In the evening, the person behind the incident of the Ninth Prince's horse being drugged was found out. It was not Queen Xie and the Seventh Prince, but someone else.
Liang Zhaoyi and Poppy had just finished dinner and were drinking tea and chatting. Tongxi came in and reported the matter to them.
Pan Cairen was surprised: "It's not the Queen and the Seventh Prince."
Poppy said: "The Queen and the Seventh Prince will not be so stupid."
Pan Cairen asked again: "The mastermind behind this is Shang Fanling's eunuch. How could a eunuch like him have the courage to murder the prince? Who is the real mastermind behind this?"
Poppy looked at Tong Xi and asked, "Yes, who is the real mastermind behind this?"
Tongxi said respectfully: "Two ladies, this is the news that I have heard. The emperor just ordered the execution of Shang Fanling's Eunuch Zeng and his assistants, and no other people were executed."
Both Pan Cai and Yu Meiren were surprised, and looked at Liang Zhaoyi in confusion: "Sister, what's going on? A eunuch who is Shang Fangling has no one to instruct him. Even if you give him a hundred courages, he will not dare to murder the Ninth Prince. Ah, there must be someone behind this Eunuch Zeng."
Liang Zhaoyi was not surprised and said calmly: "This matter is over here."
Pan Cairen said in shock: "That's it? Doesn't the emperor find out the real mastermind?"
"It's a serious crime to murder the prince. It's so strange that the emperor doesn't thoroughly investigate the real mastermind." Poppy asked with confusion, "Sister, why doesn't the emperor fully investigate the real mastermind?"
"There is only one possibility." Liang Zhaoyi said with a profound look, "The identity of the real mastermind behind the scenes is not simple."
When Mei Yu and Pan Cairen heard what Liang Zhaoyi said, they looked shocked and exclaimed at the same time: "The identity is not simple, could it be..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Liang Zhaoyi: "We can't guess who it is."
Hearing the warning in Liang Zhaoyi's tone, Poppy and Pan Cairen's hearts tightened, and they nodded quickly and said, "Sister is right."
Liang Zhaoyi changed the topic and talked about growing vegetables, and the attention of Poppy Poppy and Pan Cairen was successfully diverted.
In the study, Zhao Yao is copying "The Analects of Confucius". The fifth princess sat next to him and helped him read, so that he could copy faster.
After Tong Xi, Liang Zhaoyi and the others reported that the Ninth Prince's horse had been drugged, they went to the study to tell Zhao Yao.
"My father only executed a few of Shang Fanling's eunuchs, but no one else?"
Tongxi said: "No."
"Not really?" Zhao Yao was very surprised, then thought of something, and said with a sudden look on his face, "It seems that this matter is over here." After saying that, he waved his hand to let Tong Xi retreat, and he continued to copy " "The Analects of Confucius".
The fifth princess didn't understand, so she hurriedly asked Zhao Yao: "Yao Yao, what did you mean when you just said that this matter has ended here?"
Zhao Yao said while copying: "It means that my father doesn't want to delve into this matter anymore."
"Why?" The fifth princess looked confused. "It is not a trivial matter to drug Ninth Brother's horse. This is an attempt to kill the prince. Why didn't Father investigate further? Don't Father love Ninth Brother very much?"
"Because this matter is not simple." Zhao Yao continued, "The identity of the real mastermind behind this matter is not simple." I just don't know if it is the prince's people, or the third brother and others.
"Why isn't it simple?" the fifth princess asked curiously, "Father is the emperor, so he can deal with anyone. Why not deal with this person?"
Zhao Yao raised his head and looked at the fifth princess helplessly: "Fifth sister, it's not that my father can't deal with the real mastermind, but he wants to let this person go."
After hearing Zhao Yao's words, the fifth princess became more and more confused and confused: "Why did my father let this person go? He wants to harm the ninth brother?"
"Because this person is important."
"Is it more important than Ninth Brother?"
"Nothing happened to Brother Ninth." Zhao Yao said, "If something happens to Brother Ninth, that's a different story."
The fifth princess said with a hint of understanding: "From what you say, this person is more important than the ninth brother."
"Fifth sister, there is a saying that a single move affects the whole body, you know?"
"I know."
"This person is just pulling the strings, do you understand?"
The fifth princess nodded first, then shook her head: "I don't understand."
"If you don't understand, just don't understand. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, so you don't have to worry about it." He said it so clearly, but the fifth sister still didn't understand. She was really stupid.
"Yao Yao, please make it clear."
"I told you, you don't understand either." Zhao Yao patted "The Analects of Confucius" and said, "Fifth sister, please continue reading."
"If you don't say it, don't say it. I don't care to listen to it." The fifth princess said angrily, then picked up "The Analects of Confucius" and continued to read it to Zhao Yao.
When he thought about Xu, Zhao Yao asked the fifth princess to go back and rest. Before leaving, the fifth princess still didn't give up and wanted to know why the person who framed the Ninth Prince couldn't move, but Zhao Yao didn't tell her.
The fifth princess went back and asked Poppy, but Poppy didn't know why. Poppy asked the fifth princess to stop caring about this matter, otherwise she would get angry. When the fifth princess heard what Poppy said, she was too frightened to ask any more questions.
Regarding the fact that Emperor Wu of Zhou only dealt with a few of Shang Fanling's eunuchs, the Zhaoyang Palace and Yongxin Palace were very dissatisfied.
In Zhaoyang Palace, Queen Xie smashed the tea cup angrily.
"Why doesn't the emperor continue to investigate?" Queen Xie's face was very ugly. "Is the emperor trying to protect the prince?"
"Didn't my father always love Zhao Xun? Zhao Xun was almost killed this time, but my father didn't investigate the real culprit." When the seventh prince said this, he sneered, "It seems that in my father's heart, Zhao Xun is no better than Zhao Xun." Go to the Crown Prince."
"Who does Zhao Xun mean?" Queen Xie felt dissatisfied, "The emperor is blatantly shielding the prince's people and defending the prince."
"Mother, this matter has nothing to do with us after all. There is no need for us to be so angry." The Seventh Prince comforted Queen Xie and said, "The one who is really angry is Concubine Rong. She will definitely not let this matter go."
Empress Xie thought of Concubine Rong's rudeness to her before, her eyes instantly turned cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Concubine Rong, that bitch!"
"Mother, let Concubine Rong be proud for now, let them fight with the prince first." The seventh prince said with a sinister smile, "With Concubine Rong's temper, she will never let this matter go easily. And the acting king, He won’t give up, so let’s just wait for them to fight.”
After hearing this, Queen Xie nodded slightly and said, "The King is coming back soon, so let them fight."
"Mother, we can add some fire to this matter..." Although the seventh prince did not finish his words, the meaning was obvious.
Queen Xie understood and nodded in agreement: "I will do it according to your words."
"Mother, my father has not yet made a decision about adding beads to the king. Don't you want to add beads to the king?" We have been arguing for several days about adding beads to the king, but my father has not agreed. This is so strange. "My father loves Dai Wang the most. He also wants Dai Wang to replace the crown prince. Adding pearls to Dai Wang is to honor Dai Wang. It stands to reason that my father would agree immediately, but my father did not agree. What on earth is my father thinking? "
"Because of your grandfather." Queen Xie was very angry when she thought that her father supported the prince but not her son. "Behind the crown prince is the Xie family. The emperor is worried about the Xie family and will not immediately agree to add beads to the king."
"Obviously I am the orthodox one, but my grandfather supports a prince who is a common girl. I really don't know what my grandfather thinks." The seventh prince was also very angry and resentful, "I am no worse than the prince."
This incident was a thorn in Empress Xie's heart. "If I hadn't been young, how would that bitch Xie Wan have the qualifications to marry the emperor? What qualifications would she have to be the queen? Why would her son be the prince?" At that time, The late emperor cooperated with the Xie family and arranged for Emperor Wu of Zhou to marry the daughter of the Xie family. At that time, Queen Xie, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, was too young to marry Emperor Wu of Zhou. The Xie family married their concubine, who was about the same age as Emperor Wu of Zhou, to him.
"You are the orthodox member of the Zhao family and the Xie family. You are the prince, not the son born by that concubine Xie Wan." Every time she thought that her son, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, was inferior to the son of that concubine Xie Wan, Queen Xie only felt humiliated.
"Mother, it doesn't matter that I am orthodox. Grandfather and the others don't support me."
"When the prince loses to the king, your grandfather and others will turn around and support you." Queen Xie felt aggrieved, but there was no other way, "We can only wait patiently for the time being."
"I really hope Dai Wang can come back soon." As soon as Dai Wang returns to Beijing, the fight between him and the prince will become fierce.
