HCB Chapter 1765
Chapter 1765
Chapter 1765
Shen Siyuan blurted out, "How do you know who the hidden danger is?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered the script that Emperor Mingde had mentioned to him.
That is clearly about past and present lives.
Does he believe it? He does.
His wife Li Jinxiu is the witness. If it wasn't for Shi Anxia, he would still be looking for someone.
The world is so big. If it weren’t for the memory of the previous life, where could one find it in such a vast sea of people?
Shi Anxia said, "I just wanted to test you."
The human heart cannot stand the test. She seldom uses it.
But Eunuch An was an exception. Shi Anxia was extremely wary of the person around the Crown Prince.
This was also the task that Emperor Mingde assigned to her before leaving: to clear them out reasonably, but without hurting the prince's feelings.
Shi Anxia said slowly, "The gossip is that the prince consort might be the emperor's son who was exiled to the common people."
Shen Siyuan disagreed, "Who would believe such gossip?"
He choked as soon as the words came out of his mouth. Eunuch An not only believed it, but also took action.
Shi Anxia lowered her eyes quietly, and said after a while, "I didn't spread the gossip, it came from Liang State, and Emperor Yong of Liang State also believed it."
The rumor had spread to Chang'an County in Youzhou, and it would soon spread to the capital. If she didn't react soon, she and her husband, or someone related to her, would die.
Just because... in the previous life, Eunuch An killed Nanny Jing, a palace maid of Empress Dowager Huizheng.
Eunuch An was an old eunuch who served the Crown Prince Xiao Zhi's mother, Concubine Zhen. When Concubine Zhen died, Xiao Zhi was only five years old, and Eunuch An quietly stayed by the young master's side.
In his previous life, after Emperor Rongguang ascended the throne, he killed all his brothers and nephews.
When Xiao Zhi was imprisoned, Eunuch An once made him drink a cup of poisoned wine. The poisoned wine burned through his throat, and although he saved his life, he lost his clear voice forever. Every time he spoke a word, it was as if a handful of rough sand was stuck in his throat, and he made a "ho ho" gasping sound.
Even so, he still stayed by Xiao Zhi's side, and in the weed-covered palace, he used his skinny hands to shield him from the wind and snow.
Is Eunuch An loyal?
He is loyal! He is loyal to Xiao Zhi, and he would not hesitate to sacrifice his life for Xiao Zhi.
Later, when Xiao Zhi ascended the throne as Emperor Zhaowu, Eunuch An became the chief steward of the inner court, and no one dared to look down on him. After all, he was the most loyal shadow around the emperor.
It’s a pity that this loyalty is too foolish.
It is understandable that Eunuch An always puts the interests of his master first. But his biggest problem is that he is easily influenced by gossips and his brain is not sharp enough.
In the third year of Zhaowu, rumors began to spread in the palace that Empress Dowager Huizheng would sooner or later marry Emperor Zhaowu and become empress.
Eunuch An actually believed it.
He felt that Queen Dowager Hyejeong had to retire to the palace out of helplessness. Otherwise, why did the master still go to the palace to ask for instructions on every major event? Why did Queen Dowager Hyejeong still influence the government even though she retired behind the scenes?
This is clearly a step backward to advance.
He didn't want a woman to interfere with his master's imperial ambitions, and he didn't want a woman to ruin his master's reputation.
After all, this woman was the empress of Emperor Rongguang and the sister-in-law of Emperor Zhaowu. If his master took his sister-in-law as his empress, it would leave a stain in the history books.
Eunuch An made a ruthless move to kill her. When Emperor Zhaowu gave silver-thread charcoal to Empress Dowager Huizheng, he soaked the charcoal with a colorless and odorless poison.
The palace maids under Queen Dowager Huizheng were careless and put the carbon into the warehouse.
At that time, Nanny Jing in the palace happened to be ill, so Empress Dowager Huizheng ordered that she be given a few more basins of silver-thread charcoal.
The palace servants sent the poisoned silver carbon to Madam Jing's room. By the time Empress Dowager Huizheng discovered that something was wrong, Madam Jing was already powerless to save the situation.