activa-t Chapter 431 What are you so angry about?
Chapter 431 What are you so angry about?
Fu Jinyuan was busy all night and didn't come back.
Shen Sui'an just had a good sleep.
Woke up at dawn.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer, Princess?" Ban Jian was helping Shen Sui'an wash up.
Yu Bai came over to answer her after she finished her breakfast.
"Is there any news over there?" Shen Sui'an asked. So many things happened in one day that her heart was inevitably noisy.
"The second prince woke up at night and said that it was the prince who broke his legs. It was not until the queen placed the assassin's confession in front of him that he dared not accuse the prince again." Yu Bai said.
In fact, everyone knows that the second prince's fate is his own fault, and it is the result of the winner being the king and the loser being the bandit.
If he had not assassinated the Crown Prince and Prince Chen, he would not have lost his legs.
Emperor Fu naturally understood this truth, but he still resented Prince Chen for being so cruel.
"I heard that the emperor is also ill. However, the emperor does not allow the queen to serve him and only allows Concubine Ning to stay by his side." Yu Bai said.
Shen Suian raised his eyebrows and smiled. The emperor now trusts Concubine Ning.
She could fully imagine the emperor's feelings.
His beloved son wanted to kill his other two sons but failed, and was crippled as a result. What could he do even if he was angry, distressed, and upset?
This matter simply cannot withstand a thorough investigation. If it is found out that Fu Yuxuan wanted to assassinate his brothers, let alone make him the crown prince, the Ruan family will definitely not miss this opportunity and turn him into a commoner.
Emperor Fu naturally understood this truth, which was why he became so angry that he fell ill.
"Go and pay your respects to the Queen." Shen Sui'an stood up and said.
"Banjian, you stay and help Mujin. Madam Liu is not in good condition right now, take good care of her."
"Yes, princess."
Because there was no imperial decree from the emperor, the princes and ministers in the hunting ground did not dare to leave. They could only stay in their own tents in fear. Those who had farms nearby moved in.
Ruan Yilang also brought hundreds of soldiers from the Xishan camp to provide support and went into the deep forest to search for any other ferocious beasts, so as to prevent them from coming down the mountain in the middle of the night and injuring anyone.
Ruan Xinglin stayed in the city and completely suppressed the rest of the Second Prince's forces.
Fu Jinyuan hadn't slept all night, and except for the stubble on his chin, he still looked energetic.
When Shen Suian came to find him, he happened to hear Zheng Wuqing reporting the results of a night of interrogation.
"There are two survivors brought by Lu Heng, and we can't get many useful answers from them. However, the staff around the Second Prince know more clearly."
"In addition to Lu Heng, the Bai family also took refuge with He Zhiyuan. We sent people to the Bai family residence last night, but we didn't find the Bai family's patriarch and Bai Shaojie, only an unexpected person."
"The former Lu family's eldest wife is still alive."
"The Patriarch of the Bai Family and Bai Shaojie must have taken other people to other places. They are collecting money for He Zhiyuan."
"What about Bai Yufei?" Shen Suian asked in a deep voice.
In addition to Bai Shaojie, there is another person in the Bai family who can make her wary, and that is Bai Yufei.
I had met Bai Yufei once at the Lu family. The girl who was carefully trained by the Bai family must be of great use.
"Princess, this person was not found in the Bai family mansion." Zheng Wuqing said.
Fu Jinyuan nodded gently, "Go down first."
He rubbed his eyebrows, picked up the strong tea and was about to drink it.
He was stopped by Shen Suian.
"You didn't rest all night, and you still want to drink strong tea." Shen Sui'an gave him a glare, "I made soup for you, drink a bowl."
"Once we find He Zhiyuan, we can return to the royal capital." Fu Jinyuan said.
"Drink quickly." Shen Suian helped him tidy up his messy hair.
"Aren't there still ferocious beasts in the forest? Can Prime Minister He return safely?"
Fu Jinyuan said calmly, "It depends on his luck."
After drinking two bowls of chicken soup, Fu Jinyuan hugged Shen Sui'an and said, "You should bring more people with you when you go out. Yesterday, Fu Yuxuan wanted to have people surround the hunting ground, but he was captured by my uncle before he left the city."
Whether it is Fu Yuxuan or He Zhiyuan, they will definitely not be willing to suffer such a complete defeat.
It is inevitable that you will want to perish together with your enemy.
"Okay, be careful too." Shen Suian said softly.
Fu Jinyuan was about to speak when Du Youchuan's voice came from outside, "Commander, the emperor wants you to come over and talk."
……
Emperor Fu seemed to have aged ten years overnight.
He leaned back on the large pillow and looked at Fu Jinyuan with sinister and resentful eyes.
"It was you who did it. Yu'er told me everything. His legs wouldn't be completely broken if he fell down. It was you who broke his legs." Whenever Emperor Fu thought of Yu'er's legs, he felt hatred and pain in his heart.
"If the emperor wants to convict me, as long as there is evidence, I will not object." Fu Jinyuan said calmly.
Emperor Fu closed his eyes. He suspected that Fu Jinyuan had found out the truth about Ruan Xiuyuan's injury, so the Ruan family wanted to take revenge on his son in this way.
"Prince Chen, you are my son. I have high hopes for you, otherwise I would not have handed over the Pacification Bureau to you." Emperor Fu said in a low voice.
"Originally you should have been the crown prince, but now we want to change it, I'm afraid your mother will not agree."
"I agree." Queen Ruan's voice came in.
She ignored the furious look of Emperor Fu and took a pen and paper and a blank imperial edict from the side, "Your Majesty, then you should issue an edict to change the crown prince to Prince Chen."
"..." The corner of Emperor Fu's mouth twitched, and he looked at Queen Ruan viciously.
Queen Ruan sneered and threw the blank imperial edict aside.
"You are such a disgusting father to try to sow discord between the two brothers in this way."
Emperor Fu was furious, "Queen, you are so outrageous!"
"This is not the first time that I have been so presumptuous. How come Your Majesty hasn't gotten used to it yet? Why don't you depose me? Don't you want to? Oh, you don't dare." Queen Ruan glanced at him with contempt.
"Ruan Danyang, are you planning to rebel?" Emperor Fu stood up despite his illness and confronted Queen Ruan.
"Prince Chen, you go out first." Queen Ruan glanced at her son.
The quarrel between her and Emperor Fu was ultimately a matter between husband and wife and was not suitable for younger people to hear.
Emperor Fu was so angry that he was gasping for breath, his eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at Queen Ruan.
"Our Ruan family has been loyal for generations and has never done anything rebellious." Queen Ruan slowly sat down in the armchair.
"You have read the confession and seen the witnesses. Prince Chen was just fighting back to protect himself. Your beloved son was unlucky and fell and crippled himself. Your Majesty, why are you so angry?"
"The Second Prince has mobilized so many people, don't you know?"
"Since you turned a blind eye and watched him hurt your other son, you should bear the consequences now."
"Just like when I trusted the wrong people and almost killed my own son, I gritted my teeth and endured it." Queen Ruan curled her red lips slightly.
"Your Majesty, you don't have any other sons, so you might as well convince yourself to accept the reality."
Emperor Fu was so furious that he felt his spirit was breaking apart and he was almost dying of anger.
"you you……"
Queen Ruan stood up straight, "By the way, He Zhiyuan also went into the mountains yesterday, but there is still no news. I don't know if he died."
A sweet taste surged up in Emperor Fu's throat.