novelhk Chapter 507 Establishing a new crown prince
Chapter 507 Establishing a new crown prince
Thinking of this, Ji Yuntang found a corner and sat down, simply pretending to be a invisible person.
And the newly reunited young couple did not disappoint her and completely ignored her.
She could only listen to their conversation helplessly.
Shen Shiran and Hua Feixue hugged each other for a long time before reluctantly letting go.
She asked, "Brother Chu Yi, where have you been these two years?"
"Aran, I'm sorry, I made you worry."
Hua Feixue briefly told Shen Shiran about her experiences over the past two years and explained to her: "Ah Ran, back then, we had to make a decision in a hurry. My uncle wanted to take me away, and I only had that one chance to escape. I didn't leave without saying goodbye on purpose."
Shen Shiran's nose felt sore and his eyes immediately turned red, with tears rolling down his sparkling eyes.
"Brother Chu Yi, you don't need to say more. I understand everything. As long as I can see that you are still alive, I will be satisfied!"
Hua Feixue looked at Shen Shiran with gentle eyes. There were thousands of words in her heart, but they all turned into one sentence, "Aran, thank you."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something and asked, "Ah Ran, why did you fall into the water this time? Did someone bully you?"
Shen Shiran bit her lip and shook her head, "Brother Chu Yi, no one bullies me."
"Empress Dowager Yuan announced that you were going to be buried. I thought you were dead, so I..."
Before she finished speaking, Hua Feixue already understood.
Shen Shiran thought he was dead, so she didn't want to live anymore and jumped into the water.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, with a bit of disapproval and anger on her face, "Ah Ran, you shouldn't joke about your own life. You still have your own parents and relatives."
"Even if this prince is really dead, you should live well."
Shen Shiran burst into tears, grabbed her hand and said: "Brother Chu Yi, I am your fiancée. If you die, I will not live alone."
She knew Chu Yi's situation and understood his difficulties, and she couldn't help but feel even more distressed for him.
After the heartache, there comes intense worry.
Knowing that Chu Yi was still alive, Shen Shiran felt relieved and had no more worries.
She sniffed and said, "Brother Chu Yi, you shouldn't have come back. Did you know that Queen Mother Yuan wanted to kill you? The reason she released the news of your death this time was to establish a new crown prince and assist him to ascend the throne."
"Brother Chu Yi, you are in a very dangerous situation now. If Queen Mother Yuan knew that you returned to the capital, she would never let you go. You'd better leave now!"
Hua Feixue's heart skipped a beat. Her first reaction was not to worry about her own safety, but about Empress Dowager Yuan's plan to appoint a new crown prince.
She looked solemn and grabbed Shen Shiran's shoulders, "Aran, is this news true?"
Shen Shiran forced herself to hold back her tears and nodded, "It's absolutely true. Three days ago, Empress Dowager Yuan summoned a group of close ministers and told them in person in the imperial study. My father was one of those summoned."
"However, she did not order anyone to spread the news. She said she would wait until you were buried before spreading it, fearing that spreading it too early would cause unrest among the people."
Hua Feixue's face turned completely cold, and he was filled with murderous intent.
She had previously thought that Empress Dowager Yuan did this to force him to show up, but now she finally understood why Ji Yuntang said that Empress Dowager Yuan had a complicated purpose!
She has been setting up this plan for so long, she wants to capture the Chu royal family in one fell swoop!
The conversation between the two reached Ji Yuntang's ears, and she quickly analyzed the seriousness of the matter in her mind.
Empress Dowager Yuan announced to the public that Chu Yi was dead so that she could appoint a new crown prince.
There was no one left in the Chu royal family except the legitimate prince Chu Yi, so Empress Dowager Yuan could only choose someone from other families.
The establishment of a new crown prince means that the Chu royal family has been completely overthrown.
As for the real Crown Prince Chu Yi, whether he is willing to show up or not, Empress Dowager Yuan has Emperor Chu as a hostage in her hands.
In the future, even if Chu Yi brings people to seek revenge, she will not panic at all.
Even if the truth was revealed and the people knew that Chu Yi was not dead, the new emperor would have ascended the throne by then. Empress Dowager Yuan could say that she mistakenly thought the body found was Chu Yi's and completely shirked her responsibility.
Furthermore, Chu Yi is a fool. Even if he is of royal orthodox blood, I am afraid no one will support him to ascend the throne.
By that time, the matter had become a foregone conclusion, and the Chu family no longer had any chance of turning the situation around.
Hua Feixue could naturally think of what Ji Yuntang could think of. Her eyes were red, and the hands hanging at her sides were so tense that her fingertips turned white.
She suppressed the hatred in her heart and continued to ask: "Then Ah Ran, do you know who the new crown prince that Empress Dowager Yuan wants to appoint is?"
Shen Shiran thought for a moment and replied, "I heard from my father that, in order to be fair, Queen Mother Yuan originally discussed with the heads of the five great families and planned to select a young man with outstanding abilities and talents from the five great families to be nominated as the crown prince."
"Originally, the candidate had already been decided, and it was a young master of the Qi family. But at the critical moment, the national teacher suddenly broke into the hall and said that he had predicted the emperor's star to descend in the southwest corner during divination."
"In addition, the Imperial Master also accurately described this person's appearance and birth date, hinting to Empress Dowager Yuan and the heads of the five major families that if they don't choose the crown prince according to the person chosen by heaven, they will surely suffer disasters in the future and their families will be destroyed."
"Several family heads didn't believe it at first, but they couldn't stand the repeated warnings of the Imperial Master. Empress Dowager Yuan was also afraid, so she took the initiative to stand on the side of the Imperial Master, saying that it's better to be safe than sorry, and persuaded the family heads of the five major families to listen to the Imperial Master."
"That night, a strange phenomenon of thousands of butterflies flying towards flowers appeared in the palace. The Imperial Master said that this was the manifestation of the Emperor's Star!"
"Later, Empress Dowager Yuan sent someone with the portrait to the southwest to look for that young master. Brother Chu Yi, guess what happened?"
Hua Feixue asked hurriedly: "Ah Ran, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me now!"
Shen Shiran said: "The person we found turned out to be an unknown young man from the Yuan family's side branch. His name seemed to be Yuan Chao. The Queen Mother Yuan also sent people to protect Yuan Chao."
"I don't know what happened next, and I don't know whether the heads of the four great families other than the Yuan family believed it."
A cold light flashed in Hua Feixue's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know whether those old foxes believe me or not, but I don't believe a single word of the twists and turns here."
The five great families are headed by the Yuan family. If it hadn't been for their support, Empress Dowager Yuan would not have been able to bring down the Chu royal family so easily.
They are a community of interests, and if given the chance, everyone would like to nominate a descendant of their own family as the crown prince, making the family a royal family.