
In the palace.
Xie Qing's injuries were much more serious than Qin Wan's. After taking a bath, he showed signs of high fever, but he didn't dare to faint. He wanted to check Qin Wan's injuries first.
Now being taken away by Cao Guojiu, the bumpy ride made his head feel even more dizzy. Xie Qing was even more afraid of fainting. When he saw the emperor, his first words were: "Miss Qin saved me."
Xie Qing held onto the emperor's hand tightly, "If it weren't for Miss Qin, I would have been dead by now! Father, please don't listen to other people's nonsense."
The emperor nodded and his eyes fell on his legs. If his legs were injured, could he still be a good emperor?
If he is obsessed with love, can he still be a good emperor?
The emperor looked at the prince inquiringly and said, "Let the imperial physician treat your injury first."
Xie Qing was unwilling and only held his hand. For the first time in his life, the prince appeared to be begging in front of the emperor: "Father, I want to marry Miss Qin as my wife. I want her to be my wife, not the Crown Princess, not the Crown Princess, and certainly not the Crown Princess. I beg you to grant my wish!"
indecisive!
The emperor's face was gloomy. He pried his hands apart and said, "We can discuss this later. You should heal your wound first."
As he said this, the emperor winked at the imperial physician, who gave Xie Qing an injection and he fainted.
The emperor lowered his eyes to look at Xie Qing, then turned around and sat outside, thinking about the secret reports he had received in recent days.
The imperial physician cut open the clothes on Xie Qing's legs and realized how badly he had been injured. After a careful examination, he had someone clean Xie Qing's wound and went out to report to the emperor: "Your Majesty, although the prince's injury has worsened, it is not serious. After removing the dead flesh, there is no problem."
The emperor quickly asked, "Will it be convenient for you to move around in the future?"
The doctor smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. The prince's injuries are being well taken care of."
The emperor's expression softened slightly, and he smiled and said, "It seems that the Qin family's medicine for injuries is still quite good."
The imperial physician did not dare to respond. He bowed and retreated to the inner room, where he personally cut out the rotten flesh for the prince and re-bandaged the wound with medicine.
The emperor summoned Cao Guojiu and inquired carefully about how they had found Xie Qing. "Everyone thought they were still in Huzhou Prefecture. The Qin family even sent people to search Huzhou Prefecture from top to bottom but couldn't find them. How did you know they were in Zhaojiazhuang?"
Uncle Cao evaded the main point and said, "The people sent by the palace to investigate happened to hear that two people dressed in strange clothes entered the capital area. I think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will disguise himself to avoid being hunted down."
"A rich young man will always attract attention. Who would even give him a second glance if he were dressed as a beggar? Moreover, who would have thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would disguise himself as a beggar to avoid being hunted? So after much thought, I sent someone to investigate."
The emperor raised his eyes and asked with feigned curiosity, "Oh? You sent someone to check? Didn't you go there yourself?"
Cao Guojiu lowered his body even more. "Your Majesty, after much reflection, I feel that if it is indeed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the people he sent will probably be mistaken for assassins and continue to flee. Therefore, I am thinking of bringing more people with me and going there in person to spread the news that the Crown Prince has returned to the capital. This will prevent the assassin from showing up."
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