Due to the majesty of the Queen Mother, the Queen could only spare the life of the palace maid and let her successfully give birth to the fourth prince.
Although the fourth prince was born safely, the queen did not want his identity to be made public, let alone let him appear in front of others.
She claimed in front of Emperor Shunwu that if the emperor recognized the fourth prince, it would mean that he had behaved improperly as a king and had an affair with a lowly palace maid.
Not only that, the queen also asked her father, Prime Minister Xue, to write a secret letter to remind Emperor Shunwu not to do anything that would damage his image as an emperor.
In order to save his face, Emperor Shunwu listened to the words of the empress and his daughter and left the four princes, mother and son, to fend for themselves.
In the end, the Queen Mother couldn't bear the death of the royal heir for nothing, and always reminded the Queen not to go too far.
As for the rest, the Queen Mother did not interfere too much.
As a result, the mother and son lived on thin ice in the palace. In the end, the palace maid was tortured to death under the Queen's instruction.
Although the fourth prince was in the palace, he was sent to work with the eunuchs by the queen.
Now that Nan Heng is missing, the queen must have someone who can compete with Nan Qi in order to preserve her and the Xue family's status.
Therefore, she turned her attention to the fourth prince.
The queen went to Emperor Shunwu and said that since Nan Heng disappeared, she felt empty. It happened that the fourth prince had no mother. Now she was willing to adopt him under her name so that she would have someone to rely on when she grew old.
Emperor Shunwu also considered that both his sons were missing, and having only one prince under his knees would definitely be criticized by the courtiers. Moreover, the fourth prince was still young, and he had no doubt about the queen's ambitions, so he readily agreed. Queen's request.
Although the fourth prince had not been publicly recognized by Emperor Shunwu, the people in Nanqi had investigated his existence a year ago.
There were still Nan Heng and Nan Rui around at that time, so he did not pay attention to an inconspicuous prince who was not recognized by the emperor.
Now, I didn't expect that this inconspicuous fourth prince would become the queen's last pawn.
Of course, it was impossible for Fei Nanyu to write so much content on a piece of paper. What he said was simpler, but both Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran could understand it.
The main purpose of Fei Nanyu telling so many things about the fourth prince was to remind Mo Jiuye to be careful. The queen did not know that the relationship between Nan Qi and Mo Jiuye was at loggerheads. Once Nan Qi became involved, she would definitely find a way to pardon the Mo family's crimes. When the time comes, with Mo Jiuye and Bao Nanqi, her Xue family will easily lose their foothold in the court.
Even if Fei Nanyu didn't remind him, Mo Jiuye would pay great attention to this point, especially what happened just now that the Xue family opened the Jingxian Building in the northwest. This shows that the queen has already taken action, but Fei Nan Yu didn't notice it yet.
At the beginning, they also knew that one of the three officials in the capital was the Queen's father, Prime Minister Xue, but among the three female Gus in their hands, they did not know which one controlled the old General Jin.
In desperation, the two of them could only choose to send all three female Gu to Fei Nanyu's hands.
If it were not to save the life of the old general, after Prime Minister Xue was poisoned, even if the imperial doctor helped to hang him, it would only delay his death.
Now, in order to save Old General Jin, that old guy, Prime Minister Xue, took a big advantage...
There was nothing that could be done about it, and neither He Zhiran nor Mo Jiuye had the time to worry about it.
After putting down the letter, the couple looked solemn.
I believe it won't be long before the news that all the men of the Mo family, including Duke Mo, are alive will reach the capital.
If Emperor Shunwu didn't want the Mo family to live, he would have two approaches.
The first is to directly issue an order to accuse the Mo family of deceiving the emperor by pretending to die because he is unwilling to contribute to the country.
The other option is simple. In order to get rid of the thorn in his side, he can send a killer here.
No matter what methods Emperor Shunwu used to deal with the Mohists, they would inevitably be charged with rebellion.
"Ran Ran, once something irreversible happens, you will hide with the women in your family and our children."
Mo Jiuye gently placed his hands on He Zhiran's shoulders, his tone extremely solemn.
He Zhiran also realized the seriousness of the matter.
I thought that Nan Heng was dead and the queen had no leverage to fight for power.
But she was still ambitious and adopted a fourth prince to compete for the throne.
Although the Jingxian Building opened by the Xue family in the northwest has been razed on the surface, even so, the Mo family can only gain temporary peace.
There is no news about the people in Xianlou in Xibei City, which will definitely alarm the Xue family. When the time comes, the Xue family will send a smarter person to investigate, and the news that all the men of the Mo family are alive will definitely not become a secret.
"Husband, although things are going in a bad direction, there is still no way out."
"What do you mean?" The other way around?
He Zhiran nodded: "What's wrong with this? A foolish king is in power and doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. Should such a person still be allowed to celebrate the New Year?"
Mo Jiuye clenched his fist and knocked it hard on the table.
After a long time, he spoke: "If Seventh Brother's trip to the south goes well, it will take another half a month to bring the people back.
By then we have produced enough bombs, and we brothers will rush up the mountain to train those old troops. "
"There is nothing wrong with training your own army, but have you ever thought that once Emperor Shunwu wants to take action against the Mo family, no matter whether the Mo family succeeds or fails, we will be accused of treason.
Instead of this, don't get more entangled. He will obey Emperor Wu and not take action. Once he does, we will be incompatible with him. "
After a pause, He Zhiran continued.
"Of course, if no one has evil intentions towards the Mo family, I think the same as you and would like to live this simple and comfortable pastoral life in the northwest for the rest of my life.
But this must be based on the fact that there is no provocation. Once there is resistance, it must be completely frightened and he will not dare to have such thoughts again. "
It was obvious from He Zhiran's words that she did not want to be a rebel.
Besides, she still has some understanding of the history of this dynasty. Although many things have changed due to her arrival, that has not changed the overall situation.
He Zhiran didn't want to do anything to change history. Moreover, according to history, Emperor Shunwu would die in another two years, and the country would fall into Nan Qi's hands.
After Nan Qi ascended the throne, he ignored the government affairs at all and left all affairs in the government to Fei Nanyu to help him take care of it.
Fei Nanyu is not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. At that time, the Mo family will surely be able to achieve real peace.
However, there are still two years before the death of Emperor Shunwu recorded in history. In these two years, the best way for the Mo family is to keep their family safe without rebelling.
Mo Jiuye sat on the chair next to the table, tapping her fingers on the table in deep thought.
Isn't he thinking the same as He Zhiran?
"We still need to make adequate preparations. I just hope that Emperor Shunwu's actions will not be too big. As for other people who secretly deal with the Mo family, I will lead them to Beijing and make him completely disappear from this world."
"Well, we can't see their next move at the moment." He Zhiran said, looking down at his huge belly.
"If I hadn't been pregnant with Liujia now, we could have gone to Beijing right now and secretly wiped out all the queens. As the saying goes, it's hard to guard against hidden arrows. We really can't be careless."
The couple has talked so much, but they can't take any action yet.
