The daughter of the first wife grew up in the countryside and was extremely powerful

His already frail body has now deteriorated further and further.

After enduring several difficult days, the highly anticipated third prince finally arrived from his fiefdom.

He hurried into the palace to meet the emperor and explained the reasons in detail to him.

As for what exactly the two of them talked about, no one knows for sure.

However, what everyone knows is that the extremely noble Queen actually personally gave a bowl of mysterious medicine to the imprisoned Meng Hewan.

Two days passed and something unexpected happened again.

The third prince walked into the cell with a swagger and took Meng Hewan out of the palace.

As for what kind of situation these two people will encounter after returning to their fiefdom, I'm afraid only heaven and earth know.

At the same time, Meng Qiaoming on the other side was in a much worse situation. He was severely beaten with a stick for a full fifty times, and then thrown back to the Marquis' Mansion like a dead dog.

At this moment, he was only half alive, lying on the bed dying, his life or death uncertain.

As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours; when the ship is late, it encounters headwinds.

At this moment, the Li family actually sent envoys to the Marquis' Mansion overnight to request the cancellation of the engagement. Not only that, these people also did not care about the face of the Marquis' Mansion and publicized the matter at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.

After this incident, the Marquis' Mansion lost all face and became the laughing stock of the people in the capital.

The Marquis' Mansion, which had already become somewhat precarious due to various changes, now fell into an even more miserable and desolate situation.

However, things were not peaceful inside the palace either, as a major event was quietly brewing.

It turned out that after completing the arduous disaster relief mission, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned triumphantly, laden with honor and praise.

With his return, his popularity among the people has grown day by day, shining like a dazzling star.

In sharp contrast, the reputation of the fifth prince continued to decline and he was gradually forgotten by people.

As time went on, the voices supporting the prince grew louder and louder, surging like a tide.

However, facing this powerful force.

His Majesty has always maintained an elusive silence, like a silent mountain, unmoved by the outside world.

This silence caused everyone in the court to speculate secretly, and all kinds of speculations and rumors spread rapidly like wildfire.

At this tense moment, a sudden incident occurred in the palace.

The emperor is sick!

And this time the illness came extremely fiercely, like a violent storm sweeping over.

The emperor was knocked to the ground in an instant. For a moment, the entire palace fell into panic and chaos.

The doctors from the Imperial Hospital rushed over. They surrounded the dragon bed with solemn expressions and tried their best to use their medical skills to try to save the emperor's life.

However, no matter how hard they racked their brains and used up all kinds of precious medicinal herbs and secret recipes, the emperor's condition showed no signs of improvement and even became more serious.

The doctors looked at each other, feeling helpless, with beads of sweat appearing on their foreheads.

As the situation spiraled out of control and the court became increasingly panic-stricken, a directive from His Majesty came out like a stabilizing force:

Order the prince to take over the government temporarily!

As soon as this order was issued, all the civil and military officials in the court were relieved. Those ministers who originally supported the prince breathed a sigh of relief, and their hearts finally settled down.

But at the same time, when the fifth prince heard the news, he was furious.

He widened his eyes, his face full of anger, and cursed in his heart:

"Damn it! I was so close to success, but I didn't expect that the damned prince would get the upper hand at the last moment! Have all the efforts I've put in over the years been wasted?"

The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and a strong resentment burned in his heart.

So, the evil-minded Fifth Prince decided to take a risk and began to carefully plan a series of conspiracies in secret...

Although he always thought that what he did was extremely secretive and foolproof, in fact all the clues had been seen through.

Not only that, he was completely unaware that he was under close surveillance by others.

And what about the Majesty who is high above us?

In the end, I couldn't survive this bitterly cold winter.

On that day when snowflakes were falling like goose feathers, His Majesty suddenly fainted.

After this fall, he never woke up again, which is really sad.

The whole country was immersed in grief and mourning. The entire capital seemed to be covered by a thick layer of snow, and everything was white.

The imperial edict of His Majesty, which symbolizes supreme power, is now solemnly placed in the court.

This imperial edict was drafted many years ago, and its content clearly stated that the throne should be inherited by the crown prince.

With the heartfelt support of many court ministers, the prince, dressed in a gorgeous dragon robe, slowly ascended the eye-catching throne.

At the same time, the former Queen was naturally promoted to the master of the harem - the Queen Mother.

Everything seemed to be going exactly as she wished, and everything was going smoothly.

However, just when everyone thought that the situation was settled and the world was at peace, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

The fifth prince, who had always been eyeing the throne, actually launched an open rebellion, attempting to seize the throne that should have belonged to the crown prince by force.

But fortunately, the extremely intelligent prince and the wise and brave Shi Jinyan had already seen through the fifth prince's evil intentions and made careful response plans in advance.

When the Fifth Prince led his rebels and tried to force their way into the palace, the Crown Prince and Shi Jinyan decisively ordered a counterattack.

They commanded with great confidence, deployed their troops, and dealt a heavy blow to the Fifth Prince with a thunderous force.

In the end, the rebellion was successfully suppressed in a short period of time, and the fifth prince and his followers fell into the hands of the law.

Although the fifth prince committed the crime of treason, the newly enthroned emperor still took into consideration their former brotherhood and did not kill him.

He simply demoted the fifth prince to the title of King of Teng and granted him a barren and desolate fiefdom far away from the capital.

At the same time, in order to prevent any further complications, the new emperor issued an order without hesitation to send the fifth prince out of the capital overnight, forbidding him to ever set foot in the imperial city again.

After this incident, the court began a large-scale investigation of officials related to the fifth prince.

Some of the officials, both big and small, who had been attached to the Fifth Prince's party were demoted and transferred to other positions, while others were exiled due to their serious crimes.

For a while, the situation in the court changed drastically and people were in panic.

The entire court was in panic.