Chapter 178: The Crown Prince
The Second Prince's expression remained unchanged. "We'll know if there's anything wrong with this medicine after we try it."
Concubine Lan wanted to ask how she could try it after the medicine had been spilled, but the Second Prince had already made preparations. He waved his hand, and someone brought a dog over.
Concubine Lan: “…”
The dog licked the water marks on the ground that had not yet dried up. After a while, it twitched twice, foamed at the mouth, and fell to the ground and died.
Dog: "..." What did it do wrong? Should it die for this dog emperor?!
Emperor Qianyuan suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Concubine Lan.
Concubine Lan was so frightened that she trembled all over and immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I didn't know! This medicine was sent by the Imperial Hospital and boiled in the Imperial Kitchen. There are so many people here, the people who prepare the medicine, the people who boil the medicine, and even the Imperial Kitchen, there are many people and eyes, and they may have poisoned you. I was just worried about the emperor, so I came here to deliver the medicine to him!"
The Second Prince said, "Then bring up the people from the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Kitchen."
The second prince had already taken control of the person and quickly brought him before Emperor Qianyuan.
The Second Prince moved at such a speed that Emperor Qianyuan's gaze deepened as he looked at his face.
He seemed to have underestimated his son.
Naturally, all the people from the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Kitchen cried out for justice.
"When His Majesty was making the medicine, there was someone watching him the entire time, so there was absolutely no mistake." Someone from the Imperial Kitchen said, "There were two guards watching the entire process, so it was impossible for anyone to get close to the Emperor's medicine bowl."
The people from the Imperial Hospital also said, "Your Majesty, the residue from boiling medicine will be recycled. You can find out once you check."
It seems that the only time that problems are most likely to occur is during the delivery of medicine.
But this is the imperial palace, and this is medicine for the emperor. If Emperor Qianyuan is so easy to kill, he would have no use being the emperor.
The Second Prince looked at Emperor Qianyuan and said, "Father, this is a matter concerning your health. Please let your Majesty make the final decision."
At this point, the second prince gave up and left everything to Emperor Qianyuan.
Emperor Qianyuan looked at his respectful son, who stood there with his head lowered but his back straight.
He suddenly felt dazed, unable to recall what he looked like as a child. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, his son had grown up to this size.
She seemed a little strange to him, yet so outstanding and extraordinary, somewhat like his mother.
Emperor Qianyuan leaned wearily against the sedan chair. "The people from the Imperial Kitchen and the Imperial Hospital are failing to keep watch. Take them out and chop them off. Send the Empress back to her bedroom. She is not allowed to leave the palace without my permission!" He said indifferently, "Please invite the Minister of the Chancellery, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the General of the Central Army, the Imperial Censor, and the President of the Hanlin Academy into the palace."
Concubine Lan suddenly raised her head and looked at Emperor Qianyuan in disbelief: "Your Majesty! You don't believe me?" There was shock in her tone, and she seemed very hurt.
Emperor Qianyuan refused to look at her again, closed his eyes, and waved his hand: "Take her away."
The Second Prince still clasped his hands together, bowed at the waist, and respectfully escorted Emperor Qianyuan's sedan chair off. It wasn't until he entered the bedroom that the Second Prince raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, finally did it.
Emperor Qianyuan asked important officials of the court to enter the palace in order to draft an edict to appoint a crown prince.
He finally did it.
On this peaceful afternoon, two minor officials who prepared medicine died in the Imperial Hospital, two eunuchs died in the Imperial Study, and two guards died in the Imperial Guard.
The second prince was named the crown prince, and the queen was imprisoned in Kunning Palace.
The imperial edict of enthronement was quickly issued, and everyone in Dagan would soon know that Dagan had welcomed a new successor.
Concubine Lan sat in her bedroom in a daze, muttering to herself, "He doesn't believe me."
If you don’t know, you might think she is really innocent.
The door of the bedroom was opened, and Emperor Qianyuan was carried in on a dragon sedan chair.
Concubine Lan raised her head, saw Emperor Qianyuan, and immediately struggled to sit up. She stumbled towards him and fell in front of him.
She fell at his feet, raised her head, and looked at him with red eyes: "Your Majesty, I am innocent. How could I want to harm you? Please believe me!"
Emperor Qianyuan couldn't help but cough lightly. He looked at the woman in front of him whom he had loved all his life. He had known her since birth, and they had been together all their lives, but today he suddenly felt that he didn't know her anymore.
If there is no father and son in the royal family, how can there be husband and wife?
The same goes for them.
They are both selfish and power-hungry people, so it is natural for her to make such a choice.
Emperor Qianyuan said, "Do you really think I'm a fool?" He looked down at her coldly, "Do you think you understand me well? Do you think I can't bear to part with you, that I trust you and would choose you over Yi'er? Do you think I'm old and the harem is under your control? Now that the Fourth Prince commands a large army, if I die, you can forge an imperial edict and pass the throne to the Fourth Prince?"
The second prince's name is Li Yi.
Concubine Lan's eyes flashed. She did know Emperor Qianyuan very well, but Emperor Qianyuan also knew her very well and could guess her thoughts accurately.
But she couldn't admit it. She could only look at him sadly: "Your Majesty and I have been together all my life. Is this how Your Majesty treats me? Your Majesty said that he would give me a status, but turned around and married Yan Ning. You said that you loved me the most and asked me to endure for your great cause. I endured for more than ten years. Your Majesty, how can you doubt my sincerity towards you?"
She shed tears, just like she did when she was young, but she was old, and now it seemed only artificial.
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