Chapter 531 Trying to poison them
When Aunt Zhou returned from the village, she ran into the new gentleman who had moved in across the street.
The old man looked like a lonely old man, with his hair disheveled. Trying to see his face clearly, half of it was obscured, and all that could be seen was his dark skin and a pair of bloodshot eyes.
Ever since the emperor discovered the affair between Granny Zhou and the Third Prince, he has been unable to sleep, his eyes are bloodshot, and his eyes have dark circles.
He even came up with dozens of ways to kill the Third Prince.
He couldn't fly into a rage and have them both taken back to the capital, nor could he kill him in front of the Empress.
He didn't want to ruin the Empress's reputation any further, nor did he want her to hate him again.
The emperor is now physically and mentally exhausted, and all he wants is to live the warm and happy life he used to have with his wife and children.
Unfortunately, he forgot that he had personally ordered the Empress to be killed; some people's hearts, once dead, can never be brought back.
When the emperor saw Granny Zhou alight from the carriage, he bowed his head and stepped forward, saying, "Madam, do you have any new firewood in your kitchen?"
Aunt Zhou was slightly taken aback and asked, "You want to come to our house to borrow firewood?"
The emperor replied, “That’s right. We’ve just moved here and don’t have much new firewood available. The firewood we just bought produces a lot of smoke, so we’d like to borrow some from the lady’s residence.”
The emperor wore plain clothes and lived in an old house. Although he appeared to be a passing merchant, to the discerning eye he was just a down-on-his-luck peddler.
Seeing that there were no servants in his house, Aunt Zhou replied, "Alright, I'll have a servant from the manor bring you some later."
The emperor quickly replied, "No need to send anyone to deliver it; I'll have your servants fetch it."
Aunt Zhou felt uneasy listening to this, but Granny Zhuang urged, "Madam, hurry back, or the child will start crying again."
Aunt Zhou stayed home longer than usual today, as she was also thinking about her youngest daughter.
Hearing Granny Zhuang's urging, she didn't say anything more to the master in front of her. She turned around and instructed a servant to take the master to the backyard to get new firewood.
After the servant responded, Aunt Zhou hurriedly turned around and went into the house.
Hearing the noise outside, the Third Prince came out of the house carrying the child to greet her. "Alright, alright, stop crying, your mother is back."
He was holding a baby in his arms with tears in his eyes, but when he saw Aunt Zhou, he immediately smiled and started grabbing at things with his little hands.
Aunt Zhou smiled and held the child in her arms.
At this moment, the Third Prince took out a small hairpin from behind his back. The hairpin was made of magnolia, which was Zhou Da Niang's favorite flower.
He pinned the hairpin to Granny Zhou's head and said with a smile, "When I took the children out today, I saw this magnolia hairpin and thought it would be nice to put on you."
Aunt Zhou reached out and touched it, "I'm already this old, it's fine if I don't wear it."
The Third Prince led her into the house and began to tell Aunt Zhou about the day the child had been at home.
Aunt Zhou listened patiently.
The two of them walking together looked just like a loving couple who had been married for a long time, which was truly enviable.
The emperor outside the courtyard stared intently, his hands clenching into fists once more, his teeth chattering.
A servant standing nearby asked, "Master, do you still need this new firewood?"
The emperor quickly regained his composure and said, "It's alright, of course it's alright."
He followed the servants toward the kitchen.
This time when he came to Cheng'an County, he deliberately did not bring any guards with him, and only two or three secret guards accompanied him.
The guards were highly skilled in martial arts, but they were still far inferior to the Third Prince.
He originally intended to send his bodyguards to carry out the assassination, but that would be easily discovered, making it even more difficult for him to strike later.
The emperor went to the kitchen and said he needed to relieve himself.
The servants quickly led him to the outhouse.
After arriving at the outhouse, he secretly left through the door on the right and went to the kitchen.
Freshly prepared dishes were still placed in the kitchen.
Finally, he found a pot of wine that was being warmed.
The emperor knew very well that Granny Zhou did not drink alcohol, and that the Third Prince was the only male member of the Zhou family at the moment, so this pot of wine must belong to the Third Prince.
He was secretly delighted, and then, when no one was around, he poured the poison into the wine pot, stirred it with his finger, and immediately left.
He left the kitchen, returned to the outhouse, came out, and followed the Zhou family's servants to get some new firewood back to his residence.
The emperor sat down, his heart filled with joy, and his mind was already conjuring up images of the Third Prince dying from poisoning.
Once the Third Prince died, he sent people from the capital to bring the Empress home.
As for this bastard, he has plenty of ways to deal with it.
The emperor's eyes gradually filled with ruthlessness.
By nightfall, there was still no news of poisoning from the Zhou family.
Aunt Zhou, the Third Prince, and Granny Zhuang all came to dine together.
Seeing the warmed wine, Granny Zhuang asked, "Master, would you like to drink this wine?"
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