In the emperor's bedroom, after Concubine Xian left, Emperor Sheng An slowly opened his eyes.
Eunuch Xiang hurried over to help him up and said happily, "The pills sent by Lord An are really effective. After taking them, your majesty's coma time is getting shorter and shorter."
Emperor Sheng An also showed relief in his eyes. It was worth it that he often protected that girl in the court. "Has anything happened in the court these days?"
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xiao and others have been suppressing Lady An these days because she is a woman with limited knowledge."
Eunuch Xiang secretly glanced at Emperor Sheng An and saw that the emperor frowned slightly. He continued, "A few days ago, the sister-in-law of Concubine Xian's mother's family brought people to the front of Lord An's house and made a big fuss."
"Also, some officials in the court mocked Anxin people as hens crowing at dawn and women usurping power to disrupt government."
Emperor Sheng An's eyes flashed with sarcasm: "Only incompetent men are afraid of women who are stronger than themselves. It's time to add some fresh blood to the officialdom of Daqian."
Eunuch Xiang stood bent over in front of the dragon bed, acting as a quiet listener.
"The country has been peaceful and prosperous for a long time, and I have not yet become incompetent and indulged in pleasure.
These ministers, however, enjoyed a comfortable life, formed cliques for personal gain and seized power in the court, and abused their power among their subordinates.
He is corrupt by nature, even taking away military pay, reselling government grain during the epidemic, and finally killing people to silence them, all of which he could do right under my nose. He simply treats me as a dead man."
“Ahem!”
When Eunuch Xiang heard Emperor Sheng An's excitement, he couldn't help coughing and quickly brought him a cup of hot tea to drink. "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. It's important to take care of your health."
Emperor Sheng An lay back on the soft dragon bed, closed his eyes and waved his hand, and Eunuch Xiang withdrew.
"Have you figured out who poisoned me?"
In the spacious and luxurious emperor's bedroom, a respectful voice rang out: "I am currently investigating."
Emperor Sheng An's eyes darkened. After all, he was not a cruel and incompetent king. Without any evidence, he did not want to punish the person who had served him for many years just because of some unfounded things.
He ordered Kong Yi, "Continue to investigate."
Emperor Sheng An is getting old after all, and he was poisoned again this time.
Although the poison was discovered in time by Doctor Su, who was brought back by An Xin, the long-term efforts for state affairs had cured him of the poison, and he also took the tonic pills sent by An Xin.
However, I didn't fully recover. Not long after waking up, I fell into a deep sleep again.
In the eldest prince's mansion, Si Han sat behind the desk, listening with serious eyes to several aides discussing the current situation in the court.
Some people thought that as the eldest prince, he could compete for the position of crown prince while Emperor Sheng'an was seriously ill, so that when something unexpected happened to the emperor, he could succeed to the throne legitimately.
Some people also suggested that the situation is still unclear and we should wait and see.
Si Han looked at these arguing staff members with impatience. After they left, a thin middle-aged man with a shrewd look in his eyes walked out from the darkness.
He bowed respectfully to Si Han and said, "Your Highness, the king hopes that you can return soon. The court is beginning to become somewhat turbulent because of the issue of the crown prince."
Si Han frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "No hurry."
"It is rumored that this prince wants to use his current status to become the king of Daqian. Then he can merge the two countries and I will be the king with the largest land area among these countries."
The man was stunned. He looked at Si Han, whose eyes were full of ambition. He lowered his eyelids to hide the thoughts in his eyes and said with a bow, "I obey your command."
As Emperor Sheng'an was in a coma for a long time and unable to attend court, Prime Minister Xiao, as the chief minister of the court, began to handle more and more affairs of the court, and his power became greater and greater, some of which were beyond the scope of his duties as a minister.
Three months later, Concubine Xian and Prime Minister Xiao, despite Eunuch Xiang's obstruction, took the concubines and some ministers to visit Emperor Sheng'an.
Seeing the haggard emperor still lying unconscious on the dragon bed, the two men looked at each other, with a gleam of relief in their eyes.
The next day, Concubine Xian and Prime Minister Xiao teamed up to arrest An Xin and Jiang Zhou and put them in the prison of the Ministry of Justice.
The reason was that Feng Wanyao, the granddaughter of Duke Anguo, was thrown into a stinking ditch by Jiang Zhou, and was humiliated by An Xin and others when she returned home. Soon after, she became so angry that she couldn't even breathe and was so depressed that she died.
When An Xin heard this reason, he said it was far-fetched.
That girl was jumping around in front of her own house, cursing people with full energy. Anyone would be suffocated to death by that look, but she wouldn't.
However, the Duke of Anguo's Mansion was willing to use the life of one of their own girls to frame their teachers and students. It must be said that this family was cruel enough.
To be precise, it should be said that the virtuous concubine was blinded by the fight for the crown prince's position, and in order to win over Prime Minister Xiao's Mansion, she took action against An Xin and others who were at odds with the Prime Minister's Mansion.
It's just a pity for that little girl Feng Wanyao from the Anguo Mansion, who is a bit of a love-crazy girl but her crime is not punishable by death.
When she learned that Feng Wanyao was born to a concubine of the Prince of Anguo, who died of hemorrhage after giving birth to Feng Wanyao, she was adopted by Madam Du.
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An Xin finally understood why Mrs. Du looked at her daughter in that way before she left that day. At the time, she just thought she was impatient.
Only then did An Xin realize that she had been set up.
"It's really hard to guard against!" An Xin sat on the mat in the cell and said in Teacher Fan's tone.
Jiang Zhou next to him curled his lips and said, "Didn't the little headmaster realize that you and I were locked up in a cell alone?"
An Xin looked at him like a fool: "Do you think they just invited us in to lock us up for a few days? They want to kill us.
But not only are we wronged, but even if we were not wronged, our crime does not deserve the death penalty, and we hold official positions.
It would be troublesome to kill us openly, so we teachers and students should learn from the officials in Nanyang, be more conscious, and commit suicide out of fear of punishment, so that everything will be over once and for all.”
“Pa pa pa,” a round of applause sounded. “Master Jijiu is right. If you are willing to do this now, I can consider letting your other students go.”
An Xin and Jiang Zhou looked up and saw that Prime Minister Xiao was followed by the Minister of Justice and several other officials who had been bullied by themselves and Jiang Zhou's students in the court and came in to laugh at her.
An Xin took a look, looked at his Prime Minister Xiao with deep eyes, and said in a very bachelor way: "No, I haven't lived enough."
Prime Minister Xiao choked, obviously not expecting An Xin to answer like this.
I thought, if she answered like that, isn't she afraid that her students will find out and become alienated from her?
Prime Minister Xiao turned his head to look to the side and saw Jiang Zhou grinning brightly.
The people who followed looked at these two strange teachers and students with strange eyes.
Someone who dares to speak out and sincerely agrees with someone, is nothing if not weird.
"You have to die even if you don't want to."
When An Xin turned sideways and saw Wuchang Bo Duli and Anguo Gong's son Feng Zhibang, he was not even a little surprised. He scratched his ears and said lightly, "Oh."