RPAGF Chapter 288 is the position he wants to pursue in his life
Chapter 288 is the position he wants to pursue in his life
"What did you say this morning?"
The Marquis of Zhenbei said, "Let's solve the case as soon as possible. Ah Bei, why do we need to solve such an obvious thing? It's just Li Chengyuan's failed attempt to assassinate the crown prince. Just punish their whole family according to the law."
Chu Beili said: "There is someone behind the scenes. Who do you think is behind Li Chengyuan?"
The Marquis of Zhenbei said: "No matter who is behind this, and whether or not he has any connection with the Second Prince, after this, he will never have a chance to take the throne again."
Everyone in the capital city knew that Li Chengyuan was the second prince's best friend, so it was inevitable that the second prince would be held responsible for the oversight.
If he fails to recognize the right person at this most important juncture, he will lose the position he has been pursuing all his life.
Chu Beili asked: "How is His Majesty's health?"
Zhenbei Hou said: "The Imperial Hospital is on standby, and we can hold out for a while."
However, Marquis Zhenbei was wrong, because His Majesty suddenly fell into a coma and the imperial physician found out that His Majesty had been poisoned for many days and did not have much time left.
After Emperor Shengwen woke up, he listened to what the imperial physician said and ordered: "Don't mention it to anyone. When the crown prince comes, ask him to check the beams of the imperial study."
Then he asked, "Has the Queen come yet?"
The imperial physician nodded: "The Empress came here, but at that time, Eunuch Fu said that His Majesty was resting, so the Empress left."
Emperor Shengwen said, "You all go down, and Eunuch Fu stays."
Eunuch Fu fell to his knees with a thud: "Your Majesty, please punish me."
Emperor Shengwen said, "You did a great job today. You must stop the Empress's men from now on."
In this palace, who is the one who can poison me and can't wait to die? Do I need to think about it?
It looks like some things need to be accelerated.
Marquis Zhenbei and Prince Jin were urgently invited to the palace, but no one expected that Emperor Shengwen would suddenly faint.
Fortunately, Emperor Shengwen has woken up and seems to be in good health. With such things happening to his two sons and the former crown prince's people watching covetously, it would be strange if Your Majesty did not faint from anger.
"You two are both people I trust. I summoned you here today to tell you that I am not in good health. From now on, the Crown Prince will be the regent, and you must assist him wholeheartedly."
Marquis Zhenbei and Prince Jin accepted the order.
The Marquis of Zhenbei asked, "Why did your majesty suddenly faint?"
Emperor Sheng Wen said: "To be honest with you, my health has been getting worse recently. This is the second time I have fainted." Since he was going to entrust the country to these two people, Emperor Sheng Wen felt it necessary to explain his physical condition clearly.
Prince Jin knew about Emperor Shengwen's physical condition. Hadn't he been taking care of him by the imperial physician? Why did he suddenly become like this?
"Brother, don't worry, the Marquis and I will definitely serve as the Crown Prince's right-hand man."
Emperor Shengwen nodded in satisfaction and ordered: "Let Li Ye choose a path for himself in the end."
He should know which path to choose.
Song Wancheng came to Song Wanyi and asked anxiously, "The emperor is seriously ill, but he only summoned the Marquis of Zhenbei and the King of Jin."
Song Wanyi said: "I didn't expect that in the end, he would still be so cruel to us mother and son."
His action was obviously to give Xia Qi Yang the opportunity to choose talents to assist him.
Xia Qi Yang won and they lost.
He should have been given some poison at the beginning, so that Emperor Shengwen would have died instantly.
"Are you ready for the last moment, brother?"
Song Wancheng nodded and said, "I have been looking forward to this day for a long time, but what about the Second Prince?"
Song Wanyi said: "He is currently useless, so don't bother with him."
Sure enough, the first thing Xia Qi Yang did as regent was to remove Xia Qi Tian from all his posts and place him under house arrest.
Later, Li Ye in prison suddenly confessed and admitted that Li Chengyuan was the late crown prince's man, but he was the link between the late crown prince and the second prince, helping the two to work together to deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
For a while, there were many voices criticizing the Second Prince, who were considered cruel and ruthless, and who would cooperate with outsiders in order to deal with his own brothers.
The second prince was in the mansion, and had been trying to send a message to Song Wanyi, but he received no response for a long time.
He couldn't help but become increasingly anxious in the mansion, but he was under house arrest and it was a problem for him to go out now.
In the blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was the fourth day of the crown prince's regency. With the assistance of Prince Jin and Marquis Zhenbei, there were no major disturbances in the court and everything went on in an orderly manner.
As soon as the prince came to power, the first thing he did was to have people surround Xiangquan Temple and search for the remnants of the former prince.
I found the account book of Xiangquan Temple. I didn’t expect that such a small temple could have such a huge surplus in a year.
But all this money disappeared, no one knows where it went?
The people from the Dali Temple interrogated the monks of Xiangquan Temple overnight, especially a monk named Kongming. During the interrogation, one of the young monks finally couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to reveal Kongming's identity. He turned out to be Lin Mingkong, a bastard son of the former prime minister.
Lin Mingkong shouted, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to attack the capital, and none of you will survive."
Those people in the capital city deserved to have died long ago because they killed his father.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's army is coming soon. They will trample them to death to avenge their dead parents and brothers.
Lin Mingkong was tortured, but he was a man and did not utter a word.
The other monks knew very little and had no idea where the former prince's people were.
Chu Beili watched the interrogation and said to Lin Mingkong, "If your father knew that he had gone through so much trouble to send you there, and you fell into their trap like this, how disappointed would he be?"
Lin Mingkong said: "My father would feel honored if he knew. We will succeed in what they failed to do."
Chu Beili said: "You also know that it is going to succeed, but it has not yet succeeded. Look, Li Chengyuan risked his life, but still failed."
Lin Mingkong shouted: "Chu Beili, we have thousands of Li Chengyuan and Lin Mingkong. Even if we die, there are still people who can take our place and implement the Sunset Plan to punish the thief."
Chu Beili left with an umbrella, breathing in the fresh air outside. Light raindrops fell on the umbrella. It seemed that spring was coming, and it was raining instead of snowing.
Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Although the rain is falling on the ground as thin as needles, it cannot stop people from celebrating the festival.
The merchants put out all the lanterns, colorful balls and puzzles, waiting for customers to come in the evening.
Xia Qitian felt annoyed staying in the Second Prince's Mansion. After a few days of silence, he knew that he had been abandoned.
Has anyone from the Queen Mother or the Song family come to see him?
Just like today's Lantern Festival, their house is deserted.
Zhou Yuqing came over with a cloak and covered Xia Qitian with it: "You caught a cold the past two days, so you need to wear something warmer."
Xia Qitian said: "I'm sorry for causing you to suffer. If you want to leave, I can..."