amaotonovel Chapter 950 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (72)
Chapter 950 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (72)
Chapter 950: The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (Part 72)
The Crown Prince's expression froze at the Crown Princess' question, and he scolded her:
"Do I need to inform you of where I'm going? Zheng, please be aware of your identity."
The Crown Princess sneered. She simply asked, "Why is he so angry? Is he finally feeling guilty?"
The imperial physician lowered his head in silence in the corner. The quarrel between the East Palace master and mistress was not one he could interfere in. He had originally decided to inform the Crown Prince as soon as possible that the Crown Prince was seriously ill, but now the two of them were arguing as soon as they met, and he didn't know if he could interrupt.
"Your Highness."
A eunuch approached quickly and whispered something to the prince. The prince hurried away, leaving only one sentence: "I have something else to do. Please take good care of Rui'er."
The Crown Princess couldn't help but take a few steps forward and said, "Your Highness, don't leave. Rui'er wants to see you when she wakes up!"
"I'll come over when I'm done."
The prince finally left.
The bruised Crown Prince opened his eyes and said weakly, "Mother, I'm in so much pain. I don't want to live anymore... Where's Father?"
"Good boy, Rui'er, the pain will go away after you drink the medicine. You must stay alive, otherwise what will your mother do? Your father just came and saw that Rui'er was asleep, so he didn't have the heart to wake you up. He will come to see you later."
The Crown Prince looked towards the door in disappointment.
"Next time Father comes, Mother must wake me up. I want to see him."
He coughed several times, and the Crown Princess quickly called for the imperial physician.
After a while, the Crown Prince fell into a coma again. The imperial physician put away the silver needles inserted into the Crown Prince, wiped the sweat off his face, and pleaded, "My Lady Crown Princess, the Crown Prince's condition is truly dire. Please report this to His Majesty and the Empress immediately. See if they can find a better doctor. Otherwise..."
The Crown Princess looked at the imperial physician in front of her. This was the one who was best at treating children and was most familiar with her son's condition. From what he said, one could imagine how serious her son's condition was.
"If even you can't do it, who else can I turn to!"
She suppressed her tears and ordered, "Qinghe, quickly take my badge and go to the palace to see the Empress and report the situation here to her."
The Crown Princess gritted her teeth. Everything in the Eastern Palace belonged to her son. The Crown Prince disliked her sickly son. Had he long been planning to have a healthy son with another woman? Dream on! She wouldn't allow it!
Why did the Crown Prince want to abandon her and her son while they were stuck there in pain? The Crown Princess was almost driven crazy by the Crown Prince. She looked at her poor son and thought that if he died, she would die too. She would drag the Crown Prince to die with her!
Although the Crown Princess came from a prominent family, she was not a qualified noble lady. She could not pretend to be deaf and dumb, nor could she be virtuous.
Over the years, because the prince had only one sickly son, she was often scolded by the queen. Even the emperor gave her five or six women who were good at giving birth, but unfortunately, those women only gave birth to two daughters at most.
The Crown Prince had few children, only one son and two daughters, and the Crown Princess was almost criticized for being jealous.
But the Crown Princess didn't care. When her family wanted to send her younger sister from the next room to marry him, she refused.
Fortunately, the Eastern Palace had numerous women: principal wives, concubines, concubines, concubines, and concubines...beauties of all ranks were present. There were over thirty women on record in the harem, and the number of high-ranking concubines was fixed. Even if those teenage daughters of aristocratic families could enter the Eastern Palace, they would only be low-ranking concubines and could not threaten the Crown Princess. Now, a shady woman had arrived from outside, seducing the Crown Prince and causing him to lose interest in his only son.
Looking at the Crown Prince still calling for his father in his sleep, the Crown Princess felt heartbroken. Her poor son!
Time passed quickly, dusk fell, and the palace was already brightly lit.
In the imperial study, the crown prince and the eldest prince were slandering each other, while the emperor and the other princes were staring at them silently.
Since meeting Zhou, Zhou Zhiying stopped identifying Song Qingting early this morning, saying that her confessions were just guesses, and she did not hear or see Song Qingting drugging the Fourth Prince's horse with her own eyes. She asked the Dali Temple to be more discerning and that she did not intentionally give false testimony, but was just being used by others.
This time, Zhou Zhiying stated firmly that Song Qingting definitely did not drug the Fourth Prince's horse.
In the evening, the Dali Temple found some new information. Half of the evidence pointed to the crown prince, and the other half pointed to the eldest prince. It seemed that both of them were involved in the murder of the fourth prince.
The emperor ordered his shadow guards to verify the situation, and at the same time summoned his sons into the palace to take a good look at their true faces.