Chapter 59 The deposed prince

The first lunar month has passed, and Lin Ximeng's confinement was lifted and she started to stand up again.

The cat has also grown up a lot. It is fed with flesh and blood every day, and its fur is shiny and smooth.

Lin Ximeng named it Snowball, hoping that it would be white, fat, and round like a snowball.

When the weather was nice, Lin Ximeng would sit on the porch and tease it with a feather duster.

The little snowball jumped up and scratched.

Lin Ximeng suddenly had a bad idea and hid the feather duster.

Little Snowball was anxious and suddenly stretched out his claws and rushed towards Lin Ximeng.

Unable to dodge, his sleeve was ripped open and his arm was instantly covered with blood.

It would be a lie to say it doesn't hurt, it's more of a shock.

The always well-behaved and sweet little female cat could actually show its teeth and claw at people. Lin Ximeng stared at Snowball for a moment.

It has the majestic posture of a feline, with sharp claws and sharp pupils.

A sudden enlightenment.

No matter how well-behaved Little Snowball is, he is still a cat.

No matter how soft and obedient Lin Ximeng is, she is still a woman.

Xie Chenyu has always been like that towards women.

In an instant, Lin Ximeng figured out why Xie Chenyu looked at herself that way.

Apply detoxifying ointment and bandage the wound.

Dagui asked Dagui to find an exquisite jujube wood cage with golden threads. Lin Ximeng laid out the soft cushions herself and locked Little Snowball inside.

"From now on, if she arrests a person once, she will imprison him for three days, and if he arrests him again, he will be imprisoned for six days. If he arrests someone again, he will be imprisoned for six days."

"yes"

Dagui scratched his head when he left.

I was wondering why my master suddenly became so strict. It turned out that he hugged Snowball even when he slept.

Lin Ximeng slightly curled her lips.

"It's so nice to her that I'm afraid she'll be proud."

At the same time, I also reflected on myself that I was indeed too arrogant.

We just beat Cui Liangren a few days ago, right? For His Highness the Sixth Prince, that was the limit.

What's more, you just don't know what's interesting.

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Xie Chenyu's life was not good.

He was surprised to find that his private property was being investigated one after another.

The farms on the outskirts of Beijing, the shops in Jiangnan, and even the properties of my grandfather Bai’s family decades ago were re-investigated.

He sat alone on the high platform in the attic of the study, looking in the direction of the Second Prince's Mansion, with a sarcastic expression on his lips.

"Second brother, second brother, you want to be the prince so much, why do you only dare to act underground?"

"The tenth child is disabled. He will take medicine to save his life for the rest of his life. The third child will be imprisoned for the rest of his life. How obvious. Who can you hide it from?"

"Who will be next?"

"Me?"

This sentence was so soft that I couldn't even hear it.

Without the help of the maternal family, the full support of the queen, and the favor of the emperor, the chips in his hand are pitifully small.

The only advantage is that it is concealed enough.

As long as he is concealed enough and endures to the end, he will be like a black snake lurking under the water, suddenly jump up and bite the opponent to death, and eat them all with its long and bloody mouth.

So he had to wait and never be exposed.

Thinking of Mrs. Lin in the backyard, Xie Chenyu felt impatient.

"Zhao Hai"

"My servant is here, what are your orders, Your Highness?"

Xie Chenyu thought for a while and slowly said: "Send the letter, find a few reliable caravans, and send some cotton-padded medicinal materials to Northern Xinjiang..."

"Your Highness!"

Zhao Hai interrupted him and urged: "You must think twice, this is too risky, we must stay put and remain unchanged in response to any changes."

"talkative"

Xie Chenyu threw the jade bone fan over. Zhao Hai shut up and went down to prepare in despair.

Xie Chenyu looked at the jade bone fan, rubbed his hands, and straightened the corners of his clothes, his slender fingers trembling slightly.

After waiting for a while, he finally raised his chest, picked up the jade bone fan and walked downstairs.

Back in the study room in the front yard, he was still the charming and elegant prince.

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royal palace

The queen's fasting is still going on. In order to pray for the little prince, the queen is very serious.

Get up early every day and knock wooden fish on an empty stomach, recite two volumes of sutras after the morning fast, meditate for an hour after the noon fast, copy one volume of sutras, and collect Buddha beans after the evening fast.

During this period, I didn’t see anyone or do anything.

The trivial daily affairs of the harem were left to the Shang Palace Bureau for temporary management. Those that couldn't be managed were still taken care of by Fangrui. Otherwise, Concubine Meng would step in.

Concubine Meng learned a lot after suffering several hidden losses, and she was at least extremely respectful to the queen.

On this day, the queen was kneeling in front of the Buddha and chanting sutras.

Fangrui came over and told her that Concubine Qing had removed all the imperial doctors and asked the emperor to build a small kitchen in Huayang Palace to prepare the young prince's medicinal diet.

It means accepting her fate and no longer forcing Tai to heal her son hysterically.

"Where is the Emperor?"

The queen closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and her voice was calm without any waves.

"The Emperor has approved it. The Shang Palace Bureau has sent people over and is cleaning up the house and setting up the stove."

The queen didn't speak any more, just held her lips together.

Go down.

Two days later, the old emperor suddenly appeared in the small Buddhist hall.

He knelt down tremblingly, kowtowed to the Buddha first, and clasped his hands together respectfully.

"It's not easy to persist for so long."

"This is what a concubine should do, and he also calls me Queen Mother."

The old emperor was sarcastic for a moment, then laughed again: "Who are you going to make the crown prince?"

The queen laughed at herself: "The emperor really offended me by asking this. Who will pass the emperor's empire to? It is naturally the emperor's business. I am just a woman..."

"That's enough." The old emperor closed his eyes and kept kowtowing and offering incense.

"I am also very sad that the eldest and fourth son are gone. I have been trying to find ways to compensate you over the years, but I have a limit."

"The third child is an honest boy. I know that he will not do anything to murder his brothers. Mr. Chen is stupid and will not instigate his son to do this. Can you understand what I am saying?"

It means that he is willing to sacrifice the third child, mother and son to appease the queen's anger.

"I harmed Lao Shi, and I don't blame anyone," the old emperor continued.

"I can't understand what the emperor said."

It turns out that the emperor knew everything. He knew that he had wronged his two sons, and he knew that he was partial.

You see, some people will never admit that they are wrong without paying a bloody price.

He will only look at you indifferently and ask you, "I am already very sad. What else do you want?"

But, her son is dead, what else can she do?

Now that something happened to the third and tenth children, he asked himself, doesn't it feel like it's too late?

"Is the Emperor joking? In front of the Buddha, I am praying for the little prince with all my heart, but I cannot accompany the Emperor."

The queen closed her eyes and continued chanting.

The emperor was disappointed.
To be continued...