Zhao Chunxuan.
Upon hearing that their master was under house arrest, the servants were somewhat panicked.
This time, the servants in the palace who were under house arrest were not allowed to come in and out freely, which was much more serious than the previous situation where only the masters were confined.
If we were to ask who is the most afraid, it would naturally be the Fourth Prince.
Today he wanted to go out and play, but was politely stopped by the servant guarding the door.
Children are the ones who can sense that something is wrong in the atmosphere, and they become completely listless.
When he got to Ye Jun, he snuggled into her arms without saying a word.
Ye Jun felt distressed when he noticed his son's abnormal behavior.
But she knew that if she couldn't keep calm at this moment, it would only make the child more scared.
Then, he helped the Fourth Prince sit on his lap and kissed his forehead with a faint smile.
"Be good, Jing'er. It's not safe outside these two days. You can only play in our courtyard. Father has ordered people to guard Zhao Chunxuan to protect us. This way, bad guys outside can't get in. Mother and Jing'er will be safe. Do you understand?"
The Fourth Prince was a little confused, but he also felt a sense of relaxation from Ye Jun, so he relaxed a little.
He nodded dazedly, then said carefully, "Jing'er can play in the house."
Seeing the child like this, Ye Jun felt heartbroken.
He also thought that if he was really convicted because of the purse this time, the Fourth Prince would lose his mother's protection from then on. Who knows if he would meet a adoptive mother as black-hearted as Wan.
As a result, Ye Jun was even more determined to check the matter of the wallet carefully.
"Jing'er is so well behaved. Can mother play with Jing'er with building blocks?" Ye Jun collected her thoughts and focused on comforting the child first.
The Fourth Prince now understood one thing, that he and his mother were safe, so he relaxed.
Naturally, I agreed obediently.
Now that it was not so cold anymore, Ye Jun asked the servants to spread two thick blankets on the ground, put all the toys on them, and then he and the Fourth Prince took off their shoes and socks and sat on them to play.
Nian Gao whined and wanted to come up, so he asked Huiyue to wipe his feet clean and they got on the blanket together.
Now he couldn't get out anyway, and Ye Jun was upright and had nothing to worry about.
After all, when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, if there was any more solid evidence, the person who wanted to kill him would have been released long ago.
A purse made by an embroiderer from the Needlework Bureau, even if it is embroidered with the pattern that Ye Jun usually uses, is not conclusive evidence.
After all, too much money has been given out as rewards.
Whenever the reward was more silver, or some other valuable things, they were all put in this kind of purse. I can't remember how many I gave out.
But Wan Xiuyuan of Qixiang Palace is not as relaxed as her.
Because her two personal maids were taken away for interrogation that night.
If he hadn't discovered any problem, how could he have taken away her personal servant
At this moment, it felt like a sword was hanging over her head, and she didn't know when it would fall.
Wan also began to regret madly.
He regretted being greedy and not being content with just taking good care of the eldest prince, but instead wanting to kill him and then raise the fifth prince. He also regretted why he was possessed by the devil and wanted to put the blame on Ming Zhaoyi.
Originally I was thinking of killing two birds with one stone, but now I just feel really stupid.
However, she still held on to a glimmer of hope that the emperor would spare her life for the sake of the Wan family.
At least it won't bring trouble to the family.
But all these fantasies were shattered by several charges the next morning.
The wet nurse beside the eldest prince confessed.
It was about how she ordered the servants not to close the windows of the eldest prince's room at night, and to remove the blanket draped over the quilt, causing the eldest prince to catch a cold and fall ill. Later, she secretly got the same medicine from outside the palace according to the prescription, added a bitter orange to it and boiled it for the eldest prince to drink.
He also arranged for people to replace the medicinal residue in an attempt to frame Doctor Shen and Ye Yun.
Everything was explained clearly.
After reading the charges, Wan Xiuyuan turned pale.
He looked up at Huai'an who came to deliver the emperor's order, "How does the emperor want to deal with me?"
"The Emperor has ordered that you be demoted to a commoner and banished to the cold palace for life. You will be required to copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for the eldest prince every day. If the eldest prince is well, you will be able to live well. As for your family."
Huai An paused and snorted, "The Wan family raised a daughter as vicious as you, and sent her to the palace to accompany the emperor, to murder the heir and frame the concubines. I really don't know what they are thinking. The emperor has also ordered that the entire Wan family be dismissed and investigated."
"No, no, these are all my own faults and have nothing to do with my family!" Wan Xiuyuan collapsed and knelt forward, "Eunuch An, please let me see the emperor. The Wan family has been officials for generations, and they have done good things for Nanqi and the people of Shenzhou. These are all my faults, how can I implicate them!"
"You also know that you have implicated your family, so you should have known that we all prosper together and we all suffer together." Huai An interrupted her coldly, "Why do you always do things without thinking about the consequences, and regret it now?"
Wan Xiuyuan moved her lips a few times, her face full of tears but she couldn't speak.
Seeing him like this, Huai'an shook his head and sighed.
"The emperor has been very merciful in not taking the lives of the entire Wan family. You are plotting against two princes and one queen. Just be content. If you continue to make trouble and anger the emperor, it may not be as simple as dismissal and investigation."
This statement was a combination of kindness and force, and in the end, it made Wan give up struggling completely.
She obediently allowed herself to be sent to the cold palace.
From now on, she will have to spend the rest of her life here alone.
The last person to be sent to the cold palace was Zhao from the Qiandi Palace, and that was many years ago.
But this incident stimulated Ning Chen in more ways than just this.
He is now very cautious about the whereabouts of the eldest prince and the fifth prince.
He gave a direct order that the eldest prince and the fifth prince be sent to Ruyi Pavilion to be raised by special personnel in accordance with ancestral rules.
This group of servants serving the prince were selected by Yuan Jiu himself, and they were all the emperor's men.
There was even an oral order that no one was allowed to go to Ruyi Pavilion without permission, and that Ruyi Pavilion would have a small kitchen of its own in the future, and all food, clothing and other expenses would be separated from those in other places in the palace.
With this arrangement, Ruyi Pavilion seems to be a completely independent section that no one can easily get involved in.
From this we can see that Ning Chen attaches great importance to children, and the safety of the royal heir is one of Ning Chen's weak points.
All this greatly disrupted Concubine Jingde's plan.
The fifth prince, who had just turned one month old, had to be sent away.
This made Concubine Qin very reluctant to let go, but there was nothing she could do. She had little influence and was not qualified to raise the child herself.
But if you change your thinking, it would be better to raise the child in Ruyi Pavilion, so that there is no need to worry about being controlled by Concubine Jingde.
In short, nothing is perfect in the palace, and something has to be given up.
After this incident, the palace was peaceful for a long time.
It was not until the Fourth Prince and the Third Princess turned three years old that the Fourth Prince formally invited someone to teach him.
He still followed the rules and did not favor one over the other, and chose the same minister from the Ministry of Rites as the previous princes.
In a blink of an eye, by the end of June, the newlyweds entered the palace.