"There's no such thing as a grudge that lasts overnight between a father and son."
Wu Jixiang paused and continued, "This servant heard that it was Lai Shanzi from Lingyu Pavilion who confessed something in prison, which is why His Majesty was so angry."
"What?" The eldest prince's eyes widened in shock.
"This servant doesn't know either. I only overheard it when the interrogator came to report." Wu Jixiang made a gesture of hitting himself: "See, this old servant has been too talkative again."
The eldest prince walked outside in a panic. After a few steps, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly turned around and said, "Thank you for your advice, Eunuch Jixiang."
When he returned to the prince's residence, he became restless and agitated.
Those who interrogated people in the Yuan Dynasty prison were quite skilled.
Especially those seventy-two forms of punishment.
If this Lai Shanzi can't handle it and blurts out something...
Wouldn't that mean...?
no!
He cannot simply sit and wait to die.
The eldest prince thought to himself and headed toward Yikun Palace.
However, the guards at the gate stopped him.
"What are you doing? Do you want to rebel? How dare you stop me?" the eldest prince said with a gloomy face.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but has the Emperor ordered you to stay in the Prince's Residence and reflect on your mistakes? You cannot go anywhere now."
The eldest prince glanced at the guard's hand that was blocking his chest, snorted coldly, and turned back to his quarters.
"Your Highness, what's wrong? Is there anything you need to tell me?" the nanny asked the prince with concern.
Ever since the Emperor replaced his governess with the two governesses of the Fifth Prince and arranged for them to reside in his residence.
He hardly spoke to the two governesses.
Mu Junyao looked the old woman who had just spoken to him up and down, his brows furrowing slightly: "Don't think I don't know you're Consort Shu's person. I advise you to behave yourself in this prince's residence, or I guarantee your life will be worse than death."
The old woman's eyes widened in surprise: "Your Highness, what makes you say that? How could I possibly be Consort Shu's person?"
The eldest prince scoffed, "Don't think I don't know that you and Consort Shu are all in cahoots. She deliberately brought you to my side, and you've been reporting on my affairs to her quite a bit, haven't you?"
The old woman turned pale with fright and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, I am innocent! I don't know if someone has been gossiping about you, otherwise why would they say such things?"
The eldest prince stared at her for a long while: "It'd better not be."
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at the same time.
Qiluan Garden.
Bin'er hurriedly walked in from outside: "Your Majesty."
"How is it?" Consort Shu asked with a solemn expression.
“Replying to Your Majesty,” Bin’er lowered her voice, “a letter came from the prison saying that Lai Shanzi has confessed everything except his relationship with the First Prince, including the gemstone that he sent through Madam Xia last time.”
Consort Shu suddenly paused: "What did the Emperor say?"
"Just now, someone from Eunuch Jixiang came to report that the eldest prince has been punished and sent back to the princes' quarters to reflect on his mistakes."
Consort Shu slowly put down what she was holding.
It seems she miscalculated.
He thought he could use Lai Shanzi to suppress Mu Junyao, but he didn't expect that the emperor would ultimately still care about the father-son relationship.
That's understandable.
After all, Emperor Yuanwu only had a few sons.
If it weren't for committing such a terrible disaster...
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