The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

She has been feeling uneasy these past few days. The death of the Fourth Princess has come as a great shock to her. Now that the murderer is unknown, everyone is a suspect.

However, the clues ended here. The young palace maid who served the wine had died at that time. When the golden cup was taken out from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was checked and found to be normal. In this way, no one knew what the young palace maid did or experienced in the middle of the process. Anyway, she was found dead in the lake the next day.

This was a common occurrence in the harem, and there was no special incident at the time. Everyone just thought that the little palace maid had fallen accidentally. Who would think too much about a little palace maid who fell for no reason? When Jing Muyang fell ill later, no one thought about this matter. Now, it would have been better if they had conducted a thorough investigation at the time.

There was no clue as to the emperor's Five-Form Powder. The Tianshui poison must be in wine to be effective, but the Five-Form Powder could be used in any form. As long as the emperor had been to a place, any way of contact would easily poison him.

During that period of time, he traveled to many places, not to mention the Imperial Palace, he went to Prince Zhan's Mansion several times, and met many different people. He was in a very sad mood at the time, and such a long time had passed, so there were many things that he did not notice at the time and cannot remember now.

It could have been just a chance cup of tea, or a handkerchief used to wipe tears. It's entirely possible that after so much time has passed, there's no way to find out.

This day, in the imperial study.

"Prime Minister, how is Chu Xia?"

The emperor knew about Chuxia's wrist-cutting from the beginning, but he was satisfied with the response measures taken by the Prime Minister's Office and did not pursue responsibility.

The fact that Chu Jian grew up in the countryside was also found out. He felt very sorry for having caused the Prime Minister's Mansion and Chu Xia to suffer at that time. After all, one was his capable minister, and the other was his favorite daughter-in-law. He heard that the Prime Minister's wife brought Chu Xia to the palace to pay respects to the Queen today, so he asked about it.

"My daughter is fine now. She is willing to go out and is in better spirits."

"That's good, Prime Minister. You have been by my side for more than ten years. I know you love this daughter, and I will not treat you unfairly. Since Chu Xia is not destined to be with Xiao Jiu, why don't you make her a concubine for the Crown Prince? When the Crown Prince ascends the throne, Chu Xia will be the Imperial Concubine, which is much more glorious than Xiao Jiu's title of Princess. What do you think?"

The emperor has been thinking a lot these days. Since someone is targeting the crown prince, he should tie the crown prince and the prime minister together in substance!

"Your Majesty, I am extremely terrified! But that child Chu Xia..."

The prime minister knelt on the ground. Although he had guessed that the emperor would give Chu Xia to the prince, he did not expect that he would promise her the status of imperial concubine, which was an honor second only to that of the queen!

But he was also afraid that Chu Xia would not let go of her feelings for the King so easily, and now that everyone in the city knew about it and it had become such a big deal, could the prince accept it?

"Don't be afraid, just go and ask Chuxia what she thinks. As long as she agrees, I will issue an edict. The prince has also agreed. Don't worry, the prince will treat her well." The emperor has already told the prince about this.

As for the Crown Prince, how could he not agree? Not to mention that he already admired Chu Xia very much, as a man, who wouldn't love a woman who is talented, virtuous, beautiful, and famous, especially one with a backstage! Although the Crown Princess is not bad, who would complain about having too many!

Liu Yiyi was intercepted by the Eighth Prince, and he was already under great pressure in the front court. If he could get closer to the Prime Minister's Mansion now, he might be able to turn the situation around. After all, Liu Yiyi was not yet of age and could not marry into the Eighth Prince's Mansion immediately, and the final outcome was still unclear. But he could welcome Chu Xia into his home at any time.

"Yes, I will go back and tell her about this."

The emperor and the prince have expressed their opinions to him, so the prime minister cannot refuse to go, and he will actively persuade Chu Xia that this is her best ending and destination.

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After the prime minister returned, he talked with Chuxia for a long time. Finally, he mentioned this matter to Chuxia tactfully. Unexpectedly, Chuxia agreed immediately.

This surprised the prime minister. Could it be that this girl was angry? After all, it had only been more than a month since she cut her wrists. She was so cruel that day that she almost bled out.

"My dear daughter, it doesn't matter if you don't want to. Daddy won't force you, and the emperor won't force you either." The prime minister burst into tears.

Sometimes, people are very strange. The Prime Minister was sincere to Chu Jian's mother back then, but he chose power over power. Later, he felt sorry for his wife and could not face Chu Jian's cruel abandonment of her. So he turned all his guilt towards his wife and daughter into love and put it on Chu Xia. This made him forget that he was such a heartless man who abandoned his wife and daughter. After a long time, he really felt that he had done nothing wrong, it was just that they were born at the wrong time.

When he sent Chu Jian and Zhan Wang to the funeral, he did not feel any heartache at all. He just felt that they were other people's children and had nothing to do with him. He even felt that this was a gift from him to Chu Jian, giving her an extremely glorious identity.

"Dad, I am willing. The emperor is right. The prince will ascend the throne sooner or later. Wouldn't it be good for me to be the royal concubine? Since I can't get the person I love, I must get something else. Besides, life is so long. Although I haven't completely gotten over it now, I will get it sooner or later. Maybe I can live in harmony with the prince." Chu Xia said lightly.

The prime minister looked at her like this, not knowing what she was thinking. Maybe it was really as she said?

"Okay, I'm glad you can let it go. Life is long!"

The prime minister finally chose to believe Chu Xia. No matter what the reason was, he would stand behind her and be her strongest support.

If we ignore what the prime minister did to his first wife and her children, he is actually quite good. Right? He is loyal to the emperor and loves his family. Even the two concubines in the mansion were forced upon him by the prime minister's wife. Perhaps he himself would think that he is a perfect man.

If you knew his thoughts when you first met him, you would only laugh at his hypocrisy! There are so many people like him on TV, so hypocritical and selfish!

In this way, the emperor gave early summer to the prince.

The wind in the front court has shifted again, and the prince has regained a point. Perhaps the wind behind will soon blow even stronger.

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