2141 Bai Baozhu’s speculation
Bai Baozhu’s tears flowed out immediately. She took out a handkerchief and wiped them away. She wanted to say something, but when she thought about how Gu Xin had rushed the entire night, not only did she not rest well, but she was also hungry, she held back her tears and called Gu Xin and the rest to eat first.
Princess Bao Zhu, ” Gu Xin said, ” you can tell us what happened now. We can listen while we eat. It’ll save us some time.
Seeing that Gu Xin had already picked up her chopsticks and started eating, she couldn’t care about anything else and told her what she saw.
“Father was seriously ill before the new year and thought that he wouldn’t be able to live through it. Fortunately, my husband found Divine Doctor long. After Divine Doctor long examined my father, my father was cured. Divine Doctor long had said that as long as she recuperated properly and did not get angry, there would not be a relapse. When I sent Bai Feng to the palace to meet the Emperor, I wasn’t sure if he would be able to meet him, so I didn’t mention Divine Doctor long. It’s because he owes my father-in-law a favor that he’s willing to come and treat my father.”
“In the first month of the lunar year, my Royal father had completely recovered. After I went back to my parents ‘house, he even took the children fishing and traveling together. There was no relapse after that. I was thinking of going home to accompany father and mother during the Dragon Boat Festival, but I didn’t see father when I got home on the first of May. In the end, on the morning of the second day, uncle Zhong, who was by Imperial father’s side, said that something had happened to Imperial father and that he was in a secret chamber.”
“Father’s Secret room is only known to him and uncle Zhong, who has followed him for over thirty years. Mother should also know about it. At the beginning of every month, uncle Zhong would go and clean the secret room. This month, because Imperial father was not at home on the first day of the new year, uncle Zhong returned to his own home, so he found Imperial father on the second day of the new year.”
“At that time, I went to the secret chamber with my three brothers. There was a strange smell in the secret chamber. I asked my brothers, but they all said that they didn’t smell it. His father’s eyes were open, as if he had seen or heard something extremely terrifying before he died. However, only uncle Zhong and my mother know about the secret room. After uncle Zhong returned to the residence, he went to clean up the secret room, and my mother was in the temple Hall the entire time. That’s why I feel that something is amiss.”
“But my brothers feel that Imperial father must have been angered. After returning home, he couldn’t think of anything and his old illness acted up again. Then why did he get sick in the secret room?”
“There’s another point. Uncle Zhong found father when he opened the secret room and was about to clean it, but he didn’t clean it at all. In the past, there would be dust in the secret room if it wasn’t cleaned for a month. However, when we went there that day, I found that the secret room was very clean, as if someone had specially cleaned it. His elder brothers said that it might be because his father saw that uncle Zhong didn’t clean up and did it himself. He couldn’t tire himself out, so when he was tired, his illness acted up. I don’t believe it. ”
“The last point is that a Memorial was found in Royal father’s Secret room. It’s a Memorial that Royal father requested for second brother to be conferred the title of Crown Prince. However, when his father was seriously ill before the new year, he had clearly said that if he couldn’t make it through the new year, he would let his mother make the decision and ask for the title of Crown Prince on behalf of Shijie. Shijie is the son of my elder brother who has passed away. Father was interested in Shijie, but after his death, he wrote a Memorial to invite the title of second brother. I also feel that something is very wrong.”
“Ever since big brother passed away, father has handed over the external Affairs of our residence to second brother and Shijie. When Shijie was young, it was second brother who helped him. Therefore, the entire residence was filled with second brother’s men. Third brother and fourth brother all listen to second brother, even mother.”