Chapter 217 Rebellion

Shen Shilang took the opportunity to say: "The Fifth Prince is so sincere that he will surely move the gods! Your Majesty is kind to the Fifth Prince, and the Fifth Prince is loyal and filial to Your Majesty. This is truly a good story!"

"Hahahahahahaha!" Emperor Jiacheng was very happy.

All the government offices in the capital have discovered that Emperor Jiacheng has been particularly favoring the Fifth Prince and Shen Shilang recently.

Everyone suddenly smelled something different.

Emperor Jiacheng... doesn't he want to make the fifth prince the crown prince?

It’s not impossible.

Emperor Jiacheng was still in his prime, and although he wanted to achieve eternal life, everyone thought he was dreaming.

However, if the fifth prince is appointed as the crown prince, he is still young and will not be fully grown in a short period of time, so he cannot pose a threat to Emperor Jiacheng.

From this perspective, it is most appropriate to make the fifth prince the crown prince.

Many people began to think about getting in touch with the Fifth Prince.

The Fifth Prince seemed to have expected this, and he stayed in the palace temporarily, saying that the palace was still being prepared.

Whenever Shen Shilang appeared, he would wear sick makeup. Due to his poor health, he did not have much energy to meet guests. After his shift, he would hide at home and not see anyone.

"Shen Shilang and the Fifth Prince are truly worthy of being master and disciple." Upon hearing the latest news, Grand Tutor Liu sneered and looked at the eldest prince in front of him.

No one knows that the eldest prince’s real supporter is Grand Tutor Liu.

Even now, Grand Tutor Liu has not abandoned the eldest prince.

"Grandmaster." The eldest prince's face was full of hatred, "What should I do in the future?"

"Do you know how His Majesty is doing now?" Grand Tutor Liu was sitting on the grand tutor's chair, holding a long string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and was twisting the beads one by one.

"I see that father's health is indeed not as good as before, to the point where he needs to rely on elixirs to maintain his health." The prince said, "Based on my observation, he will be in particularly good condition for a period of time after taking the elixir, but after a while, his physical condition will obviously deteriorate, as if he has a serious illness. But as long as he takes the elixir, he will recover immediately."

"Moreover..." said Grand Tutor Liu as he played with his Buddhist beads, "Your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse."

"Tell me, is that elixir really an elixir?" asked Grand Tutor Liu.

The prince exhaled heavily and said, "I have doubted it before. But I really can't figure out what other medicine can have such an obvious effect."

"Father said that it was the elixir that forced out the deep-seated illness in his body. I think this explanation is also reliable." The prince said, "Moreover, the God appeared that day and the Grand Master was also there. Could the Grand Master have seen the signs of fraud?"

"This is exactly what I cannot understand," said Grand Tutor Liu. "The divine presence that day was indeed real. The miraculous pill was also thrown out of thin air. It was truly miraculous."

"But, all of this seems to be too biased towards Shen Shilang." Master Liu frowned and said, "Could it be that Shen Shilang is really the one chosen by God, so he is so successful, and even the way of heaven is on his side?"

"Grandmaster." The prince had a bold idea, "Every time Father took the elixir, he would be in better condition, his body would recover like a miracle, and even get better."

"Tell me, what if I find a way to prevent Father from taking the elixir?"

"What do you have in mind?" Master Liu looked at the prince.

"We need to find a way to replace the elixir." The prince said, "Even though Father can tell immediately that it is a fake elixir, so what? In his state, what can he do to others?"

"Even if something really happened, it was Shen Shilang and the Fifth Prince who were in trouble." The Crown Prince said, "The elixir is fake, and Father will take action against them first."

"That's not a bad idea," said Grand Tutor Liu, "but you need to be careful and not let anyone find out that you're involved."

"Of course." The prince nodded, "Father's need for the elixir is becoming more and more urgent. We just need to wait until the time he can maintain his good condition becomes shorter and shorter."

"How many people's life spans are long enough for father to be sacrificed?" the prince said in a cold voice.

Master Liu took a deep breath and said, "Taking someone else's life in exchange for your own is really against the harmony of nature."

But the Crown Prince and Grand Tutor Liu didn't know that Su Jinshi had already seen their conversation clearly on his mobile phone.

Su Jinshi whispered, "What are they planning to do? Are they planning to rebel?"

Su Jinshi pondered for a while, "You want to withhold the medicine and make that person's condition worse. When he runs out of medicine and loses even the most basic rationality, the eldest prince will take the opportunity to rebel?"

"This is the most reasonable explanation." Shen Shilang looked at the phone screen, "The eldest prince is smart for once."

"Then what are you going to do?" Su Jinshi asked.

She originally took out this medicine with the intention of using it to control Emperor Jiacheng.

When Emperor Jiacheng goes completely crazy, Shen Shilang will probably nominate the fifth prince to the throne.

But now the eldest prince also had such thoughts.

"Then we will use their tricks against them." Shen Shilang said, "Then, we will clear the court of evildoers."

The eldest prince was still waiting for an opportunity, but Qiu Zhaohui's sentence had already expired.

Emperor Jiacheng hated Qiu Zhaohui.

He thought Qiu Zhao would treat him like a fool.

So when Shen Shilang said that he would order the jailer to cut off a piece of flesh from Qiu Zhaohui's body every day to torture Qiu Zhaohui and not let him die easily, Emperor Jiacheng readily agreed and was not in a hurry to give Qiu Zhaohui a quick death.

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It happened to be the Spring Festival, when it was not appropriate to see blood, so Qiu Zhaohui's sentence was delayed.

It was not until the end of the first month of the year that Emperor Jiacheng set the sentence.

In five days, he will be torn apart by a chariot.

Su Jinshi's cosmetics shop opened in the first month of the year.

Because some of them had been sent to various mansions before, and the ladies in each mansion were enjoying their use.

On the first day that Su Jinshi's shop opened, they all came to consume.

With these ladies and young ladies in the capital as living signs, all the ladies and young ladies from noble families will use them, so it must be a good thing.

As a result, a large number of customers with purchasing power turned to Su Jinshi's shop.

Su Jinshi also placed samples on the counter and asked the maids to let the guests try some on their hands.

If it is useful, I will buy it back.

The shop's business was much more successful and prosperous than Su Jinshi had expected.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Qiu Zhaohui's execution.

The execution took place at the intersection of four main streets.

Su Jinshi temporarily closed the shop for a day.

After all, today is an execution day and there is too much blood, it is not a good day.

I guess the people who came to watch the execution would not be in the mood to shop after watching it.

It's not just Su Jinshi's shop.

All the vendors and shops in Beijing, big and small, chose to close for the day.

The punishment of being torn apart by a chariot sounds scary.

However, many people still couldn't resist their curiosity and went to watch the execution.

Li Yuxi and Lu Xiaoyue also came to ask Su Jinshi if he wanted to watch the execution.

"To be honest, we are afraid, but we have never seen it before, so we are just curious." Li Yuxi couldn't even imagine what the scene would be like.