Traveling through famine: The space peasant girl

She didn't know whether the prince heard what they said or not. When she came out and saw the prince's expressionless face, she felt relieved. She thought that the prince might not have heard what she said. Tears instantly welled up in her eyes. She looked at the prince with misery on her face, and seemed to want to say something but stopped, which made the prince feel uncomfortable.

The prince knew exactly what lines she was going to say next as she looked like this. Every time a concubine offended her, she would show this expression, wanting him to deal with those people. Every time, he would never let the concubines go over the top of the princess, always giving her face because Liu Wanjun was his princess consort.

The Crown Prince ignored the crying Crown Princess and went straight to his son's spirit and burned incense for the child. Even though he was disappointed with the Crown Princess, he could not deny his love for these three children.

He really put a lot of effort into raising his three legitimate children. Even though the third child was a daughter, he still held her in the palm of his hand, fearing that someone would bully them. His attitude towards Zhang Qianqian was especially embarrassing.

He always believed that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was too powerful and threatened the ruler, so naturally his attitude towards Zhang Qianqian was not very good. He had never even gone to see the child Zhang Qianqian gave birth to, let alone hold it in his arms.

Suddenly knowing what kind of person his Crown Princess was, he found it hard to accept for a moment that the Crown Princess who had always been gentle, generous and considerate was actually a sinister and mean person in private.

He burned incense for his children. As a father, he did not need to kneel and kowtow to them, so he sat down beside them after burning incense.

The Crown Princess followed the Crown Prince hesitantly and sat next to him. She then looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, which made the Crown Prince feel a little disgusted.

If I hadn't just heard those words, I would have asked him what was wrong with concern. Then the Crown Princess would definitely tell me about Zhang Qianqian and ask me to punish Zhang Qianqian and find out the whereabouts of the child.

After all, the Crown Princess has done this kind of thing many times, so she is naturally used to it, and I am the hardest knife in the Crown Princess's hand.

Every time he would injure Zhang Qianqian all over her body, but he didn't notice anything was wrong, instead he became even more excessive.

"Your Highness, Yun'er is the only child left in our Eastern Palace. I wonder if we should bring him to live with us. After all, he can receive a better education by your side, which is much better than being trapped in the harem all day long."

The Crown Prince glanced at the Crown Princess coldly. The beads on her abacus were about to fall on his face.

If I hadn't heard what they said, I would probably have agreed. After all, I only have this one child, so of course I have to raise him with great respect.

"That's not necessary. The Crown Princess is not incapable of giving birth. We will definitely have our own legitimate children in the future. Concubine Zhang's child is, after all, a bastard's child, and is not suitable to be raised by my side."

Now that Zhang Qianqian is so repulsive to me, she will definitely not hand the child over to me. Moreover, I checked Yun'er's whereabouts in the morning and found out that she was sent out of the palace a few days ago.

He had not yet determined the specific direction, nor had he found it. Instead, he intercepted two groups of assassins who were going to kill Yun'er, which made him very angry because he discovered that these people came out of the palace and were even instructed by the emperor.

Liu Wanjun's eyes fluctuated for a few times, and then she continued to show her sad smile.

"Since His Royal Highness has made the decision, then it can only be so. Although Concubine Zhang is a concubine, her noble birth is no less than that of a concubine, so her children are naturally noble as well."

Liu Wanjun did not want to give up the idea of ​​killing the child. She said that there was a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. Since she had no legitimate children, all the illegitimate children must die. If possible, she would not have any illegitimate children in this life.

"Don't worry about the child. There will be one eventually. I'm going to the front yard now. A few brothers have stayed behind. I need to go see them."

The prince left immediately after he finished speaking, without stopping. Liu Wanjun looked at the prince's back, grabbed a handkerchief fiercely in her hand, and tore the white handkerchief directly.

"They are all bitches, bitches. The prince actually started to speak for that bitch today. Is it because I don't have a child, and that bitch has a child that His Highness actually started to care about? What should I do, damn it."

No, she had to find a way to prevent that bitch from capturing the prince's heart. Zhang Qianqian was of noble birth, even higher than her status. If she hadn't planned it, she might not have been able to keep her position as the crown princess.

Now the prince's eyes and attitude are not right. She suspects that the prince has heard their conversation. She does not doubt her intuition at all. She needs to find a way to remedy the situation now, because she knows that the prince is an awkward person. He doesn't talk much with Zhang Qianqian, and naturally he will not admit his mistake to Zhang Qianqian. This is her chance.

Now she no longer cares about her dead child. In her eyes, the child is just a tool to win favor. Even if the child is her own, she doesn't care much about him.

Soon the Crown Princess made a plan. Zhang Qianqian returned to Yimei Cottage and looked at the dead trees and flowers outside. She couldn't help but worry about her family members who were exiled on the road. They were having such a hard time. She didn't know how her grandfather and the others were doing on the road, and whether they could arrive at Qiong Island safely.

The prince came out of the mourning hall and went to Yimei Cottage. Without notifying anyone, he saw Zhang Qianqian who was staring outside in a daze. There seemed to be worry in her eyes and her brows were tightly furrowed.

"Are you worried about Yun'er or the exiled Zhang family?"

The prince couldn't help but asked directly. Even if he knew that the Zhang family was innocent, he had no way to overturn the case for the Zhang family. The current emperor was like a vicious dog that would bite whoever he dared to bite.

Zhang Qianqian was frightened by the prince and quickly stood up and saluted him.

"I'm worried about Yun'er and the Zhang family. It's so chaotic outside right now, and even the kilometers are running out of water. I don't know what's going to happen to them on the road."

The prince also looked outside. The bare, dead trees and flowers, and the dried-up fish pond made him feel sad.

"I can't help with the Zhang family's affairs. The emperor won't let up on this matter. I've already sent people to stop the people who are pursuing Yun'er, and I've already dealt with two batches of the killers."

Zhang Qianqian's heart suddenly skipped a beat. She didn't expect that even though her child had already left Jinling, there were still people who wanted to kill her child.

What she didn't expect was that the prince who usually ignored her would actually protect Yun'er, and she didn't expect that he would send someone to protect Yun'er.

The prince looked at Zhang Qianqian's suspicious eyes, his mouth twitched a few times, but he had no way to refute.

"Don't look at me like that. Yun'er is also my son. I have wiped out Yun'er's last trace. Your secret guards are quite capable. They actually got rid of all the people who were tracking them. Now we don't know where they are going, but anyone with a keen eye can guess that they are heading to Qiong Island. Some people will send people to intercept them on the way. I have also lost their whereabouts, so I can only passively intercept them."

The prince said this in order to find out the whereabouts of the child so that he could make plans early. He was worried that the secret guards would send the child to the team escorting prisoners, which would be like walking a sheep into the tiger's mouth.

"I gave the secret guards the order to go to Qiong Island. They will not show up during the journey. When they get to Qiong Island, someone will naturally pick them up. Our family also has some connections there. They are all family sons. Their indentures are in the hands of the Zhang family."

Zhang Qianqian did not reveal the whereabouts of the child. To be honest, she didn't know where Yun'er and the others were now. She could only leave it to fate.

The prince understood the meaning of Zhang Qianqian's words and didn't say much. He just stood at the door of the main hall when he was about to leave and didn't look back.

"Zhang Qianqian, I misunderstood you. I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused you over the years."

After saying that, he left Yimei Cottage. Zhang Qianqian couldn't believe her ears when she heard the prince's apology. Was this something that the arrogant prince could say?

At this time, Zhou Qingyun did not run around in the mountains as Zhang Qianqian had expected. Instead, he was disguised by the secret guards as a child with a sallow complexion. The secret guards also took off their black clothes and put on patched clothes. The two of them mingled with the refugees like little beggars and slowly moved away from Jinling.

The people who were searching for them were now running through the woods, trying to find the prince's bastard.

The prince returned to his own bedroom and began to arrange people to do the work. Since the queen and her son had given him such a big surprise, he had to reciprocate, so as to justify their plan. As for the emperor who had been immersed in the land of gentleness, he had to give him a surprise as well.

That night, two letters came out of the East Palace, one was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the other was delivered to the Crown Princess's brother who was far away in Wucheng.

Like the Second Prince, he had countless concubines and naturally many children. His wife had two daughters and one son, and his two concubines had a son and a daughter each. Tonight, when the seven children were asleep, someone opened a crack in the window, and smoke blew into the room, knocking the people on guard inside unconscious.

Someone avoided the secret guards of the Second Prince's Mansion and entered the house with a bag. The bag contained a poisonous snake, the kind that would kill instantly with a single bite. The secret guard put the snake's head on the child's leg and let the snake bite him. Soon the child's leg turned purple and black, and because he was knocked unconscious, he could not make any sound for help.

The secret guard waited there, and after making sure that the child was not breathing, he went to the bedroom of the Second Prince's wife and gave her a sterilization drug. This drug not only sterilizes, but can also cause a pregnant woman to miscarry silently. He also gave this drug to all the women of the Second Prince, not even those illegitimate sons.

They had just left the Second Prince's Mansion and entered the East Palace through the secret passage. They were ordered to leave Jinling and go to Qiong Island. Their new order was to find the Third Prince and protect him at all costs. They carried a lot of valuables with them and left Jinling City overnight.

The Second Prince, who had killed the Crown Prince's three legitimate children, was now drinking happily with the Queen in her Pepper Room. The mother and son were drinking openly and honestly. They finished the wine in the jug very quickly and asked someone to get more wine. At this time, a strange maid was standing at the door. The maid who came out happened to see her, so she asked her to get the wine while she took a break.

The maid quickly brought back a pot of wine, and the people inside started drinking again. The maid outside the door saw what was going on inside through the crack in the door and left the Pepper Room quietly.

The next morning, the Second Prince and the Queen, who were still hungover, received news that something had happened in the Second Prince's mansion.

The second prince returned to the palace in a hurry and looked at the five corpses covered with white cloth lying in the front hall. His princess consort and two concubines were kneeling on the ground crying their hearts out.

She howled at the Second Prince to avenge her children. The Second Prince uncovered the white cloth and looked at the purple marks on her children's bodies and the two teeth marks on their legs. There was something he didn't understand in his heart.

Last night, my mother told me to pay attention to the situation in the mansion and not to give the prince an opportunity to take revenge. However, before the next night, something happened to his son and daughter. What is there to be unclear about? It was obviously the prince who did it.

The Second Prince's wife's pretty face now looked very miserable as she cried.

"My husband, you have to avenge our child. This is clearly the prince's revenge. The bite marks are exactly the same as those of the prince's children."

The second prince also saw the location of the wound, and naturally understood it in his heart, but what could he do? He and his mother had conspired to kill the prince's legitimate child. He wanted revenge, but he was not prepared. Even if he went to his father now, he would not have the face to complain, so he could only ask his mother to step in.

He helped the Second Prince's wife up.

"Don't worry, we will go to the palace to discuss with our mother and let the two concubines preside over the child's funeral first. I will not give up until the crown prince is skinned alive today."

The Second Prince's wife was reluctant to even look at the child on the ground, and resolutely followed the Second Prince into the palace. The two of them came to the Pepper Room and began to complain to the Queen, speaking with such sincerity and from the bottom of their hearts.

"Mother, you have to make the decision for me. My three legitimate children and the four children of my two concubines all met with disaster last night. They were bitten by poisonous snakes. This has nothing to do with the crown prince. I don't believe it."

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The queen changed into her own royal dress and came to the imperial study with her son and daughter-in-law. At this time, the emperor was reading memorials in the imperial study. He squinted his eyes and looked at the prince. He already knew what happened in the second prince's mansion this morning. He was somewhat amazed that this kind-hearted son could actually have such means.

He didn't want to suppress his son anymore. He had to know that the way to be a king was to have a balance between relaxation and tension. He liked the current prince very much.