Chapter 289 Why doesn’t that rebellious son take care of himself by drowning himself?

How could the famous Tiansheng Empress of his Tiansheng Dynasty be plotted against by a jerk like the boss who has a dull brain and a particularly vicious mind?
In the past, he plotted to depose the crown prince, and now he is plotting against Xiao Wu.
Why doesn't that rebellious son reflect on himself by drowning himself to see what kind of person he really is?
He also wanted to force the court and even his father, the emperor, to accept his calculations. In order to help him secure the position of crown prince, he wanted Xiaowu to bear the blame...

Is he worthy?

He would rather give the throne to the sixth son than to this rebellious son!

Furious at the scene he imagined in his mind where his "rebellious son's plot succeeded," Emperor Xuanwu angrily slammed his palm on the table:

"Say now!"

"Oh."

My father is so fierce.

After silently talking to Emperor Xuanwu in his heart, Yun Shu honestly skipped the part about the eldest prince's original plan and continued to talk about the current situation:

"Now, because I reacted quickly this morning, I took a walk in front of so many people in the capital before the rash appeared.
Moreover, he had close contact with his eldest brother, so it would be inappropriate for him to spread the rumor that his son had contracted smallpox.

After all, if I were really infected, and something like what happened today has happened, my eldest brother would not be able to escape either.

So the eldest brother's plan has actually collapsed by half at this point. The remaining half is to see whether he will persist in finding an opportunity to make his son really infected with smallpox."

"continue."

Satisfied with Yunshu's analysis and her previous responses, Emperor Xuanwu signaled her to continue:
“How are you going to deal with this?”

"That depends on what you, Father, mean."

When Yun Shu said this, she raised her hand and scratched her cheek, which had not yet developed a rash, as if to remind Emperor Xuanwu that the eldest prince was planning to use General Weiyuan to give her the "Itching Powder":

“If you, Father, want to give me a lighter punishment, then you can call my eldest brother here now and give him a lecture and punishment so that he dare not proceed to the next step.

But if you, Father, also feel that my eldest brother has really gone too far this time, you should wait until there is solid evidence before you deal with him properly.

I should remain calm and wait for my eldest brother to take action."

Emperor Xuanwu: “…”

If everyone could be like her, even when they wanted to scheme against someone in front of him, all their tricks would be exposed, and their "badness" would be exposed openly.

Yun Shu made him feel angry and amused, which barely dispelled the gloom brought by the boss.

Emperor Xuanwu lowered his eyes and said in a calm tone:
"Just follow your own ideas."

He doesn't have many children, and the eldest is his eldest son. If possible, he certainly doesn't want to see this child end up in a dead end.

People always have to pay for what they do.

Besides...why should he let his other child suffer for such a cruel and rebellious son who didn't even spare his own brothers and sisters?
Just because Xiaowu is a smart, well-behaved and sensible child?
It's not like he's lost his mind.

Even if he really wants to be partial, he should favor Xiaowu!

Lifting his eyes and glancing at Yun Shu who was still standing in front of him, Emperor Xuanwu raised his eyebrows:

"Didn't you say you wanted to hide and not see anyone? If you don't want to leave, then stay and review the memorials!"

"I will leave now. I will take my leave now!"

Are you kidding me?
How much did she pay for the rest time?

Who wants to review memorials in the imperial study with a face full of rashes? She doesn't want to be a bitter melon in the world.

Without even a second's hesitation, Yun Shu ran away without even looking back:
"The imperial physician said that I will have to apply medicine after the attack!"

……

Fortunately, the East Palace, which Yunshu had previously paid for to be dismantled and rebuilt, had already been completed. Yunshu's "commuting time" to and from get off work was now greatly shortened.
It took only an incense stick of time after he left the imperial study to return to the Eastern Palace.

The order to strengthen the guards of the Eastern Palace was passed down as quickly as possible, and Tingxue was asked to go to the Imperial Hospital to get her a dose of the ointment that General Weiyuan had just taken today.
Yun Shu walked into the villa comfortably in broad daylight again after a long absence, holding a cup of rose milk and happily watching the latest movie.

At the same time, a piece of news that caused the people to talk endlessly swept across the entire capital at an extremely fast speed like a tornado -

"Have you heard? The assassins who assassinated Her Highness the Princess at the Tianwaitian Restaurant a few days ago were sent by Beixiang!

Moreover, when those assassins came, they were all infected with smallpox. Your Highness was close to them and was also infected!"

"What? Her Highness has contracted smallpox? Isn't that a grave danger? What should we do?"

"I heard that in order to save her life, Her Highness the Princess has asked all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital to go to the farm outside the city to find a solution. A few days ago, she even brought a lot of death row prisoners there to test the medicine!"

"Wait! If Her Highness contracted smallpox on the day she was assassinated at the Tianwaitian Restaurant, then the people who were dining at the restaurant that day must be..."

"No, who did you hear this news from? Her Highness the Princess rode out of the palace today wearing court robes!

I saw it with my own eyes, Her Royal Highness is fine, she is fine!"

"But I heard that smallpox is like this. Sometimes, even though a person has been infected, it doesn't show any signs. It takes several days before the disease suddenly breaks out!"

"...Then how do you know that Her Highness has been infected?"

"Doesn't this mean that there is such a possibility?"

"If that possibility really exists, wouldn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be in danger as well?
Today, when Her Royal Highness the Princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were talking, the two of them were very close to each other!"

"That's not necessarily true."

The man who had just received a new rhetoric and was trying to spread it everywhere pretended to be profound:

"I heard that this disease cannot be transmitted to others when it is not in progress."

"Is it fake? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Oh! Who cares? At least we know that Tianwaitian Restaurant is safe. I almost fainted from what you said just now.

I almost thought the capital was going to be lost!"

"I still hope that Her Highness is okay. Her Highness has brought so many benefits to our people!

Such a person should live a long life!"

……

Similar discussions eventually spread.

Even the officials in the court had heard about it. Some of them who did not know the truth wrote an urgent memorial and sent it to the palace that day.

Of course, they didn't think that the princess had really contracted smallpox.
What they were concerned about was why there was a sudden rumor in the capital that the assassin came from Beixiang.

They were more worried that someone with ulterior motives wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to start a war between the two countries.