Chapter 302 Refusal
Having witnessed firsthand the influence of the True Man Miaoqing on Emperor Jingping, Xue Quan concluded that the Crown Prince was doomed.
"I'll send a matchmaker to the Yongqing Marquis's residence to propose marriage. You and Qiuheng should get married as soon as possible and then leave the capital. I've thought it through carefully. If something happens to the Crown Prince, and the person supported by Miaoqing Zhenren comes to power, the issue of the elixir will definitely be covered up. At most, that will just shut me up and prevent me from pursuing the matter against you two who have left the capital. That would easily escalate, which is not what they want."
"Father, please do not mention sending your son out of the capital again. The Crown Prince has been taught by the heir apparent since childhood to be steady and kind. If anything happens to him, whether it is a young prince who succeeds to the throne or someone else with malicious intentions, Great Xia will surely fall into chaos."
"Let it be chaotic, it'll pass after a while, don't worry about it so much."
“Father, I will stay with you until the storm is over.”
"You stubborn fool!" Xue Quan poked Xue Han's forehead with a finger, rolling his eyes in anger. "The Xue family line is dying out, and it's all your fault!"
Xue Han's lips twitched slightly. After persuading Xue Quan to leave, he met with Qiu Heng.
After hearing what happened in the Eastern Palace, Qiu Heng's disgust for Emperor Jingping deepened.
"The Crown Prince's choice to replace the puppets with clay dogs was a clever move, as it avoided the calamity of witchcraft and also stirred up the old affection between husband and wife and father and son with the tyrannical emperor. However, with a few words from the immortal Miaoqing, the tyrannical emperor sent people to the Eastern Palace to punish the Crown Prince. This shows that the tyrannical emperor has lost most of his humanity under the temptation of immortality."
The situation is more severe than expected.
Xue Han was both amused and exasperated to hear Qiu Heng repeatedly refer to the emperor as a tyrant: "Aheng, it would be better to call him the current emperor."
"A tyrannical ruler, a tyrannical ruler, a tyrannical ruler."
If Qiu Heng previously had a trace of awe for the emperor that was ingrained in the bones of the people of Great Xia, this awe was not for Emperor Jingping, but rather a feeling that had been attached to imperial power for thousands of years. However, after hearing about the Crown Prince's plight, it all vanished.
She saved the crown prince, and he was the key to her success or failure. Whoever tried to kill the crown prince, she would kill them.
Even Emperor Jingping.
"Xue Han, I want to see Eunuch Xue."
"when?"
"Today, the sooner the better."
"good."
Xue Quan was surprised when Xue Han told him that Qiu Heng wanted to see him: "Why does Qiu Heng suddenly want to see me? Did you tell her that I'm willing to let a matchmaker propose marriage?"
Hehe, I knew that girl was anxious.
If it weren't for the circumstances, he wouldn't have let Han'er marry someone like her.
Xue Han was speechless: "You're overthinking it."
Upon seeing Qiu Heng, Xue Quan coughed lightly: "I wonder what business Princess Suiyun has with me?"
"I heard that His Majesty spends all his time in the Hall of Longevity with the Immortal Miaoqing."
Xue Quan suddenly looked at Xue Han.
Xue Han honestly confessed: "Aheng knows everything."
"Everyone knows what that means?" Xue Quan exclaimed in shock.
"She knows everything I know. It was Ah Heng who reminded me that there was a problem with the elixir."
Xue Quan's mind was buzzing, and he stiffly turned his neck to look at Qiu Heng.
The smiling girl had gentle eyes and looked extremely harmless.
"How do you know there's something wrong with the elixir?" Xue Quan bit his tongue to regain his composure and squeezed out a question.
"I can't say, Eunuch Xue, just consider it as me having a special ability."
"Special abilities..." Xue Quan's eyes narrowed, and the doubts he had harbored for so long finally came to him. "Han Wu, the former commander of the front palace—"
Qiu Heng nodded: "I killed him."
"Yuan Chenghai—"
"I killed him too."
"Fang Xiang—"
Qiu Heng glanced at Xue Han and said indifferently, "Don't we all know why the Fang family fell from grace?"
In utter shock, Xue Quan seemed to be frozen in place, remaining unresponsive for a long time.
He really didn't know how to react, and he didn't even dare to move.
"Father, have some tea." Xue Han handed over a cup of warm tea, somewhat surprised that his adoptive father had suddenly endured so much.
Ah Heng didn't tell him that she would tell her adoptive father these things.
Xue Quan, feeling dizzy, took the tea and drank several large mouthfuls.
The tea was bitter, with a slight aftertaste that cleared his swollen mind.
He stared intently at the calm-looking girl, feeling as if it were all unreal.
"Eunuch Xue, does His Majesty spend most of his time in the Hall of Longevity?" Qiu Heng asked again.
Xue Quan nodded absentmindedly.
"And what about Eunuch Xue? Is he by the Emperor's side?"
Xue Quan nodded again, then suddenly became wary: "Why are you asking these questions?"
The girl, with a calm expression, lowered her eyes, took out a brocade pouch from her purse, and pushed it in front of Xue Quan.
"There are a few incense pills in here. If Eunuch Xue finds an opportunity to put them into the incense burner in the Hall of Longevity, the Crown Prince's predicament will be resolved."
Xue Quan's eyes narrowed: "What is the purpose of these incense pills?"
The girl looked up and met Xue Quan's eyes, which were filled with undisguised fear. She gave him a knowing look and said, "Isn't His Majesty taking a potent drug that's draining his body? Inhaling the fragrance of this burning pill can stimulate the circulation of his blood. Combined with the potent drug, he'll die very soon."
"Hiss—" Xue Quan jumped up in surprise, pointing at Qiu Heng, "You, what are you saying!"
Qiu Heng frowned slightly: "Eunuch Xue, please lower your voice. Be careful not to let others hear you if you speak too loudly."
Xue Quan's face turned deathly pale. The bright and beautiful young girl before him seemed like a vengeful ghost, making him tremble all over: "You just said—"
Qiu Heng pointed at the brocade pouch with her finger, her tone calm: "I'm saying that given the current state of the Emperor, with the help of this incense pill, he will die very soon. Once the Emperor dies, Master Miaoqing will no longer be able to cause any trouble."
"You want to commit regicide?" Xue Quan's teeth chattered as he confirmed that he hadn't misunderstood.
How could there be such a terrifying person who speaks of regicide so lightly!
Seeing Xue Quan's reaction, Qiu Heng realized that getting him to take action was out of the question, and tried to persuade him again: "His Majesty's health is already failing, and now he's started taking potent drugs; it's just a matter of whether he dies sooner or later—"
"Shut up!" Xue Quan was both afraid and furious. "This is regicide, which will send you to the eighteenth level of hell. Do you think this is just killing someone randomly?"
Qiu Heng's eyes turned cold: "In my eyes, the life of such a foolish ruler as the current emperor is no more noble than that of any other person."
If it weren't for the fear that the emperor's violent death in front of everyone would cause unrest, and the wishful thinking that the incompetent emperor would die by taking medicine as originally planned, and that it could be said to be a death from illness, then the arrow shot on the Lantern Festival would not have been aimed at Consort Yu.
She was too greedy. This road is already difficult and fraught with danger; there are no perfect solutions.
Xue Quan was shocked by Qiu Heng's cold gaze and shook his head repeatedly.
He never imagined such outrageous remarks; this girl is truly insane...
"Eunuch Xue—"
Xue Quan suddenly raised his hand: "Stop talking, I could never do that!"
"Father--"
"Shut up!" Xue Quan glared at Xue Han, then stood up, his steps unsteady, and left.
The door closed, and Qiu Heng silently put the brocade bag away.
(End of this chapter)
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