Prince Ning asked in a calm voice, "Brother Emperor, are you here to see my mother off on her last journey?"
His Highness the Crown Prince did not answer his question at first, but punched him hard.
"You are a coward. You have never cheered up since the death of the imperial concubine. How can your mother and concubine leave well when she sees you like this?"
Prince Ning paused for a few moments and then burst into tears.
"Brother, I will never have a mother to love me again. Only at the last moment of his death did I realize how wronged she had been. I never expected that I would be so unfilial."
Zhao Jin hugged him into his arms.
"You are not unfilial. You and the imperial concubine are just protecting each other in your own way. Now that you have been depressed, the imperial concubine will also feel uneasy on the road to hell."
"Brother Emperor, do you know that I used to resent my mother-in-law for not helping me fight for the position of crown prince, who would be the future crown prince and the future ninth-five-year-old prince?"
I always thought that he was not as doting on me as other mothers, and that he might even have no use for feelings.
Instead, she repeatedly begged the emperor not to let her become the crown prince regardless of her own wishes. In order to prevent herself from becoming the crown prince, he would rather go to a Taoist temple to practice on his behalf.
In the past, I hated her with all my heart. It was because Fenghuang listened to his words that she refused to give up her crown prince. It was really heartbreaking to give up the throne to others.
It wasn't until the last moment of his death that I realized how important he was to me.
The beloved son of his parents had far-reaching plans, because he once involved his entire family in court disputes, and was later ordered to kill the entire family by his father's order.
Later, in order to stop the heavy talk in the world, the emperor actually retained the title of mother-in-law and even gave him the position of imperial concubine.
Everyone in the world said that the emperor was kind and righteous, and they all blamed a woman, his mother and concubine.
In this way, the mother-in-law was stained throughout her life.
Even I am ashamed of her, because my grandfather's entire family was sentenced to death because of rebellion.
But now I know that in order to keep his throne, the emperor did not hesitate to kill innocent people and silenced the ministers who were expanding his territory for himself.
If the throne is obtained in this way, then I don’t want it.
Naturally, the mother-in-law wanted me to stay away from the court battles and live a leisurely life from now on, and not let me get involved in the fight for the real prince.
He suppressed everything and buried it all in one person's heart.
Zhao Jin felt very painful when he saw Prince Ning like this.
Who says otherwise? There is no humanity at all in front of this throne.
But at this point, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired.
He is bound to win the position of prince.
Zhao Jin squatted in front of Prince Ning, looked into his eyes, and said firmly, "I know you don't want to argue in your court, but the emperor brother is in trouble right now, and I hope you can help me. I wonder if you are willing to lend a hand to the emperor brother."
Prince Ning lowered his head and said nothing. After a while, he raised his head and said with fierce eyes, "I do. I want to hear the revenge of my dead mother-in-law and my grandfather's family. It was them, Concubine Jing, who framed me.
My mother and concubine, the emperor has the reason to kill my mother and concubine’s entire family.”
Zhao Jin patted his shoulder.
"Brother Qiu Huang will definitely support you, but you must cheer up and see with your own eyes how those people reap the consequences."
Concubine Jing is secretly burning paper money in the palace.
The maid came over and asked cautiously, "Dear Concubine, why are we burning paper money here? Today is not my birthday."
Concubine Jing said with a guilty conscience, "This was not burned to my father before, but to the concubine."
The maid asked in confusion, "We have never had any friendship with them, so why should we burn paper money for them? It's windy here, so I'd better go back first."
Concubine Jing stopped her, "No, go back after burning, remember to clean this area."
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The woman nodded.
At midnight that day, Concubine Jing had a nightmare.
He kept shouting, "I'm not sorry for you. You go to the emperor. He wants to do this. Don't kill me, don't kill me."
The maid ran to her bed and woke her up.
"Your Majesty, you are having a nightmare. The palace has been very dark these days. Please be careful, and be sure not to catch the cold."
Concubine Jing hurriedly took the maid's hand and asked, "Cai Hui, has Prince Ning been here before?"
The maid frowned and said, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? How come His Highness Prince Ning is here? He is keeping filial piety in the imperial concubine's palace."
Concubine Jing then said with lingering fear, "Yes, he is keeping filial piety for the imperial concubine. He has never been to my place. He can't kill me."
The maid didn't know what he was talking about.
"My Lady, you should sleep peacefully. There is no one here, and the death of the Imperial Concubine has nothing to do with you. His Highness Prince Ning will not come looking for you."
Concubine Jing lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
In his dream, Prince Ning was holding a sword, and he would fiercely tell himself that he would kill himself to avenge his mother and grandfather's family.
The more Concubine Jing thought about it, the more frightened she became.
The next day, she went to see the lama.
"May I ask Master, I've been having some nightmares lately. That person wants to kill me for no reason. I don't know why."
The lama recited Amitabha, then opened his eyes and said to him, "If you dare to ask your concubine, what has your concubine done to harm others?"
At this time, Concubine Jing's eyes were wandering. Of course, he couldn't directly say that he had designed to frame Concubine Jing's family.
He just smiled and said, "There's nothing particularly big. It's just that there was a little maid in the palace recently. She didn't do something right, and she was accidentally beaten to death."
The master nodded and said, "Then he has his own family by your side."
Concubine Jing nodded hurriedly.
"She is with me, I don't know what Master should ask me to do."
The lama turned his prayer beads, closed his eyes and said, "In recent days, the imperial concubine passed away, and the yin energy in the palace is very strong, so that woman should not take advantage of the yin energy of the imperial concubine to seek your life."
Concubine Jing's face turned pale at this moment. She had been frightened to the point of confusion.
"I would also like to ask the Master to come up with a solution for me. If it works, I will definitely thank you very much."
The master sighed and said calmly, "Such a method is very harmful to one's moral character. I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Concubine Jing seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw.
"Master, it's okay to say it. I'm here to listen. No third person will know what we said today. That's great."
