Gazing at the sad expression of the Prince, Ye Beibei felt even more delighted.
The prince and his two sons were eliminated all at once, removing any threat, so naturally, he was in high spirits.
It's only the old fox, Mr. Min, left.
Ye Beibei feigned sympathy, comforting a few more times before leaving a few imperial physicians at the Prince's residence and returning to the palace.
The primary reason for the Prince's bedridden condition is not just his sadness; the main cause is that he was poisoned.
It's a very subtle poison that can make an adult man gradually weaken, making him appear sick, and eventually lead to his death.
The physicians left at the prince's residence naturally realized that the prince was poisoned. However, with the emperor's secret instruction, they dared not really cure the prince.
Therefore, the prescriptions given to the prince were primarily for nourishing, and had no real effect on curing the illness.
The events at the Prince's residence spread quickly in the capital, and most people who should know by now do.
The most intimate person with the Prince was Mr. Min, who instantly smelled the taste of a conspiracy.
Whether or not the emperor himself had him poisoned, he could no longer stay at court.
To avoid being implicated.
Mr. Min submitted his resignation to the palace at night and, upon receiving approval from the emperor, fled from the capital with his family in the middle of the night.
But before Mr. Min's family had traveled far from the capital, they were suddenly ambushed and killed by a group of bandits that appeared out of nowhere.
It was said that the entire family of Mr. Min, more than 300 people, were all killed by the bandits, with no survivors.
This event caused a great shock in the capital, even reaching the inner court.
Yueshen Palace.
"All of them, what happened to the Prince's residence and Mr. Min's family?"
Yu Yao was half-leaning on the soft couch in the inner room, eating grapes, and couldn't help but ask the system in her heart.
There's no such thing as coincidence in this world; it must be someone who is deliberately orchestrating it.
The system quickly appeared and explained, "The events at the Prince's residence and Mr. Min's family were all secretly done by Ye Beibei."
"Why?"
Yu Yao was taken aback.
Since it was Ye Beibei who did it, it must be that the Prince and Mr. Min had been secretly doing something.
She couldn't understand why Ye Beibei, as an emperor, needed to secretly make a move.
Why go through the trouble of making a move in secret? There's no need to handle things indirectly.
"Mr. Min helped the Prince in his bid for the throne, but Ye Beibei had no solid evidence to handle it publicly. Therefore, he had to take action secretly."
The system explained.
"Oh, I see!" Yu Yao realized it in her heart.
She thought of something else and couldn't help but ask, "Was the person who gave Ye Beibei the curse spell, the Prince?"
"Yes."
The system confirmed.
Yu Yao listened to the system's confirmation and understood the cause and effect.
It seems that the Prince's intention was to ensure that Ye Beibei's lineage would be cut off.
Although the former emperor had many sons, only two survived in the end: Ye Beibei and the Prince.
Since Ye Beibei didn't have his own son, he had to adopt the Prince's son.
If the Prince's son ascended to the throne, it would also mean that the Prince had successfully acquired the throne.
This is a typical case where someone cannot become the emperor themselves, so they have their son take over.
Unfortunately, the Prince made a mistake and ultimately lost.
Yu Yao didn't take this matter to heart and didn't need to go to the inner court to greet the Empress. She just stayed in Yueshen Palace every day, nesting and protecting her baby bump.
The incident where she and Ye Beibei went against the wind to commit an act that night was eventually reported to the Empress Dowager by Grandmama Qian.
The Empress Dowager heard this and naturally became very angry.
She was afraid that these two swine had done something careless that could have cost her unborn grandson his life.
After that, she sent a physician to Yueshen Palace to examine Yu Yao's pulse.
Fortunately, the physician checked Yu Yao's pulse and said that her pregnancy was steady and her fetus was very healthy, with no issues.
The Empress Dowager was finally at ease.
With the matter of the great-grandson settled, the Empress Dowager started worrying about her son.
Seeing the emperor not picking a consort for a long time, she worried that he might get bored of her.
After thinking it over, she called Ye Beibei to the Palace of Compassion and Goodwill, and no one knew what the mother and son talked about.
Ever since that night, Ye Beibei had started picking his consorts again after leaving the Palace of Compassion and Goodwill.
It seems to prevent Yu Yao from overthinking, Ye Beibei went specifically to Yueshen Palace to comfort her.
Yueshen Palace.
"Yu'er, don't worry. I went to the inner court just to sleep, I won't touch them!"
Ye Beibei gently embraced her with one arm and comforted her in a soft voice.
He didn't know why he had to say these things to her, but he just wanted to express himself.
He felt that he should have fallen in love with her, or perhaps it was a type of madness.
But he didn't hate her; on the contrary, he liked her very much.
Yu Yao looked at the handsome and godlike face in front of her, and said with a mix of laughter and tears, "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about me too much. Although I am extremely fond of Your Majesty, I also know that Your Majesty is not for just one person."
Ye Beibei heard her say this and thought that she was thinking about herself, so he didn't want to make her difficult, and chose to bear the pain himself.
With this in mind, her heart softened instantly.
He kissed and kissed Yu Yao, hugging her tightly, and his affection for her soared, reaching a level of 90.
Yu Yao, who was beautiful and made him happy, talked sweetly to him without any cost. She spouted various romantic phrases, spilling out of her mouth continuously.
Listening to her made Ye Beibei overjoyed, and he kissed her even more frantically, his eyes full of affection and an increasing reluctance to leave.
However, Ye Beibei also knew that he couldn't keep staying in Yueshen Palace forever, and the women in the palace couldn't be treated as mere decorations.
He had to go where he was supposed to go, but whether or not he slept was his own business.
Ye Beibei quickly resumed his routine of picking his consorts.
The first was the Consort Guan, who he had also loved in the past but whose affection had faded now.
The Consort Guan had been looking forward to the arrival of her dear prince like she was waiting for the stars and the moon.
After realizing that Ye Beibei no longer loved her, she dared not continue to act on it.
Instead of continuing to act on it, she carefully tried to please and flattered him, becoming just like the other concubines in the palace.
This, however, made her lose her uniqueness and became increasingly unappealing to Ye Beibei.
There were no intimate moments between them, just sleeping in their blankets together.
The Consort Guan lay beside Ye Beibei and looked at him several times with a strange and resentful look in her eyes.
It had been a long time since the prince had come to her palace, and just as long since he had touched her.
She couldn't help touching her face and thinking to herself: was it because she wasn't beautiful enough, or had her charm decreased?
Even if the prince no longer loved her, she was still a beautiful woman.
How could there be nothing to do but sleep?
She wanted to bear a son for the prince.
But the prince didn't touch her, and the Consort Guan felt too embarrassed to make the first move.
Although she felt embarrassed to make the first move,
But the eyes she looked at Ye Beibei with were becoming increasingly strange and resentful.
Even more, her gaze had an unintentional, intentional look towards his lower half.
Could it be that there was a problem with the prince's body?
The Consort Guan couldn't help but wonder.
Ye Beibei, of course, noticed the strange look in the Consort Guan's eyes. Seeing her staring at his lower half continuously, his face turned black instantly.
But he did not erupt in anger. Instead, he glared at her, feeling annoyed and said, "I'm a bit tired. You should go to sleep early as well."
Even for other women in the palace, he didn't want to sleep.
Of course, Yu Yao was the exception.
If that woman wasn't pregnant, he would definitely make her unable to get out of bed.
"Prince..."
The Consort Guan called out to him in a pitiful and mournful tone, with eyes that were increasingly resentful and even somewhat wronged.
Ye Beibei furrowed his brow, wanting to leave but not wanting to make her too embarrassed.
Eventually, he managed to restrain himself and didn't leave.
They lay there and slept through the night.
The next day, Ye Beibei went to the Mei Consort's palace and did nothing but lay there and sleep through the night.
The Mei Consort was a proud person, and she wouldn't do something as indecent as sleeping with a man to get what she wanted.
The third day was the Wan Consort, and he also slept through the night and left.
Though no one dared to say anything, all the concubines in the palace believed that there must be a problem with the emperor's body.
Later, they all started sending soups to the Imperial Study, and the soups they sent were all kidney-tonifying and vitalizing ones.
Looking at the row of tonic and vitalizing soups on the Imperial Table, Ye Beibei's face was as black as a cauldron bottom. He glared coldly and said, "Fu An, take all these soups away!"
He already had a lot of repressed anger with no outlet, and drinking these soups would probably make him explode.
