After listening, Taoist Kongxu looked at Su Li thoughtfully.
"What's wrong? What's the problem?"
"Tell the truth, Madam Pei, did you know from the beginning that this would happen to Prince Rui?"
Su Li admitted directly: "Yes."
“!”
"Didn't you know my abilities when we were in Taohua Village?"
Taoist Kongxu felt a chill down his spine when he recalled how Su Li had seen through his identity and background at a glance in Taohua Village.
But then I thought, there shouldn't be such a magical person in this world, right? Even if there is, they are hiding it, and they would never admit it directly like Madam Pei did.
He must have been overthinking it. Madam Pei was just smart and resourceful. As for knowing his identity and background, it might just be because she happened to know him.
So he simply turned back to the main topic: "Do you have any way to let me see Prince Chun?"
"I haven't figured out a solution yet. Let's see what happens first."
After all, the situation is unclear now. We don’t know whether Prince Rui is alive or dead. “Go back first and see what the situation is tomorrow, then think of a solution.”
After all, they are men, and the servants brought by the female relatives of each mansion cannot stay in this tent at night. They have a specific large tent with a dormitory, and they stay there at night.
"OK."
After Taoist Kongxu left, Su Li asked Xiaowu to go to Pei Mingyue's tent to tell her that she was back and that she didn't need to worry.
After dinner, she stayed for more than an hour and asked Xiaowu to go to Old Lady Li to ask whether Scholar Li had come out of the palace and whether there was any other news.
After a while, Xiao Wu came back and said, "Madam, my aunt said that Lord Li is still in the palace and hasn't come out. It's late at night, so she asked you to rest first. She will let you know the news tomorrow."
Su Li nodded: "Then take a rest. You two are tired today. Just make do with it and sleep on the chairs in the outer room tonight."
She never had the habit of having anyone keep watch at her bedside. In fact, unless there was a special situation, she didn't think it was necessary.
"yes."
After turning off the lights, Su Li lay on the bed and couldn't help thinking about what happened in the palace.
I don’t know whether Prince Rui can be saved, and I don’t know whether Concubine Xian and others can accuse Prince Ning of murdering his brothers.
As I thought about it, I thought of Pei Ji again.
In the original novel, Pei Ji had already completed his mission and was on his way back.
However, because he had previously dealt with Ji Jingxu's assassination attempt on him and investigated the evidence of Princess Rongfu's guilt, which had also taken up a lot of time, it seemed that the emperor's mission would be delayed for some time, and his return to Beijing would probably be later than in the original novel.
Thinking of this, I fell asleep unknowingly.
The next morning, the sun was high in the sky. It was autumn, so the weather was cool and comfortable.
When Su Li got up, Xiao Wu had just sent away Meng'er, the maid who served Old Madam Li.
"But Meng'er from my great-aunt's side has come?"
Xiao Wu replied, "Yes, Madam. Sister Meng'er asked me to let you know that I will go to Auntie's place later."
Thinking that what happened last night had come to an end, Su Li went to Mrs. Li after washing and dressing.
"Ali is here." Old Madam Li knew that she was concerned about what happened yesterday, so she didn't say anything else. She directly told her the results that Grand Secretary Li had told her last night.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui was saved, but he is also disabled..."
Su Li was puzzled: "Waste?"
Which one is crippled? Is it the legs, the body, or the vitals?
Although Ah Li was a younger generation, she was already married and had a son and a daughter. Therefore, Madam Li did not shy away from the question and said directly, "Prince Rui has damaged his foundation and will not be able to have children in the future."
Su Li nodded in understanding, remembering that King Rui had also bled a lot from his lower abdomen yesterday. It turned out that he was injured there.
This Prince Ning is really insidious.
In this way, even if Prince Rui did not die, he would lose the possibility of inheriting the throne. After all, in the Great Jin Dynasty, a disabled prince could never inherit the throne.
I just don't know if he simply lost his reproductive function or if he is simply incapable of sexual intercourse.
If it is the former, Prince Rui is already 27 or 28 years old this year and does have children.
If it's the latter, then what's the difference between him and a eunuch? This is a huge shame and humiliation. Prince Rui and Concubine Xian will definitely not let Prince Ning off easily.
In the original novel, after Concubine Xian learned that her son's death was caused by Prince Ning, she also took revenge on him like crazy.
Madam Li continued, "The first thing Prince Rui did when he woke up was to testify against Prince Ning. Prince Ning's crime of murdering his siblings has been proven. The Emperor was furious and demoted Prince Ning from a prince to a Ning Jun prince, fined him three years' salary, and confined him to his residence for six months. Last night, Prince Ning was sent back to the Ning Palace and confined there."
Su Li breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the King of Ning's guilt was confirmed.
As for the emperor's punishment of Prince Ning, it was within her expectations.
A prince, and the eldest son of the emperor, was demoted to a duke. For a prince, this was already an extremely severe punishment.
Emperor Jing had few children. When he was fifty or sixty years old, he only had five princes. Therefore, he attached great importance to each of the princes and had an unwritten rule for them. No matter how the princes fought with each other in the court, he would never tolerate any harm to each other's lives.
However, precisely because he had few offspring, Emperor Jing would not kill Prince Ning unless his crime was unforgivable.
As for Prince Ning, he must have wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible because she saved Prince Rui.
It has nothing to do with Princess Rongfu. She and Prince Ning can now be said to have officially become enemies.
But so what?
He was already right in front of her, so why should she retreat? And could she save her life by retreating?
Fortunately, Prince Ning is now under house arrest and can be quiet for a while. At least in the near future, he has to keep a low profile and not make the emperor unhappy.
At the same time, he might also have to deal with the wrath of Prince Rui and Consort Xian, leaving him no time to care about her. She also had time to plan how to deal with him...
"Also, since this has happened, the Emperor has announced that the autumn hunt will be ended early. Go back and pack up. We'll be heading back to the city after noon."
Once Chenshi is over, it is already past nine o'clock. Why are you in such a hurry?
Su Li asked, "Are you setting off with the Emperor?"
"Um."
I set off with the emperor, but I don’t know if Prince Chun will go back with him. If he does, there will be a chance for Taoist Kongxu to see him.
Su Li nodded: "Then I will go back to pack my things."
"Go ahead..."
Coming out of Madam Li's tent, Su Li instructed, "Xiao Wu, go pack your things, Xiao Ye, go notify Xiao Sanzi and the others..."
"yes."
The two of them responded and went to do their own things. Su Li thought that he had nothing to do, so he decided to go find Pei Mingyue.
As soon as I arrived at her tent, I saw Pei Mingyue coming out.
Seeing Su Li, she was a little surprised: "A Li, I was just about to look for you."
"But is there something wrong?"
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