Chapter 204 The Third Prince's Self-Torture Scheme
Jin Zexuan was frightened, and finally understood what it meant to plot against a tiger.
However, the current situation does not allow him to make a choice. If he does not listen to Zuo Xiang's arrangements, he will most likely be abandoned.
Zhang Zhongyi noticed his hesitation and sighed.
"Third Prince, seizing the throne is a bloody journey. If you don't even have this little courage, how can you succeed?
Although the poison of this Forget Worry Pill is extremely strong, it is not fatal on contact with blood.
It's just a little suffering, as long as you can get through it, you will be the emperor. "
Jin Zexuan tightened his grip on the bottle.
"Teacher, if you make it through, you will be the emperor. If you can't make it through, you will die young.
I think... this emperor doesn't have to be a must, isn't Prince Rui's life pretty comfortable?"
Oh my god, do you want to hear what you are farting?
Zhang Zhongyi's face immediately darkened, "Your Highness, are you joking?
Isn't it a little too late for you to pull back from the brink now?
It was you who prescribed the Five Stones Powder for the prince.
You were the one who killed the consort of the Second Prince's younger sister, Princess Wanyun.
It was you who exposed the fifth prince's perverted hobby to the world.
Have you forgotten how many people's interests you sacrificed in order to place your own people?
How can you compare with Prince Rui?
When the emperor ascended the throne, Prince Rui was only a few years old and had never been tied up by him. Even for the sake of a good reputation, Your Majesty would still treat him well.
The future of Prince Rui is the future of those little princes, not your future.
You should compete with those princes who previously competed with our Majesty for the throne.
Oh, it was I who forgot that you were born late and you have never seen those idiots, so naturally you don’t know them.
Your Highness, there is no turning back once you seize the throne.
Either you withdraw early like Prince An and not offend anyone, or you die if you fail.
There is no impenetrable wall in this world. Once you extend your hand, there will always be traces.
If you fail to seize the throne, what awaits you will only be endless suspicion, oppression and revenge."
Zhang Zhongyi is indeed a literary giant, and his few words left Jin Zexuan speechless.
The Third Prince thought about his own character and then thought about his father and brothers.
Well, there's not a single good piece of cake.
Anyway, if he became the emperor, he would not let any of the crown prince and the second son go.
Even the sickly fourth brother who took his favor and the fifth brother who retired early and only flattered the second brother could not expect to have a good ending.
They are all born of the same father, and I guess the crown prince and the second son have the same idea about him.
The third prince returned to his mansion and hesitated for half an hour holding the porcelain bottle, then drew a piece of paper, threw coins and rolled the dice.
Finally, he called a sorcerer he kept to tell his fortune before he made up his mind to take the medicine.
After taking the medicine, the third prince became angrier and angrier. He asked someone to call Liu Fu, who chopped the assassin with a knife and shouted to catch the assassin.
Liu Fu was hacked to death before he knew what was happening. His eyes suddenly widened as he accused the Third Prince of his ruthlessness.
At this moment, the effect of the Forget Worry Pill took effect. The Third Prince spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to get someone to call a doctor.
He was really scared, and his last thought before he fainted was regret.
Feudal superstition is deadly. He had been told several times that there would be no danger, but he really felt that he was about to die.
At this time, the old emperor was looking at the testimony and evidence handed over by Dongchang thoughtfully, hesitating about who to send to the third brother's house to investigate.
There are so many people who need to be monitored recently that the secret guards are not enough.
The third brother liked the smell of Jiuhexiang, and many palace maids around him also used this incense.
The last person Xu Qinglan came into contact with actually used Jiuhexiang and there were scraps of thread from the eunuch's robe in his fingernails. This clue was a little too obvious.
The old emperor had felt a chill in his neck ever since Xiao Yuan's death. He thought about his sons from top to bottom and felt that none of them were good people.
As a result, before the old emperor could send anyone, people from the Third Prince's Mansion came to report.
The chief eunuch Liu Fu, who was beside the Third Prince, assassinated his master for unknown reasons, and the Third Prince was poisoned and in danger.
The old emperor was shocked and the first thing he thought of was killing people to silence them and framing them.
It seems that the person who poisoned Xu Qinglan must be Liu Fu, but whether he was instructed by the third brother or someone else still needs further investigation.
The Third Prince's Mansion has a palace doctor. If a serious illness is encountered and a medical doctor is needed, the doctor who will be consulted will at most be the deputy court judge.
This time, the old emperor sent his most trusted judge and two of his confidants.
He wanted to see whether the third brother was poisoned by someone, or was really assassinated or it was a self-torture trick.
There are assassinations on the left and right. Has the imperial court found a murderer this year? It's so uneasy.
Xiao Ling, who was following behind the old emperor, wiped his sweat silently. Things were becoming more and more complicated. I hope everything goes well for Xiao Yuan.
In the past, he was living with a king like a tiger, but now he is dancing on the edge of a knife with a psychopath.
He is also an old man. If he were an ordinary person, he would have retired long ago to enjoy his old age and enjoy his grandchildren.
It's a pity that he knew too many secrets of the old emperor and this man would not let him leave alive.
If one day he really can't do anything anymore, it's estimated that he won't have a good ending.
Just hang in there, if you can't make it to retirement, you will only outlive your leader.
Or he would die suddenly or die a miserable death. After all, this lunatic wanted me to be buried with him.
The longer Xiao Ling stayed with the old emperor, the more he couldn't look his master in the face.
This person is really rotten to the core. His methods are cruel and dirty with no bottom line. He is simply an inhuman beast.
No matter whether they are his own children or concubines in the harem, they are all pigs in his arms, and any feelings are worthless in his eyes.
The rabbit and the fox feel sad for their own kind.
Xiao Ling is just a rootless person, not a brainless one. How could anyone be loyal to him after he wrongly killed so many loyal ministers?
The so-called loyalty is just an act. Everyone in the palace is acting.
The old emperor played the wise ruler and he played the loyal servant. The descendants of Fengzi and Longsun played the filial sons and the empresses played the infatuated ones.
The judge had not yet returned, but the secret guard who had gone there had already put the diagnosis results on the case file.
The body of the eunuch Liu Fu was also examined, and two fresh scratches were found on the back of his hand.
It is obvious that Liu Fu was the one who poisoned Xu Qinglan, and now he is using the same trick to poison the third prince.
Seeing that the third prince was poisoned by the Forget-Sorrow Pill, the old emperor smashed the teacup in anger.
He immediately sent for someone to call Consort Xiangui.
It was he who deliberately provoked the fight between the Empress and Consort Xian Gui, and it was also he who had people instigate Consort Xian Gui to kill the Crown Prince after he became increasingly powerful.
But from then on, he appeared to be kind to her but in fact he kept his distance from this vicious woman.
This Forget-Sorrow Pill is a sacred medicine from a small tribe in Shu. It is usually difficult to obtain. He couldn't think of anyone else who could get it except Concubine Xiangui.
The crown prince is now in name only and the fourth and fifth sons have basically no hope. The most competitive ones are the second and third sons.
The fact that the second brother had his leg broken was indeed very strange, and he suspected that the third brother had done it.
It would make sense if Concubine Xian Gui ordered Liu Fu to frame and assassinate him in order to avenge her son.
After all, Concubine Xian Gui had been in charge of palace affairs for many years, and all the eunuchs and maids in the palace had to pass through her hands.
Although Liu Fu had been with the Third Prince for quite some time, there was no guarantee that he had not been planted there by Concubine Xiangui.
The more the old emperor thought about it, the more he felt that Concubine Xian and her son had ulterior motives, and he had already convicted her in his heart before he even asked.
Xiao Ling looked at the furious old emperor and silently stepped back, deciding to wait until he had vented his anger before deciding whether to give him a reminder or not depending on the situation.
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