Xiangxue had been with Qi Yeyun six years ago. Qi Yeyun was very suspicious and would not choose someone from the palace even if they were to marry each other.
He saw Xiangxue in a town exactly six years ago. She was as clean as her name. Who would have thought that she was a chess piece in Qi Yeshen's hands as early as six years ago.
He hid for six years and was killed in the final blow.
Qi Yeshen didn't say anything more to her. He stood with a straight face and his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Xiang Fei, you have done such a heinous and unethical thing. You will not punish me until my father wakes up. Someone will come and have her thrown into the sky."
Prison, as for the fourth prince’s confinement, he cannot come out unless summoned.”
Only then did Concubine Xiang realize how ruthless Qi Yeshen was, and she quickly took everything on herself, "I did it all by myself, and it has nothing to do with my son. He is His Majesty's most beloved prince. How dare you touch her, Prince!"
Qi Yeshen was too lazy to argue and let people search the Xiangfei Palace. When they were almost done, the queen rushed over and asked, "What happened?"
The Queen Mother stood up slowly and took a deep look at her, "Queen, you really gave birth to a good son."
The queen was still confused. She glanced at the emperor on the bed beside him and the lingering fragrance in the air. She hurriedly asked the imperial doctor beside him.
"How is the Emperor?"
"Returning to the Queen, the Emperor has consumed too much incense and has become delirious, so there is no need for the Queen to worry."
It was not until late at night that the emperor woke up. He opened his eyes with great effort and asked with a tired look on his face, "What's going on? Why are you all here?"
He held his head, his voice unspeakably haggard.
"Your Majesty..." The queen rushed forward with tears in her eyes.
The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he had woken up. Thousands of words were condensed into one sentence: "Emperor, you are confused!"
Only Qi Yeshen answered calmly: "Empress Xiang Fei has been using medicine on my father for many years, draining his body bit by bit, but the dose last night was enough to kill me!"
The emperor later realized that he had no idea what happened last night. He only felt that his body was extremely weak. After hearing the whole process, he was furious. He was so good to Xiang Fei and still had such thoughts.
"Prince, I order you to conduct a thorough investigation on Concubine Xiang and her son. I want to see what bastard things they have done over the years!"
"Yes, Father."
Qi Yechen followed the order and left, but was stopped by the old lady beside the Queen Mother, "Your Highness, please stay."
"I wonder if the Imperial Grandmother has any advice?" Qi Yeshen's expression was indifferent.
"The Queen Mother ordered the servant to ask the Crown Prince if His Highness knew early on that Concubine Xiang wanted to kill the Emperor?"
Qi Yeshen replied coldly: "I don't know. I found out when I came last night. If the Imperial Grandmother had no other instructions, I would have resigned first."
After saying that, Qi Yeshen turned around and left. The old nanny looked at his back as he walked away firmly, as if she was seeing a new-born king.
She told the Queen Mother Qi Yeshen's original words. The Queen Mother looked at the orchids she had taken care of with her own hands, with an unknown smile on her face, which made the old lady beside her tremble with fear.
"Does the Queen Mother suspect that His Highness the Crown Prince knew about Xiang Fei's plan a long time ago, but did not stop it in advance and allowed the matter to ferment?"
"That kid has been hiding deep since he was a child. No one knows what he is thinking, but if he targets someone, he will definitely not be the one who suffers."
"If that's the case, His Highness the Crown Prince is too scary. He had a grudge against the Crown Prince because of the Liu family's affairs. The Queen Mother must beware of him."
"It's too late to be careful. The Ai family originally wanted the third prince, but they are helpless. Now that the fourth prince has committed such a thing, he may not be able to escape death..."
"What about the fifth prince? If he is willing to obey, he will be a good prince."
The Queen Mother looked at the carefully cultivated orchids and said, "Who knows."
When Qi Yechen returned to the palace, it was already the rising sun, and the warm sunshine was shining into the palace. The place that used to feel cold and deserted, with Shen Qingqing joining him, he also felt much warmer.
As soon as he stepped into the palace, he felt Shen Qingqing's steady breathing, her thin lips pursed tightly and slightly raised.
Gently lifting the curtain, Qi Yeshen saw the little woman sleeping sprawled out, hugging his quilt and drooling.
At first, Shen Qingqing was used to being vigilant at all times. After being reborn in the Shen Mansion, she was happy every day without worrying about any enemies, so her sleeping posture became more and more unrestrained.
After a few glances at the sleeping girl, she opened her eyes and looked at him in confusion, "Is the matter resolved?"
Qi Yeshen looked at her tenderly and lovingly, "Well, it's solved."
"If I had known you had planned everything, then I would..." Shen Qingqing turned over and fell asleep again.
In short, she has no scruples in this world, everyone dotes on her and loves her, and even the road ahead has been paved.
Qi Yeshen did not continue to disturb her. He still had a lot of things to deal with.
Ye Qi knelt in front of him respectfully, "Your Majesty, I asked all the people on duty and found no trace of Miss Shen last night. She seemed to appear out of thin air."
Qi Yeshen frowned and thought: "It will never appear out of thin air. Fenxiang's Qinggong is good, but it is absolutely impossible for her to appear quietly with a person who has no martial arts."
"Then what your Highness means is..."
"If you search carefully from the rockery where she appeared, you will definitely find it."
Qi Yeshen rummaged around and finally found a piece of turf, which seemed to have been dug from the surrounding area to cover it. He opened the turf and found a mechanism.
"Your Highness, wait a minute, let me come down."
Ye Qi carefully opened the mechanism, "It's a secret passage, Your Highness."
When Qi Yeshen stood in the almost hollowed-out underground, he felt extremely shocked. It was such a huge project. The entire underground of the palace was hollowed out, and the stairs extending in all directions extended in all directions.
"We are active up there every day, but we don't know that the ground has been hollowed out."
"Such a large project cannot be completed in a day or two. Judging from the soil, this secret tunnel should have been dug more than ten years ago."
"Who is so powerful that he did such a thing many years ago?"
Thinking of Shen Qingqing's hesitant behavior last night, Qi Yeshen had already guessed that maybe this was how she found out that Concubine Xiang wanted to harm the emperor.
But after knowing that he had made preparations, he no longer worried.
Therefore, this secret passage must be related to the Shen family. Qi Yeshen lowered his voice and said, "Don't scare the snake, and check where this secret passage leads to?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Shen Qingqing slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up. Fenxiang was already guarding her in the bedroom.
"Miss, are you awake?"
Fenxiang was very excited when she saw her waking up, "Miss, do you know what happened last night?"
"Um?"
Fenxiang happily told Shen Qingqing what had happened, and she was so excited when she told him, "Do you think the fourth prince is crazy? He actually dares to do such a rebellious thing."
"A dog jumps over the wall when he gets angry. If he doesn't fight back, death will be waiting for him next."