Kangwang Mansion
Seeing that Xie Ming had closed his eyes, Yu Fu lowered the bed curtains, walked to the lamp stand, blew out the lamps by the bed, and quietly left the inner room.
Xie Ming also learned most of what was happening in the palace. The Great Sheng Dynasty was not much different from the pre-Tang Dynasty; the scourge of the aristocratic clans had always been present.
Emperor Taizu had suffered under the influence of the aristocratic clans and wanted to eradicate them, but the timing was not right and he did not succeed.
The only thing he did was to require that all empresses be from aristocratic families. Although he did not say it explicitly, every emperor knew what the founding emperor meant.
However, she didn't last through two emperors before aristocratic women gradually became imperial concubines, creating a power struggle with the empress.
The most favored concubine of the current emperor, Lady Yang, was a member of an aristocratic family. In fact, she was related to Xie Shuli's mother as a cousin, which shows how much influence the aristocratic family had infiltrated into the imperial family.
Fortunately, the old emperor was not senile and firmly maintained the positions of the empress and the crown prince.
The reason why the Crown Prince and Xie Ming were plotted against is that someone wanted their own family member to become emperor. If the emperor and the crown prince were to fight each other, it would be inevitable that both would be severely damaged.
The aging emperor helping the new emperor secure his throne is undoubtedly the best way to stabilize the situation.
Fortunately, Xie Ming's father in this life was not power-hungry, otherwise he would have had to dig out the dragon aura from the emperor.
Before dawn the next day, Fu Quan, who hadn't slept all night, returned to the Kang Prince's residence and knelt outside Xie Ming's room, not daring to make a sound.
Only when there was some movement inside did Yu Fu, who was waiting in the next room, lead her maids in to serve them.
"Your Highness, Eunuch Fuquan came over at midnight and gave this to me."
While the maid was helping Xie Ming wash up, Yu Fu handed him a booklet.
"Cough cough cough~ Just leave it there, let him go down and do it as usual."
Xie Ming coughed lightly for a while and felt his lungs feel much better.
"Yes, Imperial Physician Li secretly handed this to me."
Upon seeing the prince cough again, Yu Fu quickly handed him a bottle of pills.
“Keep it. Those imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital only make bitter medicine dregs... This Physician Li is a bit more innovative, but people don’t appreciate his merits.”
Xie Ming didn't intend to drastically change his health this time. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and besides, he still needed to maintain his "sickness" to avoid attracting attention.
"Then this servant will ask Imperial Physician Li to prepare more for you."
"Yes, go and call in those kneeling outside!"
Yu Fu immediately gave her seat to the maid next to her and went outside to relay Xie Ming's words to Fu Quan.
Upon receiving the order, Fuquan stood up shakily, entered Xie Ming's room, and knelt down again.
"Your Highness, I have failed your trust!"
“I’ve looked at what you handed me, and the children will do as you say.”
His master agreed to his idea, and Fuquan finally felt relieved.
He planned to "sell" the child back to those relatives. Those who were willing to pay were obviously aware of the child's background, so they were all problematic and were his mortal enemies.
Those who are unwilling to pay probably don't even know where these children came from, so Fuquan will have to go and have a serious talk with those families.
He was also quite puzzled as to where his master got the information. The completeness of the information inevitably made him wonder if the emperor had given Xie Ming some manpower.
Not daring to think any further, Fuquan quickly pulled himself back to reality.
"Your Highness, this matter concerns the heir of the Prince's family. Should this servant investigate the person behind it?"
With so many members of the imperial clan having been replaced, Fuquan suspected that there might be another reason for his master's poor health.
He didn't dare to speculate and pointed out the trickery involved.
"No need, give this to the Crown Prince first."
Xie Ming immediately picked up the conversation. Since his health had deteriorated, a number of people naturally had to be killed. Otherwise, would they really think the royal family was easy to fool?
Fu Quan got up, took the booklet Xie Ming handed him, and left the room.
Once the person was out of sight, Xie Ming quickly slumped onto the couch and summoned a maid to massage his shoulders and legs.
In the palace
Xie Shuli, who had been unconscious all night, finally woke up. After sleeping on a wooden board all night, he felt pain all over his body.
Even before he was adopted, he was a pampered master in his family and was always addressed as "Young Master" when he went out. Not to mention that he later became the most honored man in the Great Sheng Dynasty.
He was a little disoriented and it took him several moments to realize what had happened.
Yesterday, it seemed he returned to the Prince Kang's Mansion more than 20 years ago, and then...
Suddenly imagining what would happen next, his hand involuntarily reached down to his crotch.
His hands couldn't keep up with the pain surging through his body; the excruciating pain clearly told him that his "treasure" was truly gone.
Impossible! Impossible!
Xie Shuli sat up excitedly, but when he looked down, he saw his bare lower body, with only one area covered. That was where the package had been taken care of.
Having served as a eunuch for half his life, this was the first time he had ever learned how a eunuch had come to be.
"Woo woo woo~" came a whimper like that of a small animal from his throat.
"Awake?" The old woman who was watching over him heard the sound and came in.
Xie Shuli stared hatefully at the shadow in the doorway, his eyes filled with a knife-like glint as if he wanted to tear him apart alive.
The old eunuch was no good either. Upon seeing Xie Shuli's appearance, he slapped him twice, making Xie Shuli see stars.
"Why are you looking at me like that? To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the higher-ups telling you to live, today would be your death day."
"I'm going to kill you...!"
Xie Shuli knew he couldn't speak carelessly; the Great Sheng Dynasty wasn't yet in his hands. If he said anything, he would surely die even faster.
He wanted revenge; he wanted to kill everyone...
And that Xie Ming, how dare he treat me like this!
"Haha~ You can rest now! You've got plenty of good days ahead of you!"
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