Chapter 852 Who Made the Prince Kind-hearted
When Prince Ji stepped into the main hall of Yongzhao Palace, his face looked uglier than a dead person. He followed Tang Ning into the inner hall with drooping brows, pursed his lips and didn't want to say a word.
It was not as dark as outside. In order to prevent others from discovering the abnormality of Yongzhao Palace, no one dared to light too many lanterns outside. On the contrary, the lights in the palace were bright, and the candlelight was luminous. Even the floral and bird patterns on the queen's plain clothes could be seen clearly.
"I saved Prince Ji, but he doesn't seem very happy?" Tang Ning said softly.
Prince Ji said expressionlessly, "If the Queen wanted to save me, she wouldn't have pushed me before Prince Hui and provoked his hatred."
He knew how intelligent the woman in front of him was. If she really wanted to save people, she would have many other ways to do it. Even if she just said, "If Prince Ji dies tonight in Yongzhao Palace, the court will be suspicious," she could save his life temporarily. As long as he didn't die tonight, he would have his own way to escape.
But the Queen insisted on saying that what he said was the best in the world and stepped on Prince Hui to elevate his status among the clan members.
When King Hui was talking to him just now, he looked as if he wanted to tear him apart.
Prince Ji recalled Prince Hui's look, and his expression became cold and indifferent. "Empress, I believe I have been behaving myself well since last time. I even voluntarily gave up my power and stayed indoors. Why did you drag me into this mess?"
Tang Ning laughed: "Who made the prince kind-hearted?"
Prince Ji: “…”
Tang Ning said, "After I returned to Yongzhao Palace, Prince Hui and his men soon surrounded us. Of all the people in Xinde Palace, only the prince noticed something was wrong and came to investigate. Since you've come to Yongzhao Palace, you've already stepped into this quagmire. I can't do anything about it."
Prince Ji: “…”
Never before had I resented myself so much for being so cunning. The Queen clearly had a grudge against him, and he and Xiao Yan had an even worse relationship. What that bastard Prince Hui wanted to do with the noble family was none of his business. Why was he so crazy as to come to Yongzhao Palace to control the Queen's life and death?
Prince Ji seemed to be stung by Tang Ning's words "kind-hearted", and he walked to the side and sat down, swinging the wide sleeves of his mourning clothes to his legs, full of resentment.
Seeing this, Tang Ning said to Prince Ji, "You don't have to be so angry. I had no intention of harming you. It was just a coincidence. Besides, Prince Hui wants to seize power and will eventually target the royal family. You are superior to him in every way, and he is so narrow-minded that he will not tolerate you."
"I asked you to assist me in governing because you were kind enough to come to Yongzhao Palace and you rebuked Prince Hui for plotting rebellion with the aristocratic families. You at least showed some consideration for me. I also wanted to use you to contain Prince Hui and the aristocratic families and prevent them from completely handing over the government power to them."
Prince Ji looked at her inexplicably. "I understand Your Majesty wants to use me to contain Prince Hui, but you want me to share power with the noble families...Does Your Majesty trust me so much?"
Tang Ning said calmly, "It's not that I trust you, but compared to the greed of the aristocratic families and the stupidity of King Hui, you at least have some bottom line. No matter what, you will never give away the Great Wei Kingdom."
Prince Ji's mouth twitched: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for thinking highly of me."
He was originally very angry and had some resentment towards the Queen, but after hearing her words, he suddenly lost his anger and sighed:
"Prince Hui and the other families just negotiated a deal with me. They asked me to appease the Empress and trick her into giving them the imperial edict. They then gave me this, allowing me to find out where the imperial seal is and then find a way to smear it somewhere the Empress could touch."
Two pills slipped out of Prince Ji's sleeve and fell into his rough palm.
"The compromise they just made was just a lie. In reality, they never intended to rule alongside Her Majesty. They simply wanted to appease Her Majesty temporarily."
"This thing comes from an aristocratic family. I heard it's a secret medicine they developed called Red Beauty Withering. Once the Empress is infected, she will gradually become weak and sick, and her blood and energy will be depleted. At first, it will be like a cold entering the body and will not be noticed. Then it will slowly weaken and become a serious illness. It will take at least one month, and at most three months. The person infected with this medicine will die, and even the imperial physician will be unable to find the cause."
After he finished speaking, he flicked the two pills over. Yue Jian quickly waved to catch them, and used her sleeves to block them in front of Tang Ning, not daring to spill a single drop.
Tang Ning raised an eyebrow and looked at Prince Ji: "They even told you the effects of the medicine. Obviously they are not afraid of you turning against them. What did they do to you?"
Prince Ji said calmly, "It's nothing, just feeding him something."
Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone in the hall could understand what he was talking about.
Tang Ning's eyes showed a strange color: "Your life is in their hands, why don't you just go along with them?"
Prince Ji lifted his eyelids and glanced at her, then sneered, "Even if I follow them, I won't end up well."
"Prince Hui is extremely foolish and conceited. He thinks he has everything under control, but with his abilities, he can't possibly outmaneuver those from the aristocratic families. Furthermore, can he truly defeat the Empress?"
He looked up at Tang Ning with a deep gaze:
"Everyone in the Empress's palace is a confidant, from the tea-serving maids to the cleaning eunuchs, and their mouths are tighter than clams."
"Last time His Majesty suddenly left the capital, I tried everything I could but couldn't get any information from the palace. But that fool Prince Hui actually bribed the servants of Yongzhao Palace and even sneaked into the palace with so many traitors without alerting anyone under Yu Yanfeng's nose."
"Either Yu Yanfeng joined them in the rebellion, or the usually cautious Queen suddenly lost her mind."
"In the past, when there was nothing going on in the palace, the Empress was surrounded by guards and followed by secret guards. But today, knowing that there are so many people watching and the relationship with the noble families in the court is even more tense, the Empress is so careless that she only left a few people in Yongzhao Palace."
Yue Jian's expression changed slightly when she heard King Ji's words.
Tang Ning suddenly chuckled, "Is Prince Ji so sure that I'm so powerful? What if I really do fall into their hands by accident?"
"Then this is bad luck for me."
Prince Ji rolled his eyes, showing no sign of composure. "If the Queen really doesn't have a backup plan, I'll just take it as bad luck and endure it. They don't know whether I drugged her or not. Once I leave the palace tonight, I'll hang myself if I can survive."
Just consider it as a sacrifice for his blindness!
Tang Ning was amused by Prince Ji's words and said to him, "Don't worry, I will make sure that His Majesty dies gloriously, not in such a miserable way."
There was a noise outside, and someone was vaguely heard saying that Princess Hui and others had arrived. Tang Ning glanced at Yue Jian and saw her walk to the side and take out an imperial edict from a wooden box on the shelf.
Tang Ning took the bright yellow silk, stood up and walked out of the palace: "Prince, let's go."
Prince Ji curled his lips and followed her. When they arrived outside the palace, they saw that there were many more female relatives in the courtyard. Not only were there the pregnant Crown Princess Hui and the Princess Consort, but also Qian Qiyue and others who were brought in with their hands and feet tied and their mouths gagged.
Qian Qiyue looked a little disheveled, the wife of Marquis Wenxin's hair was messy, and the wife of Mr. Cui looked like she had suffered some pain, with some blood visible on her head.
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