This morning court session ended with Xiao Lang and the Prime Minister arguing too fiercely. Until the end of the session, there was no conclusion.
After the session, the Third Prince, who had nothing to do recently, went back to the palace to have a meal with Jiujiu. Meanwhile, the First Prince and Xiao Lang got together to plan how to deal with the Second Prince.
The Second Prince, the Empress, and the Prime Minister were the same.
The next day, the news of the Second Prince's licentious behavior and forceful kidnapping of women spread among the people. There were even victims who came forward to speak. In an instant, the Second Prince's reputation among the people fell to the bottom.
The Prime Minister, who stood behind the Second Prince, was naturally not to be trifled with. He directly exposed the matter of the First Prince stirring up trouble in the harem and abandoning the concubines. He even directly exposed the matter of the First Prince being cuckolded.
As long as one was a man, their pride was extremely strong. Being cuckolded was already a great humiliation. Now that the news had spread, the First Prince was so angry that his face was about to turn green. He wanted nothing more than to chop Qing Zi into pieces.
Compared to the Second Prince's debauchery, the matter of the First Prince being cuckolded was much more popular. There were even several versions of why the First Prince was cuckolded.
The first version said that the First Prince was not good in that aspect and could not satisfy the needs of the woman, so he was cuckolded.
Another version said that the First Prince was gay. Otherwise, why would he always be seen looking for General Xiao?
The third version said that the First Prince had been impotent for a long time. Those concubines were married to him for the sake of his reputation. In reality, he could not touch any of them.
No matter which one it was, it was extremely detrimental to the First Prince's reputation.
Xiao Lang and the First Prince sent people to refute the rumors, but they did not gain much.
Because the First Prince was being slandered too badly, Xiao Lang and the First Prince decided to go all out in the end and continued to use the Second Prince as an excuse.
The First Prince and the Second Prince were simply using all their strength to slander each other. Today, you slander me, and tomorrow, I will slander you. The two of them went back and forth for more than half a month, causing the people in the capital to be onlookers for a while.
In the past, the people in the capital would talk about trivial matters every day. But now, the moment they opened their eyes, they would look for someone to ask about the latest situation of the First Prince and the Second Prince. It was also very comical.
The First Prince and the Second Prince caused a ruckus for a full month before the Emperor ordered them to go back and reflect on their actions, citing their lack of morals.
While the First and Second Princes were reflecting on their actions, the Emperor directly conferred the title of Crown Prince to the Third Prince.
The Emperor had issued the decree too quickly, like a tornado. By the time the First Prince and Second Prince knew about it, the dust had already settled.
Now, the Third Prince, oh, no, he was already the Crown Prince. In the future, when they saw the Third Prince, they could no longer call him Third Brother. Instead, they had to respectfully greet him and call him Your Highness the Crown Prince.
The First Prince and the Second Prince had been at each other's throats for more than a month. In the end, neither of them came out on top. Instead, they got into a lot of trouble. In the end, the position of Crown Prince became the Third Prince. How could the First Prince and the Second Prince be willing to accept this?
When she found out that the Emperor had conferred the Third Prince as the Crown Prince at lightning speed, Jiujiu was overjoyed.
She knew that this move would work.
After the Third Prince had recovered from his injuries, Jiujiu began to think about how to deal with the First Prince and the Second Prince.
Logically speaking, the Second Prince did not lay a hand on the Third Prince. However, the Second Prince was an obstacle to the Third Prince's path to becoming the Crown Prince. Thus, Jiujiu could only apologize to the Second Prince.
Back then, the First Prince was not the one who had leaked the news about the Second Prince. It was Jiujiu who had sent people to spread the news.
The Second Prince did not disappoint Jiujiu. When he saw that the news about him had spread, he immediately revealed the First Prince's news as well. Furthermore, it was the matter of him being cuckolded.
The matter of him being cuckolded was the First Prince's reverse scale. As expected, the two of them began to quarrel like shrews on the streets.
As they quarreled, their reputations were ruined and the Third Prince was given the position of Crown Prince.
Looking at the Third Prince, who was already half a head taller than her and wearing yellow Crown Prince robes, Jiujiu reached out to pinch the Third Prince's cheeks that had already grown some flesh. She said with a gratified expression, "My son is indeed the most outstanding."
"It's all because of Imperial Mother's teachings." When the Third Prince addressed Jiujiu as Imperial Mother, his eyes darkened. From his angle, he could see the fair skin on Jiujiu's chest and her deep cleavage.
The Third Prince recalled that he had accidentally seen the sketchbook in Jiujiu's hands. He couldn't help but reach out to push the loose strands of Jiujiu's hair behind her ear. He said in a hoarse voice, "This son can be where I am today because of Imperial Mother's teachings."
"That's only possible if you're smart." Jiujiu pretended to inadvertently avoid the Third Prince's outstretched hand and walked towards the couch.
She didn't know if it was her imagination, but she felt that the Third Prince's gaze on her was a bit strange. In addition, the Third Prince's actions just now were too ambiguous. It clearly wasn't something a son would do to his mother.
However, thinking that the Third Prince was so much younger than her, Jiujiu didn't put this matter to heart. She only reminded him, "Your Imperial Father will announce his abdication in a few days. You should prepare in advance."
The Third Prince was almost certain that the Emperor would make him the Crown Prince. However, when Jiujiu suddenly said that the Emperor was going to abdicate, the Third Prince was startled, "So soon?"
Jiujiu raised her eyes to glance at the Third Prince and said meaningfully, "Your Imperial Father has been thinking about abdicating for many years."
Jiujiu's words didn't make sense. Although the Third Prince didn't quite understand, he still obediently nodded his head in acknowledgment, indicating that he understood.
In this life, because of Jiujiu, the Emperor didn't indulge in excessive debauchery. In addition, the taxes he collected were much lower than in previous years. In addition, because Jiujiu had given him many books on irrigation, the drought that was supposed to come was eliminated before it could even appear. The current Chen Country was a country with a strong army and strong horses. Even if the barbarians wanted to fight one against a hundred, they still had to think twice.
However, because the Chen Country had a strong army and strong horses, the barbarians didn't choose to invade and directly chose to submit. Their king even specially came to the Chen Country for an audience.
Because of the barbarian king's visit, the Emperor's abdication could only be pushed back.
When the king of the barbarians came, he specially brought his most beautiful daughter with him. He was prepared to present his daughter to the Emperor so that the Emperor would open up the borders and allow free trade between the two countries.
Right now, the Chen Country was like a giant, and the barbarians were like little lambs at the giant's feet. They didn't dare to do anything to the giant, but they wanted to eat the grass at the giant's feet. The only thing they could do was to present a sufficiently sincere gift. The king of the barbarians felt that his daughter, Mingzhu, was the most sincere gift in the world.
Mingzhu was born to the king's concubine. She was different from other babies when she was born.
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