Chapter 407 The First Prince Goes Offline
Qin Feng thought for a while and said: "Eunuch Cao must have never heard of a sentence - the most dangerous place is also the safest. I thought she was still in Sui City, so we might as well arrange more people in the city."
Cao Jing was slightly startled. These words sounded strange. He shook his head and said, "Why did the prince-in-law say this?"
"The other party set up a scene of a fake double jumping into the pool, which attracted the Feilong Army. Now they are searching along the river. Sui City is the capital of the country, and defenses are deployed everywhere. The princess left the palace after her wedding and frequently appeared among the people. Anyone who can recognize her
There’s a bunch of them too.”
"If we talk about danger, both places are dangerous, but if we have to choose one, I think Sui City is more likely. The capital is prosperous, and living among the bustling cities is not a kind of safety. If they want to use the princess to kidnap His Majesty, they must have something.
action."
"Sui City is the capital of the country. They are not safe in the wilderness. What's more, the geographical location of the Imperial Temple is special. If you want to transfer people to other places, the surrounding transportation is not convenient. Your Highness may be injured and needs medical treatment...
…”
Qin Feng said and rubbed his temples: "I have a strange intuition that His Highness is in Sui City."
"Then I trust the prince-in-law's intuition. I originally hid the secret guard this time, so I can't show it to the Feilong Army. Since they are holding on to that end, we will look for it in Sui City. Our family would like them to
His Highness was taken away to threaten His Majesty."
Only in this way can the traces be exposed and they will not be left without direction.
Qin Feng nodded in agreement: "His Majesty agreed to three months. In these three months, I will reply to all the posts for His Highness and pretend that she is still in the house."
Cao Jing cupped his hands and said yes, then suddenly looked at Qin Feng, but said nothing and turned to leave.
One night passed, not only Xiao Lingyao's affairs were not leaked, but there was no clue about the death of the eldest prince Xiao Lingzhao. It was not until the evening of the second day that the imperial doctors came in and out of Prince Yong's Mansion, and later the news came out -
The prince is dead!
It was not a stabbing, but he died of a vicious disease. The people were in an uproar for a while, but the royal family was quite calm. They saw with their own eyes how Xiao Lingzhao was stabbed in the chest. It was not a vicious disease. His Majesty, in order to avoid further trouble, whitewashed the peace.
Many people in ancient times died of sudden illness, and it was only because the person who died was a prince that caused such a sensation. Although Emperor Yuan wanted to cover it up, some people connected the matter with the Chen family's resignation from the court a while ago. They couldn't help but wonder whether the eldest prince was suddenly ill.
related to this matter.
People's ability to associate is endless. Qin Feng heard such discussions from his servants in the princess's mansion. They all said that the Chen family was finished.
Yes, the Chen family is about to end. Except for the Zhenbei Marquis, the Chen family only has the empty queen left in Sui City. And now, she only has three months left. Within three months, Xiao Lingyao
If she does not return safely, she will be in danger.
There are no children, the queen has no children, and no one needs a queen's legitimate mother to show her face. This is the end of everything.
Qin Feng could think of this, why could Queen Chen not expect that when he returned to the harem that day, Kunning Palace was under guard again!
Empress Chen didn't even have a chance to see Xiao Lingzhao's body. It was only later that she learned that Xiao Lingzhao's body was transported to the palace alone. Then, the news came that Xiao Lingzhao had died of illness. Empress Chen's knees weakened and her body collapsed weakly.
Emperor Yuan's mind has always been elusive. So many pairs of eyes looked at Zhao'er. He was killed by a poisonous arrow. His Majesty opened his mouth and died of illness. The arrow wound pierced his chest. He died of illness?!
The atmosphere in Kunning Palace was extremely tense, and the rest of the harem palaces were also in a bad mood. The childless concubines were indifferent when they heard this, but the concubines who had been treated harshly by the queen in the past were secretly relieved.
But the remaining few were not so relaxed. During the East Palace assassination case, they almost caused a fire, but now they were stabbed to death!
Although he was announced to the outside world as having died of illness and covered up like an iron bucket, they all knew the truth. They saw with their own eyes how Xiao Lingzhao died. This was true to the outside world, but internally they were worried that they would need to investigate further?
Who knows whether the fire will spread to other princes in this round. The assassin came in a weird way. He suddenly appeared in the imperial temple. It was clearly heavily guarded. How could he enter without an inside signal?
After thinking through the issues, Prince Ji and His Highness Prince Cheng were both uneasy and uneasy, and even their mother and concubine had trouble sleeping and eating.
Under such circumstances, they did not notice that there was another young master in the palace, in the Chengqian Hall.
At this time, Xiao Lingyao's affairs were completely obscured by the death of the eldest prince. Qin Feng still went to Anding Mansion for work as usual and returned to the Princess Mansion at night. Someone would take care of the eldest prince's funeral affairs. According to the regulations of this dynasty, the prince
He will not enter the imperial mausoleum after death.
Xiao Lingzhao could only be buried near the imperial mausoleum in the end. The funeral day also gave the eldest prince some dignity after his death. Qin Feng also witnessed a royal funeral with his own eyes and shed a few tears along the way.
If you think about it carefully, Xiao Lingzhao was born according to the script of the proud son of heaven. He has a strong maternal background, a biological mother who is a queen, and an uncle who leads a powerful army. Although his uncle is not his biological son, he is the eldest son at birth.
Taking advantage of the right time, place, people and people.
The same goes for success and failure. Everyone in the Chen family is ambitious, how can the emperor tolerate it?
What's more, although he comes from a good background, he is mediocre. In the past, the Chen family was the main one and did not recruit as many talents as the third prince. Behind him, there is a powerful queen's biological mother who controls him in every way.
If you think about it carefully, Xiao Lingzhao is a bit like a modern mama's boy. Everything he says and does is influenced by the queen.
Speaking of the Queen, Qin Feng thought carefully about the Queen's performance today when he returned. The Queen personally sent her beloved son to the burial, which seemed to be a great favor. However, the Queen's face was drooping the whole time. Of course, people always die when their sons die.
Can't laugh.
But when Emperor Yuan went to hold her hand, the queen actually threw her away in public. The emperor Qin Fengxin was completely divided.
However, the fate of Queen Chen is now closely tied to Xiao Lingyao. Qin Feng really wants to know what the queen who used to do everything possible to make Xiao Lingyao's life worse than death would think?
Is she hoping that Xiao Lingyao will return safely so that she can keep the identity of the empress's legitimate mother, or is it because the Chen family has lost power and her own son has passed away that she is already worse off than dead, and now she might as well hope that Xiao Lingyao buries her own son with her?
Qin Feng never thinks that human nature is inherently good or human nature is inherently evil. It is a paradox. There is no absolute black and white in the world. In the gray area, human nature changes with the changes of one's own situation and environment. When you need to be good, you will be good.
Be evil when you need to be evil.
Among the crowd seeing off the eldest prince today were the Chen family, and the Prince of Zhenbei was also among them. Chen Boyuan glanced over at him again and again, presumably because he was confused about Xiao Lingyao's absence.
Chapter completed!