As soon as Concubine Lin Xian entered, a figure slipped in quietly.
Her expression changed and she complained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you are not allowed to walk around the temple at will."
The visitor was none other than the third prince, and he didn't take it seriously: "Mother and concubine, my son and I have important news."
"What news?"
"The prince's illness is actually under control..."
"impossible!"
Due to the plague, many of the Northern Emperor's sons died in infancy. Apart from the prince, the oldest survivor was the third prince. Everyone thought that the prince was terminally ill. After the prince died, who could fill this vacancy? Lin
Naturally, Concubine Xian would not sit idly by. She had already studied many cases of "killing mother to establish son" in the Northern Kingdom. However, there are still two rules in the Northern Kingdom since it established itself: the first is not to kill the mothers of two princes at the same time.
; Secondly, they will not kill the mother of the older prince. In other words, they are afraid that the prince is young, the queen mother is behind the curtain to listen to the government, and the royal power will be lost. However, for the prince who is old enough to govern personally, there is no such risk.
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Every concubine naturally hopes that her son will become the prince and she will become the empress dowager. Concubine Lin Xian is no exception. The prince is critically ill. According to the order and his status, he should be the third prince who has grown up. But...
Because the disastrous defeat in the horse riding competition left a deep impression on Luo Jia, she always believed that this son was not qualified for a big job. Therefore, no matter how she tested Luo Jia's words overtly or covertly, Luo Jia was never moved by her.
However, if Luojia only has this one son, does he have any other choice?
For this reason, Concubine Lin Xian wanted the prince to die quickly and immediately. Now that she heard that he might be cured, she was shocked and she couldn't help but look suspicious: "I went to visit today and found him.
Doesn’t he look like he’s cured? Who can cure him? Is the high priest really that powerful?”
The third prince sneered: "I'm afraid he's not the high priest."
"Who is more wise than the High Priest?"
"Father is so partial..." His voice became even lower, a little indignant, "Father actually found the Holy Virgin Princess to treat the prince's illness..."
"Ah?" She covered her mouth in disbelief.
Rumors about the Holy Virgin Princess have always been taboo in the court. Except for the princes of the past, others can only learn about it during the fire festival every eighteen years. Even Concubine Lin Xian has never witnessed it, and she is responsible for it.
The female officer who trained Fang Fei had already been dismissed by Luo Jia, and after many years, no news had spread in the palace. Concubine Lin Xian suddenly remembered that this year is the year of the fire sacrifice.
However, the Holy Virgin Princess is never allowed to have contact with any men, so she is asked to diagnose and treat the prince! Isn't this too inappropriate?
"Your Majesty, is this news true?"
"It must be true."
"Who is this Holy Virgin Princess? Why have I never heard of it before?"
"Mother, do you still remember that ugly girl from the Yan Kingdom? Her name was Fang Fei..."
"Is that that bastard from the Yan Kingdom? That ugly monster that jumped out of the woods to scare you at the horse racing meeting?"
"It's this ugly monster who is causing trouble..."
Concubine Lin Xian naturally hated Fang Fei deeply because of what happened back then, but unexpectedly, that ugly girl actually became a holy virgin princess in the temple.
"Your Majesty, her medical skills are very good?"
The third prince lowered his voice: "My son bribed a maid beside her. The maid revealed that this ugly monster is indeed very skilled in medicine. Earlier, she had an affair with Prince Andre and cured him of snake venom.
So, Andre recommended her to heal the prince..."
"Oh my God, the Holy Virgin Princess is having an affair with a man from outside? No wonder, Yan Kingdom's evildoers are not good at all..." Fang Fei's sister, Xinya and Princess Jieya, worked hard to gain a foothold in the Northern Palace.
To please Luojia, she went to bed with him many times due to her outstanding beauty, and all of them gave birth to children. However, they were the daughters of a subjugated country, with a low status, like concubines. According to the laws of the Northern Kingdom, they were absolutely not qualified to aspire to the throne.
Even the sons they gave birth to did not have higher-level titles. After a few years, their mothers followed their sons, and they were all sent to fiefs, far away from the palace.
The third prince said: "Back then, this ugly monster made me hated by my father. Now she has ruined my plans. If I don't get rid of her, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart..."