If not abolished

Chapter 281 The Truth (2)

Zhu Zhanqi had just come out of the secret room when Sun Ruoji came to the study to deliver something.

"Your Highness, the Concubine came over just now and said she was here to bring some food to Your Highness. She is already waiting outside. Would you like to come in now?"

"The concubine is here. Why didn't you tell me earlier? Please come in." After Zhu Zhanqi carefully checked the entrance to the secret room, he sat back at the desk.

After a while, Sun Ruoji walked in leisurely.

"Your Highness, you made me wait for so long?" Sun Ruoji's eyes turned quickly and she looked around. Since she was alone in the study, why did she make her wait outside the door for so long? However, after looking for a long time and finding nothing, she had to dispel her doubts, walked to Zhu Zhanqi with a smile, and put down the things she had prepared.

"I didn't make it clear to the people outside just now. I told them not to be disturbed. I didn't know it was you who came. If I had known it was you, I would have let you in and prepared some delicious food." Zhu Zhanqi quickly found an excuse and changed the subject.

"So that's how it is. I thought Your Highness had hidden someone in the study." Sun Ruoji joked.

"How is that possible? What are you imagining?" Zhu Zhanqi thought that this woman's sixth sense was quite strong, but no matter how surprised she was inside, she had to pretend nothing happened on the surface.

"Yes, I was overthinking." Sun Ruoji took out the things she had prepared while speaking, "I made this flower cake especially for Your Highness. Please try it and see if it tastes good."

"This really looks good. I've never eaten this before." Zhu Zhanqi immediately picked it up and took a bite. "Well, it's really good. You should try it too."

"As long as Your Highness likes it." Sun Ruoji was very happy to hear him say that he liked it.

Zhu Zhanqi was afraid that she would find out something if she stayed here too long, so after finishing a piece of food, he said, "How is Yaoyao doing recently? I'll go see her later and have dinner with her."

"Your Highness, I thought you were angry with me and ignored me during this period. Since Your Highness wants to go, I will go back and prepare. Yaoyao will definitely be very happy." When Sun Ruoji heard his words, he was very happy from the bottom of his heart and was about to leave in a hurry.

"There's no need to be so anxious." Zhu Zhanqi pretended to say.

Sun Ruoji didn't listen and left before he finished speaking.

After everyone left, Zhu Zhanqi's face immediately became expressionless, without any trace of the smile he had just had.

He recalled that a few days ago, he was still immersed in the grief of losing his eldest brother. He was also sitting in this position, and suddenly a secret letter was delivered to his hands.

"Second Prince." The man was still injured, but he still took out the letter hidden in his arms.

"You are...you look familiar. Have I seen you before?" Zhu Zhanqi had some impression, but couldn't remember who this person was.

"I am a servant of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." the man replied.

"The one close to my brother, what about you?" Zhu Zhanqi remembered that this person was indeed someone close to his elder brother, but he didn't see him very often. He remembered that he should be one of the secret guards.

"Your Highness, this is something the prince asked me to give to you before he died." He took out a letter from his arms.

"If it is my brother's last letter, why did it only arrive now?" Zhu Zhanqi was shocked. It has been such a long time, why did it only arrive now?

The man said, "Your Highness, you don't know that after the Crown Prince passed away, the prince first blocked all news and did not allow anyone to enter or leave. Anyone who was found to pass on information would be killed immediately. I later found an opportunity to get out, but was still discovered and hunted down halfway. I was not able to escape until I faked my death on the road." The man was already exhausted, and he almost fainted after saying these words.

Zhu Zhanqi secretly asked someone to examine his injuries, as he had more questions to ask.

He held the letter, waiting for the man to wake up. For some reason, he was afraid to open the letter, as he felt that a big secret was waiting for him.

After waiting for a long time, the man finally woke up and said, "I have something else to ask you."

"Your Highness must have many questions. Why don't you open the prince's letter and take a look?"

"I..." Zhu Zhanqi was not interrupted by him and continued to ask: "You better tell me first, why did father block the news? Is there something strange about my brother's death?" If it was a normal thing, why block the news first, as if he was afraid of being discovered. Anle was far away, and even if something really happened, the capital would not be able to find out. Even so, father still did this, it could only be a bigger thing. Now only the person in front of him can answer his doubts.

"Your Highness, I am not very clear about the specific circumstances, but the prince did not die of physical reasons. In fact, the relationship between the prince and the prince was already very bad at that time, and they often quarreled over some things. Once, I don't know what the prince and the prince said, but the prince said that he no longer recognized him as his son. Not long after that, the prince suddenly vomited blood for no reason, and the prince did not allow him to call a doctor. The prince just... The prince knew that he would not live long, so he asked me to find an opportunity to come out and hand the letter to you in person."

"So what you mean is that the prince's death is caused by his father..." Zhu Zhanqi couldn't believe that the two men he admired most in his life had become like this.

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Zhanqi walked out while talking. After calming down, he took out the letter, opened it and saw that it was indeed his brother's note.

"Xiao Qi, by the time you see this letter, I will probably be gone. There is something I wanted to keep hidden forever and never tell you in this lifetime, but it would be unfair to you if I really didn't let you know.

Do you remember wondering why your mother left so suddenly? Actually, I was also confused at first, but later I found out that my mother did not die of illness, but because she knew my father's secret, she was imprisoned by my father, and then poisoned my mother through the hand of the concubine. My mother...

Xiaoqi, after you know about this, please don't be impulsive. We don't have the ability to fight against that person yet, so you must not be like me, otherwise you will die unclearly like me and my mother."

Zhu Zhanqi never expected that this would be such a thing, such a big secret. What sin had he committed to be born into such a family, where the father was not like a father, the son was not like a son, and they wanted to kill each other. He didn't expect that even his mother was killed by him.

The more Zhu Zhanqi thought about it, the angrier he became, and he suddenly spat out blood in anger.

Fortunately, the person outside the door noticed something was wrong and when he came in, Zhu Zhanqi had already fainted.

Everyone thought that he was like this because he was too sad about the incident involving the Prince of Han, but only he knew what was going on.

After calming down, he began to think about how to avenge his father. He first went to the palace to find Wu Yingyue and cooperated with her. Then he went to Zhu Di to bring up the matter again. Finally, he made Zhu Di suspicious of the King of Han.

He didn't care whether he could overthrow Zhu Zhanji or not. What he cared about was whether his father would be convicted because of this matter.

"Your Highness, the dead are gone, and you should also look at it in a more positive way. His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be sad to see you like this. The most important thing is to take care of yourself." After hearing the news, Wang Jundai came over immediately. Now she is sitting by the bed, wiping her tears with a handkerchief, thinking: day by day, she doesn't want to be a widow so early.

"Okay, I'm fine, stop crying first." Zhu Zhanqi didn't like seeing women cry.

"Yes, I was impolite." Wang Jundai quickly wiped away her tears.

Just as they had appeased the Princess, Sun Ruoji also rushed over after hearing the news.

She was crying as soon as she came in, and Zhu Zhanqi had a headache for a moment.

"Your Highness, why did you faint for no reason? If something happened to you, what should I do?" Sun Ruoji started crying as she spoke sadly as soon as she came in.

"Why are you crying like that? Besides, I'm fine." Zhu Zhanqi's words were filled with anger.

"I..." Sun Ruoji looked around and it seemed that Zhu Zhanqi was fine, so he quickly controlled his emotions and stepped aside.

The doctor just said that Zhu Zhanqi was suffering from a heart attack due to anger and he just needed to have a good rest.