0p0 Chapter 165 Flattery
Chapter 165 Flattery
"Your Highness has been poisoned?" Liu Meir looked incredulous.
The nanny reminded: "Crown Princess, it was your hairpin that was smeared with poison that caused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be poisoned."
Liu Meier, who had just reacted, was so angry that she jumped up and down: "Nonsense, how could I possibly poison His Highness?"
On the one hand, she was worried about the prince's health, and on the other hand, she was anxious to explain herself. Liu Meir was already incoherent. She threw aside what Madam Liu had just said and rushed out.
Madam Liu followed behind in a panic.
At this moment, the East Palace was in chaos.
The prince was poisoned and fell into a coma, which frightened Queen Liu so much that she stayed by his bed and shouted at the imperial physician to save the prince as soon as possible.
The imperial doctors took the patient's pulse with great trepidation.
"Your Highness!" Liu Meir rushed over.
Empress Liu was just looking for a place to vent her anger. When she saw Liu Mei'er coming, she was so angry that she slapped Liu Mei'er's cheek hard and threatened her viciously: "If anything happens to the prince, I will never forgive you! Bitch, hand over the antidote quickly."
"Aunt, aunt, I really didn't poison you." Liu Meir didn't care about the pain on her face, she knelt in front of Queen Liu and kowtowed for mercy.
But Queen Liu would never believe her and kicked her away: "Go search the Crown Princess's bedroom!"
Half an hour later, the palace maid came with a small porcelain bottle and handed it to the imperial physician, who was certain that this was the antidote.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and give it to the prince!"
After the prince took the antidote, he woke up within an incense stick of time. After checking his pulse, the imperial physician said in surprise: "The poison in your body has been resolved."
Empress Liu was frightened by this move. She burst into tears of joy and said, "My son, if anything happens to you, I will not live either."
The prince covered the wound on his shoulder and pointed at Liu Mei'er angrily: "You are so vicious that you even want to get rid of me and help your son take the throne!"
Liu Mei'er's eyes widened in horror: "Your Highness, I...I have never had such an idea."
Everyone was shocked by the prince's words. The prince was heartbroken and knelt in front of Queen Liu, but Queen Liu said, "Prince, you are weak, so take a rest for now. Leave this matter to me."
"Mother!"
"All right!" Empress Liu winked and asked someone to carry the prince to the couch to rest. She then turned to the Liu family and said, "Come with me."
Hendon
Queen Liu sat in the main seat. Her hands and feet were still cold and her limbs were weak. She looked at Liu Meir with a sinister look.
"Your Majesty, this may be a misunderstanding."
Others did not dare to plead for mercy, but Madam Liu couldn't bear it. After all, she was her own daughter. Queen Liu gave a look and two maids held Madam Liu, not allowing her to speak.
Seeing this, Liu Meir became even more panicked. She lost all her previous arrogance and kept shouting that she was innocent.
"Empress." The old lady suddenly spoke up, "There is something fishy about this matter. Although Mei'er is a little willful, she is not so foolish. You must not let others take advantage of you. Now is the time for the Crown Prince and the Third Prince to compete."
It was precisely because Queen Liu also took this into consideration that she did not take action against Liu Meir, otherwise, she would have been executed long ago.
"Grandmother is right, aunt, I really have no reason to do this. Someone must have framed me on purpose." Liu Meir kowtowed and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind: "It must be Concubine Han!"
"enough!"
Queen Liu slammed the table and stood up: "You stabbed the man, and the antidote was found in your bedroom. This antidote is not fatal, but it makes people confused. It is possible that you deliberately hurt the prince and wanted to take the opportunity to kill Concubine Han, so you took this risk!"
"If it weren't for the Liu family, I would have sentenced you to death long ago!"
Liu Meir panicked. She bit her lips tightly and trembled, not daring to speak anything.
After a long silence, Queen Liu sent everyone away and did not deal with Liu Meir immediately. After she calmed down, she went to visit the prince.
The concubine Han was serving the prince.
Seeing Empress Liu coming, Concubine Han stood up and saluted respectfully. Empress Liu waved her hand and said, "You should leave first. I have something to say to the Crown Prince alone."
"Yes."
Queen Liu sat on a chair nearby, looking at her son's haggard face, feeling angry and distressed: "Why would you torture yourself for a woman?"
"Mother, I just want to teach Liu Meier a lesson. She is too lawless!" The prince did not shy away from saying that some things could not be hidden from Empress Liu, so he simply said, "Mother, I want to go to the northwest to calm down."
He didn't expect Queen Liu to deal with Liu Meir at this time. If he couldn't afford to offend her, could he not hide from her?
"But your father did not give you the important task of leading the troops in the northwest."
"Go to Hecheng, Lingcheng, anywhere is fine. I just want to be alone for a while." The prince rubbed his brows. He was confused and extremely irritated.
Empress Liu only has this one son, so she naturally feels sorry for him, but she doesn't want to drive him crazy, so she has to compromise: "I will talk to your father about it later, but we have agreed that you must come back within three months."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Queen Liu still went to see the Emperor of Northern Qi. As soon as she opened her mouth to talk, the Emperor frowned and did not agree immediately. But Queen Liu was not giving up. She talked for a long time before coaxing the Emperor of Northern Qi to relax his frown.
"Forget it, let the prince inspect all the way to the northwest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Queen Liu was overjoyed and knelt down to salute.
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Third Prince's Mansion
As soon as the news of the crown prince's inspection tour of the northwest spread, the Third Prince's Mansion became restless, especially Liu Xiangling, who rushed to find the Third Prince: "Your Highness, is it possible that father really wants to hand over the power of the northwest to the crown prince?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? It's just that the inspection team hasn't given him the military token yet." The third prince was not in a hurry at all.
Hecheng and Lingcheng are suffering from illness now. If the prince goes there, he must come back alive. He wants to see how the prince can escape from this predicament!
On the other side, Concubine Bo also hurried over to find him. Seeing Liu Xiangling was there, she knelt and saluted: "Your Highness, my father just sent someone to ask us to go back."
Liu Xiangling frowned, but thinking about the matter of the Third Prince's Mansion, she decided not to argue with her for the time being and said generously, "Your Highness, please go quickly."
The third prince stood up.
The two of them sat in silence throughout the entire journey in the carriage. Bo Yan'er could tell that the Third Prince was in a bad mood, and she wanted to say a few words of comfort, but she found that she didn't know what to say.
After getting off the carriage, a middle-aged man was standing at the gate of the Bo Mansion. He was about forty years old, wearing a brown-black long gown. His face was well-maintained, handsome and without wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. His shrewd eyes lit up the moment he saw the third prince. He stood up and walked towards the third prince.
"Your humble servant pays respects to the Third Prince."
The Third Prince looked at Master Yanbo, with a fleeting complex expression in his eyes. After just a moment, he helped him up and said, "Uncle, there is no need to be polite. This is not the place to talk. Let's go inside and talk."
"Yes."
All the way to the study, Bo Yan'er was sent away to meet Mrs. Bo.
The Third Prince came to the study, feeling familiar yet unfamiliar. He sat casually on a chair and asked, "Uncle, have you also heard that the Crown Prince is going to the northwest?"
He sneered, "I can never match the prince."
Lord Bo immediately shook his head: "How could that be? Your Highness is very talented, why should he be so humble? Besides, the prince's trip to the northwest may not be a good thing this time."
The third prince raised his eyebrows.
"Your humble servant heard that there were cases of an unknown disease in Lingcheng and Hecheng. The matter has been suppressed and not reported. If the Crown Prince goes there and gets infected, wouldn't it be God's help to Your Highness?" Lord Bo had a suitable smile on his face. He bowed and took the lead in respectfully greeting the Third Prince and speaking auspicious words.
Seeing Master Bo's attitude, the Third Prince's eyes showed sarcasm. He slowly stood up, raised his hand and helped Master Bo up himself: "Uncle, we are all family, why should we be so polite? I heard that you are a solemn and upright person before, and I had some resistance in my heart, but now I feel close to you."
Lord Bo felt somewhat uncomfortable with these words. He must have been worrying too much to comfort himself. Why would the Third Prince mock him for his flattery?
That's definitely not what I meant.
"Your Highness, we are blood relatives, so we shouldn't be estranged from each other," he explained.
The Third Prince nodded and asked with a smile, "With my uncle in charge, I feel relieved. I heard that my cousin Chuan is back. Can I meet him?"
Speaking of his son, Master Bo was full of pride: "Chuan'er has been thinking about Your Highness all the way and wanted to see you."