A beautiful daughter came to the Xiangfu

When the queen heard the prince's sudden question, she was confused for a moment.

"Why do you ask?"

The queen was confined to the palace, so naturally she had no idea what was happening outside.

The prince pulled the queen to sit down.

"Mother, there have been rumors recently that the emperor has a prince who is living among the people. He is about my age. Today, I heard that the emperor has sent someone to bring that person back to the capital. Mother, I want to know whether this is true or not. I have never been able to see you before. Today, it was your permission that allowed me to see you."

The Queen tried to think of something and said, "Your father never had contact with women from the common people alone. It could only be women who left the palace. Concubine Zhuang, who was pregnant with me, died of a difficult labor. There was also a wife who I don't remember. I asked someone to feed her with foetus soup and threw her out of the palace. Could it be that she was fine at the time?"

The prince said anxiously: "If there really is such a person, it can only be him."

The Queen was heartbroken and said, "It's my fault that I didn't eradicate the root of the problem. What does the Emperor want to do by bringing him back to the capital?"

"Mother, the emperor has been in a good mood recently, probably because of this prince who came to Beijing. My position is in jeopardy. Mother, I don't want to sit and wait for death."

The Queen was shocked: "Quan'er, you want to..."

The prince nodded.

The queen looked worried: "But now the Xiao family affairs are out of our hands, where will you get the soldiers?"

The prince told the queen about his plan with Prince Shun, but the queen was not too sure, "Quan'er, can Prince Shun be trusted?"

The prince said nonchalantly, "Prince Shun wanted to borrow my power to enter the capital. He and I each got what we wanted. I was just using his military power."

Seeing that the prince seemed to have a plan, the queen did not stop him: "Well, the emperor is suspicious, and if you take his place, the Xiao family will be better off."

After meeting the queen, the prince became more confident. From childhood to adulthood, the emperor and the queen had only one son, so no one else could appear in the future to ruin his life.

"Mother, you must be careful in the palace. I'm afraid that father will harm you."

"Don't worry about this. He won't kill me, and he can't kill me." The queen said this with full confidence.

"Mother, is there anything that Father can't do now?"

The prince was anxious, for he knew that his father was moody.

The queen looked into the distance, sighed, and said to the prince: "Quan'er, your father is not moody. He can't kill me, because if I get hurt, he won't feel good either."

"why?"

"I once poisoned your father. That poison can control a person's mind, and he did some things he didn't want to do. This poison is also called the life and death poison. If I die, he will not be able to live either. He once found someone to detoxify him, but it probably didn't work."

The prince was stunned when he heard this.

My own mother put a curse on my own father?

"What about Caihe and the others..."

The prince thought about why Xiao Caihe was imprisoned.

"It has nothing to do with me, and it probably has nothing to do with Cai He either. Our Xiao family was framed, but how could the emperor believe it so easily?"

Yes, people who have been poisoned will first suspect that the poisoner will continue to poison them.

"Someone in the capital wants to harm the Xiao family. I suspect it was set up by the emperor himself."

The prince was shocked, "Then is he also responsible for the matter in my mansion?"

"I don't know. The emperor can't do anything now. He used my poison to accuse me of harming people. Aren't there people he wants to eliminate? If he regretted it a little, he wouldn't be the emperor now."

The prince listened to the queen's words, and wanted to find out some of the secrets he didn't know. But the queen didn't want to say anything, "Quan'er, the less you know, the better."

The prince talked to the queen for a long time, and the emperor did not send anyone to disturb them. It was not known whether he wanted the mother and son to have a good talk or he simply forgot that the prince had gone to see the queen.

The sun was about to set, and the prince returned to his own mansion. Jiang and Cui were both very well behaved in the mansion. Although they had never left the mansion, they had heard some of the rumors outside.

Everyone once wanted to enter the Prince's Mansion and become the Crown Princess, but now, the Crown Princess seems to be a hot potato.

After leaving the Queen's palace, the Crown Prince put all his energy into "seizing the throne". He discussed the arrangements and plans of the troops with Prince Shun. The civilian "prince" had been living in the Duke of Qing's Mansion. Since the Crown Prince and Prince Shun made up their minds to "eradicate the roots", they had been waiting for the moment when the Emperor would recognize him and kill both of them.

Duke Qing has not gone out for three days since he brought the people to his house, and Zhuang Yunlin and Zhuang Weining also did not go out.

However, the people who were sent to spy found out that the Duke of Qing's Mansion was preparing to welcome the emperor, and that the emperor would come to the Duke of Qing's Mansion secretly two days later. They also found out that there was a banquet at Prince An's Mansion that day, and the Zhuang brothers and sisters, Princess Qi and others were invited.

Prince Shun and the Crown Prince began to deploy their troops.

"It seems that the emperor sent Zhuang Yunlin and the others away when he went to the Duke of Qing's mansion that day because he was afraid of too many people watching!"

Prince Shun analyzed.

"Then do we need to kidnap the Zhuang brothers and sisters?" The prince wanted to use them as a threat.

"No need for that. I will make my own arrangements when the time comes." Prince Shun has already figured out how to make good use of the people attending the banquet at Prince An's mansion.

"We can't have too many soldiers stationed outside the Duke of Qing's mansion. The emperor will bring his guards, so where should we place our people?"

The Duke of Qing's Mansion is at the end of East Street, and we can't arrange assassins outside openly.

"The house next to the Duke of Qing's mansion seems to be empty. I originally planned to rent the house behind them, but that house is not rented out. When the time comes, we will have people hide in the yard next to it, and I will take care of the people outside."

The security of the capital was taken over by the Crown Prince. Although the number of troops was small, it was enough as long as he was not forced to abdicate.

The street near Duke Qing's mansion was originally full of officials' families, and the soldiers arranged by Prince Shun were all disguised as ordinary vendors and moved into empty houses. Everything was ready, only waiting for the emperor.

At the banquet held at Prince An's mansion, those present included the Zhuang brothers and sisters, Yang Ting with Aying, Princess Qi and the Crown Prince, all of whom were Prince An's relatives and friends.

Early in the morning they arrived at Prince An's Mansion in a carriage, carrying gifts.

Also coming with them were Jiang Xianyu and one of Zhuang Yunlin's masters. It was said that this man was the master from the mountain who taught Zhuang Yunlin kung fu. Since the young Prince An had always wanted to meet him, he also came to attend the banquet at Prince An's Mansion.

"That master has an air of immortality, and it's obvious that he is a master."

Lin Qingyang felt this way when he first met the elder.

"That's right. The master has countless disciples, and all of them are masters. I'll let you see his disciples when I have the chance."

Lin Qingyang was curious, could it be that all his disciples were celebrities?

The banquet began and Duke Qing was ready. The emperor did not bring many people with him. Apart from the usual guards, there was only an old man beside him.