Chapter 602: Reborn Girl vs. Book-Traveling Girl 23
As for Zheng Xingyao, he believed that women often become blind in love. Once she falls in love, it would not be difficult to get the treasure out if she really knew the whereabouts of the treasure with just a little trick.
However, the plan went awry right from the start.
Zheng Xingyao lost her innocence when she fell into the water, and Zheng Yuejin also lost her virginity to the second prince on the same day.
This sudden change made the prince furious. He couldn't help but speculate secretly:
"Could it be that the Queen Mother not only told me the news, but also told the Second Brother?"
But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that this possibility is unlikely. First of all, the Queen Mother was under house arrest at the time and could not contact anyone outside the palace.
Secondly, the second prince did not take any action in his previous life.
So what exactly is the reason that leads to the current situation?
It is said that after the current emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager competed with the emperor for power and was ultimately defeated.
Before her death, the empress dowager did not forget to set a trap for the emperor. She told the prince that there was a treasure in the Xuanping Marquis's mansion and arranged a marriage for him.
This is why the prince has been keeping a close eye on the Xuanping Marquis Mansion for many years.
Now that the second prince suddenly appears to disrupt the situation, the crown prince will naturally be suspicious.
Before the prince could come up with a response, the emperor sent someone to summon him.
The prince quickly composed himself and followed the visitor to the imperial study.
As soon as he entered the study, he saw the second prince was there.
The moment he saw the second prince, the prince could no longer suppress his anger.
But there is no need to suppress it. In this situation, if he does not show the appropriate anger, the emperor will definitely be more wary of him.
After the prince saluted respectfully, the emperor ignored the tense atmosphere between the two brothers and asked directly:
"You know what happened today. How do you plan to deal with it?"
Upon hearing this, the prince's angry expression instantly turned into aggrieved.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Father, what can I do, no matter what I want to do?"
The prince's face curled up with bitterness.
"Now, I, the Crown Prince, am afraid that I have become a laughing stock to the world.
The eldest daughter of the Zheng family is the fiancée chosen by my grandmother for me, and this is something everyone in the world knows.
My second brother acts like this. How can I, your son, stand in front of others in the future?
As a prince, if he can't even protect his fiancée, how can he do things in the future and how can he win the support of the people?
There are so many women in the world, why does my second brother have to fight for this one? How will the people of the world view me?"
The Crown Prince knew that the Second Prince had come to ask the Emperor for an imperial decree granting him a marriage.
Since Zheng Yuejin is already married to the Second Prince, she naturally cannot enter the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace again.
But how could the prince let them get their wish so easily? He wanted to make these two pay the price for this matter.
The emperor listened to the prince's crying without any extra expression on his face.
He knew that the prince actually did not have much romantic feelings for the girl from the Zheng family.
The reason was that this fiancée was chosen for him by the Empress Dowager, and he was afraid that his father, the Emperor, would be unhappy, so he never took the initiative to contact the Zheng family.
But the prince forgot that the empress dowager was under house arrest at the time, and nothing the empress dowager said or contacted the prince privately could escape the eyes and ears of the emperor.
He had already found the approximate location of the thing last year, which was in the area of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion Garden, but he just hadn't found it yet.
Only this son was still so foolish as to think that everything he did was done secretly, and he didn't even know that the matter had been discovered by Marquis Xuanping.
The emperor was too lazy to say anything more. He turned his gaze to the second prince and asked, "Second Prince, what do you want to say?"
The Second Prince replied sincerely, "Father, this is truly an accident.
The imperial aunt has informed you of what happened.
I was just taking a short nap. I didn't expect Miss Zheng to be drugged and taken to the wrong room. I was careless and didn't check it out...
My dear brother, I am really sorry. Although it was an unintentional mistake, I will accept any beating or punishment you want. It is all my fault.
But now that it has happened, the most important thing right now is how to cover it up and save the royal family's reputation."
The prince snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Second brother, you say it so lightly. You think you can let this go just by saying it was an unintentional mistake and that you'll be punished?
Now that everyone knows about this, how can you save the royal family's reputation with just a few words?"
The Second Prince said, "Brother Crown Prince, I know that words alone cannot dispel the hatred in your heart, but now that things have come to this, if we two brothers continue to fight among ourselves, wouldn't we be making a fool of ourselves for the rest of us?
The most urgent thing is that we should work together to come up with a proper solution."
The emperor frowned slightly, looking at the two brothers who were arguing with each other, and his heart was filled with displeasure.
Although what the Second Prince said sounded like he had nothing to do with it, when you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Things have already happened. As the crown prince, his top priority should be to solve the problem. If he can turn disadvantages into advantages, then he will show his true ability.
But he is clinging to something that cannot be undone. What can he get in return by doing so?
This is undoubtedly a taboo for the monarch who will rule the world in the future.
Although the emperor was quite dissatisfied with the way the prince handled the matter, he was also very dissatisfied with the second prince.
He had indeed said before that he would be willing to arrange a marriage for any woman the Second Prince liked.
But who could have expected that the second prince would be so bold as to have physical contact with the future Crown Princess before the marriage.
Although the Second Prince used the excuse that he didn't notice it at the time, this excuse could only fool a child.
The emperor knew clearly that the second son definitely knew who entered his room from the beginning.
However, the emperor is not only the ruler of a country, but also a father.
As long as he doesn't want to kill his brothers and the prince can't produce solid evidence, he can only try to smooth things over.
The final result was that the emperor granted marriage to both the crown prince and the second prince.
The crown prince married Zheng Xingyao, and the second prince married Zheng Yuejin.
It was announced to the public that the Queen Mother had originally arranged the marriage between the Crown Prince and Zheng Xingyao. This time, the Second Prince fell in love with Zheng Yuejin at first sight at the flower-viewing banquet, so the Emperor decided to marry them together.
Privately, the emperor also punished the second prince.
He was ordered to go to the south of the Yangtze River to control the flood one year after his marriage for a period of three years. If he failed to control the flood, he would never be allowed to return to Beijing.
The prince was quite satisfied with the punishment. In his opinion, being sent out of the capital was equivalent to being exiled.
In this way, there would be one less person in the capital who posed a threat to him.
But for the second prince, this was not really a punishment.
They have just gotten married, so there must not be any discord between the couple in the house at this time.
The Emperor and Concubine Yang must be anxious for him to have a child, so he can only get close to Zheng Yuejin.
Leaving the capital city was like letting the sky be high and the birds fly freely for him.
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