Even if the emperor wanted to cover up this incident, he couldn't.
On that day, many people knew about the incident of the Third Prince in Hongye Temple, and Hongye Temple was also discredited. Many people were unwilling to go to Hongye Temple to burn incense, which made them very worried.
If I didn't have any hair, I would have lost all my hair.
Compared with the third prince's affair with the brothel girl, the fact that this brothel girl had syphilis was even more shocking.
With the Third Prince in the front, Xu Zhirong's fooling around with a coachman in the woods seemed insignificant.
Xu Zhirong and her mother were kicked out of the Xu family.
When Yang returned to the Yang family, the Yang family found out and wanted to cause trouble for the Xu family. Fortunately, Xu Zhimo sent someone to tell them about Yang and Xu Zhirong, and the Yang family immediately lost their confidence.
Seeing the crying Yang, the Yang family was unwilling to take her in. They packed up the mother and daughter and sent them to a farm outside the city, hoping to out of sight and out of mind. They would then find an opportunity to marry her off far away to avoid embarrassment in the capital.
Only then did Yang realize that without the Xu family, she would have nowhere to stay if she returned to the Yang family, and she was overwhelmed with sadness.
Xu Zhirong could not accept this outcome. She hanged herself in the middle of the night but was discovered by her maid. After another round of torture, Yang slapped her hard several times and said, "As long as you are alive, you must never give up."
Xu Zhirong collapsed: "Mom, my daughter is ruined, just let her die."
"Don't you want revenge? Don't you want to see Xu Zhimo, who plotted against you, get the punishment she deserves?" Yang was unwilling to accept this. She had lived for decades, but was plotted against by a little girl and kicked out of the house.
She was not convinced.
Xu Zhirong was infected by Yang's unwillingness, bit her lip and decided not to die.
If she is not afraid of death, what else is she afraid of?
The third prince has been trembling with fear during this period. The imperial physician has examined him and given him some medicine. As for whether he has been infected with syphilis, the imperial physician is not sure, after all, the disease will not break out immediately.
You have to wait for a while.
Then we can prescribe the right medicine.
This period of time was torment for the third prince.
The former Concubine Shu, now Concubine Song, went to see the Third Prince specially after learning about him.
As soon as they met, he slapped the Third Prince in the face, and said with a rather disappointed look, "I told you to keep a low profile and be more restrained, why didn't you listen? Now you've caused so much trouble, how are you going to end it in the future?"
"Mother, save me!" The third prince was at a loss.
Concubine Song frowned and said, "If it were before, I could still speak in front of the emperor, but now I have long fallen out of favor. It is not easy for me to come to see you secretly. How can I save you?"
"Son, you can only wish for good fortune." Concubine Song has suffered a lot during this period. She no longer has the pampered appearance she had when she was a concubine. Not only has she become more haggard, but her hair has also turned a lot whiter.
The third prince then realized that his mother was really old.
The third prince narrowed his eyes and said, "Uncle, you can ask uncle for help."
Lady Song shook her head: "Your uncle is far away at the border. He is just a military commander. How can he help us?"
The Third Prince was ambitious: "What if my uncle supports us in seizing power and usurping the throne?"
Concubine Song's face changed, and her eyes widened in shock: "Are you crazy? Think about the fate of the Queen and the Prince, think about the Duke's Mansion, do you also want our family to be the same as the former Queen?"
Lady Song refused.
Nine times out of ten, a palace coup will fail.
"It's better to live than to be killed. Be patient. There may be a turning point. Don't do anything rash." Lady Song comforted.
The Third Prince lowered his eyes: "Mother, what if it's my illness?"
"Heal. The palace has the best imperial physicians. They will definitely cure you." Concubine Song already knew that the Third Prince had slept with a prostitute and was aware of the risk of contracting the disease. "Don't give up. We still have a chance."
The third prince nodded perfunctorily, and after watching Concubine Song leave, he threw a lot of things in frustration and rage. Finally, he collapsed and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, looking desperate.
How could he, a popular and powerful prince, end up like this?
Oh my God, you did this on purpose, didn't you?
The emperor knew about the meeting between the third prince and Concubine Song, but he didn't care what they talked about.
Anyway, the emperor understood the third prince's thoughts.
Want to kill the king.
Want to coup.
If he dared to contact General Song who was far away in the northwest, the Third Prince would have no need to stay.
The emperor is still young. If his unworthy descendants are gone, they are gone. He can give birth to new ones.
There's no need to ruin his kingdom for an ungrateful person.
Between the country and his son, the country is definitely more important.
Fu Qi has already investigated the affairs of the Third Prince. The Third Prince brought this upon himself and deserved to be plotted against.
The emperor just couldn't understand. The brothel girl had clearly left, and no one saw Xu Zhirong going down the mountain. How could the two of them seem to have been swapped?
There was an indescribable weirdness about it.
The emperor thought about his own ability to read minds, which he himself couldn't explain clearly.
Anyway, this matter was accomplished with the injury of the third prince.
Many people heard about the Xu family's affairs and thought that the Shen family would break off the engagement with the Xu family.
Who knew that on the second day of June, the Shen family's betrothal gift was delivered to the Xu family on time as agreed.
This also means that the marriage between the Shen and Xu families will continue.
In order to preserve this marriage, Mr. Xu responded to the inquiries of many people and said generously: "Yang did something wrong and was divorced by him. She has nothing to do with the Xu family now."
Everyone wanted to laugh at the Xu family, but who knew that Mr. Xu was so frank that they couldn't say anything and could only laugh.
The betrothal gifts were delivered to the Xu family. Xu Zhimo looked at the betrothal gift list and knew the Shen family's intentions. The Shen family did not despise her and gave her the greatest sincerity. When the betrothal gifts were taken out, it would definitely surprise many people.
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