The prince said solemnly: "Tomorrow I will ask my censor to impeach you, but the charge will not be too serious. If you just bear with it, this matter will be in the past."
Zhao Xiaole was completely confused.
What?
Do you want your people to go to the temple to impeach me?
We're just angry, but we can't be serious!
How smart is the prince? Naturally, he could see what Zhao Xiaole was thinking at a glance, and couldn't help but snorted with an unnatural look on his face.
"I asked you to be impeached to protect you. Do you really think there is no one behind the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce? They are just businessmen?"
After hearing her explanation, Zhao Xiaole understood instantly.
really.
For the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce to be so big, it is naturally impossible for it to be just a businessman.
Behind them, the first person standing were officials from Jiangnan.
These people are from the same hometown as the people from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.
In addition, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce will distribute dividends to them every year, so these people will naturally protect the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.
Some people in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce may even be disciples of these civil servants!
Therefore, when they took Qin Sining away and led to the death of the old president of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, they were their first target.
If the prince doesn't make some gesture, they will definitely not give up.
Although the prince is not afraid of the revenge of these people, Zhao Xiaole is not so lucky.
No matter how much he was favored by the prince, he was still a eunuch and a slave!
When the time comes, all the important officials in the court will attack him, and even the prince may not be able to protect him.
After all, there are countless incidents in history where eunuchs caused trouble to the palace!
"And when the time comes for impeachment, my brothers and the Queen's people will not take the opportunity to step on you, so you have to be mentally prepared, you may suffer some skin injuries!"
The prince said in a serious tone.
Zhao Xiaole nodded and said thoughtfully: "I'm not afraid of some skin injuries, but what I'm most worried about is that His Highness the Third Prince will take the opportunity to attack me!"
"Third brother?"
The prince frowned slightly and said, "Though my third brother is not close to me, he still has no enemies. Why would he attack you?"
Zhao Xiaole shook his head, looked at the prince with a smile and said, "I just found out who was behind the assassination of His Highness today. Does Your Highness want to know?"
"You mean?"
The prince was shocked, his face full of disbelief.
"Your Highness is right, this person is the third prince!"
Zhao Xiaole recounted his entire process from the Bamboo Forest Poetry Meeting to the interrogation of Wang Teng.
After hearing this, the prince clenched his teeth and could not calm down for a long time.
After a moment, she took a deep breath and her eyes became colder.
The saying that the royal family has no family ties is indeed true!
She still remembered that when her third brother was bullied by others when he was a child, she was the one who stood up for him.
At that time, he always liked to follow me, just like his tail.
Unexpectedly, after growing up, the relationship between the two became more and more distant, and even now...
She closed her eyes.
Obviously I still can't accept this fact for the moment.
When she opened her eyes again, she had regained her composure, but her breath had become colder, becoming more and more like the emperor above the hall...
"I know, I will be careful with him."
She nodded.
But immediately she frowned and said, "No! If you do this, wouldn't you know the true identity of the third brother? How could he keep you?"
"When the time comes for impeachment, he will definitely attack you with all his strength, plus the other princes and queens... No, no, this matter needs to be reconsidered!"
Seeing the prince frowning for his own safety, Zhao Xiaole showed a bright smile on his face.
Hehe, it’s not in vain that I deceived such a fair queen for you. Finally, my sincerity was not wrong!
Zhao Xiaole said with a relaxed face: "Your Highness, there is no need to be so anxious. I don't know what will happen to the other princes, but if you, Your Highness, are in a desperate situation, the Queen will definitely help you!"
He smiled somewhat proudly.
But I don't know why, after hearing his words, the prince's face turned gloomy.
"Why did the queen help me?"
Zhao Xiaole didn't know anything about this, he chuckled and said: "Your Highness, think about it, do the second prince, third prince, fourth prince and thirteenth prince have their mothers and concubines alive?"
"Of course there is."
The prince frowned and said, "Moreover, the mothers and concubines of these princes are still in very good health. What do you mean by this?"
Seeing her look like this, Zhao Xiaole knew that he had misunderstood her.
Although the royal family doesn't care about family ties, even ordinary people would be disgusted by things like assassinating each other's relatives, let alone the royal family who maintain their own identity?
That's why the prince frowned, but he knew that Zhao Xiaole's nature would not be like this, so he didn't have an attack.
Zhao Xiaole also quickly explained: "It is precisely because their mother and concubine are alive that the queen does not want them to sit on the throne!"
"If these princes ascend the throne in the future, they will definitely respect their mothers and concubines as the empress dowagers of the imperial court. Moreover, these princes will have relatives to help them."
"If the queen wants to take power, she will not want to see them ascend to the throne! She would rather have a puppet prince who is easy to control without the help of relatives to ascend the throne."
"When the time comes, she will be able to control the entire imperial power!"
"And Your Highness, your mother-in-law...ahem."
Having said this, Zhao Xiaole coughed a few times and said no more.
But there is no need to say more about what follows.
Because no one in the court knew that the prince’s mother-in-law came from a poor family and was brought back by His Majesty when he visited the south of the Yangtze River. She didn’t even have any brothers or sisters, so how could she be considered a relative?
If the emperor hadn't doted on the prince and her mother and concubine too much, I'm afraid the prince would never have been able to ascend to the position of the East Palace!
Even now, her situation is on thin ice and precarious.
The prince's expression remained unchanged as he asked, "So when you were bathing the queen, you deliberately targeted a certain prince?"
"That's right!"
Zhao Xiaole nodded.
When he mentioned the queen, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he gave her a bath.
That skin is so white!
Bliss.
Zhao Xiaole came back to his senses and was about to continue explaining his purpose to the prince, but suddenly found that the prince's face had turned darker, making him feel numb.
"Haha...haha...that's why I feel that the Queen will not break His Highness's arm easily, because doing so will not be good for her..."
Zhao Xiaole said bravely.
Of course, there is another reason he hasn't said yet.
That is, he is actually the queen!
How could she let someone defeat me so easily?
However, after hearing his explanation, the prince became unusually cold and nodded, "Oh, I understand. Please step back. I am going to rest!"
Seeing Zhao Xiaole dumbfounded on the spot, she couldn't help but frown and said, "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Zhao Xiaole said blankly: "Didn't you touch, uh...apply medicine today?"