Surprise! The villain is my brother, stay calm!

No matter what, everything is moving in the right direction.

If it weren't for the defense against Qi and Dayan, Lu Zhanyan could swing his club at any time.

After General Zhenbei led his army to capture a city of Qi, he did not continue the pursuit because he knew that they could not put all their troops into this war and had to keep some troops to defend against Dayan.

But this achievement is enough to inspire people.

Such good news was destined not to reach the capital.

The rebellion in Qinzhou failed, the Fifth Prince went missing, and the Fourth Prince was in poor health due to poisoning. He was very concerned about his life and was afraid that the rebels would attack, so he fled back to the capital with the 50,000 troops reserved by the Fifth Prince.

Although such behavior is shameful, they also know that this rebel force should not be underestimated, especially since the original number of rebels was only 30,000, but has now grown to around 80,000, or even more. They can understand the Fourth Prince's actions.

Originally, the Second Prince was secretly delighted because the Fifth Prince was defeated and missing, as this also proved that he was the only crown prince.

However, when the Fourth Prince led the remaining 50,000 troops to escape back to the capital and learned of the bravery of the rebels, the Second Prince became a little nervous.

From the beginning I hoped that my father would never wake up, and now I hope that my father will wake up soon, just like the 800-mile express journey. It would be better to go back to sleep after finishing the work.

If Emperor Qian knew what his son was thinking, he would be so angry that he would die.

When Lord Wei and the Minister of War and others learned that their son-in-law was missing, they were very worried and didn't know whether he was alive or not.

The people from the Fifth Prince's faction have calmed down for the time being, and most of them have switched sides to the Second Prince's camp.

Even Yang Jingchen from the Duke of Qing's Mansion showed goodwill towards the Second Prince.

There was no other way. Now that the fifth prince had been defeated and was missing, they had no choice but to change sides in order to survive.

Now the Wu clan is eyeing Qi State covetously, and there are rebels in Qinzhou. The second prince is facing internal and external troubles, which makes him very uneasy.

He hurried to find the imperial physician and asked them to find a way to wake his father up.

The imperial physician and others looked at each other in bewilderment. Did the Second Prince want His Majesty to wake up again?

Oh well!

The Second Prince didn't know why these imperial doctors looked at him in such a strange way.

But he couldn't care less about that. He should let his father handle this important matter!

Therefore, the imperial doctors were no longer afraid of being blamed by the Second Prince, and they directly gave His Majesty acupuncture to neutralize the effects of the Anshen Powder.

Emperor Qian woke up slowly and saw the eager eyes of his second son.

"Father, you finally woke up." The second prince was very surprised.

Emperor Qian's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling. He knew his son very well and he wished he would give up the throne, so how could he expect him to wake up?

Wei Ge Lao and others began to talk about the battle of Qinzhou.

"The fifth prince was defeated and disappeared, the fourth prince was poisoned, was defeated by the rebels, and fled back to the capital..."

"The war between Qi and Xuzhou has begun..."

Upon hearing such explosive news as soon as he woke up, Emperor Qian's eyes rolled back and he fainted again from anger. Soon the imperial physician gave him a few more injections to wake him up. Facing the emperor's resentful look, the imperial physician hid behind Wei Ge Lao and others, saying that he knew nothing.

Emperor Qian felt that he could no longer spoil his son. If he did not train the Second Prince now, what would happen if he went there alone in the future?

Therefore, he directly issued an edict to appoint the second prince as the crown prince, and all affairs of the previous dynasty were handed over to the crown prince.

He was assisted by Wei Ge Lao and Prime Minister Su, and supported by the six ministers.

Being named the crown prince should have been a happy thing, but the second prince couldn't be happy when he thought about the mess he had to deal with himself.

Emperor Qian hid in Longyin Palace to rest, accepting the concern and care of the concubines. He felt that handing over the affairs to others gave him a chance to catch his breath.

The second prince had no choice but to accept these arrangements and sent his concubine Gu Qianxue's father, Marquis Zhongyi, to lead an army of 200,000 to Qinzhou to quell the rebellion.

The crown prince has been decided, and the court disputes are temporarily over.

The fourth prince was conferred the title of King Ping, and the fifth prince was conferred the title of King An.

From the titles, we can tell that Emperor Qian hopes that both of them are safe, and Prince An is now missing, so he can only send people to look for him secretly.

The prince felt that with his father behind him, the pressure was not too great, after all, his father was there to back him up.

But that night, after the Crown Prince went to Longyin Palace to meet Emperor Qian, Emperor Qian suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma. The imperial physician gave him acupuncture to save him, but later declared that His Majesty was suffering from a heart attack due to anger and that he did not have much time left.

Rumors spread instantly that the Crown Prince wanted to ascend the throne immediately and would not tolerate Emperor Qian.

After all, there can't be two tigers in one mountain, but the prince felt that he was very wronged, and he now hoped that his father would live a long life.

How could I possibly wish for my father's death?

But how can others believe it?

In particular, the palace maids and eunuchs of Longyin Palace revealed that the Crown Prince and His Majesty had a big dispute at that time, and His Majesty vomited blood not long after the Crown Prince left.

This confirmed the rumor that the Crown Prince could not tolerate Your Majesty.

The prince was so angry that he smashed many valuable porcelains in the palace. His face was gloomy and his eyes were filled with anger: "Nonsense!"

That day, he and his father were clearly in a loving and filial relationship, and his father even taught him how to be the crown prince. How could the story spread like this?

Who wants to harm him?

"Come here, throw all the maids and eunuchs of Longyin Palace into jail. Who ordered them to slander me?"

The prince was furious and wanted to beat these people to death, but if he really executed them, wouldn't he be confirming his intention to force his father to death?

They could only bear it and throw them into jail, then interrogate the mastermind behind it.

Now that the position of crown prince has been confirmed, could it be that Wei Ge Lao and others have not given up yet? So they sent people to spread these rumors?

In order to get the crown prince to eliminate their hostility, Yang Jingchen advised the fourth prince to surrender and recommended him to the crown prince.

The Fourth Prince also knew that the crown prince had been chosen, and he was weak due to the poisoning, so even if he wanted to take that position, he was powerless.

Now he hated Tan Ling so much that he executed Yunxiang and her daughter when he returned home.

When Su Xianxin learned that Tan Ling was so bold as to poison the Fourth Prince, she was so frightened that she trembled all over, fearing that her son was not the Fourth Prince's child and would be silenced.

Fortunately, Yunxiang and her daughter were executed, and she was the only one who knew the secret, which made her feel relieved.

She was even more considerate to the Fourth Prince, caring about him and taking care of him personally. She put the Fourth Prince first in everything, stood up for the Fourth Prince and belittled Tan Ling as if he was worthless.

This made the Fourth Prince feel better. He felt that Su Xianxin was indeed the princess he chose, and their relationship progressed by leaps and bounds.

The fourth prince also came to terms with it. Although he did not obtain the throne in his rebirth, fortunately he had made up for his childhood regrets, and his enemy Lu Zhanyan was transferred to Xuzhou to die.

These two goals since my rebirth have been achieved. As long as I take care of the princess and my son, it can be considered a different kind of perfection.

So, he took the initiative to take Yang Jingchen to see the prince, expressed his loyalty, and kept Yang Jingchen to give advice to the prince.

The prince was worried that he had no one to use, so he promoted Yang Jingchen to the position of Junior Zhanshi, a fourth-rank official in the Zhanshi Mansion of the Central Palace.

The Zhanshi Mansion was originally an institution to assist the crown prince, so Yang Jingchen was considered to have been promoted.

Suddenly, the Qing Mansion was bustling with visitors again because Yang Jingchen was favored by the Crown Prince. The old Duke Qing was very pleased, thinking that his eldest grandson was indeed reliable.

Duke Qing was very proud when he thought of the declining Duke Anguo's Mansion.

So what if the Duke of Anguo's family was founded on merit? So what if the eldest grandson Lu Zhanyan is outstanding?

Isn't it still the same decline?

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PS: The process may speed up later, because Huahua also wants our Ayan to ascend the throne!