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Emperor Jinglong was the fifth son of the previous emperor. His biological mother was just a palace maid who died of illness when Emperor Jinglong was five years old.

Afterwards, Emperor Jinglong was thrown into the care of the concubine dowager by the late emperor and became a small and invisible figure in the palace.

If the four previous princes had not died or been disabled, the throne would not have been his.

Even after becoming the crown prince, he was still subject to assassination and targeting, otherwise Empress Yuan would not have died.

Now that he has been in charge of the world for more than 20 years, his temperament is becoming more and more like that of the late emperor, and he has begun to play the "balancing act" between his sons.

A few days later, the prince came to the mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery at night.

Looking at the energetic Xie Yi, the prince was sincerely happy for him: "That's great!"

Xie Yi blocked the arrow for him and was poisoned and in danger, but he could not avenge him because of his brotherly love and Emperor Jinglong's thoughts.

Since the second prince entered politics, he has been respectful to the crown prince on the surface, acting like a good son and a good brother in front of Emperor Jinglong. Privately, he has relied on his mother's family to rapidly expand his own power, killed several of the crown prince's people, and tried his best to make things difficult for the crown prince's party every day.

Emperor Jinglong was not unaware of these things, but he was old and the crown prince was in his prime, so he inevitably began to be wary of the crown prince. At the same time, he also wanted to use the second prince as a whetstone to sharpen the crown prince.

The two brothers had been fighting each other for many years, but they had never done so openly. Until the second prince married the daughter of the Minister of War, the fight between the prince's party and the second prince's party began to intensify.

I don’t know what Emperor Jinglong was thinking. He clearly had no intention of changing the heir, but he always gave hope to the second prince.

Sometimes he helped the crown prince suppress the second prince, and sometimes he arranged the second prince's people in important positions in the court.

Last year, Emperor Jinglong fell seriously ill and had difficulty even getting up. The ministers in the court once thought that he would not recover.

This gave the second prince a strong sense of crisis.

If Emperor Jinglong died, the Crown Prince would be the legitimate heir. Unless the Second Prince rebelled, he would have no choice but to submit to his brother, with whom he had become enemies.

This was something the arrogant Second Prince could not tolerate.

The second prince was of unruly character and a bit crazy in nature. In addition, he was instigated by some people who wanted to take advantage of the emperor. So when Emperor Jinglong asked the crown prince to hunt in his place, the second prince decided to go all out and surrounded the hunting grounds, intending to kill the crown prince.

If the Crown Prince died, the Third Prince would be twelve years younger than him, not to mention the even younger Fourth and Fifth Princes. By then, Emperor Jinglong would have no choice but to pass the throne to him, no matter how reluctant he was.

If Xie Yi hadn't blocked the arrow for the Crown Prince, the Second Prince would have succeeded.

After the incident was exposed, Concubine Shu wore plain clothes and hanged herself in her bedroom, leaving a blood letter begging Emperor Jinglong to spare the life of the second prince.

The second prince was instructed by an expert to use a self-torture trick to arouse Emperor Jinglong's love for his son. In addition, the crown prince was unharmed, so Emperor Jinglong's anger was quickly calmed.

If the Crown Prince had not knelt before the Empress's spirit late at night and cried bitterly about his own difficulties, the punishment for the Second Prince might have been even lighter.

Without the second prince, the prince's party became the dominant force. Emperor Jinglong became suspicious again and began to suppress the prince's party himself.

Recently, Emperor Jinglong has frequently brought the twelve-year-old Third Prince with him, and his intentions are clear.

Some time ago, the Crown Prince was sent to the south by Emperor Jinglong to patrol the river, and he took the opportunity to replace the Crown Prince's party members in several important positions in the court with his own people.

The Crown Prince was deeply distressed by Emperor Jinglong's behavior and complained to Xie Yi, "What do you think Father wants to do? Hasn't the Second Brother's incident taught him a lesson?"

Xie Yi lowered his head and said nothing. He was only a minister. Even if the emperor was unreliable, it was not his place to make a comment. Moreover, the crown prince was just complaining. Based on his understanding of the crown prince, if he agreed with the crown prince and criticized Emperor Jinglong, the crown prince would be angry!

Xie Yi was originally the Prince's Secretary, a sixth-rank official. While not as prestigious as a Marquis's son, it held a position of real power within the Prince's household. After the accident, although Xie Yi was unable to work, the Prince retained his position. Now, he was in good health and only needed to fully recover before resuming his duties.

However, given Emperor Jinglong's current fear of the Crown Prince, it is hard to say whether he will agree.

In any case, Xie Yi had no hope, after all, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery was also a powerful force.

After seeing the prince off, Xie Yi returned to Wenxuanyuan and saw that Liu Yanran had already gone to bed. He washed and tidied himself up quietly, then slowly lay down on the bed.

Looking sideways at Liu Yanran's sleeping face, Xie Yi gently touched her face, held her hand and closed his eyes.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Xie Yi reappeared in front of everyone in the capital.

He is tall and graceful, with a handsome appearance. He and Liu Yanran beside him are a perfect match, and they attracted the attention of everyone present as soon as they appeared.

The two separated halfway, and Liu Yanran and Qin followed the palace maid to where the ladies were.

The banquet started at 3:00 am. It was still early, so the Crown Princess set up a place in the Imperial Garden for the ladies to rest and enjoy the scenery.

Qin went to talk to the lady on whom she had a good relationship, while Liu Yanran took Chuntao and Hongying to a place with not many people to sit down and enjoy the scenery.

Several clan members brought their children to the banquet. Those who were close to each other gathered in groups of three or four to play together, and the children's childish words made people smile.

Liu Yanran drank too much tea and took her maid to change clothes. On the way back, she suddenly heard a commotion.

Liu Yanran lifted the hem of her skirt and ran over, and saw a small body struggling in the water, slowly sinking.

Party and drowning plot, get it?

Two palace maids were standing by the lake, shouting in panic, and two young eunuchs were struggling in the water. They must have wanted to jump into the water to save people in a hurry, but ended up getting themselves trapped because they couldn't swim.

Liu Yanran didn't hesitate and ran to the lake and jumped in.

While swimming towards the child who fell into the water, Liu Yanran saw the Crown Princess running towards her in a hurry. She concentrated her mind and quickly hugged the child from behind, then swam towards the shore.

During this time, a young eunuch who could swim jumped down to help. Liu Yanran handed the child to the young eunuch and slowly walked towards the shore.

"Jue'er! Jue'er!" The Crown Princess took the child and cried, "Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician quickly!"

Liu Yanran was pulled out of the water, and Qin quickly took off her cloak and wrapped her around her.

The imperial physician was carried over by a young eunuch and knelt on the ground to treat the crown prince.

As time went on, the imperial physician's expression became more and more unsightly.

At this time, Doctor Sun also arrived. He lay on the Crown Prince's chest and listened for a while, then felt the child's pulse. Finally, he looked up at the Crown Princess and said with difficulty: "Crown Princess, I'm afraid the Crown Prince..."

"No! No way!" The Crown Princess was incredulous and yelled at Doctor Sun, "Aren't you the director of the hospital? Hurry and heal Jue'er!"