NFBE Chapter 395 The Restless Prince
Chapter 395 The Restless Prince
Zhao Chongzheng was tired,
"Zhen'er, please step back."
Zhao Yuanzhen hadn't finished speaking yet. He didn't want his father to be taken away by the Queen.
"Father, the matter of the Fourth Uncle..."
"Your fourth uncle has committed serious crimes, so let's not mention this matter again." Zhao Chongxiu left with Zeng Wan'er.
When Zeng Wan'er left, she unconsciously looked back at Zhao Yuanzhen, and a smile inadvertently flashed in her eyes.
Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the queen's malicious smile, which was so glaring.
Especially when he walked out of the study and saw his younger brother Zhao Yuanche following between his father and the queen, he was extremely sad and missed his mother with his lowered eyes.
But when he looked up again, he saw Zhao Yuanche running towards him.
"Brother Prince, why are you crying?"
"Go away and don't get in my way!"
After Zhao Yuanche was scolded, his pair of bright eyes flickered for some reason.
"I understand. Brother Crown Prince is thinking about his biological mother, right?"
Zhao Yuanzhen didn't want to pay attention to this royal brother who made him jealous, and turned around to leave.
"Brother Crown Prince, my mother is your mother. We have the same mother." Zhao Yuanche grabbed Zhao Yuanzhen's hand forcefully, trying to please him.
Later, he felt sad because he was ruthlessly dumped by his brother the Crown Prince and left in anger.
Zhao Yuanche looked at the lonely figure in front of him with innocent eyes, not understanding why the prince always disliked him.
"Brother Crown Prince, wait for me..."
Under the moonlight, he quickly chased after the prince.
The palace maids followed closely behind him, not daring to make any mistakes for even a moment...
The queen's bedroom.
Zhao Chongxiu leaned against the edge of the bed, took the cup handed to him by the queen with one hand, put it to his lips, but hesitated to drink.
Seeing that His Majesty looked listless, Zeng Wan'er took the spoon herself and was about to serve the soup to His Majesty.
However, her wrist was held and the spoonful of drink eventually went into Zeng Wan'er's mouth.
Zeng Wan'er choked because she drank too fast. She coughed on her hands and joked:
"Your Majesty, are you still afraid that I will poison you?"
"The Queen is worrying too much." Zhao Chongxiu lay down on his side, closed his eyes and began to sleep.
Zeng Wan'er lay inside him.
"Your Majesty, I'm sure you've heard about the assassination that happened to the Zeng residence today."
"I know it myself." Zhao Chongxiu said with his eyes closed.
"Xue'er is so scared that she dares not go out. I hope Your Majesty will thoroughly investigate this matter and never let that hateful assassin go." Zeng Wan'er slowed down her tone. At this point, her tone was filled with fear and resentment.
"Queen, don't worry. I have already sent people to investigate thoroughly." Zhao Chongxiu still had his eyes closed and spoke weakly.
The Queen continued, "I heard that the assassin was related to the young general. Now that the young general is in the limelight, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble."
"Oh?" Zhao Chongxiu opened his eyes and looked sideways at Zeng Wan'er.
"What trouble will the young general cause?"
"I heard that her achievements are greater than her master's." Zeng Wan'er leaned towards Zhao Chongxiu in a delicate manner.
"Of course I believe in the young general. For the sake of his reputation, Your Majesty should transfer her away from the capital for the time being. Such a strong general must be at the border to serve the country. He should not be left by your side to be criticized."
"Being criticized?" Zhao Chongxiu couldn't sleep anymore.
He sat up, his eyes becoming sharp.
"Who spread these criticisms?"
"This..." Zeng Wan'er moved closer.
"Your Majesty, you frightened me."
Zhao Chongxiu pushed her away and got off the bed.
"What kind of trouble could Jiang Yue cause? She just captured two spies from Northern Yan, captured tens of thousands of Jin troops, and proposed a good strategy to defeat the enemy. Yet, some people just can't stand her!"
"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!"
"Although you are the queen of a country, you don't even understand such a truth?" Zhao Chongxiu was really angry, because after hearing Zeng Wan'er's words, he had a feeling that his power was gradually disintegrating.
"I acknowledge my guilt." Zeng Wan'er had no idea that His Majesty would suddenly get angry at her, so she quickly knelt on the bed.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I trust the young general, and I am just speaking up for her."
"Queen, please take a rest." Zhao Chongxiu didn't even bother to say anything more and just left.
The next day.
Early in the morning, Jiang Yue naturally went to the court again.
When Jiang Wuni went to the grain shop again, there were two more followers following her.
"Go and do your own thing, you don't have to follow me."
When did Xiaoliu become so cautious?
"We two dare not disobey the general's appointment." When Song Jie heard the news last night, his expression was indescribable.
He wanted to follow the general to carry out the mission, but he also knew that the general was very busy these days and might not need them.
As for Wu Ding, he just did whatever the general ordered.
All in all, this mission is not bad, and we can also learn to do business together.
However, while on business, he heard rumors on the street that the Fourth Prince's subordinates were loyal and had been looking for opportunities to overturn the Fourth Prince's case in recent days.
Yesterday, in order to avenge the Fourth Prince, I followed General Jiang to Zeng's Mansion.
Not only that, the Fourth Prince's guards also found out the evidence behind the crime in order to clear their master's name. They are now waiting to meet His Majesty to state the Fourth Prince's grievances.
This matter spread from one person to ten and from ten to a hundred, but the people just treated it as a joke.
The court officials only thought that the Fourth Prince was a grasshopper in autumn, and most of them did not take his affairs seriously.
Those who take it to heart are not ordinary people.
For example, Jiang Yue, for example, Your Majesty, for example, Wen Liang... for example, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Just this morning, Zhao Yuanzhen sneaked out of the palace accompanied by his two guards.
"Where are the Fourth Prince's men?" Zhao Yuanzhen muttered to himself on the road.
"Didn't they say he was near the palace? We've been walking all the way but still can't find him."
He searched everywhere but couldn't find anyone, and he thought he must have heard it wrong.
"Prince, let's go back to the palace. If His Majesty finds out, my life will be in danger." Beside him, the guard Qin Yida said.
Qin Er followed suit and nodded repeatedly. If anything happens to the prince, His Majesty will kill them.
"If you dare to say anything more, I will kill you first." Zhao Yuanzhen said, and hit Qin Yi's forehead with the handle of the knife.
"Call me Young Master outside."
He walked forward on his own, while the two guards behind him were worried.
Whenever they came across a fight on the street, they would make sure to take a look, for fear of missing out on the Fourth Prince's men.
"Sir, there's a situation." Suddenly, Qin Yi pointed to the front and said to the man in dark gray plain clothes who was also a guard.
Zhao Yuanzhen looked over and said with surprise, "Fourth uncle's people?"