vrcanaries Chapter 284 The situation is serious
Chapter 284 The situation is serious
"Is it because the emperor's people are going to investigate that Daddy is in such a hurry to return to the border?"
When all the things were connected together, everything became clear, and An Qingqian also figured it out.
"Oh, I have something to tell you. Today, Prince Dingyuan discovered that his son went out every day, not to eat, but to hang out with women. He is already investigating this matter, and I'm sure he will find Prince Yong soon."
"Prince Yong is really something. He actually chose to attack Wu Tiancheng's son. It seems that he is really useless." Shi Qiuwu shook his head.
Wu Tiancheng is King Dingyuan's bottom line. Once something happens to Wu Tiancheng, King Dingyuan will probably become a madman.
"What about Wu Tiancheng's situation?" Shi Qiuwu asked again.
"To treat his hidden illness, the most important thing he needs is to abstain from sex. He has been going there almost every day these days, so his condition must be very bad. According to Qing Cang, the imperial physician who was in charge of treating Wu Tiancheng has lost all hope.
This means that under such circumstances, Wu Tiancheng is hopeless and will never have a child again. Moreover, he may only have a few years left to live."
After Su Gui was injured last time, An Qingqian arranged for Qing Cang to monitor the situation in Dingyuan Palace instead of Su Gui. Therefore, she knew everything that was going on there.
"Yeah." Shi Qiuwu nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Also, today, the Prime Minister was originally planning to sue King Cheng for wanting to harm his daughter, but when the Crown Prince sued Prince Yong, the Prime Minister saw that the Emperor looked unhappy, so he did not mention the matter again."
"Oh? The Prime Minister has investigated all the evidence?" An Qingqian turned to look at Shi Qiuwu in surprise.
She didn't know much about the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Well, all the evidence has been prepared, and the Prime Minister has also secretly found out something about the cooperation between King Cheng and King Dingyuan."
Shi Qiuwu paused and looked at An Qingqian again, and sure enough, he saw that An Qingqian looked shocked.
"Are you going to say that the Prime Minister has found the letter?"
At the beginning, An Qingqian secretly read the letter but did not take it out. After An Qingqian came back, she regretted it so much.
That letter was the most direct evidence. Apart from that letter, An Qingqian could not think of any other more direct evidence.
"That's right. The Prime Minister sent his own people to replace the real letter with a fake one. Therefore, until now, Prince Dingyuan has not discovered that the letter he hid was a fake."
"Did they really do as the letter said, that King Cheng wanted King Dingyuan to help him rebel?"
An Qingqian frowned. The emperor was still in good health, the crown prince was still there, and Prince Yong had not been convicted yet.
Does King Cheng really dare to move?
"My people have sent me news that Prince Dingyuan believed that Prince Yong was not sincere in cooperating with him. Later, Prince Yong's people attacked Wu Tiancheng, so he decided to cooperate with Prince Cheng.
However, my people did not find out how the cooperation was going to be carried out. Both King Dingyuan and King Cheng were very cautious and did not reveal any clues at all.
However, it seems that the Prime Minister is more powerful at the moment."
"After Prince Yong was deposed, the Prime Minister took action to discipline Prince Cheng. The only adult prince under the Emperor's name was the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince would probably wake up laughing in his dreams."
An Qingqian pursed her lips and thought about the situation in the court.
"No, even if Prince Yong and Prince Cheng fall, the Emperor will never let the Crown Prince dominate alone."
"But, if there are no Prince Yong and Prince Cheng, who else will the emperor let compete with the crown prince?" An Qingqian was puzzled.
"Prince Yong and Prince Cheng are gone, but there will be other princes." Shi Qiuwu chuckled.
For the emperor sitting in that position, the most important thing is not to hold power, but to master the art of checks and balances.
"But aren't the other princes still young?"
“The princes are young, but their mother is not a child who knows nothing. As long as the emperor shows the slightest interest,
Those concubines who have children will try their best to pave a good future for their children."
Shi Qiuwu has a much more thorough understanding of these things. Even though Prince Yong and Prince Cheng have fallen, there will still be the next Prince Yong and Prince Cheng.
The emperor will never allow the prince's family to dominate the country.
Even if he had chosen the crown prince himself, he would not agree to let the crown prince easily sit on the position of crown prince.
After hearing Shi Qiuwu say this, An Qingqian said nothing more.
When King Dingyuan learned that Wu Tiancheng might never have any offspring from now on, and might even only have a few years left to live, he was stunned.
When Wu Tiancheng heard the imperial physician's words, his face was still full of disbelief, but seeing that his father's face looked strange, he did not dare to say anything, but he was very disapproving in his heart.
He was convinced that there was nothing wrong with his body and that the imperial physician was a quack.
"Go, enter the palace, and call all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to come to me. I don't believe that no one else can cure the prince except you!"
Prince Dingyuan kicked the imperial physician on the chest, and the physician was instantly knocked into the door frame, making a loud noise.
"Come here, lock up all his family members in the dungeon for me, and lock him up as well."
King Dingyuan glared at the person in front of him. He wished he could kill the imperial physician right now.
He was responsible for Wu Tiancheng's treatment, but he didn't even know that he had been out with a woman during this period.
What a quack doctor! If he had taken Wu Tiancheng's pulse more diligently and discovered this matter earlier, how could things have turned out to be in the irreversible situation they are now.
When the emperor heard that Wu Tiancheng had been in trouble again, and knowing how much Dingyuan valued this son, he issued an order to send most of the imperial physicians out.
More than a dozen imperial physicians followed Prince Dingyuan's men to the hospital and took Wu Tiancheng's pulse one by one.
At first, Wu Tiancheng thought that Prince Dingyuan was making a big fuss and that he was obviously fine.
However, it was not until the three imperial doctors who had taken his pulse retreated with serious expressions that he realized something was wrong.
If one or two imperial physicians wanted to defraud the reward money, but these were all people from the Imperial Medical Bureau, they wouldn't collude with each other and lie to cheat the reward money, right?
The tenth imperial physician retreated with a solemn expression, and the eleventh one stepped forward.
Prince Dingyuan's expression became increasingly ugly, and Wu Tiancheng finally realized that his situation seemed very serious.
He glared at the imperial physician who was checking his pulse, "Tell me, what's wrong with me? What happened to me? Are all of you dumb?"
They all had sullen faces and didn't speak, which made Wu Tiancheng panic. He looked at his father cautiously, only to see that his face was even uglier.
The imperial doctors looked at each other, and when they saw that Prince Dingyuan did not ask any questions, they knew in their hearts that Prince Dingyuan must know everything, but was just unwilling to accept it, so he called so many people over.