Chapter 23 Object of Suspicion
As soon as Luo Qinghan walked into the council hall, the emperor asked him about the poisoned wine last night.
"Do you think the boss poisoned you?"
The eldest prince Luo Yechen couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Father, I didn't poison you. I am innocent!"
The emperor shouted, "Shut up!"
Luo Yechen shrank his shoulders after being scolded and shut his mouth angrily.
The emperor stared at Luo Qinghan and asked again.
"Prince, I want to hear your thoughts. Do you really think that the boss did this?"
Luo Qinghan: "Big brother is not a vicious person. Even if there is a conflict between us brothers, he would not poison me. I guess someone must have used big brother's hand to poison me. If the plan succeeds, both me and big brother will be finished. This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone."
After he said this, the emperor's expression obviously relaxed a little.
The emperor looked at Luo Yechen and asked in a deep voice: "Did you hear what the prince said?"
Luo Yechen lowered his head: "I heard it."
"You just now shouted that the prince deliberately wronged you."
Luo Yechen knelt down and said, "I am narrow-minded. I accept the punishment."
The emperor's eyes swept over the ten princes present one by one, and he spoke word by word.
"I know that you are unhappy about the Third Brother being appointed as the Crown Prince, but you must remember that you are brothers and you have the same blood flowing in your bodies! I will never allow fratricide to occur in our family. Do you understand?"
The princes were startled and knelt down in unison.
"Your son will follow your father's instructions!"
The emperor relaxed his expression and signaled that the princes could leave, except for the crown prince Luo Qinghan who was left behind.
The emperor looked at Luo Qinghan in front of him and hesitated before speaking.
"Prince, last time you were assassinated during a hunting trip, and this time someone poisoned your wine. What are your thoughts?"
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "I have already asked people to investigate these two matters. I believe the truth will soon be revealed."
"Do you have anyone you suspect?"
"Not yet."
"Have you ever doubted your brothers?"
"No."
The emperor nodded and said, "That's good. Although you are the crown prince, you are also my son. I don't want the future crown prince of the Great Sheng Dynasty to be a cold-blooded person who even doubts his own brothers."
Luo Qinghan lowered his eyes and replied, "I understand. There must be a traitor who wants to sow discord between us brothers. I will not be fooled. Please rest assured, father."
"You can understand this, which means my trust in you is not in vain."
…
It was already noon when Luo Qinghan came out of the meeting hall.
He stood on the steps, looking at the towering palaces stretching out in front of him.
The emperor hopes that the brothers can love each other.
But living in this palace, facing the temptation of power, how many people can truly stick to the bottom line?
Eunuch Chang asked cautiously, "Your Highness, are you going back to the East Palace now?"
"Go to the Pepper Room."
The Pepper Room was the Queen's residence. She had just finished lunch and was preparing to take a nap.
Luo Qinghan stepped forward and saluted: "Your son greets the Queen Mother."
Queen Qin always looked cold and dignified. Even though this was the Pepper Palace and even though she was facing the child she had raised, she still sat upright without a single flaw on her body.
"I heard that you were poisoned last night."
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, I did not drink the poisoned wine and I am fine."
"That's not what I want to ask. I just want to know how you plan to deal with this matter?"
(End of this chapter)
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