“Even if Prince Gong didn’t instigate this incident, he definitely doesn’t have any good intentions towards our Prince Kang’s Mansion.
Your Majesty, do you think Prince Gong desires the throne?"
Prince Kang was slightly stunned, recalling every detail of his past interactions with Prince Gong, and nodded slowly.
"Prince Gong aspires to be the emperor, but he didn't show it too obviously in front of me.
But even so, there was ambition in his eyes.
I have seen this before, but I deliberately ignored it. It is true that Prince Gong's biological mother was a palace maid, and she was killed by other concubines after giving birth to him.
He had been bullied in the palace since he was a child and suffered a lot, so how could he not desire power?
After all, only by having power can he avoid being bullied.
But when I was a kid and saw him being bullied, I stepped forward to protect him.
In the years before he left the palace, he was rarely bullied because I protected him.
I asked myself if I really treated him as my own brother and protected him, so why did he treat me like this?
Madam, I can’t figure it out.”
King Kang stroked the token with his slender fingers, his eyes were red, and his voice was trembling.
Ye Peizhu sighed secretly and comforted her sometimes silly husband with heartache.
"Your Highness, those involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly. You don't understand why, but as an outsider, I can see that in the eyes of outsiders, you are the emperor's favored son.
Because you are favored and your mother is also favored, even though the emperor has not appointed a crown prince at this age, you are still the most likely person to become the next emperor in the eyes of outsiders.
Prince Gong wants to be emperor, and Prince Ning also wants to be emperor. You are their competitor.
Prince Ning's relationship with you was neither good nor bad from the beginning. You naturally knew that because Prince Ning was the eldest son, he felt that he should be the next emperor, and you were his competitor, so he would naturally be wary of you and would not be on good terms with you.
But Prince Gong was already a good brother by your side before you were crowned king.
Even if he wants the throne again, even if he regards you as his rival for the throne, he can only continue to maintain a superficial friendship with you.
But behind the scenes, there are a lot of things he can do.”
Ye Peizhu lowered her voice and slowly finished speaking, then looked at her prince's wrinkled face, as if he wanted to cry but couldn't.
She quickly added, "Of course, Your Majesty, this is just my guess. You know, I always tend to think in a negative way.
Maybe the actual situation is not as I guessed, but as your wife, I still have to say what I should say. We must be on guard against others.
"Prince, please don't cry. Jiu'er is still in the room. If she knew that her father was such a grown-up and still crying, she would laugh at you."
Ye Peizhu deliberately said the last sentence with a smile, and King Kang was also amused by her. He turned his head and buried his face in his wife's shoulder.
Such a big man leaning shyly on the shoulder of his petite wife, this scene would "damage" King Kang's image no matter who saw it.
"Your Majesty, Princess, I didn't see anything!"
The outer door was not closed, and King Kang's guard came in to report something. He happened to see this scene and was so scared that he turned around and faced away from them without even finishing his words.
King Kang: “…”
He coughed and stood up, his face expressionless and his voice low, "What's the matter?"
Ye Peizhu covered her mouth and chuckled, and reached out to pinch the soft flesh on King Kang's waist.
King Kang bared his teeth and returned to his expressionless face before the guards turned around.
The guard lowered his head and reported, "Your Highness, we interrogated those spies. They revealed who was behind the incident, but immediately bit their tongues and committed suicide.
Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to stop them in time."
King Kang's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but get nervous, asking with some difficulty.
"Who is behind this?"
"Your Highness, it's...it's Prince Gong."
The two words "Prince Gong" pierced Prince Kang's heart like a sharp blade.
King Kang was stunned on the spot.
Ye Peizhu didn't expect that her guess was actually true.
The mastermind behind setting fire to her two sons turned out to be Prince Gong!
Seeing that Prince Kang looked dazed, Ye Peizhu continued to ask.
"Besides that? What else did those informants say? I remember there were quite a few informants. Could it be that they all bit their tongues to death?"
"My princess, yes, they all bit their tongues to commit suicide."
Ye Peizhu: “….”
"Got it. Let's bury their bodies."
"yes."
After the guards left, Prince Kang was still in a daze. Ye Peizhu sighed and patted her prince's arm.
"Prince, don't be sad. If you think about it this way, now that you know that Prince Gong is not a good person, it's actually quite good.
Then if he attacks us secretly again in the future, we can be on guard.
People change, especially when there are conflicts of interest, and relationships between people become fragile..."
Ye Peizhu used a series of profound principles to comfort King Kang.
Prince Kang pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly, "Madam, thank you. Your husband is fine now. Since this is the truth, I can only accept it."
"Yes, it's okay. Let's go back to the house and see if our daughter is awake."
Ye Peizhu pulled Prince Kang into the inner room.
The imperial study in the palace.
The atmosphere was heavy, as if a storm was about to come.
"What did you say?! Say it again!"
The old emperor had a gloomy expression and questioned An Yi with gritted teeth.
An Yi knelt on the ground with his head lowered and repeated what he had just said.
"Reporting to the Emperor, the mission has failed. The two young masters of Prince Kang's Mansion have returned safely."
The old emperor sneered, "Mission failed? How can you say these four words so casually?!
Did I ask you if the people you sent out saw the fire with their own eyes? Did they see the two people from King Kang's family in the fire with their own eyes?
How did you respond? Now you're telling me the mission failed?!
They were even able to return to the capital so quickly!
This only means that when the people you sent out set the fire, the two sons of King Kang were not in the inn at all!
They set the fire without even knowing for sure? Who taught them to do that?!"
The old emperor shouted harshly, and An Yi knelt on the ground in silence. He didn't seem to be afraid, but if you looked closely, you could find that his body was trembling slightly.
And the eunuch Fuquan who was standing aside was so anxious that he didn't even dare to breathe.
He is now extremely worried about whether he can save his life.
He knows too much!
He had already withdrawn on his own initiative, but the emperor insisted on making him stay!
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