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Chapter 138 Strange Clue
"Chief Minister Chi, what should we do now? Do we want to watch the Second Highness's soul return to the Nine Heavens?" Chi Baiyuan's subordinates under Zhongshu's door said helplessly.

Why didn't they know what happened to Huai Nian'an's serious illness this time, but as courtiers, they couldn't say anything, they could only share the emperor's worries.

"What if it's not like this? The old man has already given up his face to beg Shen Yingong, but he has ended up in today's disaster. I'm afraid he won't be implicated." Chi Baiyuan said quietly.

It's just that he doesn't understand, even if the tiger's poison doesn't kill its offspring, how can the emperor be so deadly?After all, Huai Nian'an is his own son, is it worth it for him to sacrifice a son for the court?
No one could answer this question, even the emperor himself was silent, and the mysterious man behind him was still wearing a cloak, but this time the two had a rare disagreement.

"Your Majesty, you have gone too far in this matter." There was a hint of anger in the voice of the mysterious man. Not long ago, Nan Gongchang entered the palace. In order to prevent him from finding out about himself, he could hide everything about himself.

However, when he was busy with Nangongchang's affairs, the emperor did not inform him in advance, but instead poisoned Huai Nian'an's medicine, which destroyed all his plans at once.

"Is it too much? I don't think so. Anyway, a son who doesn't listen to his own words, if you don't want it, you don't want it." The emperor's mind is still unpredictable, even if the mysterious person has followed him for many years, he still can't guess what he is thinking.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought that once the second child dies, you will only have two princes to choose from? Neither of them is a good choice." The mysterious man mentioned the most taboo thing.

However, the emperor didn't blame him, instead he said coldly: "No, I can choose Xiao Wu, have you all forgotten that I have five sons!"

"Really?" The mysterious man smiled, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought that the Fifth Prince of Ni is still a child, and he was rescued by the Nangong family after being assassinated. Do you want such a person to have a relationship with Nangong?" right?"

"Some things are beyond his control. Even after a hundred years, he will never want to escape from my grasp." The emperor said sternly, but the mysterious person could see that his palms were sweating non-stop.

"Your Majesty, do you still want to hide your thoughts? Among your princes, the second prince is the most suitable to succeed you. Now that his life is dying, who can you choose next?"

The emperor was silent, and he took another step towards the railing. In fact, there was a secret in his heart that he had never revealed, and that was the reason why he insisted on dying in Huai'an.

"Do you know why the emperor insisted on the death of the second child?" In the study, Nan Gongchang was chatting with his children about it while playing chess.

Nangongxing and the two shook their heads. In fact, even they still can't figure it out. Why did the emperor insist on asking the second prince to sacrifice? Is it just to frame their Nangong family?
"The second prince's mother was born as a maid at the beginning, with a low status, but do you know why the concubine who gave birth to a prince is still just a concubine in the end?"

Generally speaking, as long as it is a concubine who gave birth to a prince, she will generally be canonized as a concubine, but Huai Nian'an's mother is an exception, she is still a concubine even after her death.

Nangongxing and the others didn't understand the reason for this, Nangongchang smiled slightly: "The reason is very simple, because his mother is not from the Central Plains, and she once killed the king."

That was many years ago. It has been more than ten years since Huai Nian'an's mother plotted a regicide case in the harem. I don't know either.

Although Nan Gongchang lived in seclusion at that time, he still strictly controlled the court situation. When he saw the fire in the north, he knew that someone was going to kill the emperor.

Concubine You, this is the posthumous title of Huai Nian'an's mother. The word You also shows the emperor's resentment towards her, even if she dies, he will not let her go.

"What does father mean, no matter how well the second prince does, he has lost the possibility of ascending to the throne from the very beginning?" Nangong Su was keenly aware of a fact.

Nan Gongchang nodded slightly. For the emperor, Concubine You's assassination was a hurdle he couldn't overcome, especially Concubine You was not from the Central Plains, and he never regarded Huai Nian'an as a native of the Central Plains in his heart.

He has a panoramic view of what Huai Nian'an has done for so many years, but the smarter Huai Nian'an is, the more he pretends to be himself, which makes him more afraid and fearful.

Once such a scheming person became the emperor, how would he treat him if he learned the truth about his mother's death?The emperor didn't want to be liquidated after his death, so Huai Nian'an could only be a foil.

"Even so, he didn't need to poison him to death, right?" Even though Nangong Xing knew the past, she still didn't approve of the emperor's actions.

"Who said he was poisoned to kill? Even if Huai Nian'an becomes crippled, he has no possibility of becoming emperor in this life, and he doesn't have to bear the infamy of killing a son.

Similarly, he also knew that I had left behind, and it was not so easy for him to frame me, so he simply didn't care about it. He just wanted him not to be the emperor, and his goal was achieved. "Nan Gongchang said lightly.

For a while, even Nangongsu, who knew the emperor well, couldn't help but gasp. After all, he still underestimated the emperor's cruelty, and he still underestimated the emperor these years.

The sudden aggravation of Huai Nian'an's condition has cast a shadow over the court, but if it is said who is most affected by this, it is the two who are currently being interrogated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

After Huai Yunqian learned of Huai Nian'an's condition, he didn't take it seriously. He already knew in his heart that the emperor would do this, but Zhou Zicheng thought about it for a long time before he calmed down.

Not to mention whether the Huaiqing bridge can be seen by the emperor, based on the current behavior of the emperor alone, he can't guarantee that once the Huaiqing bridge is in power, the emperor will order to kill the noble concubine Xi and her people.

The lessons learned from the past, in order to completely calm down the relatives, once the position of the prince was confirmed, the emperor would find an excuse to kill the prince's natal family one by one, even his biological mother.

Even though this kind of thing has never happened in the Jing Guoli Dynasty, Zhou Zicheng, who has been with the emperor for so many years, knows very well that this emperor can definitely do it.

In order to save his own life, Zhou Zicheng probably won't make Huaiqing Bridge the top position publicly in the future, but thinking of this, Zhou Zicheng is a little depressed.

He thought that Huai Nian'an's position was stable, so he chose to join forces with him. He didn't expect that Huai Nian'an's life and death were uncertain at this time, and the court became so turbulent, and the ownership of the throne was unpredictable.

In the past, it was thought that the fifth prince had no hope, but now the three princes seemed to have hope. Thinking of this, Zhou Zicheng thought of confronting Huai Yunqian.

If I had known this before, I shouldn't have broken up with Huai Yunqian back then, even if I kept a superficial politeness, it's okay, but there is no medicine to regret in life, the moment Zhou Zicheng decided to support Huai Nian'an, he was destined to miss Fenghou No, unless Huaiqing Bridge is in charge.

Although the situation in the court changed extremely quickly, Huai Yunqian was still locked in the sky prison. Nan Gongxing was thinking of a way outside the prison to pass the outside news to Huai Yunqian.

"Your Highness, Miss asked me to tell you that the case has progressed, so please let Your Highness wait for a few days." Huai Yunqian nodded slightly when she heard this, and passed a letter out without a trace.

Nangong Xing sat in the restaurant outside the prison and looked at the content of the letter, and couldn't help saying: "This guy's calculations in prison are accurate, but it's a pity that he still missed a few places."

Shi Qi read the letter curiously, all of which were Huai Yunqian's calculations, but unfortunately some of them were right, and most of them were far beyond his imagination.

"How's the old housekeeper's interrogation going?" Nangong Xing closed his folding fan, and Chang Yi, who sneaked into the capital, said in a deep voice: "After arresting a few of his relatives, he confessed the person who let him do it, and now he is looking for him." If this clue continues to be investigated, there should be results in the next few days."

"How is the assassin's identity checked?" Nangong Xing asked, and Chang Yi replied: "There are too many officials involved in the matter of changing the death row prisoner, and we still need to check it little by little."

"No need, go check out the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, he should give you a surprise." Nangong Xing held his face lazily.

Chang Yi didn't dare to neglect, Nan Gongxing would point out a direction for him whenever the case was blocked during this period, which was also the main reason why their investigation of the case was still unimpeded.

"What happened to that clue?" Nangong Xing suddenly raised her head. A few days ago, she detected a strange clue involving a very special person.

This person has a certain status in the capital, and there are many people behind him to support him. He is obviously a businessman, but he can eat everywhere in the capital.

Nangong Xing also noticed that this person had a semblance of aura similar to those killers back then, so he asked Chang Yi to lead people to investigate, but Chang Yi did not find anything wrong.

"We checked his whereabouts in those few days. He never left the capital, nor did he let the shop assistants leave the capital." Chang Yi mused, "Princess, why don't we take him back? The manpower is really not enough.”

Huai Yunqian was arrested and imprisoned, and the entire Baiyi Servant has no leader. Even though Chang Yi is working hard to solve the case, after all, his prestige within the Baiyi Servant is not enough, and it is difficult to mobilize everyone.

Coupled with the complexity of the case, Chang Yi deeply felt that there was a shortage of manpower, so he thought of distributing the manpower of the investigation shop owner, and all of them went to investigate the case.

"No, tell them to change directions, don't look into the past, and stay nearby these few days to see who he has been with." Nan Gongxing thought for a moment, but did not agree to his proposal.

After Chang Yi retreated, Shi Qi stepped forward and pressed the tired Nangong Xing on his shoulder: "Miss, did you find something wrong? Do you want me to let someone watch?"

"No, I can feel that the store owner's perception is very keen. Your martial arts foundation is too good, so let Chang Yi handle this matter." Nangongxing shook his head, but looked at the storefront in the distance. care.

It's a ostentatious name, but what she cares most about is the owner of the shop.

Shen Yuanda, former commander of the Imperial Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)