Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 119

Chapter 119 Crown Prince’s Sorrow
At this moment, the Second Prince turned around and saw Mu Ling Hua also following him. So he walked to her side, He softened his tone and said to her, ‘”Why did you come out? It’s messy outside. You should go back to your room. I have to go into the palace to see what happened. This is a great opportunity to buy people’s hearts. Our plan will come true only if people want it. Just rest in the mansion. I will send someone to tell you what happened.” With that, he turned around and left the Second Prince’s Mansion.

The emperor of the Great Chen Kingdom was surnamed Chen. His name was Chen Yan and he was called the Flame Emperor. He only had four sons under his knees. They were Yong Bao Chao Gang. Judging from the names of his four sons, it was clear that his only wish was to preserve the territory of the Great Chen Kingdom for generations. He only wanted to keep it safe. He had no intention of expanding his territory.

However, the heavens did not comply. This morning, the genius was slightly lit up. A loud noise woke him up from his sleep. This loud noise also woke up the entire Great Chen Kingdom. Emperor Chen Yan put on a set of clothes and got out of bed. The eunuch ordered, “Quickly send someone to investigate what happened? Where did the noise come from? Are there any casualties?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will immediately investigate.” The eunuch answered and left the Emperor’s palace. After the eunuch left, the Emperor called for a maid to wash his face. Afterwards, he left the palace and went to court. If something like this happened, the officials would definitely gather at the Imperial Palace early in the morning. He had to ask what was going on.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the main hall, All the ministers and royal relatives were already waiting, The princes had also arrived. He looked up and found that only the Crown Prince, Chen Yong, had yet to arrive. He couldn’t help but be greatly disappointed in his heart. Such a big event had occurred. As the Crown Prince, he actually didn’t care at all. Looking at the other princes, all of them had anxious expressions, which strengthened his determination to take Yi Chu.

So he went to the dragon chair and sat down. When the ministers saw him arrive, they immediately bowed and said, “Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor.”

Then, the Emperor raised his hand slightly and said, “Lift your body. I believe everyone heard the noise that occurred this morning. Can anyone tell me what exactly happened?”

Afterwards, he glanced at everyone in the hall and asked with dissatisfaction, “Why hasn’t the Crown Prince arrived when such a big event happened?” Since he had Yi Chu’s plan in mind, he had to pick out the Crown Prince’s mistakes first. Only by deposing the Crown Prince would he have the chance to establish another Monarch.

However, just as he finished speaking, The Crown Prince, Chen Yong, hurriedly walked in. He walked to the front without looking sideways. He bowed to the Emperor. He then said, “I see father, Replying to Father Emperor’s words, “The reason why I’m here is because I went to the city gate to check. That’s where the commotion happened. When I got there, I saw a big pit on the ground. Many people were killed and injured. So I called the manor doctor to treat them. That’s why I delayed the morning court. I beg Imperial Father to apologize.”

When the Emperor heard this, He was extremely ashamed, While the Crown Prince was on his way to deal with the chaos, He was actually planning to pick out his mistakes and let someone else replace him. It was really not right. Thus, the Emperor said with an embarrassed expression, “The Crown Prince is a model of a hundred officials. How could I offend you? Tell me what happened, so that the Imperial Court can send people to save you.”

It had to be said that the Emperor of Da Chen truly loved his people as much as a son, and was also an extremely filial person. This Crown Prince Chen Yong was the direct descendant of the Empress, and the Empress was also a loyal person. Back then, the Empress’ father had died because of saving the previous Emperor, so the former Emperor issued a decree to make his daughter the Crown Princess, and ordered the Crown Prince Chen Yan to have only one proper wife for the rest of his life.

So even though Empress Da Chen had passed away many years ago, Da Chen still didn’t have a queen, No matter how much he doted on the other imperial concubines, he never had any plans to become the empress. As the empress’ direct descendant, it was only natural for Chen Yong to be made the Crown Prince. Moreover, the Empress Dowager also protected him. Even the Emperor could not dismiss him for no reason. This was also the reason why Mu Linghua and the Second Prince had planned to fail for several months.

When the Crown Prince heard the Emperor say this, Chen Yong said, He felt relieved, He immediately recounted what had happened this morning. “Yes, Father, the matter is like this. This morning, I suddenly heard a loud noise and went out to check. At that time, I saw everyone running towards the city gate, and I followed. Then, I saw a huge pit several meters wide appear on the ground. Even the city gate was blown up.

The guards were also killed, The surrounding civilians were also blown up to the point of countless casualties, This son looked at it with great heartache, Thus, they quickly sent people back to the Crown Prince’s Mansion. He called all the manor doctors to the city gate to treat the people, However, the number of doctors in the Crown Prince’s Mansion is limited, and the types and quantities of medicinal ingredients are also limited. Moreover, there are many injured people. Just relying on the ability of my son alone, it is impossible to treat them. I have no choice but to return to the palace and ask Father to send imperial physicians to accompany my son to treat the injured people. I hope that Father will agree. ”

After Emperor Da Chen heard this, he did not even think about it. He immediately agreed, “Quasi-play, pass down the order and let the two imperial physicians stay in the palace. In case of an emergency, the rest of the imperial physicians will follow the Crown Prince to the place where the accident happened. They will assist the Crown Prince and help the injured people with all their strength. If you need any medicinal ingredients, go directly to the Inner Palace.”

He agreed with the Crown Prince’s handling of this matter, so he agreed to the Crown Prince’s request without hesitation. He thought that this was exactly what he should do as a country’s treasurer. At this moment, Yi Chu’s plan in his heart began to waver. When he looked at the Crown Prince again, it would be much more pleasing to the eye.

At this time, the Crown Prince, Looking at the change in the Emperor’s expression, His heart was filled with infinite sorrow. He didn’t expect that the Crown Prince of Ye Lan would be right. Father really wanted to change his mind. If he hadn’t accepted the proposal of the Crown Prince of Ye Lan and followed the plan they had agreed to, it wouldn’t be long before the Crown Prince of the Great Chen Kingdom would no longer be him. If that was the case, his fate would be doomed to be miserable.

All the Crown Princes who had been deposed had died young in the end. Therefore, even if he didn’t care about the throne, in order to save his life, he had no choice but to participate in this treacherous struggle.

Therefore, he finally decided to cooperate with Huyan Mingshuo. and made up his mind to change the way he lived, In the past, due to the early death of the Empress, Although he had been crowned Crown Prince since childhood, However, without the support of an outsider, So he tried to hide it, In order to not be feared by others in order to save his life, but in the current situation, not only would that be useless to him, but it would also make Father Emperor think that he was incompetent, so he wanted to find someone to replace him. Once he was replaced, his fate would be doomed to be miserable, so he had to make Father Emperor change his view of him.

Fortunately, the Emperor of Da Chen was not controlled by Imperial Concubine Li from the southern border. Perhaps the Southern Border King felt that there was no queen in the Great Chen Kingdom, Emperor Da Chen also doted on Imperial Concubine Li. Therefore, he did not have any ideas about Emperor Da Chen. Therefore, Emperor Da Chen was also a rare sober person amongst emperors of various countries. Therefore, as long as he acted according to Emperor Father’s preferences, he would definitely be able to change Emperor Father’s current thoughts. Sure enough, it was not out of his expectation that Emperor Father’s attitude would change greatly after he showed his hand.

When the Crown Prince saw that his goal had been achieved, he bowed to the Emperor and said, “Your son thanks Father Emperor for the kindness of the injured people. Your son is truly worried about the injured people and wants to personally go to the scene to watch over them so that they can make arrangements at any time. Therefore, I beg you, Father Emperor, to give me a rest today.”

This time, the Emperor saw that he was even more pleasing to the eye, so he nodded and replied, “Quasi-Zhun, go and comfort the injured people on behalf of me. Tell the imperial physicians to go to the Internal Affairs Manor to collect any medicinal ingredients they need. Everything is based on the lives of the people, understand?”

“Yes, Royal Father. Your son knows. Your son will leave first.” As he spoke, he turned around and quickly left the main hall. He went directly to the hospital with all the imperial physicians to the scene of the incident. He knew what was going to happen next, so he had better not be present. Otherwise, it would be very easy for him to make a grudge.

Chen Yong had just walked out of the main hall. A general dressed in lieutenant general clothes ran in anxiously. He knelt in the middle of the hall and said, “Reporting to Your Majesty, no good. Ye Lan Crown Prince Huyan Mingshuo has brought 200,000 troops and has already set up camp thirty miles outside the city. Furthermore, he has sent people to deliver messages. I have already brought them here and will be waiting outside the hall.”

Hearing this, Emperor Da Chen was shocked. He thought to himself, he had been cautious all these years and had never offended the Yelan Kingdom. Why would the Yelan Crown Prince face the gates of the city? So he said, “Let him in. I would like to ask, why does the Crown Prince of Yelan want to make things difficult for my Great Chen Kingdom? Do you really think that my Great Chen Kingdom is easy to bully?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The lieutenant general turned around and left the hall. Not long after, a general wearing Yelan military uniform walked in. Emperor Da Chen saw that this person happened to be an old acquaintance he knew. This person was none other than Yelan Great General Mu Feng.

Back then, when the former Emperor and the Empress’s father were fighting against him, they were besieged and suppressed. In order to save the former Emperor, the Empress’s father was beheaded by Mu Feng. It was only after that that the Great Chen Kingdom gave up on the idea of expanding its territory.

Now that Emperor Da Chen saw Mu Feng, he felt a little annoyed in his heart. He immediately stopped being polite and said, “So it’s Old General Mu. I wonder when I offended the Crown Prince of your country, but he actually silently stationed troops in our country? Since you’ve come, please give me an answer.”

Hearing this, Mu Feng wasn’t angry. He only said calmly, “It seems that the Emperor really doesn’t know. Then this general will tell you. May I ask the Emperor, did your country’s second prince take Princess Mu Linghua as his concubine a year ago?”

When Emperor Da Chen heard this, he nodded and replied, “There is indeed this matter. I just don’t know why I, the prince of Da Chen, offended you, Prince Ye Lan. Could it be that your Highness, the prince of Ye Lan, led troops to attack our Da Chen Kingdom for the sake of protecting your son and taking a concubine?” Could it be that Mu Linghua is your Crown Prince’s sweetheart? The Emperor is also confused. Isn’t this because his son took a Princess Nanjiang as his concubine? Why did he attract the army of Yelan to come to the door? Could it be that Mu Linghua has nothing to do with him, Huyan Mingshuo?

Hearing his question, Mu Feng raised his eyebrows and said, “Haven’t the Emperor heard of it?” This Mu Linghua was sent to Ye Lan by the Great King of Southern Xinjiang earlier. It was also the Crown Prince of Southern Xinjiang, Mu Lingfeng, who personally sent her to our Ye Lan Crown Prince’s mansion. Afterwards, this Mu Linghua was unwilling to be ignored by the Crown Prince of our country, so he took the opportunity to drug our Emperor and seduce our Emperor. Our Emperor had no choice but to let her enter the palace and make her his wife.