The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1254: Just a Coincidence Between the Two?

Chapter 1254: Chapter 1254: Just a Coincidence Between the Two?

"My lord, you know as well as I do that we can’t speak of that matter to outsiders, especially since...I feel that Prince Mo has come this time specifically to learn about it. If we reveal it, the emperor will surely not spare us,"

Princess Consort Yi whispered to Prince Yi, lowering her voice even though there were only the two of them in the courtyard.

If she could speak about it, would she still hold her tongue?

Consider that her very life was at stake, and she wasn’t old; was she supposed to die in such an obscure and uncertain manner?

"Even if you don’t speak up, the emperor may not necessarily spare us," Prince Yi sighed softly and said.

If the emperor really intended to let them go, Princess Consort Yi wouldn’t have contracted such a ’strange illness,’ especially after she was reprimanded in the palace by the emperor last time, which made things clear to him.

"Haven’t you realized that the emperor has already made his move?"

"This..."

Upon hearing his words, Princess Consort Yi was momentarily at a loss for words.

She was no fool—her own child was inexplicably sent to the National Teacher’s residence, and her illness grew worse day by day.

If she still couldn’t sense something amiss in all this, she might as well be dead.

"So what do you suggest, my lord?"

"Rather than dying in obscurity, it’s better to lay everything out for Zimo. That way, the emperor wouldn’t dare act against us so openly, due to certain scruples,"

Prince Yi proposed.

"The emperor still has scruples?"

Princess Consort Yi scoffed, finding it to be the most laughable joke she had ever heard!

What scruples could the emperor possibly have at this point? He had become lawless, seemingly wishing all those who were a thorn in his side dead, so he could have peace of mind, right?

"Then go and invite Prince Mo back," Princess Consort Yi instructed.

"I will go immediately,"

Prince Yi, without a moment’s hesitation, followed the direction Zimo and the others had taken.

The emperor must have already received news of Zimo’s arrival at Prince Yi’s Mansion by now, right? If they didn’t clarify things now, perhaps in another day’s time, their Prince Yi’s Mansion would be waiting to be utterly annihilated.

That was indeed something the emperor was capable of doing.

...

"Brother Molian, do you know that there’s a big secret hidden inside Prince Yi’s Mansion?"

Within Prince Yi’s Mansion, Zimo walked together with Lin Caisang, who glanced at him and asked.

"Hmm."

Zimo nodded his head.

"I’ve investigated. Princess Consort Yi has no family, and almost overnight, she arrived in Wei State, becoming Prince Yi’s consort. And that very day happened to be the day my mother gave birth to me."

He really didn’t believe that such a coincidence was merely that—a coincidence.

"And according to Suyang, when he entered the palace to cast a horoscope for me, I didn’t seem like a newborn at all. Although I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, but..."

"Right after that, something happened to Princess Consort Yi?" Lin Caisang inquired.

"Roughly so."

Zimo nodded once more.

"The incidents in Prince Yi’s Mansion aren’t limited to just Princess Consort Yi’s case. Ever since you appeared, Wu’er was sent to the National Teacher’s residence by the emperor, using Suyang’s loss of his son as the pretext, and right after that, Princess Consort Yi fell ill..."

"You’re wrong."

Zimo hadn’t even finished his sentence when he heard Lin Caisang’s three words.

He looked down at her with surprise, raising an eyebrow.

"Princess Consort Yi was poisoned shortly after we left Shaohua City to rescue Prince Lin," Lin Caisang explained.

"Are you certain?"

Zimo raised his eyebrow, looking at her seriously, and asked.