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The eldest prince suddenly fell ill and was recuperating in his mansion.

Prince Huai was suspected of bribing his servants to poison the eldest prince, so he was temporarily sentenced to confinement in the palace to reflect on his mistakes. He was not allowed to leave the palace even half a step without an edict.

The fifth prince was said to be frightened and ill, and no one was seen behind closed doors to thank guests.

Now there are only the crown prince and the fourth prince left in the palace. When the crown prince oversees the country, the fourth prince stays with the emperor, and the two brothers take turns attending to his illness.

Seeing that the situation was gradually stabilizing, the other princes had been suppressed, and the crown prince could justly take over the throne as soon as the emperor died. The anxious nobles of the imperial capital finally calmed down a little.

But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, something unexpected happened in the court.

In the early morning court, the prime minister claimed that he had received a secret letter from the imperial concubine asking for help, saying that the emperor's health had obviously improved, but the prince sent troops to surround the emperor in the palace, and did not allow the imperial doctor to go to treat him, intending to murder the emperor and seize the throne.

As soon as the Prime Minister said these words, there was an uproar in the hall.

The prince's face was ashen and he said that the prime minister was framed and framed.

The prime minister did not show any weakness at all, and proposed to take the courtiers to meet with the emperor. As long as he could see with his own eyes that the emperor was safe and sound, he was willing to resign on the spot and apologize to the prince.

Although the prince was reluctant, all the ministers knelt down to petition. He had no choice but to agree to take the courtiers to the emperor's palace to meet the emperor.

Although he felt aggrieved by being held hostage by the courtiers, he felt that he had a clear conscience, and he still looked upright and fearless when he led the courtiers into the palace.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped through the door of the emperor's palace, he heard shrill cries coming from the palace.

It was the voice of the fourth prince, shouting "Father, please wake up".

The prince suddenly changed his color and ignored the courtiers following behind him. He rushed to the dragon bed as fast as possible and saw his mother kneeling beside him and covering her face in tears. The fourth prince fell on the emperor and burst into tears.

The emperor, who was lying on the dragon couch, had a pale face and did not respond at all despite the cries of the fourth prince. He had obviously died.

"Father!"

The prince's red eyes popped and he knelt down in front of the bed. He was completely confused at this moment. He never expected that the emperor would leave so hastily, and he was not mentally prepared at all.

In his panic, he even forgot that he was followed by a group of courtiers headed by the Prime Minister.

Those same people had previously accused him of intending to murder the emperor, and now, the emperor died in front of them.

Now, even if the prince is really innocent, there is no proof.

The prince swallowed hard and stepped forward, wanting to pounce on the emperor on the dragon couch.

But before he could touch the hem of the emperor's clothes, the queen who had been kneeling aside and sobbing suddenly stood up and strode to the prince to block his way.

The prince looked up blankly at his mother, his lips moving and just about to ask, the queen suddenly raised her hand and slapped him hard on the face.

"You beast! He is your father! Your biological father! Why do you even dare to murder your father! In order to ascend to the throne as soon as possible, you don't even want to have a conscience!"

When the queen said these words, not only the prince was stunned, but the courtiers who followed him into the bedroom and had not had time to kneel down were also stunned.

The eunuchs and maids serving beside him shivered and knelt on the ground. The entire dormitory was suddenly so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. Only the faint sound of someone's teeth chattering out of fear could be heard.

"Mother, you...what are you talking about?! How could I murder my father? I didn't..."

The prince came to his senses, stood up suddenly and defended loudly. "My father is seriously ill. Every day after handling the affairs of the court, I will immediately return to the palace to attend to his illness. I have never left my father's body and medicines untouched by others. My filial piety towards my father is a lesson to the world. You can learn from these. My fourth brother and I both saw it with our own eyes! Why did you..."

"You still dare to quibble at a time like this? Don't you know why you never give medicine to the emperor without trusting someone else's hands? Because all the medicine you feed to the emperor is poison!"

The queen seemed to have been greatly stimulated, crying and cursing angrily while pointing at the prince's nose.

"You are just afraid that we will find out what you did in secret, so you don't let others touch those potions!"

"I do not……"

As soon as the prince began to explain, he was sharply interrupted by the queen.

"The imperial doctor who was bribed by you has committed suicide out of fear of crime, and the eunuch who boiled the poison for you has done anything! The poisonous dregs of the medicine are still there, and there are both witnesses and physical evidence. What else do you want to quibble with!"

"Prince... you! You are the prince! You are the emperor's favorite child. The emperor has already passed on the position of prince to you. As long as you serve him well until his death, the throne will one day be yours. That's all. , why, why are you still not satisfied!"

"It's just a matter of waiting a little longer, are you so impatient? In order to sit in that position, you didn't even care about the relationship between father and son?! I...how could I have given birth to something worse than a beast like you!"

The queen raised her hand as if she wanted to hit the prince again, but in the end she couldn't bear to slap the prince. She kept beating her chest, crying harder and harder, and finally made a move to hit the pillar and accompany the emperor. , was quickly pulled back by the Fourth Prince's sharp eyes and hands.

"Mother! My second brother did something wrong. It's his fault. Why are you wrong? Your son no longer has a father, so he can no longer live without his mother! Mother, please don't do anything stupid!"

While the fourth prince was persuading the queen, he suddenly raised his head and glared at the prince, shouting orders.

"Come here! Capture this culprit who murdered the emperor!"

The imperial guards guarding the palace were supposed to be stationed outside the dormitory, but following the fourth prince's order, nearly a hundred soldiers in armor and swords rushed out from the back hall of the dormitory.

In the blink of an eye, the prince and the courtiers were surrounded.

The courtiers looked at each other, their faces ashen.

The leading prime minister's face was equally ugly. He lowered his head and tensed up, looking humiliated and suppressing his anger, but no one noticed that when he lowered his head, there was clearly an unconcealable smile on his lips.

"The second prince intended to murder his father. Fortunately, his father was alert and saw through the second prince's conspiracy."

"My father knew that the second prince was unfilial and unkind and could not be entrusted to the country. Before his death, he personally issued an order to abolish the second prince's position as crown prince and make him the crown prince. After my father's funeral, I can choose a day to ascend the throne!"

"That's what it's for!"

The fourth prince raised the bright yellow imperial edict in his hand high, and his sharp eyes swept over everyone present.

"Who dares to refuse!"

The guards were approaching him step by step, and the sharp blade was about to touch his neck.

The prince finally fully understood the situation now. His eyes swept over the fourth prince and the queen, and he twitched the corners of his lips in a self-deprecating manner.

"I see, Queen Mother, you don't want your son to succeed to the throne, so you came up with such a trick to support your favorite younger son to take the throne?"

"Gu really didn't expect that he would be plotted against by his biological mother, but... you and your fourth brother don't think that Gu is the crown prince for nothing, right?" (End of Chapter)