Chapter 144 It’s a matter of course
The prince panicked.

He originally thought that the emperor’s imprisonment of the Sixth Prince and his demotion of Concubine Qian meant that he was disgusted with the Sixth Prince. However, he did not expect that this was not the case, and now they were going to make a big fuss over the Sixth Prince’s death.

The queen summoned the prince into the palace and slapped him in anger.

Scold him for losing his temper.

Why do we need to take the Sixth Prince’s life now? He has already been imprisoned. We only need to wait for a suitable opportunity to make the Emperor completely disappointed with the Sixth Prince and Concubine Qian. Then the Emperor will deal with the mother and son.

Now that the crown prince has killed the sixth prince, the difference from the previous time when the sixth prince wanted to murder him is that he will be branded as a person who murdered his brothers.

If the emperor really got angry and took away his position as crown prince, wouldn’t that be a disaster?

The prince felt very regretful after hearing these reasons. He said that he had not thought so much about it and begged the queen to clean up his mess.

At this point, we can only think of ways to hide it from the emperor.

The Queen quickly turned her attention to Concubine Yu in the harem, who had been fighting with Concubine Qian for many years.

Concubine Yu also gave birth to a child, but the poor seventh prince died young, having fallen from a horse.

The sixth prince and the seventh prince were less than a year apart in age. They were at odds with each other because of the quarrel between their mothers. During the equestrian class, the two brothers suddenly started competing with each other and wanted to race horses. During the competition, the seventh prince’s horse suddenly disobeyed the instructions, and in a frenzy, it threw the seventh prince off the horse and stepped on him several times.

The man was gone in less than half a day.

It was later discovered that someone had deliberately loosened the horseshoe of the seventh prince’s horse. When the horse was running, the nails on the horseshoe were misplaced, and the horse felt pain and went crazy and hurt people.

The charge was taken by the Sixth Prince’s personal eunuch, but if no one ordered him to do so, how could a small eunuch like him dare to touch the prince?

Therefore, it makes sense that now that the Sixth Prince has fallen from power, it would make Concubine Yu avenge her son.

Concubine Yu’s mother’s family was not a high-class family. She was favored to the position of concubine only because she gave birth to a son and a daughter, and she was also very beautiful. Ever since the death of the seventh prince, she has been overshadowed by Concubine Qian in favor, and she really hated her.

In short, the Queen will definitely not let anything happen to the Prince.

The Jiang family also colluded with the Queen outside the palace to throw all the dirty water on Concubine Yu.

The emperor was not a powerful figure to begin with, the Jiang family was extremely powerful, and the harem was now dominated by the queen’s family. It was not too difficult to prevent the emperor from finding out the truth.

Sure enough, half a month later, the truth came out: Concubine Yu bribed the servants in the Prince’s Mansion and poisoned and murdered the Sixth Prince.

The emperor directly sentenced Concubine Yu to death without listening to her explanation. Even the princess who was Concubine Yu’s daughter came to plead for mercy but was severely scolded. The poor princess fell ill when she returned home, and the emperor didn’t care about her at all.

But even with Concubine Yu as a scapegoat, the emperor still had some doubts about the prince.

In other words, the emperor suspected that Concubine Yu was plotting to murder the Sixth Prince at the behest of the empress.

So even though everything was over, the emperor was still very cold towards the queen and the prince.

As a result, the Fifth Prince has been well-behaved and has won the Emperor’s favor recently.

But this is of course not enough.

On Chen Zhi’s side, the Taoist priest who was good at making elixirs had been found and had been secretly brought to the capital. The Fifth Prince also secretly managed to let the Crown Prince get acquainted with the Taoist priest.

Soon, in order to please the emperor, the prince introduced the Taoist priest to the emperor.

The Taoist priest seemed to have some real skills. He presented a few pills to the emperor. After taking them, the emperor’s fatigue and irritability from the past few days were relieved a lot. He felt refreshed and full of energy.

The prince’s offering of treasures was rewarded, and he finally won the emperor’s favor again.

By this time, it was already the end of October.

In addition to the major event of the princes fighting for the throne, another major event came to an end in the court.

The autumn examination is over.

As expected, Chen Xun was admitted to high school, ranking 13th in the second class, which was a very good result.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will definitely be a good future.

But these have nothing to do with Chen Zhi. Since he came to the capital, he has almost lost contact with his old house in Qizhou. This time when Chen Xun came to the capital to take the exam, he never contacted him. It is said that he is staying in an inn.

After learning that Chen Xun had been admitted to high school, Xu Shuhe still asked Chen Zhi if he wanted to give him a gift.

Originally, Chen Zhi didn’t want to send it. The other party was not a good person, and he didn’t want to get entangled any more. But then he thought, in his last life, Chen Xun passed the imperial examination and successfully married the daughter of a high-ranking official. He didn’t know if he would be so successful in this life. With the mentality of watching the show, Chen Zhi still let Xu Shuhe send a proper gift to his half brother.

Chen Xun was a little surprised to receive the gift.

If you think that Chen Zhi wanted to ease the relationship because he was in high school, he should have taken this opportunity to send him a generous gift, but he didn’t. Or he shouldn’t have sent any, after all, the relationship between the two of them had already reached a state of breaking down.

Chen Xun was somewhat unclear about what Chen Zhi meant, so he just accepted the gift silently, and symbolically invited Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe to attend his high school celebration party.

Of course Chen Zhi didn’t go and refused with a random excuse.

Chen Zhi couldn’t figure it out, so he just gave up for the time being and ignored it.

On Chen Zhi’s side, it was almost the end of the year, the royal hunting was over, and it was time for the Fifth Prince to fulfill his promise.

Around mid-November, Chen Zhi received news from his current superior, Wang Sicheng, that the position of Sijiang in the Ministry of Works was vacant, and Chen Zhi was asked to take it. Although it was a minor official of the eighth rank, he could get rid of the identity of a clerk, which was already a great thing.

In particular, Chen Zhi had only been a clerk for half a year, and his promotion speed was as fast as riding a rocket.

With the presence of the fifth prince and his superiors not making things difficult for him, the official appointment document from the court came down within three to five days, and Chen Zhi became an official official from then on.

Upon hearing the news, Xu Shuhe was overjoyed.

In fact, she had already prepared herself to accompany Chen Zhi for three years before he could be promoted from a clerk to an official, but she never thought it would happen so soon.

It seems that as long as Chen Zhi can cling to the Fifth Prince’s support, his career will surely be on the rise.

Will the task be completed in just a few years?

Thinking of this, the delighted Xu Shuhe immediately asked someone to order a table of delicious food and wine from the largest restaurant in Kyoto to celebrate properly.

There were constant disturbances in the court during this period, and the two of them couldn’t even get a good night’s sleep.

And the ones who have been worried about things are not only the young couple, but also Zheng, the mother.

The doctor from Qizhou sent a box of pills, saying that there were 20 pills in the box and I should take one pill a day and the effect would definitely be seen after taking them.

There was no good reason before, but on this day, Zheng took out the things during the celebration banquet.

He said that Chen Zhi had been working hard for days and looked unwell, so he needed some nourishment.

To reassure herself, she asked Chen Zhi to take the first pill in front of her.

Not wanting his mother-in-law’s kindness to be ignored, Chen Zhi naturally agreed.

Unexpectedly, after taking this pill and drinking the pot of good wine ordered by Xu Shuhe, Chen Zhi started bleeding from the nose after returning to his room after dinner.

“What’s going on? Are the pills mother gave me too nutritious? What good stuff is put in them?” Xu Shuhe teased while helping him deal with it.

But she didn’t notice that the look in the man’s eyes was getting hotter and hotter.

After the bleeding stopped and the area was cleaned, Xu Shuhe was about to leave when someone grabbed her waist and carried her sideways.

Xu Shuhe exclaimed and hugged Chen Zhi’s neck, panicking for a moment.

It was only at this moment that she realized that the other person’s body was very hot, and the eyes that were staring at her were almost spitting fire.

“It’s been so long since my wife promised me, can you fulfill your promise?”

“I, I, are you drunk today?”

Xu Shuhe was a little incoherent.

“Okay?” Chen Zhi interrupted her and looked into her eyes seriously. “As long as you don’t want to, I won’t cross the line.”

After saying this, Xu Shuhe’s pounding heart seemed to suddenly calm down a lot.

For a long while, she didn’t say anything, but just buried her head silently in Chen Zhi’s arms.

There is no need to say more.

Everything will fall into place naturally.