Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

The emperor paused while drinking his soup, put down the spoon, and then said, "Yu'er is thoughtful."

“Your Majesty, how about I arrange for the Ministry of Rites to hold a funeral ceremony for the late queen, so that it can be considered as celebrating her death anniversary.” Concubine Yu looked towards the emperor, her eyes filled with grief for the late queen.

The emperor shook his head decisively, "No need, I will arrange it if you need it."

Imperial Concubine Yu sighed helplessly and said hesitantly, "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I arranged for the palace servants to deliver some gifts to the princes and princesses today. I didn't expect to hear from Qi Meng that the Crown Prince was so sick that he couldn't get up."

"I...I am so frightened that I have come all the way to see the emperor."

Imperial Concubine Yu seemed to be hesitant to speak, but she still spoke out her words intermittently. At this time, Qi Meng also stood beside Imperial Concubine Yu and said, "Your Majesty, when I went to the East Palace, I didn't see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at all. It was Eunuch Fu who told me."

She really did not see the real situation. If the emperor and others arrived at the East Palace and saw that the Crown Prince was not as she said, wouldn't it be a serious crime? That's why she spoke up and put all the blame on Xiao Fuzi.

The emperor looked up at Qi Meng and put down the soup spoon in his hand. He then wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said to Eunuch Cheng Ping, "Let's go and see the prince together. I haven't seen him for several days."

So, a group of people, even more powerful than the group that Concubine Yu had just led, moved all the way to the East Palace.

Xiao Fuzi knew that today's matter would not end well, but she did not expect that Concubine Yu would even invite the emperor over. She hurriedly brought Anying with her to pay her respects to the emperor.

"I heard that the prince was too ill to get up, so I came here to see him." As the emperor spoke, he led a group of people into the main hall of the East Palace.

Xiao Fuzi didn't know what the situation was in Xiangyang City, so he didn't dare to say anything without permission. He could only kneel on the ground with Shadow obediently, not daring to say a word.

If you tell the truth, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is deceiving the emperor. If you lie, they are all deceiving the emperor, so it is better to just say nothing.

"Xiao Fuzi, what are you kneeling here for? Why don't you take the emperor to see the prince? Could it be that the prince doesn't even want to see the emperor now?" Concubine Yu asked in confusion.

But Xiao Fuzi just kowtowed and kept saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

The emperor was sitting in the main seat. When he saw several neatly stacked memorials on the prince's desk, he ignored the "bang bang bang" sound of Xiao Fuzi's kowtow and directly picked up a memorial that the prince had already annotated and opened it to read.

This memorial happened to be a report on the flood situation from Xiangyang City. At that time, he called the prince over to discuss it. Unexpectedly, the prince actually proposed that he personally lead people to secretly rush to Xiangyang City.

The emperor realized something was wrong at the time, but he did not ask any further questions. Instead, Li Junhao told him the story himself.

He said that he had received a tip-off that someone was going to cause a flood in Xiangyang City on April 9th, but he was not 100% sure and in order to avoid alerting the enemy, he could only investigate secretly.

The emperor recalled that when he heard the date "April 9th", he seemed to have unconditionally supported all of Li Junhao's actions, and even assigned two of his secret guards to take him there.

Not knowing what was going on over there, the emperor threw the memorial on the table again, and then said with some displeasure, "Xiao Fuzi, get up and answer."

Little Fuzi had no idea that the Emperor had already been informed of the Crown Prince's visit to Xiangyang City. She thought that the Emperor was still unaware of the matter and refused to get up or answer anything.

The emperor had no choice but to signal Eunuch Chengping to go over and help Xiao Fuzi up. He then looked at the bruise on Xiao Fuzi's forehead and said, "The people in the Crown Prince's Palace are becoming more and more unreasonable. They don't even listen to me. It seems that I have been too lax with the Crown Prince recently. Chengping..."

Eunuch Chengping glared at Xiao Fuzi, then quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I am here."

"The Crown Prince is punished to reflect on his mistakes facing the wall in the East Palace and is not allowed to leave the palace without being summoned." The emperor said in a loud voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Concubine Yu had already sensed that something was wrong. Xiao Fuzi refused to answer the questions, but the emperor not only did not punish Xiao Fuzi, but also directly asked the prince not to leave the palace for the next two days, and did not ask about the prince's situation. No matter how you think about it, this feels a bit strange.

But she also understood that she would not be able to investigate the matter any further tonight. She cursed Li Junhao several times in her heart and then returned to Yuchen Palace with Qi Meng.

"Quick, find a way to pass the message to Ze'er, tell him that the prince is probably not in the East Palace, and ask him to be careful." As soon as Concubine Yu entered the palace, she immediately instructed Qi Meng. It was nothing that the prince was not in the East Palace, the key was that, judging from the situation, the emperor was also helping him conceal his whereabouts, which was too strange.

Qi Meng also heard the anxiety in Concubine Yu's tone, and quickly agreed, then turned and left the hall to find someone to deliver the message.

However, Imperial Concubine Yu slammed her hand hard on the small table and said bitterly, "It's really abominable. She has been dead for so many years, but I didn't expect that the emperor still cares about her so much..."

The lights were still on in Prince An's mansion in the middle of the night. It was already past midnight, but the butler still trotted into the hall. He then slowed down his pace and lowered his voice to report inside, "Your Highness Prince An, the servants from the Yuchen Palace are here to pass on a message."

Li Junze immediately stood up from his chair and said, "Bring him in."

The young eunuch was brought in immediately. In order to be able to leave the palace in the middle of the night, the imperial concubine also used her own connections to arrange it.

"Your Highness Prince An, the Imperial Concubine asked me to come here and bring a message to His Highness Prince An." He then repeated the message that Imperial Concubine Yu had brought to Li Junze, and then followed the butler to collect the reward silver.

"How could it be? How could he not be in the East Palace? Where would he be then?" Li Junze immediately became alert, but still felt puzzled.

What exactly are he and the emperor plotting that needs to be kept so secret?

A sense of uneasiness gradually rose in my heart, thinking about what Wang Quan and the others were doing. This was the most critical moment...

Suddenly, there was a loud "crack" outside, and a huge flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the midnight sky.

Li Junhao stood in the wind and rain, watching the dozen or so men in black in front of him being captured by their people. There was still no change in expression on his face, but he felt relieved in his heart. After preparing for such a long time, he finally caught the person he was waiting for.