Concubine Li was startled for a moment, and then she began to tremble uncontrollably. Her patience with her son had finally run out, and she couldn't help but complain anxiously and panickedly: "It's all because of you who is so greedy and reckless. Did something go wrong?"
Was it easy for her to survive in the palace until now, being so cautious and timid
If she fails this time, she will be completely finished. How can she bear it
King Zhuang knew his mother's temper. He didn't care that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He just frowned and said to his mother: "Calm down first. We don't know what happened yet. Why are you so impatient?"
He didn't believe that the relationship between the Song family and Emperor Yuanfeng could withstand such a test. Emperors are always suspicious and sensitive. In addition, Emperor Yuanfeng has an unshirkable responsibility for the death of the late crown prince. If Song Heng's background is confirmed, Emperor Yuanfeng will not bother to investigate any details. The first thing he will do is to wipe out the Song family, even if that is his uncle's family.
After all, he has been a king and has set up his own government in the palace for many years. He can still remain calm at critical moments.
Hearing him say this, although Concubine Li was so flustered that she wanted to cry, she could only suppress her anxiety, changed her clothes, and followed Prince Zhuang to the imperial study.
The Taiji Hall was brightly lit, with candles as thick as children's arms burning in the half-human-high lanterns on the side of the road, which looked magnificent. As one got closer, one saw large luminous pearls placed in the gauze-woven goat-horn lanterns. At this moment, the palace was shining brightly in the dark night, like a fairy's residence, but Prince Zhuang and Concubine Li had no intention of appreciating it.
Eunuch Xia still looked cautious and smiled as he came up to greet the king. King Zhuang looked at him and asked calmly, "It's getting late. I wonder what's going on, father?"
Eunuch Xia smiled and shook his head, then led Prince Zhuang up the steps and said respectfully, "Your Majesty and His Highness, please come in."
Prince Zhuang knew that he couldn't get anything out of him, so he just pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly and walked into the house holding Concubine Li's arm.
Compared to the outside, it was brighter in here, like daylight. When Prince Zhuang and Concubine Li entered the room, they were dazzled and could hardly open their eyes. They took a moment to adjust before they opened their eyes again. Then they saw Emperor Yuanfeng sitting behind the desk with a calm face.
His heart skipped a beat, and he took a few steps forward and said seriously, "Father!"
Emperor Yuanfeng looked at him and nodded, not knowing whether he was happy or angry. "You are here? Come forward."
King Zhuang couldn't tell what his mood was at the moment, and his heart was in turmoil, but he still tried to calm himself down and responded. He glanced at Concubine Li and helped her forward.
Emperor Yuanfeng stood up, looked at Concubine Li and asked her, "Are you feeling better?"
He suddenly asked this question, and the tense spirits of Concubine Li and Prince Zhuang were relieved at once. Concubine Li hurriedly said, "I feel better now, thanks to Doctor Hu and Judge Sun..."
Emperor Yuanfeng smiled and said, "No, you have to thank your good son for raising you. If he hadn't calculated the dosage so accurately, you wouldn't have survived until the imperial physician came to treat you."
It was like a bolt from the blue. Concubine Li, who had been smiling, turned pale in an instant. She looked at Emperor Yuanfeng in disbelief and was so frightened that she forgot to react.
King Zhuang also opened his eyes wide.
Without waiting for them to continue to react, Emperor Yuanfeng sneered, leaned back in his chair and looked at them coldly: "You are playing these tricks under my nose. Do you think I am too old and incompetent to take my place?"
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Li collapsed to the ground.
King Zhuang also looked pale, and called out to his father in fear: "I am terrified, father, I don't know... "
Emperor Yuanfeng suddenly clapped his hands, and Princess Zhuang and Madam Qin were pushed in. Both of them looked disheveled, especially Madam Qin, whose hair was disheveled and there was blood at the corners of her mouth. She no longer had any of her former elegance and grace.
"You were murdered and cursed by witchcraft, so you can't keep your child?" Emperor Yuanfeng laughed sarcastically, "Or are you trying so hard to set up this trap to clear away the stumbling blocks and make me give way to you?"
He shouted coldly, and King Zhuang shuddered immediately. His hands went numb, and his mind went completely blank for a moment. He finally suppressed his inner fear and defended himself: "Father, please understand. I never dared to say that someone was trying to murder the heir to the throne..."
"You dare not say it, you did it all!" Emperor Yuanfeng suddenly stepped forward and kicked King Zhuang to the ground. Seeing that King Zhuang was already scared out of his wits, he looked at him coldly: "When did you hook up with your third brother?"
With just this one sentence, Prince Zhuang was so stunned that he looked at Emperor Yuanfeng in horror, not knowing how things had turned out like this.
He didn't care about the pain in his chest and shook his head fearfully: "Father, it's not me..."
"Still quibbling!" Emperor Yuanfeng sneered: "Since you won't give up until you reach the Yellow River, I'll let you see more clearly!" He glanced at Eunuch Xia and said: "Bring them in!"
Eunuch Xia's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with turmoil. He glanced at Prince Zhuang before going downstairs. Soon, he brought in Chen Haohui, Chen Wenqing and others.
Chen Haohui had a large wound on his forehead. The wound had not yet scabbed over and was bleeding. It looked very frightening and he was about to collapse. As soon as he entered the room, he rushed directly to Prince Zhuang and grabbed Prince Zhuang's hand: "Your Highness, save me, Your Highness! Your Highness, save me!"
This idiot!
King Zhuang was so angry that he almost smoked. He didn't expect that he would capsize in the gutter. The most stable chess piece suddenly had problems, and he lost the whole game.
This silver-plated gun head!
He hated her to death, but this was not the time to settle the score, so he could only push Chen Haohui away and try to distance himself from her: "Father, I have nothing to do with him..."
But Chen Haohui held him tightly, as if he had been frightened by Emperor Yuanfeng. God is witnessing, when Emperor Yuanfeng put the knife to his neck just now, he really showed no mercy and it was obvious that he had the intention to kill him.
He shook his head in horror: "How can Your Highness deny this? Your Highness! I followed your instructions to find the old people in Dengzhou, find out the children of the wet nurse, and bring them to the capital. I also followed your instructions to arrange everything and expose Song Heng's background, Your Highness!"
As a military general, he had seen blood before, but after Emperor Yuanfeng killed the couple on the spot with murderous intent, he knew that this plan would not work.
He wants wealth and glory, but how can wealth and glory be as important as life
Tie Xuan and Lai Bin have been proven to have been bribed, and Princess Zhuang and Madam Qin can't stand it either. What else can he do? If he continues to go on with his head held high, he will end up dead.
It has come to this point, what's the point of thinking so much? Of course, saving your life is the most important thing!