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Chapter 1013 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (135)

Chapter 1013 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (One Hundred and Thirty-five)

When Qingli heard the emperor's edict, she felt that the emperor was being hypocritical and merciful.

When he exiled Zhao Yi to the frontier, he should have thought about the fate of Zhao Yi's family. Now, whether it is for his own reputation or for family affection, it is too late.

Could it be that the emperor didn't think of this? He did think of it, but when he issued the decree, he didn't care about Zhao Yi. Now that he was dead, he had regrets.

However, the border areas are mountainous and densely forested, with numerous ethnic groups and complex forces. Can Zhao Yi's relatives really return to the capital smoothly?

Qingli didn't think they were that lucky. Sure enough, less than half a month after the imperial edict was issued, new news came in. It was obvious that it had happened a long time ago, but because of the long journey, people in the capital only knew about it now.

It is said that the Fourth Prince's mansion was looted during a conflict with a local tribe, and his descendants disappeared from the scene.

Some people rumored that they were assassinated; others speculated that they had angered a local powerful family, and the entire palace was murdered and their gold, silver and treasures were stolen.

For a time, all kinds of speculations were flying around, but the truth was unknown and no one knew it.

Ever since Zhao Yi left the capital, Concubine Luo has been bedridden. When she learned that her son was dead and would have no descendants, she spat out a mouthful of blood and died with her eyes open.

When the Queen heard about Concubine Luo's death, she waved her hand and asked the palace servants to bury Concubine Luo according to her rank.

At this moment, the emperor suddenly heard that all the grandchildren of his four sons were dead. He was furious. His eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and the golden dragon on his dragon robe seemed to come alive because of his anger.

He slammed the dragon table, shocking all the ministers. "How dare you! How dare you humiliate my prince like this!"

He immediately ordered his trusted aides to go to the southwest to investigate and find out who was behind the incident.

After a series of open and secret struggles, the prefect of Daze County had to hand over several tribal leaders as scapegoats in order to appease the emperor's anger.

Although the emperor still had doubts in his heart, the matter was temporarily resolved because he knew very well that the real culprit was in the imperial city.

Everyone just sighed over the fate of Zhao Yi's lineage, but in fact, not many people really shed tears for them. There were many failures in the fight for the throne, but how many of them could be remembered by others?

Even Zhao Yi's brothers had forgotten the deceased former Crown Prince Zhao Duan and the Fourth Prince Zhao Yi. Zhao Qing, the eldest prince, had once been crowned Prince of Qing, but was suddenly stripped of his throne. He was filled with resentment and despair. Aside from sending assassins to look after Zhao Yi, he abandoned all other means. He had seen that his father had a pity for the weak, and the more miserable a son's life, the more compassion he would feel.

Zhao Qing thought back on these years and felt that he had fought for so many times but had not won the throne, and had even lost the throne he had fought so hard to obtain. It was really boring. It would be better for him to lie dormant and either wait for an opportunity to act or do nothing. The more he did, the more mistakes he would make.

So Zhao Qingan got a share.

In fact, he had been under house arrest for a long time, and whether he was well-behaved or not made no difference to outsiders. Only those who monitored him could see the changes in the eldest prince.

The emperor was naturally pleased to see this happen, so he relaxed the surveillance and made purchasing less strict.

If Zhao Qing was forced to settle down because he discovered that his father disliked and suppressed him, Zhao Lan's ambition would be fueled. Although Zhao Lan was also under house arrest, he seemed to see his father's tolerance for him from the incident of the former crown prince's death and the outburst of anger on his eldest and fourth brothers.

His hands were not clean either, but the emperor did not punish him. Was it because he did not have a royal title and could not be punished? No, at least he had not been demoted to a commoner, nor was he sent to a remote county. He could still stay in the imperial city.

Comparing himself with the remaining princes, Zhao Yi felt that he was the best and most like his father. Wasn't his father also a scheming person back then?

He deliberately lay dormant and praised Prince Lu, causing him to become enemies with the Great Empress Dowager. He went to great lengths to pull his biological mother, the Empress Dowager, onto his own ship. When his father scolded him as his son, wasn't he also scolding himself?

The son resembles his father. He learned it from his father. I believe that his father must have a new respect for him.

For a moment, Zhao Lan felt that he might be able to successfully accept the imperial edict and ascend the throne, without having to resort to the patricide and abdication. He thought that he must conceal the fact that he privately manufactured weapons and recruited soldiers, so as not to let his father find out that he was thinking of rebelling.

Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes...