Zhou Huaichuan put a letter in the purse that Chu Yun gave to the Second Prince.
The letter was written by the second prince himself and was originally intended to be given to his confidant.
But Zhou Huaichuan intercepted it.
He added a few strokes, mimicking Zhou Xian's tone, saying he knew where the son of the King of Huainan's concubine was, on the condition that Liu rescue him.
Liu secretly took Chu Xuan's token and spent a lot of money to see the Second Prince in the imperial prison.
The second prince, not knowing why the person who came was Lady Liu, asked him in a low voice.
Lady Liu: "The Prime Minister sent me to rescue the Second Prince."
"The Prime Minister of Chu is indeed utterly loyal to me..."
The second prince lived in constant fear, dreading the sudden imperial decree ordering his execution. After being imprisoned for some time, he became mentally unstable.
Liu asked several times where the son of the Prince of Huainan's concubine was, but she could not get the answer.
Just as he was about to leave, the second prince suddenly slammed into the prison door, the iron chains on his body rattling loudly.
"I am the Crown Prince! Release me at once! No... I am the Emperor, I am the Emperor of the Great Zhou! My father, my father should already be dead!"
The second prince then launched into a tirade against Chunyang, saying that Chunyang had wasted the peach blossom powder he had bought!
Liu paused, her foot still as she was about to leave.
She took two more gold ingots from her sleeve and placed them in the jailer's hand.
The gold weighed a full ten taels, and the jailer, being quite perceptive, left.
Lady Liu turned back to try and get information out of the Second Prince.
"Zhou Xian told Liu about the effects of the hibiscus flower powder and who he bought it from," Zhou Huaichuan sent back firsthand information. "I had that person sell her a box of it."
Even a small bottle of hibiscus flower powder could make Emperor Zhou lose his sense of time and become completely intoxicated, while Zhou Huaichuan actually sold an entire box of it...
Chu Xinxin gave him a thumbs up: "Did you even prepare pollen for Emperor Zhou's next life?"
"If he wants it, I will give it to him for all eternity."
A ruthless glint flashed in Zhou Huaichuan's eyes. Zhou Di's current body would probably only last for one bottle before it couldn't hold on any longer.
"Chu Yun has just gained favor with the emperor, so Liu Shi shouldn't be using the peach blossom powder on Emperor Zhou so soon, right?"
Zhou Huaichuan sneered: "No, she plans to send Chu Yun to the palace tomorrow under the pretext of visiting her."
"So fast? Does she really not care about Chu Yun's life or death?"
"Chu Yun is pregnant."
Zhou Huaichuan suddenly dropped a bombshell, leaving Chu Xinxin speechless with shock.
"Holy crap, is the medicine for pure yang this potent? Even with Emperor Zhou in such a state, he was still conceived in just one night?"
Zhou Huaichuan: ......
Chu Xinxin was still in shock: "Wow, that's awesome..."
Unable to bear it any longer, Zhou Huaichuan took a grape from the fruit plate and stuffed it into her mouth: "It's from the third brother."
Chu Xinxin's eyes lit up even more: "What did the imperial physician say?"
"Chu Xuan bribed the imperial physician, but Emperor Zhou was unaware of this."
Chu Xinxin thought it through; this family of three from the Prime Minister's residence was plotting something quite grand...
"So, will Chu Xuan then target you in court politics?"
"Yes, I will try my best to cooperate with him."
Zhou Huaichuan and Chu Xinxin exchanged a smile, everything understood without words.
......
As expected, Chu Xuan began to attack Zhou Huaichuan, who was repeatedly reprimanded by the Zhou Emperor.
"Your Majesty, people outside are saying that His Highness Prince An is preparing to become the Crown Prince of our Great Zhou."
Chu Xuan wrote down some rumors circulating in the streets and presented them to Emperor Zhou.
Having just experienced the Second Prince incident, Emperor Zhou was more wary of his princes and grandsons than anyone else.
Upon hearing Chu Xuan's words, Emperor Zhou began to loudly rebuke him again.
"How can those people be so sure that he must be the Crown Prince?"
Emperor Zhou threw the memorial on the ground, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
"Your Majesty, the eldest prince, the second prince, and the third prince have all been sent to their fiefdoms, imprisoned in the imperial prison, and demoted to commoners. At present, only Prince An remains in the capital."
"There are so many princes in the palace, how could it be his turn!"
“Prince An now commands a large army and has extensive connections in the court. He is also my prospective son-in-law. The position of Crown Prince is something we can hope to achieve.”
Chu Xuan merely set the stage, and the Zhou Emperor flew into a rage, revoking all the power that Zhou Huaichuan had acquired.
Not long after, news spread that Chu Yun was pregnant.
Emperor Zhou was overjoyed and made her a concubine, visiting her every day without fail.
All the favor and glory of the three thousand concubines fell on Chu Yun alone.
If she said east, the Zhou emperor would not go west; if she said west, he would not go east.
"Your Majesty, I am feeling depressed during my pregnancy and wish to go home to see my parents and sisters."
Emperor Zhou naturally agreed.
The two emperors arrived at the Prime Minister's residence. Emperor Zhou and Chu Xuan went to the study, and Madam Liu hurriedly pulled Chu Yun back to her room.
"Why did you come back?"
Now that Chu Yun holds a high position, she is no longer as afraid of Liu Shi as she used to be.
She didn't answer Liu's question, but instead asked something else: "Mother, where is that vile woman from Qiluan Pavilion? She didn't even come out to pay her respects when I returned home!"
Liu laughed angrily: "Are you crazy? Don't you know why you were able to enter the palace? And you actually want her to appear before the Emperor?"
Chu Yun's beautiful dream was shattered: "She has already been betrothed to Prince An. No matter how much His Majesty likes her, it is impossible for him to bring her into the palace!"
"Why not? You're a living example!"
Chu Yun was speechless for a moment.
Madam Liu sighed and placed her hand on Chu Yun's belly: "My child, just bear with it a little longer. When this one in your belly is born, I will personally deliver her to you."
"good......"
The two talked in the room for a while, then Chu Yun, who was pregnant, felt a little nauseous and went out for a walk.
Upon entering the garden, I saw a figure I hadn't seen in a long time.
"Your Highness Prince An!"
Chu Yun released the hand of the palace maid who was supporting her and walked to Zhou Huaichuan in two or three steps.
"Consort Zhao."
Zhou Huaichuan took a step back, avoiding Chu Yun's hand that was trying to touch his clothes.
"Your Highness, please don't call me Consort Zhao, call me Yun'er..."
Looking at Zhou Huaichuan's angelic face, Chu Yun felt even more aggrieved: "Your Highness, why have you always been so cold to Yun'er?"
"Then what do you want? Do you want to be like the Third Prince, rolling around in bed the moment you meet him?"
Chu Xinxin walked over from the side and stood in front of Zhou Huaichuan, her protectiveness of her food evident.
"Chu Xinxin, how dare you! You don't even kneel down and pay your respects to me!"
"You just said you didn't want to be called Consort Zhao, but now you do? You change your mind all the time. No wonder you're so fickle. The Third Prince, the Second Prince, and even His Majesty have all taken turns trying to win you over."
"You!" Chu Yun was furious. "You just wait."
"Who wants to wait for you? Go cool off somewhere else and stop bothering me!"
Chu Xinxin put her hands on her hips and said, "Do you know that you have to call Prince An your brother-in-law?"
Chu Yun pointed at her with a trembling finger: "Your Highness, look at her, she's such a shrew..."
Chu Yun raised her head, unable to utter the words of abuse.
Zhou Huaichuan looked at Chu Xinxin with a smile, his eyes filled with a tenderness she had never seen before.
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