The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

"Chengqian!"

At the same time, in Chongming Palace.

Emperor Zhenguang, who had been in a coma for many days, suddenly woke up with a loud shout.

Zhongning was twisting a handkerchief for someone. When he heard the noise, he hurried back.

At first I thought I hadn’t gotten enough rest for several days and was hallucinating.

Walking to the dragon bed, Zhongning was excited and surprised to see that the man was actually awake and sitting on the bed. With red eyes, he walked over quickly and said happily, "Your Majesty, you are awake!"

Han Hao heard the noise outside and hurriedly asked in the outer hall: "Eunuch Zhongning, has His Majesty woken up?"

Zhongning replied, "Yes, go and ask Judge Lu to come over."

Thinking of something, he quickly added, "Go and ask the prince and the queen to come over."

Han Hao answered yes from outside.

Soon, he left with his men, wearing heavy armor and carrying a sword.

Zhongning walked to the dragon bed.

Looking at the dazed Emperor Zhenguang in front of him, Zhongning asked him softly, "Your Majesty, are you okay?" Thinking of what he had just heard, he said to someone, "The Crown Prince is in the Imperial Prison. The prince is going to see him in the Imperial Prison. Do you want to see him?"

In his heart, he hoped that the father and son could reconcile.

"...Prince?"

Emperor Zhenguang murmured, and he turned his head to look at Zhongning.

Having just woken up, his mind was not clear yet, but he still keenly caught these two words.

Emperor Zhenguang asked him hoarsely, "Is Yixian back?"

"I'm back."

Zhongning smiled and replied, pouring a cup of tea for him. He fed him water carefully and said, "I just came back at night and came to see you first. When I saw that you were not awake, I went to the imperial prison to see the prince."

Thinking of the name he just heard, he asked cautiously: "Did you just...drew in a dream about the prince?"

Emperor Zhenguang hummed in a hoarse voice.

Thinking of the way Cheng Qian waved goodbye to him in the dream just now, Emperor Zhenguang was still a little worried, as if something bad had happened.

At this moment, he didn't care what his eldest son had done.

No matter how many complaints and pains there were, he was still his son, the only son he raised personally, and the child born to the woman he loved most.

How could he bear to really punish him?

If we really have to talk about which of his sons he values ​​the most, it would naturally be his eldest son.

Even though he made this heinous mistake, he couldn't really punish him.

"Go and have someone call Yixian over, and then send someone to check...how is he doing?"

There is no doubt who this "he" is referring to.

When Zhongning heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "I'll call someone to check the imperial prison right away." As he said this, he put down the cup and walked out.

When I walked outside, I saw the prince coming back in the night.

Gu Mingheng was dressed in black, almost blending into the night. If it weren't for his handsome jade-like face, which was glowing faintly in the night, Zhongning might not have been able to see him.

Zhongning didn't know what was happening yet.

He smiled and walked over to greet the person: "My Lord, you are back?"

"How is your highness?"

Without waiting for Gu Mingheng to say anything, he smiled and said to others: "His Majesty has woken up. He just asked His Highness to send someone to the Imperial Prison to check."

As he spoke, he deliberately lowered his voice: "I see that His Majesty has already forgiven Your Highness in his heart. As long as Your Highness apologizes sincerely, this matter will be over..." He said to Gu Mingheng with a smile. For the first time in these days, he felt so happy and relaxed.

But he talked for a long time and didn't hear the prince speak.

Looking up, Zhongning was surprised.

He hadn't seen the prince like this for a long time.

In those eyes that were almost as dark as the night, there was a deep and unremovable sadness.

"Your Majesty, what are you..."

Zhongning's heart suddenly started beating very fast.

Obviously, he knew nothing and even his brain suddenly became blank, but his heart seemed to have understood something, so much so that although his expression was dazed, his voice began to tremble unconsciously.

"……What's wrong?"

He looked at Gu Mingheng and finished his sentence.

"Your Highness, is he... in trouble?"

Gu Mingheng's eyes finally fell on him.

The night is rich.

His eyes were filled with unrelieved sadness. He lowered his eyes and looked at Zhong Ning. His eyes finally turned red: "Cheng Qian is gone."

……

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

The prince who was imprisoned in the imperial prison was suddenly poisoned and died.

Although the person who poisoned the prince had been caught in time, no matter how he was tortured, he refused to reveal who was behind the poisoning. He only said that he had a grudge against the prince and now that he saw that the prince was in such a state of distress, he wanted to harm him. He then bit his tongue and committed suicide.

When Emperor Zhenguang, who had just woken up, learned about this, he fainted again.

Before fainting, he vomited blood.

Lu Shulan and the entire Imperial Medical Bureau are now on standby in Chongming Palace, fearing that something might happen to their emperor.

Even Empress Yuan, who had just been released from house arrest, fainted upon hearing the sad news. She is now recuperating in the Weiyang Palace and has not woken up yet.

Now, the only person in the palace who can take charge and is still sober is Gu Mingheng.

He was also in Chongming Hall.

He drank the ginseng soup brought by the eunuch.

Although he was extremely tired, he seemed to have lost the ability to sleep. He kept his eyes open silently, as if he was looking at something, yet it seemed as if he was looking at nothing.

"How many days have you not had a good rest?"

After seeing Emperor Zhenguang coming over, Lu Shulan saw Gu Mingheng's expression and couldn't help but frown and ask.

Gu Mingheng said nothing.

It wasn't until Lu Shulan reached out and felt his pulse on his wrist that he came back to his senses.

"...I'm fine."

With a hoarse voice, he retracted his arm, drank another mouthful of ginseng soup, and asked Lu Shulan: "How is my brother?"

Lu Shulan glanced at him, sighed, and replied: "Your Majesty's body has not recovered to the beginning, and he has just woken up. He is angry and overly sad. Even if he wakes up, he must rest in the future, otherwise I'm afraid..."

Having said this, Lu Shulan also fell silent.

Gu Mingheng also remained silent and said nothing.

Seeing Zhongning coming in, he put down his ginseng tea and told Lu Shulan, "Take good care of my brother."

Done.

He walked towards Chungnyeong.

Zhongning had just sent away the group of concubines led by Concubine Xian who came to take care of the patient.

Suddenly he saw Chang'an Wang approaching him, so he stopped and called out in a hoarse voice, "Prince."

Gu Mingheng nodded gently and said to the person, "I have something to ask you, please come with me." As he spoke, Gu Mingheng walked to the window of the west side hall.

There is no one else here.

You can also see the scenery outside by opening the window.

No need to worry about being overheard.

Zhongning followed and looked at the prince who had his back to him, and asked him respectfully, "What does the prince want to ask me?"

Gu Mingheng didn't look back.

He turned his back to Chungning, looked out the window, and asked him, "How much do you know about Songhe?"

"River Song?"

Zhongning was stunned as he didn't expect the prince to ask this.

Although he didn't understand why the prince asked this, Zhongning quickly replied: "Songhe and I have served your majesty since we were young."

He thought about it.

"If I remember correctly, Song He entered the Eastern Palace when he was about eight years old. He was smart and hardworking. He was transferred to the presence of His Majesty, who was still the Crown Prince, within two years of entering the Eastern Palace."

He is a few years older than Song He and has followed His Majesty for a longer time.

His godfather served the late emperor.

He was lucky to have a good godfather, so he was sent to serve the emperor since he was young.

Since they grew up together, their relationship is naturally different.

Therefore, he could be said to have watched Song He grow up little by little.

Song He is sweet-spoken and efficient. When His Majesty was in the Eastern Palace, they were the closest to him because of their age.

But it’s because Song He was born so good.

His Majesty had some grudges against him, always feeling that he did not look like a servant. Although he was close to him, he did not trust him that much.

What changed their relationship later was an accident.

When Your Majesty went out, he unfortunately contracted smallpox.

At that time, there was no accurate solution to treat smallpox. The Imperial Medical Bureau had many prescriptions, but no one knew whether they were effective or not, and no one dared to try them on Emperor Zhenguang, who was the crown prince at the time.

It was Song He who deliberately infected His Majesty with smallpox, and then after trying a few medicines, he pulled the virus out and rescued His Majesty from the brink of death.

Since then.

Song He's status became different, and even surpassed him at one point.

When Zhongning was young, he actually had some grudges against Songhe.

It was obvious that he was the one who grew up with His Majesty, and it was obvious that he led Song He into the door, but he was surpassed by Song He.

It was also he who came up with the idea of ​​testing the drug on himself.

Being beaten to it by Song He made him seem less loyal.

But Song He was a humble person and always called him senior brother. He never became domineering because of the change in his status. Even though they didn't interact much in recent years, every time they met, Song He would still politely call him senior brother.

He did not feel superior to him just because he was the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

Although Zhongning was not so open-hearted as to confide in Songhe.

But after all, we have known each other since childhood, and when we have free time occasionally, we will sit down together to have a cup of tea or have a meal.

We are all serving Your Majesty, so it is best for us to live in harmony.

He told the prince everything he knew about Song He.

After he finished speaking, he looked at the tall and majestic man in front of him who still hadn't turned around, and couldn't help wondering, "Why did the prince suddenly mention him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something.

Zhongning raised his head again in almost disbelief, and the expression on his face went blank for a moment because of shock.

The pupils couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Do you think that..."

Not finished yet.

It was so shocking that Zhongning couldn't believe it.

How is this possible?

Even if Song He had great courage, how could he dare to attack the prince?

What’s more, they…

I wanted to say that there was no grudge between us, but suddenly I remembered that some time ago, the Crown Prince had an argument with Your Majesty over the matter of the Imperial Household Department.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hates eunuchs in power the most. He has wanted to eliminate the Imperial Household Department more than once.

But His Majesty felt that the Imperial Household Department was composed of only servants he had raised. With them, he could relax a lot more and also have more eyes and ears to monitor all officials.

The father and son had quarreled many times over this matter.

I was getting more and more panicked.

Although Zhongning also felt that the Crown Prince looked down on the eunuchs a little too much, which sometimes made him feel uncomfortable, he was the child he had watched grow up. If the Crown Prince was really killed by Song He, this, this...

His hands unconsciously clenched.