The midwife was so nervous that her whole body was moving, and while she was tremblingly switching the civet cat and the prince, she kept saying:
"Your Majesty, you are very kind to me, and I don't want to harm you, but I have no choice. Someone wants to plot against you. If I don't do this, my whole family will be dead..."
While he was talking to himself, Liu Mu's eyelashes twitched slightly, which made the midwife jump so hard that she fell to her knees and screamed for mercy.
"Mother, please spare your life. This old slave deserves to die. This old slave was also forced..."
The midwife begged for mercy for a long time, but found that there was no other movement. Then she realized that she had poisoned Liu Mu with incense, and it was impossible to wake up in a short time. Instead, she had a guilty conscience and overreacted.
The midwife picked up the infant child, knowing full well that this child's fate was ill-fated. She could not bear it in her heart, but she could only be cruel because she was just a little person who couldn't help herself.
The midwife had just walked out of the room with the little prince in her arms. Liu Mu, who was supposed to be unconscious after being hit by the incense, suddenly opened his eyes.
Liu Mu looked towards the direction where the midwife was leaving, with murderous intent in his eyes, but in the end he chose to endure it.
She knew that her child was destined to have a bad fate, but she didn't expect that someone would take action so soon.
Even if she is the Empress of Qin and the Grand Master, she can only block his open spears, but not the hidden arrows.
Therefore, between noble status and living a good life, Liu Mu would rather choose the latter for his children.
"Xiao'e, I leave everything to you."
After saying that, Liu Mu took the initiative to close his eyes.
Soon after, a large number of palace maids came in. When they saw that the queen had given birth to a civet cat, they all screamed in fright.
"Raccoon, tanuki?"
"Oh no, the queen gave birth to a monster..."
As for the midwife who took away the prince, she quickly walked towards the cold palace.
Since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, no concubine had ever been forced to live in the cold palace, so the huge cold palace was empty and the silence was a bit scary.
The midwife also had a guilty conscience. In such a sinister rage, she unconsciously slowed down and looked around for fear of encountering a ghost.
Boom...
"who?"
After an unusual sound, the midwife was startled. She subconsciously turned her head, but only saw a mouse and nothing else, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
But what she didn't know was that there was a man in black who was secretly watching her.
And the moment she turned her head, the prince on the cart had been secretly replaced by another child by the man in black.
The midwife had no idea about this and still took the child with her to deal with the mysterious man who threatened her.
After the man in black took away the prince, he glanced guiltily at the baby on the stroller, then hurriedly led the prince to the East Palace and walked to the empty crib next to a baby girl.
This baby girl was the little princess born to Ren Hongchang, and the baby on the empty bed was supposed to be the legitimate prince of Great Qin, but the man in black and the child in the hands of the midwife had exchanged them.
The person in black was Chang'e. Liu Mu just asked her to secretly rescue the prince and send him out of the palace, but she had her own idea and planned to swap the prince born by Liu Mu and the prince born by Ren Hongchang. The person who will succeed to the throne in the future will still be Liu Mu's son.
As for why Chang'e knew about the civet cat's plan to replace the prince, and the counter-calculation, we have to tell it from half a month ago.
Half a month ago, Qin Rang suddenly came to Ying Wen and said with a nervous look on his face: "Brother, it's not good. There is news from the palace's informant. Judging from Liu Mu's pregnancy reaction, he may have to be the queen first to give birth to a child." .”
"What?"
After hearing this, Ying Wen, who was sitting in a wheelchair, suddenly showed a look of shock on his face.
It was really hard for him to understand. Even though they were both great masters, why did Ren Hongchang not give birth even after twelve months of pregnancy, while Liu Mu was about to give birth after eleven months of pregnancy?
Is this a coincidence? Or God's will?
"Brother, what should we do? If Liu Mu is allowed to give birth to the prince first, then the child she gives birth to will be the eldest son of my winner."
"No rush, let's not worry about whether Liu Mu will give birth to a boy. Even if he does give birth to a boy, I, Ying Wen, will never recognize this eldest grandson."
Ying Wen had a firm look on his face, and there was even a flash of murderous intent in his eyes as he said, "For the sake of the inheritance of the Ying family, it seems that I have to be a villain for once."
"Brother, do you have any plans?" Qin Rang asked.
After Ying Wen thought for a moment, he said, "Fifth brother, go find Jia Xu. He is in control of the Black Ice Platform, and he is the only one who can help us reach into the palace."
"yes, Sir."
Not long after, Qin Rang returned, but said angrily: "Brother, Jia Xu is now the Third Duke and holds a high position, and he no longer takes your brother-in-law seriously.
I've made my hints obvious enough, but he still pretends to be dumbfounded with me. He's looking around, obviously he doesn't want to get involved, and he doesn't even give you the face of the Supreme Emperor. "
Hearing Qin Rang's words, Qin Wen's face flashed with anger, and he snorted coldly: "Forget it, this old fox who only knows how to protect himself, even without Jia Xu, I can still mobilize Heibingtai."
When Qin Rang heard this, he nodded in agreement. After all, Black Ice Platform was founded by his eldest brother.
"Brother, do you think Jia Xu will tell His Majesty?"
"Have you made it clear to Jia Xu directly?"
"No, how can I dare to get straight to the point of such a big matter?"
"That's okay. My brother-in-law is the best at protecting himself and the most afraid of trouble. He doesn't dare to take the initiative to get involved in this kind of royal internal affairs."
"That's good."
Qin Wen still knew Jia Xu very well. If it was about other matters, Jia Xu would naturally not dare to intervene. He should give him face as the Supreme Emperor.
But this time the matter can be big or small. It doesn't matter if you think about it in a small way. But if it develops in a big way, if Jia Xu knows it but pretends not to know, he will definitely be angered by Ying Hao.
Compared to the Supreme Emperor Ying Wen, Jia Xu was still more afraid of offending Ying Hao. After all, Ying Hao was the actual controller of the Qin Empire.
But he didn't know the specific plan of the Supreme Emperor, but he just guessed that it should be related to the Queen of the West Palace.
The Supreme Emperor has not yet taken any action. Jia Xu used Gao Mi's words to sow discord between the emperor and his son. This crime is enough to kill him.
Moreover, it has aroused the alarm of the Supreme Emperor. If he is targeted in the future, it will also be a big trouble.
Jia Xu is now in a dilemma. He really doesn't want to get involved in the internal fighting within the royal family, but now he is involved in the situation. It is not good to intervene, and it is not good not to intervene.
After thinking about it, Jia Xu decided to save the country by going a long way. He would not step in and let others step in to solve the problem, so that he could abdicate the responsibility.
The person Jia Xu chose to push out was Chang'e. After all, Chang'e and the Queen of the West Palace were sisters and would never watch Liu Mu being assassinated.
"grown ups."
Chang'e saluted with a respectful look.
"Chang'e..."
Jia Xu hinted deeply, but Chang'e became more and more confused as she listened.
"Sir, what are you talking about?"
"Haha, go back and think about it yourself..."
Half an hour later, Chang'e left Jia's house with a solemn look.
In the following days, she also kept paying attention to the movements in the Black Ice Platform, and she really found out the clues.
After Jia Xu saw Chang'e's reaction, he was secretly relieved. Even if His Majesty knew about it, he couldn't say anything about him.
But what Jia Xu never expected was that he hinted that Chang'e's original intention was just to let the Queen of the West Palace protect herself, but both Liu Mu and Chang'e had their own thoughts.
Liu Mu wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to secretly send the child out of the palace and stay away from the world.
But Chang'e did not agree with Liu Mu, and instead came up with a bolder idea. She planned to exchange the identities of the two princes and steal the throne. The biggest obstacle to doing so was Ren Hongchang.
After all, if Ren Hongchang was awake, no one could steal her child.
Liu Mu fainted after giving birth and pretended to be pregnant on purpose, while Ren Hongchang gave birth to two children for the first time, so it was understandable that he fainted.
Chang'e was about to give Ren Hongchang medicine, but she didn't expect that Ren Hongchang fainted from the pain, and this made it easier for her to act.
"Queen Ren, we have no enmity or enmity, but for my sister, I have to do this."
Chang'e was about to put down the child and leave without knowing it, but then the door was suddenly pushed open, and a woman appeared outside the door, it was Zixia.
After seeing the man in black, Zixia was stunned at first and then turned pale with fright. She subconsciously thought that the man was here to harm the prince, so she did not dare to make any move and could only scold: "Who are you? I don't want to live anymore." How dare you break into the palace without permission."
Chang'e secretly thought that something was not right, and it was not good to let the prince back, so she could only hug the prince and jump out of the window to escape.
Seeing this, Zixia quickly shouted for help and quickly chased after her.
Jiang Yan, who was patrolling, heard the noise and quickly led people over.
"Miss Zixia, what happened?" Jiang Juan asked.
After Zixia saw Jiang Juan, she felt as if she had seen a savior, and said quickly: "General Jiang, it's bad, the little prince has been snatched away."
"What?"
Jiang Juan looked like you're kidding me. After all, this is still the Great Qin Palace, the most heavily guarded place in the world. Even if the top grandmaster comes, he will only die.
But Zixia's expression didn't seem to be fake, so a more serious question came. What level of master could he evade the layers of guards, as well as the light and dark sentries everywhere, break into the palace and kidnap the prince?
The answer is obvious: the mole.
This insider knew that today's banquet would be held, and all the big shots in Luoyang City, including His Majesty the Emperor, would be out of business, and the palace would be much less alert, so he chose to take action today.
Jiang Juan realized the seriousness of the problem immediately and quickly ordered martial law to block the entire palace. At the same time, he led Zixia to pursue the man in black.
After Chang'e heard the alarm bells ringing from all directions, she knew that she would definitely not be able to escape. However, she had a new plan in mind, so she took the prince back to the cold palace, and deliberately left some traces for him. People tracking.
Jiang Juan and Zixia followed the trail all the way to Leng Gong, but lost the trail at a fork in the road and had to separate and pursue each other.
Chang'e deliberately slowed down her pace, and when Jiang Juan discovered her, she speeded up again, deliberately leading Jiang Juan into a dead end.
Chang'e jumped up, and just as she was about to jump over, Jiang Juan also flew into the air, and shot Chang'e down with all his strength. The guards rushed up to surround Chang'e.
Chang'e worshiped Dugu Qiubai as her teacher and practiced the most advanced martial arts and swordsmanship. Now she has reached the early stage of master's training.
But facing Jiang Juan, she was afraid of exposing her identity and did not dare to use the Dugu Nine Swords. Naturally, she was restrained in every way.
After a fight, Chang'e found an opportunity and deliberately took a shot from Jiang Juan, pretending to protect herself and threw the prince out.
Jiang Juan didn't care about Chang'e anymore and hurriedly went to catch the child, but Chang'e found the opportunity to escape.
After Chang'e escaped, she held on to her injuries and took off her night clothes and destroyed them while fleeing to the West Palace. On the way, she met Shen Lian who was searching for the assassin.
After seeing Chang'e, Shen Lian quickly saluted and said, "My lord."
Chang'e said calmly: "What's going on?"
"An assassin has appeared in the East Palace, and I am leading a search for him."
"What? Then why don't you go quickly? I will go to the West Palace to have a look to prevent the assassin from escaping into the West Palace and disturbing the Queen."
"promise."
Looking at Shen Lian and others leaving, Chang'e whispered to herself: "Zixia, Shen Lian, you must rescue the little prince."
