Empress Su noticed Grand Princess Daiguo’s weird tone and looked in that direction, to see the simple blue clothes behind the shadow of the trees, but the smaller part of the face revealed was beautiful enough to cause the fall of a city. Who could it be except Beautiful Lady Nuan?
Empress Su’s eyes darkened.
Grand Princess Daiguo caressed the hair on her temples and smiled charmingly. “I heard that Xubai and this lady kept an unusual relationship when they were in Wuhuan. Duke of Ji was the commander in chief when our country sent armed forces to suppress Wuhuan those years, so Your Majesty, you must know this matter more or less, right?”
“They were old stories.” Empress Su casually glanced at the courtyard below. Jian Xubai looked like Emperor Xianjia but was more delicate than his maternal uncle. Because he served the ill emperor and it was improper to wear luxurious clothes, he was dressed in a shirt with a collar of Ruyi-shaped grai
Hearing that, Beautiful Lady Nuan was surprised secretly. After pondering for a moment, she stated, “What can we do for the crown prince? Don’t forget that his biological mother was once a noble consort, and she is still a consort now. It’s said that he has Gu Shao, a famous official, as his assistant at the imperial court. Even in the Palace of Xuanming, Xu…Duke of Yan personally obtains information for him now.”By comparison, she was only a beautiful lady. What power did she have?“But all people know that Duke of Yan is a follower of His Highness.” Qinye didn’t think so and reminded, “Have you forgotten what we heard about? When Duke of Yan arrived, the empress happened to be sleeping. As soon as she got up and knew it, she found a reason and told him to go out. She would rather let her maid Fangyu keep an eye on His Majesty. It can be seen that although Her Majesty can’t say directly that Duke of Yan is not allowed to serve His Majesty because h
Although Gu Shao mentioned the Empress Dowager to make Qiu Shuxia shut up, it was by no means insignificant that both the emperor and heir to the throne couldn’t deal with the state affairs, so the officials couldn’t stand by and do nothing. The imperial court was bustling with disputes like a market for half a day. At last, they decided to divide into two groups to respectively investigate the truth behind the matters that Emperor Xianjia was critically ill and the crown prince was poisoned.Of course, they argued for a long time before deciding the people to investigate. Jin Suke, He Wenqiong and Huo Dan were in charge of investigating if Emperor Xianjia was harmed by somebody, while Qiu Shuxia, Wei Xi and Huang Jingting went to the Eastern Palace to share the crown prince’s worries.Among the six people, Jin Suke was the minister in the Ministry of Personnel, and He Wenqiong was in charge of the Ministry of War, while Huo Dan was the head of the M
After a short while, Empress Su found an excuse and told Prince of Zhao to stay with her alone. “Bug, stay away from Xubai in the following days.”Bug was the infant name of Prince of Zhao. A prince was named like a small insect because the empress finally had a son and was afraid that he couldn’t grow up. However, this name was unpresentable anyway. It was fine that he was called Bug when he was a child. Prince of Zhao could get married and still joined the fight for the title of heir to the throne. When this name was called in public, even though nobody dared to laugh, it was improper inevitably.So the empress called her son his title Prince of Zhao unless they were alone.Prince of Zhao was stunned to hear that. “Why?”Although he still had the naivety as a teenager because of his age and experience, he was not stupid. He just asked one question and then became sensitive, asking, “Are you or is Aunt Daiguo going to do so
“Isn’t it nice?” The old maid laughed and continued with relief, “You personally told Beautiful Lady Nuan why the empress kept her in the Palace of Xuanming. She didn’t summon Beautiful Lady Nuan in the past two days but suddenly looked for her then. What is the reason except that His Majesty’s condition changed or she made up her mind to take actions?”She added casually, “So if there is something wrong as soon as Beautiful Lady Nuan went back, we don’t need to worry so much. Just spread the news outside the imperial palace and ask Prime Minister Gu to summon all the officials to enter the palace following the crown prince…I don’t need to say more about what will happen next, right?”The old emperor had been critically ill for several days, and all the officials suddenly followed the crown prince to enter the imperial palace. Of course he was prepared to take the throne, or rather take the throne in front of the emperor’s coffin.Consor
Many people couldn’t sleep well this night.Not only in the imperial palace, the side hall of the back yard in the mansion of Duke of Yan was still brightly lit at this hour.Song Yixiao received the rose syrup from Jinxun and took a sip. After she wiped her lips with her handkerchief, she asked with a frown, “The crown princess changed the plan all of a sudden? Was she fooled by the subordinates?”“The crown princess can even cause the crown prince to become unconscious easily in the Eastern Palace. Who can fool her in something so significant?” Yuan Xuepei shook his head slightly and added, “I am afraid that she got suspicious. On top of that, she got suspicious at this time, not earlier or later, and we were caught off guard.”Song Yixiao was surprised to hear that. “She got suspicious? Why?”“If I knew it, why would I come to see you at night?” Yuan Xuepei smiled. “Even Prime Minister Gu is confused. After t
What made Song Yixiao at a loss whether to feel disappointed or to sigh with relief was that Gu Shao didn’t tell them a solution. In fact, he had seen Jin Suke and the others yesterday, while he just listened and talked a little. When Jin Suke asked for his opinion in the end, he just spoke civilities casually and told them to continue to investigate. While speaking, Yuan Xuepei couldn’t help but furrow his brows. “Prime Minster Gu’s action is really confusing, yet I think it’s impossible that he will harm the crown prince. After all, not to mention that it was His Majesty who suggested that Commandery Prince Zhongling acknowledge Prime Minister Gu as a teacher, both Prince of Wei and Prince of Zhao have several talented assistants. If the crown prince doesn’t take the throne, it’s uncertain whether Prime Minister Gu can keep his position of prime minister in the future.”Prince of Zhao had the Su Family and Qiu Shuxia, while Prince of Wei had Grand Princess Daig
Su Shaoge turned pale after hearing that. After a while, he suddenly got up and walked to the empress, kneeling down in front of her respectfully.The empress was surprised. “Shaoge?”“Aunt, this time we probably…” While speaking, Su Shaoge closed his eyes as he couldn’t bear the blow. Then he continued, “Perhaps we will be done.”Empress Su was astonished. “What?”“Gu Shao and Minister Qiu had an agreement of three days.” Su Shaoge bent over in front of his aunt’s knees and whispered, “Yesterday was the first day. The officials didn’t know what happened in the Palace of Xuanming, so Gu Shao wouldn’t give too many instructions to Jin Suke and the others but would tell them to observe mainly and report to him about what they saw and heard in the Palace of Xuanming and how you coped with them this day after they came out of the imperial palace. Then Gu Shao would tell them what to do next.”It meant, “In the norma
“Your Highness.” At night, the crown prince finally woke up in the Eastern Palace. As soon as he opened his eyes, the crown princess’s surprised and joyful voice appeared beside the bed. “Your Highness, you are finally awake.”Before the crown prince answered, the crown princess turned her head and ordered, “Hurry up and go to tell the royal doctor to come and check His Highness’s pulse at once.”The crown prince opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he felt thirsty. As soon as he made a sound, he felt scorching pain in his throat. The crown princess hurriedly turned to pour a cup of warm water on the table and served him cautiously to drink it. The crown prince coughed several times and then asked feebly, “How is Father?”“He is safe and sound.” Noticing that his tone was flat yet he looked at her with disgust, the crown princess thought that he must detest her because she had poisoned him to be in a coma. She restrained her