After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

A sinister look flashed across Cao Meng's eyes.

"We'll know when the Second Prince succeeds."

He glanced at Xiao Minchen and said, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. I just want to be alone."

Xiao Minchen's eyes rolled and he understood what Cao Meng wanted.

"Okay, I promise you! But you have to assist me."

The third prince also went to Concubine Shu's place and told her about the abnormality he had seen in Xiao Minchen.

"The Second Prince and the Crown Prince have always been at odds. Just let them fight."

"If they both lose, we can reap the benefits."

"Recently, the prince has been showing filial piety to your father every day, and you have been coming to the palace every day."

"What if your father wakes up one day and happens to see you? Wouldn't that be a good thing for you?"

The third prince also nodded repeatedly.

The emperor has been in a coma for several days and nights.

Rumors began to spread in the capital: the prince was not born to the queen!

Then, storytellers in all teahouses and taverns began to tell the story of the cat replacing the prince.

Many court officials began to demand that the queen come out and give an explanation in the court.

They couldn't tolerate that the queen was confusing the royal bloodline!

At first, the prince directly put the court official who came up with this idea into jail.

Until one day, an old minister angrily scolded the prince in the court, and then hit his head against a pillar and died on the spot.

The prince knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer.

The secret guards also found out that the rumor was that it was done by the Second Prince's men.

After he left court, the first thing he did was to go find the queen.

"Tonight, you will find a way to feed this to him."

He handed a paper bag to the queen.

The queen trembled and did not dare to answer.

"What's in here?"

"A poison that kills instantly on contact with blood." The second prince sneered and stuffed the medicine bag into the queen's hand.

The Queen began to cry, "Son, do you have to do this? He is your father!"

"What do you think? If it weren't for your indecision, how could you have ruined my son's future?"

"Now, the court officials are submitting petitions, demanding that I be deposed, on the grounds that I am not the Emperor's son!"

"Only when my son ascends the throne will these people not dare to act rashly."

The queen held the medicine bag in her hand as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

"Then you don't have to kill your father, right? If he's found out, it's a capital crime!"

Xiao Minxuan turned his face away coldly, "As long as the emperor wakes up, you and I will not survive!"

"In this case, why not strike first?"

When the queen heard the prince's extremely cruel words, she was heartbroken.

If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?

After the second prince was demoted to a commoner, the original prince's mansion was also taken back.

This time when they came back, they could only live in the dowry house of the Second Prince's wife.

The second prince took some time to visit the temple and the princess.

At this time, the Second Prince's wife was already terminally ill.

When she heard from her maid that the second prince had arrived, she hurriedly ordered the maid to block the person outside the door.

"Princess, don't you want to see the prince before you die?"

Her personal maid cried and tried to persuade her.

The Second Princess touched her festering cheek and shook her head slowly.

"This face makes even me feel sick when I see it."

"Anyway, I don't have much time left, so it doesn't matter whether we meet or not."

"No, the princess in the prince's heart is still the beautiful person he saw for the first time."

After just a few words, the Second Princess was out of breath.

The Second Princess had no regrets in her heart, as she had already avenged her son.

It won't be long before she is reunited with her son.

But she was still a little unwilling.

The second prince was stopped outside the door by the maid and was very angry.

"Princess, are you still complaining that I didn't avenge Ye'er?"

He yelled at the door, "The palms and backs of my hands are all made of flesh. The second child is also my child, and he calls you mother, too!"

When the Second Princess heard what the Second Prince said outside the door, tears started to flow.

Tears flowed across the wounds on his face and his expression began to become distorted.

"Princess, you can't cry."

The maid was so frightened that she quickly took out a sterilized handkerchief and wiped her tears bit by bit.

"Go out and let the prince go, and tell him that I will never forgive him!"

"Princess, why are you doing this?"

The maid couldn't help wiping her eyes.

"Go quickly!" The Second Princess lay down beside the bed and urged.

The maid went out, and the Second Princess listened attentively to the noise outside.

After a while, the maid came back.

"The prince has gone back, but he said he will come again."

The second prince was riding on his horse, recalling the maid's appearance just now.

Although she asked him to leave, her hesitation made him feel that there must be something fishy going on.

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a bamboo arrow breaking through the air.

He reflexively fell on the horse's back, and an arrow flew over his head.

"Your Highness, there is an ambush!" The guards surrounded the second prince.

This time when he came out to see the princess, the second prince only brought five guards.

"go back!"

The second prince also saw that a group of masked men were surrounding them.

There were too many people on the other side, and the place where they were standing was a flat ground.

The second prince remembered that there was a mountain on the way here.

If you can run to the mountain, you will have a chance to get rid of the person on the opposite side.

When the masked men saw that they were running back, they mounted their horses and chased after them.

"My Lord, where are we going now?"

"There is a mountain about a mile ahead. Let's run towards the mountain separately. This way we can kill them one by one."

The guards began to follow the second prince and ran towards the foot of the mountain.

The masked man who was chasing them seemed to understand their thoughts.

Started shooting arrows at them continuously.

The horse of a guard was shot in the buttocks. The horse jumped up in pain and threw the guard to the ground.

Another guard quickly reached out his hand and pulled him onto his horse.

When a horse carries two people, its speed obviously slows down.

Soon, the horse was also hit by an arrow and lay on the ground, dead.

The two men simply jumped off their horses, drew their knives, rolled on the ground, and chopped at the masked man's horse's feet.

The masked man hurriedly pulled the reins, and the horse leaped over.

But the horses behind were not so lucky. One or two horses fell down, tripping the horses behind them as well.

All the masked men who fell to the ground drew their swords and stabbed the two guards through in just a few strokes.

In just a short while, the Second Prince and his companions had already reached the foot of the mountain.

"Get off the horse and run up."

Three guards protected the second prince and ran all the way up.

Soon, they reached the halfway point of the mountain and saw the masked man behind them catching up.

A guard looked around.

"Your Highness, there is a big rock over there where you can hide. Go hide there while we lead the people away!"