The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 568: Section by section
Chapter 568: One Section, One Section
Bai Qingyan realized that Mr. Fang was setting a trap for her. If she answered yes or no directly without concealing her feelings, wouldn’t the prince suspect her when she was in Dengzhou and had such well-informed information about the capital city?
Bai Qingyan frowned and said calmly, “The queen is pregnant again? Why would Prince Xin return to the capital? Your Highness, please forgive me, I still don’t know what happened…”
The prince remembered that Bai Qingyan had been far away in Shuoyang, and later came to Dengzhou, so naturally he didn’t know what happened in the capital. The prince stroked his forehead and said, “Mr. Qin, please tell the princess what happened during this period of time.”
Bai Qingyan looked towards Qin Shangzhi.
Qin Shangzhi gradually made the Queen pregnant. As she missed Prince Xin, her pregnancy was not going well. So, some court officials petitioned the Emperor to call Prince Xin back for the sake of the Queen’s unborn child. Prince Liang was valued by the Emperor for his alchemy skills and was entrusted with the important task of investigating the poisoning of the divine beast. Prince Liang had already sent the Taoist priest who had been making elixirs for the Emperor in his mansion into the palace.
“Early this morning, news came from Dadu that Your Majesty… has appointed that Heavenly Master as the National Master, and he is openly refining elixirs in the palace! In addition, the National Master divined that the dragon son in the Queen’s belly is a good omen for the country and is the reincarnation of the divine deer. Your Majesty is overjoyed!” Qin Shangzhi said.
Bai Qingyan’s brows twitched as he held the teacup. There were some puzzles that he couldn’t figure out, and he understood them one by one…
No wonder Prince Liang had been investigating the poisoning death of the sacred deer for so long but could not find any clues. It turned out that the Queen and Prince Liang had joined forces.
But when did the Queen and Prince Liang join forces?
Bai Qingyan thought of Lu Ninghua’s letter. The Queen failed to get Fu Ruoxi to support Prince Xin in forcing the emperor to abdicate, so she turned to join forces with Prince Liang… and brought Prince Xin back from Yongzhou.
Prince Liang was really good at tricks. When the Queen got pregnant, he asked the Taoist priest to calculate that the baby in the Queen’s belly was the reincarnation of a divine deer, making the Prince feel very uneasy. He intended to cause a confrontation between the Prince and the Queen so that he could benefit from it.
Judging from the prince’s current appearance, he seems to be unable to sit still any longer.
Bai Qingyan put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the prince: “Your Highness, are you so uneasy because the celestial master predicted that the queen is pregnant with the reincarnation of the divine deer?”
The prince nodded tiredly: “If the queen gives birth to a boy this time, the reincarnation of the divine deer… it will be a blessing from heaven, and a legitimate son! It will be embarrassing for me, the prince.”
“Your Highness, pregnancy and childbirth… take ten months. Who can guarantee that the Queen will be able to give birth to a child safely? Even if she gives birth to a child safely, who can guarantee that it is a boy? Who can guarantee that a boy will not die?” Old Fang’s voice became lower and lower, and the tail tone revealed a hint of viciousness.
Qin Shangzhi frowned and wanted to speak but suppressed his words.
Bai Qingyan spoke up instead: “Perhaps someone pushed the Queen’s position to such a high level in order to let the Crown Prince take action against the Queen?”
Both Mr. Fang and Qin Shangzhi looked at Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan looked at the prince, “The Heavenly Master came from the Prince of Liang’s Mansion. He calculated that the Queen’s baby is the reincarnation of a divine deer. The biggest threat… is to the Crown Prince’s position! If there is a problem with the Queen’s baby, the first person His Majesty would suspect is probably His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Your Highness must remember that any move must have a trace. As long as His Majesty finds any clues, then… His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s position will be in jeopardy.”
Qin Shangzhi nodded secretly, but he was already used to keeping silent and just listening silently.
“Your Highness… Ever since the King of Liang set up a trap to frame my grandfather for treason, don’t you think your brother, the King of Liang, is actually unfathomable?” Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on Qin Shangzhi, “I wonder if Your Highness knows about the old grudge between Mr. Qin Shangzhi and the King of Liang?”
The prince was quite surprised. He did not expect Bai Qingyan to know this, but he did not ask too much. He just nodded and said, “Since I can keep Mr. Qin by my side, I naturally know…”
However, after the prince investigated the matter, he thought that it was King Liang’s subordinates who acted without his knowledge. After all, King Liang was always easy to control. When he was not the prince yet, he had seen those dogs and slaves bullying their master and making King Liang so bad that he had no food to eat.
“In that case, Your Highness, do you still think that the King of Liang is as cowardly and incompetent as the outside world says? Is he so kind that he can be bullied?” Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on Elder Fang. “I think what Elder Fang said before is very reasonable. Your Highness is already the crown prince. Don’t lose your composure because of trivial matters. As long as Your Highness can remain stable and stand upright, and no one can find any handle on him, the people who set up the trap will be anxious!”
The prince listened to Bai Qingyan’s words and looked at Bai Qingyan seriously.
She went on to say, “If Prince Liang really wanted to seize the throne, perhaps he would be the first to take action without waiting for Your Highness to make a move. Otherwise… with Your Highness the Crown Prince blocking him in front and the legitimate son who is the reincarnation of the divine deer in the Queen’s belly behind him, Prince Liang would only get further and further away from that position. Prince Liang would not be so stupid! What he wants to see… is that Your Highness and the auspicious legitimate son in the Queen’s belly both suffer losses, so that he can reap the benefits!”
Bai Qingyan’s words opened the prince’s eyes, and all the things that were in a mess in his mind seemed to be sorted out.
He sat up straight and looked at Bai Qingyan: “Then, according to Princess Zhenguo’s opinion, it would be a good thing for Father to let me leave the capital city?”
“At least during the time Your Highness is away from the capital, Your Highness is safe. You don’t have to deal with those scheming tactics and can relax for a while. After returning to the capital, Your Highness still needs to be extremely alert and not attack the Queen… but you must be on guard against others attacking the Queen and framing Your Highness! This matter still requires Elder Fang and Mr. Qin to pay more attention to Your Highness!” Bai Qingyan turned his head to look at Elder Fang and Qin Shangzhi and nodded slightly to them.
Before Mr. Fang could open his mouth, he heard Qin Shangzhi say, “Don’t worry, Princess Zhenguo!”
“And there is Concubine Yu. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should also send someone into the palace to tell Concubine Yu to be on guard against being framed by others!” The Concubine Yu that Bai Qingyan mentioned is the Crown Prince’s biological mother.
Seeing that the prince also nodded, Old Fang clenched his fists tightly at his side. He wanted to speak but had to admit that what Bai Qing said made sense. He could not find any reason to object.
After holding it in for a long while, he could only say, “If this is not a conspiracy by the King of Liang, but… the Queen is deliberately elevating the legitimate child in her belly, are we just going to watch that auspicious legitimate child be born and threaten the position of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?”
Bai Qingyan looked at Mr. Fang and smiled, “What Mr. Fang said makes sense, but… to borrow Mr. Fang’s words just now, Your Highness is now the Crown Prince, as long as Your Highness does not make a big mistake… no one can take this position!”
Mr. Fang: “…”
Qin Shangzhi looked at Mr. Fang who was speechless because of being blocked, secretly clenched his fists, and exhaled heavily.
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