The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 616: outstanding
Chapter 616: Outstanding
“Princess Zhenguo, rest assured. I will keep a close watch on her.” Lu Jin said solemnly, then stood up and said, “Now that I have obtained the evidence from General Fu, I will send someone to ask for the old Imperial Preceptor Tan. Before the matter is thoroughly investigated, I am afraid that the Grand Princess will need to assist in the palace confinement. After all, before His Majesty fell into a coma, he entrusted the harem to her.”
Fu Ruoxi, who was still kneeling in the prison, had his pupils trembling slightly. He knew… Lu Jin meant to put the Queen under house arrest!
When Fu Ruoxi blurted out what was written in the Queen’s letter…, he knew this would be the result, but deep down he was unwilling to believe that the Queen would send someone to silence him.
Bai Qingyan turned around and looked at Fu Ruoxi deeply, then walked out of the Dali Temple Prison. Quan Yu also said goodbye to Lu Jin and followed Bai Qingyan out of the Dali Temple Prison.
At this time, the sky in Dadu City had already darkened. The two lanterns hanging high in front of the Dali Temple prison gate were swaying left and right in the wind.
No one dared to approach the Dali Temple during the day, let alone at night. The occasional screams and cries from interrogations could be heard from the high grey walls and the cold silence, which was really creepy.
Bai Qingyan looked into the depths of the darkness. Ever since she came out of the alley at the Prince’s Mansion, someone had been following her, but that person only dared to follow her from a distance and did not dare to get close.
“Princess Zhenguo, how about I take you back to your residence?” Quan Yu said respectfully to Bai Qingyan.
“Eunuch Quan Yu should return to the East Palace immediately and tell the Crown Prince that I will return to the Bai Mansion to invite Grandmother to the palace to take charge of the situation. With Grandmother in charge of the palace, I think Grandmother will not dare to act rashly with the Queen in my presence.”
After Bai Qingyan finished speaking, he turned to Quan Yu and said, “Please tell the prince that General Fu said that the queen said in the letter that Your Majesty will not live long. It seems that Your Majesty’s fall from the horse must be related to the queen! Now Fu Ruoxi is imprisoned in the prison. The queen and Prince Xin… are most afraid that Your Majesty will really wake up and perhaps let his brother Zhong Shaozhong contact his old subordinates to rebel and force the emperor to abdicate. Your Highness should send someone to monitor him early to prevent any accidents! For other matters, the prince can discuss with the old imperial teacher Tan and issue orders together, so that everyone can be convinced!”
Old Imperial Preceptor Tan was the person entrusted with the affairs of state by His Majesty before he fell into a coma. In addition, he is the crown prince. Such an importance… makes the court officials more convinced and will not let them think that the crown prince is trying to force the palace to rebel and ascend the throne as soon as possible.
Quan Yu’s back was stiff, and he nodded repeatedly: “I will tell the Crown Prince every word of what the Zhenguo Princess said!”
Seeing Quan Yu’s frightened look, Bai Qingyan said, “However, there is no need for His Royal Highness to worry too much. At least there are 20,000 soldiers brought back from the Anping camp outside the capital. The Queen and others will not fight head-on, but will only outsmart them. As long as we protect His Royal Highness’s safety and make preparations in advance, we will not be afraid of anything!”
Hearing Bai Qingyan say this, Quan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed, saying, “Don’t worry, Princess. No matter what happens, Quan Yu will swear to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
“Thank you for your hard work! Go back early!” After Bai Qingyan finished speaking, she saw the jailer had already brought her horse. She walked down the steps, jumped on the horse and left.
Quan Yu hurriedly bowed and saw him off until the sound of horse hooves could no longer be heard. Then he raised his head and returned to the Prince’s Mansion with the guards, and told the Prince what Bai Qingyan had said.
At this time, with the secret assistance of Wei Zhong, Mr. Fang had already found out about the old servants who were sold out from the Fu Mansion and the Queen’s mother’s family, the Zhong Mansion. He confirmed that the Queen and Fu Ruoxi were indeed engaged. The Queen had been to the Fu Mansion and forced Fu Ruoxi to go to the Zhong Mansion to propose marriage before the late Emperor’s decree of marriage came down.
Not only that, because Mr. Fang wanted to make a fuss about Prince Xin’s life experience, he found out about the palace maid who served the Queen when she just married His Majesty… but had her legs broken and was kicked out of the Prince’s Mansion because of a mistake.
This palace maid hated the Queen so much that she had been persuaded by Old Fang to come forward and testify that Prince Xin was not the son of His Majesty, and that the Queen framed the Prince’s biological mother, now Imperial Concubine Yu, because her pregnancy was over, in order to cover up the fact that her pregnancy was over.
Coincidentally, when the empress was still the crown princess… After she became pregnant, it was Ji Bingfu, the then director of the Imperial Hospital, who took her pulse. Ji Bingfu had reported Jian Congwen in his early years… which led to the execution of Jian Congwen’s entire family. Ji Bingfu himself had already died, and his descendants are now missing.
Even if Ji Bingfu’s descendants were still in the capital, Old Fang was not afraid. After all, ever since Zhenguogong Bai Weiting overturned Jian Congwen’s case, Ji Bingfu had become a criminal who framed a loyal official. How could his descendants dare to come out to testify for the queen? Even if they were driven out… could the testimony of the descendants of a criminal who framed a loyal official be credible?
Therefore, in this round, Mr. Fang is confident that he can help the Crown Prince overcome the two stumbling blocks, the Queen and Prince Xin.
The prince planned to go to the Dali Temple Prison to discuss with the old imperial tutor Tan and secretly detain the imperial guards generals that Zhong Shaozhong had contact with. He also wanted to temporarily hand over the imperial guards to Bai Qingyan to prevent any changes.
“Thank you for your hard work. There is one more thing… Previously, we were only concerned about Prince Xin’s Mansion, but forgot about the Queen’s mother’s family, the Zhong family. The Queen’s brother, Zhong Shaozhong, was once the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. We must send someone to keep a close eye on Zhong Shaozhong! To prevent him from contacting his old subordinates and intending to rebel!”
The prince raised his neck and asked Quan Yu to button his clothes for him, his face solemn. He was already convinced that the emperor fell off his horse because of the empress.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness! I will send someone to keep an eye on Zhong Shaozhong and the Zhong Mansion right away, but… we also have to make preparations early!” said Old Fang.
After the prince sat down holding the armrest of the chair, Quan Yu knelt at his feet and put on his boots.
The prince looked at Mr. Fang and said, “There are 20,000 troops brought back from the Anping camp outside the city. As for leading troops…Princess Zhenguo is more experienced than us. It was Princess Zhenguo who asked Quan Yu to come back to remind me. Princess Zhenguo must have known something in the letter! I will go to the Dali Temple to personally see the old Imperial Tutor Tan…and together with the old Imperial Tutor Tan, I will give an order to temporarily hand over the imperial guards to the hands of Princess Zhenguo.”
When Elder Fang heard this, he pinched the hem of his clothes with his fingers, and said solemnly, “Your Highness, you can’t do that. I think… if we hand over the Imperial Guards to the Princess Zhenguo, it will inevitably alert the enemy! I know that Your Highness is worried about the safety of Imperial Concubine Yu in the palace. This time… we can use the people Your Highness has placed in the Imperial Guards for many years and protect Imperial Concubine Yu.”
The prince frowned, straightened his sleeves and nodded, “That makes sense.”
Seeing that the Crown Prince accepted his suggestion, Mr. Fang stepped forward and said, “Your Highness, this Zhenguo Princess… seems to be getting better day by day! The Zhenguo Princess is a master at leading troops in battles, and her mind is also outstanding! Such a person… Your Highness needs to use him, but you still have to be on guard! You must not let your guard down just because the Zhenguo Princess seems to be loyal now!”
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