Chapter 343 The Qin family’s success and failure are both due to the Qin family!
After Commander Lu turned and left, the Queen Mother half-lay on the chair with her head supported, looking as if she was thinking about something. Then, no one knew what she thought of, but she suddenly covered her mouth and laughed happily.
"You can't be provoked, right? Your Majesty, you must hold on! Otherwise, your beloved Concubine Shu and your trusted Minister Qin will not be able to bear the blame for the Emperor's death!"
The Queen knew very well what the crazy Concubine Qin Shu would be like when she lost control. If it weren't for that bitch's shamelessness, how could the Crown Prince...
When the queen thought of this, her laughter stopped abruptly. She thought of the situation in the prince's mansion that Commander Lu had found out, and the tyrannical appearance of the prince that he had described.
"Torturing someone to death, no... How could it be possible? How could my son be that kind of person? It must be her! It must be her!"
"That bitch, Concubine Shu, must have deliberately taught my son bad things to get back at me! Haha, just wait, wait!"
Once the emperor passes away and the prince ascends the throne, no one in this world will be able to accuse the prince of anything. So what if he tortures ten people to death in a day!
For those women, having the opportunity to climb onto the dragon bed and serve the new emperor is a blessing they have earned in ten lifetimes!
Therefore, even if Prince Duan has something on the Crown Prince, he can hardly protect himself in the clan house. As long as the Emperor falls seriously ill this time, no matter how much evidence you have, you will die in your hands!
The emperor has not attended court for two days, so it is only natural for the prince to take over the government.
However, Ling Jingyu sat on the dragon throne with a dignified look, and he looked like he was the only one who could rule the country better than him. It didn't seem like he was acting as an agent at all, but rather as if he had predicted that he would never move from that chair again.
As a result, tensions among the ministers in the court grew. Some were excited, while others were worried.
Academician Qi was anxious and nervous at home. Qi Zhongyuan wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to do.
"Dad, you haven't had a good rest in the past few days. If you continue like this, the emperor will recover and you will also collapse. Then you will be even less able to help the prince."
Grand Secretary Qi sighed for the umpteenth time, "What do you know, kid? Once the Crown Prince ascends the throne, our Qi family... will be completely finished!"
Qi Zhongyuan was much more optimistic than his father. "But now the forces supporting Prince Duan are more clear, aren't they? Isn't our crisis also theirs?"
"By then, once the Emperor... do you think everyone will just sit there and wait for death, watching the Crown Prince ascend the throne and settle their scores?"
"Wealth and honor are sought through risk. When that time comes, we will have no choice but to fight to the death, risking our lives to build a future for Prince Duan and ourselves."
Qi Daxueshi shook his head and said, "You are still too young, kid!"
"What do you mean, Dad? Is my analysis wrong?"
"The situation is indeed clearer now than before, but don't forget, not everyone who supported Prince Duan is nailed to this boat like our Qi family!"
"The Yang family is loyal to this country, and it has been a family of loyal martyrs for hundreds of years. Do you think that when the time comes, Yang Tingxiao will join you in rebellion?"
"But Old Lady Yang..."
"Was Old Lady Yang really killed by the Crown Prince's order? Give me a reason why the Crown Prince would do that! Unless someone cast a spell on him!"
Qi Zhongyuan, "..."
The prince had reason to murder anyone, but the Yang family was definitely not among them, because the Yang family had always supported him openly and honestly. He was busy trying to curry favor with them, so why would he touch the old lady?
"But Prince Wu Ling clearly said that the Crown Prince was colluding with the Cangshan Sect. Didn't General Yang agree with that at the time?"
"You kid, why are you getting more and more stupid? Mo Dacheng is in collusion with the prince, how did he do that? Who was he with before and after he assassinated the old lady? How did he get to the prince's mansion?"
"This... Lin Xiafeng?"
Qi Daxueshi smiled helplessly, "Do you think that those who share the same goal as us are our own people?"
"Prince Wuling has never been interested in taking sides before. Why would he so blatantly gather a group of people to deal with the Crown Prince this time? To save Prince Duan? Do you believe it?"
"It's definitely the Crown Prince who has done something to offend King Wu Ling again. This matter must be extremely serious, so serious that King Wu Ling wishes the Crown Prince would die immediately!"
"We and Prince Duan are just taking advantage of this, but don't forget, Prince Wuling wants the Crown Prince's life, but that doesn't mean he wants to support Prince Duan to succeed to the throne. These are two completely different things!"
Qi Zhongyuan took a deep breath. He had originally held high hopes, but his father had just taken away two out of three of what he considered Prince Duan's greatest support. This...
"There shouldn't be any problems with General Gu, right?"
"The Gu family is fine, but how much trouble can we and the Gu family stir up alone? Putting aside the question of whether there will be trouble or not, we'd better pray that the Nine Gates Admiral and the Prefect don't turn against us and expose our investigation into the Crown Prince!"
After all, for them, the key is not whether to stand behind the Crown Prince or behind Prince Duan, but to stand on the side of the winner!
Judging from the current situation, as long as the emperor really passes away, the prince will ninety-nine percent be the final winner!
The Nine Gates Commander and the Yulin City Governor both held the most important evidence to overthrow the Crown Prince: Mo Dacheng and the two corpses!
No matter whether they were only loyal to the emperor before, or really wanted to help Prince Duan, as long as they "pull back from the brink" and "turn over a new leaf" at this time, their eloquence will be better and their attitude will be more sincere.
Taking out those three people would be enough to convince the prince of their sincerity in surrendering to him, and would be enough to turn all of Prince Duan's men upside down.
Qi Zhongyuan felt a chill in his heart after hearing what his father said, and then he suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "Oh no!"
"What's wrong?"
"If we can think of a desperate fight, why can't the Crown Prince think of it? He must be able to guess that His Royal Highness Prince Duan will not give up so easily. Once the Emperor is gone, Prince Duan will definitely not stay peacefully in the clan residence. Therefore, I am afraid that the Crown Prince will take the initiative and murder Prince Duan!"
In fact, this was really similar to Qin Qingyao's original plan, which was to anger the prince, scare him, and make him firmly believe that Prince Duan must die.
But who knew that God loved to play jokes so much? It had only been a few days, and it was no longer a question of whether to scare him or not. The fact was that Prince Duan was not prepared at all, but the Crown Prince already had a reason to kill Prince Duan.
Grand Secretary Qi closed his eyes and sighed to the sky, "I just hope that Minister Qin will do us a favor since Prince Wuling's Mansion is also involved in this matter!"
In the beginning, it was Qin Qingyao who helped them come up with a way to save Prince Duan, and later it was Prince Wuling who stepped forward, giving them the opportunity to implement their plan.
But who knew that His Royal Highness Prince Ning and Minister Qin would show up unexpectedly, disrupting their plans and causing the Emperor to faint.
When all hope was shattered, they still had to ask Qin Yuefeng for help. The Qin family was their success and failure!
However, the Qin family had no idea that they were so important to Qi Daxueshi.
The Queen was afraid that the Emperor would not die, so she sent Commander Lu to recall Concubine Shu.
Shufei, who had been fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures in the Taimiao and not caring about the worldly affairs, suddenly heard that her son had been dead for more than a month. One can imagine how extremely devastated she felt.
Even the emperor didn't believe that Prince Ning fell into the river and froze to death for no reason, so how could she, as his mother, believe it!
She wanted to rush back to the palace as soon as possible to see her son and ask the emperor how he planned to explain to her, but things were not that simple.
Because when she was sent out of the palace, the emperor had already issued an order that she was not allowed to leave the Taimiao without being summoned, let alone set foot in the imperial city!
But for the current Concubine Shu, she no longer cares about her own life or death. Does she still care about those things?
She asked Commander Lu to take her away from the Taimiao, and Commander Lu agreed without hesitation. After all, he came in secret and no one knew he had been there, so naturally no one would think that he was the one who took Concubine Shu away.
What's more, if the Empress knew about Concubine Shu's current situation, she would definitely be very satisfied. She wasn't afraid of her making a fuss, but she was afraid that she wouldn't make a fuss enough! If she really went crazy, the Empress would support her in everything she did!
Anyway, the more violently she makes trouble, the faster the Qin family will die!
However, Commander Lu still planned to keep his life and fulfill his promise after the prince and the queen were successful. Of course, he could not risk his life to bring Concubine Shu into the palace directly.
So, after taking the people out of the patrol range of the Taimiao guards, he left Concubine Shu and returned to the palace to report.
Concubine Shu walked alone for a day and two nights from the Taimiao to Yulin City. She thought that she would never have anything to do with the Qin family again in her life, but this time, she couldn't care less.
Although he knew that his sister had disobeyed the imperial decree and escaped without permission, Minister Qin still welcomed her in and did not report her.
Minister Qin had nothing to hide in response to Concubine Shu's question, but he kept his head down the entire time he spoke. He felt so deeply guilty that he didn't even have the courage to look at Concubine Shu.
"You knew it a long time ago, why didn't you tell me? Are you planning to hide it from me forever? He is my son, my son!"
Minister Qin felt distressed and helpless when he saw Concubine Shu like this. "Madam Shu, please calm down."
"How can I stay calm? If I stay calm, will my son come back to life? He can't come back, he can't come back! I won't let this go. I will make sure the murderer who killed my son dies with him!"
"Who do you want buried with you? The Emperor has already had the coroner examine Prince Ning, and there are no signs of assassination on his body..."
"So what? There haven't been many cases of people being pushed into the river and drowned in the palace. What traces are you looking for? Where are the traces?"
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