Chapter 210 The Child Is Innocent
——Harem——
"My son, are you crazy? You just believe what Pei Jingyuan gave you casually?" Concubine Chun said in horror as she looked at the poisonous insect handed to her by Prince Yu.
"Mother, I'm not crazy! This time, Pei Jingyuan went to Yuzhou and met a powerful Gu woman who was very good at casting Gu. The reason why the bandits in Yuzhou have been rampant for so many years is all thanks to this Gu woman. This soul-eating Gu is a rare treasure. If it can be put on father's body, it can influence his thoughts. Then, wouldn't it be easy for me to get that position?" Prince Yu said with ambition in his eyes.
But Concubine Chun still felt a little uneasy, and said hesitantly: "But the risk is too great. Prince Jing also used this method before. But in the end, Prince Jing did not succeed, and his end was also very miserable. If the emperor finds out, I'm afraid both you and I will be finished!"
Back then, when Prince Jing and the Emperor were competing for the throne of crown prince, she was still a concubine in the Emperor's mansion, so she had naturally experienced all of this.
But Prince Yu was stubborn and refused to listen. He said firmly, "If we don't fight hard, do we have to wait for Prince Qin to inherit the throne? By then, where will there be a place for you and me in Daxia? This time, Prince Qin has made great contributions in Yuzhou. The emperor likes him even more. There are also many ministers in the court who are secretly moving closer to Prince Qin. Prince Qin himself is the child of the woman that father loves the most. Now he is gradually growing up. Mother, do you think father will not be tempted?"
Concubine Chun was still hesitant, but when she heard her son talking about the mother of the King of Qin, she immediately became jealous. She knew that Concubine Yun had always been the emperor's favorite. Over the years, even if he favored other women, none of them was like Concubine Yun. She had hinted to the emperor many times that she wanted to be promoted to a concubine, but the emperor refused. Every time she mentioned Concubine Yun in front of him, it was like mentioning his weak spot. Not to mention that she lost to Concubine Yun, how could she accept it if her son lost to her son?
Just as Concubine Chun was hesitating, Prince Yu continued, "This time, when Prince Qi came back, we tried to kill him so many times. Do you think he doesn't know? Before, he didn't bother us to take revenge, but that doesn't mean he forgot. If he were to take the throne, I guess the first people he would deal with would be mother and son! After all, Prince Qin believes that his mother was killed by you! Mother, are you going to just sit there and wait for death?"
"No! Of course we can't watch Prince Qin inherit the throne. However, my son, are you sure that the Gu in your hand is reliable? Is it a real soul-eating Gu?" Concubine Chun agreed with Prince Yu's method, but still asked with some doubt. After all, such a big thing cannot afford to make mistakes.
"Don't worry! Pei Jingyuan probably doesn't have the guts to deceive me. He is just a bastard of the Duke's Mansion. If something really happens, he will be blamed."
At the same time, outside the imperial study, the queen and the prince were kneeling there for a long time. The eunuch at the door looked at the two with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Empress, Crown Prince, you'd better leave quickly. The Emperor said he will not see you." The old eunuch had advised them countless times, but the Empress and the others would not listen and had been kneeling at the door for two hours.
The emperor in the palace was also extremely annoyed. He knew that his queen and prince came to plead for the Fang family. But the Fang family had committed such a serious crime and could never be pardoned. In recent days, the queen and prince came to kneel outside the imperial study every day and could not be driven away. This was already the third time, and he was really annoyed.
So he asked someone to call Prince Qin and Pei Jingchuan into the palace.
"The Queen has always been virtuous over the years and has never done anything inappropriate. I don't want to punish her, but it really annoys me to see her kneeling every day. You two should quickly think of a way to see if you can make the Queen give up the idea of begging for mercy." The Emperor rubbed his brows irritably and ordered Prince Qin and Pei Jingchuan who were standing below.
Prince Qin and Pei Jingchuan looked at each other, and both felt a little embarrassed. How could they deal with a queen that even the emperor couldn't handle?
But since the emperor had already spoken, they could not refuse, so they could only bow and say, "Your humble servant will do your best."
So, after they came out of the imperial study, they went straight to the queen and the prince.
"Empress, Crown Prince, you two should get up first! This time, what the Fang family has done is no small matter. More than 100,000 people have died in the entire Yuzhou in the past 20 years because of their corruption. The lives of dozens of members of the Fang family are equivalent to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, which cannot be changed. If the Fang family is not dealt with, I am afraid that the people of the world will not let the emperor go." The King of Qin looked at the Queen with some embarrassment and said.
Since he returned to the capital, the emperor ordered the queen to teach him. Although the queen was not particularly good to him, she was generally a good queen and never treated him badly. But this time, the crime committed by the Fang family was so serious that the queen's favor was not enough to make up for it.
The queen naturally understood this logic, and she was not the kind of person who would make a fuss. She raised her head, her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
"Prince Qin, I know what you are talking about! What my father and brother did was indeed unforgivable from the perspective of the people. But he is my father. If I ignore it, it would mean that I am unfilial and my conscience would not let it go! This time, I am not asking the emperor to spare my father's life. My father also knows that he is deeply sinful and the emperor will not forgive him. My father only hopes to leave the youngest grandson in the family so that the Fang family can have a little incense inheritance in this world! After all, the child is innocent, and everything is the fault of the ancestors. The child who is still in the cradle knows nothing, and the child is not guilty of the death penalty!" The queen looked at the King of Qin with tears in her eyes, which made the King of Qin couldn't help but be a little moved.
"Empress, the child of the Fang family is innocent, but are the children of the common people not innocent? Do you know how many children have starved to death in Yuzhou because of the Fang family's actions over the years? Do you know how many people in Yuzhou have long lost their incense? It is not uncommon for families to be broken up and people to die in Yuzhou. Even if your Fang family preserves this incense, he will grow up in the midst of curses in the future. Do you think this is the life he wants? Instead of begging here, you might as well do good deeds for the Fang family and pray that they can be reincarnated as soon as possible." At this moment, Pei Jingchuan on the side spoke seriously.
He could see that the King of Qin was kind-hearted and knew that the King of Qin would be in a difficult situation, so he chose to be the one who spoke coldly.
The queen felt extremely ashamed when she heard what Pei Jingchuan said, but she was still not moved by his words. She wiped the tears from her face and said firmly: "Young Master, this is true, and I know it, but no matter what, in addition to being the mother of a country, I am also the daughter of the Fang family. Even if everyone in the world spit at the Fang family, I will save the last trace of blood for the Fang family even if I risk my life!"
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