Chapter 360 Want to take action
Marquis Cheng'en agreed with the Second Prince's words and nodded: "Yes, that's too crazy!"
He actually dared to introduce the Yu family to the emperor so blatantly and openly bring the Yu family to meet the emperor.
Isn't it just crazy beyond measure?
The Second Prince suddenly had an idea: "Uncle, do you think Zhao Xiang knows something about what happened in the past?"
Marquis Cheng'en scoffed, "He may have had suspicions, but without proof, no matter how arrogant he is, he wouldn't dare to speak nonsense. As for now, whether he knows or not, what difference does it make?"
The Second Prince's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he slowly said, "If you ask me, Uncle has it all wrong. What happened before isn't important; what matters now is. What if Yu Xiaofang told Zhao Xiang everything, or even gave him something? Even if we kill him, it doesn't seem like it would completely solve the problem, right?"
Marquis Cheng'en's eyelids twitched fiercely, and he was a little terrified: "Your Highness, what do you mean?"
"Since we've already done it, why not go all out and just destroy the entire Zhao Mansion? Burning it all down with one fire, wouldn't that be better? Who can predict natural disasters? They were careless with fire, burned down the mansion, and died in it. What does it have to do with others?"
"Besides, when a person dies, everything is empty. Even if the emperor is furious, he will slowly recover after a while. This matter may be a bit risky, but uncle, what in this world is not risky?"
“This, this—”
Marquis Cheng'en was extremely confused and wiped his sweat silently.
He couldn't help but secretly say that the Queen and His Highness were indeed mother and son, how could they be so bold as to do such a thing?
Marquis Cheng'en's heart couldn't bear this. He shook his head and said, "Your Highness, absolutely not! If Zhao Xiang died, the Emperor would definitely conduct a thorough investigation. Wouldn't everyone be in danger if such an important official of the court unexpectedly died at home? Even if there is no evidence, there would definitely not be many people who would believe that this was truly an accident."
"They will definitely doubt you, Your Highness! Then, it will be very difficult for you to make further progress! The court officials will oppose it, and even the emperor will not be able to easily resist it."
Who wouldn't be afraid of a ruler who is unreasonable and acts solely on his whim, who kills people in the middle of the night? Who would dare to follow him?
The Second Prince's eyes flashed with madness, and he spoke coldly, "What if they are all dead?"
"What?"
"What if all those who stand in the way are dead? Who else can they choose besides me?"
"Your Highness!"
"Uncle, tell me, does what I said make sense?"
“.”
Marquis Cheng'en didn't know if the Second Prince's words made sense, but he knew his legs were a little weak and he couldn't stand steadily.
It's so, so scary.
Was His Highness the same one he knew or remembered? Why did he feel so strange?
But Marquis Cheng'en knew that this was too crazy.
"No, Your Highness, no! Because of the Zhao family's affairs, the Emperor has become suspicious of you and is very unhappy. We must not touch Zhao Xiang again! Your Highness, let's take our time. If you really don't like him, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. There is no need to rush! Creating trouble now will not benefit Your Highness."
Marquis Cheng'en tried to dissuade him earnestly.
At first the second prince refused to listen, but later Marquis Cheng'en knelt down and kowtowed anxiously, almost crying, and then the second prince reluctantly nodded and agreed.
Cheng En Hou heaved a sigh of relief and discussed with him the details of the action.
Yu Xiaofang was indeed taken back to Zhao Xiang's mansion and arranged to stay in a guest room in the front yard. Two servants were specially assigned to serve him.
That day, Zhao Xiang told him the procedure for meeting the emperor and pointed out many things that should be paid attention to. Before they knew it, they talked until late at night. After comforting him, he had someone take him downstairs to rest.
The emperor is feeling a little better now, and he has been forcing himself to attend the morning court these past two days. After he leaves the court, he will rest for a while, summon three or two ministers, and review a few important memorials. It will take at least 10:30 before he has time to summon Yu Xiaofang.
Yu Xiaofang had plenty of time to rest.
No words were spoken that night.
Perhaps because he was too nervous and excited, Yu Xiaofang didn't sleep much that night and got up very early the next day.
When he got up, Zhao Xiang had already gone to court.
Fearing that he would be nervous, Mrs. Deng specially asked someone to invite him to the backyard to talk.
Widow Qu, Hu Ling, Qu Yutao, Zhao Liya and others were all there. They were all friends from their previous time in Yancun. They talked and laughed together and had breakfast together. It was quite lively.
They don't know what happened last night.
The surging undercurrent had its own opponents and did not alarm them.
To them, last night was no different from any other night.
Zhao Xiang and Zhou Hansheng never had much hope in the character of the Second Prince and the Yan family. When Zhao Xiang brought Yu Xiaofang back yesterday, he naturally discussed it with Zhou Hansheng and asked him to bring people to secretly protect Yu Xiaofang.
However, Zhou Hansheng in the dark keenly noticed that someone seemed to be paying attention to Yu Xiaofang, so he led his men to quietly retreat without making any noise.
It turned out that his retirement was correct.
Later, he was sure that the person who was secretly keeping an eye on Yu Xiaofang was the emperor's man.
Yes, the emperor also thought of Yu Xiaofang’s special identity. Once this matter spread, he might be watched by others, so he sent people to keep an eye on him.
Zhou Hansheng, who was hiding in the dark, witnessed someone trying to kill Yu Xiaofang and set fire, but before he could do anything, he was quietly knocked down and taken away by the emperor's men.
Zhou Hansheng gloated: "This is really interesting."
He enjoyed watching the show.
The emperor received the report after he left the court, and his face turned extremely ugly on the spot.
What made him even uglier was that the two people he had captured committed suicide by taking poison before he could even interrogate them. All the clues were gone, and there was no hope of finding out anything.
The emperor was so furious that he found fault with several ministers he summoned that day and scolded them harshly.
Is there anyone who doesn't want him to see Yu Xiaofang? Then he insists on seeing her!
After sending away those ministers, the emperor didn't even bother to read the memorial first, and ordered Zhao Xiang to bring Yu Xiaofang to meet him.
After the court session, Zhao Xiang returned home and took Yu Xiaofang with him to wait outside the palace gate for the emperor to summon him. As soon as the emperor's order was conveyed, he could immediately lead people into the palace.
The news immediately reached Concubine Yan, who was keeping an eye on the matter. Concubine Yan almost fell over and said, "How could this happen?"
Zhao Xiang has already brought Yu Xiaofang into the palace. Even if she has all kinds of tricks, she can't use them at this moment.
The emperor was very strong-willed, and she would never dare to run to the Qianqing Palace and take the initiative to approach him when he was seeing a patient, as that would make the emperor unhappy.
She had no choice but to wait.
What exactly happened? She would ask slowly later.
As for the Qianqing Palace, I hope she is just overthinking it.
(End of this chapter)
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