After saying this, Princess Chang'an subconsciously glanced at Chu Jingxing. She knew Chu Jingxing very well and knew that Chu Jingxing never did useless things or said unnecessary nonsense, so she asked him hesitantly, "Do you want to do something else to Concubine De and the Queen?"
After she finished speaking, she shook her head and answered herself, "That won't work. His Majesty just came to see the Queen. Although their relationship was not as good as before, after the incident with the Fourth Prince, their relationship seems to have improved again."
This is natural; disasters always tend to soften people's hearts.
After all, the one who died was a little child who once acted spoiled in their arms and was connected to them by blood. They should have had endless common topics and memories to talk about.
But so what
Chu Jingxing smiled faintly, and seeing that Xianrong County Lady looked nervous, he asked, "Did His Majesty deal with Concubine De?"
Princess Chang'an was stunned. "Your Majesty has ordered the Royal Guards to conduct a thorough investigation. Although they all say that the Fifth Prince provoked the Leopard, and the eunuchs and maids around the Fifth Prince seemed to have expected it and protected the Fifth Prince, there is no evidence that Concubine Peng De did it. How can Your Majesty punish her?"
That’s it, isn’t it
Of course, Emperor Longqing had to be rational, and now he only had one son, the Fifth Prince. Would he really do anything to the Fifth Prince? Even if it was really the Fifth Prince who did it, he would definitely deny it to the public and find another scapegoat.
But what about Queen Fang
Will she care that Emperor Longqing only has one son
She wouldn't, she only knew that her son was dead, and that was the most important thing.
It seems that there is no conflict between the two of them now, but in fact it is just that it has not been exposed.
The more Princess Chang'an spoke, the more she understood Chu Jingxing's meaning. She sat down and thought carefully for a while before asking him, "So what are you going to do?"
Xianrong County Lady had recovered from her shock and followed suit, "It's probably not appropriate to do those little tricks now. His Majesty, Marquis Ping'an Li Jian and the Crown Prince Li Kong are in charge of the Jinwu Guards and have stepped up patrols. There are also Jinyi Guards coming in and out frequently. If we're not careful, something bad might happen."
As long as nothing related to Wei An comes up, Princess Xianrong has always been considered to have some brains.
Princess Chang'an hummed with satisfaction, and also advised Chu Jingxing: "You have done enough. Up to now, think about it, the Prince of Jin has rebelled, Liu Biping deliberately tightened the defense line, allowing the Japanese pirates to invade continuously, internal and external troubles, and now the Fourth Prince is dead, and the Empress De is at odds with each other. Even if you don't do anything, you are now in a precarious situation."
Not to mention Emperor Longqing himself.
During the few days she had been with Empress Fang, she had heard many times that Emperor Longqing had to ask Taoist priests for elixirs before he could fall asleep.
As she was thinking this, Chu Jingxing's eyes became deep. He chuckled and asked indifferently, "How much? The more I do, the faster I will die in front of my father. It's okay if there is only one concubine Yu and Chu Jingan, they can't compete with me in terms of etiquette, but Chu Jingwu is still fine and has a good reputation. This is not good."
Princess Chang'an also knew that this was not a good thing, so she stopped talking. It was obvious that Chu Jingxing was afraid of Chu Jingwu, and this time Chu Jingwu did not hesitate to step on him in front of Emperor Longqing, which was a great insult to Chu Jingxing.
The word "forbearance" is like a knife hanging over one's head. How can Chu Jingxing, who has already thought he has endured him for so many years, endure it
Instead of advising Chu Jingxing to think about it again and consider the consequences, Princess Chang'an knew very well that it would be better for her to try her best to help Chu Jingxing make the plan more careful.
Anyway, at this point, there is no turning back.
She is the same as the Xiao family, even worse than the Xiao family. She even gave the power of the Xie family and the things left by the King of Chu to Chu Jingxing. If something happens, Emperor Longqing will not tolerate her, and King Linjiang will not tolerate her either.
She could only follow Chu Jingxing till the end.
Xianrong County Lady asked him nervously, "So what do you want to do?"
Chu Jingxing did not answer her. He stood up and continued to look outside. Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu, who were no longer talking in a low voice but left together, showed a long smile.
Empress Fang in Fengyi Palace did not rest. Not long after she entered the bedroom, she was greeted by Emperor Longqing, so she had to concentrate and talk to him.
Emperor Longqing was much gentler than before, and his attitude towards her made her feel dazed. She always thought that she had returned to the time when they had just gotten married.
But she was not happy about it.
Because of this huge difference in attitude, her son's life is now between them.
She silently brought a cup of tea to Emperor Longqing, then sat aside with her head down, embroidering the purse in her hand.
Emperor Longqing walked closer and took a look. Seeing that the pattern was a winning laurel in the imperial palace, he felt a little sad. He was silent for a moment before asking, "Is this embroidered for A-man?"
Empress Fang didn't speak for a while, but she couldn't stop sewing. After a long time, she pretended to smile and said, "A-Man had been clamoring for it before, saying that he saw Yonghe and pestered me to embroider it for him myself. But how could I have the time to take care of this? I asked my nanny and the people from the clothing bureau to embroider a lot for him, but he refused to wear them. I thought he had a bad temper and was even more unwilling to give it to him. But now... Although he can't wear it, I regret it... I'd better make one for him. It's a thought anyway."
Emperor Longqing was extremely saddened by what she said.
It is natural for people to have thousands of faults when they are alive.
But once you die, those things become benefits too.
What's more, he is still a child.
In the final analysis, he just had a bad temper. He looked at him from the perspective of a successor, so naturally he couldn't help but feel that the Fourth Prince was bad in every way. But once he looked at him as the father of his child, of course he felt that the Fourth Prince was good in every way.
He remembered that when he wanted to raise the Fourth Prince himself, the Fourth Prince always refused to go to bed at night and would only close his eyes when it was his turn.
That kind of dependence will never exist again.
As he thought about this, he felt a fishy and sweet taste rising up in his throat. He coughed for a long time and actually coughed up a mouthful of bloody saliva.
Queen Fang was also a little panicked. She looked at the handkerchief with such shock that she couldn't utter a word for a while.
She didn't expect that Emperor Longqing's health had become so bad.
It was known that Emperor Longqing had been in poor health recently, and he had summoned several Taoist priests he trusted to the palace several times to make elixirs for him, but he had not expected that his condition had become so serious that he was coughing up blood.
She calmed herself down, held Emperor Longqing's hand, and anxiously wanted to turn around and call for help: "Wait a moment, I'll ask Aunt Xiao to find Kong Gongfeng..."