The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

Liu Shen, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the regretful sigh and buried his head even lower.

Crown Prince Xiao Yao, the emperor's eldest son.

He is good at governing the country and maintaining peace, and he is also an excellent warrior in both riding and shooting.

Even compared with his father, he is extremely outstanding and has the appearance of a wise ruler. If he were still alive, the crown prince position of the Jin Dynasty would not have been vacant until now, and the princes would not have fought to the death like this.

But such a stunning and extraordinary person ended up dying young.

Everyone said his death was an accident.

…But was it really just an accident?

Liu Shen was one of the earliest people to follow the emperor, and was also his confidant who followed the emperor from his former residence to the palace. He also watched the prince grow up and had some understanding of the personalities of both father and son.

Your Majesty's headache has become more serious over the years, otherwise he would not have easily delegated power to the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince.

No matter what the two princes do, they cannot match the political achievements of the crown prince back then.

As they gradually came to the court, the emperor mentioned the prince more and more often, but few people knew that in the first few years after the prince's death, almost no one in the palace dared to mention the prince in front of His Majesty.

Even His Majesty himself rarely mentions the Crown Prince in front of others.

What he said to the outside world was that His Majesty had suddenly lost his son and was heartbroken beyond control. He would feel heartbroken whenever he heard someone mention it, so no one in the palace mentioned it again, and no one in the outer court mentioned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him either.

But Liu Shen vaguely discovered that this was not the case.

...Every time His Majesty mentioned the Crown Prince, he would reveal an unfathomable expression from time to time, as if he was guilty or sad. He even happened to see His Majesty looking relieved.

Think carefully.

Liu Shen could only suppress his doubts deep in his heart.

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Chengqian Palace.

After Emperor Jingping recovered some of his spirit, he began to deal with state affairs again.

Liu Shen was also able to take a break and temporarily leave the hall, entrusting all matters in the hall to his apprentice and godson Liu Baoquan.

As a result, as soon as he walked out, he saw a child in gorgeous clothes walking towards him from the corner. Now in the palace, the only child of this age was the Sixth Prince who was being raised in the Queen's Palace.

When the others approached, Liu Shen took the initiative to salute: "Your servant greets His Highness the Sixth Prince."

"Eunuch Liu, there is no need to be polite."

Xiao Yu waved his hand casually.

Then, with a stern face, she glanced towards the palace entrance and asked, "Eunuch Liu, is my father busy with government affairs right now? Could you please tell him that I want to see him?"

Liu Shen paused: "This..."

"Sixth Prince, His Majesty has been troubled by state affairs these past two days, so he may not see you at this moment."

"I know what's troubling my father."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yu immediately spoke up, "What Third Brother did in private has spread throughout the palace. I can be considered one of the victims, so I have come to see Father."

Xiao Yu's face was tense and his eyes dimmed when he mentioned this matter.

He raised his head and looked at Liu Shen intently.

Then he bowed to him and said, "Could you please pass on a message to me, sir?"

"You can't do that, little prince!"

Liu Shen's heart suddenly jumped, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up. He exchanged a glance with the palace maid standing behind him, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't want to pass on the message for Your Highness, but Your Majesty will not see anyone except Lord Lian now."

Lian Dongshu was able to enter the palace to meet the emperor because he was responsible for investigating the third prince.

Even when the six ministers came to pay their respects to His Majesty, he did not meet any of them.

Not to mention the ladies in the harem and the princes and princesses, the biological mother of the third prince was not even able to step out of the palace gate. She was placed under house arrest in the palace and could only wait for the previous dynasty to investigate the matter thoroughly.

A hint of disappointment appeared on Xiao Yu's face.

He lowered his head, stared at his shoes, pursed his lips and asked again: "Father, do you really not want to see me?"

Just as Liu Shen was about to speak, he heard the palace maid come out and slowly persuade him:

"Sixth Prince, Eunuch Liu is also acting according to the emperor's orders. Please don't embarrass him. His Majesty is busy and can't see anyone right now. Why don't you come visit His Majesty after a while?"

"……All right."

Xiao Yu responded sullenly, accepting this fact reluctantly.

Seeing that he no longer clamored to see his father, the maid laughed and reminded him, "Have you forgotten what else you came here for besides wanting to see His Majesty?"

Xiao Yu then remembered that he had indeed come with an important mission.

He turned around and motioned the palace servant holding the tray to come forward. He said with a serious face, "Eunuch Liu, this is the Pure Heart Lotus Seed Soup that my mother made for my father. Please give it to my father on my mother's behalf."

"It is true that family and state affairs are important, but father's health is more important."

The palace maid took the tray from the palace servant and handed it to Liu Shen personally.

Liu Shen respectfully took the bowl of lotus seed soup.

Everything had been explained, and Xiao Yu felt as if he had finally unloaded a heavy burden. However, when he thought that the most important thing of this trip was to meet his father, but he didn't actually get to see him, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

He is not really a childish child, he has already been enlightened.

Even though he was raised by the Queen Mother since childhood, he was always surrounded by rumors and gossips. His mother treated him very well. Even though he was young, she would explain the causes and consequences of any problem to him.

Xiao Yu understood why his third brother wanted to kill him.

My father intends to register him under the name of my mother. If this is done, he will be the only legitimate prince of the Jin Dynasty. Given the current situation, he may even be given high hopes.

...That is to say, he might become a prince like his elder brother.

But the third brother wanted to be the crown prince, so he wanted to kill himself.

Xiao Yu also understood all these things.

But even though he understood it, he still felt scared and terrorized. The only two times he encountered life-threatening situations in his life left a deep impression on him.

One was that he had sneaked out of the palace and was hit by a passerby while eating walnuts, choking and almost killing himself.

The second time was when he went into the mountains to catch pheasants and rabbits during the autumn hunting. He encountered a group of poisonous snakes and almost died.

It just so happened that these two things were done by the third brother.

Xiao Yu just felt a chill down his spine.

If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet Sister Xue, he would have definitely died this time or twice.

Xiao Yu's face was tense, and his expression was unusually cold. It would have been fine if his third brother had targeted him, but he ordered others to stop Sister Xue's carriage in the street and said those heart-wrenching words.

The purpose was to ruin her reputation!

Xiao Yu had heard about the rumors about Sister Xue's life from childhood to adulthood in the palace. Unlike others who just listened for fun, he actually learned the truth from the guards.

This is indeed the case.