amaotonovel Chapter 219 The Difficulty of the 7th Prince
Chapter 219 The Difficulty of the 7th Prince
Queen Mother Li's repeated assurances did not reassure Prince Shen. He looked at her in disbelief, "Mother, I am your beloved son! Are you giving up on me just like that? Mother, I don't want to leave you anymore! Please don't let my uncle come! I don't want to leave the palace, and I don't want to go back to that remote southwest! Mother!"
In the end, Prince Shen begged with tears in his eyes. Although his sobbing softened Empress Dowager Li's heart, it did not change her mind. No matter how dissatisfied Empress Dowager Li was with Emperor Shenwu, she would never poison her own son.
Prince Shen had no choice but to compromise and ask Empress Dowager Li to contact Duke Cheng'en again tomorrow, under the pretext that he wanted to spend more time with Empress Dowager Li, and Empress Dowager Li agreed.
That night, a large group of people in Quanhe Palace were knocked unconscious by the drugs carried by Prince Shen, including Empress Dowager Li, Nanny Li and other palace maids, who fell to the ground in a twisted state.
Prince Shen, however, ignored him, shook his sleeves and walked towards the side hall.
In the side hall, the Seventh Prince was fast asleep. On the ground beside his small bed, Ruhan, Ruyue, and Princess Ding were all lying unconscious.
Prince Shen entered the side hall as if he was in an empty place.
A pair of hands reached out and picked up the seventh prince. The black sleeves dragged across the bell tied to the small bed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Behind the layers of curtains, Qiulan, whose legs and feet had already weakened, tried her best to cover the Sixth Prince's mouth tightly, fearing that even the slightest sound would come out! The Sixth Prince opened his eyes wide and watched the strange man in eunuch clothes take his brother away.
After Prince Shen left, Qiulan finally couldn't help herself and fell to the ground, gasping for breath: "Little Ancestor, don't move! That person hasn't gone far yet!"
The Sixth Prince blinked his eyes and said, "Aunt Qiulan, I can't walk anymore. Luckily, I asked my brother to play hide-and-seek with me. When we can move again, we'll go find the Imperial Uncle! Let the Imperial Uncle catch the bad guys!"
Qiulan felt panicked and bitter, fearing that by then, the man would have vanished without a trace. Fortunately, the Sixth Prince and she arrived at the Seventh Prince's room late, so they didn't completely pass out. Fortunately, the man didn't notice the Sixth Prince!
As expected, just as Qiulan had guessed, the man had already fled with the Seventh Prince. When Qiulan was able to get up, she dragged the Sixth Prince along, not daring to stop for a moment, and found Prince Ding in the outer palace of Miaoling Palace.
Prince Ding couldn't believe his ears. After verifying it, he felt like a bolt from the blue had struck him on the head.
The Shenwu Emperor would be returning to the palace soon, and at this critical moment, something like this had happened to the Seventh Prince. No one knew who had stolen it, and what that person's motive was! How could he explain this to the Shenwu Emperor?
Prince Ding immediately summoned the imperial physician Zhao Wubing to take the pulses of Empress Dowager Li, Princess Ding, and the others. Zhao Wubing prescribed a decoction without asking any further questions.
When Empress Dowager Li regained consciousness after drinking the medicine, she saw Prince Ding, Princess Ding, Qiulan, Ruhan, Ruyue and others standing all over the room.
Empress Dowager Li was still thinking about Prince Shen. When she opened her eyes and saw so many people, she thought Prince Shen had been discovered.
Prince Ding did not have the time or energy to beat around the bush with Empress Dowager Li. With a heavy face, he succinctly recounted what had happened in Quanhe Pavilion.
Empress Dowager Li turned pale. "Impossible! How could this happen? How could he do such a thing? This is impossible!"
Prince Ding accurately grasped the key words: "Him? Who is he, Queen Mother? To commit such a sinister and vicious act, he must have a grudge against Your Majesty and the Dasheng Imperial Family. Who is that person? And how did he get into Quanhe Pavilion?"
Prince Ding looked at Li Tai's face, which was filled with regret and pain, and said, "Empress Dowager, if you delay revealing who that person is for a quarter of an hour, the Seventh Prince will be in danger for another quarter of an hour. Do you really want to watch the Seventh Prince get into trouble? He is your grandson."
Empress Dowager Li's face was dejected and sad. Thinking of Prince Shen's gloomy and cruel character, she finally spoke, "My little seventh... is... is Prince Shen, your fifth brother."
Prince Ding's head was buzzing. He said in near despair, "Prince Shen... Zhou Qihuai! It's over! It's over!"
Prince Ding immediately sent two teams out of the palace, one to deliver a letter to Emperor Shenwu who had already returned, and the other to search for Prince Shen Zhou Qihuai!
Prince Ding hurried out of Quanhe Pavilion. He took a few steps and then stopped, his tone helpless and anxious: "Girls, you have been drugged and are feeling unwell. Why are you following me around all the time instead of taking the Sixth Prince to rest?"
Ruhan stepped forward and bowed solemnly to Prince Ding. "Your Highness, Prince Ding, please allow me to report that both His Majesty and my master are not in the palace at this moment. Furthermore, this incident has occurred in Quanhe Pavilion. I simply cannot risk having the Sixth Prince stay there any longer. However, after much deliberation, I have no choice but to follow Your Highness. I truly do not know where in this temporary palace I can find complete safety!"
Prince Ding's pupils shrank. He had been careless. Who knew if Empress Dowager Li had contacted Prince Shen again? He couldn't let the Sixth Prince risk staying in Quanhe Pavilion again.
Princess Ding hesitated and said, "How about letting the Sixth Prince go to Prince Ding's Mansion?"
Prince Ding denied it, "That's inappropriate! So many people are staring at me! At Prince Ding's mansion! This will expose the Sixth Prince's whereabouts."
Prince Ding narrowed his eyes and looked at Ruhan: "Miss, you seem to have a plan in mind when you make such a suggestion. Do you have any ideas?"
Ruhan raised her eyes gently: "Lan Mansion! At this moment, I can't think of any place safer than the Lan Mansion in the outer palace of Miaoling Palace!"
Prince Ding thought for a moment and then agreed. Princess Ding immediately looked at Prince Ding and said, "Your Highness, I want to go to the Lan family too."
Prince Ding said helplessly: "Why are you causing trouble?"
Princess Ding lowered her head. "I love the Seventh Prince very much. Your Majesty and you entrusted me to take care of the two princes, but now the Seventh Prince... Your Majesty, you must find the Seventh Prince! I cannot let anything happen to the Sixth Prince again, so I will follow him to the Lan family."
Prince Ding couldn't persuade Princess Ding, so he had to agree.
Afterwards, the Sixth Prince and Princess Ding were secretly escorted back to the Lan family in the outer palace of Miaoling Palace by Prince Ding's men. Ruhan, Qiulan, and a weeping Ruyue accompanied them back to the Lan family. Upon hearing this, General Lan narrowed his eyes and guessed that something had happened in the palace.
In a dimly lit hut, Shen Jun Wang Zhou Qihuai toyed with the teacup in his hand and casually asked his subordinates, "How is it? Have you found a wet nurse? This little brat can't get into trouble now—I still need to use him as a final bargaining chip to compete with Zhou Xuheng!"
The subordinate replied, "Your Highness, the person has been found. He said he would go home to make arrangements. I heard that the woman's child is only a few months old, so she can just feed the cub for a few days."
"Yes, Not Bad!"
Prince Shen casually praised him, then added with interest, "I heard that the Seventh Prince was born to our Majesty's beloved, and Concubine Yi was his most beloved concubine! It's a pity that Concubine Yi didn't fall into my hands, otherwise... this time, I would let Zhou Xuheng taste what true heartache is!"