In the middle of the night, in the study room of the crown prince in the East Palace, the last group of men in black came to report. After listening to the crown prince, he nodded indifferently and waved his hands away. Sitting alone under the lamp, he meditated and laughed repeatedly.
"Gu still doesn't want to believe it! Gu really doesn't want to believe it!" The prince leaned back tiredly, and sighed softly: "Mother, mother, mother, have you really just used your ministers all this time? Could it be, You are just using your son to pave the way for your own son! Is there really no son in your heart?"
The prince laughed lowly "hehe", the laughter was bleak and bitter, with a deep bleakness, from childhood to adulthood, the queen's ardent concern for him and all kinds of good memories of him flooded up like a flood, one after another. The picture kept flashing in his mind, driving him almost crazy!
He is not a fool, he can feel that everything from his ex-mother to him is true, and he cares from the heart! Others can be faked, but the feeling cannot be faked!
It was also because of this that he suffered even more when he guessed the truth today.
But the prince didn't know that this was the reason why the empress was so sophisticated.
When she was raising the prince, she really treated him as her own son, caring and loving him, and she didn't cheat at all!
Of course, if she wanted to use him now, she wouldn't have any soft-heartedness.
"I still don't believe it!" The prince was entangled in his heart, and his heart was so painful that he was almost not driven crazy by the memory.
He supported his head and muttered: "If, if the third child is your biological son, then me, whose son am I... Whose son am I..."
The prince shuddered, and felt that it was unreal like a dream: he is not the mother's biological son? Does he have another concubine
"I can't! I can't!" The crown prince didn't want to think about it anymore, he shook his head and murmured, "Gu is the son of the empress. The empress said that she would support Gu to ascend to the throne. The empress said..."
He raised his head suddenly, his eyes were cold, and he sneered sinisterly: "As long as the third child is gone, the mother will still be an orphan mother! As long as he dies, everything will return to the past, and it will never change again!"
The prince laughed lowly, full of pride in his heart. Suddenly enlightened and at the same time relaxed: Yes, why didn't he think of this? In fact, there is no need to be entangled, let alone suffer, as long as the third child dies, the mother will still be her own mother, and sooner or later the throne will be her own!
Everything will go back to the past, he and his mother are still loving and filial, if he has a difficult problem, his mother will still help him resolve it, if he angered his father, his mother will still intercede for him!
"Third son, don't blame me for being cruel and merciless. If you want to blame it, blame yourself for not being in this world at all!" The prince clenched his fists and hit the table hard.
The hard ebony tabletop made his hands hurt from the vibration, but this pain was nothing to him at the moment, and he was completely attracted by the brilliant idea he had come up with.
He even wished he could do it right away.
Looking up and looking outside, the night is still dark, but the candle has already burned most of it, and it will be dawn soon!
There was a sneer on the corner of the prince's mouth, he got up with a flick of his sleeves, and lay down in the side room beside the study. After a short rest, it's time to go up.
But, where did he sleep? As soon as he closed his eyes, he couldn't help but plan.
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, he will look for opportunities to kill the third prince in the past few days! The sooner the better!
He is very clear about the methods of the queen mother. If the queen mother finds out, it will be terrible. It would be even worse if the queen mother already had other arrangements waiting to trouble him.
More importantly, he wanted him to die, and he didn't want to see him alive for a moment! This is the biggest reason!
The prince was too eager after all, and his heart was full of resentment, so the arrangements were inevitably not thorough enough, and the time was a little too hasty.
Moreover, he knew the queen, and the queen knew him better.
The third prince is the queen's own son whom the queen has owed for many years, and the prince showed his disgust, resentment and murderous intention towards him without any scruples in front of her. Although the queen has analyzed with the prince that it is not appropriate to act rashly, she still cannot be completely at ease, so , already sent someone to secretly protect the third prince.
The assassination arranged by the prince failed!
The third prince only suffered a little flesh injury on his arm and a small shock, nothing else happened.
But after hearing the news that Aunt Qing had inquired about, the Empress was still worried and distressed, and felt restless.
Seeing this, Aunt Qing sighed inwardly, knowing that the queen was concerned, she was confused, so she had no choice but to persuade her with nice words.
It's no wonder that the queen has been holding back for so many years, and once this forbearance is torn apart, how can she control it, how can she stand the momentum? That was none other than her own son! And it was her own son whom she had owed for so many years!
But the queen couldn't listen to it, and when she got impatient, she said angrily: "You have never been a mother, so how do you know what it means to be a mother! You are right, but can I rest assured! Fortunately, I escaped this time. Yes, but next time? Next time!"
The queen's words were a bit hurtful. Aunt Qing's face turned pale, but she soon returned to normal. She knew that her queen's master didn't mean it, but just said it casually in a state of upset and haste.
The queen also realized what she had said, and she felt a little annoyed for a moment: Aunt Qing has been with her for so many years, and the two of them are like sisters—that's because Aunt Qing knows how to advance and retreat! She really shouldn't hurt her by saying something like that.
But the queen made a mistake if she said something wrong, of course it was impossible to apologize to Aunt Qing, she let out a long sigh and her expression darkened, but she was not as angry as before.
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. The Third Highness is auspicious, so nothing will happen!" Aunt Qing said with a gentle smile, "Besides, this time was an accident, how could there be a next time, a next time! "
After hearing this, the queen raised her head and sneered at her, and said with burning eyes: "You are a smart man, now that you don't need to pretend to be confused in front of this palace! Hmph, who did this, we both care about it." I know it well! That scoundrel, he is not paying attention to Ben Gong anymore!
The queen gritted her teeth, wishing she could kill the prince immediately.
Aunt Qing's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said: "Empress, there is no evidence for this, maybe, maybe we are all thinking left!"
"Absolutely impossible!" The queen said firmly and coldly: "Except for him, no one would do such a thing without a reason! It seems that he really can't listen to a word of this palace!"
Aunt Qing was at a loss for words. As the queen said, when the news of the assassination of the third prince came, let alone the queen, she was startled, and the first thing that came to her mind was the prince.
According to the prince's temperament, it is normal to do such a thing.
"Send someone to the East Palace to pass the word, I want to see that traitor!" The Queen said angrily.
Aunt Qing was taken aback, the empress had not sent anyone to the East Palace for many years to announce the prince's audience, because the prince would come to the palace to pay her respects in a day or two, at most two or three days.
However, it's been a long time since I've been here...
"Madam, why don't you wait a little longer, maybe the prince will come to greet you!" Aunt Qing couldn't help persuading, thinking to herself, if the prince is smart, he should come to greet you, right? If there is no explanation, the queen will not let him go in the future!
"Aunt Qing, I see that you are really old-fashioned!" The queen said coldly: "Wait a minute? Did you ask Bengong to wait until the year of the monkey? Huh, it's not that you don't know that he is busy now with an excuse, but there is one Haven't been here for a while!"
The queen's heart moved, and said: "Could it be that he noticed something?"
Aunt Qing was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Isn't it? How is it possible! The crown prince, he, he can't possibly know! Madam, the servant didn't say anything!"
"I didn't talk about you, why are you so anxious!" The queen couldn't help laughing, and gave Aunt Qing a look. She believed in Aunt Qing 100%, after all, she had served her for so many years and had always been loyal. More importantly, she understands Aunt Qing's temperament, and she is definitely not a betrayer.
"I mean, could he have noticed something from somewhere else? Otherwise, why didn't he come to pay his respects so often?"
Aunt Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a quick smile: "It must be the empress, you are worrying too much! From the perspective of slaves, the third highness is now very appreciated by the emperor. The crown prince is not convinced in his heart, so he went to work with his heart , naturally there will be less time to come to greet you! Hehe, besides, if the Crown Prince doesn’t come, doesn’t it mean that he sends the Crown Princess to come every day and asks the Crown Princess to bring the message!”
The queen pondered for a moment, but she didn't believe that the prince could detect anything, because she didn't do anything at all!
"You're right, maybe it's because I'm suspicious!" The queen's suspicions were mostly gone, and she snorted, "But this time, I still want to teach him a lesson, and I don't take what I say more and more seriously." Yes! You should send someone there, tomorrow at the latest, I must see him!"
Aunt Qing took the order and went out to give orders.
In the East Palace, the crown prince was locked in the study alone and lost his temper, his face was terribly gloomy and full of hostility.
"I missed it! I missed it!" The prince hated him endlessly, not only angry, but also frightened and desperate!
In this way, he was even more sure that the mother's queen was the third's mother's mother and not his. If the mother hadn't arranged someone to protect him secretly, his people would never have missed!
As for the third child, it is impossible for him to have such power!
what to do? Can the queen mother let herself go? The more the prince thought about it, the more upset he became.
He suddenly realized that he had driven himself to a dead end!
Afraid of what would happen, he was panicking, when he heard the little eunuch say outside the door: "Prince, the empress has sent someone to pass the word, saying that the prince must come into the palace by tomorrow at the latest. For urgent matters, find the prince..."