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Chapter 1820 My Aunt is the Empress 27
Besides court officials, the fourth prince was also among those who supported the beautiful palace maids.

Indeed, even after the Sixth Prince became the Crown Prince and even the Emperor, the Fourth Prince never gave up his ambition to ascend to the throne.

He thought that as long as he killed the new emperor, he would have another chance.

Even if Linlang gave birth to a prince and killed the new emperor, it was the sixth prince's son who succeeded to the throne, so it had nothing to do with him.

He thought, if he could kill the Sixth Prince, surely he could kill a newborn baby? So he didn't take this baby seriously at all.

If all else fails, he can have an affair with the beautiful palace maid he supports, have a child of his own, confuse the sixth prince's bloodline, and finally support this child of his own bloodline to the throne. In the end, wouldn't the throne still fall to his branch of the royal family?
I thought I'd talk to that pretty palace maid. If she was willing to sleep with him and have his child, and then he'd help her become Empress Dowager, any woman would be tempted.

The Fourth Prince's plan was quite good, but the Sixth Prince simply didn't take the bait—he didn't even summon those beautiful palace maids. The Fourth Prince's plan thus fell apart at the very first step.

The Fourth Prince was speechless when he saw that the Sixth Prince did not seek out those women for favor. He scolded the Sixth Prince for being inexplicable, asking why he was not tempted by such beautiful women.

Little did he know that the Sixth Prince had already investigated these beautiful palace maids and knew that they had once been infatuated with the First Prince and others. He found their current attempts to curry favor disgusting and had no interest whatsoever. Therefore, his plan was destined to fail.

Seeing that this method was useless, the Fourth Prince naturally had to think of a new one. However, now that the Sixth Prince had become the emperor and lived in the palace, heavily protected by guards, it was much more difficult for him to kill him than when the Sixth Prince was outside and had fewer people protecting him.

Moreover, Linlang wouldn't let him succeed. After all, the Sixth Prince is a decent person now, and she doesn't need to abandon her father to keep her son. Once the Sixth Prince dies, she will have to rule from behind the curtain and govern the country, and she doesn't want to go through that hardship.

The dynasty is not yet on the verge of collapse, and there is no need for her to step in and turn the tide, so she can still enjoy her life in peace.

Therefore, if the Sixth Prince doesn't discover what the Fourth Prince is doing, things will go wrong. Linlang will then reveal to the Third Prince that the Fourth Prince killed the Third Prince, letting the two of them fight like dogs.

However, the Third Prince was seriously injured and his life was nearing its end. So Linlang was already thinking that if the Third Prince died and didn't have the strength to kill the Fourth Prince, she would directly tell the Sixth Prince about this. In short, the Fourth Prince would not succeed.

The Sixth Prince could easily find out about the ambiguous relationships between those beautiful palace maids and the First Prince, since these beautiful palace maids didn't really hide their actions from people, so many people knew about it.

However, since the Fourth Prince wanted to kill the Sixth Prince, he had to be much more discreet. Although the Sixth Prince had become emperor and had many more people, he had only recently ascended the throne and didn't trust some people enough. So, the people he could use were still the same people he had built when he was a prince and crown prince. He still didn't have enough people. To investigate the Fourth Prince and others, he naturally needed more trusted people to avoid the news getting out and people finding out that he was investigating his brother, which would be bad.

Because there weren't enough people, and because the Fourth Prince was very discreet, the Sixth Prince didn't see the Fourth Prince's little tricks.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince was preparing to bribe palace staff to poison the Sixth Prince, who still hadn't discovered it, Linlang felt things couldn't continue like this. So she revealed to the Third Prince that the Fourth Prince was the assassin of the Third Prince. Upon receiving this information, the Third Prince investigated and found that the allegations were true. He immediately submitted the information to the Sixth Prince, pleading with the new emperor to intervene.

He is now nearing the end of his life and is no longer able to be emperor. His followers have dwindled, and he can no longer deal with the fourth prince personally. Therefore, he has submitted the matter to the new emperor.

Regardless of whether he had dealt with the Sixth Prince before, as long as the Sixth Prince had no evidence, on the surface, he hadn't broken ties with him. That way, if he had evidence of being assassinated by the Fourth Prince, the Sixth Prince would surely give him an explanation.

The Third Prince was right. The new emperor saw that the Third Prince had accused the Fourth Prince, and the evidence was conclusive. There was no reason not to deal with it. After all, the Fourth Prince had dealt with him quite a bit in the past. However, some of the accusations could only be guessed to be the work of the Fourth Prince, but there was no evidence. Now that the Third Prince had conclusive evidence proving that he was assassinated by the Fourth Prince back then, there was no need to say anything more. He was definitely going to be dealt with.

Although the third brother had dealt with him before, one thing is one thing. If the third brother has evidence to deal with the fourth brother, then it is best to deal with the fourth brother first. It is not too late for the third brother to deal with him after he finds evidence later.

Of course, maybe there's no need to deal with it. After all, the fourth brother has seriously injured the third brother. Judging from the third brother's thin and pale appearance, he doesn't look like he'll live much longer. There's no need to deal with him. After all, there's no need to exert effort to deal with a dying man.

The Sixth Prince then used the pretext that the Fourth Prince had assassinated the Third Prince and ordered the killing of many people—including the guards who died protecting the Third Prince. Those lives were lives too, and they were all killed by the Fourth Prince's men. The Fourth Prince, as the mastermind, must also be held responsible. He then demoted the Fourth Prince to a commoner and imprisoned him in Huai'en Palace.

It's all thanks to the Sixth Prince's mercy; otherwise, a father wouldn't have the heart to kill his son, and a brother certainly wouldn't.

Stripping the fourth prince of his title is a must. Putting aside what the fourth prince has done, he certainly won't be able to keep his title. Just from the perspective of the dynasty's finances, every prince is a piece of cake. Otherwise, there are too many high-ranking royal titles, which would put a lot of financial pressure on the government.

Especially since the late emperor had many sons who survived, if they were all princes, it would be a huge expense. Reducing the number of princes is naturally a good thing.

Therefore, the Sixth Prince will definitely deal with the Fourth Prince, not for personal grudges, not to punish the murderer, but even to reduce the financial burden.

The Third Prince was pleased to see that the new emperor had dealt with the Fourth Prince on his behalf.

Although he was seriously injured by the fourth prince and could no longer become emperor, which was very regrettable, he was able to get rid of the fourth prince, the murderer, which can be considered revenge. It was better than living a lifetime without finding the murderer and dying with regrets.

Whether he found the assassin or not, the Third Prince breathed his last and soon passed away.

Before he died, he dreamed, perhaps in a dream, that he had the support of the Zhou family, rose to power, and finally killed Zhou Linlang and the Zhou family, living a very happy life.

He always felt that this was the ending he deserved, but he didn't know why, in reality, Zhou Linlang didn't choose him, and he ended up like this.