Chapter 134 Backstab
Seeing his brother repentant, the prince closed his eyes in disappointment and asked the question he least wanted to know:
"Are you doing this for the position of Crown Prince?"
Prince Qi did not deny it: "Yes."
The prince pointed at Li Ke in disappointment:
"Are you so sure he will help you?"
Prince Qi did not want to answer, but reminded: "Brother, instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself. Don't you feel any discomfort in your body after being out for so long?"
Hearing this, the prince was shocked, and thought about it carefully, looking at Prince Qi and Li Ke with gloomy eyes.
When he stumbled, his subordinates noticed something was wrong with the prince, and immediately pushed through the guards of Prince Qi's mansion, came behind the prince, and quickly supported him.
"Let's go." The prince squeezed out a word from between his teeth, looked back at Prince Qi, turned around and was escorted by the guards back to the carriage at the door and left Prince Qi's mansion.
"You're just going to let the prince go like this?" Li Ke leaned against the pillar and said jokingly, "What if he really reports you to the emperor?"
Prince Qi glanced at him and said sinisterly, "Then I will drag you along."
Li Ke shuddered: "I suddenly regret working with you. I always feel that one day you will kill me first." Then he laughed:
"But it's worth it. Now, the Crown Prince should be able to give up his position! Even if he is the eldest son, Father can't protect him no matter how unwilling he is."
Prince Qi was too lazy to pay attention to him and told Xiao Xizi beside him to go and ask Zhang Lianci to come over.
Here, as soon as the prince returned to the palace, he immediately asked someone to call the court physician over.
The court physician arrived quickly, and after examining the prince, his expression changed drastically.
The prince had already guessed it, he closed his eyes:
"Say it!"
The court doctor wiped his sweat off his face and tremblingly told the diagnosis.
The poison that the prince was poisoned by was called Jin Fu San. It had been some time since he had been poisoned, but the dose was very small. The symptoms were similar to those of a common cold and were not easy to detect. If the prince had not specifically reminded him, the court doctor would have probably treated it as a common cold.
Over the years, his body has been damaged to its core. I'm afraid the prince has less than ten years to live.
The prince's face was as pale as death. Even though he was mentally prepared, having seen what just happened in Prince Qi's mansion, he still couldn't believe that the younger brother who had grown up with him would really take his life.
"Prince, I'm going to kill King Qi." The prince's personal bodyguard turned around and rushed out with red eyes.
"Come back." The prince called him and asked the court doctor:
"If we find the antidote, is there still hope?"
The court doctor lowered his head and dared not say another word.
"Excuse me, doctor. Please don't reveal this matter to anyone for now," he signaled the guards to send the palace doctor out.
But when the court doctor stood up, the guard quickly drew the knife from his waist. With a flash of cold light, blood spurted out of the court doctor's neck. His eyes widened as he looked at the guard in horror and fell backwards.
"you……"
The guard immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I deserve death, Your Highness, please punish me."
How could the prince not know that his subordinates were doing this for his own good? As the crown prince, if this matter were to get out, his position as the crown prince would be lost and he would be doomed.
"Forget it." The prince waved his hand: "You can go down!"
After the subordinates left, the prince fell into deep thought. This matter could not be kept secret for too long. Even if Li Qi didn't say anything, there was still Li Ke!
After fighting with Li Ke over the years, he knew that Li Ke was a venomous snake who would not let go once he got the chance.
He will definitely seize this opportunity and let his father depose him.
How should I break the deadlock?
……
Let’s get back to the Chen Mansion.
In the backyard viewing area, in the pavilion next to the winter plums, the tea brewing on the fire was steaming hot, and the cheeks of Liu Yu and several other girls sitting nearby were roasted red.
"Third brother, you are really something. You walk without making any sound." Chen Xiyao took the initiative.
Master Chen San said lovingly:
"Yes, we walked without making any noise. I'm afraid we scared you."
Liu Yu smiled, and Chen Xiyao also felt that she was a bit unreasonable. To be honest, it was she who made trouble for Liu Yu, causing the two of them to not look at the road, and they almost ran into her third brother and his friends.
Chen Xiyao decided not to dwell on this and turned to look at the man next to Mr. Chen San, her eyes bright and her voice unable to conceal her excitement:
"Brother Ke, when did you come back?"
Qin Ke smiled and said, "I just arrived today, and I thought you didn't remember me. You didn't even say hello to me after seeing me for so long."
"How could that be? I still remember that Brother Ke owed me a rabbit."
"Roasted?"
Chen Xiyao's face flushed a little.
This happened six years ago, when Qin Ke had not yet been exiled to Changzhou. The capital held a spring hunt in the Linyuan Mountains. Xiao Xiyao followed Mr. Chen San and Qin Ke. Mr. Chen San caught a rabbit for her, but she accidentally suffocated it to death.
While she was crying sadly, Qin Ke drained the blood from the rabbit and roasted it. Xiao Xiyao ate most of the roasted rabbit while crying, and later claimed that Qin Ke owed her a rabbit.
So many years have passed, she has forgotten the rabbit, but she has never forgotten the taste of roasted rabbit meat.
Chen Xiyao approached Liu Yu and Lian Baoer and said:
"Brother Ke's roasted rabbit is delicious. I'll take you to try it some other day."
Lian Baoer is a foodie, and his eyes immediately lit up when he heard that.
Liu Yu bowed to Qin Ke.
Qin Ke looked at Liu Yu and Lian Baoer.
Chen Xiyao pointed at Liu Yu and Lian Baoer beside her and introduced them to him.
Qin Ke's eyes widened. He couldn't believe it. Mr. Chen San actually took a concubine. When he was still in Beijing, how many people proposed to Mr. Chen San! Even if it was to be a concubine, there were many people fighting for it at that time! The threshold of the Chen family was really trampled by matchmakers, but there was no good news.
He turned to look at Mr. Chen San, as if asking if it was true.
Mr. Chen San did not answer Qin Ke immediately, but just looked at Liu Yu with a smile.
Based on Qin Ke's understanding of Mr. Chen San, Mr. Chen San did not object, so she really was his concubine. He sighed:
"Uncle Shi, you are finally willing to accept a woman. Does that mean that I will soon have a little aunt?"
"Brother Ke, why are you asking this question? You know that my third brother will not get married easily." It was Chen Xiyao who answered Qin Ke. Last time when Miss Shen came, her third brother had made it clear that he had no plans to get married.
Qin Ke didn't understand, so he asked Uncle Chen: "Uncle, are you really not going to get married?"
My mother and sisters-in-law have asked this question countless times, and the answer they got was always "Don't think about it for now."
Chen Xiyao picked up the teapot on the stove and made a cup of tea for Liu Yu.
Liu Yu had also asked Mr. Chen Sanye the same question, so he had the same attitude as Chen Xiyao. He was not curious at all because there would only be one answer.
"No, I will get married next year at the latest."
As soon as these words were spoken, silence fell in the viewing pavilion.
next year?