The King of Qi felt so cold in his heart that he forgot what to do.
Emperor Jingming glanced at him, stroking the white jade paper with a sullen face.
The Prince of Qi kowtowed and then stood up: "Father, I want to go and pay my respects to my mother and tell her about Li's matter."
Princess Qi is the daughter-in-law of Concubine Xian, so it would not be out of line for Prince Qi to say something when something like this happened.
In the past, the King of Qi would not have brought it up out of caution, but now that he had suffered a severe blow, he vaguely realized that it was useless to endure it blindly, so he simply let go a little.
But Emperor Jingming rejected Prince Qi's request: "Wait until you have dealt with Li's affairs before you go to the palace to pay your respects to your mother. Your mother has not been in good health recently, so be careful with your words when you speak."
"My son understands." King Qi left silently.
Apart from Emperor Jingming and Pan Hai, the only foreign official left in Yu's study was Han Ran, the commander of the Jinlin Guard.
Emperor Jingming glanced at Han Ran indifferently, too lazy to say more to him, and waved his hand to signal the two of them to get back to work.
Soon Pan Hai and Han Ran retreated together, leaving Emperor Jingming alone. He picked up the white jade paper and put it down, put it down and picked it up again, repeating this several times. Finally, he could no longer suppress his anger and threw the white jade paper that he had just changed to the ground.
The paper calm was smashed to pieces in an instant, and Emperor Jingming's anger finally subsided, but his expression was still grim.
He is not senile yet. Today's incident clearly shows that the fourth brother wants to get rid of Li.
The fourth son wanted to kill his wife and remarry. I'm afraid what Li said was right.
Although Princess Qi made a mistake, in the eyes of Emperor Jingming, anyone could treat Princess Qi with disrespect, but it was too much for the Prince of Qi to want to kill her.
The royal family is ruthless, but it is too cruel for the fourth son to be so cruel to his first wife.
Moreover, in the past, the Prince of Qi always acted like a loving couple in front of Emperor Jingming, but now it was even more chilling.
As for ordering Han Ran to continue the investigation, that is not necessary.
The fourth son is his son. If he reveals his intention to kill his wife to the world, will he feel proud? Send Li to the family temple and let the matter go quietly.
Emperor Jingming stood up and walked out, telling Xiao Lezi who was guarding the door: "Replace the paperweight with a new one."
I heard there are rumors that he likes to smash paper money. How outrageous!
Pan Hai, who was rushing to Prince Qi's palace, thought about Prince Qi and shook his head.
It seems that the Emperor did not investigate further today, but from now on the Prince of Qi will probably be disliked, which is really not good.
The throne of the crown prince is probably in jeopardy.
After the accident of Prince Xiang, the only princes who had a chance were Prince Qi, Prince Lu, Prince Shu and Prince Yan.
In the eyes of the world, Prince Qi undoubtedly has the greatest chance, but as the emperor's confidant, Pan Hai does not think highly of Prince Qi.
Among the four princes, Prince Qi is the oldest and his mother is of noble birth, so he should be the undisputed candidate for the throne. However, under such circumstances, the emperor was reluctant to appoint a crown prince.
What does this show? It shows that the emperor is not satisfied with the most suitable candidate, the Prince of Qi!
It's ridiculous that people are so short-sighted and can't see clearly.
It never mattered whether the Prince of Qi had murderous intentions towards the Princess of Qi; what mattered was whether the Emperor would think so.
Apparently the emperor thought so, and even felt that there was no need to investigate further.
After the disturbance caused by the Princess of Qi, the Prince of Qi not only provided new bargaining chips for the people of the capital, but also made himself disliked by the Emperor, which was a terrible mistake.
The matter was quite interesting indeed. The palace was deep and deep, with a large number of maids and old women guarding it, yet the powerless Princess Qi was forced to rush out onto the street.
Pan Hai shook his head as he thought about it, thinking that the princes were finding more and more new things.
"Eunuch Pan, do you need my help?" Han Ran, the commander of the Jinlin Guard who came out of the palace with him, asked politely.
Pan Hai bowed and said, "Commander Han, please go and do your work. I won't bother you any more."
"Okay then, Eunuch Pan, just let me know if you need anything." Han Ran said this and continued to walk away with Pan Hai.
Pan Hai glanced at the other person.
Didn’t you say you didn’t need him anymore? Why are you still following him?
Han Ran seemed to have guessed Pan Hai's thoughts and explained helplessly: "Recently, Suzakufang has been a key monitoring area."
Pan Hai suddenly realized.
Several royal palaces are located in Zhuquefang, not to mention Jinlinwei. I heard that even Shuntian Prefecture Governor Zhen Shichengdu has increased his inspections here...
Arriving at Prince Qi's mansion, Pan Hai said to Prince Qi, who had just entered the palace, "Prince, please ask the princess to come out."
"Pan, wait a moment."
Leaving Pan Hai in the reception hall, Prince Qi hurried to Princess Qi.
At this time, Princess Qi was being stared at covetously by several maids and servants, and she could hardly escape.
Princess Qi certainly had no intention of escaping again, but instead looked calm.
Only when you reach that point do you deeply realize how good it is to be alive.
No amount of wealth, glory or honor is as good as living a stable life.
With this incident, her life was saved. That man was the most hypocritical, and he would never live up to his reputation as a wife-killer. In this way, the one who was most afraid of her death in the short term was that man.
There were footsteps.
Princess Qi's eyelids trembled, but she didn't look.
Even though she didn't go to see it, she knew who it was.
Soon a familiar voice sounded: "All of you step back."
"Yes." The maids and the old women retreated together.
Princess Qi turned her back to King Qi and remained silent.
King Qi stared at her from behind, his eyes full of disgust: "You are too selfish. You made me look so miserable today. Have you ever thought about how this will benefit Sister Yuan?"
Princess Qi turned around suddenly and sneered, "Sister Yuan has lost her mother, so is that good for her?"
Prince Qi was stunned. He did not expect that the Princess Qi, who he thought was gentle and obedient, could be so sharp.
"A mad mother and a prince father, who do you think is good for her?"
After hearing this, Princess Qi wanted to rush up and tear the evil face of Prince Qi apart.
Did this man think she was a fool and wanted to coax her to death?
But she suppressed her anger and asked calmly, "Where is Yuanjie? I want to see her."
The King of Qi sneered: "There is no need to see Sister Yuan, pack up and follow Eunuch Pan to the family temple."
"Family temple?"
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the Prince of Qi, and he said reluctantly: "My father heard about your situation and asked you to go to the family temple to recuperate."
It is precisely because of this that he is out of reach and is afraid that he can do nothing to this woman.
"My father wants me to go to the family temple?" Princess Qi stared at Prince Qi and asked.
Prince Qi was annoyed by the other party's staring eyes and said impatiently: "Eunuch Pan is still waiting outside, you should go earlier. Remember not to say things that you shouldn't say. If you don't think about yourself, think about Sister Yuan."
The Princess of Qi did not move and remained silent for a long time until the King of Qi spoke again to urge her.
Princess Qi seemed to have made up her mind and said, "I have one last request."
"You say." King Qi suppressed his annoyance and uttered a word.
Princess Qi said word by word, "I want to take Sister Yuan with me."
"What did you say?"
Princess Qi said calmly, "The family temple is lonely and cold. I cannot bear the pain of separation from my family. I want Sister Yuan to accompany me."