The third prince is dead.
Died on New Year's Eve.
When Jiang Li rushed over, the body had already been carried away by the Dali Temple.
"What's going on?"
Jiang Li called a jailer, and after the jailer saw who was coming, he immediately knelt down.
"To answer Princess Jingling's question, I only discovered it today when I came to change shifts. I thought the Third Prince was asleep, but the food I delivered yesterday was still outside the prison door. I was worried that he would starve. After all... after all, he is a prince, so I thought of waking him up, but I didn't expect..."
"Why was the person carried away so quickly? Has the imperial physician come to see him?"
This matter was not Jiang Li's responsibility, but the fact that the Third Prince committed suicide was strange in itself, so she had to come to the scene to take a look.
The jailer understood that the princess meant, what if the third prince could still be saved?
Thinking that the other party also served as the imperial physician supervisor, the jailer opened the prison door and brought the man in.
"The Third Prince had been lying there without any reaction. When I came in, I found that his body was already cold."
Jiang Li looked around. There was nothing in the cell except straw and a quilt. If this was suicide...
"princess."
Mo Qi rushed in and bowed to Jiang Li.
Seeing Mo Qi's expression, Jiang Li knew what he had found out, so he nodded to the jailer and left the prison.
"I've inquired about it, and the Third Prince drank poison." Mo Qi lowered his voice, "It's the same poison that the Crown Prince was poisoned with."
"What?"
Jiang Li's face was full of surprise.
Would Gu Yanheng keep the poison on himself?
Mo Qi shook his head. "Master Bai also felt something was amiss, but the Third Prince also left a suicide note at the scene. He said he tore the plain clothes into pieces and wrote a few words on them, admitting that he was the one who poisoned the palace banquet that day."
"And in his sleeve, we found half a bottle of poison."
"Where is Qin Ji?" Jiang Li suddenly remembered that he had not seen that person in the Sky Prison just now.
Mo Qi said, "I heard that the young master of the Qin family fainted after being frightened by the third prince's suicide. The imperial physician examined him and said that he was too frightened and that he was likely to have a hidden illness. The emperor then fined Prime Minister Qin half a year's salary for 'a son's failure to teach his father well' and released him."
Jiang Li sneered. Qin Ji should thank Qin Yue for being able to get out of prison smoothly this time.
Qin Yue was deposed first, and the emperor then used the Qin Ji incident to promote him, which made the Qin family remember the favor of the royal family.
For other ministers, it is enough to show the emperor's kindness.
Qin Mansion.
"Meet father."
After being sent back home, Qin Ji spent more than an hour in the bathroom washing himself before he felt a little cleaner.
After changing into new clothes, Qin Ji went to the study immediately.
Qin Chuan glanced at Qin Ji and felt confused for a moment.
He couldn't believe that the son he had painstakingly raised for so many years would one day have to leave the capital.
"Father," Qin Ji was puzzled, "Why do you insist on letting your son leave the capital?"
"The Third Prince is gone, so we can just find another one! My son thinks that although the Thirteenth Prince is young, he can be controlled by us. As long as we convince the Minister of Revenue and Concubine Shan, our great cause will be..."
"Shut up!"
Qin Chuan slammed the teacup onto the table. "Things are different now. With the White Crow Tower destroyed and your sister deposed, our Qin family is like duckweed in the wind and rain. We can no longer take any risks!"
"My sister was... disabled?" Qin Ji was stunned.
After Qin Chuan finished telling him what happened after he was imprisoned, Qin Ji sat in the chair in a daze.
He and Qin Yue are not much different in age, and they have had a very good relationship since childhood.
When Qin Ji thought about his proud sister being demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace, he clenched his fists and wished he could rush into the palace to rescue her.
Qin Chuan knew his two children well. Seeing that Qin Ji hadn't spoken for a long time, he said seriously, "Now that things have come to this, there's no point in saying more. All we can do now is to protect the Qin Mansion. Only then can we wait for the day when we can turn things around!"
"Rest well at home these few days and spend some time with your mother. After the Lantern Festival, I will send someone to take you back to your hometown in Nan'an. You will manage the Qin family's business there and also build a White Crow Tower."
Qin Ji didn't say anything, and nodded after a while.
but--
The failure of this palace banquet plan was ultimately due to Jiang Li's meddling, and he even gave special training to those old guys in the Imperial Hospital. Thinking of this, Qin Ji gritted his teeth.
He can leave, but before that, he must make Jiang Li pay the price!
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A few days later, it was the Lantern Festival.
Originally, Jiang Li was going to go to the palace to celebrate the Crown Prince's birthday, but after the incident with the Third Prince, the Crown Prince decided not to hold a grand celebration for his birthday this year. Therefore, as early as the day before, Jiang Li had someone send the birthday gift prepared by the palace to the palace.
Early in the morning, someone from the General's Mansion sent a message saying that Jiang Qing had taken a few brothers out hunting and had hunted a lot of good things, and asked Jiang Li to come to the General's Mansion to celebrate the Lantern Festival together.
"Princess, the person who came also said that the young masters of the Jiang family would take you out to play tonight. In that case, would you like to wear this?"
Baizhi took out a lighter set of brocade gown and plain silk gauze, and paired it with a dark sky blue embroidered cotton brocade cloak, which was perfect for going out.
Jiang Li remembered that Gu Qingchen had specially ordered this set of clothes from the Imperial Household Department, waiting to take her out for a trip in winter.
"Has the prince sent any letter?"
There has been no reply since the last letter was sent. I only heard from the prince that the progress of disaster relief is faster and smoother than expected.
Thinking of this, Jiang Li's interest dropped a little.
"To answer the princess, not yet..."
Mo Qi lowered his head, feeling a little dissatisfied with his own prince.
He was also worried that the princess would dislike the prince, so he quickly said, "I think there are rules in the army. The disaster relief work has not yet ended. If the prince writes a letter home to the princess, if those censors find out, I'm afraid they will..."
"I understand." Jiang Li smiled.
I'm just a little worried about him.
Qinzhou.
"Your Majesty, all disaster relief efforts have been completed."
As soon as Mo Jiu entered the tent, he found that the people inside had already packed their things.
"Your Highness, are we going to set off back to Beijing now?" Mo Jiu was a little surprised.
After all, in order to complete the disaster relief work as quickly as possible, everyone had not had much rest for several days. Even the prince slept no more than three hours a day.
Logically speaking, the entire army should be reorganized for a day or two before making arrangements for the return journey.
Gu Qingchen glanced at Mo Jiu and said, "It's not us, it's this king."
"I'll leave the rest to you. These are to be taken back to the Emperor. Remember to take good care of them and bring them back to the capital. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying this, he tied his Mao flag and left the tent.
"But Your Majesty..."
Before Mo Jiu could say anything more, he saw his prince jump onto his horse and gallop away.
Mo Jiu looked at the figure that quickly disappeared at the end of the snow.
It was too late to stop it, too late at all.
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