The prince unleashed all the resentment he had accumulated at this moment:

"In the past, you used witchcraft to kill the palace concubines and the emperor's heirs, saying it was for me. But it was obviously you who wanted to hear those people's painful pleas and howls."

"You obviously could kill Prince Ling, but you didn't do it just because you wanted to see him in pain and see my father in pain, so you wanted to torture him."

"Now you can't control Prince Ling, and even Princess Ling can stand on your head. You can't stand it anymore, and you actually colluded with the Tatars, and you said it was for me!"

The queen was furious: "You bastard! Are you going to disobey me too?"

"I want to make Ling Moxiao suffer. I want to torture him, just like that bitch who tortured him back then!"

The prince, who had previously obeyed the queen, straightened up for the first time:

"From now on, mother, I'd better stay in the cold palace with peace of mind!"

He originally planned for the Crown Princess to give birth to a child, so he begged the Emperor to release the Queen from the cold palace. Now he also felt that it was the most correct thing to lock this lunatic into the cold palace.

And he ransacked the cold palace where the queen lived, and took away everything that could send news to the outside world, including whistles hidden in hair and pigeons raised in the yard.

Of course, the method was somewhat violent. Half of the queen's hair was torn off, and the queen scolded him all night long.

At the same time, I told Chen Guogong about this. Chen Guogong had long been disappointed with this crazy sister.

Two strong nuns were immediately arranged to guard the cold palace strictly, and absolutely no one would be allowed to see the queen.

This time, not only Chen Guogong had that idea, but also the prince thought that he might as well poison her to death.

Chen Guogong told the prince seriously that this was the last time to help the queen deal with the aftermath, and there would be no next time.

The prince was very nervous, the queen was thrown into the cold palace, King Ling rose to power, the emperor favored other concubines, and several adult princes began to be dishonest.

He no longer has the support of the Lu family. If even the Chen family abandons him, how can he still maintain his position as prince?

The prince was heartbroken and cupped his hands and said, "From now on, my uncle will be the one to make the final decision regarding my mother's affairs."

This gave the queen the power of life and death to Chen Guogong.

Chen Guogong was not sloppy at all. He heard from the nanny in the cold palace that the queen had been cursing, so he directly let people poison the queen.

After all, she was his biological sister, and he couldn't bear to kill her. But if she continues to be crazy like this, she will drag the Chen family into despair sooner or later.

Both Chen Guogong and the prince thought that the matter was handled quietly, but they did not know that the emperor watched the whole process with a cold eye.

When he learned that the queen was colluding with the Tatars, the emperor's eyes were as cold as ice.

Do the prince and the Chen family think they can escape from this matter by abandoning the queen?

What I want is not the Queen's life, what I want is for all of you nobles to die under the Queen's coercion!

The emperor even ordered the imperial physician to check the queen's health every month to ensure that she did not die.

During this period, Crown Princess Zhang Chaoying and Concubine Li Linyu gave birth one after another.

Li Linyu gave birth to a son, and Zhang Chaoying gave birth to a daughter.

Although the child born to Li Linyu was not a legitimate son, he was still the eldest son of the East Palace. The prince asked the emperor to give him his name.

As a result, the emperor directly said that he would give the legitimate son a name, but the prince could just name the concubine himself.

The emperor's attitude made all the officials who were about to congratulate the prince stop thinking.

But then, the emperor named the daughter born to the princess. Now the officials went to congratulate the prince on the birth of his legitimate daughter.

Li Linyu was so angry that she gave birth to a son, but the emperor still didn't want to see her.

After the Queen was relegated to the cold palace, Li Linyu kept a much lower profile in the East Palace. In the past, he relied on the favor of the Queen and the Crown Prince to embarrass the Crown Princess in public.

After getting pregnant, people became a little smarter and raised the fetus peacefully. They just wanted to give birth to a son and take precedence over the crown princess.

The son was born, but based on the emperor's attitude, the prince did not dare to give her the status of mother and son.

Could it be that the emperor disliked her so much just because she broke off the engagement with Prince Ling and married into the East Palace as a concubine?

As for the Crown Princess, her mentality remains the same. She doesn't care whether the Crown Prince loves her or not.

However, she was very happy that the emperor gave her daughter a name. Even the servants in the East Palace who had high ambitions and low hands did not dare to despise her daughter.

She just wanted to be able to raise her daughter in peace, and she didn't care what happened to the prince and Li Linyu!

No matter what, the prince now has two children, and his position as prince is more stable.

It's just that the prince seems to be very poor recently and is trying every means to make money.

For merchants who had previously looked down upon them, the East Palace now gave them a way to seek refuge.

There were many wealthy businessmen from the south of the Yangtze River who gave generous gifts to the East Palace, washed out business loans for their children and grandchildren, and donated minor officials.

This is unprecedented in this dynasty, but at present, these merchants only ask for business loans for their children and grandchildren, and the officials they donate are also minor officials.

The princelings can still suppress these incidents without triggering public outrage.

It depends on whether these businessmen are greedy. It should be said that it depends on whether the prince is greedy. If things get too big and the scholars resist, it will be troublesome.

When Jiang Hong talked about this matter, he especially expressed his loyalty, saying that the Jiang family had never given gifts to the East Palace and only cooperated with King Ling.

Shen Dongsu didn't care much about the fact that merchants could serve as minor officials by giving gifts to the East Palace. He only felt that if this continued, the government would become even more chaotic.

Businessmen are only interested in profit. They send their money to the East Palace, and after they get an official position, they naturally have to earn it back from other places. The people are still suffering.

But Ling Moxiao was furious. What the prince did was nothing like what a prince of a country should do!

He was just like those nobles who only wanted to suck blood from the Great Xia Dynasty to support themselves.

Ling Mo Xiao didn't understand why the emperor indulged the East Palace so much? Shouldn't this sign be eliminated from the beginning?

Why did the prince become more and more courageous and do more and more stupid things?

It's a pity that no matter how angry he is, it won't help. He hasn't even been able to develop a Youzhou City.

He almost had his princess kidnapped by the Tatars...

Thinking of this, Ling Moxiao closed his eyes in pain. He seemed to be talking to himself, or asking Mr. Pang:

"There are refugees everywhere in Shandong, the prince openly sells his official position, there are constant wars in the border areas, the noble clans are causing trouble, and there are internal and external troubles. How can we, the Great Xia Dynasty, revitalize it?"

Mr. Pang sighed softly and did not answer. Emperors of all dynasties of Great Xia have been thinking about this problem, but unfortunately, they still have not been able to solve it.

Ling Moxiao suddenly felt that it was too slow to sit back and wait for death!

Just like they were just guarding Youzhou City at first, they were always on tenterhooks, fearing that the Tatars would attack.

But he took the initiative and killed the Tatar general. No more Tatars would dare to come to Youzhou in this long winter.

Knowing clearly that there is a disaster in Shandong, the nobles are causing trouble and the people are suffering. All he could do was to let go of Youzhou City and allow the refugees to enter the city.

It's too passive and too limited in what it can do.

He didn't believe that the emperor spent several years fighting with the queen and successfully let him take over Youzhou, just to do these things!

Ling Moxiao thought about the map for a long time and made a bold decision: "I will lead troops to Shandong to quell the rebellion!"

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