Chapter 679
This has always been the Huo family's habit, but it's not Yunxi's habit.
She felt uneasy when she saw that Huo Shu had written about the assassination attempt in his letter.
Zhong Jie noticed her worries and gently patted her hand, saying, "Xi'er, look, Zi Rong and your brother can still write letters, which means they're not seriously injured, so don't worry."
Hearing Zhong Jie's words, Yun Xi's gaze fell on her hands.
She was also holding a letter, which Shen Rang had written specifically for her.
Yunxi opened the letter, and Zhong Jie immediately looked away.
The letter Shen Rang wrote to her was almost identical to the one Huo Shu wrote. Both letters reassured her and said that they had found some superficial evidence, but they still needed to dig deeper and find out the truth before they could go back. They told her not to worry.
Seeing his strong and unchanging handwriting, Yunxi finally felt a little relieved.
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The court was in turmoil. The emperor had always admired the second prince for prioritizing the overall situation, and felt indebted to him for requesting to be deposed as crown prince. Moreover, the incident involving the Jingzhao Prefecture was not fabricated out of thin air. Therefore, the second prince reorganized the Jingzhao Prefecture with almost overwhelming force.
Although the eldest prince had anticipated this, he did not expect that the second prince would not only replace the prefect of the capital, but also remove people from important positions in the capital, including those he had planned to promote.
This left the eldest prince completely dumbfounded, and he could only watch helplessly as the second prince pushed his men up.
After the court session, the eldest prince looked solemn as he walked out, pondering something to himself.
Is the second child destined to be his nemesis?
How could they be so precise in blocking his every step?
However, the eldest prince couldn't figure out the answer to this problem even after returning to his residence.
Although losing a prefecture was not a big deal, the sense of defeat still lingered in the heart of the eldest prince and could not be dispelled for a long time.
For the next month or two, the eldest prince drowned his sorrows in alcohol.
Until this day, the eldest prince received a letter from Lingnan.
The person who wrote the letter was Shen Rang.
The letter stated that they had found evidence in Lingnan, and combined with recent events in the court, it might bring an unexpected surprise to the Crown Prince. They suggested that the Crown Prince arrange for someone to meet him outside Luoyang.
The letter was crumpled, the envelope was stained with blood, the paper was covered in mud, and Shen Rang's handwriting was different from usual, appearing somewhat messy, clearly indicating that he was in a very bad situation at the time.
That makes sense, though. If they were in better shape, they wouldn't have had to ask outsiders for help when they got to their own doorstep.
Besides, they had cooperated before, so the foundation is still there.
After a moment's thought, the eldest prince realized that he was clearly no match for the second prince, but his losses this time were so severe that if he didn't fight back, not only would others think of him, but he himself would also despise himself!
Thinking of this, the eldest prince suddenly regained his fighting spirit.
He knew he was no match for the Second Prince, but Shen Rang still had a fighting chance.
Thinking of this, the eldest prince's previous dejection vanished, and he ordered someone to prepare a hangover soup.
To be honest, the eldest prince didn't make any arrangements.
He simply waited for the day to arrive, then selected a few guards and had them accompany him as they set off in a grand procession.
He refused to believe it. Although he wasn't as favored by the emperor as the second prince, he was still a prince under the emperor's nose. Could anyone dare to lay a hand on him?
Since we can't win by outsmarting each other, let's lay everything out in the open!
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