amaotonovel Chapter 366 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis'
Chapter 366 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis'
Chapter 366 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis's Marquisate VS The Frail and Early-Dying Eldest Son of the Marquis's Family (41)
Shen Huaizhi quickly explained, "I don't have much contact with them. The only reason I have any dealings with them is because I saved Feng Enchi."
I've been staying at the manor recently, and Feng Enchi came to visit me. He found the manor fascinating, so he's come over a few more times.
As for doing business, plenty of people are eager to offer them secret recipes and advice. They only let me get involved because they pity me, so I can earn a living.
After hearing Shen Huaizhi's candid confession, Song Ming felt even more certain. It turned out that Shen Huaizhi had actually saved Feng Enchi, which was why Feng Enchi had brought Shen Huaizhi into their circle of playboys.
"Young Master, it's a good thing to be able to establish a connection with them!"
Since you're so familiar with them, you could try subtly inquiring about the Crown Prince's situation when you have the chance.
They are all powerful and influential figures; they must know a lot of information. If they could find out where the Crown Prince keeps the Heavenly Snow Lotus, that would be ideal.
Shen Huaizhi hesitated: "I've only met them a few times. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to go up and ask about this kind of information so rashly?"
Moreover, the Tianshan Snow Lotus was a birthday gift from the First Prince to Emperor Xinghe. After all, Emperor Xinghe is my father. It's not right for him to directly steal a birthday gift from someone else, is it?"
"Why not? Young master, you can't have any mercy for that dog emperor. He's willing to kill the entire Song family just to consolidate his power and for his own selfish desires. He has no heart at all!"
In fact, there's a strong possibility that the poison in your body, young master, was administered by that scoundrel emperor!
The dog emperor killed your maternal family, so he will definitely be wary of you because you have Song family blood. Naturally, he will not allow the young master to have any chance of inheriting the throne.
If the most direct way to completely eliminate your chances of ascending the throne is to destroy your health, then the most direct way is to do so.
So what if you seized the Heavenly Snow Lotus? That was something the dog emperor owed you anyway!
And, young master, are you really willing to accept this?
You are also a legitimate prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, but you have to hide your identity because of the dog emperor's coercion. Don't you want to fight for that position?
With the Song family as our backing, and by taking advantage of the situation, those princes ahead of us might not be a match for us. Once they're all gone, and you appear, wouldn't you be the only candidate for crown prince? ..."
Shen Huaizhi was shocked by the news that he had been poisoned by Emperor Xinghe, and Song Ming's subsequent encouragement to fight for the throne made him even more afraid to think about it.
Shen Huaizhi was in a state of confusion and could no longer listen to anything. He spoke directly to Song Mingdao.
"Uncle Song, I'm very confused right now and want to calm down first. You should go back first."
I'll pretend I didn't hear anything you're saying now, and please don't say it again.
Seeing that Shen Huaizhi's face was pale and he seemed unable to withstand the successive blows, Song Ming had no choice but to be patient and give Shen Huaizhi time to accept these things before making any other plans.
"Alright then, if Young Master has thought it through, just have Xi Yan come to me. I'll be at Young Master's beck and call anytime."
After Song Ming left, Shen Huaizhi was left alone in the study. After a while, the bookshelf behind Shen Huaizhi suddenly opened, and Su Jinyue came out.
It turned out that there was a secret room in the study, and Su Jinyue had been hiding in the secret room since early morning.
At this moment, Shen Huaizhi no longer showed the vulnerability, shock, and indecisiveness he had in front of Song Ming.
His expression was solemn, as if he was still mentally reviewing his conversation with Song Ming.
Su Jinyue did not disturb Shen Huaizhi. Instead, she picked up the medicine bottle that Shen Huaizhi had placed on the desk, opened it, and checked the pills inside.
After a long while, Shen Huaizhi snapped out of his reverie and looked at Su Jinyue, asking, "How is it?"
Su Jinyue pursed her lips and casually tossed the medicine bottle on the table: "This pill can indeed suppress the poison in your body, but it comes at the cost of your own life force."
Taking this pill will forcibly gather your body's vitality to fight the poison, and you will indeed feel relaxed, but this is only temporary. Once you stop taking the pill or exhaust your body's vitality, you will be completely finished.
The medicinal ingredients used in this pill are not as precious as he claimed. For example, Tian Shan snow lotus is not in it at all. He is just lying to you!
Moreover, this pill's effects are only effective against one type of toxin in your body.
But actually, you have two kinds of toxins in your body. They attack, merge, and mutate with each other, forming a new toxin. This pill won't be very effective for you.
Shen Huaizhi smiled and said, "I had already thought of it. This Song Ming only took out the pills and the so-called letter my mother wrote to me, but he didn't mention the prescription at all."
I suspect he wanted to use this pill to control me and make me do things for him.
Su Jinyue overheard the whole thing in the secret room and also felt that the other party had ill intentions.
Su Jinyue didn't quite understand the subtle nuances in their conversation, so she asked Shen Huaizhi curiously, "Then how credible do you think what the other person said is?"
Shen Huaizhi curled his lips and sneered, "Originally I only believed you three-tenths, but after hearing your analysis of this pill, now I only believe you one-tenth."
Shen Huaizhi believed that he was brought out of the palace by Song Zhihua and sent to the Xuanping Marquis's residence.
He does indeed have a plum blossom birthmark on his body, and Song Ming wouldn't lie about that.
However, he had doubts about why Emperor Xinghe had executed the entire Song family. An emperor, especially one who had only recently ascended the throne, would not have used such inhumane methods to deal with his subjects, even if he felt that they were too powerful.
Shen Huaizhi believed that the Song family must have some shortcomings that Emperor Xinghe found unbearable, which is why he ruthlessly eliminated the Song family.
Furthermore, was Song Zhihua's entry into the palace truly a scheme orchestrated by Emperor Xinghe?
The fact that Song Zhihua was able to fake his death and escape from the palace after the entire Song family was executed shows that the Song family definitely had people planted in the palace. From this point of view, the Song family was not innocent.
There's also the matter of poisoning Shen Huai. Shen Huai is Emperor Xinghe's own son. Even tigers don't eat their cubs. How could someone poison their own child before something even happened?
Emperor Xinghe was an emperor, above all others. How could Song Zhihua and Shen Huaizhi, both infants in swaddling clothes, possibly threaten him?
Emperor Xinghe had other princes, and it would have been very easy for him to remove a prince he didn't like from the line of succession.
Shen Huai's maternal family is gone, and his biological mother, Song Zhihua, has been confined to the cold palace. He only has the title of prince, so he just needs to be taken care of. Emperor Xinghe has no reason to poison Shen Huai.
Furthermore, Song Ming's later incitement of Shen Huaizhi to vie for the throne further confirmed Shen Huaizhi's suspicions that the other party had no good intentions.
The Song family wants to use his status as a prince to cause trouble in the capital!
Shen Huaizhi had lived in the capital for over ten years and had heard about Emperor Xinghe's style of doing things.
Emperor Xinghe was diligent in his administration, clear in his rewards and punishments, and his methods were slightly more lenient than those of his predecessors. Overall, however, he was a good emperor who maintained the status quo.