Chapter 433: One Wrong Step
"It's so late, and you haven't slept yet." Nan Jiao's mouth twitched slightly. It was already midnight.
"How can we sleep without seeing you?" Bai Qin said with a smile. They did not bring anyone with them on this trip.
"Princess, it's great that you're back." Ruyi said with red eyes.
"I knew you would come back safely." Fat Chen had a simple smile on his face. He wondered if the four old men had received his letter.
When he left the Island of Sin last time, they gave him a carrier pigeon and told him to send a message to them via the pigeon if he had any problems.
Nan Jiao smiled at them and said, "It's getting late, you all should go back and rest."
"Princess, let me help the young prince and the young princess take a bath." Ruyi said. They must have been busy all day and it was time for them to wash up and rest.
"Okay." Nan Jiao didn't refuse.
Yoyo Baoer had already dozed off on the way, so it would probably be faster to let Ruyi take care of them.
Bai Qin helped Ruyi.
Fatty Chen returned to his room.
Zhan Beiheng took Nan Jiao to his yard. After taking a bath, they lay down together in each other's arms. "Let's sleep."
After arriving in the capital.
They went to the palace and were busy with various things since then. She must have been very tired by now.
Nan Jiao snuggled in his arms, "Good night."
"What does this mean?" Zhan Beiheng asked. It was the first time he heard these two special words.
"Say goodbye before going to bed. I learned it from a book." Nan Jiao said with a smile.
Zhan Beiheng lowered his head and kissed her forehead gently, "Good night."
Nan Jiao hugged him tightly. She was really a little sleepy at the moment. She had not had a good sleep since leaving Xian'an City. She just wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible.
It seemed that only by returning here could she feel at ease.
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Prince Rui's Palace.
"What did you say? My mother committed suicide by burning herself." After hearing what Qin Fu said, Zhan Qingheng's eyes widened bigger than copper bells, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
After returning to Prince Rui’s Palace in the afternoon.
The entire palace was under surveillance, and he stayed in the study the entire time, without making any noise or disturbance, quietly and peacefully.
He couldn't figure it out.
How come he suddenly fell from heaven to hell even though he didn't do anything?
"Second Prince, please accept my condolences." Qin Fu said calmly. He came here on the emperor's orders to tell him, so he should know after all.
Zhan Qingheng was stunned, then his face was filled with sorrow, "No, no, no, I don't believe my mother would set herself on fire, someone must have killed her."
When he finished speaking, he screamed in pain and couldn't accept it at all.
Just one day.
He suffered a double blow: his beloved mother passed away.
No, she would never set herself on fire.
She loved him the most, so how could she burn herself to death before he left the capital?
She should be waiting for him to visit her in the cold palace.
"The Linlin Army searched the place, and Princess Jin also checked the charred body. It was indeed she who burned herself," Qin Fu said seriously.
Zhan Qingheng's face was filled with despair. He was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. Then he burst into tears, holding his head.
Why did it turn out like this?
The mother is the queen.
He is King Rui.
Now the queen mother is dead.
He is no longer the Prince of Rui, and perhaps his father will soon confiscate his property and exile everyone in the palace to the border.
The Queen Mother made a mistake and she has been punished.
Why did he demote him to a commoner and banish him to the frontier? Did he really care about his son?
Zhan Qingheng felt not only heartbroken but also hateful.
Since he was a child, his father only had those two brothers in his eyes. The other princes were unwilling to compete, but he still wanted to compete, but in the end he got nothing.
And ended up in disgrace.
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Youth House.
"Princess, are you asleep?" Banxia asked in a low voice standing at the door.
Jiang Zhiyan didn't turn on the lights in the room. She sat in the dark thinking about her way out. Her father had said that exile would be a matter of time, but she didn't know when.
So she had to be prepared.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Zhiyan's voice was cold.
"Someone came to the palace just now, and I heard that the empress committed suicide by burning herself to death." Banxia reported in a low voice, she was anxious.
After the prince and princess returned in the afternoon, guards surrounded the palace and did not allow anyone to go out.
I don’t know what happened.
Just now she happened to go to the front yard and saw the eunuch beside the emperor coming. After he left, she went to the prince's yard and asked around, only to find out that the queen was gone.
Jiang Zhiyan stood up suddenly and walked towards the door in the dark without opening it: "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
Banxia said seriously: "I am sure."
She asked the guards around the prince, so it must be true.
Jiang Zhiyan was stunned at first, then she couldn't help laughing silently. She hated the queen because she was so good to her when she first took a fancy to her.
After learning that she was not the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion, he changed his expression without concealing it, and warned and threatened her in subtle ways.
She is dead.
She was actually dead.
What a happy occasion.
She deserved to die!
If her conspiracy to rebel had not been exposed, how could the Rui Palace be implicated and she be exiled as well?
"Princess, do you want to go see the prince?" Seeing that she had been silent, Banxia could not help but ask.
Crunch——
The door of the room opened.
Jiang Zhiyan was wearing a white, simple and elegant dress, with no makeup on her face. She strode towards the main courtyard. Although her father had said to depose Zhan Qingheng, she still had to do her part.
What if the emperor doesn't raid Prince Rui's palace and doesn't exile them?
Just arrived at the door of the room in the main courtyard.
Jiang Zhiyan heard Zhan Qingheng crying, and she heard sadness, pain, unwillingness, hatred, and helplessness.
There was a sneer on her lips.
How did she fall in love with this man in the first place? She was really blind.
After fighting with Jiang Nanjiao and Bei Heng for such a long time, he didn't gain any advantage and now he was defeated miserably.
If she had fallen in love with Zhan Beiheng at the beginning.
The night of the royal banquet.
If she was caught in bed with him, she would definitely be the Princess of Jin today.
Jiang Zhiyan was filled with regret. One wrong step led to another.
Sudden.
There were footsteps at the gate of the yard, and Xianglian walked in, supporting Pang Jingyi, who was pregnant.
Pang Jingyi looked a little anxious.
She had just learned about the queen's self-immolation, so she was no longer sleepy. She immediately got up and went to the main courtyard to comfort the prince.
Jiang Zhiyan walked towards her with a malicious sneer on her face, "Sister, why are you here?"
"I heard that my mother passed away, so I came to see you, Prince." Pang Jingyi looked towards the closed door with a worried look, touching her belly with both hands.
She could feel the baby moving.
Maybe she walked too fast just now.
Jiang Zhiyan glanced at her big belly and smiled mockingly, "Do you know about your mother's rebellion?"
Pang Jingyi's eyes widened and his face turned pale.
The Queen Mother is plotting rebellion!
Jiang Zhiyan was very satisfied with her reaction: "My mother is plotting a rebellion, my father has deposed her, the Rui Palace will be confiscated soon, and everyone in the palace will be exiled to the border."
She thought that as long as she was pregnant with the prince's child, she would never have to worry about food and clothing.
You definitely didn't expect the result to be like this.
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