Chapter 498 Prayer

Author: Loeva

Chapter 498 Prayer

With such an accent that has obvious local characteristics, it is difficult for people to suspect the prince of Shu.

The question is, how did the Shu Palace know that the prince was on his way back to Beijing?

Qin Bai pondered for a moment and said: "Two of the people Zhenli brought into Jinling that day escaped. One died of serious injuries on the way, and the other has not been arrested so far. Could it be that this person disclosed the information to

Accomplice?"

Huang Jincheng frowned and said, "But how did they know that the prince had left Jinling?" Even after Zhen Li was arrested, they relaxed a little, but there were still people guarding the Huaiqing Bridge house. If anyone had ever approached

Inquiring about the situation in the house, he would receive news soon. But until Zhao Mo moved his servants into the house and rearranged it, nothing strange was seen near the house, which shows that Zhen Youli's accomplices did not

I came back and took a look. Even if they came back and took a look, they couldn't have guessed anything. The assassins had appeared, so why didn't the prince be allowed to "move out"?

Unless... more than one group of people came! And the latter group, when they were not careful, found out the real situation in the house, and thus guessed that they used the empty city strategy to play a trick on Zhen Li and others.

Qin Bai thought for a while: "Maybe we were negligent. We knew that Zhen Li and his party came from the capital on the orders of the Princess of Shu and Mrs. Tu. However, there was not only the princess in the Palace of the Prince of Shu, but also a King of Shu.

Perhaps Li Yanchao not only sent the letter to the capital, but also sent a letter to Shu. We only need to go to Shangyuan County to inquire about this matter, and we will know."

Huang Jincheng said: "Shangyuan County Government is in chaos now. The new county magistrate directly drove Li Yanchao and his party to the inn in the west of the city. Li Yanchao was so sick that he was dizzy and vomited blood at every turn. He was awake for only a few hours a day.

. His servants don’t know anything at all, otherwise they wouldn’t easily reveal Zhen Youli’s identity to outsiders. Even if we send people to ask, as long as Li Yanchao refuses to speak, we won’t be able to confirm how much he sent.

Send a letter."

Qin Bai said: "Just ask his servants whether Li Yanchao sent servants or guards out to deliver letters before and after the New Year. If so, you only need to ask the direction of delivering the letters, and you can roughly guess it. I think he will

He also sent a letter to the Prince of Shu's Mansion. For such an important matter, even though he is a close relative of the Princess of Shu, it is impossible for him to completely ignore the King of Shu's thoughts."

All of these can be answered with a little investigation. Huang Jincheng is not in a hurry, he is just a little depressed: "Even if the Shu Palace sent another group of people to Jinling, we obviously kept His Highness's news very tight, and they

How do you know? If it was really discovered by sneaking into the house, how could Doctor Shen not be aware of it?"

Qin Bai sighed: "Mr. Shen is not a guard after all, so he is naturally not as clear-sighted as Huang Qianshi's soldiers. Besides, as long as we find it advantageous to sneak around, His Highness and the people around His Highness will never really show up.

It is not that difficult to guess the truth that His Highness has left Jinling. And if His Highness has left, no need to say more, we know that he must have returned to the capital. From south to north, His Highness must pass through the Prince of Shu's Mansion in Tianjin

It is not unusual for people to ambush in the local area. But if the Prince of Shu really has such a treasonous plan, it would be too stupid. Not to mention the guards and soldiers around His Highness, just the ones sent by the capital to pick him up

The number of people driving it is enough to make a huge noise. On the way from Tianjin to Beijing, it is not a remote and uninhabited mountainous place. There are neither blind bandits nor daring rebels. The people from the Shu Palace are planning to pretend to be

Who took action against the government's motorcade? If they did, how would they cover it up afterwards? Ever since the governor of Jiangsu issued the memorial, dragging the Tu family and the Prince of Shu into trouble, the two families are busy trying to distance themselves from each other.

It's too late, and you still want to continue to attack His Highness, is it because you think you have lived too long?"

Huang Jincheng muttered: "The Marquis of Yongjia may have met a lot of smart people. I don't know that some people in this world are so stupid that it's shocking. Even if they know that the secret may be exposed, they still have a bit of luck and are greedy for things."

The huge dividends after success are completely ignored, and the risks that come from it are completely ignored. Just like a gambler, he will always win less and lose more, but there are still people who think that one day they will recover their losses, and they stubbornly

Money is thrown into a bottomless pit. Those who gamble only lose money, and those who gamble with lives lose their lives. Those who are unlucky will also affect their descendants. How many bloody examples have been recorded throughout the ages? But there are still people going there all the time.

It’s crowded on a dead end road.”

While they were talking, Huang Jincheng's soldiers sent a secret letter from the governor's office. Huang Jincheng opened the letter and smiled: "The governor has heard about the news in Beijing and came to inform us."

In his letter, the governor mentioned the various reactions of people from all walks of life in the capital after his memorial was sent to the capital. As early as when the rumors were rampant, the prince of Liao had a copy of the report between the Prince of Shu and the Tu family, saying that they were seeking revenge for personal reasons.

Because he, the victim, had exposed the King of Shu's conspiracy, which caused the King of Shu to be expelled, he held a grudge in his heart and intended to take revenge on his son. Although this theory came from rumors, it is really true in the capital.

Few people believed it. The Prince of Shu's palace and the Tu family were both in a state of embarrassment. The head of the Tu family quickly went to the palace to plead guilty, saying that his wife had been confused and that he did not know about it, but that he had made an oversight. The Queen Mother helped him.

After speaking, the emperor did not intend to deal with him severely, but just ordered him to go home, close his eyes, think about his mistakes, and wait for the decree to be issued.

Nowadays, everyone in the Tu family is quiet, staying at home and not daring to go out, for fear that the emperor will not like them and really kill them. Looking at their reactions, you know that they are aware of it. There was once a case outside the Tu family

The married daughter - such as Princess Shanyang - did not understand the frightened attitude of her mother-in-law's family, so she went to persuade her, saying that a child like Zhao Mo was not so angry, and the emperor would not be angry with the Tu family because of him.

She was angry, but her parents frightened her back, which made the Princess of Shanyang confused and went to ask the Princess of Shu. The Princess of Shu also avoided seeing her. She only said that she had a sudden illness and fell ill. The situation looked very serious.

Not good.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the news of Princess Shu's sudden illness came out, the Queen Mother in the palace sent the eunuch to bring the imperial doctor to see her. The imperial doctor couldn't tell what kind of emergency illness Princess Shu had, even though her pulse was rather weird, she didn't dare to take it easy.

The prescription was prescribed. The internal eunuch returned to report to the Queen Mother, who then issued an order to summon Zhao Yan, the youngest son of the King of Shu, into the palace to inquire about the condition of the Princess of Shu. Once Zhao Yan entered the palace, he could not return to the Palace of the King of Shu.

Princess Shu, who was rumored to be seriously ill and about to die, now did not care about being "sick" and went to the palace in person to beg the Queen Mother to let her son out. However, the Queen Mother said that she was feeling unwell and that her grandson Zhao Yan was very filial.

, after learning about it, he said that he would kneel down and pray for her, and now he is in the small Buddhist hall of Cining Palace. An enlightened eminent monk said that this blessing ceremony must be prayed for at least 7749 days before it can be effective.

Since Zhao Yan repeatedly asked to be filial to the Queen Mother, how could the Queen Mother not accept the kindness of the younger generation? Therefore, Princess Shu could not take her son away.

Not only was she unable to pick up her son, but because the Queen Mother was "sick" and had no energy to see her, everything she said was conveyed through the palace staff. After speaking, she left Princess Shu directly in front of the Cining Palace.

She refused to see her. Judging from the generous treatment Princess Shu had received in the Cining Palace, this was the first time she had experienced such indifference. Even when the King of Shu was expelled back to the feudal territory by the emperor last time, the Queen Mother treated Princess Shu

She was a little annoyed, but she never let the palace people neglect her.

The Princess of Shu knelt in the palace for a whole day, but to no avail. She could only stumble back to the Prince of Shu's Mansion with the help of the maid. Some people once felt that the Queen Mother was going too far in tormenting the patients in this way, and let the youngest son of the Prince of Shu stay in the palace.

It was against benevolence for his biological mother to go to the palace to pray for blessings when she was seriously ill. However, when they found out that the rumored Princess Shu who was seriously ill had knelt in the palace for a whole day and was still able to walk out of the palace on her own, their sympathy disappeared.

Who can't guess that Princess Shu was pretending to be sick earlier? Although I don't know why she pretended to be sick, no one likes to be deceived.

After Princess Shu returned to the palace, she became even more "sick". According to rumors, she was about to die. As if she was waiting for something, she kept hanging on for a breath and refused to die. But the outside world no longer believed this rumor.

Yes, only gossiping in private, why did Princess Shu pretend to be sick to such an extent?

The crown prince of Liao, Zhao Shuo, once again complained about Princess Shu’s behavior in front of the elders of the clan. The most egregious thing was that everyone knew that she had done bad things to her nephew Zhao Mo, but she never told Zhao Mo’s father—also

It was Zhao Shuo, the prince of the Liao Dynasty, who apologized to the sufferer. Even if he couldn't lower his head due to his seniority, why didn't he even send an official from the royal palace to do it for him?

The royal family was also very incomprehensible to Princess Shu's behavior, which also affected their perception of Princess Shanyang. Princess Shanyang didn't know the inside story at all, and was extremely depressed. She also felt that her cousin Princess Shu was too stingy. She must remember Zhao Zhao.

Shuo, then just seek his misfortune. What’s the point of having a child with Zhao Mo? If Zhao Mo is good, wouldn’t he be taking advantage of his stepmother, Xiao Wang? Zhao Shuo won’t suffer any loss at all. Even if he loses his direct descendant,

The eldest son, he and Xiao Wang are still young, and sooner or later they will have another legitimate son.

Since then, the sisters have become estranged.

The governor's letter also mentioned bits and pieces of the reactions and comments of the ministers and nobles in Beijing on the current situation of the Shu Palace and the Tu family. Huang Jincheng glanced at it and handed the letter to Qin Bai. Qin Bai

After reading it, he returned it to Huang Jincheng and began to speculate: "Did Princess Shu want to use her illness to avoid punishment in the palace, or was there some other reason? Even if she wanted to pretend to be sick to put pressure on the palace, so as to force the Queen Mother to let her go.

When you return to Zhao Yan, you can't dress up like this, right? It looks like the Princess of Shu is really about to die."

Huang Jincheng sneered: "Maybe she is really going to die? She and her mother, Mrs. Tu, are both the culprits who instigated Zhen Youli. If the two of them had been alive, both the Shu Prince's Palace and the Tu family would be implicated. But if they

If they are dead at this time and the crime has not yet been decided, then the matter will end here. The King of Shu and his son are both close relatives of the clan, and the Tu family has the support of the Queen Mother. It is impossible for them to be executed just because of their reckless behavior.

As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returns to the capital safely, the Emperor will probably only kill the culprits, and will not implicate too many people, nor will it be publicized and ruin the reputation of the royal family."

Qin Bai frowned and said nothing more.

Huang Jincheng read the letter again: "I actually want to know more about whether the youngest son of the King of Shu was detained by the Queen Mother, or whether he asked to stay in the palace? Does he really not know what his mother did? Even if he didn't know it before

, you should know it now, right? What is he going to do? Keep hiding in the palace to pray for blessings, and then come out and show his face again when things calm down? "

Qin Bai said calmly: "Even if he knows everything in his heart and just pretends to be innocent, so what? The Queen Mother understands very well and will not be confused. Right now I am only worried about one thing - the news of the Queen Mother's illness has spread.

I wonder how many days it will take for His Royal Highness to return to the palace? If the Queen Mother is ill and he doesn't show up, I'm afraid there will be more rumors that are detrimental to the East Palace."
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