Chapter 134: The Golden Cicada Escapes the Shell
The news that the fourth prince was punished by the emperor and punished him to kneel for a day and a night shocked the court and the public.
The generals who were close to the fourth prince became anxious.
Only Wei Wujing is still a regular visitor in the Fourth Prince's Mansion. His behavior attracted the attention of Gongzi Qingqian.
At this critical moment, everyone avoided it and was afraid that Wei Wujing would take what move?
Although he is just a businessman and cannot be matched by the military and political affairs, his financial resources cannot be underestimated! Isn’t he afraid of causing trouble?
The emperor is still concerned about those who continue to interact with the fourth prince. Wei Wujing frequently goes to and from the fourth prince's mansion, so he naturally cannot escape the emperor's eyes and ears.
The emperor didn't care at first. However, when the second prince heard the emperor's eyeliner report on the recent situation of the fourth prince, he mentioned Wei Wujing. He revealed Wei Wujing's financial resources that were as rich as the country.
"The fourth brother wants..." The emperor spat out a mouthful of blood after he said halfway!
The second prince quickly sent someone to the imperial doctor to come for treatment. The imperial doctor told the second prince privately that the emperor could only last a year or two at most!
Although the second prince had long expected that his father's order would not last long, he was still shocked. He instructed the imperial physician named Zheng not to disclose the news.
Prince Jinlan asked Rouxin to extinguish the candlelight and prepare to rest. At this time, a guard came to report: "The second prince is here."
The soft heart rekindled the candlelight. The young master Jinlan stood in front of the study door to welcome the second prince.
"I have something important to discuss with you!" The second prince grabbed Prince Jinlan's hand and walked into the study.
"You retreat first!" Young Master Jinlan and the second prince sat at the tea table.
Rouxin left the study room and closed the door. Feng Yan signaled the guards to stand farther.
The candles in the study of Prince Jinlan were brightly lit. The second prince told Prince Jinlan with a serious face that his father's life was about to come. At most, there would be one and a half years left.
Prince Jinlan was not surprised when he heard this. He had a secret conversation with the second prince for about two hours.
Rouxin had already gone back to sleep. When the second prince and Gongzi Jinlan went out, they only saw Feng Yan standing in the corridor.
"Your guard is indeed loyal!" The fourth prince looked at Feng Yan with admiration.
Feng Yan bowed to show his salute, but did not answer. Tuan came to see the second prince out of the mansion.
Prince Jinlan watched the moon white in the sky gradually disappear into the clouds, and his brows frowned.
From now on, he can't make a mistake. He wants to assist the second prince in ascending the position of Dabao!
Rouxin was called out by Feng Yan before dawn the next day. In the carriage, Rouxin was still confused. Where is he going? Why is he so anxious?
Gongzi Qingqian received the tip early in the morning, and Gongzi Jinlan walked west.
Where is he going? Gongzi Qingqian couldn't figure out Gongzi Jinlan's intention this time.
Rouxin came to Lujiang County in a carriage. There was one person coming out of the carriage. His figure was similar to that of Gongzi Jinlan. Although he covered his face with the hood on his cloak, Rouxin still saw that he was not Gongzi Jinlan.
Rouxin knew that Young Master Jinlan had to do this with purpose. She had to follow the man and stayed in the inn.
Feng Yan opened two rooms. Rouxin moved into the one on the right. Feng Yan guarded the door of her house.
Rouxin sat in front of the window thinking about Gongzi Jinlan's intentions. He simply wanted to avoid Gongzi Qingqian's eyeliner. He happened to be a cover for him.
Prince Qingqian received the news that Prince Jinlan and his party went to an inn in Lujiang County to stay. He didn't care at first.
Three days later, he received another letter from Yu Xin. Prince Jinlan and his party stayed in Jiangxia County and had no other behavior.
Gongzi Qingqian then felt that this was strange. This was not like Gongzi Jinlan's style of doing things.
The second prince was not surprised. Young Master Qingqian felt something was wrong. He asked Liu Tao to ride a fast horse to Jiangxia County, and he must see Rouxin.
Rouxin either rushed to travel or stayed at a hotel all day, and she felt it was boring.
They stayed in Jiangxia County for three days. Rouxin was so depressed by Feng Yan that she could not go out at all.
Liu Tao rushed to Jiangxia County and picked up the people who followed Gongzi Jinlan's carriage.
The man told Liu Tao that they were staying at Jinyang Inn. Liu Tao entered the inn at night, but found Feng Yan guarding the door. He could not see Rou Xin.
Liu Tao bought a hat and sat downstairs in the inn to drink and check it out. He found that Rouxin spent most of her time in her house. He passed this situation back to the mansion of Qingqian, the young master of Zhuyang Town.
Only then did Gongzi Qingqian realize that Gongzi Jinlan had used a golden trick to escape. He immediately realized that the second prince and Gongzi Jinlan had already begun to take action. He took a carriage to the residence of the third prince in the capital.
The third prince was practicing calligraphy in the study. When he saw the young master Qingqian coming in, he asked him to see how his handwriting was written.
How could Gongzi Qingqian have the intention to see the quality of his words? He asked the third prince how he was in his health recently?
The third prince thought for a while and said that his father was vomited blood a few days ago by his fourth brother, and it seemed that he had nothing to do with these days.
After hearing this, Gongzi Qingqian asked the third prince to go to the palace with him to find the imperial doctor who treated the emperor that day.
When Zheng Yicheng heard that the third prince was going to see him, he lied that something happened at home slipped away from the back door.
Young Master Qingqian immediately realized that the emperor's body was not as sound as it seemed.
The third prince was very worried after hearing the words of Prince Qingqian. Prince Qingqian said that he wanted Xuanfei to enter the palace to treat the emperor.
The third prince also heard of Xuan Fei's medical skills. But after all, he was a man in the world and could not go to the palace to treat the emperor without summoning him.
Gongzi Qingqian said that Xuanfei could go to see the third prince's mother, and then asked the third prince to recommend it to the emperor.
The third prince knew the purpose of Gongzi Qingqian. He himself wanted to figure out his father's physical condition. So he agreed to Gongzi Qingqian's proposal.
Xuanfei was fiddling with herbs at home. His mother asked him to mix motherwort and perzukissite to refine it, but did not tell him the amount and effect of the medicine.
Xuanfei had been in a state of two nights but could not successfully refine the medicine. While he was angry, Young Master Qingqian walked into his medicine house.
"You're here just in time! Smell the two nights of medicine I made!" Xuanfei decided to tease Gongzi Qingqian.
Young Master Qingqian really picked up the medicine bowl and sniffed it. Then he told Xuanfei seriously that the bowl on the left smelled more bitter than the night on the right.
"No! Why didn't my nose smell different when I have such a smart nose?" Xuan Fei picked up two bowls of soup and sniffed it.
Young Master Qingqian couldn't help laughing. Xuanfei realized that he had been fooled by Young Master Qingqian.
He refused to give Gongzi Qingqian a decoction. The two of them jumped and flew in the thatched cottage, attracting the attention of the rest of the Bai family.
"You two are going to go outside! This is a place for refining medicine!" Xuanfei's mother pinched her to come in. Young Master Qingqian and Xuanfei stopped quickly.
"Auntie!" Young Master Qingqian bowed his head and bowed.
"So it's the first young man in the capital! I wonder where I will take him to dig treasures this time?" Xuan Fei's mother was a tricky and mean person.
"Please treat the emperor with illness!"
"Oh? Are all the imperial doctors in the capital dead?"
"Mom! It's just a medical treatment, there's no danger!" Xuan Fei hugged his mother's arm and said.
"What can anyone take for you to do with the disease? I have no brains!" Xuan Fei's head was poked by his mother. Xuan Fei grinned and rubbed.
"Just just take a look!" Young Master Qingqian gave another tribute.
"Mom! Look! What am I talking about? He is my best friend after all, and he won't hurt me, right?" Xuan Fei said, and pushed his mother out of his medicine house.
Chapter completed!