"It's all good. Prince Kang is very busy now. Because Lin'er is always sick and crying, he has been taking care of Lin'er. Speaking of Lin'er, although this child is weak and sickly, he has grown a lot. He looks exactly like Ye'er when he was a child. When the emperor is free one day, I will ask Ye'er to bring him over to show the emperor."
Emperor Yunqi nodded and said, "Alright, but this child is so pitiful. Let the imperial physician treat him well and don't neglect him. As for Prince Kang... he has been less likely to pay respects to me recently. I know he is busy with Lin'er. If you don't know him, you might think he doesn't care about me as his father."
"How could that be? Your Majesty, Ye'er once asked for my opinion, but your majesty has been unwell in recent days, and the Crown Prince's incident happened. I was afraid that Ye'er would disturb your majesty's thoughts, so I held back and did not let him go to pay his respects to you. If your majesty is upset, just blame me for acting on my own."
Emperor Yunqi also nodded without commenting.
His two questions made the two women feel uneasy. They all knew that he was suspicious of his two sons. Indeed, this kind of thing happened, of course, had a lot to do with the other two heirs to the throne.
However, neither of the two concubines was really too scared, because they had asked their children privately, and the answer they got was that the two princes did nothing.
The virtuous concubine spoke again at this moment: "Your Majesty, have you really found out something?"
"Don't ask anymore. I just want to ask you about their situation. You don't have to panic. It wasn't you who did it, so it won't be wrongly accused of you. Come, let's have our meal." Emperor Yunqi had an idea in his mind. He couldn't tell anything from these two women. He also thought of this and didn't want to ask any more questions.
The three people had different feelings after the meal. After the emperor left, the two women looked at each other. Finally, Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is really something. I'm afraid he is suspicious of us but he doesn't say it directly. Is he trying to scare us? But I'm not surprised. Prince Kang has not done anything recently. It's you, Concubine Xian, who should go back and ask about Prince Ning's whereabouts..."
"Your Highness, are you hinting at something?" The virtuous concubine was not very polite at this time.
"What hint? I'm just concerned. If there is any whereabouts of his that cannot be proved, we should find some witnesses so that if the emperor really investigates, we can have a response."
Concubine Xian smiled and said, "I am very relieved about Prince Ning. He has been taught to assist the Crown Prince since he was young. He will never do such a foolish thing. Besides, he doesn't have such courage. He has been a child without his own ideas since he was young. In the past, he always followed Prince Kang's lead."
Concubine Shu's face darkened when she heard this: "What do you mean by that? What do you mean by following the lead of others? Are you saying that there is something wrong with our Prince Kang? Is it Prince Kang who did it?"
The two women started to compete with each other.
Shu Guifei raised her eyebrows. Her position was higher than that of Xianfei, so she could not bear such words. She could not help but take up her dignity and said, "You are so bold. Don't think that we are all old people in the palace, so I will let you off the hook. Not observing etiquette and disrespecting elders is the biggest taboo in the palace."
Murong Shu slammed the table and gritted his teeth.
When Concubine Xian saw Murong Shu showing off his power, she couldn't help but apologize humbly. Finally, Murong Shu agreed not to punish her anymore, but drove her away arrogantly.
Concubine Xian was so angry that when she returned to her courtyard, she immediately sent someone to find Prince Ning.
When Prince Ning came, his mouth was still full of alcohol. When Concubine Xian asked him again whether he had assassinated the prince, Prince Ning staggered, sat down on the chair, and waved his hand: "Mother, I don't have time to care about whether the prince is a prince or not. This was not done by me at all. I think it was done by Prince Kang. He has always wanted to be the emperor. Now the prince is the regent and my father is seriously ill. He can't wait any longer."
"Keep your voice down." Seeing Prince Ning making gestures, Concubine Xian couldn't help but secretly hate him in her heart, "It's already this hour, why are you still so unruly? Do you know what will happen to us if something really happens?"
"If you didn't do it, you didn't do it. What will happen to you, mother? You are just too timid. You were scared by Concubine Shu and her son. I don't believe that the emperor will have no choice but to conclude that we did it. He will definitely find out. It must be Prince Kang. There will be no one else." Prince Ning burped several times while speaking. He lowered his head and leaned there, looking very drunk. Seeing this, Concubine Xian had to ask someone to help him to rest inside. She just sighed again. She only had this one son. Could she really count on him? She didn't dare to think about it now. She just hoped that he would not bring trouble to her.
East Palace.
Dongfang Jin came back from outside with a frown on his face. An Qingran stepped forward and kneaded his shoulders: "What's wrong? Did you deal with a lot of state affairs today?"
Dongfang Jin shook his head, took her hand, and sat beside him: "I found out some information, but I always feel that something is wrong."
"What's going on?"
"I have found various signs that the incident at Yuehua Temple was caused by Dongfang Yan."
"Since there is evidence, why do you feel something is wrong? Is there something wrong with any of the evidence?" An Qingran was very nervous when she heard the news, but she was also a little surprised to hear that it was Dongfang Yan. Logically speaking, Dongfang Yan was a cunning person and should not have made such a big move. Now she understood what Dongfang Jin meant.
"We caught a man, the assassin who tried to assassinate us. He confessed everything, saying that King Ning asked them to do it, and he also said what would happen after the assassination. However, the assassin's kung fu was not very high. Looking back on that day, those people were all masters among masters, otherwise we would not have been trapped."
"Is there someone pretending to be a killer? What good would that do?" An Qingran seemed to be asking herself. When she said this, she thought of her previous life. In her previous life, Dongfang Yan and Dongfang Ye were good friends. She couldn't help but ask, "Did he really do this himself? Did he conspire with others? In my opinion, Dongfang Yan doesn't dare to do this."
Dongfang Jin nodded slightly: "It seems that my father has found something, but he didn't tell me. Judging from the worry on his face, I'm afraid it is also related to the two princes."
"That's true. Apart from those two people, no one else would do this. At least I think Your Highness the Crown Prince has done a good job and will not make many enemies, unless... unless the tea you sell is too expensive." An Qingran Waner joked.
In fact, she said this because she saw that Dongfang Jin had been having a hard time these days.
Dongfang Jin also smiled: "No matter what, I will continue to investigate this matter. If it is really Dongfang Yan who did it, I will not let him go."
Dongfang Jin's eyes flashed with coldness: "He can kill me, but he shouldn't try to kill you."
"We are husband and wife, we don't differentiate between you and me, there is no reason for a killer to differentiate so clearly." An Qingran said with a smile.
Dongfang Jin nodded: "Okay, Qingqing makes sense. What shall we eat tonight? I'm hungry."
"I made some soup for you to nourish your body. You've been having a hard time these days."
"I'm afraid it won't just be like this in the future, it will be even worse. Qingqing will be miserable then, and she will have many things to do."
"Fortunately, I am in good health and young. I am not afraid of hardship."
"Okay, but since you are not afraid of hardship, then let's do something else and create another little man to let you see whether it is still hard or not..." Dongfang Jin showed an evil smile on his handsome face.
An Qingran almost jumped up when she heard that. She was afraid that he would be so frivolous.
However, there was no way she could escape. Soon, the two of them rolled onto the bed sheets and began to get hard. Maybe it was really time to have a little person, An Qingran thought to herself.
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Prince Ning's Mansion.
Qin Xiangning's health had almost recovered, but Taozhi still came to her room every day to pay her respects. Qin Xiangning looked at her increasingly plump body and couldn't help but look grim: "Did Prince Ning stay in your room yesterday?"
"My princess, Prince Ning got drunk again last night and didn't come back until midnight. He vomited for a while and then went to sleep." Taozhi really wanted to tell her clearly that Prince Ning just slept with her and didn't do anything.
Qin Xiangning's expression softened when she heard this. "You have been taking care of Prince Ning these days, which is hard work. The palace sent two pieces of satin a few days ago for making autumn clothes. You can choose first, and send the rest to the concubines and let them choose."
"Thank you, Princess, for your kindness." Taozhi bowed hurriedly.
"If you listen to me, I will naturally do you a favor and never forget you. However, you know there are some things I don't need to remind you of."
"I know that Qingluan is now favored by Prince Ning. Prince Ning gave her a pearl, which is said to be worth at least a hundred taels. Yulan is very quiet and doesn't say much. Prince Ning almost forgot about her. She didn't do anything. She embroidered and read books in her room every day. There is another person who is worrying, that is Huange. Prince Ning likes to listen to her songs, so she ignores others and forgets the lesson from the past. I think she is a worrying person. I don't know what will happen..."
Seeing Qin Xiangning frowning, Taozhi seemed to like what she was saying, so she began to exaggerate: "Prince Ning loves the princess the most. He even called out her name in his dreams. I guess we concubines are just high-level slaves."
Qin Xiangning sighed: "Well, you work hard every day, sit down and talk, where did King Ning go today?"
"Prince Ning left the mansion early. Someone from the palace came to look for him. It seemed like it was some urgent matter." Taozhi said as she recalled.
Qin Xiangning frowned upon hearing this: "I'm afraid it's not a good thing."
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