The general's wife knows medicine

Chapter 189: Disguised as a Servant to Meet the Emperor

When the fifth prince arrived, he came in through the back door disguised as a servant.

Mu Jintang told the Fifth Prince everything Song Yichen had discovered.

"I will go to the palace now to ask for an audience with my father." The fifth prince said anxiously.

Mu Jintang stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, Your Highness. Now we don't know whether the Third Prince's people have found out about Song Yichen. The most urgent thing is to make Song Yichen fake his death so that the Third Prince can relax his vigilance. This will give us enough time to find evidence of his rebellion. Otherwise, the Emperor won't believe us without any evidence."

The emperor has never made it clear which prince he wants to make the crown prince, nor has he shown any special affection for any of the princes.

Because of this, these princes began to have all kinds of fantasies and expectations about the throne. Each of them believed that they had a chance to become the future emperor, so they more or less secretly won over court officials and prepared to compete for that position.

Even the Fifth Prince, who has always been low-key, has him protecting him, right?

However, if someone dares to privately raise a large number of private soldiers, then the situation is completely different. This behavior is undoubtedly regarded as treason!

The emperor could tolerate the open and covert fighting and competition among the princes, and even turn a blind eye to their occasional tricks. After all, these were common means of court struggle and would not have much impact on the overall situation.

However, once it involves a serious crime like treason, it would violate the emperor's bottom line and be a blatant provocation to his ruling authority, which means that the emperor is not taken seriously at all.

However, the emperor was not someone who would easily listen to slander. To accuse someone of treason, he had to have solid evidence before him. Especially when the suspect was his own son, he had to be more cautious and not act rashly.

The Fifth Prince was naturally convinced by what Mu Jintang said and nodded.

"I have a villa in Wutong Village in the northeast. It was Yunshu's dowry. Not many people know about it. You can arrange for people to go there."

Mu Jintang nodded, "Okay."

"I will go back and inform Yunshu in a while, and you can send the person over quietly afterwards." The fifth prince thought for a moment, and then said, "Tomorrow, you can ask Madam to disguise herself as my servant and go into the palace with me. You can't tell father about this explicitly, but at least you can let Madam Mu go and see how father is doing now."

Mu Jintang thought so too, so he agreed.

The Fifth Prince also went to see Song Yichen in person, but Song Yichen had lost too much blood and was still in a coma.

On the second day, just after the hour of Yin, Tang Peipei followed the fifth prince into the palace.

Because there is a court meeting today, the Fifth Prince, Mu Jintang and other court officials have to attend.

Tang Peipei was arranged to wait in the place where the servants rested.

All of these people were servants around the masters of each family. Tang Peipei was afraid that people would find out that she was in disguise, so she hid in a corner and pretended to sleep.

Until the fifth prince came to look for her after finishing his court session.

Tang Peipei lowered her head and followed the fifth prince all the way to the emperor's study.

When a eunuch saw the Fifth Prince coming, he hurriedly trotted up to him, bowed and nodded to greet him, with an extremely flattering smile on his face, and said respectfully: "Greetings to Your Highness!" In this palace, even if he is just a small servant beside the emperor, he is an existence that should not be underestimated.

The fifth prince smiled politely at the eunuch and asked, "Is my father here?"

Just as the eunuch was about to answer, Eunuch Du, the chief eunuch of the emperor, came out.

After meeting Eunuch Du, the eunuch knew that he had nothing to do and stepped aside.

Eunuch Du smiled and stepped forward to greet him, saying, "Your Highness, the Emperor is discussing something with several ministers. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a moment."

The fifth prince turned his head to glance at Tang Peipei, who nodded almost imperceptibly, indicating that he could wait.

Now that she's here, she might as well wait for a while. There's nothing important for her to do anyway.

The fifth prince nodded to Eunuch Du.

The look that the Fifth Prince gave Tang Peipei just now was seen by Eunuch Du, who could not help but glance at Tang Peipei again and said, "Your Highness, why don't you go to the side hall to get some snacks and tea?"

The fifth prince nodded, and Eunuch Du took the two of them into the side hall.

Eunuch Du was very perceptive. He knew that since people had attended the morning court and got up early, they must not have had any breakfast, so he had some breakfast sent over.

It was the first time that Tang Peipei got up so early. She didn't even have time to drink a sip of water. She was already hungry, and she became even hungrier when she saw the food.

She saw that there was no outsider in the hall except the Fifth Prince. However, to her, the Fifth Prince was not an outsider. After saying something to the Fifth Prince, she started eating.

Even though Tang Peipei was very hungry, she ate slowly and elegantly.

The two were almost done eating when Eunuch Du appeared again.

"Your Highness, the Emperor has finished his work and is calling you."

Someone brought water for washing hands and rinsing mouth. The two of them quickly finished the task and followed Eunuch Du to the main hall.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Father. May you be blessed with good health and happiness!"

The emperor looked up at him, then lowered his head to review the memorial in his hand, and said in a dull voice, "Get up."

The fifth prince was startled by the emperor's voice, and after standing up, he asked, "Father, is there anything wrong with your health?"

The emperor sat on the dragon throne, looking at the mountain of memorials on the desk with tired eyes. He frowned slightly, then waved his hand gently and said weakly: "It's okay." However, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly started coughing violently.

The coughing sounded throughout the palace, as if every sound would shatter one's eardrums. The coughing sound was mixed with the sound of thick phlegm, which made people feel pity. Tang Peipei, who was standing outside the palace waiting for an audience, was startled when she heard the coughing sound. She knew that the emperor's health had always been poor, but she didn't expect it to be so serious.

However, she knew that the palace rules were strict and no one was allowed to enter without the emperor's summons. She could only wait anxiously outside the palace, but she did not dare to rush into the palace.

The Emperor's coughing finally subsided, and the Fifth Prince's voice rang out in the hall: "Let the servant next to this Prince come in for a moment."

Then Eunuch Du came out and politely invited her in.

Tang Peipei walked in quickly and knelt in the hall, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! May your Majesty be well!"

When Eunuch Du saw that she called herself a concubine, he overlapped the figure in his mind with the figure of Tang Peipei kneeling on the ground.

It turned out that this person was the general's wife. No wonder he felt that she looked familiar just now, but couldn't remember where she was for a moment.

Who could have imagined that the beautiful general's wife would wear a servant's clothes and follow the fifth prince.