After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

The carpenters employed in the Imperial Household Department were royal carpenters, and the coffins they made could only be used by members of the royal family.

The court officials all gasped. There was already a coffin, so it was obvious that the prince was really dead.

Why did the emperor suppress the news of the death?

"Why is Prince Ning so anxious? Wasn't my nephew Qingyao seriously injured and missing? The General's Office might have made preparations in advance."

The Eighth Prince was nonchalant.

Prince Ning's face darkened. "Old Eight, how dare you curse my son?"

His son just disappeared, so why did the institute make preparations in advance? Was he hoping for his son's death?

"Hey, how can I be as brave as you? How dare you curse my brother's son, the crown prince?"

The Eighth Prince sneered.

The Eighth Prince's reputation as a playboy was known to all the civil and military officials in the court.

It’s strange to say, the Eighth Prince is very filial to the Queen Mother, but he always makes sarcastic remarks to his two elder brothers, the Emperor and Prince Ning, every time they meet.

It has been like this since I was a child and it hasn't changed until now.

Prince Ning's face was solemn. "Your Majesty, I was merely suggesting that the Eastern Palace's affairs be of grave importance and cannot be concealed. I absolutely do not intend to curse the Crown Prince."

The emperor looked at him deeply, stretched out his hand as if to grab something, but suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"cough!"

The emperor fell into a coma.

The eunuch was quick to support him.

The court officials' expressions changed drastically.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, call the imperial physician!"

"Send it to the doctor quickly!"

"Prince Ning has made my brother faint from rage. Hurry up and arrest this traitor!"

The last sentence was shouted by the Eighth Prince.

Prince Ning's face turned pale.

It had only been two days since the Crown Prince and he were poisoned after drinking tea. If he made the Emperor faint from anger again, his reputation would be ruined.

Soon, Doctor Xing arrived.

After taking the emperor's pulse, it was found that he was suffering from a heart attack and needed to rest well. He should not be involved in state affairs for a short period of time.

The Queen Mother hurried over from the Cining Palace and saw Prince Ning kneeling beside her. She slapped him hard in the face.

"You brainless thing, if anything happens to the emperor, I will not forgive you."

Prince Ning had a gloomy expression, lowered his head, and said nothing.

The Queen Mother then strode towards the inner hall.

Meng Yi saw this and sneered in his heart. The Queen Mother was very clever. With just a slap, she made Prince Ning look like a fool and an unintentional mistake, thus clearing his reputation.

On the bed, the emperor was still in a coma.

The empress dowager looked at the haggard emperor and tears fell.

"Emperor, I have been asking you to take care of your health, but you just won't listen. What can I do now?"

"You are tearing out Aijia's heart with your behavior."

I don’t know what the Queen Mother was thinking, but those two cries sounded genuine.

After crying for a long time, the Queen Mother finally calmed down and asked sternly, "When will the Emperor wake up?"

Doctor Xing knelt on the ground, not daring to look up, and said vaguely: "Your Majesty is suffering from excessive anger and worry... When he will wake up, it depends on whether Your Majesty is willing to wake up."

"presumptuous!"

The Queen Mother's eyes were tinged with anger. "Doctor Xing, Director Xing, you've been in the palace for many years. Why do I feel that your medical skills are becoming less and less effective?"

"The Crown Prince's illness cannot be cured by the Imperial Hospital, so they have to ask outsiders to treat him. The Emperor is in a coma, can't you cure him?"

"What's the point of keeping you in the palace?"

Doctor Xing trembled and felt extremely miserable.

I won't talk about the Crown Prince's illness, the Imperial Hospital is really not capable of that. As for the Emperor's illness, it's not his place to decide.

He was a doctor who cured illnesses and saved lives, but since he became the director of the hospital, he has become more like an actor, setting up stages to perform everywhere.

But he didn't build the stage, so what could he know?

Doctor Xing quietly looked at the eunuch, who looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Doctor Xing secretly hated him, but he could only grit his teeth and say, "Your Majesty, it will take at least four to five days, or at most half a month, for your Majesty to wake up."

"Oh? Are you sure?" The Queen Mother's anger subsided a little.

"I wouldn't dare say I'm completely sure." Doctor Xing looked at the Queen Mother's expression and added, "It's probably around 70% to 80%."

"Well, if the emperor doesn't wake up, I feel that Doctor Xing's head will be of no use."

The Queen Mother looked calm, but her words were chilling.

Doctor Xing almost burst into tears.

Doesn’t he know whether his brain is useful or not?

One can only hope that the emperor pretends to be sick for two days, then “wakes up” when he finds it no longer fun, and saves his head.

No one expected that the prince's life or death was unknown, and the emperor became ill with anger. For a time, there was no one in charge of the court.

The Queen Mother suggested that the Eighth Prince serve as regent for a period of time.

But the court officials are unwilling, can the Eighth Prince do it?

Although the Eighth Prince is the emperor's brother and appears to be the most suitable candidate, he is unreliable.

The important officials headed by the Prime Minister opposed it and also hinted that the harem should not interfere in politics, so the Queen Mother had no choice but to refrain from interfering.

Matters in the court will be temporarily handled by the prime minister and other important officials.

Of course, if something big really happens, the Queen Mother and others will still be able to know the news.

Prince Ning was imprisoned in the palace and he would not be free until the emperor woke up.

However, just because Prince Ning cannot leave the palace does not mean that others cannot enter.

The Third Prince's men discovered that some people were concealing their identities and entering and leaving Prince Ning's Mansion, with seven or eight groups of people entering and leaving every day.

He was shocked when he received the intelligence. It seemed that his father was in a coma, which made Prince Ning very busy.

Across from him, Su Qingya picked up the teacup, took a sip, and spoke slowly, "Third Prince, do you believe it now?"

Su Qingya used the uncle's mansion to pass on the message and secretly got in touch with the third prince.

The first news she gave to the third prince was that Prince Ning had rebellious intentions.

The third prince did not quite believe it, not because he trusted Prince Ning's character, but because the empress dowager had said in person that the late emperor believed that Prince Ning was not fit to be emperor.

This is what the empress dowager said when she was wholeheartedly supporting the emperor to ascend the throne.

According to the late emperor, Queen Mother Jia is Prince Ning's biological mother. With pressure from both sides, Prince Ning really has no chance.

Even if everyone doesn't quite understand it, the Queen Mother is Prince Ning's biological mother, and she directly cut off Prince Ning's path, which was too cruel.

It’s not true that the Queen Mother doesn’t feel sorry for Prince Ning, as they don’t hide their mother-son relationship.

What's the point of struggling for someone who has no chance?

But Su Qingya said that just because Prince Ning had no chance, it didn’t mean that Prince Ning’s son had no chance.

Prince Ning is also of royal blood.

Under Su Qingya's guidance, the Third Prince secretly investigated and indeed found that something was wrong with Prince Ning's Mansion. Only then did he believe it a little.

"I'd like to know why the Crown Princess did this?"

The third prince narrowed his eyes.

Su Qingya is the legal wife of Prince Ning, but she betrayed him and showed goodwill to him. It was too strange.

"To reach a higher position." Su Qingya did not hide it.

"When the prince and I were in love, I always considered him. I even built the Zhuge Crossbow and the cannon barrel."

The third prince was surprised.

Of course he knew that these two things were the most important weapons of the Ministry of War at present.

"But he betrayed me, lied to me, and had a mistress and a mistress's child. Everything I gave him, I must take back."

Su Qingya's voice became a little colder.