Chapter 233: The Fate of a Wife
Half a month ago, Concubine Ning's elder sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law came to the palace to visit her. When the three of them were chatting, they talked about the prince's illness.
My sister-in-law then mentioned an interesting story she had recently heard, which said that the prince's illness was most likely caused by praying for rain and shortening his lifespan.
The speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may take it seriously.
After hearing this, Concubine Ning had an idea. She felt that if this matter could be handled properly, it might be able to lower the prince's reputation among the people.
To put it another way, even if it doesn't lower the prince's reputation, at least it can give him some trouble.
Anyway, it's just spreading a few rumors and it doesn't cost anything.
So Concubine Ning called her son and asked Luo Xinran to do the job.
Luo Xinran had always been resentful of the crown prince, so when he received his mother's order, he did it without much hesitation.
Luo Xinran approached several brothers one after another, trying to spread the rumor through them, but in the end only the eldest prince Luo Yechen was fooled, while the other princes remain safe and sound until now.
Everything went as Luo Xinran wished. The rumor was spread and became more and more widespread, with a better effect than expected.
The result is that success and failure are both due to Xiao He.
Luo Yechen was quickly caught and then sold out.
Luo Xinran was afraid of implicating his mother, so he insisted that everything was done by him alone and had nothing to do with anyone else.
Fortunately, the emperor had no intention of punishing him severely. He just asked him to reflect on his mistakes at home for a month.
After Concubine Ning left Tairen Palace, she immediately sent someone to send a letter back to her parents' home, reminding them to keep their mouths shut.
When the other princes learned about this, they all found it funny.
A person with a mischievous personality like the Fifth Prince Luo Yanzhi actually went to find Luo Xinran and laughed at him for being so desperate as to find his eldest brother to partner in doing such a thing?
"You know my eldest brother. He is a simple-minded guy with strong limbs. You might as well expect a sow to climb a tree if you expect him to keep his mouth shut!"
Luo Xinran said coldly: "Even a boar can't climb a tree."
Luo Yanzhi: “…”
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The emperor ordered people to post notices in Shengjing City, prohibiting the people from discussing the prince's illness. Anyone found talking nonsense would be beaten with twenty sticks on the spot!
In this way, the rumors about the prince were quickly reduced to a minimum.
But this approach can only treat the symptoms and not the root cause.
People don't say it openly, but they still talk about it behind closed doors.
In addition to the common people, the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the princes from all over the country, were also paying close attention to this matter.
They were all secretly trying to find out the real reason why the prince had been ill for so long.
If it is really discovered that the prince was murdered, there will definitely be a huge uproar in the court.
In order to dispel the rumors, Queen Qin specially ordered someone to call the head of the Imperial Observatory and asked him to calculate the horoscopes for the prince and Qin Shiniang.
What Queen Qin didn't expect was that the final result of the calculation turned out to be a conflict between the eight characters!
Not only Qin Shiniang, Jing Sanniang and Duan Wuniang's horoscopes are not compatible with the prince.
Now even the emperor was a little shaken.
Could it be true, as rumored, that the prince suddenly fainted at the banquet because his horoscopes were incompatible with those three girls?
Queen Qin refused to believe it, so she asked someone to invite Taoist Tianyi from Sanqing Temple to the palace to calculate her horoscope.
Sanqing Temple is a Taoist temple built by the royal family. Taoist Tianyi, as the abbot of Sanqing Temple, has a high reputation in the aristocratic circles in Shengjing City. If he can calculate the horoscope for the prince, it will definitely be accurate!
The final result he calculated was even worse.
Not only is the prince incompatible with Qin Shiniang, Jing Sanniang, and Duan Wuniang, but he is also destined to be a wife-killer!
(End of this chapter)
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