Chapter 1061 A Mistake
Man Bao said, "The King of Yizhou also wants to seize his throne."
Bai Shan said, "The throne belongs to the emperor now. If the Prince of Yizhou wants to seize it, he will have to fight with the emperor. The third prince wants to seize the position of the Crown Prince, so it is natural that the crown prince will fight with the third prince."
Bai Erlang muttered, "Aren't the Crown Prince and the Third Prince brothers? They're both born to the same mother, and yet they're fighting over him?"
Bai Dalang couldn't help but whisper, "Aren't the current prince, the former crown prince, and the third prince all born of the same mother? Furthermore, the emperor and the King of Yizhou are also brothers."
Everyone heard it and it was true.
Manbao sighed, "If I were the Queen Mother or the Empress, I would be heartbroken. These unfortunate children deserve to be beaten."
She said, "My parents are here, and my brother and the others don't dare to grab the family property."
Bai Shan said, "This family fortune is the whole world. Throughout history, how many fathers and sons, and brothers have killed each other because of fighting over that chair?"
Manbao disagreed. "Who says the world belongs to their family? The people of the world sometimes have a say. If the prince kills people at will, how scared will his subjects be when he becomes emperor?"
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, "The superiors are cruel, and our lives will be difficult then."
Bai Dalang was stunned and wanted to cover their mouths. He turned to look at the master and said, "Sir, are we just going to let them say these words?"
Mr. Zhuang said nonchalantly, "We just talked about it at home, it's nothing."
"But walls have ears."
Everyone turned to look at the wall of their house and said with great confidence: "Don't worry, it's across the house. We are not shouting, so no one will know."
Manbao and the other two said to Bai Dalang together, "As long as Senior Brother Bai (Big Brother) doesn't tell anyone, it'll be fine."
Bai Dalang: ...Am I stupid or foolish? Why would I say such deadly words?
So everyone continued to discuss. Bai Shanren was exposed to the most information and the fastest at the Imperial College.
Moreover, he also deliberately inquired about the grudge between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince today. Although few people were willing to talk about it, he asked about other things indirectly, and combined with some things he had heard before, he still summarized their grudge.
Furthermore, Mr. Zhuang wasn't completely oblivious to what was happening outside. He continued, "The Crown Prince was appointed in the second year of Your Majesty's ascension to the throne. Although there are often rumors among the people that the Crown Prince dislikes reading and prefers riding, archery, and military exercises, for over a decade, he has diligently fulfilled his duties in the Eastern Palace. On two occasions when Your Majesty went on personal expeditions, the Crown Prince remained behind to oversee the state, and neither time was unsuccessful. Whether it was spring planting, autumn harvest, or even offering sacrifices to heaven, everything went smoothly. This speaks volumes about the Crown Prince's ability."
Bai Shan nodded. In fact, the crown prince is three years older than the third prince. According to his classmates in the Imperial Academy, the crown prince and the third prince had a good relationship when they were young.
As the Crown Prince grew older, he had the responsibility of teaching his younger brothers and sisters, and he couldn't help but be strict with them. Bai Shan said, "I've been doing some careful research, and I heard that whenever the Crown Prince saw the younger princes and princesses, he liked to ask about their homework, and he would often scold them for being naughty or punish the palace servants. But to be honest, the Crown Prince never actually punished the princes. On the contrary, he often took the punishment for the younger princes."
Manbao said, "That sounds good. So how did he fall out with the Third Prince?"
Bai Shan said, "The prince is unable to have children."
He guessed this, lowering his voice, "I've heard people privately say several times that the Crown Prince still has no children. They also say that the Third Prince is humble and talented, but as the Crown Prince, he has always been quite capable. So I guess it's mainly because he has no children."
Bai Shan counted on his fingers and said, "I've calculated. The Crown Prince has been married for almost five years. In these five years, not to mention the Crown Princess, even the other concubines and maids in the Eastern Palace haven't had a child. If this is the Crown Princess's problem, then the other concubines should have had children by now. So I think this must be the Crown Prince's problem."
Manbao thought thoughtfully: "Infertility..."
Bai Shan nodded. "Last time, a concubine in the Eastern Palace became pregnant. I heard that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were very happy, but they kept the concubine under their protection. Who would have thought that after only three months, before they had even announced anything, the concubine had a miscarriage. The Crown Prince discovered that someone was behind the incident and traced it back to the Third Prince. He went crazy."
Bai Shan said, "I heard that the Crown Princess was also very sad and fell ill on the spot. The concubine felt even more guilty, thinking that she had failed to protect the child. Within two days, she found an opportunity and hanged herself."
Manbao and Bai Erlang were stunned. "She committed suicide just because of a miscarriage?"
Bai Shan nodded heavily, "Many people in the school praise her chastity."
Although he couldn't quite understand where the chastity of this matter lay, he still felt breathless when he heard the whole story.
He said, "That's what happened anyway, so the Crown Prince targeted the Third Prince. Coincidentally, Du Yu and the Third Prince were always good friends, and Su Jian was the Crown Prince's study partner and also his third uncle. On the sixteenth, they went to play ball in a carriage in the eastern suburbs. There was originally a court, but the two of them insisted on fighting over the same court, and a disagreement led to a fight."
Bai Shan turned to Man Bao and said, "If you hadn't drawn the blood of the Du brothers and given it to Su Jian, the court would have been in a bigger uproar. Now it's just the Crown Prince and the Third Prince attacking each other. Both the Su and Du families have remained silent and resolved the matter privately."
If Su Jian died this time, even if Du Yu would not be punished with death, he would lose half his life, and the Su and Du families would become mortal enemies.
If Su Jian hadn't died, Du Yu wouldn't have felt better either. After all, he was seriously injured, and the younger generations of the two families had always been at odds with each other, so fighting in the court would have been the least of their problems.
When Pian Manbao treated Su Jian, he used the blood of the Du brothers. At that time, each of them drew a can of red blood, and all of it was transfused into Su Jian's body under the watchful eyes of the Su family.
Therefore, the Su family's momentum weakened a little, and they did not cause trouble for the Du family.
Du Dalang also knew that he was in the wrong. He saw the bloody quilt and the injuries on Su Jian's body. He heard that a lot of blood had been lost from all his internal organs.
So after he returned, he asked people to pack up supplements and gifts and send them to the Su family. So many people came to see Su Jian today. One reason was to express their condolences, the second was that they were indeed curious about Manbao, and the third was that some families received requests from the Du family and came to negotiate peace with the Su family.
Although the Su family did not give an accurate answer for the time being, they would not impeach Du Yu in the court at this time and drag the Du family into the water, so the current situation is much better than expected.
The person who put nails in Su Jian's shoes did not expect the situation to develop into this.
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(End of this chapter)
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