Princess Cheng was thrown into a well and nearly drowned. Although she was luckily rescued, she never recovered from her illness. The Queen Mother was angry for as long as Princess Cheng was ill. Prince Cheng was the Queen Mother's biological son and the current Emperor's younger brother, yet his princess was nearly killed in the palace.

If the truth is not uncovered, it would be a disgrace to the Emperor, King Cheng, and her, the Queen Mother.

The murderer has not been found for a long time, and the Queen Mother has no idea how many incompetent people she has punished. Now she is told that the person who killed Princess Cheng was none other than her son, King Cheng.

Princess Cheng is not sick, she has to be sick.

Prince Cheng was the flesh and blood of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother knew that Prince Cheng had some selfish motives, but everyone has selfish motives. As long as they were not excessive, even the Emperor would turn a blind eye. But the Queen Mother really did not expect Prince Cheng to be so cruel and ruthless that he would even kill the person who had given birth to his children.

Princess Cheng would rather become a nun and be sentenced to death than be buried with King Cheng after her death.

His own son was so cruel to Princess Cheng that the Emperor felt that she was a pitiful person. Even though she did something that damaged the reputation of the royal family, he would not pursue the matter and even asked her to give Princess Cheng a chance to live.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother felt cold all over.

She never thought that her son could be so cold and cruel.

The Queen Mother thought of the Crown Prince Cheng, and she asked distressedly, "Where is the Crown Prince?"

Zhao Mama shook her head. "Before I returned to the palace, I went to Prince Cheng's mansion. The prince was not in the mansion. The steward of the mansion told me that the prince liked to listen to Zen and might have gone to the Huguo Temple..."

When the Queen Mother heard the words "Huguo Temple", her face changed drastically, "Quick! Go to Huguo Temple!"

Nanny Zhao also thought of that possibility, and she quickly left as soon as the empress dowager gave the order.

Princess Cheng loved the Crown Prince so much that he was like the apple of her eye. Even if she didn't want to be buried with Prince Cheng after her death, she would not abandon the Crown Prince. Princess Cheng was afraid that her daughter, Princess Yong'an, would be implicated by Prince Cheng, so she tried every means to ask the Queen Mother to grant Princess Yong'an a marriage and marry her out of Prince Cheng's mansion.

The Queen Mother knew that Prince Cheng liked to listen to Zen. In order to help Prince Cheng find out who poisoned him, Xie Jingyan made up an excuse to send him to Huguo Temple. Prince Cheng had a very happy time during the days he stayed in the temple. He enjoyed listening to the master explaining the scriptures. Later, it was found out that the pastries sent by the palace maids from the Queen Mother's palace were drugged, so he didn't have to stay in the temple anymore. When he left, Prince Cheng felt a little disappointed.

Later, his health improved greatly and he would occasionally go to the Huguo Temple. After Princess Cheng became seriously ill, Prince Cheng would go to the Huguo Temple every few days to burn incense and pray for Princess Cheng.

Prince Cheng really likes Huguo Temple, and even replaced the incense in his mansion with the unique Zen incense of Huguo Temple.

Although Prince Cheng is in poor health, he is a filial son. Princess Cheng has become a nun in Jingci Temple, but Prince Cheng can still stay in Huguo Temple without any change. This is too abnormal.

The Queen Mother is worried that the Crown Prince will also...

There is a saying that goes "What you fear will come to pass." When Nanny Zhao came back, her eyes were red. Although she didn't say anything, the decades of tacit understanding between master and servant made the empress dowager stand up in surprise. She stood up so suddenly that her body shook.

The maid supported the queen mother in time, her voice trembling, "The prince...?"

Nanny Zhao choked up and nodded.

The Queen Mother was filled with grief and grief, "The Emperor hasn't even implicated them yet, but they've already punished themselves. They're using a knife to cut out my heart!"

The corners of Nanny Zhao's eyes were red. Prince Cheng had been seriously ill for so many years. She often went to Prince Cheng's mansion to visit him on behalf of the Queen Mother. She watched Prince Cheng grow up. After suffering from illness for so many years, he finally got better and finally became a monk.

Nanny Zhao wiped her eyes and said, "The prince said that the queen mother loves him, and the emperor also loves him. He should be more sensible and not embarrass the queen mother and the emperor..."

Prince Cheng committed a capital crime, and the Queen Mother may not be able to protect him, but she will definitely not let the Emperor implicate Prince Cheng, and will protect him to the end.

The crime committed by Prince Cheng also implicated his wife and children. The more the Queen Mother protected Prince Cheng, the more she became estranged from the Emperor.

Prince Cheng became a monk himself, so the Queen Mother can only blame himself.

It’s heart-wrenching to be sensible.

The Queen Mother burst into tears.

The news that Princess Cheng had shaved her head at Jingci Temple spread throughout Kyoto quickly, but Crown Prince Cheng's decision to become a monk was not widely known. As he mostly stayed in the meditation room in the backyard, quietly reading and reciting scriptures, and as he had seldom appeared in public in the past fifteen years, not many people knew him. Even two days after he had shaved his head, the news had not spread.

But truth could not be hidden, and three days later, the news that Prince Cheng had become a Buddhist spread.

It was shocking enough that Princess Cheng became a nun in Jingci Temple, but considering that she was so sick and didn't have much time left, it was understandable that she wanted to do something she liked before she died. But Crown Prince Cheng was the son of King Cheng, and he had a title to inherit, which was wealth and glory that many people could not even dream of. He was born noble, but he easily gave up such wealth. Did he get kicked in the head by a donkey?

The day when the news of Prince Cheng's conversion to Buddhism spread was the day when Tang Ze married Xu Huan. At the wedding banquet at the Duke of Tan's mansion, everyone was talking about it like crazy, and everyone felt that there was something unusual behind this matter.

First, King Cheng disappeared without a reason, his substitute was held hostage by the assassins of Xiliang, then the Queen of King Cheng shaved her head, and even the Crown Prince of King Cheng didn't want anything anymore...

If Prince Cheng was an ordinary prince, everyone would definitely suspect that the Prince Cheng's mansion was about to be in great trouble, but who was Prince Cheng? He was the biological son of the current Queen Mother and the biological brother of the Emperor.

Princess Huyang and her husband were also attending the wedding banquet at the Duke of Tan's residence. They were originally quite happy, chatting and laughing with the ladies, but when they heard the news, their faces changed drastically. They didn't even bother to drink the wedding wine and just got up and left.

The eldest son-in-law accompanied her into the palace. Princess Huyang looked at the sickly queen mother with both heartache and anxiety. She stepped forward and asked, "Mother, what happened in Prince Cheng's mansion? Why did even Qi'er..."

At the end of her speech, Princess Huyang's voice choked with sobs.

She really couldn't accept the fact that Prince Cheng had also become a monk. She knew something must have happened in Prince Cheng's mansion.

And it's a big deal.

She had been to the palace quite often these days, but no matter how she asked where Prince Cheng had gone, the Queen Mother remained silent. She was not a stupid person, and the Emperor had always been filial to the Queen Mother. But she had asked the palace servants, and since the day when Queen Song assassinated the Emperor and was banished to the cold palace, no matter how sick the Queen Mother was, how many times she had seen the imperial physician because she couldn't eat or sleep, the Emperor had never come to Shoukang Palace to see the Queen Mother.

She wanted to ask the emperor why he didn't even care about the empress dowager's health, but the prince consort stopped her from going. It was useless to stop her, as she couldn't see the emperor even if she went.

Princess Huyang's heart has been scratched by the cat for several days. Now she can't hold it back any longer. She must know what happened in Prince Cheng's Mansion!

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