The emperor and the empress are both in the East Palace.

Seeing Princess Jin coming over, the Queen greeted her, "My sister-in-law is here."

Princess Jin bowed and stared at the low-hanging curtains in the hall.

The queen consoled him softly, "The imperial physician is treating him inside, and my brother is inside."

Hearing that Prince Jin was inside, Princess Jin felt slightly relieved.

This is Li Jinglan's first time to come to the Eastern Palace.

The East Palace is located in the east of the imperial palace and is a long and narrow rectangle.

It occupies one quarter of the imperial city.

There are palace gates and ceremonial gates, which is equivalent to a miniature version of the imperial city.

Like the Imperial City, there are no trees in the Eastern Palace.

The sunlight shines on the glazed tiles opposite and reflects into the eyes, making it impossible to open your eyes.

Li Jinglan was blinded by the light from the roof tiles and moved her body slightly.

As she moved, her eyes suddenly focused slightly.

There is a huge ball outside the window that is more than one meter tall.

The sphere is light green in color and the base is carved from stone.

Li Jinglan turned her body and saw another ball on the opposite side.

The two balls emitted a faint green light in the sunlight, decorating the East Palace.

"Such a big fluorite?" Li Jinglan was a little surprised.

Prince Jin came out from the inner hall.

He stood by the door for a few seconds before walking up to the emperor.

"What's going on?" the emperor asked with concern.

Prince Jin suddenly bowed to the ground, "Your Majesty..."

After saying these two words, Prince Jin suddenly choked up.

"Don't scare me. What happened to the prince?" The emperor was frightened by the prince of Jin. He took a few quick steps and grabbed the prince of Jin's hand.

The King of Jin then slowly stood up and said, "The condition has slightly worsened."

The emperor held Prince Jin's hand tightly and said in an urgent voice, "Where is the imperial physician? Call him out!"

"I use my salary to support you, but you can't cure my prince? What's the point of supporting you?"

The emperor's anger frightened all the doctors in the palace.

They all knelt down.

A moment later, the director of the Imperial Hospital spoke tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is feeling hot inside, as if a fireball is rolling in his abdomen. He has edema and erythema in his lower limbs, and his body temperature is high."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...I suspect it is the poison of the metal and stone."

The emperor was so angry that he was shaking all over. "Poison from metal and stone? The prince has never taken any elixir before! Where did the poison from metal and stone come from? Quacks, a bunch of quacks!"

Seeing the emperor so angry, the queen advised him: "Your Majesty, go see the prince first, and then scold the doctor later."

The emperor still listened to the queen's words. He sighed and said, "Forget it. Go to the side hall and draw up a treatment plan."

Everyone entered the hall.

The prince lying on the bed had sunken eye sockets and a sallow complexion.

His eyes were closed and his breathing was erratic.

The Crown Princess was standing beside the bed in tears. When she saw the Emperor and Empress coming in, she hurriedly bowed.

The emperor waved his hand, walked to the bed and sat down, holding the prince's hand outside the quilt: "Prince, I'm here."

Hearing the emperor's voice, the prince's eyes slowly opened.

His voice was weak: "Father...I didn't do it well and made you angry."

The emperor held the prince's hand and said in a cold voice, "You didn't do it well. You didn't even plan to do it well."

"I give you 500,000 taels of silver a year in the inner treasury, and you actually accepted bribes from the King of Zhao? As a prince with a lot of money, what do you need so much silver for? To recruit soldiers?"

When the emperor said this, he was already angry.

"Prince Hongqing confessed that he manipulated the salt permits at your behest. Lu Shenyan traced the salt permit case all the way to Prince Hongqing. After finding out about Queen Zhao, he dared not investigate further and wrote a secret report to me back to the capital, only begging for his life."

"You are my heir and the crown prince. How dare you order Prince Hongqing to rob and kill a fourth-rank minister on his way back to the capital?"

"Is there a crown prince like you in the world?"

"Do you know the righteousness between the ruler and his subjects? The ruler treats his subjects with courtesy, and the subjects serve the ruler with loyalty. If the ruler is not righteous, how can the subjects be loyal? Where does loyalty come from?"

"Prince, answer me!"

When he said the last sentence, the emperor raised his voice.

The prince's face suddenly turned red.

The King of Zhao could earn one million taels a year, so how much silver was given to him?

As a result, according to the emperor, everything Prince Zhao and Prince Hongqing did was actually instructed by him?

He never sent anyone to kill Lu Shenyan?

It’s true, if you don’t love me anymore, you don’t love me anymore!

After Lu Bozhou came back, the emperor was dissatisfied with everything about him.

The prince was too lazy to argue.

He closed his eyes and said, "Father always said that the world will belong to me from now on. I just took some money and killed a few people. What's wrong with that?"

Can such an angry attitude be the attitude of a prince?

The emperor frowned slightly and didn't even want to talk to the prince: "Forget it,...you should recuperate first." He turned and walked out.

Prince Jin looked at the prince palely and followed the emperor.

The Queen and Princess Jin came forward and asked about her well-being.

Li Jinglan was her brother's wife, so it was not convenient for her to step forward, and so she offered her condolences to the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess looked at Li Jinglan's belly and spoke to her absentmindedly.

After the queen comforted the prince, she stood up and said, "Take good care of yourself and don't worry! There is no end to the work in the world. No matter how anxious you are, you can't ignore your health."

The prince drooped his brows and mechanically said words of thanks: "Thank you for your concern, mother. I am an unfilial son."

The queen heard the resistance in the prince's words and tucked the quilt for him.

"I am just like your aunt. We all hope that you will be healthy and happy."

The Queen secretly advised the Prince, "Your father is soft-hearted and does not respond to harsh words. It's ok to confront him head-on when you are right, but when you are wrong, you should beg softly."

"The East Palace has subordinate officials and great scholars. You should consult them first before doing anything. You can leave some things to them. If they do a good job, you can praise them. If they don't do a good job, you can take action later."

The queen's words were full of meaning: "The prince has a great body, why should he personally work so hard?"

There are so many people in the East Palace who are taking the blame, just pick one of them to do the work.

If something goes wrong, the prince can completely shift the blame.

Why did he have to do it himself? He ended up being caught.

This only made the emperor angry and the ministers talked about it.

The queen stared at the prince, not knowing whether he understood or not.

The prince still had his eyes closed, looking haggard: "I understand, I will take good care of myself in the future."

The queen shook her head, somewhat speechless, "You should have a good rest."

Princess Jin stepped forward and said a few words of comfort.

Just as the Queen was about to call Li Jinglan to go with her, the Crown Princess took two steps forward and fell to her knees with a thud, "Mother!"

The Queen was startled by the Crown Princess' kneeling, and hurriedly helped her up, "Hurry up, what happened?"

"Mother, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

The queen's face darkened slightly, and she supported the crown princess again, "The crown prince is still ill, let's go out and talk if you have anything to say."

The Crown Princess knelt firmly on the ground and refused to get up.

"My daughter-in-law is incompetent and has not been able to give birth to a son or daughter for the Crown Prince. The East Palace is also incompetent and no one has gotten pregnant until now."

The Crown Princess gritted her teeth and said, "So, your daughter-in-law would like to ask you, mother, if your brother-in-law's baby is a boy, can you adopt him to us?"

The queen's expression suddenly changed.

Li Jinglan stared at the Crown Princess kneeling on the ground with an expressionless face.

The Crown Princess held the Queen's hand tightly and promised loudly: "My daughter-in-law will definitely treat this child as her own, love and protect him. Even if the East Palace has another son in the future, he will be the eldest!"

"Please grant me your blessing, mother! I am willing to guarantee with my life that I will treat this child well."

The Crown Princess placed her hand on her forehead and knelt down.

The queen's face turned dark blue and her fingers were clenched tightly in her sleeves.

If the queen doesn't say anything, it means she refuses!

The Crown Princess was somewhat desperate.

She took two steps on her knees and grabbed Li Jinglan's skirt.

Grit your teeth.

"This woman took off her skirt in front of the Queen and Princess Jin, intending to seduce the Crown Prince."

"My daughter-in-law begs the Queen Mother to give this girl to the Crown Prince as a beauty!"

Before the Queen could react, the Crown Princess grabbed Li Jinglan's skirt and tugged it hard.

Two roads!

One option is to give the child to them for adoption and they will treat him or her as their own.

One option is to give Li Jinglan to the prince, and the child will be given to the prince.

The Crown Princess has given up everything today.

Li Jinglan's skirt was about to be torn off by the Crown Princess.

A hand reached out and firmly grasped the Crown Princess's hand.

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