Not to mention anything else, just talking about the Crown Princess and her confidantes, it is easy for the queen to mobilize.
But I can't tell them not to listen to the queen, otherwise, it would be "unfilial" in the eyes of others, wouldn't it make people feel cold? How many people are willing to follow him wholeheartedly
If he doesn't do it again, one day the queen will make him unable to move, and he will never be able to do it again. It's better to make a quick decision, and there is still a glimmer of hope.
After thinking about it, he thought that every December 18th is the day when Father Huang sacrifices to heaven in the southern suburbs, and that day is the best opportunity to make a move.
As long as the southern suburbs are easy to get, he can send people directly to the western and northern suburbs to control the two barracks, and at the same time go to Beijing in person, first control the nine-door admiral's mansion, the Yulin army, and the Shuntian mansion, and then enter the palace. The queen was under control.
But he can't kill her yet, he has to let her make a decree, so that he can ascend the throne. As for after that, he will naturally have a way to make her disappear...
The prince deliberated over and over all the details, deliberating and deliberating again and again, it can be said to be seamless.
However, what he didn't expect was that his whereabouts were inadvertently exposed to the eyes of the Fourth Prince's subordinates, that is, Dong Lai.
Donglai reported the news to the fourth prince, and the fourth prince immediately sensed something unusual, and then sent Donglai to follow him secretly to inquire again. The fourth prince did not spend much effort, and guessed the prince's purpose.
The fourth prince couldn't help gasping, he was dumbfounded, and refused to believe anything he said!
The crown prince is already the heir apparent, and the third brother is weak and useless at all. Could it be that there is no threat to him? He just can't wait
And it seems that he did not conspire with his queen mother, this is entirely his own idea! Strange, really strange!
Could it be that because the father had praised the third child a lot these days, he felt uncomfortable and couldn't assassinate the third child, so he changed to assassinate the father instead? This is really - too bold!
The fourth prince boasted that if he was in the position of prince, he would definitely not act like this! However, if he understood his life experience like the prince, then he would definitely do the same!
Although the fourth prince wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out why the prince would do this, but he was also very excited, because this meant a great opportunity for him!
This time he sneaked back to the capital, what he was afraid of was that the pool of water in the capital was not muddy enough, and now the prince had already muddied the water without his efforts, so he could just fish in the muddy water, why not do it
The fourth prince sneered in his heart, and stepped up his arrangements, waiting for December 18th to start.
On that day, early in the morning, Emperor Xiangqing put on a full guard of honor, surrounded by court ladies, eunuchs, and ministers, and escorted by guards, he rode out of the city in a luan chariot to the southern suburbs.
While offering sacrifices to the heavens, a fire suddenly broke out, followed by a rain of arrows like locusts.
No one expected that such an accident would happen today, screaming, pushing, stamping, crying, and the scene was in chaos.
In the chaos, Emperor Xiangqing was injured, the prince was also injured, and the fourth prince died in the random arrows...
Emperor Xiangqing understood what was going on, he was startled and angry, unable to breathe, and passed out directly.
The prince didn't faint, but he was scared out of his wits, and was controlled by several important ministers and sent back to the capital.
The group returned to Beijing in a hurry. Someone flew to report to the queen. The queen was taken aback. On the one hand, she ordered the third prince to bring a team of guards and two imperial physicians out of Beijing to meet them, and on the other hand ordered the maids and eunuchs to get ready. As soon as you come back, hurry up and follow. In the car outside, only simple treatment can be done. The imperial doctor will carefully examine and treat the wound, and of course it must be in the palace.
Emperor Xiangqing didn't wake up all the way, and entered the palace in a coma. The queen watched the imperial doctors take care of the wound, and said that the emperor's anger was nothing serious, so she took care, ordered someone to guard her, and went back to Kunning Palace.
Outside the side hall of Kunning Palace, several eunuchs, the queen's confidantes, stood guard in high spirits. The person imprisoned in the palace is the prince who was captured by mistake.
As for the people in the East Palace from the Crown Princess to the next, they have already been controlled by the Queen's people, and no one is allowed to take half a step.
When the queen returned to Kunning Palace, she ordered the prince to be escorted to the main hall.
The prince's body was messy and bloody, and no one cleaned him. The hair tie was also broken, he had gathered it up with his hands at will, and then he took the broken one and slapped it casually to end it.
Hearing that the little eunuch came to summon him, the prince sneered slightly, and staggered along.
In the warm pavilion of the main hall, the empress is wearing a wide-sleeved gown with orange red embroidered gold and two phoenixes piercing the clouds, and a phoenix hairpin with wings spread on her head.
Seeing him coming in, Aunt Qing quickly raised her eyes to glance at him, then lowered her eyes again, sighing inwardly.
The queen was sullen and expressionless.
The little eunuch knelt down and complained, and the queen waved her hand, and retreated wisely.
In the warm pavilion, only the queen, the prince and Aunt Qing are left.
For a moment, none of the three spoke.
The prince just stood there so coldly, neither making a sound, nor kneeling down to beg for mercy, nor calling out "mother queen", which made the queen feel a little strange.
Upon hearing the news, the queen was surprised for a moment, and immediately thought that this is an opportunity, an excellent opportunity! Originally, she was still worrying about how to find an opportunity for Emperor Xiangqing to abolish the crown prince, but who knew that the crown prince came to her door by herself!
The people who heard the report said that the emperor had passed out, and the queen even cried out in her heart, "God help me!" Her confidant imperial physician was sent to treat him. After using some medicinal powder, Emperor Xiangqing continued to be in a coma Did not wake up so quickly.
In case he wakes up, with just one word, can the prince still fall into his hands
"You are so courageous! How dare you do such a thing without a king or a father!" The queen sighed and gave the prince a very sad look.
The prince didn't show any shame or pain. Instead, he gave a "hehe" low smile, looked up at Aunt Qing, and smiled at the queen, "Queen, don't you need to avoid Aunt Qing? That's right. What's the matter with Aunt Qing? I don't know!"
The queen was taken aback when she heard the words, and said in surprise and anger: "What do you mean by that? Death is imminent, and you still don't know how to repent!"
"Repent?" The prince sneered, and said lightly: "I don't know what the lonely king has to repent! Besides, if you repent or not, you can't change anything, can you, queen mother? If it falls into the hands of the queen mother, what else does the lonely king have?" It can be said! Queen Mother, you are afraid that the lonely king will be like this, why bother to pretend? The lonely king knows everything!"
"Know everything?" The queen's face became extremely ugly, and said coldly: "What do you know? What do you mean by this?"
The prince also sneered, and now that the matter has fallen into the queen's hands, he knows that it is impossible for him to escape with his life, so it is better to make it clear that he is so confused that he can't die even if he dies!
"The lonely king is not the mother's own son at all, so it's hard to worry about the mother's wholehearted care for her children and ministers for so many years!" The prince smiled, and said: "The mother's own son is the third child, right? The mother is really cruel. Yes, just let the third child to fend for himself in this palace, the lonely king really regrets it, why didn't he kill him before? Oh, the lonely king is disdainful! He is such a waste, killing him, the lonely king thinks he is dirty hand!"
"You!" The prince's words made the queen very angry, and the queen's hands trembled slightly. The prince actually knew that he was not his son, which already made the queen startled and angry, and what he said disdainfully about the third prince made the queen even more angry.
That was her own son, and she would never allow anyone to slander him!
"Is the queen mother angry?" The prince laughed loudly and said: "My son is just telling the truth, why should you be angry, queen mother! It's not worth it, it's not worth it at all!"
"Over the years, I think I have never treated you badly, but what about you? Son, why do you still do that!" The queen said angrily, "Tell me, how can I forgive you!"
The prince stared fixedly at the queen, and suddenly smiled and said, "Queen mother, you think I'm a fool! If I could have killed him at that time, the queen mother would have no choice but to mistake me for my son, right? Even if the queen mother hates me to death! "
In fact, the prince didn't know that the third prince was the queen's son at that time, but he just wanted to say that, as long as he could make the queen angry, he would feel happy.
The queen was really furious and glared at the prince bitterly.
"Mother, you can really bear it, and you actually watched the third child have been so useless all these years, so useless that he has become a useless person!" The prince smiled and said slowly: "Well, I thought about it later. Do you want me and the fourth child to fight to the death first, and then the mother will get rid of me? At that time, the emperor father will only have the third son! It is a pity that the queen mother failed to do so, and let me live for so long, I want to come , I’m not at a loss! Otherwise, I’d be a dead ghost if I died!”
The queen sneered and said: "You really understand! You are right, it is to deal with the fourth child, that's why I have tolerated you all these years! That's why I didn't recognize the third child! You are so useless, and you have been so useless for so many years." I failed to get rid of the fourth brother, and I am tired of facing you! I didn't expect that this time the fourth brother wanted to die by himself, and you couldn't kill him!"
The prince still had a smiling expression, and said: "Mother, you can't blame me, isn't it also the mother who is incompetent? Mother, you can really bear it, the third child has been raised in this palace. , Mother, you haven’t made any moves yet! Or, in your heart, you actually hope that he will become a cripple, right? Then when he becomes emperor in the future, you will be able to firmly control him! This obedient A son is naturally much better than a disobedient one!"