ebookland Chapter 268 The King of Qi was Imprisoned
Chapter 268 The King of Qi was Imprisoned
"Fourth Miss, what do you think the second lady did at the gate of Fuguangyuan? Did she just want to say hello to you?" Lin Xiang asked doubtfully.
"She went to meet with the King of Qi yesterday. I'm afraid she has something to ask me, but I'm too lazy to talk to her."
Su Qingwan’s words surprised Lin Xiang greatly. How did the Fourth Miss know Su Yunrou’s movements? She wouldn’t have someone monitoring Su Yunrou all the time, right?
But Linxiang soon put her doubts aside because they entered the palace.
Su Qingwan greeted several elders and chatted with her aunt for a while.
"Your uncle is in the study. I'll ask someone to take you to see him." said your aunt gently.
"Okay! I'll come over to accompany you after I meet my uncle."
Su Qingwan stood up, bowed, and followed the old woman who led the way to her uncle's study.
"Uncle!"
Su Qingwan walked into the study with a smile on her face. Seeing Li Zhong reading a book, she called out to him softly.
"Qingwan is here, come and sit down." Li Zhong quickly called her over.
He was relieved after the child's marriage with Prince Rui was cancelled.
In this way, His Majesty will not suspect that they want to choose sides among the princes.
Su Qingwan felt reluctant to see Li Zhong grow old, but the emperor was suspicious by nature, and the prince was sickly, so no one knew what Emperor Wen Jin would do.
Although this move is a risky one, it can preserve the peace of the palace.
"Uncle, I came here today to discuss something with you." Su Qingwan said.
"what's up?"
"Uncle, what do you think the emperor thinks of our palace now?"
Li Zhong frowned as he listened to the question. Why was this girl asking about this? Was someone gossiping in her ear?
Seeing that her uncle didn't say anything, Su Qingwan started talking on her own.
"The Emperor has always regarded the Palace as his trusted supporter, but now he is old and no longer fully trusts you and the Palace as he did before."
"Plus, the prince's health is getting worse. In order to maintain the stability of the country and to prevent his sons from fighting each other, the emperor will definitely take action against the palace. At that time, the military power will fall back into the hands of the emperor. If the prince does not die, he will naturally ascend the throne smoothly. If he dies, the emperor's newly selected heir will also be protected."
"Uncle, in this situation, what do you think our palace should do?"
Su Qingwan finished speaking in one breath and asked Li Zhong another question.
She guessed that with her uncle's character, he would most likely choose to hand over the military power without any worries, but what he didn't know was that even if he handed it back, the royal palace would still not be able to avoid the disaster of death.
Li Zhong looked at Su Qingwan deeply for a few times. This kid is much smarter than Su Zhiru.
"Qingwan, once this is out of this door, you can't tell anyone else about it."
"I know, so I came to my uncle's study and told him." Su Qingwan curled her lips and smiled.
The two chatted in the study for a long time. When it was time for dinner, Su Qingwan followed the maid sent by the old princess to urge them to leave.
After having lunch at the palace, Su Qingwan left in a carriage.
Li Zhong stayed in the study room. There was a small porcelain bottle in front of him. Qingwan said there was only one pill in it, but after taking it, people would feel extremely uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable than death.
At this time, in the Chengde Hall of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Wen Jin was looking at the files on the dragon case. His expression became darker and darker the more he looked.
Li Yuncheng stood by with his hands hanging down, quietly watching Emperor Wen Jin's expression.
After a long time, Emperor Wen Jin finished reading the last word on the file. He took two deep breaths and tried his best to calm the anger in his chest, but it was of no use.
"Bastard thing!"
Emperor Wen Jin threw the file down.
The eunuchs and palace maids serving in the hall all knelt down, feeling that the emperor's temper was becoming more and more strange.
"You personally bring people to capture the King of Qi for me. I want to interrogate him personally." Emperor Wen Jin breathed rapidly, his hands shaking with anger.
How could that bastard King Qi dare to do such a thing?
They are all barbaric methods, really hateful, hateful!
Li Yuncheng knew Emperor Wen Jin too well. He knew that what he said was in anger and that his words could not be counted. It was very likely that in a couple of days he would feel that the punishment imposed on the King of Qi was too severe and release him.
Instead of that, it would be better to give a better suggestion so that the King of Qi cannot turn things around in a short period of time.
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Qi is a prince. If he is rashly arrested and taken to the Imperial City Bureau, he will not be able to face the public in the future. It is better to order him not to go out." Li Yuncheng said.
Can’t go out?
That's good! After all, the matter concerns the wives of officials from various families. If it really gets out of hand, it will be difficult to end. Fortunately, Yun Cheng reminded himself.
"Go! Let him think carefully about how to explain to me." Emperor Wen Jin said coldly.
After Li Yuncheng agreed, he left the palace.
……
In the mansion of Marquis Chengping.
Su Yunrou carefully applied medicine to Liu's face.
"How can Second Aunt be so harsh? You are her eldest sister-in-law."
"She is such a vicious woman! You didn't see that those straw figures not only contained your elder brother and elder sister's birth dates, but also yours. Fortunately, you are a lucky child, so you didn't get cursed by Xiao Kang."
Liu sighed and said that now she only had Yunrou as her daughter. If anything happened to her again, she would be afraid that she would not be able to survive.
"Mom, what if those things weren't made by Second Aunt?" Su Yunrou felt that this matter was strange.
"Who else could it be if not her? Ever since the day she married into the Marquis's Mansion, she has been jealous of our eldest wife. She has done many things against me behind my back, thinking that I didn't know."
"Humph! She has been living peacefully all these years thanks to the old lady's protection. Moreover, the real person said that those dirty things have been buried in her yard for at least several months. Who else could it be except herself?"
Liu became angry whenever she mentioned this matter. She thought that maybe the reason she failed to control the people in the third house was because of Xiaokang's curse.
Su Yunrou stopped talking, perhaps she was just overthinking.
Just as she put away the ointment, a maid came in like the wind. It was the maid sent by the King of Qi to serve her. Her name was Lamei.
"Second miss!"
Su Yunrou saw a hint of worry on her face and wondered if something had happened.
"Mom, I'm going back first." Su Yunrou said.
Liu nodded and let Su Yunrou leave, thinking that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi must have sent something again.
Su Yunrou asked Lamei after she left Fuguangyuan, "But what happened?"
"Second Miss, I went to Prince Qi's Mansion today but was stopped by someone." said Lamei.
"How could you be stopped? Don't you have the token of Prince Qi's Palace?"
Su Yunrou was extremely surprised. Lamei was originally from the palace, so how could she be stopped from returning to her own palace?
"The gatekeepers don't recognize the tokens, and they are all strangers. I have never seen them in Prince Qi's Mansion before." Lamei also found it strange.
Su Yunrou became even more confused, but she had a vague feeling of uneasiness in her heart. When they met yesterday, everything was fine, but now, just one night had passed, and it had turned out like this.