The next morning during the court session, the emperor sat on the throne in the grand hall like a puppet, looking down at the officials below. "I feel old and weak. I'm often worried about state affairs but find myself unable to cope."
"I don't have many sons. Mingxi has always been filial. I hereby pardon his involuntary mistakes."
"Zhongli Chengze shall be restored as the crown prince..." As soon as the words left his mouth, the emperor felt something was wrong, but the voice in his head didn't allow him to change his words. He seemed to be following someone else's orders.
However, the court was in an uproar. All the officials looked at Prince Yu in unison. The cold - faced prince knelt on the ground slowly and calmly. "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" What was going on? Why did Prince Yu act like this?
Song Qinzhou knew in his heart that Zhongli Mingye must have had a plan. He looked at the emperor on the throne. The emperor was listless and seemed about to lie down.
I'm afraid there's going to be a change in the palace!
Zhongli Mingye left the grand hall and looked up at the sky coldly. If the sky doesn't accept me, I'll go against it! He flung his sleeves and strode away.
After Song Jinyu heard the news, she also found it very strange.
Not to mention that Zhongli Chengze had lost all his status. His sudden restoration must be fishy!
After the court session, Zhongli Mingye came back to see her and their son for a while and then went out again.
At this time, there was an argument in the emperor's palace:
"Why isn't it my son?" Concubine Qin roared and slumped to the ground, looking utterly disbelieving. Jinyu looked at her coldly without answering.
Not long after, Empress Dowager Ming rushed in. "This is different from what we agreed on before!"
Jinyu replied indifferently, "What does it matter to me?" What he wanted was chaos in the palace and in the capital. Who became the emperor or the regent had nothing to do with him.
Concubine Qin stepped forward to hit her. "Scoundrel!"
Jinyu grabbed her hand, yanked it, and threw her to the ground like a tattered rag. "You stupid people had better stay obedient. Otherwise, I'll just order your deaths."
"You're really stupid!"
Making the young prince the heir? Did they really think Zhongli Mingye was a fool? Making the King of Zhongzhou the regent? I'm afraid once this step was taken, there would be no turning back!
Empress Dowager Ming suddenly realized that she had made a huge mistake. She was cooperating with the devil!
Jinyu turned to look at Empress Dowager Ming. "I heard that the King of Zhongzhou also has feelings for her?"
What? What was she talking about? To avoid suspicion, Empress Dowager Ming had already sent away the servants. Now she felt a faint fear.
She stumbled towards the palace door, but Jinyu blocked her way. "Since that's the case, you go first..."
She gently placed her hand on the empress dowager's neck. "Crack!"
Empress Dowager Ming's eyes bulged. She died with an unfulfilled grievance! Jinyu clapped her hands, and many eunuch - like people filed out. "Put the body away properly. Don't spread the news for now!"
Song Jinyu held Big Yuanbao in her arms and kept looking towards the door. It was night, and he still hadn't come back. She felt a faint worry.
Cheng Song came over. "Princess, His Highness has ordered his subordinates to guard the mansion. Please rest first."
"You not only need to take care of this place but also send more people to keep an eye on the noble consort in the palace." She was faintly worried. Today's events were really too strange.
I'm afraid the emperor has been used by someone with ulterior motives.
She sighed and handed the sleeping Big Yuanbao to Micui. She called Niuniu. "Go and find Zhong Yuanliu... Wait outside the capital.
If there's any change, report it to me immediately."
"Yes!"
The emperor forced himself to suppress the pain in his head. After seeing Jinyu leave, he pressed a button, took out an imperial edict, and trembled as he wrote something.
Suddenly hearing someone coming, he quickly put the things away, closed his eyes, and lay down. What he said during the court session was completely under someone else's control.
Now, he didn't know if Zhongli Mingye could control the situation.
Blood rushed to his head, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were cloudy, and he felt as if thousands of insects were gnawing at his brain. The pain was unbearable.
The person who came was Li Chengde, the most trusted grand eunuch of the emperor and the director of the Eastern Depot. "Your Majesty... With the current situation..."
"I'm afraid you'll never see the light of day again!"
After Zhongli Chengze got the news of his restoration, he went to the mansion of the Duke Protector of the State immediately.
"Hand over that bastard to me!" He was naturally referring to the child born to Chen Mingzhu. The Duke Protector of the State, Chen Jiacai, looked at him coldly.
"The crown prince has just been restored. Why don't you wait until the Eastern Palace is stable? I'll naturally send the grandson of the crown prince to your side."
Grandson of the crown prince? Zhongli Chengze was instantly enraged! This child wasn't his at all... But seeing the situation in the mansion of the Duke Protector of the State, he couldn't do anything for the time being.
He had to go back dejectedly and then went straight to Chen Mingzhu's place. "I've been restored as the crown prince!"
"Haha... You didn't expect this... During those days, you dared to insult me like that..." He grabbed Chen Mingzhu's chin fiercely.
Zhongli Chengze was so angry that he wanted to strangle her!
"Ah!!!!" Suddenly, he let go. Chen Mingzhu gasped for breath as if she had been reborn and looked at him in horror.
Just now, she had already held a dagger in her hand and stabbed randomly. She didn't know if she had stabbed him.
She looked extremely hideous with her disheveled hair and dirty face, but Chen Mingzhu didn't care. She wanted to escape!
Unexpectedly, although Zhongli Chengze was in great pain, he was also enraged! "Die!" He grabbed Chen Mingzhu and stabbed the dagger into her fiercely.
He covered the wound and hated her to the core! Now, Zhongli Chengze couldn't even be considered a normal man. When Chen Mingzhu's consciousness was about to fade away, she smiled relievedly. Chen Feng, I've avenged you!
Zhongli Chengze exhausted all his strength, and there was too much bleeding. When Jinyu came and saw the situation, he knew that Zhongli Chengze was in a bad state.
"Crown Prince!"
Jinyu looked at the wound and shook his head. What a useless man! A hopeless fool... Now the palace was under his control.
He didn't expect that the first thing Zhongli Chengze did after his restoration was to seek revenge and make himself a eunuch - like figure!
After the imperial physician examined him, his face changed greatly. He knew he couldn't leave the Eastern Palace, so he had to tell the truth. "Crown Prince, you'll never be able to have children in your life."
"..." Zhongli Chengze on the bed howled like a pig being slaughtered!
Although the commotion in the Eastern Palace was covered up, Zhongli Mingye still got the news. Sure enough, his elder brother was just asking for trouble.
His elder brother wasn't the one to be feared. It was the person behind him!
"Jinyu has disappeared without a trace since then."
Song Jinyu came in. "We might as well ask the shadow guards to look for someone who looks like Ouyang Jinse... If he often appears in the palace, someone must have seen his true face."
"Her..." Zhongli Mingye faintly felt that there were some things that made him think too much. But... As Zhong Yuanliu said, he had once seen someone who looked like Ouyang Jinse.
Zhongli Mingye thought for a moment. "Do it immediately!"