Chapter 347: Dethroning the Crown Prince?

Xu Wan was shocked that he dared to say anything so she kicked him under the table and said through gritted teeth, "Eat your meal."

He is a chatterbox and meddlesome, even to the point of meddling in his father's affairs.

Zong Zhao asked, "What did you write on the lantern just now?" He could hear the two people talking, but it was obvious that Xu Wan fell silent after reading the boy's poem, so he didn't know the content.

The little devil immediately recited his newly written poem again in excitement. Zong Zhao finally managed to utter a few words, but was silenced again. He turned around and saw that Xu Wan had skillfully plugged her ears. It seemed that she had been tortured badly.

He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, but the smile was so shallow that it was almost unnoticeable.

Xu Wan looked up and saw him laughing. She also smiled and said to Zong Jincheng, "Look, your father is laughing at you too."

The little devil was immediately confused: "Where did Dad laugh? Why didn't I see it?"

Xu Wan complained: "Go find the palace doctor to check your eyes."

Zong Jincheng didn't believe it, stared at Zong Zhao and studied him hard, then blurted out, "Does this mean that all people with facial paralysis smile like this? It's not obvious, has Qin Ye also smiled like this?"

He always felt that he had seen Qin Ye show a similar expression during the last debate.

Xu Wan replied: "I don't know, why don't you observe it next time?"

Zong Jincheng snorted and said, "Who wants to observe him? He loves to laugh but doesn't. He will be defeated."

Zong Zhao blurted out, "Hasn't Qin Ye always been number one?"

"You know all this?" Xu Wan was surprised. Zong Zhao had never been to a key class and rarely asked about Jin Cheng's studies. She didn't expect that he even knew about Qin Ye.

The little devil immediately got furious: "I beat him! I beat him! He is not always number one! Dad, just wait and see, I will definitely step on him and crush him hard!!"

Zong Zhao glanced at him and said, "Don't you know that you are not good at writing poetry?" That's why you only dared to talk about the provincial examination and didn't mention the autumn examination.

The little devil immediately cried and wailed: "Dad, you are too good at grasping the key points. I am your son, can't you just give me some space..."

Zong Zhao nodded and encouraged, "Then work hard and try not to lose too badly in the autumn exam."

Little Devil: “!!!”

"What a shame!" Having been stepped on in a sore spot, Zong Jincheng immediately stood up and howled, "I won't eat anymore. I have to go back and write some poems! Damn Qin Ye, just wait for me to show off my skills!"

Seeing that Zong Zhao was eating calmly after the kid was angry and left, Xu Wan was very suspicious that he was taking revenge on the little devil for his nonsense, but she had no evidence.

In the afternoon, Zong Zhao went to the East Palace to see the prince as promised, and brought Xu Wan with him. He went in alone again, leaving Xu Wan to accompany the Crown Princess.

Unlike her usual calmness, Xu Wanming could clearly sense that the Crown Princess was worried, with a look of sadness between her brows. She kindly asked, "Have you been worried about anything lately? Is the little princess okay?"

The Crown Princess replied, "The little princess has a wet nurse to take care of her, so there is nothing to worry about. But His Highness has been in a coma for almost three months. Zong Zhao clearly said that he would wake up after a while..."

She originally believed in Zong Zhao, and was willing to wait for His Highness no matter how long it took. But a few days ago, rumors spread in the palace that His Highness would take eight or ten years to wake up, or would never wake up in his lifetime. She suddenly panicked, and she was afraid that Zong Zhao's words were just to comfort her and deceive her.

Xu Wan didn't know what was going on, but based on her understanding of Zong Zhao, he was a very reliable person, and if he said he would wake up after a while, it shouldn't be too far off.

So she also comforted the Crown Princess: "Your Majesty, don't think too much. The more you think about many things, the more anxious you become. In fact, it's not that serious. Your Highness is a lucky person, and he will wake up soon."

Inside the room, after Zong Zhao gave the prince acupuncture, he did not get up and leave immediately, but sat quietly beside the bed for a while, thinking about the days when they practiced martial arts and hunted together when they were young. The young man who was carefree and bright back then has now been bedridden for more than ten years.

Zong Zhao clenched his fingers, then slowly loosened them. He said softly, "Your Highness, wait a moment."

In the outer hall, as soon as Zong Zhao came out, the Crown Princess hurried over to ask, "What's going on? Is your Highness feeling better?"

Zong Zhao replied, "It has improved. Thank you Madam for your careful care."

The Crown Princess bit her lip and trembled as she asked, "Zong Zhao, how much better do you mean by better? Does it really take ten or eight years for him to wake up?"

Zong Zhao asked, "Have you heard the rumors in the palace?"

The Crown Princess said with red eyes: "It's not just the rumors in the palace, which civil and military officials don't know about it? Luo Jingfeng seized this to incite the court officials and advised the emperor to depose the crown prince, saying that the crown prince of the court must not be someone who will never wake up in his lifetime. Why did Luo Jingfeng say that? Was it really him who poisoned you? Why are you walking with Luo Jingfeng?"

The Crown Princess was panicking. The turmoil in the court made her overturn her original suspicions. She wondered if it was really Luo Jingfeng who did it, and that the prince, whom Zong Zhao had originally promised would wake up soon, had become a distant memory because of Luo Jingfeng.

She couldn't believe that Zong Zhao would give up saving His Highness, nor could she believe that His Highness would really not wake up, so she wanted to find out clearly which side Zong Zhao was on.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely low. Xu Wan could understand the Crown Princess's feelings. With the turmoil in the court and the pressure from Luo Jingfeng, the pressure in the East Palace was extremely high and it was no longer something that the Duke of Wei's Mansion could withstand.

"Your Highness," Zong Zhao said with his back to her, "I've said before that you only need to focus on taking care of His Highness. Leave matters outside the Eastern Palace to me."

There is another sentence at the end: I will give justice to Your Highness.

Zong Zhao and Xu Wan left the East Palace. The Crown Princess squatted on the ground weakly, sobbing silently.

She remembered very clearly that when the East Palace was in the most desperate moment, it was Zong Zhao who rushed back day and night and gave her and His Highness hope. If Zong Zhao was really Luo Jingfeng's man, he would not have needed to do such a thing.

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As soon as Xu Wan arrived at the courtyard, she asked hesitantly, "If the Crown Princess knew about Jin Cheng, would she be less sad? Or, should you tell her that it won't take ten or eight years?"

Zong Zhao whispered, "The Crown Princess is smart. She will figure it out quickly if I just tell her these things. Besides, it's not good for her to know too much. This is not what Your Highness wants."

Xu Wan nodded and commented, "Luo Jingfeng is really something. Why does he always find trouble for the Crown Prince when he gets the chance? And the Eastern Palace is powerless to fight back now."

Zong Zhao whispered, "Because the position of crown prince cannot be occupied by someone else, your highness's presence is blocking the Luo family's path."

Xu Wan said dissatisfiedly: "Jincheng likes His Highness very much and always shouts that he wants to be a second-rank official in the future so that he can share His Highness' worries and solve problems. As a result, Luo Jingfeng tried hard to pull His Highness down, which was contrary to Jincheng's idea. Even so, he still wanted to reconcile with Jincheng. Jincheng didn't fight with him when they met, which was considered a good temper."