vstars Chapter 158 Mortality
Chapter 158 Mortality
Based on his understanding of him, his teacher had always favored the legitimate Crown Prince Li Chen.
Why did they suddenly change the candidate?
Listening to Qin Ke's talk, which minister voted for which prince, even the unpopular Fourth Prince had someone vote, but the Crown Prince's name was not mentioned.
Master Chen San realized that something was wrong, so he asked, "How many ministers voted for the prince?"
Qin Ke looked at Master Chen San with a strange look in his eyes and shook his head: "No one voted for the Crown Prince. Even the ministers who voted for the Crown Prince's camp turned against him and voted for Prince Qi."
These words reminded Liu Yu of how the prince fell in the previous life. It seemed that someone had spread the rumor that the prince could no longer have children.
The prince had only raised a bastard son born to a maid for many years. The ministers who had risked their lives to support the prince were bound by interests and saw no hope. Naturally, they all turned to the name of Prince Qi, who was also orthodox.
But even if she had some guesses in her mind, she couldn't say anything, otherwise it would arouse suspicion.
Liu Yu listened to their conversation quietly and poured each of them a cup of tea.
I only heard Master Chen San ask, "What happened to the prince?"
Liu Yu looked at his expression. For some reason, she heard a different meaning in his words.
The person he wants to support, isn't it the prince? She couldn't believe her ears. Last time, the prince had his eyes on Chen Xiyao.
However, as long as Liu Yu analyzed each prince, he felt it was not surprising that Mr. Chen Sanye supported Li Chen.
Prince Qi had a grudge against the Chen family, so he was ruled out. The fifth prince's mother's family was powerful and didn't care about them at all. Master Chen San was never someone who was willing to add icing on the cake. The other princes were all mediocre and talentless. Compared to them, the prince was too soft-hearted, but he had a kinder heart and was more receptive to advice.
At least, after Mr. Chen San's warning last time, the prince never took action again, never made things difficult for her and Xiyao, and his attitude towards the Chen family has always been quite good.
"On the day you left the capital, word got out from somewhere that the prince's chronic illness over the years has seriously affected his future offspring." Qin Ke sighed. The imperial family cares most about offspring, but the prince has no grandson. Under such circumstances, it is simply a pipe dream for him to inherit the throne. It is impossible.
"Uncle, the crown prince is deposed. Even if the royal family wants to appoint a crown prince, I guess the ministers below will not agree. We can look at other princes." Qin Ke is not stupid. Master Chen San asked about the crown prince again and again. He came to his senses and hurriedly interrupted Master Chen San's thoughts.
Mr. Chen nodded, as if he had listened to Qin Ke's words.
But only Liu Yu knew that Mr. Chen San would not give up on his decision so easily.
So, after Qin Ke left, she asked the same question.
Having just allowed Liu Yu to listen, he had no intention of hiding it from her anymore and acknowledged Liu Yu's guess.
After that, it was too dangerous to say more, so when she asked again, he didn't say anything more.
"Are we really not going back now?" Liu Yu asked again, the same question Qin Ke asked before leaving.
"hold on."
As for whether they were really waiting for Yuzhang Hou to pick them up, Liu Yu was not sure, but in this chaotic situation, it would always be the right thing for her to just listen to him quietly.
Besides, she really likes living in this villa.
In the following days, life in Qinyuanju returned to its usual tranquility.
Compared with Liu Yu's peace and tranquility, there are undercurrents in the capital.
When the news that the crown prince would no longer be able to have children reached the palace and Emperor Dewu heard it, the blood in his already frail body began to boil again. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight down.
When Emperor Dewu regained consciousness, he saw all the doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau kneeling on the ground outside the gauze curtain, and the Empress was talking to them about something.
The crying of his concubines could be heard outside the door.
At this moment, feeling unprecedented weakness and severe pain in his body, Emperor Dewu realized that he might not live long.
When Eunuch Cao saw that his master had woken up, he immediately came forward, knelt beside the bed, and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, you are awake, are you feeling unwell?"
"Go out and ask everyone outside to leave. The noise is giving me a headache." Emperor Dewu waved his hand weakly and ordered.
"Yes."
After Eunuch Cao left, Emperor Dewu shouted:
"Wei Lin."
As soon as the voice fell, a figure appeared silently in the bedroom and knelt respectfully in front of Emperor Dewu's bed.
Emperor Dewu struggled to get out of bed, came to the dragon table, wrote an edict on the spot, handed it to Wei Lin who was kneeling at the head of the table, and solemnly instructed: "Make sure to deliver this edict to the crown prince, and warn him on my behalf not to disappoint my expectations."
Wei Lin took the imperial edict and immediately jumped out from the back window.
All of this fell into the eyes of Eunuch Cao who had returned. A faint light flashed in his narrow eyes, which disappeared in an instant.
Emperor Dewu seemed to sense that someone was outside and shouted, "Who is outside?"
Eunuch Cao returned to his normal self, hunched over and walked in, reporting: "Your Majesty, it's this old servant. The people outside have been sent away. Let this old servant help you go back and lie down!"
"Yeah." Emperor Dewu glanced at him and nodded.
After settling Emperor Dewu, Eunuch Cao left the bedroom and went to his own residence as usual. After he shook off the tail behind him, he immediately turned around and went to the cold palace Chaoyang Palace, pushed the door and walked in.
He immediately saw a figure sitting opposite him in Chaoyang Palace.
The man heard the voice behind him and turned around. Who else could it be but Zhang Lianci!
"Your Majesty, have Wei Lin deliver an imperial edict to the Crown Prince's residence. Please hurry up and don't let anyone take over the situation."
"No, I have already sent more people to ensure that the prince will not live long enough for Wei Lin to arrive."
Eunuch Cao nodded, as if he had thought of something and said, "I have an idea of what you said last time."
"It's no use." Zhang Lianci shook his head. "There's nothing we can do. Chen Zhihe is hiding outside the city and won't come back. We want to pin the blame for our emperor's death on him. It seems like that won't work."
If I had known this earlier, I would not have sent those people to live in the Chen Mansion's villa.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You should go to the Prince's Mansion and watch! In case something goes wrong, I can take action. The longer it takes, the more disadvantageous it will be for us."
Zhang Lianci sighed: "What a pity."
"There's nothing to be sorry about, but it's the difference between dying early and dying later."
For Eunuch Cao, if he could put the blame on Master Chen San, that would be great, but if not, he wouldn't care too much. After all, when Emperor Dewu died and Prince Qi ascended the throne, Master Chen San would die even without their intervention, so why bother with so much persistence?