Hearing what Chiyang said, the expression on the prince's face changed unpredictably. His eyes were full of anger and he glared at Chiyang: "You are so brave! You dare to scheme against me!"
Chiyang chuckled: "His Royal Highness is just joking. How can this be considered a conspiracy? At most, it can be considered as a wisher taking the bait."
She was indeed fully prepared and waiting for the prince to take the bait, but if the prince himself didn't have that idea, how could she put a knife on his neck and force him to buy it?
The emperor was actually a little frightened by Chiyang's method of scheming against the prince, but when he thought about it, she was scheming against the prince because of Jin Yan, so the emperor didn't mind so much.
After all, she will be Jinyan's wife. As long as she keeps looking towards Jinyan, Jinyan will not confront her.
The emperor thought so and couldn't help but look towards the third prince.
But he saw the third prince's delicate, beautiful eyes that resembled his mother's. He was looking at Chiyang with a smile. Those eyes were full of love, and he was definitely not pretending.
Seeing the third prince like this, the emperor sighed softly in his heart.
His son is in trouble.
The prince had just finished saying everything that should be said and should not be said. Even if the emperor himself came now, he only panicked for a moment and quickly calmed down.
He looked at the emperor with a bit of sadness in his eyes: "Father, today's scene is what you want to see, right? Without your cooperation, what this doctor did would not have resulted in today's situation.
!All of this is actually your acquiescence, right?!"
Although he was asking, in his heart, he already had the answer.
The emperor nodded and said in a calm tone: "It is indeed what I want to see, and it is indeed my acquiescence and my cooperation. As you said, if I didn't want to, there would indeed be no scene like today."
The emperor's tone made the prince's face, which had just calmed down, become distorted again. He said sternly: "Why! Father! Why do you do this! How can I be inferior to Lu Jinyan? Apart from the fact that I am not your favorite woman
How can I be inferior to him, Lu Jinyan?!"
"You have always favored him, so why are you plotting against me like this?! I am the prince, father! You want to destroy me directly for Lu Jinyan, how will I see people when I go out in the future?"
"Everyone will laugh at me and laugh at me for being able to ascend to the position of crown prince. It is all because of Lu Jinyan's disabled legs. Now that Lu Jinyan is cured, I must give way to him!"
"Father! I don't want to do anything to you. I hesitated for a long time, but you insisted on abolishing me, so I had no choice but to do this!"
The prince spoke for a long time alone in a very angry tone. From beginning to end, there was not much emotion on the emperor's face.
"Have you finished?" The emperor's tone was so cold that it didn't sound like he was talking to his own son, but more like he was talking to a stranger. His tone was very cold, cold and ruthless, "Tell me, what is it about you that is not as good as Jin Yan?"
, I will tell you now, some people have won since they were born, and you will never be able to replace Jin Yan’s place in my heart in your entire life."
"From the very beginning, the only candidate in my heart for the crown prince was Jin Yan. I never thought of making you the crown prince." The emperor looked at the prince and said in a very light voice, "Even when Jin Yan's legs have not recovered,
I have never thought of making you the crown prince."
When the prince heard what the emperor said, he couldn't control his emotions at all. He roared: "Then why?! Then why do you want to make me the prince?!"
The emperor looked at the prince indifferently: "It's because of your mother-in-law. Judging from your reaction, your mother-in-law probably didn't tell you."
Wha, what?
The prince was stunned.
All the civil and military officials present were also stunned.
Only Chiyang raised her eyebrows slightly, hmm...she didn't know exactly what was going on. After all, she didn't deliberately pry into Concubine Rong and the emperor's past.
So what's going on?
Gungun was also stunned: "Yangyang, the relationship here is so complicated. Why does the emperor appoint a prince and have that noble concubine?"
"I don't know." Chiyang said lazily.
The corners of the third prince's lips curled up slightly.
The prince asked this question for everyone: "Is it related to my mother and concubine? Father, if you establish a prince, what does it have to do with my mother and concubine?"
The emperor looked at the third prince. When his eyes touched the third prince, his cold and indifferent eyes seemed to have the warmth of a father.
He said: "When Jinyan injured his legs to protect me, and the imperial doctor diagnosed that Jinyan might not be able to stand for the rest of his life, I wanted to make Jinyan the crown prince. However, at that time, the court appointed Xiao Xiang as prime minister.
Everyone, including the leader, is opposed to me doing this."
"I was in a difficult situation at that time, so your mother-in-law came to me and said that I could make you the prince first to block the mouths of the civil and military officials in the court. Likewise, I wanted to give her the position of noble concubine, but if one day I want to give her the position of noble concubine,
Once Yan's legs are healed, you have to step down and give way to me."
"I didn't know how to tell you about this at the time, but your mother-in-law said that I had already made an agreement with you."
The emperor sneered: "Now it seems that she is deceiving me."
"You don't know about this at all, and you still think that I'm sorry for you?"
"..."
Not only the prince, but also all the civil and military officials were stunned. Among them, the one with the ugliest expression was Xiao Xu.
Xiao Xu never felt that he had done something wrong. On the contrary, he was thinking about Daxia. Any prosperous country does not need a crown prince with disabled legs.
But the emperor...
"Over the years, I have been looking for a way to treat Jinyan's legs. Now that his legs have recovered, I want you to step down from your position as prince. What's wrong with that?"
"This is the deal between me and your mother-in-law. She kept the truth from you just because she thought Jinyan's legs would never get better and you would have a chance."
The emperor sneered again: "I can tell you with certainty that even if I don't find someone who can heal Jinyan's legs in the future, I will never hand over the throne to you."
The prince's face was almost distorted.
Thinking of the things he has done secretly over the years, he seems like a clown!
His existence was actually just to provide some time for Lu Jinyan's legs, because the father needed to silence the civil and military officials.
Fortunately, when he first became the prince, he was still complacent, thinking that his father finally saw him, and that he finally appeared in his eyes. Although his father's attitude later made him feel that he was not good enough, he has never been
I never thought that in his father's eyes, he was just a tool to provide time for Lu Jinyan's legs!
What the prince couldn't stand the most was not these, but Concubine Rong who had been hiding from him for such a long time.
His mother-in-law sold him as a trading item to his father for her own prosperity!
At this moment, the prince seemed to have had all his strength removed from his body, and his face was ashen.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" The emperor looked at the prince, his tone still calm and indifferent.
The prince did not say a word. Judging from his state, he was already in a daze by what the emperor just said.
Seeing this, the emperor looked at the imperial guards on the side: "Publish my decree, depose the prince, make the third prince Lu Jinyan the prince, demote the second prince to a commoner, depose the imperial concubine, and banish him to the cold palace."
When the prince was taken away by the imperial army, the expression on his face couldn't tell what he felt like, but just by looking at him, you could feel his numbness.
Gungun whispered: "Yangyang, I don't know why, but I actually feel that this prince is a little pitiful."
Chiyang said softly: "In this world, nothing is absolutely fair. In a sense, the prince is indeed pitiful, because he was used by his biological parents, and he was kept in the dark like a clown.
This is indeed pitiful, but if you look at it from another perspective, what he has now does not belong to him."
"He is indeed pitiful, but he does not deserve sympathy."
Chiyang lowered her eyes as she spoke. There was also a brief moment of confusion and trance in her own eyes.
In fact, she should be the culprit of this situation.
It was her poor cultivation that led to accidents during her ascension, so her spiritual power was scattered in various small worlds, allowing people with evil intentions to obtain her spiritual power, and the desires of those people motivated her
Only with his spiritual power can we have the current situation.
She didn't know if she was qualified to say such a thing, but what she could do was to take back her spiritual power and return everything to its original course.
…
This is how the incident ended today.
One of the prince and Concubine Rong was demoted to common people, the other was relegated to the cold palace, and Lu Jinyan was granted the title of prince.
The emperor also used this incident to sort out the forces in the court. Among them, Prime Minister Xiao Xu's faction was weakened, and the National Protector General's Office received a commendation.
…
Three days later.
Royal Garden.
The emperor looked at Chiyang, who was pushing Lu Jinyan's wheelchair towards him step by step, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
Many years ago, he and his beloved woman came together step by step in this way.
Chiyang and Lu Jinyan saluted the emperor, and then the emperor came to his senses and asked them to sit down.
The emperor looked at Chiyang with a smile in his eyes: "You said in the hall that day that the poison can only react with one kind of herb, but you only told me that your kit can detect all poisons. You said, you are
Is this considered deceiving the king? How will I punish you?"
"Father." Lu Jinyan looked at the emperor with disapproval.
Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but sigh.
They haven't even gotten married yet, but they are already looking towards their wife.
Chiyang smiled: "I didn't lie. I have confidence. Under such circumstances, the only poison that he can use to poison me is the poison prepared by me. Other people's poisons are not good at all."
impossible."
"So in a sense, the servant girl did not deceive the king."
The emperor couldn't help laughing when he heard Chiyang's words.
Lu Jinyan looked at Chiyang with a smile, and he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.
His whole heart and eyes were filled with her.
Chiyang didn't notice it.
The emperor saw it, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for his son. His son had not had a woman he liked for so many years, but now he has one, but she is nothing. How long will his son have to wait?
After the three of them had lunch, the emperor looked at Chiyang and said in a serious tone: "I asked you two to come here today because I have something to tell you. I want to marry you two now.
.”
Lu Jinyan looked at the emperor in surprise: "Father, didn't we agree before that we would not marry you until my son's legs are completely healed?"
He still cares about this matter.
The emperor chuckled lightly: "You are willing to wait, but the ministers in the court cannot wait. I don't know how many pairs of glasses are staring at the position of the crown princess. I think it is better to settle this matter earlier.
What do you think?"
These words seemed to be asking Lu Jinyan and Chiyang, but in fact they were just asking Chiyang.
The emperor is someone who has been here before, and he knows very well that as long as Chiyang nods, everything will be easy for his son.
Before Chiyang and Lu Jinyan could say anything, the emperor spoke again: "I should have discussed this important matter with your parents. I shouldn't have found them directly. However, I sent someone to ask your mother yesterday.
After that, she said that she respects your thoughts and I want to hear what you have to say."
Chiyang glanced at Lu Jinyan, then withdrew her gaze, and said softly: "I don't care when the marriage is granted. When I first started treating His Highness, the two of us had already made a private decision for life, so
No matter what His Highness the Crown Prince does, I will never dislike him."
"Your Majesty, you can grant me a marriage whenever you want."
Lu Jinyan: "..."
The corners of Lu Jinyan's eyes twitched fiercely.
He looked at Chiyang with shock in his eyes.
He did like her, and because of this, he could see that there was no place for him in her eyes, and he didn't care about it.
He feels that as long as he can keep people by his side, that's good enough.
But why, why could she say such things as a private life without changing her expression?
Lu Jinyan pursed his lips, and his ears felt uncontrollably hot.
Privately decided for life...
In fact, in a sense, the agreement between the two of them is indeed a private life-long agreement.
The emperor didn't expect Chiyang to say that. After being stunned for a few seconds, he couldn't help laughing and said quickly: "Okay! Okay! Then I will issue the decree now!"
"It's better to wait." Chiyang said at this time, "No matter what, you have to give me some time and let me return to the General Protector's Mansion before issuing an order. Otherwise, not everyone will
After knowing that my daughter has met you, you gave the order?"
"..."
A rare flash of embarrassment flashed across the emperor's face.
This is really not good.
Lu Jinyan couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub his eyebrows.
…
Chiyang returned to the General Protector's Mansion, and the imperial edict of marriage had arrived.
