The prince was still a little afraid of his uncle, and didn't dare to force his way in, but he didn't leave. He stood guard at the door with a group of guards and said to Prince An, "Then I will go in to visit my uncle when he gets better."
Prince An couldn't chase him away, so he had to let him wait at the door.
Murong Zhuangzhuang didn't find out anything. The people around the concubine kept their mouths shut, and Zhuangzhuang couldn't get them to open their mouths.
Just at this moment, someone from the palace came to inform Prince An that Ni Rong had woken up.
Prince An hurried in. When Ni Rong saw Prince An, he struggled to get up and asked anxiously, "How is the prince?"
Prince An couldn't bear to tell him the bad news, and only said, "The imperial physician is guarding over there."
Ni Rong lowered his head, tears welling up in his eyes, "My brother is dead, isn't he?"
As soon as he woke up, he asked the doctor, and the doctor said that Ada was dead, but the situation as to the prince was still unknown.
Prince An consoled him, "Ni Rong, please accept my condolences."
Ni Rong took a deep breath and held back his tears.
Prince An sat down and asked, "Ni Rong, what happened that night? Why were you ambushed so badly? Was it Master Liang's men?"
Ni Rong glanced at the doctor beside him and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Prince An took a look and dismissed his attendants, leaving him alone to talk with Ni Rong.
"Your Highness, we were ambushed by two groups of people, the people of Taifu Liang, and..." He paused, lowered his voice, and said weakly, "and the people of the Concubine Dowager."
Prince An was so shocked that he asked, "What?"
How is this possible? How could the concubine ambush her own son
There is no reason to do this, absolutely no reason.
He recalled that when she saw Ajie die today, although she was very sad and even cried loudly, that kind of sadness seemed too fake.
It’s not that her sadness was completely fake. She was definitely sad because her son died, but there was always an indescribable weirdness to it.
Ni Rong said sadly, "We were ambushed and fought with Liang Taifu's men. We were outnumbered, and the ambushed men there had three times as many people as us. We finally managed to break out of the encirclement, and most of us were already injured. But at this time, we encountered a second ambush."
"How do you know it's the Concubine Dowager's man?" Prince An still couldn't believe it.
Ni Rong looked at Prince An and smiled sadly, "The second group of people are all masters in the martial arts world. I have seen one of them in the palace. Although he had his face covered that night, I saw a big black mole on the back of his hand. Your Highness has also seen this person, so Your Highness also knows that the second group of people were sent by the Concubine Dowager."
Prince An said nothing, but his mind was working rapidly.
The Concubine Dowager's attitude towards the Empress Dowager changed completely, as if she wanted to excite the Empress Dowager on purpose. Perhaps there was also some personal grudges and personal emotions mixed in, but it seemed that angering the Empress Dowager was her ultimate goal.
She angered the Empress Dowager. Knowing that Zi'an had cured Axin and had excellent medical skills, she refused to allow Zi'an to treat him. Even after returning home, she immediately went to find the imperial physician. After finding the imperial physician, she spread the news of Ajie's injury in a big way.
What good will this do for her
If something happens to Ajie, wouldn't it be harmful to her if the crown prince becomes regent
Ni Rong sighed softly, "Your Majesty, we have all forgotten someone."
Prince An was startled, and someone suddenly came to his mind.
If something happens to Ajie and the emperor is seriously ill, the only person who can compete with the prince will be the eighth brother.
The eighth brother was named King Nanhuai and given the southern kingdom. The emperor sent him to the southern kingdom because he saw through his ambition.
Lao Ba had been in the South for three years, and almost everyone had forgotten him.
He even forgot that the concubine's favorite was not the seventh son, but the eighth son.
Does she want to kill Ajie and let Lao Ba come back to compete with the prince
If this is the case, everything can be explained. She knew about Master Liang's ambush plan, so she sent assassins to kill Ajie. After Ajie's death, everything was blamed on Master Liang and the prince. The prince must have been hated by the court officials.
If she quarrels with the Empress Dowager again and makes things worse, then the Eighth Brother will have to return to Beijing to attend the funeral and protect his mother. Everything is so logical...
Prince An was filled with fear. It was not uncommon for brothers to fight to the death for power.
He didn't even dare to think about it.
However, the noble concubine is capable of doing such a thing as the mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole is behind it.
In the evening, the noble concubine's action confirmed Prince An's guess.
The noble concubine actually wanted to write a letter to the eighth brother, asking him to come back to attend the funeral.
At this time, when all news is blocked, I still have to write to Lao Ba to ask him to come back. What does this mean
There is no doubt that the Crown Prince is in power temporarily now, but when the Eighth Prince returns to the capital, he will reveal that it was Taifu Liang and the Crown Prince who killed Ajie. The Crown Prince will definitely fall, and the Eighth Prince can successfully become regent.
I'm afraid that no one can estimate the current military strength of the Eighth Brother. No prince can compete with him.
At this time, the people guarding Murong Jie came to report that Murong Jie's body was missing. When Concubine Dowager learned about it, she was furious and ordered people to search the whole city.
Prince An began to suspect that it was the Imperial Concubine who did it, but when he went to see the Imperial Concubine, the sadness on her face had been replaced by anger, and that anger made her face distorted and hideous.
If she wasn't the one who moved Ajie's body, then who could it be
The noble concubine ordered people to search the whole city, which meant that the news of the regent's death could not be blocked and had already spread.
The regent was dead and even his body was stolen. This news was almost like a bombshell, throwing the entire court into chaos.
However, another piece of news came that the person who stole the Regent's body was actually Xia Zian, the daughter of the Prime Minister.
When this news reached the prime minister's residence, Prime Minister Xia, who should have been the happiest, was not happy at all.
He was happy when he received the news of the Regent's death, but when he heard that Xia Zian had kidnapped the Regent's body, he began to think deeply.
It’s not that simple. Xia Zian couldn’t possibly take Murong Jie away from the heavily guarded palace.
He sent people from the palace to assist the concubine in finding Murong Jie's body.
The whole of Kyoto was boiling overnight.
People were sent to look for those who shared the Regent's political views, whether they were in agreement with him or not.
After all, no one believed that the Regent was really dead because they hadn't seen his body with their own eyes, so they had to put in some effort to preserve the appearance of being dead.
In a residential building on the outskirts of Beijing, smoke from cooking rises and the aroma of medicine lingers in the house.
"First high heat, then low heat. First high heat, then low heat."
The one who was boiling the medicine was the great general Xiao Tuo, who kept repeating Zi'an's instructions.
Inside the room, Zi'an had just given acupuncture to Murong Jie and unblocked his meridians that had been blocked previously.
Zi'an had been worried before, fearing that she wouldn't be able to seal it in such a hurry, but obviously, she succeeded.
After Xiao Tuo boiled the medicine, the two of them drank it. These were blood-producing soups that could complement her treatment.
After feeding the baby the medicine, Xiao Tuo went out to cook.
Zi'an lay on the edge of the bed, so tired that even breathing was difficult for him.
As soon as he lay down, he fell asleep.
It was not until a hand gently stroked her head that she suddenly woke up. She looked up and saw Murong Jie had woken up and was staring at her.
His hand quietly slid down to her cheek and he smiled softly, "Like a cat!"
Zi'an smiled childishly and said in a hoarse voice: "Welcome back to the human world."
My heart, which had been hanging for so long, finally settled down at that moment, and I felt as if I was in another world.
(End of this chapter)