At that time, important officials in the court strongly opposed it and even jointly wrote a letter to ask Yue Heng to revoke his decision and choose a noble lady from a prominent family as the successor.
However, Yue Heng did not care about the overwhelming opposition. He said that Zhu Ling came from the common people, was an orphan, and had no family power. This made her a suitable candidate for queen because there was no need to worry about the power of the royal family threatening the imperial power.
Yue Heng has always been domineering and dictatorial. With his insistence, the officials dared not say anything.
In the end, Zhu Ling sat on the throne of queen.
The year Zhu Ling became the queen, Yue Haoyun was fifteen years old.
The crown prince at that time, Yue Haoqun, was the second child in the family and was born to the previous queen. He was fourteen years old.
Yue Haoyun clearly remembered that his younger brother, the crown prince, was a smart and diligent young man, and was recognized as a good crown prince in Dayue.
Yue Haoyun clearly remembered that at that time, although he was extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Ling becoming the empress, he felt at ease when he thought that the future new emperor would be his second brother.
Yue Heng is in good health, which is a sign of longevity; the prince is great and outstanding.
By the time Yue Heng passed a hundred years later, Yue Haoqun would have become a mature crown prince through experience. With him succeeding him, the Great Yue Empire would be stable. By then, letting that vase-like Zhu Ling become the empress dowager wouldn't likely cause much of a stir.
At that time, it was not just Yue Haoyun who thought so, most of the ministers in the court also thought so.
However, as Zhu Ling sat on the throne for a long time and her son grew up, Yue Heng's attitude towards the prince actually changed.
Yue Heng became more and more alienated from the prince, and instead became more and more fond of Zhu Lingsheng's youngest son.
When Zhu Ling's son was 9 years old, the prince fell into the water and died.
Later, Yue Heng appointed Zhu Ling's son as the new crown prince.
In the second year after the Third Prince was appointed Crown Prince, news suddenly spread in the palace that Yue Heng had suffered a stroke.
Heavy memories struck Yue Haoyun's heart. He felt a pain in his heart, as if it was being grasped by a big hand, and he felt suffocated.
Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, the Second Prince said in a gentle voice, "Don't blame yourself. This matter was actually done by Zhu Ling and Han Lie. They were too cautious and deceived you."
"Now that you know the truth, take back the throne that originally belonged to you!"
"Zhu Ling is greedy and foolish, and loves to wield power. Han Lie is aiding and abetting the tyrant. Your brother, the emperor, is too young to take charge. If Dai Viet is in their hands, it will probably be destroyed in a few years. For the future of Dai Viet, and for the empire that your Yue ancestors sacrificed their lives to build, you must pull yourself together!"
Yue Haoyun stared at the front with deep eyes and said in a firm tone: "I will definitely get to the bottom of what happened back then!"
The Second Prince and Yue Haoyun discussed again what to do next. When the sky was clear, Yue Haoyun and Xifeng climbed over the wall and left, carrying the medical records.
The second prince had stayed up all night, but he was not sleepy at all. He simply took a piece of letter paper, dipped a small brush in medicine, and began to write a letter to Emperor Mingxi and the Empress.
Apart from a few letters reporting safety, this was the first letter with real content that I had received since arriving in Japan.
It’s not that there is nothing to tell Emperor Mingxi, but he is mainly worried that the letter will be intercepted by Zhu Ling’s people.
The second prince wrote quite seriously. He wrote down everything he had investigated since coming to Dai Viet, including how they accidentally found their long-lost aunt, Yue Haoyun's faked death, and that Han Lie was the one who came up with the poisonous scheme to kill Xia Zhengjie and Xia Zhengze, as well as how Zhu Ling and Han Lie plotted to murder the former Dai Viet emperor and usurp the throne.
He wrote it bit by bit using a special potion.
After writing and letting it dry, there is no trace left on the paper, and another kind of potion needs to be applied to make the writing visible.
By the time he finished writing the letter, it was already dawn.
The second prince waited until the potion dried, then turned the paper over and wrote some greetings and reports on the mission in ordinary ink.
These are specially prepared for those who intercept the letters.
When the letter was almost finished, Han Qingbo's voice came in, "Second Prince, are you awake?"
"Come in!" the second prince called.
"Second Prince, someone came from the palace just now." Han Qingbo said as he pushed the door open and walked in.
"Someone from the palace informed us that the fifteenth birthday of the young Emperor of Dai Viet will be in ten days. There will be a celebration in the palace, and Queen Mother Zhu and the young Emperor have invited our delegation to attend."
The Second Prince had already finished writing his letter and spread it out on the table to dry. He looked up and said, "It's their Emperor's birthday, and as envoys, we should go and congratulate him. I remember that in Dai Viet, a fifteenth birthday is still a big day."
Han Qingbo smiled and said, "Yes, Daiyue has such a custom. Your Highness, we need to discuss what is the best gift to give."
The second prince put away his writing brush, ink and potion, stood up and stretched hard.
"Brother Han, we'll be busy these days. Not only do we need to prepare gifts, but we also need to discuss attending the palace banquet."
Han Qingbo was a little confused when he heard the second prince say this.
The second prince briefly told Han Qingbo what happened last night.
Han Qingbo immediately revealed a look of understanding, "I see. Your Highness, you want to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the palace to help the prince find some clues, right?"
The Second Prince smiled brightly, "That's exactly what I meant."
"This little emperor's birthday comes at the perfect time. I'm really sleepy, someone send me a pillow!"
In the next few days, the second prince and his entourage prepared birthday gifts for the little emperor, and also found opportunities to meet with Yue Haoyun twice to discuss attending the palace banquet.
In the end, everyone decided to take the risk and bring Yue Haoyun into the palace to investigate clues.
In a flash, ten days passed.
On the day of the palace banquet, Sang Qi personally disguised Yue Haoyun, put him in servant's clothes, and pretended to be an attendant of the diplomatic corps.
Xia Miaoyuan didn't know that Yue Haoyun and the others had discovered that Zhu Ling and Han Lie had plotted to murder the late emperor. Seeing that Sang Qi had changed Yue Haoyun's appearance and was also going to the palace to attend the banquet with them, he was very excited.
[Ahhh! Just thinking about it makes me excited! Yue Haoyun faked his death, disguised himself and entered the palace to attend the palace banquet, and no one knew about it.]
"Uncle Yue, you look completely different now. I can't even recognize you!" Xia Miaoyuan stood next to Yue Haoyun and said, looking at the unfamiliar face in the mirror.
"So, your current identity is an attendant of the Daxia delegation. What would you like to be called?"
The second prince jokingly said, "Miao'er, you have many ideas. Why don't you come up with a name for the eldest prince?"
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