How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 252: The result of careful analysis is that both of them are big enemies

"Do you know what soul fragrance is?" Shen Yuan asked softly.

Xie Chengze shook his head at first, then he remembered something and lowered his eyes slightly, his dark pupils lightly falling downwards.

Soul...is it fragrant?

The name is too obvious. It is hard not to think of something, such as why the second prince's soul appeared in the original owner's body, or the incense in the queen's Kunning Palace that could not be lit after being cut off.

Seeing Xie Chengze fall silent, Shen Yuan couldn't help but ask, "But what did you remember?"

Xie Chengze thought about it and shook his head again, "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"When I was in a coma, I vaguely recalled some memories of my past life." Shen Yuan narrated to Xie Chengze what happened after the Second Prince was killed. "That's what happened. So I suspect that someone used soul incense to swap the souls of the fake Second Prince with the real Second Prince."

Xie Chengze was so shocked that he opened his mouth for a long time and couldn't close it.

In the original novel, after the second prince died, the crown prince was finally able to ascend the throne and settle accounts with the remnants of the second prince's party. Sheng Shihuai's father, Sheng Yunhai, could not stand the fact that his son was the biggest corrupt official and traitor in the court, so he chose to commit suicide, thus saving the Sheng family, and the Hanlin Academy fell into the control of the Su family.

Then...

Xie Chengze was stunned. After describing the ending of the remnants of the second prince, the author ended the book with a very short paragraph.

According to later historical records, Shen Yuan, as a powerful official, gradually reached the pinnacle of power in the turbulent court. He missed opportunities and got lost, but he always kept his original intention and finally put down the rebellion in the court, performing a thrilling chapter on the stage of history.

It seems that the original text did not mention Shen Yuan’s ending.

There is only a brief record in history books, and nothing else.

Xie Chengze originally thought that this was a common way of describing the ending of a novel, but he never thought that perhaps Shen Yuan had no ending at all, or in other words, he had no future with an ending, and his ending was to be killed by the prince himself.

This is really hard to comment on.

Xie Chengze raised his hand and wiped his face deeply.

He began to sort out the connections carefully. Xie Jinyu said that he had been guarding the body of the Second Prince for twenty years. Combined with his memory, Xie Jinyu's attitude towards the Second Prince changed in the past ten years, from dependence to distance, from confusion and reflection to disgust and targeting, but he still imprisoned the other party. This meant that Xie Jinyu did suspect that the Second Prince was not Yuan Xin.

In the next ten years, every time the Second Prince committed a serious crime, Xie Jinyu did not kill him, but cooperated with Emperor Jian and chose to let him go lightly. Perhaps it was really as he said, he was fantasizing that the original owner would come back one day.

Therefore, he did not allow the Second Prince to leave the capital. He wanted to imprison the Second Prince in the capital for the rest of his life, waiting for the return of the original owner.

There are also Xie Jinyu's words "If I knew about the soul incense twenty years ago..." and "He will be back soon, he will be back..."

In the original text, why did the prince suddenly give in, and even got the Queen to inform Shen Yuan to launch a coup on the day the second prince ascended the throne?

Did the Queen make a promise to the Prince?

For example, as long as the prince is willing to do it, she will tell him how to make the real second prince's "soul" return to his hometown.

The queen then turned to Shen Yuan and asked him to kill the second prince.

Finally Shen Yuan killed the second prince, and the prince went mad again and killed Shen Yuan.

well.

Xie Chengze finally figured it out.

The original owner was a big victim.

Not only did his father die when he was young, but he finally lived to the age of nine, but his soul was burned away by someone, and his mother died of insanity and depression. He finally came back, but his body had turned into an unforgivable body, and before he could come back, his body had already died.

The second prince was also a very wronged person. He was supposed to be reincarnated after his death, but he was suddenly burned into another body and resurrected. He wanted to live on for the rest of his life, but he was first threatened by people sent by the Queen, and then bewitched by people sent by Sheng Shihuai. In the end, he became a villain step by step.

"Chengze..." Shen Yuan's gentle and worried voice sounded in his ears. Xie Chengze came to his senses and found that he was grabbing his hair tightly, making it messy.

He quickly smoothed his hair and said, "I suddenly remembered something. I'm leaving now. You should take good care of your injuries. I'll come to see you in the evening!"

After saying this, he hurriedly stood up and left the cabinet room of the Imperial Hospital.

Shen Yuan originally wanted to ask why Xie Jinyu was so obsessed with him and what the so-called redemption was all about, but when he saw Xie Chengze leaving with an anxious look, he could only sigh slightly.

"Well, let's ask again tonight."

But little did they know that because of this, it would be extremely difficult to see each other again.

……

Xie Chengze stepped into the East Palace again.

The guards at the door still did not inform anyone, but let Xie Chengze enter the East Palace directly.

The Eastern Palace was still as deserted as when he first came. Led by the guards, he came to the prince's palace and saw that the door was guarded by imperial guards, and a familiar face was sitting upright at the stone table in the courtyard.

Xie Chengze walked over and greeted him, "Cao Que."

Cao Que stood up and saluted, his armor creaking as he heard the words, "Your Highness the Regent."

"Is the prince awake?" Xie Chengze asked calmly.

"He has not yet woken up. The prince has internal injuries and needs more rest."

"Is that so..." Xie Chengze stood there for a while, and said casually, "Commander Cao, I have a question in my mind, and I hope you can answer it."

Cao Que paused for a moment, then raised his hand to salute, "Your Highness, please ask."

"On the day when my father passed away, was there anyone entering or leaving the Yangxin Palace?"

"Your Highness, your Majesty was in a coma that day. He woke up at twilight hour and vomited and coughed up blood. I have been personally serving him the entire time."

"You?" Xie Chengze's eyes flashed, "No one else?"

Cao Que shook his head. "The Queen has ordered that no one is allowed to approach the Yangxin Palace except the imperial physician she brought with her. After Your Majesty coughed up blood, I asked for permission to invite the imperial physician, but Your Majesty refused."

"Do you know... why?"

At this time, Cao Que looked at Xie Chengze deeply.

"Your Majesty is a martial artist, and he knows his physical condition very well."

He seemed to want to say something, but paused and ultimately didn't say it.

He is the Queen's man and should not talk too much.

"Commander Cao is also a martial artist." Xie Chengze stared at Cao Que with a sharp gaze, "He should be able to tell that Father has been poisoned, right?"

Cao Que remained silent, which was considered as his agreement.

Xie Chengze's face suddenly darkened. He originally just wanted to trick Cao Que, but he didn't expect that Cao Que actually admitted it and was not even surprised at all.

The poisoning incident is closely related to the Cao family!

He gritted his teeth and sneered, "Cao Que, you are really calm. Aren't you afraid that I will put the blame of my father being poisoned on you?"

Cao Que's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "I believe that the Regent will not wrongly accuse an innocent person."

"If you know but don't say it, then it won't be wronged."

Xie Chengze said this coldly, turned around and walked towards the door of the bedroom.

"Get out of the way! I want to go in to visit the prince!" He shouted at the imperial guards who were blocking the gate with swords raised.

"Let the Regent in." Cao Que gave the order from behind.

The imperial guards at the gate then put away their weapons.