Chapter 433: Awake
Qin Hanzhen listened to Zhao Mo finish talking about the interrogation in front of the emperor, and only said one sentence: "My emperor is wise!"
If it is replaced by another confused superior, he may believe that the king of Shanyang fell into the water and died, and the prince of Shu is just a companion who was unlucky enough to be pulled by the king of Shanyang, and he will never let everyone verbally agree with the conclusion of the "accidental" death of the king of Shanyang, but in their minds they believe that the prince of Shu is the culprit.
Now even if the prince of Shu is not charged, and he has an innocent identity and freedom of action, he has little room to do things. The Beirong people are almost dead, and he has become the target of the public again, and he wants to continue to pretend to be a good person, fool others to work for him, block guns, and people must be willing to believe him!
Zhao Mo also said: "Where does he still have any innocent identity and freedom of movement now? The people of the Imperial City Secret Spy Department sent an unknown number of people, some of whom were placed in his mansion, and some of them stayed around his house to monitor day and night. When people in the clan meet, they will only persuade and admonish him openly and secretly, and who should listen to him fooling? No matter how good they are with him, they will secretly be wary of it in their hearts, and if they can be estranged, they will be estranged. Moreover, after the interrogation, the emperor also instructed him to drink less, study more at home, and cultivate his self-cultivation. He probably only has the so-called freedom of movement at home now, right?"
Qin Hanzhen suddenly realized. Her eldest uncle and grandfather, Qin Song, the Marquis of Chengen, was also ordered by the emperor to study more at home that year, but he didn't read a single one, but he never got out of the gate of the Chengenhou Mansion again, so he could only close the door and confined himself in his own courtyard, and he had no right to speak on the affairs of the house. He is the elder brother of Empress Qin, the uncle of His Royal Highness the Prince, he had the power at home before, and none of his sons dared to openly oppose him, he could only act according to his orders, not to mention the son of the lost clan of Shu Wang who did not have much to rely on?
The prince of Shu may not have received any overt punishment, but the emperor let him study, which seemed to outsiders to be a benevolent arrangement, could he still not read? In the future, if he wanted to go out at will, without being stopped by the people of the Imperial City's secret spy department, others would also look at him sideways, thinking that he was suspected of violating the holy decree. The words "studying at home" are not really just reading at home.
Qin Hanzhen also thought that the Imperial City Secret Spy Division would install people in his house: "I'm afraid that those people sent by the Secret Spy Division to the Mansion of the Prince of Shu, even if he knows that they are eyes and ears, he won't dare to drive people out, right? Is the evidence really insufficient? Doesn't it mean that he has set his sights on one of his henchmen in the Grange?"
Zhao Mo said: "That henchman is quite cunning, he didn't show too many horse's feet from beginning to end, and he seems to have discovered that Yuan Tongzhi is staring at him, so his every move is impeccable." If you want to start from him and collect the evidence of the crime of the prince of Shu, I am afraid that it will not work for a while, and you need a little more patience and time. Yuan Tongzhi knew that they were trying to find a way to see if they could use the murder case on the Grange to solve the confidant of the prince of Shu. Of course, if they can seize the opportunity for this henchman to go back to see the prince of Shu and capture him on the spot, it will be even more convenient. ”
Qin Hanzhen sighed and asked again: "Where is the death of King Shanyang, there is really no empirical evidence at all?"
Regarding this, Zhao Mo also felt quite regretful: "No matter what public opinion says, and what others think in their hearts, no one at that time could prove that King Shanyang did not die by mistake, otherwise the emperor would never easily give the conclusion that he died by accident." The king of Shanyang himself is not a weighty figure, if it is a more prestigious clan from another family, there may be a few more people who will make suggestions to the emperor, asking for severe punishment of the prince of Shu, even if it is to give medicine secretly, just like his father and brother. However, at the moment, although there is no crime of curing the prince of Shu, it is actually no different from imprisoning him. The Queen Mother didn't say anything, and sent the grandson of the King of Shu out of the palace, using the reason that he should go home to serve the princess of the King of Shu. The little county lord is still in the palace, but she is a little girl, and it doesn't matter. ”
Well, Qin Hanzhen can only accept this result: "I hope he will be honest in the future, and if he is confined, he will stay at home and make a low schedule, and stop thinking about making trouble." She didn't understand, the prince of Shu was a typical example of luck and picking up a small life, and he was somewhat willing to sell his relatives in exchange for life, and he could live a free and rich and leisurely life like before, that is, he burned high incense in his last life. How many innocent clans don't have this treatment. What was there for him not to be satisfied? He actually remembered the position of royal heir. There is only one son under his knees, and he is willing to pass on to others, why don't you want to think about what your identity is, what is your identity?
Now that the child has been sent home, he is no longer raising the palace, and the impression of the prince of Shu himself in front of the elders of the clan has plummeted, I wonder if it can make him dispel his delusions and be more down-to-earth from now on?
Qin Hanzhen asked Zhao Mo: "The Empress Dowager asked Xiao Shisun to go home to serve the princess of Shu, so what happened to the condition of the princess of Shu? She always cried in front of outsiders that her husband had an affair with the daughter of the Chen family—was this really not the arrangement of the prince of Shu? For a female dependant like the princess of Shu, whose family was no longer reliable, if she acted outside really affected the interests of the prince of Shu, he couldn't treat it as if he didn't see it, right? Look how ruthless he is to the king of Shanyang. But the princess of the king of Shu can still attend a banquet every ten days and eight days, or enter the palace once, and keep saying bad things about her husband in front of outsiders, and the prince of Shu doesn't say a word, why do I think it's weird?"
She had suspected that this was the princess of Shu fighting in the house, and wanted to use public opinion to force the Chen daughter to retreat and let her husband dispel the idea of remarrying, but now she found that the prince of Shu was not the rumored gentle gentleman, but a ruthless careerist, saying that he had no power to deal with what his wife did, who would believe it?!
Zhao Mo smiled: "Even if this is really what the prince of Shu signaled to the princess to do, it is useless." I also think that the prince of Shu has a bit of a sense of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot. If it weren't for the incident he had with Chen's daughter, which ruined his reputation, there would not be so many clans and officials in front of the emperor today who believed that he could do something to plot against the king of Shanyang. I don't know why he wants to ruin his reputation, but ......," he paused, "he didn't have any innocence anyway, and he deserved to end up like this." ”
Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, then said with some hesitation: "I still think ...... It's a strange thing. If the actions of the princess of the king of Shu were carried out at the behest of her husband, what was the purpose of the prince of Shu's actions? He wanted everyone to misunderstand that he really fell in love with the daughter of the Chen family at first sight, and Feiqing would not marry? And his wife happened to be sick, and it seemed that she was getting sicker and sicker, as if she would not live long. In addition, rumors are fueling the flames, as if the princess of Shu is really going to die, and soon after her death, the prince of Shu will marry the daughter of the Chen family as his stepfamily. The Chen family is not a powerful family, relying only on one Chen Liangdi, and there has been a trend of falling out of favor recently, so why does the prince of Shu insist on finding such a family affair for himself?"
She glanced at Zhao Mo: "What benefits can he get from this?"
Zhao Mo blinked, did not answer Qin Hanzhen's question, but suddenly said something that sounded irrelevant: "The princess of the King of Shu and the crown princess are good friends, and every time she enters the palace, she will stay in the East Palace for a long time, longer than the time in Cining Palace, and she will often bring her little grandson over." ”
What does this mean?
Qin Hanzhen looked at Zhao Mo suspiciously, and only reacted after a while: "The two children of the princess of the King of Shu are raised in Cining Palace, she doesn't accompany the children in Cining Palace more, please the Queen Mother more, why do you stay in the East Palace for so long?" and specially brought her son over, which is even more weird. Even if you want to ask the crown princess to take care of the children more, you don't need to take only your son, right? And doing this under the nose of the queen mother, this is because you feel that the queen mother can't take care of her children? What will the queen mother think in her heart?
Zhao Mo smiled and said, "What the Queen Mother thinks in her heart, I don't know." I just think...... Fortunately, the princess of the King of Shu has not passed away, otherwise the situation of the little grandson would not be much different from mine. ”
Qin Hanzhen suddenly blessed his heart, and thought of a possibility: "Didn't the prince of Shu want to frame you, so that he could eradicate you and remove all obstacles for his son to become the heir of the East Palace? Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for his son's background to be favored by the emperor and the crown prince." But your grandfather and father are not saintly, and they also have a black history, and neither the emperor nor the crown prince have been angry with you. Do you think it will ...... He wanted to create the illusion that his son was isolated and helpless, as if after the death of the princess of the King of Shu, he married his stepfamily, and became a stepfather with his stepmother, treating his son harshly. If the princess of the king of Shu had a good relationship with the crown princess during her lifetime, and the princess was very fond of his son, and couldn't bear to see the little grandson continue to be tortured by his biological father and stepmother, what do you think...... What is the possibility that the crown princess will propose to succeed the younger grandson?"
Zhao Mo raised one eyebrow: "No matter how likely it is, I think the prince of Shu is ...... That's probably how it was planned!"
There is already an almost successful example of Zhao Mo in the front, and it is logical for the prince of Shu to want to create a second "Zhao Mo". The grandson of the King of Shu also has the advantage that he is still young, and he seems to be an easier to raise than Zhao Mo. Just like the favor of the emperor and the crown prince to Zhao Mo, there will never be some deviations because of what his father and ancestor did, as long as the emperor and the prince think that the grandson of the king of Shu and the biological father have turned against each other, then adopting this child is not a difficult decision.
It's just that the emperor and the crown prince may not raise the grandson of the king of Shu as an official imperial heir, and it is more likely that they just kindly let him be raised in front of the queen mother, right? The prince of Shu still has a long way to go if he wants to get his wish fulfilled.
Zhao Mo didn't care how many roads the prince of Shu still had to go, but this road was now broken, and the possibility of the success of the plan had been greatly reduced, so it was not worth mentioning. He was more concerned about another matter: "If the prince of Shu is convinced that the crown princess will propose adoption because of his love for the grandson of the king of Shu, then he must have arrangements by the side of the crown princess!"
Qin Hanzhen thought of the subtle changes in the crown princess Tang's attitude towards Zhao Mo recently: "What did he do to the crown princess?!"