Chapter 270 Someone is coming
The common people are all waiting for good news from the crown prince, hoping that he can recapture Wanzhou in the shortest possible time.
Just as everyone was looking forward to it, the news that the emperor was critically ill suddenly spread.
In the morning, Shen Hengcai heard customers in the shop saying that the emperor was critically ill, and in the evening, she heard someone say that the fourth prince was planning to seize the throne.
For a while, the news spread like wildfire.
When Chen Heng returned home from the shop, Nanny Feng was scolding the servants: "How can we commoners speak out about what's going on in the court? No matter what people outside say, you can't say a single word in the mansion. If I hear anyone gossiping about you in the future, I'll sell you out. No one will beg for mercy."
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Seeing her sister-in-law return, Xia smiled and looked around the courtyard, saying, "Madam Feng is truly amazing! Everyone respects her but is also afraid of her. Madam told me to act like the head wife, but I really can't do it."
First wife? Upon hearing these two words, Shen Heng's eyes lit up with a smile, so she was now the second wife?
"Aheng, does the Fourth Prince really want to seize the throne?" asked Xia.
"That's what's been spread around." Shen Heng didn't take it seriously, so she didn't ask Xie Jian for details and didn't spend time thinking about it.
"Will Ajian be in danger?"
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, Ajian knows what's going on." Apart from anything else, Chen Heng believed that Xie Jian would be the first to consider the safety of the family.
Even so, Xia was still worried: "Tomorrow I will go to Fengguo Temple with Madam to burn incense and pray for a good luck sign."
Shen Heng nodded.
At night, when Xie Jian came back, Shen Heng had already fallen asleep. Although he was only a minister, many tasks in the court were placed on him, and he came home later and later in the past few days.
Just when Shen Heng was about to get up and greet them, Xie Jian didn't light the light, but sat on the edge of the bed, sitting quietly alone.
The room was dark, and he was completely immersed in the darkness.
Chen Heng knew what Xie Jian was thinking. The prince was his enemy, but he had been planning for the prince all these days.
Chen Heng didn't argue with him. There were many things that he could only figure out on his own.
At this time, Xie Jian spoke up: "The prince hasn't returned. He won't return. Doesn't he know that the people of the entire dynasty are waiting for him? Doesn't he know that he is the prince?"
Chen Heng was slightly surprised. The prince is not coming back?
"If he doesn't return, and the Emperor truly passes away, the throne will inevitably fall to the Fourth Prince. He's the Empress's legitimate son, the rightful heir to the throne. Once the Fourth Prince ascends, the aristocratic families will inevitably rise up in rebellion in the name of maintaining legitimacy." Xie Jian's calm voice was tinged with suppressed anger. "By then, the Great Cong Dynasty will surely be torn apart. Doesn't he know all this?"
Chen Heng stood up and asked, "Is the situation in Wanzhou urgent?"
"Even if the war situation is urgent, if so many generals can't hold out for two or three months, what's the point of having them?" Xie Jian's calm voice was broken: "He doesn't even want to inherit the throne."
Don't want to inherit? Shen Heng suddenly remembered what Liu Yu said in his Zhuyou technique about not wanting the throne. Did he really not want it?
He also thought of his life experience and the Queen's disgust for him, even wanting to poison him.
Could it be that in Liu Bang's heart, since he was not of royal blood, he planned to give up the throne?
This prince, when he was confused, fought with the fourth prince to the death and regarded other people's lives as ants. But after he figured it out, he not only went to war, but also gave up the throne?
"What should we do then?"
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