Do Not Disturb Ascension

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After struggling and thrashing in the water, her hair had spread out and stuck to her face, making her look quite embarrassed. After he was fished out, he was completely weak. The palace attendants picked him up and forced him to cough up the water he had choked in.

After the wet black hair was pushed aside, an overly delicate face was revealed, with a slight cinnabar mole between the eyebrows.

"Third brother, why are you here?" The prince saw the third prince returning with Concubine Jing not long ago.

The third prince did not speak and fell into silence. His expression was a little panicked and inexplicably cold.

"Your Highness..."

"Is this our Third Highness?" A young eunuch ran out of the imperial garden, panicking and crying.

"Hasn't the third brother returned to the palace with Concubine Jing? Why are he here?" The prince's expression suddenly turned cold.

"Yes..." The little eunuch hesitated to speak.

"Stop talking, thank you, brother. I'm going back to the palace. I need to change my clothes first." The third prince interrupted the young eunuch.

"It's Concubine Jing who wants the lotus in the royal garden." The young eunuch simply said directly, kneeling down to apologize to the prince.

The third prince looked indifferently and looked at the little eunuch who had grown up with him. For a moment, it was hard to figure out what he was thinking.

"Third brother, please follow me back to the East Palace. You can repair yourself first and then I will send you back." The prince took off his outer robe and put it on the third prince who was dripping with water.

The robe still carried the prince's body temperature. The third prince did not refute. After hesitation, he finally followed the prince back to the East Palace. After entering the water, he lost some strength and was quickly carried to the East Palace by the palace servants. The prince asked someone to cook something to ward off the cold. Ginger soup, let the third prince bathe and change clothes.

When bathing, the third prince refused to allow outsiders to enter.

He watched the palace man add water to the bathtub, but he still had a strong sense of fear. He was instinctively afraid of deep water, but he still refused the palace man's service.

"I'll accompany you. I'll turn my back to you, so I won't look at you." The prince was a little worried.

"Thank you for your kindness, brother." After the third prince thanked him, he still refused.

"Change to a shallower tub." Si Ruochen had the memory of the original owner, so he naturally knew the real reason for the third prince's refusal.

The third prince Si Jingxi is not a prince, but actually a princess. Her identity was exposed very late. If it were not exposed, she would be the most likely person to succeed the crown prince.

"That's what the little prince said." The prince immediately asked someone to change the bathtub, and found the clean clothes he was not wearing for the third prince to change.

After the third prince came out, his pale face was finally filled with color due to the heat. She was one year younger than the prince and thinner. She wore the prince's clothes that were particularly loose and made her look even thinner.

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Under his watchful eyes, the third prince drank a bowl of ginger soup and a bowl of soothing medicine. His eyelashes were wet with tears as he drank, and large drops fell into the medicine bowl.

She lowered her head, not wanting anyone to see her crying.

The prince avoided her and didn't stare at her. He was just very angry. He was not angry with the third prince, but with the person behind the incident.

There were drops of blood in the third prince's hair, and the blood droplets fell on the plain clothes, which was particularly eye-catching. The third prince is good at water, and he would never have ended up in such a situation if he hadn't intentionally set him up.

The palace attendants who went to rescue the third prince also said that there was something strange in the lake. They touched the rope and there seemed to be someone under the water.

"This matter needs to be reported to Emperor Ming for a thorough investigation. I have asked people to guard the imperial garden to see if there is anyone acting suspiciously," the prince said.

"Thank you, brother." The third prince responded in a low voice, with a thick nasal sound in his voice.

Si Ruochen was also thinking about who wanted to kill the third prince.

The original owner didn't know about this. He was too young at that time and should be recuperating in Chongming Palace, so he did not attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.

When the third prince falls into the water, Concubine Jing is most likely to take action, or it may be someone else.

The relationship between the third prince and her biological mother, Concubine Jing, is very complicated. Later, when other princes criticized the third prince's crimes, one point was matricide.

The original owner didn't know whether it was true or not, because when Concubine Jing died, the third prince was only seven years old, which was exactly this year. The cause of Concubine Jing's death was illness. Only the person involved knew the details.

Si Ruochen thought that with Si Heng's control over the palace, even if Concubine Jing could hide it for a while, she would not be able to hide it for the rest of her life. If she didn't expose it, it was probably because she cherished her talent.

With the third prince's character, it would be a pity for her to marry like an ordinary princess. If Si Heng lived longer, or if the crown prince succeeded to the throne, the third prince should be able to become an official. With her talents, she might be able to leave her name in history.

At the same time, Si Heng, who had not waited for the little prince, was already on his way to the East Palace.

Si Heng ordered a thorough investigation into the third prince's falling into the water, and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose the third prince's pulse. There were many guards in the imperial garden carrying torches, searching everywhere.

The third prince was originally sitting on the couch, having his hair dried by the palace servants. When he saw the imperial doctor enter, he was not the one she usually used, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Let the imperial doctor take a look at the wound on your head," the prince said.

He didn't know why the third emperor's brother showed resistance to the imperial doctor, but the wound on the back of his head needed to be treated.

Just looking at the wound, the third prince did not refuse.

The imperial doctor first stopped the bleeding, then applied medicine, and then asked to take the pulse: "I want to see if there is any congestion in Your Highness' brain."

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The prince began to hesitate, but the prince did not urge him.

Until a cold and low voice came from the door: "I already know, just let him feel his pulse, he won't say much."

The third prince immediately knelt down towards the door. The fear and anxiety that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time finally had an outlet.

She had always been afraid that her father would know her true gender. This matter was like a guillotine hanging around her neck, unable to let her sleep peacefully.

It was not until this moment that the father spoke and the guillotine finally fell.

After the third prince leaned over, he looked even thinner, and his eyes were still a little green. He probably read a book every night.

Si Heng raised his hand: "Get up and check your pulse first."

This incident was not the third prince's fault.

The imperial doctor didn't know what His Majesty meant at first, but it wasn't until he checked the Third Prince's pulse that he discovered anything unusual.

The third prince, who had a photographic memory and was gifted, turned out to be a little girl with a poor pulse, excessive worries, and fear.

The imperial doctor knew how to keep things secret. He was surprised for a moment and then reported back to His Majesty the details of the situation, leaving out the gender.

Seeing His Majesty frown slightly, he picked up his pen and wrote down the prescription without saying more.

"Father, third brother, please stay here with me."

The prince has always been puzzled, and he can see the subtlety of it even if he looks at it.

He hasn't thought about the gender of the third prince yet.

"Okay." Si Heng nodded and looked at the third prince:

"I will send someone to take care of you."

"Thank you, father." The third prince knelt down and thanked him again.

The sigh that was hanging in my heart was finally relieved.

If the father didn't reveal her identity, then she was the third prince.

"What about the little royal brother?" the prince asked.

"Let the little emperor stay here tonight, okay?"

"Yeah." Si Heng finally nodded.

"Thank you, Father!" The prince wanted to sleep with the third and younger emperors.

"Take Ruochen to use some soup." Si Heng said.

The prince looked at the third prince worriedly, and finally left the inner room with Si Ruochen. The father probably won't punish the third brother. Maybe he wants to ask about the third brother falling into the water?

Si Hengping withdrew the others, leaving only the third prince.

The third prince knelt down again and bowed deeply.

"Please allow me to continue to stay in the upper study as a prince."

"If you were a princess, you could also go to the study room." Si Heng said.

The princess still had to go to the study room and have classes with the courtiers' daughters and the clan's daughters, but the content of the classes was different, mostly focusing on poetry and songs, so as to increase her knowledge and knowledge.

Cultivation of sentiment.

"I want to enter the court as a prince and serve as an official. I will not marry for the rest of my life. I ask my father to grant me permission." The third prince kowtowed deeply.

She studied so hard not only to satisfy her father and reduce the punishment, but also to show her talents in the court, step out from the palace walls, and make full use of what she had learned.

"Okay." Si Heng finally nodded and added: "You don't have to remain unmarried forever. What if you can truly establish yourself in the court and resume your status as a princess? You can marry as you wish."

If the third prince wants to become an official in the court, this is not the best time to restore his status. If she is reinstated as a princess, she will face a lot of resistance for a long time from now on, and this will not disappear just because Si Heng allows her to serve as an official.

If she truly enters the court as an official, has political achievements, and holds power, the resistance will naturally be overcome.

"Thank you, Father." The third prince bowed again.

This time I kowtowed for a long time, sincerely, and never got up.

Even though she was not close to her father, she could feel his protectiveness. When I see my father, I actually feel at ease. It seems that as long as my father is here, there is nothing to fear.

"Then should I tell Brother Huang?" The third prince hesitated.

Si Heng: "Anyone can."

The third prince finally decided to hide it.

It's not that she doesn't trust the prince, but she's worried that the prince will take more care of her in the future, and other princes will see the clues. It won't be too late to tell the prince when she grows up.

"Gao Wu will stay with you from now on. If there is any inconvenience, tell her." Si Heng arranged for a female secret guard for her to hide her identity. This is a difficult road, and I hope the third prince can walk it more smoothly.

"Yes." The third prince thanked him. In the past, she always felt like a lonely bird, unable to find a place to rest. To this day, I suddenly feel that I have blood-connected relatives to rely on. This complicated emotion is difficult to describe.

"If you want to achieve your goal, you can be more honest."

"The prince is in the side hall, you should go too."

Si Heng saw Gao Ying coming back and looked at the third prince on one side.

"Yes." The third prince left decisively, seemingly not interested in exploring the truth.

"Concubine Jing's body has recovered recently and she is ready to get pregnant again. I heard from the palace official Hong Yao that it's great to view lotuses under the moon, so I followed the trend and asked the third prince to pick lotus flowers in the lake."

"Hongyao has swallowed gold and died. She is a maid brought into the palace by Concubine Jing from home. In fact, she is obeying Concubine Wan's orders."

"The palace servants who took away the third prince's servants and plotted against the third prince were also arranged by Concubine Wan."

Concubine Wan is the concubine of Concubine Jing. The two have an old feud. It is precisely because of the threat brought by Concubine Wan that Concubine Jing pretends to be a prince.

Concubine Jing alternately hated and loved the third prince. She suffered from postpartum depression. She also concealed the third prince's gender and passed the princess off as a prince. Si Heng had never pursued her case in the past, but this time she finally tolerated it no longer.

"Concubine Wan was demoted to a commoner and relegated to the cold palace."

"Concubine Jing is grounded and allowed to take good care of her health. There will be no imperial edict."

Concubine Jing has been living in seclusion on the pretext of recuperating from illness.

From now on, he will really start to recuperate, without having to step out of the palace.

Gao Ying took the order and left, and met the prince on the way. When he saw the prince asking about it, he told the result of the handling.

"Father, rewards and punishments are clear. In this way, third brother can feel at ease."

The prince accidentally saw Concubine Jing locking the third prince into a dark room, and he began to take care of the third prince's brother at that time.

Today, when the third prince was fished out of the lake, many things could be guessed. Concubine Jing really didn't have a motherly heart towards her third brother, she even ignored his life and sent him to die coldly, which is really chilling.