In addition to the side concubine, Ji Chongde also had seven concubines, and the four concubines' natal families were low-ranking but important officials in the court.
There were three remaining, one was given by the emperor, one was given by the prince, and the other was a cousin of his mother and concubine's family.
In addition, there are a group of maids and concubines in his mansion, and the origins of these women are even more complicated. Some brothers, some officials, some seniors, some subordinates. All of them are like flowers and jade, good at singing and dancing.
Thinking of these women, Li Huaide had another headache.
These women are not easy to deal with! Unlike the women in Guo Shizi's backyard, Guo Shizi snatched them all, and spent some money to get rid of them.
According to the etiquette, the concubines rewarded by the father cannot be dismissed. The crown prince sent it. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to the crown prince if you sent it away? What if the prince blames him
The beauties sent by the brothers are likely to be spies planted in the mansion. Dismissing it will arouse their suspicion and cause unnecessary trouble.
The other women are all related to Ji Chongde's hidden forces. Getting rid of him will cause trouble, and the other party will inevitably suspect that you want to deal with him, or they will betray you and inform you.
Kang Wang is a low-key person, his carriage is simple in style, and there are only about twenty people in his entourage, so he is not very eye-catching on the streets of Luoyi.
In fact, if Kang Wang summoned his men, he could have tens of thousands of horses in an instant. It was enough to set off a bloodbath in Luoyi.
The wealth he accumulated in private is even more astonishing.
When he returned to the capital, he said that the foundation building could not be completed, and the road was hopeless, so he came back.
In fact, Ji Chongde now has the strength of the sixth level of foundation building, and is proficient in ventilation spells.
There is a son in Ji Chongde's family, born of his concubine Jiang, who is three years old this year.
On the surface, Ji Chongde is a happy prince, a wealthy prince. He is very popular in Beijing, but he is not respected by others.
For wanting to play such a fourth prince, Li Huaide wanted to cry but had no tears.
What comforted him was that the fourth prince had a lot of talented people under him, and the palace enshrined a Taoist priest of the Golden Core Realm on the surface, and there was also a subordinate of the Golden Core Realm in private. There are more than 20 dead soldiers in the Foundation Establishment Realm. This is very helpful in rescuing the junior sister.
Li Huaide felt very troublesome for this group of people. These people obviously gathered together to help Ji Chongde seize the throne.
In order to accumulate strength, they did a lot of illegal things together. Planting and framing, assassinating officials, embezzling and embezzling, poisoning and assassinating princes are not one or two things.
It is no longer that Li Huaide can stop if he says stop.
The matter of seizing the throne is like an arrow out of the string, and it can only move forward.
Either succeed or fail. If you succeed, you will become an emperor, if you fail, you will die without a place to bury you.
As soon as Li Huaide returned to the palace, he immediately sent a small team of capable people to Jeju, this is to ask them to go to Jeju to inquire about the result of Yu Qingyao. On the other hand, he sent people to the Hunting Monster League's station in Zhou State, and told them that the Great Demon Eagle Sanjue of Jindan Stage had appeared in Zhou State.
The Hunting Monster League attached great importance to the fourth prince's notice, and immediately sent people to notify the various factions in the Zhou Kingdom. Once the three unique eagles were discovered, they would organize manpower to encircle and suppress them.
After Li Huaide did these two things, he relaxed.
Regarding Yu Qingyao, he had to wait.
Next he started another matter, investigating the poisoned death of Ji Chongde.
It's a matter of life, if you don't investigate this matter clearly, how can you do it
Ji Chongde was a conspirator, and his favorite method was poisoning. No fewer than twenty officials were poisoned to death by his planning and order.
He has a special group under him, called the Snake Group, which specializes in poisoning and killing officials. Therefore, Ji Chongde also made great efforts to prevent others from poisoning.
Among his entourage, there is Yu Zuo, a poison master of the Snake Group. Everything Ji Chongde ate and drank had to be inspected by the master poisoner. It is actually not easy to poison Ji Chongde to death.
Li Huaide detailed the details of drinking today three times.
Ji Chongde didn't drink alone today. He invited three old literati who were famous for writing hermit poems. The four of them fished by the river and recited poems for fun.
In the morning, I got a few poems and caught a basket of fish.
Then the fish was handed over to a restaurant by the river, where the restaurant slaughtered and cooked the fish on the spot, everyone ate the fish they caught, and ordered a few more dishes.
Ji Chongde called several famous prostitutes to accompany him. The beautiful girl sang the poems newly written by everyone, and the banquet was complete. These poems can be sung quickly because of this. Ji Chongde's reputation as a wealthy and idle king can also be further recited because of this good story.
The banquet was held very successfully, and the three old hermits all praised Ji Chongde for his style of a master hermit. But unexpectedly, Ji Chongde was poisoned to death.
Ji Chongde ordered his men to investigate and control to see if the three old hermits were dead or not.
Not long after, the subordinates came down to report that the three old fellows were all fine.
Li Huaide thought about it, the wine was eaten together, and the dishes were eaten together, how could Ji Chongde be poisoned
Suddenly, he remembered one thing. During the banquet, everyone ate the fish they caught. If he was the only one who was poisoned and the others were not, the most likely reason is that the fish he ate was poisonous.
He called Yu Zuo and asked, "Have you tested the fish I ate for poison?"
Yu Zuo was taken aback, and said nervously, "Your Highness, what you caught was a live mandarin fish. I watched the slaughter and cooking with my own eyes. It is absolutely impossible for someone to poison it halfway."
Li Huaide asked lightly: "What if the fish was poisoned beforehand?"
As soon as Yu Zuo heard it, sweat started to appear on his forehead, and he said in a twitchy voice, "How is that possible? If the poison was poisoned in advance, how could the fish not die? I tried fish soup with silver needles, and the soup was not poisonous."
Li Huaide glanced at him coldly, and said: "Go and check, who knows that I'm going to go fishing today, and then go and check the area by the river to see if any strange people have appeared."
Yu Zuo nodded and went out.
He was a little puzzled, is that fish really poisonous? But isn't it okay
However, the prince ordered to investigate, so he could only take someone to investigate carefully.
Not long after, Yu Zuo sent someone to send back a message. Aunt Liu, one of Concubine Jiang's mother, committed suicide by taking poison. She probably learned from Concubine Jiang that the prince would go fishing today, and when the prince came to check, she took poison and committed suicide.
Li Huaide sneered and ordered people to search the old lady's house. Find out who she's been dating in private lately.
In the evening, another group of people reported that there were two strange people by the river where Wang Ye was fishing today. The two men went fishing with a wooden bucket. The barrels were seen wet with the lids on when they went there. A child saw them pouring fish into the river.
Li Huaide sighed, and ordered someone to check the whereabouts and details of the two people.
It was almost dusk at this time, Concubine Jiang brought her son to see the prince.
Concubine Jiang, dressed gracefully and gorgeously like a fairy concubine, came in with a smile on her hand, leading her son who was carved in pink and jade.
Li Huaide was sweating profusely, he didn't know how to deal with Concubine Jiang and his son.
(end of this chapter)