Chapter 708
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Emperor Wen Hui sighed and his brows were shrouded with a layer of declining air. Most likely he had been ill for a long time as his complexion was not good. Usually when he got angry in the Throne Room, it was just a forced appearance as there were quite a number of people eyeing this position covetously. If he were to fall, the court would be in chaos and one fear that there would be a loophole for those who had intentions to take advantage of it.
When one was young, the princes were still young and did not feel anything but when one grew older, one would be shocked to find out that one was not raising sons but a pack of wolves. Now that the young wolves had grown up, some things became uncontrollable.
"How is the Crown Prince's health recently?" Emperor Wen Hui asked Su GongGong who was beside him.
Su GongGong quickly replied, "Yesterday the Empress saw the Crown Prince's Consort and the Crown Prince's Consort said that the Crown Prince's condition had improved and the Imperial Physician also said that he would be better after a period of recuperation."
Emperor Wen Hui shook his head, "The Crown Prince's health is a problem." As the most legitimate successor to the throne, the Crown Prince was ill and weak. Even though there was a group of supporters and in the early years he was able to control the situation, but as Prince Zhou's and Prince Li's factions gradually grew stronger, the Crown Prince's power was suppressed. Especially with the addition of Prince Ding recently, Emperor Wen Hui only felt a headache. Fortunately even though the Crown Prince was ill and weak, he had given birth to the Imperial Grandson early so that even if Emperor Wen Hui passed away and the Crown Prince was ill, as long as the Imperial Grandson was slightly older, then the Imperial Grandson would be able to succeed the throne.
Imperial Physician Su's eyes and nose looked down, as if he did not sense Emperor Wen Hui's intention. But his heart was very clear that Emperor Wen Hui was most optimistic about the Crown Prince. There was no other reason, one was that the Crown Prince's succession was justified and the second was that the Crown Prince's health was not good so relatively, he was the least threat to Emperor Wen Hui. Unlike the other sons, Prince Zhou's faction was so arrogant that they had no one in their eyes. Prince Li's faction looked kind but had private dealings with many officials. Even Prince Ding, who was the most uninterested in power, had become a dog that would bite but not bark in Emperor Wen Hui's eyes. All of them were like wolves and tigers that Emperor Wen Hui had to guard against.
A gust of cold wind blew in from outside the window, causing the Xuan paper on the table to roll up. Seeing this, Imperial Physician Su quickly got up to close the window and said, "It's late at night. Your Majesty should sleep early."
At the same time, the Crown Prince that Emperor Wen Hui was talking about was talking to someone. If anyone saw it, they would be shocked. The person who was talking to the Crown Prince was not anyone else but Prince Ding, Fu Xiu Yi.
Of these two people, one was the 'legitimate' Crown Prince in Emperor Wen Hui's eyes and the other was the 'dog that bites but does not bark' in the Princes' hearts. At this moment they were sitting at two sides of the table and Xiao Huo snuggled up to the green plum wine on the table and was actually talking while boiling the wine.
The Crown Prince said, "Don't take this matter to heart, Ninth Brother. Imperial Father only misunderstood you because he believed the slanderous words of a lowly person. As time passes in the future, the misunderstanding will be resolved and he will naturally treat you the same as before. Ninth Brother, why must you give up on yourself? "
Fu Xiu Yi shook his head, "Eldest Brother do not know the bitterness in my heart. An unexpected calamity has come and it is unavoidable. I am an idle person and have no interest in power or wealth. I just want to live a free life. In the past days, other than the matters in my hands, when have I ever interfered in other matters. But when the Shen family's matter happened, Imperial Father still suspected me. This father-son relationship is just too cold. "
"Ninth Younger Brother speak cautiously." The Crown Prince jumped in shock and quickly stopped Fu Xiu Yi's unfinished words, "There is no lack of parents in the world. You are Imperial Father's son so Imperial Father will not do anything to you. If one wants to blame, blame those lowly people. "
The matter that they were talking about was the matter of the Shen family being searched and confiscated. Even though Emperor Wen Hui hid it strictly, the various Princes had informants in the Palace. Moreover with Shen Wan opening his mouth, the Princes were very clear about the real reason of the Shen family's case. It was because of this that the Princes looked at Fu Xiu Yi differently. Originally when the various Princes fought for the heir apparent, they were fighting to the death and thought that the Ninth Prince had no great ambitions and was only happy being an idle Wangye. Thus they did not deliberately target Fu Xiu Yi. Who knew that when the matter came out, it was discovered that the other party had a chess piece buried in the dark. The most taboo thing in a fight was that the enemy was in the dark while one was in the light. Especially when it was a fight for the world, it was a big matter that one's life and family's lives would be lost if one was not careful. Prince Ding had been watching the fight in the dark for a long time, perhaps he wanted to be the fisherman who benefits when the sandpiper and clam fight.
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