Chapter 383 The King of Qi is not his son
"Have you found out the whereabouts of that wet nurse?"
The emperor's face was expressionless, but his lips were slowly turning purple, and he felt pain in his chest. He failed at the critical moment, and he winked at the chief eunuch Liu Xiaowu beside him.
The two have been together for many years and have already developed a tacit understanding with each other.
The emperor just glanced at him, and Liu Xiaowu took out a small glass bottle from his arms, opened the soft rubber stopper, poured out a pill, and handed it to the emperor.
He took it and pressed it under his tongue.
The leader of the Shadow Guard didn't dare to look up, and just answered the emperor's questions conscientiously.
"Three years ago, the nanny said she was old and wanted to retire, but she actually went back to the North. I found out that she was from the North and was a spy planted there years ago."
"Good! Very good." The emperor said calmly, and then asked, "Is she really in the Northern Palace? Why was she promoted to Imperial Noble Consort?"
In fact, this question was redundant. Wei Hanyi must be in the Northern Kingdom's palace. Otherwise, how could she fake her death? He probably guessed why she was promoted to Imperial Concubine. He heard that the Northern Kingdom also had a repeating crossbow.
Very good, very good, as soon as Pingyang Hou and his son were demoted, the King of Qi sent someone to Liangjun City. At that time, he turned a blind eye, thinking that he liked Liangjun City, so he gave it to him. They were all his sons, so it didn't matter who he gave it to.
Unexpectedly, this was a trap. For the sake of the Northern Kingdom, the woman not only abandoned her own son, but also schemed against him cruelly.
"I heard that the blueprint of the automatic crossbow was brought back by the Sixth Prince of the Northern Kingdom. Concubine Yi asked someone to make it and presented it to the Khan of the Northern Kingdom. The Khan was very happy and named Concubine Yi the Imperial Concubine."
"What else have you found out?" The emperor still spoke in a calm tone.
"This is all I have found out for now."
The emperor paused and ordered, "Continue investigating. I want to know when the Imperial Concubine Yi came into contact with the Prince of Qi and what they traded."
"Yes! I obey your orders."
The leader of the Shadow Guard kowtowed and stood up to leave.
As soon as he left, the emperor stood up, furious, and slammed his fist on the desk: "I was deceived. That vicious woman is more terrible than a poisonous snake. Hurry up and summon the crown prince, and by the way, release the crown prince from house arrest."
The emperor was no fool. As soon as the Northern Kingdom's repeating crossbow came out, he knew he was being tricked.
It is true that Dongchen State produced firearms, which were said to be more powerful than repeating crossbows. However, the King of Dongchen ordered that they only wanted to protect themselves and would not sell weapons to any other country, which would cause great harm to people.
Even if the Northern Kingdom wanted to buy muskets, it would be impossible to get them.
The repeating crossbow and heavy crossbow manufactured by the father and son of Pingyang Marquis are famous. The Northern Kingdom has suffered losses from them and knows how powerful these weapons are.
He took all kinds of precautions, but nothing could stop him from taking care of his own son, whom he had raised with his own hands.
No, the King of Qi was not his son, but the son of a villain from the Northern Kingdom. He was just fooled by that woman and helped her raise her son.
However, his own son was always suppressed and excluded by him. If he had not taken the gossips of his ministers into consideration, he might have deposed the crown prince and let the King of Qi take his current position.
If this is true, then has the woman achieved her goal?
When the emperor thought of this, his heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.
What is he doing? What has he been doing?
Why should I keep thinking about such a fickle, cruel, vicious, treacherous, and poisonous woman?
She was holding a bastard in her palm, but he turned around and bit her hard without any mercy.
He didn't believe that the Prince of Qi had not contacted Concubine Yi. Perhaps the mother and son had already colluded with each other and figured out how to deal with him.
Liangjun City? The King of Qi had been to Liangjun City before, the Sixth Prince of the Northern Kingdom was also in Liangjun City, Doctor Du was also from Liangjun City, why did she give the portrait of that woman to herself?
Did she discover something in Liangjun City?
Instead of waiting for the Shadow Guard to investigate, it is better to go out of the palace to see Doctor Du. That child is a capable person, and she is also the Protector Princess of Dongchen Kingdom.
It is said that the King of Dongchen once promised that the musket would only be sold if the Princess Protector of the Nation asked for it.
Crown Prince Ouyang Jing, who had been staying in the Eastern Palace, suddenly received an oral order to lift his house arrest and was summoned to the imperial study for an audience. He quickly straightened his clothes and came quickly.
When he arrived at the imperial study, he saw the emperor sitting there with his hand on his forehead, looking angry and extremely sad, and he felt puzzled.
What happened? Why was he summoned?
"Your son greets you, Father!"
The emperor raised his head and looked carefully at Ouyang Jing who was kneeling and kowtowing. His features did not look like his own, nor like the queen's. Instead, he looked about 70% like the late emperor.
This was also the reason why he had always disliked this son. His relationship with the late emperor was not good, and the late emperor had always been strict with him.
In the past, the father and son often quarreled over Wei Hanyi. The queen was the daughter of the late emperor's tutor, gentle and virtuous, smart and sensible.
But he has always disliked it. If he hadn't accidentally found the portrait in the People's Hospital, would the Wei royal family not have known that their bloodline had been replaced?
If the late emperor knew about this, would he be so angry that he would die?
Ouyang Jing was secretly surprised to see that his father had been staring at him. He had been under house arrest and had not left the Prince's Mansion. Could it be that the King of Qi had said something about him in front of his father again?
No way! Hasn't the King of Qi been busy catching thieves these days? I heard that his storehouse was robbed. It was such a large private storehouse, heavily guarded, but it was so clean that not even a copper coin could be found inside.
Where did he get the news? Of course, it was Du Wanwan who told him. She also said that the King of Qi wanted to buy the firearms from Dongchen State. She asked for capital verification, but found that there was no silver in the warehouse of the King of Qi's mansion.
"Jing'er!"
The emperor looked at his son in front of him and felt inexplicably sad. His son had grown up now, but the number of times he had spoken to him in a kind way could be counted on one finger.
"Stand up, come and sit down!"
Ouyang Jing was stunned and looked at his father, wondering why he was so nice to him today. Could it be that he found out that the King of Qi’s biological mother was not dead and knew that he had been deceived?
"Jing'er! Do you think our father is a confused man?"
Feeling a little startled, Ouyang Jing just sat down and was about to stand up and salute, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him.
"There are only two of us in the Imperial Study. There is no need to be polite. Just talk to your father as you would to any other father and son. Your father will also tell you what is in his mind."
"Father, do you want to hear the truth?" Ouyang Jing asked slowly.
"Yes, it's the truth." Knowing that the truth was unpleasant to hear, the emperor still wanted to hear his son's evaluation of him.
Ouyang Jing stood up and knelt down again, his eyes slightly red: "Father! You have fallen into the trap. Pingyang Marquis and his son were exiled, Liangjun City was returned to the King of Qi, and the blueprints of the automatic crossbow were taken away.
My eldest brother is very ambitious. Now the Northern Kingdom has already manufactured a crossbow. The Wei Dynasty is about to enter a precarious situation. If we don’t stop it as soon as possible, I’m afraid... "
He was afraid that he didn't want to say anything, and it was useless to say more, because his father wouldn't listen to him. But he had to tell the evil deeds of the King of Qi, no matter whether his father had found out anything or not, he had to expose his wolfish ambitions.
(End of this chapter)
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