That day, the prince went to the queen's palace for dinner. After chatting for a while, the queen smiled and asked, "Why are you so happy? Are you anxious to get married?"

The prince was startled, and then thought of the woman in the painting. His eyes flickered as he replied, "Yes, mother, would you feel unhappy that your son was taken away from you?"

"Nonsense!" the Queen scolded, "I'll be happy if you get married quickly. If you give birth to a legitimate grandson, I'll be even happier!"

The prince smiled awkwardly after hearing this: "Okay, I will do my best!"

The queen noticed that her son was a little embarrassed, so she changed the subject and said, "Concubine Xu's health has deteriorated recently, and she has to call the imperial physician every day. She once suggested that I ask Princess Zhaohe to come to the palace to chat with her, but I refused!"

The prince asked, "Why doesn't she go and invite him herself?"

"Why? Of course Princess Zhaohe will refuse! Your father will not pursue the matter for Prince An's sake. I don't know what happened to Concubine Xu? She obviously didn't like him before, but now she is eager to see him. Don't you think it's strange?"

The prince glanced at the ring on his hand and asked, "Mother, do you think that father seems to be particularly good to Princess Zhaohe?"

The Queen paused and said, "Why do you say that?"

The prince thought for a moment and replied, "It's a feeling! Although father doesn't usually summon Princess Zhaohe, every time he makes a decision about something related to her, it's in her favor. For example, I remember that when Miss Xu died, General Xu went to Prince An's mansion to ask for an explanation. Father's imperial edict to confer the title of Princess Zhaohe was urgently sent over by Li Rongyue, and even the step of cabinet review was omitted!"

"Any more?"

"Also, we have no evidence that Qin Sha had plotted against me. We even thought that we could have taken the opportunity to marry her, but my father rewarded her with the Princess of Zhaohe County. This is more direct than any evidence. Otherwise, the Qin family would not have found a fifth-rank official for Qin Sha to marry. Moreover, there have been such plots before, but my father never paid attention to them. It was always handled by my mother, right?"

"Not bad!"

"Mother! As for the Dingyuan Marquis case, Father said that the Jingzhao Yin should handle it impartially, and asked me to sit in on the case. He also asked Li Rongyue to assign me two secret guards. Later, I learned that the two secret guards' mission was to shoot Chen Tianlin at any time! He was not allowed to win the case! I suspect that Princess Zhaohe is the illegitimate daughter of Uncle Prince An."

Queen:......

"That's not the case." The Queen sighed and explained, "Princess Zhaohe was rated as a blessed person by Zen Master Guiyuan! At first, only Prince An and his wife and your father knew about it, and I only found out about it later."

The prince was stunned: "A blessed person?"

"That's right. Think about it. When Prince An couldn't raise any food, he happened to seize the food from the remnants of the Holy Light Church! Later, Prince An's wife gave birth to a son, and Prince An obtained the right to refine ironware. Isn't this a great blessing?"

"This... is indeed a blessing!"

After saying this, the prince took a look at the ugly ring on his hand, recalling what Princess Rouping had said to him before: "One is for warding off minor disasters, and the other is for resolving life-threatening calamities! Brother Prince, I dare to make a bet with you! If this ring doesn't work, I'll give you all my private money!"

The prince began to doubt again. Could the Taoist priest's lies come true? But what his mother said was true. This...

After calming himself down, the prince walked out of the queen's palace and headed towards the East Palace while thinking.

Suddenly, he heard a noise not far away.

"You blind slave! How dare you bump into me? I punish you by making you kneel here and slap your face a hundred times!"

"Aunt, please spare me! I didn't see you just now. I sweep here every day!"

"Huh, you mean to say I'm in your way?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant!"

"Humph, why don't you slap me in the face? Do you want me to help you?"

Then the prince heard the sounds of "pa" and "pa" being slapped in the face. At this time, he had walked closer and could vaguely see the aggrieved and desperate expression of the little maid kneeling on the ground, which made him feel pity for her.

He would usually stop such deliberate showing of force, keep the peace and gain a reputation for being righteous, but when he was about to speak, the sachet on his body suddenly fell to the ground, and he himself suddenly became clear-headed.

He suddenly thought that this was not the time to clean, and there were not even any other palace servants passing by, as if they were just waiting for him to come and save the beauty.

Oh, interesting! Even if he really fell into the trap, so what? He had experienced other people's calculations before, and he could handle these little tricks.

But something is wrong today!

So the prince picked up the sachet, turned around and left, hurried back to the East Palace.

He opened the sachet in doubt, but instead of seeing the triangular amulet, he saw a pile of powder.

His heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat, so magical!

Did Princess Showa really meet a deity? What wandering Taoist priest? He must be a hermit!

Then this ring...

Wear it! You must wear it!

For this, Rouping bet him 20,000 taels. If it really works, 30,000 taels would be fine!

What the queen mother said is right. Princess Zhaohe is a blessed person. Like Bai Lin, she can receive guidance from the gods. These two siblings are extraordinary.

Hey, he seemed to remember someone saying that the Bai family was a prominent family that had produced many great ministers. Could it be that the ancestors’ blessings would benefit future generations?

Well, let's check to see if there are any other officials in the Bai family. It would be great if we can get them to be around. This way, Princess Showa will give him some face in the future.

An hour later, a secret guard came to report: "Prince, the little maid who was punished to kneel is the niece of the nanny beside Concubine Xu."

The prince immediately laughed in anger: "Concubine Xu doesn't want to take good care of her baby, but is trying to plot against me? Go, find a way to tell Commander Xiao about this."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

At the same time, the nanny beside Concubine Xu slapped her niece: "Useless thing, you can't even seize the opportunity given to you, and you've wasted your good looks!"

The little maid knelt on the ground without saying a word. She was also very puzzled. It was obvious that the prince hated to see palace servants bullying the weak, so why did he just ignore it this time?

Could it be that the rumor was wrong? But she had no choice but to apologize.

Concubine Xu was also confused, because in her opinion, even if the prince saw through this not-so-clever plan, he would most likely take advantage of the situation and slowly look for an opportunity to counterattack.

In this way, she could shift the blame for the miscarriage to the crown prince in a short period of time, which would more or less make the crown prince lose some of her favor and pave the way for the third prince's future.

Yes, two days ago, the imperial physician had confirmed that she was having a false pregnancy! This was a rare disease after all, and as for the previous changes in her pulse, it could only be said to be an illusion, which was difficult to explain clearly.

But Concubine Xu knew it very well. Bai Zhaozhao must have lied to her! That bitch did it on purpose!

Now her belly has grown a lot, and it would be dangerous if she didn't have an abortion. However, she was unwilling to give up this opportunity, so she hastily decided to frame the prince.

Damn it, it didn’t work!

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