Chapter 102 - 76 Five-Colored Steed, Thousand Gold Fur Coat_2
From a young age, the Empress had taught him to be a good Crown Prince, destined to inherit the throne. Now, the established path had deviated, and Zhao You was utterly panicked.
That night, Zhao You had a late-night audience with his mother, and the two discussed for a long time. Finally, the Empress came up with a plan—swap the Crown Prince with a civet cat.
However, the "civet cat" was not a real animal but the Imperial Grandson.
The Imperial Grandson Zhao Cong and the Crown Prince Zhao You were father and son and looked quite similar, about eighty to ninety percent alike.
The Empress enlisted the help of her brother to find a master of disguise from the Jianghu, who dyed and dressed the Imperial Grandson’s beard. Henceforth, Zhao Cong became Zhao You.
At that time, the fifty-year-old Zhao You might not survive the elderly Emperor Longping. But the newly crowned Imperial Grandson Zhao Cong, could surely outlive his imperial grandfather.
To nurture Zhao Cong, Zhao You did not idle for the past three years. Besides consuming various rare medicines to prolong life, he sought many longevity techniques.
He hoped to protect Zhao Cong until he ascended the throne in his lifetime.
In that year, the Empress’s brother invited witches from the Shu Region, claiming they possessed exotic techniques for longevity. These could extend the Crown Prince’s life by at least ten years.
On the day of the ritual, seven highly skilled witches prepared the altar to extend the Crown Prince’s lifespan.