Chapter 747 Don't Cut the Hair of the Man on the Roadside (12)
With Prince Duan's side also potentially becoming an asset, he would be making a huge profit if the marriage were to actually happen.
The Imperial Concubine was very confident about her son's marriage to the Guo family and never imagined that the Guo family would refuse the marriage.
No, a more accurate statement is that she felt there was no one in the world who could refuse her son's marriage proposal.
Things did indeed turn out as she had imagined.
Not long after, word spread that the Seventh Prince was going to marry the Minister of Revenue.
Ning Yan: ... She didn't want the Second Prince to die at the hands of the Seventh Prince because of her, and she didn't want to cause a woman to marry the Seventh Prince and live a life of widowhood, or even have to suffer the consequences along with the Seventh Prince in the future.
Clearly, the Second Prince did not want the Seventh Prince to receive such assistance.
Soon after, a strange wind swept through the capital.
They were talking about things related to the seventh prince.
The Seventh Prince was searching for a rare medicine a while ago.
The seventh prince married a concubine but never entered her room.
People in the Seventh Prince's residence said that one day the Seventh Prince's clothes were stained with blood.
The seventh prince always smelled of urine.
The physician of the Seventh Prince's residence died suddenly.
Finally, some people came to the conclusion that perhaps the Seventh Prince was impotent and killed the physician to silence him.
...
In the residence of the Minister of Revenue.
Minister Guo looked at his wife, who was frowning with worry, and said, "How can we believe all those rumors? This is the Seventh Prince. If we really refuse this marriage, Yi'er may not be able to find such a good marriage in the future."
"In my opinion, it would be better if she didn't marry into the royal family. With our family's status, no matter which family she marries into, they will treat Yi'er like a treasure." The Imperial Concubine is the most troublesome. If her daughter really marries the Seventh Prince, she will probably be subjected to a lot of torment by her.
Minister Guo was also in a bind. That man was the Emperor's son; if he refused the Seventh Prince, wasn't he afraid of the Emperor's wrath?
However, he only has one legitimate daughter. If the Seventh Prince is really deposed, he doesn't want his legitimate daughter to marry into the family and live a life of widowhood.
"Let's say she's sick. We'll ask the doctor to take a look and postpone it for now."
Now that someone has spread rumors that the Seventh Prince has been crippled, the person behind it might make a move soon. Whether it's true or false, time will tell.
"Alright, I'll do as you say, sir. I feel relieved to hear your words."
Seeing his wife visibly relieved, Minister Guo couldn't help but chuckle. He had already reached the position of Minister, a second-rank official. Even if he tried to rise through the ranks, a second-rank official was the highest he could climb. After all, his abilities were what they were, and he couldn't be promoted any higher.
Is it so easy to be a member of the imperial family?
One wrong move and you could lose your life.
He had no intention of using his daughter to advance his career.
The eldest daughter became Prince Duan's concubine because Prince Rui took a liking to her, and she was also interested, which led to their marriage.
He carefully selected his second son-in-law. Although he was only a fourth-rank official at the time, the young man was a martial arts champion, talented and capable, and good-looking. As it turned out, his judgment was correct. Now the young man is at the same rank as him, and he is still very good to his second daughter and respectful to him, his father-in-law. Isn't this better than marrying into the royal family?
His third daughter is his only legitimate daughter, so he naturally has to be extra careful about her marriage and doesn't want to ruin her life.
When Minister Guo changed his mind, the imperial concubine in the palace became unhappy.
As previously agreed, a date would be chosen for Madam Guo to bring her daughter into the palace so that the Imperial Concubine could see her and the two children could meet. If all went well, the formalities could then be exchanged.
But suddenly, Guo Qingyi fell ill.
She sent her personal maidservant with the imperial physician to Guo Shangshu's residence to inquire about his illness.
Madam Guo was ruthless; she deliberately had two of her maids casually relay the dubious rumors circulating on the street to the old woman.
The old nanny was so frightened that she almost lost her mind, and she had no time to observe whether Guo Qingyi was faking illness.
Madam Guo finally found an opportunity to slip the imperial physician a large red envelope. "Imperial Physician Wang, my daughter caught a cold a few days ago and should rest for ten days to half a month. What do you think?"
The imperial physician stroked the light red envelope and nodded, "Yes, it will indeed take some time to recover. It should be almost healed when the weather gets warmer."
After the imperial physician finished examining the patient, the old nanny didn't even have time to ask about the situation before hurriedly leading her people back to the palace.
When she recounted the news she had heard, the Imperial Concubine angrily threw all the teacups on the table to the ground.
"Nonsense! Who is spreading this rumor?"
"Once I find out, I'll make him pay!"
That being said, the Imperial Concubine still sent a message to her son that day, asking him to come to the palace to consult her on some matters.
The seventh prince went to the inner palace after the morning court session the next day.
After paying his respects to his mother, the Imperial Concubine smiled and had some refreshments and tea served before dismissing the servants.
If the mother and daughter wanted to have a private conversation, they naturally couldn't have anyone around them.
“My son, yesterday the nanny went out of the palace and heard some rumors. The words were very nasty. You must deal with them as soon as possible.”
Seventh Prince: "What rumors?"
“Those wicked people say that because you don’t go into the backyard, the family physician died suddenly, it’s because you have a health problem.”
Upon hearing his mother's words, the Seventh Prince could only think one thing repeatedly: It's over! His worst fears had come true, and all his schemes had come to naught!
It must be that the second prince realized that he was the one who drugged him, and this is his revenge!
When the Imperial Concubine saw her son's expression, she felt dizzy, and the world in her eyes turned from color to gray, white, and black, and kept spinning. She asked the answer she least wanted to hear, her voice dry: "The rumors are true? You were really hurt? Who was the bastard who did it?"
"Yes, it's Second Imperial Brother!"
"So, you were the one who caused the second child's illness?"
The seventh prince nodded, his face deathly pale.
The imperial concubine was heartbroken. How could a mere eunuch possibly ascend the throne?
Even if the second child dies, it won't help. What will happen to the mother and child after this?
"Then why don't you just kill the second son and give him a chance to turn on you?"
Seventh Prince: Is it that he doesn't want to? It's that he simply can't do it, okay? Princes are not so easy to kill, especially since he is the grandson of the General of Zhennan. Even the ordinary servants in his mansion know martial arts. Assassination won't work, so we can only resort to underhanded tactics.
"Mother, it's no use saying this now. What should I do next?"
Consort Gui: "Go investigate. If you find evidence that the Second Prince harmed you, your affair will definitely be exposed. You will have no chance of the throne, but the Second Prince must not be allowed to ascend the throne, otherwise it will be the death of us, mother and son. Now we can only kill him first. If it doesn't work in the dark, then we'll do it openly."
The seventh prince hurriedly left the palace and sent people from his residence to conduct an emergency investigation.
After much investigation, they found a person named Li Chun'er.
"People from the Kang'an Marquis's residence?"
"Yes, they are still servants from Lanxiang Courtyard."
The servants of Lanxiang Courtyard, aren't they the same people from Ningyao Courtyard?
He didn't recall ever telling Ning Yao that he had a health problem.
The only people who knew about his health problems, besides himself and the eunuch who served him, were the culprits who harmed him!
So, he was wrong from the start; it wasn't his second brother who did it, but someone else entirely?!
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