When Concubine Xian heard that her father was caned in court, she was so shocked that she smashed the porcelain cup in her hand.

"Did you hear it wrong?" Concubine Xian asked sternly. His expression at this moment was far different from his usual calm expression.

Just then, Chu Ze came in.

"Zer, how is your grandfather?"

"Don't worry, mother. I just came from my grandfather's place. The imperial physician has prescribed medicine for him. He will be fine after lying in bed for a few days."

"Nothing? How can he be okay? Your grandfather cares about his reputation the most. The injuries on his body are nothing. He is so old, and in front of so many people..."

"My grandfather promised it himself. What can I do? Mother, I was just about to ask you, when you were…" Chu Ze paused and looked at the maids around him, "All of you go down."

After all the palace servants had left, he lowered his voice and asked, "Mother, did you really give Chu Heng a potion that would kill him?"

"How could that be false? I saw him drink that bowl of soup with my own eyes."

She had been fighting openly and secretly with Wei Lingyi for several years, but she didn't expect Lin Nanyin to show up halfway.

When Lin Nanyin entered the palace, the emperor devoted his entire heart to her.

Wei Lingyi immediately regarded Lin Nanyin as a thorn in her side, and she became good sisters with Lin Nanyin.

The emperor used to come to her palace several times a month, but he hasn't come once since Lin Nanyin entered the palace.

She hated Lin Nanyin in her heart, but she was not like Wei Lingyi who put everything out in the open.

Only a fool like Lin Nanyin would believe that a woman would sincerely make friends with a man who stole her husband.

Back then, the Wei family framed Crown Prince Chu Rong. In order to protect Lin Nanyin, the emperor did not protect Chu Rong.

After Chu Rong's death, Lin Nanyin hated the emperor for not finding out the truth and for indulging the Wei family.

Lin Nanyin was disappointed with everything. Of course, she had contributed to the situation.

She didn't expect that Lin Nanyin would poison Emperor Zhaolie.

One is a chronic poison, the other is a sterilizing drug.

When she learned about this, the emperor had already been poisoned by a chronic poison.

Only the medicine for making one's family infertile was stopped by her.

The emperor was obsessed with Lin Nanyin. If she had exposed him at that time, the emperor would have felt that he was sorry for Lin Nanyin and might have easily chosen to forgive her.

Judging from the situation at the time, if Lin Nanyin were alive, the emperor would definitely make Lin Nanyin's youngest son, Chu Heng, the new crown prince.

So, she put the bowl of the sterile medicine into the mouth of Chu Heng, who was only a few years old, and eliminated the possibility of Chu Heng becoming the successor.

As it turned out, her original approach was correct.

She continued to be good sisters with Lin Nanyin, watching her become more and more desperate about the world, step by step towards destruction, and finally burn herself to death in the palace.

The emperor hated the Wei family and Wei Lingyi who forced Lin Nanyin to death, but he was very caring towards her, Lin Nanyin's good sister.

The Wei family and Wei Lingyi were finally gone, and she thought she was finally getting through this.

"Chu Heng must have been poisoned by a drug that would make him lose his offspring! I saw him drink that bowl of chicken soup! Something must have gone wrong. The doctor at the Imperial Hospital must have been bribed by your father or Chu Heng..."

"That's impossible, mother. Imperial Doctor Zhao is my man. He said Chu Heng was indeed not poisoned by the drug that would kill him."

Concubine Xian shook her head: "No, that's impossible. There must be a master behind him. He may have solved the poison."

"But didn't mother say that the poison was developed by Yan Guihong, the Judge of Life and Death? If Yan Guihong's poison was so easy to cure, then father's poison would have been cured long ago."

Concubine Xian couldn't figure out where the deviation occurred.

"Chu Heng has not been poisoned by the drug that will kill him. Many ministers are on his side. I am really worried..."

"I have waited for so many years, I cannot let this go to waste! It doesn't matter, we still have a trump card in our hand. But this trump card cannot be used until the last moment."

Chu Ze nodded: "If it really comes to that, we will have to use it."

He must do it before June. If Chu Heng doesn't die, then there is one last way - his father must die.

As long as his father passed away, Chu Heng would have to observe mourning for three years and postpone his wedding.

Chu Ze secretly observed Concubine Xian's expression and asked tentatively, "Mother, if you use that trump card, Father will not survive. You..."

The virtuous concubine smiled faintly on her jade-like face: "He only has my good sister in his heart. I am just sending him to see his sweetheart."

She was not like Wei Lingyi, who held on to a glimmer of fantasy about the emperor until her death.

What is love for? It is just a means for her to gain power.

"As long as mother is ruthless enough, the final success will belong to us." Chu Ze said with a smile.

"Well, using that trump card is still too risky. It's best to ask your father to voluntarily appoint you as the crown prince. It's the final stage, don't let it go to waste, and show more filial piety to your father."

"Of course, mother should also pay more attention to father's health."

"Alas, since the Wei family fell, I am no longer of much use as a shield. Your father has not stepped into my palace for a month."

Chu Ze's eyes gradually turned cold.

It turned out that his father's kindness to him had other purposes.

The person in his mind has always been Chu Heng!

He and his mother have always been Chu Heng's shields.

He was the first to be cruel to them and their son, so there was no need for him to feel guilty.

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