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Chapter 59: Sorted out, no hope

Song Shen could actually understand what his grandfather meant, but he didn't comprehend it.

"Grandfather, you think too much. This matter should be nothing. Since the Queen knows that I have learned from Marquis Chengyi and opened my third eye, she will not care even if what I said today is unpleasant to her."

He comforted:

"Besides, she promised me that she would handle these matters herself and would not tell His Majesty."

"You should know more about the Queen than a junior like me, right? I kindly reminded her, so why would she blame me?"

This is true.

The nickname of Empress Ma as "the savior of ministers" was not made up by later generations. If it had not been for her, the number of the four major cases in the Hongwu period might have doubled.

From the timeline, among the four major cases of Hongwu, only the Hu Weiyong case occurred during the lifetime of Empress Ma, which was in the 13th year of Hongwu. The subsequent three cases, the Empty Seal Case, the Guo Heng Case, and the Lan Yu Case, occurred in the 15th, 18th, and 26th years of Hongwu, respectively. Each case involved the lives of tens of thousands of people.

If Empress Ma could live longer, Song Shen felt that the number of people who died in the four major cases of the Hongwu period would probably be much less.

Therefore, her credibility is still guaranteed.

But Song Lian shook his head slightly.

"Kid, you are still too young."

This time he didn't call Ziwei, but called the child:
"Parents, unless they are cruel and heartless, always think long-term for their children. The Queen is a woman who can support His Majesty. Do you really think she has a kind heart? If that were the case, she would have been eaten up when His Majesty was away at war."

"Now that you've told her all that, she may not care about her own life span, but do you think she won't care about His Royal Highness the Grandson?"

"She may not tell Your Majesty, but can she not take precautions?"

"I know you can't see it, but think carefully, is there anything unusual happening in the palace today?"

The series of questions confused Song Shen.

He was silent for a long time before he whispered:
"When I left the palace today, the eunuch who escorted me out was kind enough to personally escort me out of the palace and the imperial city, saying that the palace was heavily guarded at this time and that I would probably be questioned if I was not accompanied by someone."

"I asked him, and he secretly told me that it was because the Crown Prince's concubine, Lu, was already seven or eight months pregnant, but she fell and suddenly lost the child, so she wanted to investigate whether there was an assassin..."

Having said that, Song Shen couldn't continue.

The vague premonition in his mind suddenly became clear.

"You mean, this matter is the Queen's—"

The words were not finished.

Song Lian immediately reached out and covered his grandson's mouth, sighing:

"Speak more quietly...speak more quietly."

"As expected, it's just as you thought."

Hearing this, Song Shen pulled his hand away and lowered his voice, saying in disbelief:
"How could it be!" "I clearly just said that His Royal Highness the Grandson was young and weak and could easily die young, and that he and the Queen had about five years left to live, and that His Royal Highness the Crown Princess had one year left. How did this get linked to the East Palace?"

Song Lian withdrew his hand, still lying on the bed, and smiled bitterly.

After a long silence, he said helplessly:
"Everyone in the world knows that your Majesty is narrow-minded and suspicious. Do you think the Queen is a simple character?"

"Think about it carefully. If what you saw is true, then after the Crown Princess dies, shouldn't a new Crown Princess be appointed? The Eastern Palace has few people. Apart from the current Emperor's eldest grandson, only Concubine Lu is pregnant with another child. If she can give birth to that child, who else will be the new Crown Princess in a year?"

"Also, if the eldest grandson is gone in five years, then will the new eldest grandson be the eldest son of the new Crown Princess? Will it be the child in her belly?"

"Such a simple thing, but I can guess it from just a few words of yours. I'm afraid you told the Queen even more at that time."

"Anyone who hears this would think there is something fishy going on. The Crown Princess and the eldest grandson of the Emperor died within a few years of each other, while Lady Lu and the child in her belly rose to prominence. Do you dare to say there is nothing fishy going on here? Even I don't believe it!"

"For the stability of His Royal Highness's family and the safety of His Royal Highness's eldest grandson, the Queen, as a mother and grandmother, shouldn't she take action? Ziwei, it's good that you have a kind heart, but you should also use your brain when you speak!"

Song Shen opened his mouth wide and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Except for the time when he just came through, he hasn't felt such shocking and complicated emotions for a while.

"But I only said a few words. Is it worth sacrificing a royal grandson..."

He muttered to himself, his mind in a mess.

Is it worth it?
If we look at it from the perspective of later generations, it is certainly worth it. Others may not know, but he knows very well that the baby in Lu's belly is Zhu Yunwen, who is one of the bottom three useless emperors in the Ming Dynasty.

Probably... only slightly better than Zhu Qizhen, the God of War at Tumu Fortress.

The death of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen was not a pity, it might have been better if he died earlier. No matter who the next emperor is, it is basically impossible for him to be worse than him, unless the Zhu family has another Zhu Qizhen plus version.

Although Song Shen believed that if Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Yunwen was such a thing, they would definitely strangle him to death in the womb, but it hasn't happened yet, right? He also knew that no one would believe it if he told it to others, so he just told Empress Ma to be careful at noon and didn't say much.

Isn't it a bit too arbitrary to suspect that Lu and Zhu Yunwen will harm Chang and Zhu Xiongying in the future just based on these few words?

Song Lian seemed to see the doubt in his grandson's face, and couldn't help but shook his head:
"The only people who dare to do what happened today are probably the henchmen of the Yiluansi. They not only obey the orders of His Majesty, but also the orders of the Empress."

"I know Mao Xiang's methods very well. He must have found out something, otherwise he wouldn't have taken action so quickly."

"Ziwei, I've explained everything to you clearly. What are your plans now?"

"Otherwise, you can come back to Zhejiang with me. With your mouth, you will be in trouble even if you stay in Yingtian Prefecture."

"Alas... If I had known that Liu Bowen had taught people to this extent, I would have beaten him up severely no matter what!"

Song Shen's face twitched and he asked:
"Grandfather, how powerful is the physiognomy of Marquis Chengyi that the Empress would believe what a disciple like me said casually?"

Hearing this, Song Lian was silent for two seconds, rubbing his forehead and said:
"He can calculate when he will die... and he told me before that you will have a fatal disaster in the 13th year of Hongwu. If you can face it in advance, you may still have a chance of survival. Now it seems that this disaster may have happened to you in advance."

(End of this chapter)