Miss Li was stunned, "Father-in-law, please tell me."
Wynn glanced around, seeming to still feel uneasy, and said, "Mother, let's go to the living room and talk."
"Uh... Okay." Miss Li faintly sensed that something really big seemed to have happened. This was the first time she saw a solemn expression on the face of this grand father-in-law.
After entering the living room, Wynn turned around and closed the door, and then said, "Mother, something happened in the palace."
After a brief pause, he said with difficulty: "The prince... passed away."
"ah?"
Miss Li's face was filled with astonishment. After a while, she suddenly came to her senses and asked, "But the emperor wants us mother and son to return to the palace?"
It's normal for her to think this way. If the prince dies, then her son will be the eldest son of the emperor. She will call her mother and son back to the palace out of emotion and reason.
No matter how much the emperor dotes on his concubines, when it comes to heirs... huh? Heir...
At this moment, Miss Li, who had always been aloof and resigned, could not help but feel her heart beat faster - was her son going to become the prince?
Wynn froze for a moment and said sarcastically: "The emperor has not called the empress and the prince into the palace, but... it may be put on the agenda soon."
After a pause, he looked serious and said, "Your Majesty, there may be something fishy about the death of the emperor's eldest son... This slave is here to remind your Majesty that you must be on guard against others."
Miss Li's face changed drastically and she lost her voice: "My father-in-law said that the prince was..."
"Your Majesty, be careful what you say!" Wynn said hurriedly, "I didn't say that. I just came to give your Majesty a warning. After all... you can never make a big mistake if you are careful."
"I, I know..."
Miss Li's voice trembled, and she begged: "Father-in-law, can you tell the emperor that my mother and I will not enter the palace anymore, please just let us stay here? Please."
She was really scared. Even the prince didn't have enough safety protection, so her son...
She hugged her son tightly and kept shaking her head: "I won't go, I won't go, we two won't go anywhere..."
Seeing this, Wynn quickly comforted him: "Don't worry too much, Madam. The prince's matter has not yet been decided, it's just something fishy..."
After a pause, "As for whether the empress and the prince enter the palace or not, it depends on the emperor's will. This is related to the Ming Dynasty... I am a slave and an eunuch in the inner court, and I don't have much say."
"Father-in-law...you are the top leader in the inner court!"
Wynn smiled bitterly: "My dear, the slaves in the palace are all servants, and the top leaders are also slaves. Especially in this kind of matter, slaves don't dare or can't speak."
Miss Li's face turned pale, "Then...father-in-law, do you think the emperor will summon us, mother and son, to the palace?"
"This... the Crown Prince's matter hasn't come to light yet, so it probably won't happen for the time being." Wynn shook his head slightly, "As for whether it will happen later... I don't dare to speculate."
"Then...okay." Miss Li sighed in despair, looking down at the baby in her arms, her mood became even more depressed.
"My father-in-law, can you bring a message to the Emperor?"
"Mother, please speak."
"If you have time, come and see the prince." Miss Li said.
Wynn was startled for a moment, then bowed slightly, "I will bring you the words."
After a pause, he said: "The servants who serve the empress and the prince are all carefully selected people. There should be no problem, but it is always right to be careful."
"I remember, I'm here to pay you a visit, father-in-law." Miss Li took out a piece of silver.
Wynn didn't answer, just smiled and said, "I'm not short of money, so I don't need this."
Seeing Miss Li's insistence, he said: "Let's just treat it as a good relationship. Maybe it won't be long before the emperor will take the empress and the prince back to the palace."
Miss Li forced a smile: "Don't do it."
It would be false to say that he doesn't care about being a prince or a prince at all, but compared with life safety, she can still distinguish what is more important. Compared with the two, she hopes that her son can grow up healthy and strong.
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royal palace.
In the past few days, Zhu Jianshen had been irritable and irritable. Du Zhangman's stubborn resistance and the death of the prince made him angry.
Especially the latter, which not only made him sad, but also made him suspicious.
This was his second son to die in infancy.
The first son was born with a congenital defect and was sick at birth, so his death was understandable;
But this second son has always been in good health, and even during the Chinese New Year, everything was as usual. It was less than a month ago, and the son who was regarded as the heir suddenly fell ill and died in just a few days. How could he not think too much about it? .
"Your Majesty~"
Admiral Dongchang entered the hall and called out timidly.
"Well..." Zhu Jian took a deep breath and said coldly: "Do you have any clues?"
"Back to the emperor, I have secretly found a famous doctor and asked him to see the prince... his face is gone. The prince has no signs of poisoning."
Seeing the emperor frowning, he quickly added: "However, there are some gains."
"explain."
Admiral Dongchang said: "According to the doctor, the prince should have acute gastrointestinal illness caused by wind and cold. Such illness is indeed fatal;
Of course, if handled promptly and properly, it can be saved. I took the prescription prescribed by the Tai Hospital and showed it to him..."
"Tell me the important point!" Zhu Jianshen said impatiently.
Admiral Dongchang was excited and spoke concisely and concisely, "Although the prescriptions from Taiyuan Hospital can also effectively treat gastrointestinal diseases, there was a slight misjudgment and the wrong medicine was used."
"Did you use the wrong medicine?" Zhu Jianshen was startled for a moment, then became furious: "One of them used the wrong medicine!"
"Your Majesty, rest..." Admiral Dongchang knelt down quickly, but he stopped abruptly in the middle of his words of admonishment.
It was really not appropriate to ask the emperor to calm down after the prince passed away. Besides, the Imperial Hospital was not in the same system as him, so what did life and death have to do with him?
Zhu Jianshen's voice was cold and cold: "All the doctors who treat the prince will be killed!
Before killing, Haosheng interrogates! "
"Yes... I obey the order." Admiral Dongchang responded. Seeing that the emperor had no further instructions, he kowtowed and cautiously stepped out.
Zhu Jianshen leaned on the chair, frowning. He couldn't tell whether it was a misjudgment or intentional, but no matter what, he was sure to kill the person.
He is already very generous if he does not harm his family.
In recent years, especially in the past two and a half years, he has suppressed civil servants very harshly.
But then again, it's not to the point where the civil servants can't continue to work. Logically speaking, it shouldn't overturn the table.
Moreover, doing this kind of thing is no less than rebellion, and it cannot be done by one person... There are detailed and strict regulations on the use of medicine and prescriptions by imperial doctors, and this kind of thing risks beheading...
Even if someone pays a lot of money for bribes, they may not dare to do it.
More importantly, the threat must be put on the table. This kind of behind-the-scenes mischief can only be done out of anger and cannot achieve political goals at all.
No one should do a typical thankless job... Zhu Jianshen rubbed the center of his brows, filled with anger and bitterness.
At this time, Zhen'er walked slowly over and Rourou advised: "Your Majesty, you must put the dragon body first."
"Well..." Zhu Jian sighed deeply and forced out a smile: "I'm fine, it's just... Alas, the cause of the prince's death was found. The hospital misjudged and used the wrong medicine."
Zhen'er frowned slightly and stopped talking.
"Zhen'er, what do you want to say?"
"Maybe... it wasn't a misjudgment, but the wrong medicine was used on purpose?" Zhen'er said hesitantly.
"I also have this suspicion, but... the possibility is almost impossible." Zhu Jianshen shook his head slightly, "You don't understand politics, and the imperial doctor would not dare to do this unless someone promises you huge benefits;
It is true that I have been at loggerheads with the civil service group in the past few years, but they may not dare to murder the prince. Besides, what benefits can they get from killing the prince? "
Zhen'er sneered, with a trace of resentment in her eyes, "Why does the emperor only focus on the outer court?"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Jianshen frowned, "Are you saying...that someone is causing trouble in the harem?"
"Your Majesty, why did our son die?"
"...Zhen'er, what happened to our son...you are just making assumptions out of thin air." Zhu Jianshen felt helpless.
Zhen'er shook her head: "Your Majesty, since Concubine Xian became pregnant, you let her live next door to the concubine, in order to give the concubine the opportunity to get closer to the prince;óΠъ.oяＧ
Haha, but some people are very unhappy. "
Zhen'er said faintly: "The emperor has a quarrel with the outer court, but the quarrel with the Queen Mother is no longer tense?"
"You..." Zhu Jianshen smiled bitterly, "Isn't this too outrageous? Just because you are close to the prince, she wants to murder the prince?"
"Not entirely," Zhen'er shook her head, "The more reason is that after becoming pregnant, Concubine Xian gained confidence and gradually drifted away from the Queen Mother and Empress;
Your Majesty, didn't you notice? After Youji was crowned the crown prince, Concubine Xian was no longer the submissive concubine in front of the two palaces. "
Zhu Jianshen's face darkened, but he quickly shook his head: "What good will this do to her?"
Zhen'er said: "If you don't do this, it will be bad for her. The emperor's son is indifferent to her. If the prince and grandson can no longer control it, then she, the queen mother, will really become a mascot."
She was deeply resentful of her mother-in-law, and her husband was extremely doting on her, so she never spoke politely.
"You are almost stunned..."
"Your Majesty, you don't understand. During the Zhengtong years, she was not favored by the Supreme Emperor at all. Even...after giving birth to you, the Emperor, the Supreme Emperor still did not want to see her, which led to her..."
"Okay!" Zhu Jianshen stopped him.
After all, she was his mother, how could she not have any feelings, and these words also touched Zhu Jianshen's pain point.
"Zhen'er, don't be arrogant because of your favor, make groundless speculations, or make unreasonable remarks about your mother. You'd better not say that again in the future."
"Oh, don't tell me then." Zhen'er turned around and left with a cold face.
Zhu Jianshen raised his hand to try to persuade him to stay, but he opened his mouth and gave up.
"Fuck...!"
Zhu Jianshen kicked the imperial case over and gritted his teeth: "There are so many troublesome things... eh!"
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On the tenth day of February, the deceased crown prince was given the posthumous title: Mourning Gong.
On the sixth day of March, he was buried in Jinshan, the remaining vein of Xishan Mountain.
Zhu Youji, who had only been the crown prince for three months, completed his extremely short life.
…
After all, Zhen'er's words still stimulated Zhu Jianshen. Although he didn't completely believe it, he became a little wary, and his control over the harem became more and more strict...
He didn't want a similar incident to happen again.
After attending court that morning, he left the palace...
