Chapter 19 Princess Taiping
Xie Zhenrong felt heavy in her heart when she left the Cining Palace.
It turns out that watching the meteor shower will not bring bad luck at all. If she had known this, she would have gone to watch it with His Highness.
But she found it hard to accept that His Highness didn't call her.
She felt that if His Highness invited her to watch it together, she would be willing to go even at the risk of suffering bad luck.
She was lost in her own thoughts, and not long after she walked, she saw a slender figure in front of her, walking towards her slowly and steadily.
It’s the prince.
Xie Zhenrong stepped forward and saluted: "I pay my respects to Your Highness."
Yan Shixu looked at her doubtfully: "Why didn't you wait for me to come together?"
Xie Zhenrong didn't reply, but instead asked, "Your Highness, have you found out who set the fire in the side hall last night?"
Yan Shixu shook his head: "Last night, the palace maids and eunuchs all hid in their rooms and didn't come out. No one saw who started the fire."
Xie Zhenrong frowned when he heard this.
"Then arrest everyone and torture them severely. You'll definitely be able to force something out of them."
Yan Shixu's expression faded a bit. "Crown Princess, if you act this way, even if you force something out of me, it will be a confession forced upon me, and it won't convince the public."
"How could that be? Who would do that if they haven't done it..." He admitted.
Before she could finish her sentence, Madam Zhuang pulled her sleeve.
Nanny Zhuang was so anxious that she almost died. Why did the Crown Princess say all this?
His Highness has his own decision on such matters, so there is no need for her to come up with such a dirty trick here.
I have simply left a bad impression in front of His Highness.
Xie Zhenrong also came to his senses.
Yes, I was too impatient.
In fact, there is no need to investigate what happened last night. The person behind the scenes must be Yang Guifei.
But even if we find out the reason, we can't do anything to her.
What we need to think about now is how to deal with it.
Although he understood everything, Xie Zhenrong still couldn't help feeling a little irritable.
The position of the crown prince is like the thin grass growing on the cliff, always swaying in the wind and rain.
If you are not careful, you will fall off a cliff.
The emperor might have been waiting to find something wrong with the crown prince. By deposing him, he could make room for his beloved son.
But Xie Zhenrong also noticed that the prince was a little unhappy, so he softened his voice and put on a forced smile.
"It's me who's impatient."
Even as she said this, her face was still filled with worry.
Yan Shixu felt helpless.
"You go back to the East Palace first. I will go to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."
After saying that, he walked around Xie Zhenrong and went to the Cining Palace.
When Madam Zhuang saw the prince walking away, she couldn't help but thank Zhen Rong.
"Crown Princess, His Highness is such an intelligent person, he will naturally be able to handle this matter properly. Why do you have to worry so much?"
Xie Zhenrong said angrily, "If he could handle it properly, he wouldn't have even told me about watching the meteor shower!"
Madam Zhuang was speechless for a moment.
The prince went to Fuyao Palace that day, probably to invite the princess to watch the meteor shower together.
But the Crown Princess was very scared at the time, so the Crown Prince probably didn't dare to speak again.
Matron Zhuang advised again, "This matter is over, let's just let it go. If His Highness goes to Fuyao Palace later, the Crown Princess must be gentle and considerate to him. Men, you know, like to be caring and considerate. The Crown Princess must firmly hold the Crown Prince's heart."
"I know, I know."
Xie Zhenrong was a little impatient and turned around and left.
Nanny Zhuang was helpless. It didn't look like she knew the truth.
…
Cining Palace.
Yan Shixu paid his respects to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked up and asked him, "Have you had breakfast yet?"
"Grandmother, your grandson has already used it."
The Queen Mother nodded and did not ask him about the fire in the Eastern Palace.
Instead, he asked, "Is Wen Fengyi the Li'er I questioned that day?"
Yan Shixu nodded: "It's her."
The Queen Mother said curiously, "I didn't expect that little girl, who looked so docile and gentle, was actually quite courageous."
Hearing this, the Crown Prince thought of the woman who had been frightened by him last night and ran away in fear, and laughed, "Grandmother, she is very timid."
"Really?"
The Empress Dowager keenly noticed that when the Crown Prince talked about Wen Fengyi, the smile in his eyes became more genuine.
She thought of Yang Guifei, who was under the empress's thumb, and couldn't help but criticize her a few words.
"Wen Fengyi is indeed good, but the other two Fengyis are not bad either. Why did you only reward her?"
The prince laughed, a rare occurrence: "My grandson is short of money lately, so I have to spend sparingly."
The Queen Mother burst out laughing and poked his forehead.
"You sly fellow, don't try to fool the Empress Dowager. You don't even have a child now, so don't just focus on the country. It's also important to have more children for the royal family. When it comes to matters in the backyard, it's important to treat them equally; that's the only way to maintain balance."
Yan Shixu nodded, but did not answer.
Before noon, the news of the fire in the East Palace last night spread throughout the palace.
The rumor spread, and it became known that the prince had poor personal morals, was not the chosen one, and could not inherit the throne.
As soon as the slightest sign of this came out, several officials from the imperial concubine's faction in the court immediately reported to the emperor, asking him to choose another candidate for the crown prince.
As a result, not long after they submitted the memorial, evidence of their forming a clique for personal gain and corruption in the court was exposed.
Faced with strong evidence, the emperor had no choice but to punish the man.
It is self-evident who wrote these evidences.
For a time, the other ministers from the imperial concubine's faction were silent and did not dare to speak out to discuss choosing another crown prince.
This time, Yang Guifei failed to hurt the enemy, but she lost eight hundred of her own men.
…
On this day, the Queen's biological daughter, Princess Taiping Yan Shishu, entered the palace.
The emperor did not like the queen, but he doted on his daughter.
After all, it is my first child, so there will always be some differences.
In addition, Princess Taiping's facial shape and features are very similar to the emperor's, and even her interests and hobbies are almost the same.
Anyway, Princess Taiping likes everything the emperor likes.
How could the emperor not favor such a smaller version of himself?
"Father, your son is here to see you!"
As soon as Princess Taiping came in, she threw herself into the emperor's arms like a young swallow.
Although she was a married princess, she was like a little girl at this moment, holding the emperor's arm, shaking and acting coquettishly.
"Father, I haven't seen you for a month. I missed you so much that the flowers in your house have wilted."
The emperor laughed out loud when he heard this.
"How about Father rewarding you with a few more pots of flowers?"
Yan Shishu nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, okay, the flowers here are all top-notch, my daughter must pick a few more pots."
The emperor patted her head and said, "You mischievous creature, take away everything you like."
Yan Shishu blinked as if she had succeeded: "Okay, thank you, father."
The emperor took his daughter to look at a musical score, saying that it was a unique copy composed by the musical master Liu Qingchuan.
Yan Shishu took a look, flipped through a few pages, and shook her head, saying, "Father, who gave you this? It's a unique copy, so it's obviously a forgery!"
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