Zhao Qinglan just waved away the serving maid, and was immediately stunned when she heard Zhao Xuanji's words.
"Father, why are you so sure?"
Zhao Xuanji said in a deep voice: "Originally, I sent someone to poison the Ninth Prince tonight."
"But as soon as we arrived at the side hall, my people told me that the Ninth Prince was already dead before he could take action."
"I thought the prince was one step ahead of me and wanted to plot against me, but during the whole process, he never mentioned the matter of tracking down the murderer, and he had no intention of getting me involved. In the end, he just sent Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to investigate.
Both departments are my people, how could the prince not know?"
"If he wanted to use this matter against me, he would definitely not be so hasty."
Zhao Xuanji's brows furrowed deeply, and his expression was a little suspicious.
"But, who is it?"
"No wonder my father told me not to talk before."
Zhao Qinglan frowned slightly and said: "So, there is indeed something fishy."
When the words came to this, an announcement suddenly came from outside the palace.
"The Queen, the Eighth Prince wishes to see you."
When Zhao Xuanji heard this, his eyes became more suspicious.
"Tell him to come in." Zhao Xuanji said.
Zhao Qinglan nodded and said solemnly to the outside of the hall: "Let him come in."
After a while, the eighth prince Li Yinhu came in from outside the palace, his face was slightly pale and he was in some pain while walking.
He knelt in front of Zhao Qinglan and said sadly: "My son, I have seen my mother."
In terms of age, Li Yinhu and Zhao Qinglan are about the same age, but with this initial vowel, he sounds stress-free.
Zhao Qinglan looked at Li Yinhu and said calmly: "Why did the Eighth Prince come to see you late at night? But you are still worried about the death of the Ninth Prince? The deceased has passed away, so you, Eighth Prince, should be more considerate."
Li Yinhu knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "My son is bold and wants to ask his mother to adopt him."
Zhao Qinglan's pretty face was angry and said: "Nonsense! Adoption in the harem is mostly because the biological mother of the prince or princess died young, and the young prince or princess had no one to take care of him, so other concubines or queens adopted him. You are now an adult, you still
How would it be appropriate for me to adopt you?"
Li Chen is not afraid of Zhao Qinglan, that's because Li Chen doesn't regard Zhao Qinglan as a queen at all.
But in fact, after Zhao Qinglan entered the palace, he took charge of the Sixth Palace and decided the entire harem with one word. Now that Emperor Daxing was seriously ill, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she, the queen, could not tell when she would be promoted to the queen mother, so she was very powerful.
Ordinary people simply can't stand it.
Li Yinhu was scolded by Zhao Qinglan and became more and more nervous, but thinking about what he had done, he gave up.
Anyway, if he doesn't succeed today, with the way the prince looked at him just now, he will definitely die if the prince takes the throne in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Yinhu no longer had any scruples.
"Now that the Ninth Prince is dead, be it mother, queen, or chief assistant, the chess piece you have worked so hard to cultivate for many years is gone. I am willing to replace my brother and become a chess piece in your hands."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Qinglan stood up suddenly.
Even the way Zhao Xuanji looked at Li Yinhu was full of inexplicable meaning.
"Li Yinhu! Do you know what you are talking about!?"
Zhao Qinglan's voice was as cold as ice as she said: "Every word you say is enough to make you die a hundred times!"
Li Yinhu turned to Zhao Xuanji and said, "I will be more suitable than the Ninth Prince!"
Li Yinhu knew that if he wanted to succeed, the person with the final decision was not the queen, but Zhao Xuanji.
So he simply talked to Zhao Xuanji directly.
Zhao Xuanji chuckled and said, "Please give me a good reason, the Eighth Prince."
