Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

After Li Juncheng left, Li Junhao turned back to look at Li Junsheng, "Fifth brother has been a little bit off these past two days."

Li Junsheng lowered his head and did not respond. He raised his head and asked uncertainly, "Brother Crown Prince, did you tell Father anything?"

"Why do you ask that, Sheng'er?"

"I, my father has been reviewing memorials with my brother for the past few days, and... he has also told my brother a lot of strategies for governing the country and the art of checks and balances. My brother is extremely terrified." Although Li Junsheng had some guesses, he did not dare to really think so. After all, such a thing was too unbelievable.

He originally thought that his father was planning to depose Crown Prince Li Junhao, and he was already very nervous. But when he saw Li Junhao asking him to read the memorial, he dared to ask.

Li Junhao has always known that his eleventh brother is a smart and insightful person, but he never thought that he could think of these things.

"Sheng'er, do you like what your father taught you?" Li Junhao asked instead of answering, and took his hand and asked him to sit next to him.

"I..." He wanted to say that he liked it, but his mother had always told him that position was not something he should aspire to. What he should do was to assist his brother the Crown Prince, become a wise ruler, and create another prosperous era for the Great Chu.

Li Junhao had already discovered that Li Junsheng had an unusually close relationship with his father since he was a child. Whenever he was with his father, his eyes never looked anywhere else.

Li Junsheng himself did not realize anything about this, but Li Junhao understood it. It was the admiration for his father and the envy of that position.

However, he was also very clear in his heart that if he did not have such thoughts, Sheng'er, under the guidance of Concubine Shu, would definitely not have any rebellious thoughts or do anything treasonous.

Because of Concubine Shu's love for him and her constant instilling of it in Li Junsheng's ears, Li Junsheng has the contradictory personality he has today.

He longed for it extremely deep down in his heart, but on the surface he had to pretend to be indifferent in front of himself and his mother.

"Okay, don't think too much. When father gets better, he will tell you personally what happened." Li Junhao looked at his wrinkled little face and couldn't help but find it funny.

In theory, this should be a good thing for him, but he is still so embarrassed.

It seemed that at this moment, there were two little people fighting in his heart.

"Yes, Sheng'er understands." His expression relaxed a little, and he focused on the memorial that Li Junhao had asked him to read just now.

"Regarding what happened just now, my brother thinks that Yupin should be given the appropriate punishment according to the palace rules."

"Well, according to the report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, if it is all true, then Concubine Yu should be punished with ten strokes of the cane, her rank should be demoted, and what about the punishment for the Wang family?"

Li Junhao asked according to his words.

Li Junsheng hesitated for a moment, "Since Concubine Yu is pregnant, the caning can be temporarily exempted, but her rank must be demoted. Father's current situation is unclear and he can't give us any hints, so why not demote her one level as a punishment?"

"Yes." Li Junhao smiled with relief and agreed with Li Junsheng's opinion. Although Yupin was only demoted one level to Zhaoyi, this one level downgrade directly reduced Li Junze's status to the lowest among the four of them.

After all, Li Juncheng's mother is still a concubine.

"Also, although there is no evidence that she used those forbidden drugs on my father, it is still a violation of palace rules. The Wang family did not educate their daughter well, so they should be held responsible."

Li Junsheng continued to add.

This punishment was the lightest punishment given to Concubine Yu for her mistake, but the impact it had on the Wang family and Concubine Yu was far-reaching.

After all, if this is really the case with Li Junze’s current situation, then all hopes of their family have been cut off.

Hearing Li Junsheng's words, Li Junhao smiled knowingly. He was right. The little Li Junsheng was already well versed in the ways of punishment. This must have a lot to do with the fact that he had been with his father for some time.

After a while, Xiao Fuzi called Eunuch Zhong Renhai in.

The other party should have roughly guessed what the Crown Prince wanted to see him about, so he brought two other young eunuchs with him.

After greeting the two princes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked about what happened in Yuchen Palace during the palace search that day.

The two young eunuchs brought by Zhong Renhai were the ones who had searched the Yuchen Palace.

A tall and thin eunuch answered very cautiously, "Your Highness, we two were responsible for searching the bedroom of Concubine Yu in Yuchen Palace that day. The sachet was placed on the bottom layer of her dressing box."

"Because of the special smell, and my family made a living by digging medicinal herbs when I was a child, I am very sensitive to some special medicinal smells. That's why I found something wrong..."

The young eunuch's words not only explained the situation at the time, but also explained why he discovered something was wrong, and it was not directed at Concubine Yu's behavior.

Another round-faced eunuch also echoed, "Yes, yes, we didn't notice it at the time, only Xiao Zhuozi noticed the abnormality."

"Who confirmed the ingredients of the medicine? What did Concubine Yu say at the time?" Li Junhao asked casually.

There was a helpless look on his face, as if someone was forcing him to take care of something that was not his business in the first place.

"Yes, it was confirmed by the imperial physician Li Zengfu, who said that it contained aphrodisiac ingredients and was a drug that was expressly prohibited from use in the palace. Concubine Yu said at the time," the little Zhuozi stopped talking here and signaled with his eyes to Zhong Renhai who was standing beside him.

"Just tell me what His Highness asks you. What are you looking at me doing? Tell me quickly." Zhong Renhai said in pretended anger.

Xiao Zhuozi then agreed and quickly replied, "Empress Yupin said at the time that she had suffered from heart disease in her early years and this medicine was the lead. After her heart disease was cured, she forgot about it."

"Oh, so that's how it is..." Li Junhao gently stroked the wide handle of the chair, as if he was thinking.

Li Junsheng glanced at Zhong Renhai and asked the two young eunuchs to speak for him. This probably meant that he wanted to distance himself from the matter.

However, he had no intention of speaking. With the Crown Prince around, he was not worried about not being able to get any information out of him.