Li Zian almost entered the city within the last time limit for closing the city gate.
Prince Rui's Mansion was now closed and locked, and Li Zian suddenly brought people back, which inevitably caused another commotion.
After Princess Rui heard the news, she sent her personal maid Qiaozhen over to inquire about the situation.
Li Zian asked the visitor, "Have mother and grandmother rested?"
Qiaozhen was stunned when she heard this, and thought to herself that she had just finished saying that the princess ordered her to come and ask, why did the prince still ask the princess if she had rested?
But after a second thought, he realized that the princess he wanted to ask was clearly Prince Rui.
"The princess has not yet gone to bed in her room. The servants at the princess's side are not sure, so I will ask someone to ask."
Qiaozhen already understood it at this time.
Judging from Li Zian's questions and the fact that he was rushing back from Tian'en Temple at this time, it was clear that there was an urgent matter.
Fortunately, although Princess Fengrong had already laid down, she was not asleep yet.
Because the news of Prince Rui's awakening was still being kept secret from everyone in the palace, they could only let Concubine Fengrong get up, put on her clothes, and ride in a sedan chair to the palace of Prince Rui and Princess Rui.
The prince came back in the middle of the night and made such a big noise in the palace, which instantly made the palace of Prince Rui no longer peaceful.
The servants gathered together in small groups and muttered.
"What do you think could happen?"
"Could it be that the prince's condition has changed?"
"If the prince's condition changes, he should ask Lady Tong to come over to the house, right?"
"Don't you know yet? I heard that Madam Tong has fallen out with the Crown Prince now!"
"Ah? Why? Wasn't it so good before?"
"I told you, but you are not allowed to tell anyone..."
"Don't worry, tell me quickly!"
"I heard someone said that the Crown Prince asked to marry the eldest daughter of the Shen family, and Lady Tong had a falling out with the Crown Prince over this.
"Have you not noticed that Madam Tong has not been to the palace for a long time?
"It's because Lady Tong left her alone that the prince's health went wrong!"
"When you say that, it's really all connected!"
"No wonder the Crown Prince runs to Tian'en Temple every day now. It turns out it's because of Miss Shen."
"As the saying goes, it's hard for a hero to be a beauty. Lady Tong had a large birthmark on her face, so she always wore a mask to cover it up.
"As for Miss Shen's face, you have also seen her face. I can't say that it is the face of a country, but it is close to it.
"What man doesn't like to watch? Even the prince is probably not immune to this."
The servants were having a lively discussion outside, but at this time, the inner hall of Prince Rui's palace was eerily quiet.
Princess Fengrong, Prince Rui, and Princess Rui were all stunned by this fragment of the imperial edict.
After a while, Princess Fengrong was the first to calm down and said, "I can confirm that this word was indeed written by the late emperor himself, so this should be a secret decree."
Hearing that his mother had begun to analyze calmly, Prince Rui gradually recovered from the shock and said: "Judging from this alone, the secret decree should be related to the abolition of the crown prince and the establishment of the crown prince.
"But because it is incomplete from beginning to end, it is impossible to deduce the true intention of the decree."
In this kind of matter, no Princess Rui and Li Zian can intervene.
Seeing his mother shaking violently, Li Zian took off his cloak and put it on her shoulders. He held her hand and gestured with his mouth, "Don't be afraid, it's okay."
"Does mother still remember what happened when the Queen Mother gave birth to Li Weiheng?" Prince Rui asked.
"I had just given birth to you, and within three days she had given birth too. At that time, all my energy was focused on taking care of you and my confinement period..."
Concubine Fengrong frowned and tried hard to recall what happened back then.
"She got pregnant half a month later than me, and I actually started the pregnancy half a month earlier.
"So it stands to reason that Li Wei
If Heng had given birth normally, he should be one month younger than you.
"During that time, her biological sister had been staying with her in the palace, and then on the third day after I gave birth to you, she suddenly started..."...
"What mother means is that she had actually prepared a baby boy for a long time and wanted to give birth to the prince before you, but she didn't expect you to have an attack early, so she was anxious to give birth too?"
Princess Fengrong shook her head and said, "You were already born at that time, what should she be anxious about?
“What’s the big difference between being born three days late and being born one month late?
"Let me tell you, she probably saw me successfully giving birth to the prince, and the emperor stayed with me in the palace every day and didn't even see her, so she was so angry and anxious that she had an attack in advance!"
Although the Queen Mother has passed away long ago, Princess Fengrong has been fighting with her for half her life. When she mentions it now, her tone is still full of ridicule.
"But having said that, if she really wants to trade the civet cat for the prince, it's not impossible."
However, Princess Fengrong quickly calmed down and analyzed: "The emperor lived in my palace every day and did not go to her at all, which gave her the opportunity to do something.
"Furthermore, in the late stages of her pregnancy, she took her natal sister into the palace. On the surface, she said she was taking care of herself, but in fact, she was supposed to help her with errands and cover up.
"Her brother-in-law was in charge of the security of the entire palace at the time. Even if they sneaked a child in, no one would notice them even if they brought in a tiger."
"The most important thing is that if she couldn't give birth to a son in that pregnancy, she might not even be able to hold her position as queen."
Prince Rui nodded and said, "So, she has the motivation and necessity to do this, and she also has the ability and conditions to do it."
Li Zian listened for a long time and finally couldn't help but said: "Grandma, father, it seems that there is no point in discussing these things now, right?
"I think the most important thing now is to find out where the other parts of the secret order are. Let's at least read the whole content of the secret order first and then talk about the rest!"
"You think the secret decree is so easy to find!" Princess Fengrong was still immersed in memories. She was interrupted by her grandson and said with some annoyance, "If I hadn't helped Tianshu find clues this time, how would I have discovered this?" thing."
Although Princess Fengrong had confirmed the authenticity of the secret decree, Li Zian still couldn't figure it out: "But why did the Queen Mother keep this secret decree that could prove her guilt?"
Concubine Fengrong immediately said: "Who allowed her to have a little son!"
Li Zian didn't expect that Concubine Fengrong and Shen Tianshu would be together.
"To put it bluntly, since this secret decree is in her hands, it's hard to say how the late emperor died."
Concubine Fengrong's words immediately shocked the other three people in the room.
"Mother, what do you mean by this? Is there anything fishy about my father's death back then?"
"This secret decree was probably written by the late emperor and was intended to be given to the royal guards, but why is it in her hands?
"Either she cut her off halfway, or there are people from her in the secret guard..."
Hearing this, Li Zian interjected: "There should be someone in the secret guard, and his position should be quite high.
"Otherwise, if the secret decree is lost midway and does not reach the hands of the secret guards, it is impossible that the imperial grandfather will not discover it."
"Yes, that makes sense." Princess Fengrong nodded and said, "Hey, I really want to see what her expression was like when she got the secret decree. I guess she wanted to die at that time..."
"Mother..." Prince Rui interrupted with some embarrassment. He always felt that doing this in front of Li Zian really damaged the image of Princess Fengrong.
"Anyway, based on my understanding of her, after getting the secret decree, her first reaction must be to destroy it immediately.
"But she is the most thoughtful person and likes to think about everything over and over again.
"She must have thought that no matter how good Li Weiheng is, he is not her biological son, Li Weiheng is!
"Do we really want Li Weiheng to succeed to the throne and be the True Dragon Emperor for the rest of his life?
"So she divided the secret edict into several copies and hid them in different places. Firstly, she was afraid of being discovered by Li Weiheng, and secondly, she was preparing that after her death, her cronies could take these things to Li Weisheng and let him know about her With her life experience, she could rise up and bring order to chaos. In this case, wouldn't the throne return to the hands of her own son?
"As for her own reputation, she still cares so much after everyone is dead?
"As for the late emperor, he was already seriously ill at the time, so whether he died of illness or she had some manipulation is unknown now."
Princess Fengrong's analysis was reasonable, but Li Zian still felt that something was wrong.
"So, these secret decrees should have been sent to Prince Ren's palace. Why are they still in the hands of old slaves like the Queen Mother?"
"It is estimated that her death was not due to illness at all as Li Weiheng claimed to the outside world, but she died suddenly or was killed by someone.
"So she didn't even have time to tell the old subordinates and ask them to send the things to Prince Hitoshi's palace.
"Or maybe Li Weiheng killed her and also killed the people she sent out to deliver the news."
Princess Fengrong couldn't help laughing when she said this.
"She has been fighting with me for half her life. Although I don't think there is anything good about staying in that palace, I have to say that her son became the emperor and she became the queen mother. No matter who looks at it, she won in the end. .
"But I never thought that the son who ascended the throne was not born by me, and he might die in the hands of this son in the end...
"Haha, this is really..."
Prince Rui couldn't help but clear his throat and said: "Ahem, mother, no matter what, the top priority now is to find the remaining fragments of the secret decree."
"Don't worry, my people haven't evacuated yet, they are still investigating!
"I will send more people and let you know if there is any news."
Princess Fengrong talked too much tonight and couldn't help but pick up the tea cup and drink it all in one gulp. Then she stood up and said, "That's it for tonight. You all should go to bed early. It's time for me to go back."
Prince Rui said helplessly: "Mother, please go to bed early!"
"I'm so happy today, I'm afraid I'm going to lose sleep!"
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I've had a cold these past few days, so I've been doing less. I'll continue to work hard when I get better from the cold~
