After entering the Shuiyue Palace, Zhao Liexian and Zhao Hanqing could see the emperor of Daqi, a huge empire, leaning on the dragon bed. He was wearing a loose yellow robe, and his head was leaning on the pillow beside the bed. There was an extremely beautiful woman who was lazily standing up her waterfall-like black hair.
She was sitting in front of the dressing table, leaning sideways. Her extremely long black hair covered her face and her appearance could not be seen clearly. However, her legs were intertwined and a section of her feet was exposed under her skirt. They were delicate and white. Like tender lotus root buds, the nails on the tips of the toes are crystal clear and seem to be able to refract light.
This woman is none other than Concubine Ming, who has three thousand beauties in the harem but is the only favorite. She can be called the most beautiful woman in the world!
After Zhao Hanqing entered the palace, he immediately saw Zhao Bairen leaning on the bedside. His face was pale, his skin was yellow and wrinkled, his eye sockets were sunken and his eye circles were dark, and he looked like he was overindulging in lust.
Zhao Bairen leaned on the bed and yawned. After taking the ginseng soup brought by the palace maid and gargling his mouth, he coughed dryly and said: "Third, fourth, what's the urgent matter that has to disturb my rest at this time? "
Zhao Liexian and Zhao Hanqing immediately rushed to speak in unison. Zhao Liexian said: "Father, something big has happened in Taiyang! This is an unprecedented and shocking murder since the founding of Daqi!"
Zhao Hanqing said: "Father, another murder occurred in Taiyang! People all over the city were brutally massacred, and almost all the people in the city died!"
Zhao Bairen listened to them talking about their own things, and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to stop the two of them: "Wait a minute, you two separate, you are so noisy, it makes my head hurt!" As he said that, he waved to the palace maid next to him. wave.
The beautiful maid immediately understood and brought up a jade plate with a silver plate on it. There was a brocade box on the silver plate. The maid brought it to Zhao Bairen. Zhao Bairen picked up the brocade box and took out a brocade box. Thumb-sized elixir, then swallow it in your mouth and drink it with warm water.
After swallowing this golden elixir, Zhao Bairen's complexion improved obviously, and there was an abnormal flush on his originally pale face. Zhao Hanqing saw this and couldn't help but admonished: "Father, it's Yao San." To separate poisons, this kind of tiger and wolf medicine should be used sparingly! Besides, this medicine is "
Zhao Bairen waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "Third brother, you are the prince of the prison country. First tell me, what happened? What happened to Taiyang? Why can't it just stop for one day? I am really not taking this emperor seriously. It’s delicious!”
Zhao Hanqing said with a sullen face: "The medicine offered at the altar of the Ministry of Rites may not be a panacea. Otherwise, why would my father's body and bones seem to be deteriorating? Father, the identity of the altar of the Ministry of Rites is strange and its origin is unknown. You should be more careful and careful. ! Father Emperor’s Dragon Body is related to the safety of the country and must not be taken lightly!”
In the past ten years or so, Zhao Bairen has heard such admonitions and complaints not only ten thousand times, but also eight thousand times. If it had been anyone else, he would have been furious and kicked him out of the palace.
But it was the prince who said this, and he had to suppress his temper, waved his hands, and said: "I know my body and bones very well! Let's not talk about this first, let's talk about Taiyang!"
Zhao Hanqing had no choice but to say again: "According to the urgent message received from eight hundred miles away, another horrific murder occurred in Taiyang. This time the people of Taiyang were massacred, and all the remaining people... have been killed!"
At this point, Zhao Hanqing couldn't help but choked up and his eyes turned red.
Zhao Bairen was shocked: "Ah? This is happening? Why is it happening?"
Zhao Liexian, who was on the side, immediately said with a sneer: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to be unclear about what he said!"
Zhao Hanqing immediately glared at Zhao Liexian: "Zhao Liexian, don't go too far!!"
Zhao Liexian replied without showing any signs of weakness: "Prince, don't be too arrogant! This is the Imperial Palace, and you are not the emperor yet!"
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two brothers, sparks flying in all directions, Zhao Bairen immediately said: "Oh, why are we quarreling again? What a shame for you!"
Zhao Hanqing and Zhao Liexian immediately knelt down at the same time to apologize: "My son is rude, please forgive me!"
Zhao Bairen asked with a solemn expression: "Lao San, you are the prince of the Supervisory Kingdom, and you once ruled Taiyang. What happened to Taiyang? Why did such a thing happen again?"
Zhao Hanqing said: "Father, this case is currently under investigation, but what I know is that this is a long-planned massacre with ulterior motives!"
Zhao Bairen couldn't help but said: "For what? Who did it?"
Zhao Hanqing had a special status and a mature and prudent personality. Even if he believed that Zhao Liexian instigated this incident, he could not accuse his other son of planning the massacre in front of the emperor without evidence. The culprit!
But Zhao Liexian was different. Compared to the powerful prince, he did not have such scruples as he was in a weak position, so he sneered from the side and said: "Father, my son has learned some news!"
Zhao Bairen said: "Tell me about it."
Zhao Lie said first: "I learned that this murder was orchestrated by the prefect Li Tian!"
Zhao Hanqing immediately said angrily: "Prince Ping! Now the case is unknown, what are your intentions with such nonsense!"
Zhao Liexian sneered and said: "Telling nonsense? As far as I know, a few days before the murder, the prefect Li Tian issued a ban on closing the city and strictly prohibited anyone from entering or exiting!! Why did he issue such a strange and strange order? Just because at that time The Taiyang plague broke out again! In order to conceal his mistakes and evade responsibility, the prefect Li Tian ordered the city to be closed to prevent the news from leaking! Therefore, this led to this terrible Taiyang tragedy! "
Zhao Bairen was stunned and speechless. Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Liexian rushed to say: "However, this is not the end! The people of Taiyang found themselves imprisoned in the city to die, and they began to organize their escape. But when they escaped, , but were brutally massacred! Almost all the people in the city were killed!"
Zhao Hanqing stared at Zhao Liexian and sneered: "Prince Ping! How do you know such details? Could it be that the thief shouts to catch the thief?"
Zhao Liexian sneered: "Because I found the surviving witnesses in this murderous case! And one of them is also a suspect involved in the case!"
Zhao Hanqing was furious and said: "Prince Ping! What a good method! What a good method! So soon after the incident, you have all the witnesses and physical evidence? Huh, it must be some common people randomly found somewhere to bite!"
Zhao Liexian had a sly and smug smile on his lips and said, "On the contrary! This person is both a party and a witness! Because this person is Ji Chen, the master next to Prefect Li Tian! He has seen all this with his own eyes and is willing to go to court. Make a confession!"
Zhao Hanqing froze on the spot for an instant. He stared at Zhao Liexian with extremely strong anger in his eyes. If he had doubts and guesses before, at this time, he was already sure that the entire Taiyang murder case was his. Made by this brother!
Zhao Hanqing gritted his teeth and said: "Do you really want to be the prince? In order to compete for this position, you are even willing to kill so many innocent people?"
Zhao Liexian said coldly: "Your Highness, these words are serious! The prince is chosen by the emperor, how can it be easily decided by what some people say and do? Besides, I can do it Upright, sit still, why do you need to do such things that harm the peace of the world? On the contrary, Your Highness, why are you so angry and repeatedly blaming this king? Are you guilty of being a thief, and the thief calls to catch the thief? "
Zhao Hanqing was furious, veins popped up on his forehead, and he roared loudly: "Say these words in front of the people who died in Taiyang!! Look into their eyes and say to them!!"
Zhao Liexian also said angrily: "Why not! Come find them!!"
Zhao Hanqing was so angry that his teeth were almost broken. Just when they were about to have a full-scale martial arts showdown in front of the emperor, they suddenly heard Concubine Ming's horrified cry: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, Your Majesty!!"
The two were startled, and when they turned around to look, they saw that Zhao Bairen had fallen to the side, with dark blood flowing from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose...