Capítulo 896: Chapter 896: The Reason for Replacing the Crown Prince
Ye Jiu’s face flushed, and she complained, “What kind of hairstyle is this!”
She was still a young lady, yet he had combed her hair into a married woman’s style.
Sikong Mo chuckled softly, then with a slight movement of his fingers, Ye Jiu’s flowing hair completely unraveled, “I really wish I could style your hair like this every day in the future, but I suppose that day isn’t too far off.”
“Amo, do you already have plans?” Ye Jiu asked.
Sikong Mo spoke with great confidence, “No one can stop me from marrying you.”
Naturally, not even the Sikong family.
The old Emperor wanted to use the Sikong family against him, but that idea was truly misguided.
If that woman hadn’t been bearing the title of his biological mother, based solely on the things she’s done, he certainly wouldn’t give her the opportunity to continue living in this world.
In just two months, his Jiujiu would come of age, and as he thought about it, Sikong Mo’s lips slowly curved into a smile.
Early the next morning, Jing Wang sent the evidence he held to the Imperial Palace.
Immediately following that was the news of the Crown Prince being confined. Although it wasn’t explicitly stated why he was confined, linked with the happenings on New Year’s Eve last night, everyone couldn’t help but speculate whether the Princess Consort’s long-standing inability to conceive was indeed due to the Crown Prince’s actions.
However, thinking it over, he seemed to have no reason for it.
In the end, they could only ascribe the results to the Crown Prince having lost his mind.
Otherwise, as an elder brother, to actually act against his sister-in-law, this isn’t something an average person could commit.
At the Crown Prince Residence, he knelt in the cold wind all night and was finally carried back inside to lie on the sickbed, having just been given medicine and before he could rest, he was suddenly confined again. After the messenger eunuch left, the Crown Prince, in a fit of rage, smashed everything in the room.
In the Imperial Palace study, the old Emperor looked at Jing Wang seated below him and said, “Old Fourth, tell your father, what exactly are you planning?”
“What does Father mean by this?” Jing Wang maintained his roguish grin.
The old Emperor sighed, “Over ten years ago, I mentioned to you about changing the Crown Prince, and back then you refused vehemently. Now, suddenly you’re opposing the Crown Prince. Can you still claim there’s no plan in your heart?”
When the topic of matters from over a decade ago was raised, Jing Wang’s expression suddenly turned somber, quickly followed by a bitter smile, “Indeed, over a decade ago when Father mentioned this, I still respected and admired the Crown Prince as an elder brother.
But who could have guessed that back then, the brother I always admired was involved in replacing my eldest daughter, and even schemed thoroughly to poison my Princess Consort with sterilization medicine, carrying out such vicious acts!
Father, tell me, with such a brother, when he ascends, is there still any path for us brothers?”
“Back then, I proposed you become Crown Prince. Do you know why?” Hearing Jing Wang’s words, even the old Emperor couldn’t quite decipher his own thoughts.
All are his sons; seeing them harm each other is the last thing he wishes to witness.
However, his identity was not just that of a father, but also the ruler of the nation, the sovereign of the kingdom.
“Was it not because of the prophecy about Jiujiu?” Jing Wang questioned.
“Jiujiu’s presence is indeed vital for Dongyue; aside from anything else, just considering the high-yield crops she brought, it’s a tremendous benefit for the people of Dongyue. But merely for this, it was insufficient for me to decide on changing the Crown Prince!”