Good heavens! How did he manage to bring out such a hot potato?!
Do you think it's so easy to take those bandits' things?!
Zhao Yi was almost in tears when a young eunuch happened to pass by. He instinctively shoved the silver ingot into the eunuch's hand like a tossing piece of burning coal.
The young eunuch was overjoyed: "Eunuch Zhao, why are you being so generous today? Is it because the Imperial Concubine is pleased and is bestowing a great reward?"
"Do one good deed every day!" Zhao Yi turned and left.
After taking a couple of steps, I suddenly thought:
The bandit only saw him take the silver, but didn't know he had given it to someone else. Wouldn't he cause trouble for him later?
So Zhao Yi went back and snatched back the silver ingots that the little eunuch was happily putting away. Under the little eunuch's astonished and confused gaze, he said fiercely, "You've done your good deed, now pay your protection fee!"
Having said that, he pocketed the silver and walked away with the speed of the wind.
The dumbfounded eunuch was left standing there, bewildered and disoriented.
Cixi Palace.
The Empress Dowager invited Emperor Shang Xiche to the palace again.
These days, the emperor's headaches have become more and more frequent, and even though the empress massages him to relieve the pain, it's only a temporary solution.
Just thinking about how the Ninth Prince's power is now at its zenith; and how he and the Empress Dowager personally sent the divine physician Ji Fengyao to the Ninth Prince's side;
She not only healed the Ninth Prince's serious injuries, but also became a powerful ally to him, which made him extremely anxious and restless.
In just a few days, he also lost weight.
Seeing that the emperor looked unwell, the Empress Dowager said, "Worrying is useless. Your Majesty should take good care of your health."
"If I take care of my health, will the Ninth Prince return the military power to me?" Shang Xiche said with resentment, "Moreover, he has a divine physician by his side, which means that from now on, the Ninth Prince will not only be immune to all poisons, but will also live a long and peaceful life!"
That resentful gaze was clearly accusing:
You saw those bandits with your own eyes, Mother Empress, and you even stayed in their den for quite some time. Are you blind to have mistaken the divine physician for a joke and personally handed him over to the Ninth Prince?!
The Empress Dowager understood Shang Xiche's unspoken meaning and was also very upset: "Who would have thought that a dignified divine physician would be hiding in a bandit's den in the mountains?"
Shang Xiche's anger flared:
Did you get your position as Empress Dowager through stupidity?!
You recuperated and took medicine in the bandit's den for so many days;
You suffered a leg ailment, and those bandits gave you so many acupuncture treatments in Tongyou and the palace.
After so many personal encounters, can't you see she's a miracle doctor?!
However, constrained by his status and the rules of etiquette, Shang Xiche could only suppress his anger and asked impatiently, "What is the purpose of Mother's summons to me today?"
"What else could it be but to get that bandit away from the Ninth Prince and make her one of our own, so that she can be used by us?" The Empress Dowager sighed heavily and said.
Shang Xiche then became somewhat interested: "How do we get rid of it?"
"If I may speak inappropriately, given the current situation, the Emperor should also make plans for his own longevity," the Empress Dowager said quietly, looking at Shang Xiche with a soft and compassionate tone. "The Crown Prince is disobedient and has already risen to power by taking advantage of the Chen family's past influence."
Although the Second Prince appears to be well-behaved, he has Wen Jiyan backing him up, and the ambition in his eyes is undeniable.
The Third Prince's reputation is ruined; he is unfit for the great responsibility.
Only the fourth son, Xize, is about the same age as that bandit, has a gentle nature, and is not from a powerful family; the emperor might consider him.
Shang Xiche clenched his right fist, which was resting on his knee: "Does Mother mean that Xize should marry that bandit and be groomed as the future crown prince?"
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