boyutpedia Chapter 231 Everyone Has Their Own Ugly Intentions
Chapter 231 Everyone Has Their Own Ugly Intentions
"Mother Concubine! Mother Concubine!"
He arrived at the gate of Zhongcui Palace, but the gate was tightly closed and he could only faintly hear the sound of chanting coming from inside.
The last time I saw my mother was at a palace banquet.
He called out several times, but no one came to open the door for him.
Just as he was about to continue shouting, the palace gate finally opened.
The virtuous concubine was wearing a light blue robe and a scarf on her head, looking like a lay Taoist priest.
"Come in." Concubine Xian said in a light tone, led him in and closed the palace door.
The second prince felt mixed emotions. On the day of his eighth birthday, his mother suddenly asked to stay in the palace to practice for unknown reasons. She even locked herself in the palace before completing his birthday ceremony.
Even her own personal maid who came with her dowry was sent out of the palace, and she had no one to serve her.
She usually grew some vegetables in the palace, and did all the laundry and cooking herself. If it wasn't a big deal, she would never leave the palace.
"Please take a seat."
The virtuous concubine politely took him to the tea room and poured him two cups of tea that was brewing on the stove nearby.
"Mother..."
Xian Fei interrupted him and asked, "What brings you here today?"
The second prince's face was full of disappointment. He had been jumping up and down in the court for so many years. In addition to wanting to sit in that position, he also wanted to make his mother happy.
But now his mother showed no emotion on her face, and he couldn't even see any maternal love from her for him.
"Do you know... my third brother Chu Chen is dead?"
"I have lived in the deep palace for a long time and do not want to know about the outside world. I just want to stay with the Three Pure Ones and atone for the sins of my human life."
"Mother! What crime have you committed? What sin do you want to atone for?"
The virtuous concubine said indifferently: "Humans are born with sin. Is this what you came here to talk about today? Now that you have finished speaking... please go back..."
Suddenly, the Second Prince knelt down and said:
"Mother! I don't understand! I haven't understood it for so many years! Why do you want to ruin yourself like this? Why don't you live your good life? Why do you do this? It's been more than ten years! Mother!"
The virtuous concubine said nothing more, but turned her head away and stopped looking at him.
"Mother! Please answer me! What did I do wrong? Why do you want me to turn a blind eye to you?"
"Chu Jin, get up first." Concubine Xian was annoyed by his noise and said coldly.
The Second Prince was stunned. What had he just heard?
After all these years, my mother hasn't called his name since she was confined to the palace. This is the first time...
"Mother? Are you calling my name?"
The virtuous concubine sighed slightly, stood up and pulled the kneeling second prince up from the ground.
The Second Prince's eyes never left the Concubine Xian, tears welling in his eyes. At only twenty-something years old, he acted like a child who had made a mistake.
"You sit down."
The Second Prince immediately sat down on the stool obediently and looked at her expectantly.
"There are some things I can't tell you too much about. But I can only tell you... don't fight for the throne... that position... you can't sit on it."
The Second Prince hadn't recovered from his surprise when he heard his mother's admonition. He stood up in an instant and said:
"Why not? I am also a prince, my last name is Chu, and I am also the son of the emperor! Why can't I?"
"This isn't something I said; it's the will of Heaven. If you persist in your wrongdoing, I won't care about you..." He shook his head, went into the bedroom, and closed the door. Soon, the sound of chanting could be heard.
"Mother! Why? Why?"
The second prince kept shouting at the door, but the chanting inside was not affected at all.
Seeing that the people inside were unmoved, the second prince's eyes became sinister.
"Mother...you are my mother...you don't believe in me...then I will prove to you that I am Father's best child! I am worthy of the throne!"
After saying this, he left Zhongcui Palace.
The virtuous concubine inside sighed deeply. She knew her child best.
Since that ending is unavoidable... let's prepare a protective umbrella for him in advance...
He stood up, walked to another cubicle, closed the door, and continued what he had not finished before.
Hall of Qinzheng
"Zhong Yunhai, are you telling the truth?"
Zhong Yunhai below was shaking like a sieve. The strange death of the third prince was not a big deal if he didn't investigate, but once he did, he found out a huge piece of evidence of his crime.
He was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground and kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down... If you have anything to do, punish me... Please don't let yourself get sick from anger..."
"Were these things found in Prince Qi's mansion?"
There was a large wooden box in the center of the hall. In addition to correspondence, gold, silver and jewelry, there was also a large jade seal and two tiger talismans that were so real that they could be mistaken for the real thing.
Emperor Jinyang read the letter. It was a conspiracy between the third prince and Chu Qi on how to seize the garrison camp outside Kyoto City, as well as the layout of the guards in the palace. Even the emperor's diet was recorded.
The most eye-catching booklet was a record of the deeds of officials, which recorded the crimes committed by officials of the first, second, third, and even ninth and seventh ranks.
With this booklet, even if these two people succeed in seizing the throne, no one will dare to oppose them.
No matter which of these is pulled out, these two people will be torn into pieces by five horses.
But one of them is the emperor's biological brother and the other is the emperor's biological son.
"They... are so bold... Find the person and punish him according to his crime." After saying this, he seemed to be very angry and actually grabbed a teacup and threw it to the ground.
"Five horses and quarters!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down..."
After smashing the teacup, his mood improved a bit. He instructed Zhong Yunhai:
"Where is Shen Yuanshan? Ask him to come see me."
"Your Majesty... Ever since Grand Tutor Shen returned home on the Lantern Festival, he has sent a message saying he was extremely frightened and has been bedridden for several days..."
"What nonsense! The old man probably didn't want to get involved in this mess, so he made up this excuse..." He pondered for a moment and continued.
"Bring Wei Yangqing to me."
Zhong Yunhai immediately agreed to go to the Qinzheng Hall as if he had been pardoned.
Meanwhile, Concubine Zhen in Jingyang Palace was leisurely drinking tea, as if the events in the outside world had no effect on her at all.
"Your Majesty... Caiqing is back." A maid came in and said to Concubine Zhen.
"Tell her to come in."
"Yes."
Soon a maid came in with her head lowered, but looking closely, it was not Cai Qing, but Xu Qingzhao.
"Your Highness, how are you?" She bowed but was stopped by Royal Concubine Zhen.
"Hurry up, hurry up. You were only eight or nine when we last met, but you've grown up so much now. Your sister and I are close friends, so there's no need to be so formal here."
"Yes……"
Pulling her to sit down, Concubine Zhen asked:
"Is your sister... okay?"
Xu Qingzhao didn't know whether the person in front of him was an enemy or a friend, but his second sister said before leaving that in addition to Wei Yangqing, there was another noble person in the capital who would help her.
"She's still alive...but her mind is that of a five or six-year-old..."
When Concubine Zhen heard the sad news, she was stunned for a moment. Xu Jinchu was such a good woman, she shouldn't have ended up like this.