These days, Concubine Shu has been feeling uneasy.
She had received news a while ago that Doctor Gu had suddenly disappeared.
The Gu family searched everywhere for someone, reported the case to the authorities, and even passed the news to her.
She was very worried that her eldest brother had discovered something and kidnapped the person and hid him.
After her nephew woke up, she didn't dare to talk to him because she felt guilty.
More than twenty days have passed, and there is still no news from Doctor Gu.
Yesterday I suddenly heard that Doctor Gu was thrown into the Ministry of Justice.
The Third Prince was already eighteen years old, and a few days ago he had moved out of the palace to set up a residence in preparation for his wedding.
She has already chosen a princess consort for her son.
She wanted to discuss it with the Third Emperor, but then she realized that the Third Emperor didn't know about what she had done.
It’s better not to let him know.
She has been feeling uneasy since yesterday.
"Empress Shufei, Prince Rong requests to see you." The head palace maid Baozhu gently walked to Empress Shufei, three steps away, and stopped to report.
"What?" Concubine Shu was so shocked that she stood up suddenly from the couch.
"It was brought by Eunuch Yang who serves the emperor." Baozhu glanced at the hairpin and said.
Everyone was already outside the palace, there was no way she wouldn't see him.
Prince Rong's status was much higher than hers as a concubine, so she didn't dare to refuse.
"Please let him in." Concubine Wan Shu calmed herself down before giving the order.
The prince strode in.
"Why is big brother here?" Concubine Shu didn't dare to put on airs as a concubine in front of the prince.
The prince said nothing, just waved his hand.
The young eunuch who came in with him retreated obediently.
When Concubine Shu saw this, she knew that her elder brother had come with bad intentions, and she sent the palace servants out.
She didn't want the two of them to have an unpleasant argument and for the whole palace to know about it.
The prince walked in front of Concubine Wan Shu with a gloomy face and slapped her in the face with his hand.
Concubine Wan Shu was hit so hard that she staggered and fell to the ground.
"Brother, you..." Concubine Wan Shu covered her pretty face and looked up at the prince in horror.
"Why do you want to harm Ziqi?" the prince asked bluntly, his face so gloomy that it could scare a child to tears.
When Concubine Shu heard this, she knew that her elder brother already knew what she had done.
"Brother, don't talk nonsense. How could I harm Ziqi? He is my nephew." She still wanted to make a last-ditch struggle.
I endured the pain and slowly got up from the ground.
"Humph!" The prince slapped the confession letter written by Imperial Physician Gu in front of her.
Concubine Shu picked it up and glanced at it quickly.
"Brother, I am innocent. Doctor Gu must have been instigated by someone to destroy our relationship." She still wanted to argue.
"He has no grudge against me, what reason does he have to harm my son?"
"How do I know why he wants to harm Ziqi?"
"You don't admit it, do you? The King of Japan has written a letter to the Emperor. On the northern border of Wei, Canglan is ready to make a move. We need a prince to take charge to keep Wei safe. The Third Prince is the most suitable candidate." The prince threatened her with her weakness.
"No, brother, you can't do this. Shen'er is also your nephew." Shufei was anxious.
Prince Rong's words, although not absolutely binding, are not much different.
As long as the eldest brother says it, the emperor will definitely agree.
"Ziqi is your nephew, how could you have the heart to do that to him?" The prince asked in the same way.
"Wuwu..., Brother, I am your biological sister, why don't you think about me?
I come from the most powerful Rong Palace in the Wei Dynasty, but you don't care about me and let me survive in this harem.
If you had given me a little more support, I wouldn't be just a concubine.
I deserve the position of queen.
Now, the Queen is above me, and the Imperial Concubine is above me.
If I were the queen, my son would be the legitimate son and would be named the crown prince.
But now, I am just a concubine, and the second prince is still in front.
If the emperor had delayed appointing a crown prince, the seventh prince would have grown up by then.
What hope is there for my prince?
After the eldest prince was deposed, I talked to Ziqi and asked him to get closer to the third prince, and it would be best if he could become the third prince's study companion.
What did he say in the end? He said that the Third Prince was not worthy of him as a study partner.
How could a nephew like this support my son?
But Zishu was different. I asked him to get closer to the third prince, and he obediently stood on the third prince's side in everything.
He also played with the Third Prince from time to time, went out of town to hunt together, and helped the Third Prince with some things.
If he becomes the crown prince, the Third Prince will have more helpers in the future."
At first, Concubine Shu cried and complained to the prince, but she became more and more angry as she spoke.
"So you bribed Nanny Zheng from the Princess Court to drug him at the hunting ground, and then you designed a plan for him to fall off his horse. You also sent Doctor Gu to treat Ziqi, and you didn't want Ziqi to wake up. Zishu will be the Crown Prince in the future, so he can help you and the Third Prince?"
"No, I didn't bribe Madam Zheng. It was not me who arranged for Ziqi to fall off the horse. I just took advantage of his unconsciousness. I can swear on our king that I definitely didn't do it." Concubine Wan Shu refused to admit to anything she hadn't done.
After hearing this, the prince frowned and stared at her, trying to tell the truth from her expression.
I just can't see anything.
"I just want Zishu to be named the Prince of Rong Palace. I don't want to kill Ziqi, I just want him not to wake up.
You and the emperor are in harmony. If the third prince inherits the throne in the future and Zishu helps him like you do, the entire Wei will naturally be stable and united. I am also considering the Wei."
Concubine Wan Shu added, "And he is still very righteous."
"Humph, don't you want to be the most noble woman in the world?" The prince sneered.
"Why can't I be the most noble woman in the world?" Concubine Wan Shu asked unconvinced.
“I’m telling you, no matter who the emperor chooses to appoint as the crown prince, my Rong Palace will never interfere.
If the Third Prince has the ability, he should show it to his father, the Emperor, and all the people in the world.
If he can ascend to the throne, my Rong Palace will naturally assist him. If he doesn't have that ability, then he will just be a prince.
If Zishu dares to get close to the Third Prince again, I will break his legs. I will do what I say. "
"You..., brother, I am your biological sister, why do you treat me like this?"
"In the beginning, I didn't approve of you entering the palace, but you and the Second Old Madam insisted on having you enter the palace.
Do you think that just because you come from Prince Rong’s Mansion, the emperor will look upon you with respect?
You are a concubine's daughter, and you still want to be the queen?
The emperor is very grateful to you for being able to become his concubine, and he is also giving face to my Shangguan family.
When the royal family chooses a crown prince, they always choose one who is both virtuous and talented, capable of governing a country, and they attach great importance to the Ji and Ji surnames.
Look at the third prince again. Apart from some cleverness, where does he have the qualities to be a crown prince?
I actually listened to a woman like you and found a doctor and brought him into my Prince Rong's mansion to harm Ziqi.
Just based on what he has done, he does not have the ambition to be an emperor."
The prince criticized the third prince for everything.
Concubine Wan Shu was so angry that she pointed at the prince and said, "You, you..., you are not my eldest brother."
She could only manage to say this, and couldn't find anything else to say.
“I am the eldest son of the Shangguan family, and now the Prince Rong.
If you don't obey your command, you will suffer in the future. This is all I have to say. You'd better take care of yourself.
I will not care what happens to you and your son in the future. I will report the attitude of my Rong Palace to His Majesty.
If you dare to do something to offend the Shangguan family again, I will not mind opening the ancestral temple to expel you from the family. Then you will no longer be the daughter of the Shangguan family. I will see how you can survive in this harem."
"Wuwu..., Big Brother, no. Big Brother, I was wrong." Concubine Wan Shu was frightened when she heard that the prince wanted to remove her name from the family tree.
If her elder brother really did this, she would have no place in the harem.
Who in the harem doesn't care about status? In addition to the status in the palace, the second is the status of the mother's family. Both are indispensable.
"That's all I have to say, Your Majesty. You can take care of yourself." The prince flicked his sleeves and strode away.
As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw the emperor looking at him with a smile.
The prince was a martial artist and had known that there was someone at the door. He knew who it was right away, but he was upright and honest, so he didn't care if the emperor heard it.
He simply bowed to the emperor and walked away from him.
When Concubine Shu, who had followed the prince's footsteps, saw the emperor just outside the door, she was so shocked that her mouth was wide open for a long time.
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