Chapter 458 The Little Emperor's Birthday
At that time, the important officials in the court were extremely opposed, and even jointly wrote a letter to ask Yue Heng to withdraw his order and select a noble lady as the successor.
However, Yue Heng did not care about this overwhelming opposition. He said that Zhu Ling came from the people, was an orphan, and had no family power. This was actually a suitable candidate for the empress, because there was no need to worry about the family power threatening the imperial power.
Yue Heng has always been domineering and dictatorial. With his insistence, the officials dared not say anything.
In the end, Zhu Ling sat on the throne of the empress.
The year Zhu Ling became the empress, Yue Haoyun was fifteen years old.
The crown prince at that time, Yue Haoqun, ranked second, was born to the previous empress and was fourteen years old.
Yue Haoyun clearly remembered that his younger brother, the crown prince, was a smart, diligent young man, and was recognized as a good crown prince by Great Viet. Yue Haoyun clearly remembered that at that time
, although he was very dissatisfied with Zhu Ling becoming the successor, he felt relieved when he thought that the new emperor in the future would be his second brother.
Yue Heng was in good health, a sign of longevity, and the crown prince Yue Haoqun was outstanding.
After a hundred years of Yue Heng, Yue Haoqun would have already experienced and become a mature crown prince. If he succeeded to the throne, the Great Viet would be stable. By then, Zhu Ling, who was like a vase, would be the empress dowager, and she would not be able to make any waves.
At that time, it was not only Yue Haoyun who thought so, but most of the ministers in the court also thought so.
However, as Zhu Ling sat on the throne for a long time and her son grew up, Yue Heng's attitude towards the prince changed.
Yue Heng became more and more distant from the prince, and became more and more fond of Zhu Ling's youngest son.
When Zhu Ling's son was 9 years old, the prince fell into the water and died.
Later, Yue Heng made Zhu Ling's son the new prince.
In the second year after the third prince was made the prince, the palace suddenly heard that Yue Heng had a stroke.
Heavy memories struck Yue Haoyun's heart, and he felt a pain in his heart, as if it was grasped by a big hand, and he felt suffocated.
Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, the second prince comforted him gently, "Don't blame yourself. It was Zhu Ling and Han Lie who did the evil. They were too cautious and deceived you."
"Now that you know the truth, take back the throne that originally belonged to you!"
"Zhu Ling is greedy and ignorant, and likes to abuse power. Han Lie is helping the tyrant, and your brother, the emperor, is too young to take charge. If Dai Viet is in their hands, it will probably be finished in a few years. For the future of Dai Viet, for the country that your Yue ancestors risked their lives to build, you must cheer up!"
Yue Haoyun looked deep in his eyes, staring at the front, and said firmly: "I will get to the bottom of what happened back then!"
The second prince and Yue Haoyun discussed again about what to do next. When the sky was clear, Yue Haoyun and Xifeng climbed over the wall and left, carrying the medical records.
The second prince had been up all night, but now he was not sleepy at all. He simply took a piece of letter paper, dipped a small brush in medicine, and wrote a letter to Emperor Mingxi and the empress.
Since arriving in Da Yue, apart from a few letters reporting safety, this can be regarded as the first letter with real content.
It's not that there is nothing to tell Emperor Minh Xi, but mainly because he is worried that the letter will be intercepted by Zhu Ling's people.
The second prince wrote quite seriously. He wrote down everything he had found out since the future of Dai Viet, including that they accidentally found their long-lost aunt, Yue Haoyun's fake death, and Han Lie was the one who came up with the poisonous plan to kill Xia Zhengjie and Xia Zhengze, and Zhu Ling and Han Lie plotted to murder the former emperor of Dai Viet and usurp the throne.
He wrote it bit by bit with a special potion.
After writing and drying, there was no trace on the paper, and it needed to be wiped with another potion for the handwriting to appear.
By the time he finished writing the letter, it was already bright.
The second prince waited for the potion to dry, then turned the paper over and wrote some greetings and reports on the mission in ordinary ink.
These were specially prepared for those who intercepted the letters.
When the letter was almost finished, Han Qingbo's voice came in, "Second Prince, are you awake?"
"Come in!" the second prince called.
"Second Prince, someone just came from the palace." Han Qingbo said as he pushed the door open and walked in.
"Someone from the palace informed us that in ten days, it will be the fifteenth birthday of the young emperor of Dai Viet. It will be celebrated in the palace, and Queen Mother Zhu and the young emperor have invited our delegation to attend."
The second prince had finished writing the letter and spread the letter paper on the table to dry. He looked up and said, "It's their emperor's birthday, and we as envoys should go to celebrate. I remember that in Dai Viet, the fifteenth birthday is still a big day."
Han Qingbo smiled and said, "Yes, Dai Viet has such a custom. Your Highness, we have to discuss what gift to send."
The second prince put away the pen, ink and potion, stood up, and stretched hard.
"Brother Han, we will be busy these days. Not only do we have to prepare gifts, but we also have to discuss the matter of attending the palace banquet."
Han Qingbo was a little puzzled when he heard the second prince say this.
The second prince simply told Han Qingbo what happened last night.
Han Qingbo immediately showed a look of understanding, "I know, Your Highness, you want to take the opportunity of entering the palace to help the prince find some clues, right?" The
second prince smiled brightly, "That's exactly what I mean."
"The little emperor's birthday comes at a really good time. I'm really sleepy, someone sent me a pillow!"
In the next few days, the second prince and his entourage prepared birthday gifts for the little emperor, and found an opportunity to meet with Yue Haoyun twice to discuss the matter of attending the palace banquet.
Finally, everyone decided to take the risk and bring Yue Haoyun into the palace to investigate clues.
Ten days passed in a flash.
On the day of the palace banquet, Sang Qi personally disguised Yue Haoyun, changed him into servant's clothes, and pretended to be an attendant of the diplomatic corps.
Xia Miaoyuan didn't know that Yue Haoyun and his team had investigated that Zhu Ling and Han Lie were plotting to murder the late emperor. Seeing that Sang Qi had changed Yue Haoyun's appearance and wanted to go to the palace with them for the banquet, he was very excited.
[Ahhh! It's so exciting just to think about it! Yue Haoyun, who faked his death, disguised himself and went to the palace to attend the palace banquet, and no one knew about it.]
"Uncle Yue, you look completely different now. I can't even recognize you!" Xia Miaoyuan stood beside Yue Haoyun, looking at the unfamiliar face in the mirror and said.
"So now you are an attendant of the Great Xia delegation, what do you want to be called?"
The second prince joked: "Miao'er has many ideas, you come up with a name for the prince."