Harem Daily Life

Chapter 744 Not Even a Father-in-law

Censor Zhang's heart sank when he saw the sinister look in the eldest prince's eyes.

He didn't expect that a thirteen-year-old boy could be so vicious.

He instantly felt a little regretful. Did he get on a pirate ship?

He Ye glanced at him and said, "The road to succession is always bloody. Why are you so surprised, Lord Zhang? Your granddaughter is ten years old this year. If you help me get what I want, I can promise you that in the future, my Crown Princess will be your granddaughter, and my Queen will also be your granddaughter."

When Censor Zhang heard this, he became active again, but getting rid of the Fourth Prince was by no means an easy task.

He sighed and said, "My abilities are limited, and I don't have many connections in the palace. The Fourth Prince is kept in the deep palace, so I have no way of contacting him, right?"

He Ye smiled and said, "In two days, I will go to Fuyan Temple to burn incense in the name of commemorating my deceased mother. Then I will try to create a scene where I appear to have been kidnapped. This will distract Empress Tao from trying to rescue me. Go to the palace and throw this poison into the well of Changle Palace. No one will think there's something wrong with the water."

Censor Zhang was shocked and said with a pale face: "Poisoning, and poisoning the water, then the others must be..." The target is too broad and the audience is too large, how many people will be killed?

Censor Zhang was very resistant, and how could he sneak into the palace?

He Ye's brows were stern: "This is the only way to prevent people from realizing that our target is that little guy."

He put down his medicine bag and patted Censor Zhang on the arm. "No poison, no hero. Once this is done, I will be the only prince in the Emperor's name. If not me, who else can the throne be passed on to? Will it be passed on to that person who was adopted by the common people?"

Poisoning two princes in one fell swoop, could there be a better outcome than this? He Ye was extremely excited about his plan.

"But... this is too crazy. I... I can't do it." Censor Zhang said in embarrassment.

"We are now in the same boat. Censor Zhang has learned of my entire plan. If you dare to expose it, I will drag you... down... to... hell... with me." He Ye looked straight into Censor Zhang's eyes and spoke word by word.

The back of Censor Zhang's clothes were soaked with cold sweat. He never expected that he would actually pin his future and destiny on a devil.

Looking at the handsome young man in front of him who was only three years older than his granddaughter, Censor Zhang was extremely afraid.

As if sensing Zhang Yushi's fear of him, He Ye smiled and said, "Don't worry. If you help me, I won't treat you unfairly. My future fate is closely tied to your Zhang family's. We rise and fall together."

After seeing off the eldest prince, Censor Zhang sat in his study without saying a word for the entire night.

Because of the assassination attempt on the emperor on Dark Night Island, Prince Yong strengthened the defense inside and outside the capital. When he learned that the eldest prince was going to Fuyan Temple in the suburbs to worship, he arranged for dozens of guards to accompany him to protect the eldest prince's safety.

Who knew that when he was discussing matters with the Queen, he saw Eunuch Zhang rushing in from outside, saying that a guard had come back to report that the eldest prince was besieged by a group of unidentified people and ran into the back mountain of Fuyan Temple and disappeared.

Tao Yanyan and Prince Yong were shocked.

"We've strengthened our defenses recently, so where did this assassin come from?" He committed the crime against all odds and chose to target the eldest prince. Prince Yong felt like something was amiss.

Tao Yanyan also frowned: "The carriages used for travel were all ordinary carriages, and the guards were also in disguise. Could it be a coincidence?" Did the robbery happen to the prince by chance?

Prince Yong said, "I will go and look for him myself. Your Majesty, rest assured that I will rescue him."

Prince Yong left in a hurry, but the doubts in his heart did not dissipate.

Tao Yanyan paced in the imperial study. Although she was a little anxious, she had no feelings for the eldest prince, so naturally she was not too anxious.

"Your Majesty, this...should we check the guards who followed and the people in the eldest prince's mansion to see if there is any traitor?" Eunuch Zhang had placed a spy in the eldest prince's mansion, but the spy did not report anything, so he was very worried now, wondering if he had missed something.

"Do you have any way to check it?" Tao Yanyan knew that Eunuch Zhang was still capable, so she asked.

Eunuch Zhang nodded and said, "I have made some arrangements in various places according to your majesty's instructions."

Tao Yan understood, just as she had asked Chang Tai to make some arrangements everywhere.

She nodded, agreeing to let Eunuch Zhang investigate.

"Don't report to His Majesty yet. He can't worry now." Worrying too much will aggravate the condition. Tao Yanyan didn't want He Linzhang to worry when there was no definite news.

Eunuch Zhang understood and took his leave to go back to his work.

Not long after, Chang Tai hurried over and whispered a few words in Tao Yanyan's ear.

"Ah? Who did you say was pretending to be the eunuch?" Tao Yanyan thought she was hallucinating. Changle Palace actually caught a man pretending to be the eunuch.

"Have you interrogated him? Is he trying to frame me?" Otherwise, she couldn't figure out why a grown man would appear in Changle Palace.

Chang Tai shook his head and said, "That man is mute and refuses to say anything. I first locked him up in the woodshed and then hurried to report to the queen."

Tao Yanyan was overwhelmed. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that everything that had happened today was strange. The eldest prince had been assassinated and his whereabouts were unknown, and a man had sneaked into her bedroom? How did he get in? What was he doing there? Why did he sneak in at this time? It was all very strange.

She had no choice but to go back to Changle Palace and see it for herself.

The man had a gentle appearance, and judging from his facial features, he did look like a eunuch.

"Can you write?" Tao Yanyan asked.

The man said nothing and turned his head away.

"Who are you? Who sent you?" Tao Yanyan asked again, but the man still turned his head away and didn't look at her, as if he didn't hear her.

"How was he caught? Please review it with me carefully." Seeing that he couldn't get the answer, Tao Yanyan could only ask Chang Tai and Shuang'er.

Chang Tai said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Household Department agreed to deliver charcoal today, and this man is the one who delivered it. After piling up the charcoal, he went to the well. Everyone thought he was going to drink water, so they ignored him. The Fifth Princess, feeling greedy, ran into the kitchen to steal some food and found this man lying by the well. Curious, she went over to ask him what he was doing. Xianglan saw the princess running over and followed him, but he didn't say anything and turned to leave. Xianglan felt he was being rude to the princess, so she called him back, only to discover he was mute."

Xianglan stepped forward and continued, "I found it strange that a palace servant could be mute. So I tried to stop him, but he resisted with such force that I was pushed down. He tried to run, but Shuang'er caught him."

Shuang'er said, "During the capture process, I discovered that he was a real man. To verify this, I asked Eunuch Changtai to examine his body."

Chang Tai nodded: "He is indeed a real man."

Mingyue said, "At first, I wanted to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to verify this person's identity, but when I heard that it was a real man, I didn't dare to act rashly, fearing that someone was plotting against the Empress."

There is a man hiding in the Queen's bedroom, which is detrimental to the Queen's reputation.

Tao Yanyan felt that everyone handled the situation very well and they were worthy of being the soldiers she had trained.

She pondered for a moment and said to Chang Tai, "Go quietly and ask Li Zongguan to come over and tell him that I have something to ask him."

Since this person was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deliver charcoal, we have to check his identity first.

Manager Li was now in a state of panic. Someone came to report that Xiao Xiazi, who was delivering charcoal to various palaces, had suddenly disappeared and there was no one to deliver the charcoal. Concubine Liang sent someone to inquire about it.

Manager Li first asked someone to deliver the charcoal, and then sent people to secretly look for Xiao Xia Zi. While he was busy, Eunuch Chang Tai came to him in person and asked him to go to Changle Palace quietly.

When he arrived at Changle Palace, he saw that this was not Xiao Xia Zi who came to deliver charcoal, this was not even a eunuch!

"Empress, what is going on? He..." Manager Li felt dizzy and felt that someone was trying to harm him. Otherwise, why would a real man appear in the team he managed, and appear in the Empress's bedroom!

Are they trying to frame the Queen, and using him?

It was numb, really numb. Manager Li wanted to die first.