The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

Over the years, Concubine De traveled all over the country, treating patients and prescribing medicine, and she also picked some medicinal herbs herself, so her hands have become a little rough.

The emperor stroked it slowly, feeling a sense of guilt for no reason.

"Are you really still blaming me?"

Concubine De looked at the emperor and said calmly, "I dare not."

"It's just that you don't dare to blame, not that you don't blame, right?"

"In the court, the emperor is the king and I am the minister. I dare not be dissatisfied with the emperor." Concubine De did not answer directly.

"But, in terms of marriage, I am your husband and you are my wife."

"The husband is the leader of the wife, and the concubine cannot be dissatisfied."

The emperor seemed to have a lot to say, but he couldn't utter a word.

Defei's appearance has not changed, she is still beautiful, and her attitude towards the emperor is obviously more gentle and submissive.

No matter what the emperor said or did, she had no dissatisfaction or emotion.

This should have been a good thing, but the emperor felt empty in his heart, as if Concubine De was no longer the Concubine De who was ethical in everything and who distinguished right from wrong and win from loss, and whom he loved from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Majesty, do you feel that you can hear the sound more clearly than before?"

The emperor didn't notice anything until Concubine De asked. But when Concubine De asked, the emperor looked pleased.

"It's indeed much better. My beloved concubine can hear me almost clearly even if she speaks softly."

"This is the technique I learned while traveling among the common people. If Your Majesty is willing, I will give you acupuncture every day in the next few days. I think you will recover soon."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, my dear."

Concubine De shook her head and put away the acupuncture instruments that she had not put away at first for fear of waking up the emperor. She said, "Compared with the doctors who treat the people, these few days I only have to concentrate on acupuncture for the emperor. How hard is that?"

Concubine De told the emperor in detail about her travels across the country over the past ten years.

The beautiful scenery of Jiangnan and the yellow sand of the northern frontier.

There are children who choke on their food because they are greedy, and there are old people who have difficulty swallowing.

There are beautiful middle-aged women who have been infertile for many years, and there are critically ill women who have given birth to multiple children.

"Doctors can cure illnesses, but they can't cure life." Defei packed up the acupuncture instruments and put them in her medical bag. "I used to think that everything was in my own hands, but now I have to admit that fate is actually predetermined."

"No, my beloved concubine." The emperor eagerly held the hand of Concubine De. "We have been separated for so many years, not because of fate, but because of my cowardice and my lack of trust in you. If there is still a chance to make amends, I will let you know that I have changed."

"It's all in the past. Your Majesty doesn't need to keep it in mind."

The more indifferent Concubine De seemed, the more guilty the emperor felt.

Whenever he thought of the scene when Concubine De knelt down to say goodbye and asked to leave the palace with injuries from being beaten, he could hardly control his heartache.

Fortunately, Concubine De still has me in her heart.

As soon as he heard the news that he was injured, he rushed back and racked his brains to treat his deafness.

"I will definitely treat you well and make up for what I owe you over the years."

Concubine De did not respond, but looked at the emperor with a complicated expression, her lips slightly opened, but she finally took back what she wanted to say.

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The prince's funeral should have gone through three stages: embalming, coffining and burial. However, he did not die of natural causes, and the royal family always kept sudden deaths a secret, so the overall regulations for the prince's funeral were kept simple.

In addition, the mastermind behind the bombing has not been identified until now, so the death of the prince has become a topic that no one in the palace can discuss casually.

The emperor was naturally saddened by the loss of his son, but he did not have only this one son.

For him, his fatherly love for the eldest prince is real, but his love for the country and the people seems to be more important.

What's more, the explosion that day happened not far from him, and he personally experienced that terrifying moment. His life and death were hanging by a thread, which made him cherish his life even more. After a few brief pains, he quickly transformed from a sad father back into a rational king.

The prince's body was not complete. In order to make the prince appear relatively complete when buried, the Ministry of Internal Affairs temporarily recruited dozens of experienced undertakers from the public to sew, fill and embalm the prince's body.

Since this work has not been completed, even if the third prince wanted to see his brother's remains, he had no chance.

In this palace, Sima Yao is probably the only one who is most saddened by the death of the crown prince.

In the days without the protection of his mother, this elder brother who was only a few years older than him, this man who was destined to reach the pinnacle of power since birth, gave him the most rare and pure brotherly love in the palace.

However, after a loud bang, he disappeared completely.

His departure made the entire palace lose all warmth.

Sima Yao has been running around these days because he has always been suspicious about the explosion.

If it is true as the preliminary investigation results of the Bai family in the court said, that someone wanted to fake the death of the second prince but accidentally killed the crown prince, it is obviously illogical.

The movement of the seats would inevitably cause the explosives to vibrate. So why, when they discovered that the Prince's seat was missing and moved the seats forward one by one, did the seat with the explosives arouse anyone's suspicion?

After all, explosives strong enough to kill an adult man do not come from just a few ounces of explosives.

Is it certain that someone will feel a chair that is noticeably heavier than other similar chairs?

However, the eunuchs currently involved in the transportation unanimously stated that there were no abnormal situations during the transportation.

The prince sat in the second seat after the emperor, and the explosion required fire and a fuse.

If the bomb was inside the chair and the chair was moved from somewhere else before the explosion, it remains a mystery how the bomb was detonated.

Sima Yao came to the villa where Shu Huaiyuan was under house arrest.

Although he was nominally allowed to reflect on his mistakes and his movements were apparently restricted, in reality Shu Huaiyuan was completely isolated from the outside world during these days.

The guards guarding Shu Huaiyuan were all from the Bai family. Sima Yao came several times but was stopped outside the door by the guards with the words "military orders are as heavy as mountains".

Lin Heng walked out of the villa and shook his head at Sima Yao from a distance.

"That man is from my hometown, but there is still nothing I can do."

"It's within expectations." Sima Yao didn't find it strange. "Is Shu Huaiyuan okay?"

"He said Shu Huaiyuan is eating and sleeping properly now, and he's in good condition, but..."

Lin Heng pulled Sima Yao's sleeve, and the two walked out of the villa quickly. Lin Heng approached Sima Yao and whispered, "But my fellow villager said that according to what he knows, Bai Mo seems to want to put all the blame for the explosion on Shu Huaiyuan."

"Ridiculous! Such an obvious frame-up..."

Regardless of the hierarchy, Lin Heng quickly covered the Third Prince's mouth and looked around cautiously. After confirming that there was no one around, he continued, "Third Prince, let's go back first. Come back at Chou hour today. He is on duty tonight and he said he has a way."