An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

After the antidote was prepared, the Fifth Prince finally woke up.

The emperor rushed to the bedside to see him. He could even pretend to be confused, and even asked with surprise why his father was here.

The Queen also came to the bedside. She carefully looked at the Fifth Prince's complexion and spoke with relief after a while, "You silly child, you didn't even know you were poisoned. Fortunately, the imperial physician has prepared an antidote for you. You will recover in two days."

"Poisoned?" The Fifth Prince seemed frightened. He blinked and looked at the Emperor and the imperial doctors behind him in disbelief.

"The Queen is right. You have indeed been poisoned. Judging from your appearance, it seems that you don't know how you were poisoned."

The Fifth Prince shook his head and said, "I have been feeling unwell these past few days and I thought I had caught a cold, but I didn't expect that I was actually poisoned.

If I had known earlier, I should have listened to my third brother and gone to see the imperial physician, so I wouldn't have fainted and caused the Emperor and Empress to worry about me."

"You mean, you had this condition a few days ago, but you just didn't take it seriously?"

The Fifth Prince hummed, "At first I just felt dizzy occasionally, and I would feel better after a short nap. I didn't expect that I would fall asleep and not wake up today. When I woke up and saw so many people gathered around the bed, I was shocked."

"Knowing that you are not feeling well, why didn't you see the imperial physician early?" The queen pretended to be angry. She turned her head and looked at the imperial physicians who were still on duty. "If there is nothing else, go downstairs and prescribe medicine for the Fifth Prince. Later, Imperial Physician He will come to the Prince's residence and take the Fifth Prince's pulse again."

"I understand." Several imperial doctors bowed and retreated one by one. The young eunuch brought the medicine over. The bitter taste made the Fifth Prince frown.

"Let this medicine cool down before drinking it."

The Fifth Prince frowned and waved to the young eunuch. The young eunuch did not dare to leave immediately and could only look at the emperor's expression cautiously.

"Let it go first."

Finally, it was the Empress who spoke up. She motioned for the young eunuch to put the medicine on the table and said, "After it cools down, I will personally watch Fifth Prince take the medicine."

Since the Empress said so, no one would have any objection. However, the Emperor was a little unhappy. Looking at the Fifth Prince, he always felt that he was too spoiled.

"A man who is afraid of taking bitter medicine and hiding his illness from doctors has ruined his body to this state. He really has no sense of purpose."

"Father, I just..." Seeing that the emperor suddenly got angry, the Fifth Prince stood up hastily, "I just wanted to talk to Father and Mother, and I will use the medicine later.

Besides, I am also a little scared that I might have been poisoned without knowing it. I am really afraid that someone has put poison in the medicine or tea."

The Fifth Prince is getting older now and it is not appropriate for him to show that kind of worried and fearful look, but he had just been poisoned, and the appropriate display of weakness still made the Emperor feel a little pity for him.

"Forget it. You've been poisoned now, so I won't be too harsh on you. I've already sent someone to investigate the matter, and I'm sure the answer will be revealed soon."

The Fifth Prince had done it himself, so he naturally knew who to investigate. He looked worried, "Father, I have taken the antidote and am now fine.

But Third Brother lives and eats with me, I am afraid he has also been poisoned. Your Majesty, please send a royal doctor to check Third Brother's pulse, to prevent anything serious from happening."

This kind of thing is not impossible. The emperor nodded and was indeed worried about the Third Prince. Therefore, he did not hesitate and ordered Su Peisheng to go and see the Third Prince.

Hong Zhou still looked worried, and it seemed that he and the Third Prince really had a deep brotherly love.

Not long after, Su Peisheng came back with a paper bag in his hand and a shocked look on his face.

"Your Majesty, this, this is what I saw in the Third Prince's room. When I went there, the Third Prince was about to throw this packet of medicine powder into the charcoal fire and burn it."

The emperor frowned, and Su Peisheng put the packet of medicine away without daring to say another word.

"Your Majesty, what's happening to Eunuch Su?"

"I'm going to go see Hongshi, Queen. Please pay attention to the medicine that Hongzhou should take."

The Queen and Hong Zhou looked at each other and knew that the Emperor did not want to discuss the matter any further, so they shut up and pretended not to have heard what Su Peisheng had just said.

Hong Zhou also lay back on the couch, pretending to be weak, "Father, I feel a little unwell and need to rest for a while and take medicine. I won't delay Father and Empress from doing their work."

The emperor did not leave immediately. After all, he said a few words of comfort before leaving with the queen to look for Hongshi.

The Queen was also somewhat worried. Based on her understanding of Hongshi, she knew that Hongshi would certainly not dare to murder his brothers.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Queen, Hongshi was definitely framed, but he was unlucky and was caught by Su Peisheng just after he discovered it. Even if he did not do it, he would still be held responsible for not reporting it.

It was a pity that the Emperor did not allow her to follow. The Queen was really anxious, but she had no other choice. She could only use the excuse of taking care of the Fifth Prince and stay there waiting for news.

The emperor rushed to the third prince's residence with an angry look on his face. As soon as he entered the door, he heard the third prince's trembling voice, which made the emperor even angrier.

"Emperor Father..."

When the Third Prince heard the footsteps outside the door, he was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe. The footsteps were so rapid that he could even feel the Emperor's anger from them.

Therefore, before the door opened, the Third Prince knelt down with his knees weak. He looked down at his trembling hands and called "Emperor Father" again uncertainly.

"I don't have a son like you."

Before Hongshi could finish his words, the emperor interrupted him. He stared at Hongshi so hard that he almost made a hole in his head.

The Third Prince didn't dare to look up at the Emperor. His heart was beating wildly and sticky sweat soaked his underwear.

His lips trembled, and he finally found his voice, "Father, that medicine is really not mine. When I returned to the palace today, I saw this package of medicine under my pillow.

Your son... Your son was worried that Your Majesty would misunderstand you, so I thought of throwing the medicine into the fire.

But I never expected that Eunuch Su would come in at this moment and quickly snatch the medicine bag away, as if he had been prepared for it."

"You actually want to blame others for your own mistakes," the emperor shouted angrily, "I ordered Su Peisheng to go there. I was worried that you might have been poisoned, so I asked him to go and check on you!

"When you say this, who should be blamed, Su Peisheng or me?"

"I dare not. I have absolutely no intention of disrespecting the Emperor. It is just that the timing of Eunuch Su's coming in was too coincidental, so I said this."

"Coincidence? I think the timing of the poison appearing under your pillow is really a coincidence."

"Father, I really didn't murder my fifth brother. The source of this medicine is so strange. Someone must have framed me."

Seeing that the emperor was suspicious of him, Hongshi was so scared that he immediately kowtowed and said, "I really didn't do that. I have no reason to murder my fifth brother!"

"Reasons," the emperor sighed, his eyes becoming somewhat sad, "There are too many reasons for brothers and sisters to kill each other in the royal family.

My health is not good, but it does not mean that I will abdicate. You two formed cliques in the previous dynasty, and I only wanted to train you, not to restrict you.

But this does not mean that I can let you do whatever you want and attack your brothers and sisters!"

"I swear," Hongshi raised his finger, "I have absolutely no intention of murdering my fifth brother, and I have never had any improper thoughts. If I lie, I will be struck by lightning!"

Hongshi's oath was quite harsh, but the emperor had no reaction at all and didn't even look at Hongshi.

Su Peisheng watched from the side and sneered in his heart. The emperor did not believe in such oaths at all. Such an oath would only annoy the emperor.

Moreover, the poison was seized on the spot. If the Third Prince had no evil intentions, he would not want to burn it secretly. Instead, he would take the poison to find the Emperor.

Although I might be suspected of being the thief crying "stop thief", it would never end up like this.

"I can trust you, but I will also have to send someone to check on the palace servants who serve you."

Until the very end, the emperor did not have the heart to blame Hongshi too much. He sighed and woke Hongshi up.

"The Queen has done a lot for you. What do you think?"

The Third Prince didn't expect that the Emperor would immediately change the subject and mention the Queen. He was stunned for a moment before he slowly said, "I am very grateful for the Queen Mother's concern."

"Since my mother passed away, the Queen Mother has always cared for me and never lacked anything in terms of food, clothing and daily life.

If it weren't for the help of the Empress, I don't know if I could get over the sadness of her passing."

"That's not what I'm asking about."

The emperor remained calm and tried to suppress his anger. "I am talking about the past. There are many court officials who support you. This is all thanks to the queen."

"This... I don't actually know..."

The Third Prince stood up again in panic. He knew that contacting the court officials would surely arouse the Emperor's suspicion, so his heart was beating like a drum and he didn't even dare to look the Emperor in the eye.

He trembled his fingers, clenched them tightly in his sleeves, and his voice was trembling uncontrollably when he spoke, "In fact, only the Ulanara family is relatively close to me, and that's because they are the mother's family, and they look at me differently because of their love for me.

Although I have never been recorded in the Imperial Mother's Jade Book, I am still grateful to her for raising me, so I will visit Lady Ulanara occasionally.

Your Majesty, the Ulanara clan is no different from my maternal ancestors, so... Your Majesty must have misunderstood."

The Third Prince became less and less confident as he spoke, and after he finished speaking, he didn't even dare to look up at the Emperor.

"Only the Ulanara clan?"

The emperor shook his head. He knew everything about the Third Prince's current condition. He didn't expect that a prince who had not yet returned to his parents' care to be raised would have such thoughts, let alone the Fifth Prince who was still being raised by his side.

Perhaps it was because Fucha's actions became more and more aggressive, causing the Queen's family to panic and become eager to defeat the Fifth Prince in order to ensure the Third Prince's status.

The emperor was also thinking at this time how to quell the fight between the only two remaining princes.

After all, he had already lost a son and didn't want to lose another one now.

"Father, I am now in mourning for my mother and have hardly ever left the palace. I don't know what arrangements the Empress has made.

But for me, the arrangements made by the Empress Dowager must be beneficial to me, so I have never tried to comfort her.

The Emperor questioned me today, and I just realized how much trouble my acquiescence had caused.

I finally understood why the emperor was unwilling to let his son answer his knees, but instead let him continue to be someone else's adopted son.

Your Majesty, I am able to be in the palace today because of my late mother. If she were still alive, I am afraid I would never have the chance to be in your arms again.

So please believe me, Father. I have never thought of seizing the throne. From the beginning to the end, I just wanted to serve you well."

Hongshi clenched his fingers. He finally remembered what the Empress Dowager had taught him. Now he said it out loud, but he didn't know if he could arouse any sympathy from the Emperor Father.

He knew better than anyone that if he really allowed the crime of murdering Hong Zhou to fall on him, he would never have the chance to return to the palace.

In fact, he wanted the throne more than anyone else, because he was the eldest son of the emperor, and no one was qualified to compete with him, not even Hongli or Hongzhou.

At this moment, even the Third Prince suspected that Hong Zhou was poisoned by the Queen, so he revealed it in his words.

The emperor heard it very keenly, and his frown became deeper and deeper, almost unable to be smoothed.

"I understand your thoughts."

The emperor finally stood up. He ordered Su Peisheng to send someone to bring in all the people who served the Third Prince in the palace for interrogation, without allowing any details to be missed.

"I understand." Su Peisheng stepped back first, leaving the space to the father and son.

However, the emperor no longer had the heart to talk to the Third Prince. To him, such a foolish and self-righteous son was definitely not a good candidate for the throne.

If it can be proved that Hongshi was not responsible for this incident, it is not impossible to ask him to come back to my family.

Because he was the eldest son, the emperor was always more tolerant towards Hongshi. He looked at Hongshi deeply and finally walked away slowly.

The queen who stayed in the prince's residence only saw Su Peisheng taking the people around the third prince away. She opened her mouth to ask, but Su Peisheng laughed it off and avoided the question.

The Queen felt her heart pounding. It seemed that the Emperor had already begun to suspect the Third Prince, and she would be the next one to go.

How to do how to do.

The queen's mind raced. She stared at the Third Prince and even began to wonder whether she should give up on Hongshi completely.

But I have already prepared so much for him, and giving up now would be a bit of a loss.