Chapter 1924: Chapter 1924
As for Ye Zi’an and others in the prison, he only kept them detained, neither torturing them nor interrogating them.
He himself did not take the opportunity to ascend the throne.
Yang Chuxia felt that her family was like being in confinement. This confinement lasted for half a month, and even her secret passage was ready. If Prince Le were not coming to Prince An’s Mansion every day, she could have sent the children away.
Thinking about it now, she suspected that Prince Le’s daily visits aimed precisely to prevent her from sending the children away.
On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the minor New Year, yet this year’s minor New Year, few official families in the Capital City had the heart to celebrate.
Especially those like Prince An’s Mansion and Prince Zhuang’s Mansion, which were still under surveillance, many things couldn’t be bought outside, and what was sent inside was merely ordinary rice and vegetables.
Moreover, her eyelids twitched violently that morning, giving her a premonition that something was about to happen. She couldn’t help but think of Ye Zi’an and the others in prison.
Lele, seeing her restless, said, "Mother, don’t worry. If something were to happen, it would have happened by now; it wouldn’t wait until this time. I now feel that keeping us and father detained is not to kill us."
"Then for what?" Yang Chuxia instinctively asked her son.
In her mind, her son’s political acuity was even sharper than Ye Zi’an’s.
"To prevent father and them from disrupting his plans!" Lele spat out a melon seed skin and said, "Before the incident, father told me about Prince Le, including his purpose and past. I analyzed that he actually despises everyone in the Imperial Family of Baili, so he imprisoned those royal family members, including Uncle. As for not killing them, it probably isn’t the right time yet; royal family members are different from father and them; he would kill the royal family."
"He doesn’t even like that throne, so he hasn’t ascended. He hates too much, so much that his heart has become somewhat twisted, wanting everyone to hate like him. So he has confined father and them. I guess he will soon send troops to Great Qi, definitely causing the two nations to fight. As for internal rebellions, he would incite them but not necessarily suppress them."
"Mother, think about it, if father and they were outside, they would certainly find ways to stop his madness, so he has to confine them."
"As for us, we’re collateral; he must keep us under his nose to feel at ease. If father and they break out, he can threaten with us. But I think it won’t be long before father and they take action; by then, we must escape from the Capital City before they move, not to hold father back."
With this analysis, Yang Chuxia realized, "Indeed, you’re right. However, he is truly perverse, his motives hard to fathom; he’s come this far yet hasn’t ascended the throne."
"Whether he ascends or not makes no difference; right now, the entire Great Zhou listens to him. Since that’s the case, why would he humble himself? For others, the throne is a treasure; for him, it is disgusting." Lele ate melon seeds, his small face soft and cute, though his eyes shone brightly, "Mother, let’s not rush; wait patiently. If father and they act, they will notify us beforehand."
"Alright, mother believes in you, son." Yang Chuxia thought for a moment and then asked, "Son, do you think if things go as he wishes and chaos erupts, what will he do?"
"Then he can retire gloriously." Lele blinked his eyes, "Mother, you surely don’t expect that after causing chaos, he’ll be the one to quell it, do you? How could that be? I’m sure you won’t catch Prince Le before the chaos, and after it, he’ll hide. He’ll wait until someone has mostly quelled the chaos before coming out to make trouble again."