freenovelworld Chapter 116 Princess Anyang is ill
Chapter 116 Princess Anyang is ill
Prime Minister Li could only recount the story in detail: "When she returned from Anyang, she was indeed a bit erratic. After I gave her some calming medicine, she recovered considerably."
After An Yang regained consciousness, he came up with the idea of feigning madness, determined to punish the Regent.
An Yang threatened to kill herself. Her mother and I reluctantly agreed.
"Your Majesty thought that upon hearing of An Yang's madness, Your Majesty would punish the Regent, but unexpectedly, Your Majesty has ordered the imperial physician to examine An Yang. Now we are truly in a predicament, and have no choice but to come to Your Majesty for help."
Upon hearing this, the Empress angrily slammed her hand on the table beside her. She cursed, "Utterly foolish! Anyang is foolish, and are you, Prime Minister Li, foolish too? The Regent has released Anyang, which means the matter is over."
Even if Anyang is dead, you can't do anything to the Regent. Now that Anyang is just frightened, you want to challenge the Regent again? It's like throwing an egg against a rock.
Prime Minister Li looked ashamed and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger. Things have come to this point. Please show us the way forward."
The Empress snorted coldly, a calculating glint in her eyes: "Since His Majesty is sending the imperial physician to examine An Yang, then let An Yang continue to feign madness, but he must make it even more convincing."
Either go to His Majesty and the Regent right now, immediately, and apologize, telling the truth and begging for the Regent's forgiveness.
After a moment of contemplation, Prime Minister Li gritted his teeth and said, "I choose the former. Let Anyang continue to feign madness."
"You've all followed Anyang's wishes, feigning madness. You've ruined Anyang! How will she ever get married? Who would marry a woman with a mental illness to be the head of the household?" The Empress looked at the silent Prime Minister Li, her heart filled with disappointment. Truly beyond saving.
The Empress raised an eyebrow slightly and warned, "If this plan succeeds, everyone will be happy. But if it is exposed, your entire Li family should be prepared to bear the consequences. Brothers, have you considered my and the Second Prince's feelings at all?"
When Prime Minister Li heard the Empress's words, he was stunned. Yes, they had not considered or weighed the bigger picture.
They only felt sorry for Anyang. As a result, Anyang led them further and further astray. But Anyang was their precious child, whom they had cherished since childhood!
Prime Minister Li said firmly, "Empress, this is the last time. If An Yang remains stubborn, my brother will definitely give up on her and will not let her ruin our plans."
"Alright, I believe you. Go back to your residence!" The Empress was unwilling to say anything more.
After Prime Minister Li left, the Second Prince came out from the inner room.
"Mother, Uncle handled this matter poorly, and I never expected Anyang to be so foolish. Fortunately, I firmly opposed marrying her back then."
"I never imagined that Anyang would be so useless, even leading my brother astray," the Empress said helplessly.
"Mother, we must be wary of our uncle's actions; he might suddenly act impulsively!"
"I have my own plans for this. You don't need to worry. Just focus on your work. Let's go and visit your father together."
The Empress did not want to discuss Prime Minister Li's affairs any further. These matters were giving her a headache.
Back at the residence, Prime Minister Li informed An Yang and her mother of the Empress's intentions. Although An Yang felt fear, her hatred intensified, and she resolved to fight to the death.
Soon, the imperial physician arrived at the Li residence. He found An Yang with disheveled hair, a vacant stare, sometimes grinning foolishly and sometimes babbling incoherently.
The imperial physician took her pulse for a long time, his brows furrowed, seemingly suspicious. At this moment, An Yang suddenly broke free from the maid's hand and rushed towards the corner of the table, shouting, "The demon is coming to capture me!" Everyone hurriedly tried to stop her.
Meanwhile, the Regent had always known that An Yang was feigning madness. Since he had this idea, he decided to see what they were up to. If they were foolish, he might as well help them out.
Zhou Yuan's lips curled into a faint smile, as if everything was under his control.
The Su residence was peaceful and serene.
Everyone was eating hot pot in the restaurant. Biyu was standing to the side, reporting the information she had received to Su Yinyin.
Miss Su put down her chopsticks and chuckled, "It seems Anyang is going to make things worse."
The old lady sitting to the side, upon hearing this, expressed her opinion, "This is utterly foolish."
Li Lan shook her head: "It's nothing, why pretend to be crazy? Isn't An Yang afraid of her dream coming true?"
Su Yinyin praised Li Lan: "Lanlan, you are so good at using the idiom 'dream come true'."
The baby immediately corrected, "Ignorance is truly terrifying; it shouldn't be 'trying to be clever but making a mess of things'!"
Su Yinyin patted the baby's head and said with a smile, "The baby is so smart."
He then looked at Biyu and instructed, "Send someone to keep a close eye on the situation in Anyang, and report any disturbances immediately."
Here, the imperial physician finally managed to stabilize Anyang, prescribed some calming remedies, and then hurriedly left.
An Yang watched the departing imperial physician, a hint of smugness flashing in his eyes, thinking to himself, "That was a pretty convincing performance, wasn't it?"
However, what she didn't know was that her every move was being watched by the regent.
As night fell, An Yang quietly changed his clothes and slipped out of his room, heading straight for a secluded courtyard.
Zhou Yuan had already ordered his men to wait there. As soon as An Yang entered the courtyard, torches were lit all around.
Upon seeing the Regent appear, An Yang was greatly alarmed, but still managed to feign composure and asked, "Your Highness, what brings you here?"
Zhou Yuan sneered: "Does Miss Anyang not know why I am here? Pretending to be crazy and trying to scheme against others, I despise such methods the most."
An Yang was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
She wanted to feign madness, but she didn't know how. Everything inside the room was enough to prove it. Princess Anyang was indeed feigning madness.
Zhou Yuan's face was cold and stern. "Princess Anyang, do you think I'm a fool?"
An Yang cried and begged for mercy, "Your Highness, spare my life! I was just momentarily bewitched."
Zhou Yuan sneered, "Since you dared to scheme against me, you should have expected this day to come."
At this moment, Prime Minister Li arrived quickly with his entourage.
Prime Minister Li feigned surprise and asked, "Regent, what brings you here?"
Indeed, he ran out of his own courtyard in Anyang, and the secret guards went to report to Prime Minister Li.
Hearing that An Yang had run away, I had a premonition that it was all over.
Prime Minister Li glanced at Princess Anyang, who was lying paralyzed on the ground, and secretly regretted that he had made the wrong choice.
A doting mother often spoils her son. I told him a thousand times to pretend to be crazy and to do it properly.
As a result, fearing his daughter would be mistreated, he tried to switch her with someone else, but was caught red-handed.
Zhou Yuan glanced sideways at Prime Minister Li, "Prime Minister, your arrival is timely. I was just about to ask whether Princess Anyang's actions were at your behest?"
"Father, save your daughter!" An Yang ran to Prime Minister Li's side when she saw him arrive.
Prime Minister Li ignored him and quickly waved his hand, saying to Regent Zhou Yuan, "Your Highness has misunderstood. How could I possibly do such a treasonous thing?"
Zhou Yuan scoffed, "Is that so? I think the Prime Minister is quite bold!"
Prime Minister Li knelt down with a thud. "Your Highness, please understand that I failed to discipline my daughter properly and deserve to die. However, I had absolutely no intention of instigating her."