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Shi Jinhan did not make a decision immediately after they had heard what was being played in the imperial court. Instead, they would report what was happening in the imperial court to the empress at the Jingyang Palace, and after the empress made a decision, they would be notified to the imperial court through the mouth of the crown prince. Thus, the matter of the crown prince was only a puppet in the hands of the empress.

Since she was young, she had always been afraid of the empress, and was biased towards the emperor in her heart, because the empress always thought that the crown prince was not smart enough. Especially after the empress had lost her favor, she had treated the empress' Shi Jinhan with even more indifference, as if the only purpose of existence of the Shi Jinhan was to help her obtain the throne.

So Shi Jinhan had never rebelled against the empress.

"Well, that's it for today. Tomorrow these matters will be given out and they will have to deal with it as soon as possible. " After the empress listened to Shi Jinhan's narration, she made the decision to have Shi Jinhan withdraw from her body last night.

Shi Jinhan hesitated for a while, but still asked, "Muhou, how is royal father's health?"

"You don't need to worry about the emperor's body. You just have to mind the matters of the imperial court." Empress doesn't want her Shi Jinhan to pay too much attention to the Emperor.

Shi Jinhan wanted to say more, but was cut off by the Queen, "Alright, you may leave now."

Shi Jinhan could only dejectedly continue onward.

Li Lianchi followed the Empress's instructions and said, "Empress, don't be angry. Just wait for your Crown Prince until you do your best. The crown prince is still a child right now."

"You already have a child, how can he still be a child? All he does is stir up trouble for me." The empress's hatred for the crown prince had grown. She already had a plan for the crown prince.

Li Lianchi decisively stopped talking.

When the Crown Prince returned to the Eastern Palace and saw everything in the study, he was annoyed and couldn't calm down to discuss anything. In the end, he ordered his followers to follow him but they were unable to do so. He wandered around the Eastern Palace and walked behind a mountain where the Eastern Palace's exhaust gas had accumulated for many years.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard two people talking somewhere. They seemed to be talking about him.

Then, the Shi Jinhan quietly approached where only the two people spoke of it.

"How are the preparations going?"

"Don't worry, everything is ready."

"This is the order from the empress herself. Everything must be lost!"

"I know, I put the thing inside the tea that Crown Prince drinks everyday."

"That's good then. After this is done, the empress will heavily reward you!"

"Big brother, why do you think the empress poisoned her son?"

"As a servant, why do we have to care so much? Just do your job. "

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Let's go."

"Brother, please!"

Even after those two had left, Shi Jinhan still could not believe what he had heard. What did those two just now say? The Queen Mother wanted to poison him, how could that be possible? He was her biological son.

Shi Jinhan didn't believe that the Queen would kill him.

Bewildered, he returned to the palace. Immediately, the Eastern Palace Eunuch brought the tea over. "Your Highness, this is one of your favorite six melon slices, the one that was just delivered by the inner palace after your death."

Shi Jinhan wanted to pick it up and drink it, but he kept thinking back to what he had heard today, and he poisoned the tea he drank frequently. With a sound, the tea in Shi Jinhan's hand fell from his hand.

The eunuch then picked up the shard and poured another cup for the crown prince, saying, "Your Highness, what's going on today? Are you out of your mind?"

Shi Jinhan waved his hand, saying, "All of you may leave, you may leave as well."

Great Eunuch had originally no intention to go down, but who knew that Shi Jinhan would add another sentence as he continued with a doubtful expression.

Right now, Shi Jinhan did not dare to easily believe in others, especially the Great Eunuch. This had been taking care of him since birth, but he had come out from the palace of the Queen Mother, who knows if he had been taken in by the Queen Mother for his own use.

Shi Jinhan immediately had the personal secret guards that he had personally trained to examine this pot of tea, these were all included in the training program.

The dark guard inserted a thin yellow needle that looked like a silver needle. Soon, the needle turned black.

"Your Highness, this pot of tea contains a strong poison, but it's not very strong. After eating half of it, it will die."

Shi Jinhan's head had already exploded, he did not dare believe that this was real, the empress had really poisoned herself, she's my mother! Your Highness, are you alright? " The secret guard promptly supported the Shi Jinhan that was about to collapse.

With the help of the secret guard, Shi Jinhan were seated on a chair. Then, he said to him, "I have something that I want you to do.

"Your majesty, feel free to tell me."

"Go investigate if the Emperor was poisoned as well. After you find out the truth, immediately report it to me."

"Yes."

Shi Jinhan thought that since the empress already dared to poison him, what about a man who didn't like her? Thinking about the empress's attitude that day, he could guarantee that her royal father had already been poisoned.

Although Shi Jinhan colluded with local officials, he would never disobey orders or kill his father. Even though royal father cared a lot about the throne, as long as he didn't touch it, royal father still cared about his son. He was so much better than the empress by who knows how many times.

Even more so, the empress had treated him as a pawn that had seized the throne. Now that he had the throne, he didn't need any more pawns, right?

At night, the Shi Jinhan received news from the secret guards that the empress had indeed poisoned the emperor.

Right now, Shi Jinhan did not dare to tell this matter to the people around him. He felt that every single move he made was being monitored by others, and those aides, many of them were recommended by his mother, so he could not believe it.

Shi Jinhan didn't know who he should find to discuss this matter with, or how he should rescue royal father and expose the empress's scheme. They were afraid that the empress would have a more sinister plan, so Shi Jinhan sent dark guards to follow her every move.

Shi Jinhan! He suddenly wanted to get the other princes, Shi Jinchen! Yes, Shi Jinchen, the empress had always disliked him, and Seventh Brother was of the empress faction, so Second Brother was very straightforward, with a worrisome intelligence.

Only Fourth Brother, Shi Jinchen and the empress have always been on bad terms, and since you have the courage and foresight, cooperating with him is the most appropriate choice.

On the second day, Shi Jinhan pretended that nothing had happened as they went up to the court to announce the empress's decision. Ninja's grief and anger told the empress everything that had happened in the hall today, and after everything was done, he immediately left. He didn't want to be in the same room with that malicious woman for even a moment, and if it wasn't to stabilize her, he didn't want to come over at all.

The empress felt that the attitude of the Shi Jinhan today was a little strange, and never raised her head to look at her. It should be because she didn't want him to see the emperor. This child had always been closer to the emperor, but this wasn't allowed.

The moment Shi Jinhan left Jingyang Palace, they immediately went to the Fourth Prince's Estate.

Shi Jinchen coming to find him was very strange, because his previous plan hadn't been acted on yet, but why would he do this?

Shi Jinchen brought the Shi Jinhan to the study room, pushing away the servant and asked: "Big Brother, what business do you have with me?"

Shi Jinhan's expression was heavy as he said, "Fourth Brother, the empress poisoned His Majesty."