The emperor looked at the wound on the prince's face, sighed deeply, and thought to himself that it was time for someone in the world to rule him. In fact, he might not be unaware of many things, but at his age, he let his children decide who was better. This country will eventually be handed over to the overlord to manage. If the prince is incompetent, then he will cry for a long time.
The chief steward who has been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai for so many years is the most sensible. He stands with his head tilted under the dripping water, waiting for the hot water to be transferred from inside.
At this time, the person who ruined the mood rushed over without thinking. It was Hao Zizhao. Dequan hurried forward to stop him, "Hey, who is this? Isn't it Liang Di? It's so late at night, you can't sleep, what are you doing?"
Huo Yan said, "I am not forcing you to make a decision, I am just providing you with a way out. You should consider it yourself. The current situation is like this. Three high-ranking officials of your Su family were all imprisoned overnight. Jiang Yi will be the commander of the Control Military Department for the time being, and the two military governors under Xinghai will be transferred to my command. You and your sister have been completely sidelined. Even if the case is closed and released, you can't return to your original position. Moreover, such a serious crime of murdering the royal bloodline will not be easily turned over. According to the current situation, the queen is in danger only because Sun Chongzi did not admit to murdering Wen Changyu. Otherwise, she would not be just imprisoned, but sentenced to death."
"Bao, you big-headed ghost!" She raised her hand and punched him to the ground, then rode on him and started beating him left and right, cursing as she did so, "Are you still human? If you want to dismiss me, if you want to suppress the Su family, you can just say so. Why are you doing this? You destroyed my innocence in prison, and now when I think about it, I feel like I've eaten a fly!"
"Master Huo Qing, this big liar!"
Dequan said that there was no other way, "The master also has something to say to her. Before he finishes speaking, you must wait, Liang Di. You must follow the master first." He smiled and said, "Look, you are looking forward to Master Su's return, and now that he is back, are you still afraid that there is no time to talk? If I were you, I would look forward to the master cleaning up... No, make peace with her, so that she can stay in the East Palace for a long time. Don't turn around and run away, otherwise you won't be able to find her grave even if you cry."
Happiness comes from equality, but it turns out that this equality was just a pretense on his part. Xinghe felt insulted at once, and all that happiness turned into steel nails, nailing her to the pillar of shame.
Yinchen had no choice but to stare blankly at the window. The dim light shone through the peach blossom paper, and there was not even a shadow of a person. They must be arguing about who was better in the inner room!
The prince said no, "I am the crown prince of Dayin."
She circled in the cell like a trapped animal, muttering: "I'm going to kill him, I must kill him..."
The emperor took one look at him and thought he was an eyesore.
Xinghe felt her head throbbing again, she murmured to herself: "The prince didn't tell me..."
He said, "Take care of yourself. If there is anything I can help you with in the future, please don't hesitate to tell me directly."
Dequan nodded: "I know, I know. Do you have something to say to her?"
He snorted and chuckled, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Not only do you know me, you've also slept with me. Maybe in a couple of days you'll find out you're pregnant with my child, since you didn't sleep all night the night before. I'm gifted and I never miss a beat. Just wait and see."
She had to keep calm, so she forced herself to calm down and meditate all night. Gradually, her mind became empty, and she originally thought that she could let go of the gains and losses of the flesh, but when she saw the man who came to pick her up as promised, she wanted to pounce on him and bite off a piece of his flesh.
Huo Yan didn't understand how deep the prince's feelings for her were. Born in an imperial family, the final good and bad were not entirely up to them. A man in a high position of power would never lack women. Maybe he would be open and sincere to you today, but when the overall situation came, all those loyal feelings would be scattered with the wind, and none of them would count.
Xinghe swung his belt and slapped the white buttocks, leaving a red mark. The prince whimpered and said, "I was wrong."
However, he was calm and composed, and spoke eloquently: "The Military Control Division has been investigating non-stop these days, and the origin of the hairpin in Wen Changyu's bedroom has been found out. Last year, Su Xinghe gave the hairpin to a female official beside her. This female official, under the instructions of Empress Hui, murdered Wen Changyu and left the hairpin at the scene. The news has been very tense these two days, and the Empress has been imprisoned for this matter. Seeing that her escape route was cut off, the maid committed suicide in the golden well in front of the Archery Palace. Although Su Xinghe did not participate in this case, she failed to supervise it properly, and she should also be punished. As for the Su family... After all, the harem Changyu has one body and two lives, so it is inevitable that they will be implicated."
The so-called cleanup made the prince restless again. After that relationship, all punishments were naturally attributed to that incident. Do you know what it means to taste the marrow and know the taste? This is it! Yue Xinger has never tasted it, and he has never pursued it. After tasting it, he can't stop thinking about it. That feeling is really unforgettable.
How hurtful it is to say this! The prince drooped his eyebrows, realizing that this situation was indeed a bit tricky. He wanted to make a deal: "Can we go back and talk about it?"
She stamped her feet and cursed, and then burst into tears.
She said, “I wish I had never known you.”
This bastard took advantage of the situation and brought the Su family to ruin, then turned around and pretended to be pitiful to come to her to complain, causing her to lose not only her heart but also her body. This hatred was too deep, like a thorn in her throat. If she forced herself to swallow it, she was afraid that it would scratch her throat and pierce her heart.
He got angry and said to her: "Don't worry about Huo Yan. With what he did this time, I will find a way to send him to the southern border one day."
She knocked on the cell door and smiled, saying, "Thank you, Lord Huo. You treated me like this when I was in trouble. I don't know what to say. You also know that I am innocent. Wen Changyu's death has nothing to do with me. It has been five days since I came in. They neither brought me to trial nor asked about it. There is no reason to put such a big case aside. In fact, I really want to get out. I am going crazy being locked up here. But I can't leave. If I leave, I will be considered a fugitive. My family members are still in prison. If I leave, I will be relieved. As for them, they will all die."
The prince said, "Of course, you are locked up here, and I have no peace day or night..." Suddenly he came to his senses and asked in surprise, "Don't you call me Abao? Niuniu, I am your Abao."
The guards waiting at the gate heard a noise coming from inside and couldn't help but look inside. What they saw was terrible. The Crown Prince was being raped! Immediately, a group of people rushed in. Because the identity of the perpetrator was a bit special, no one dared to stop them. They just watched the Crown Prince, who was gradually getting bruised and swollen, fall to his knees and beg in a pitiful voice: "Master Su, you can't offend the master. This is the master. Master Su... please show mercy, the master can't bear to look at it..."
The prince held his forehead, squinting his eyes under the strong sun. There was no other way, women rely on coaxing, she had a way out before, he had to fight wits and courage with her, but now she has no way out, he has to take good care of her.
The prince has his own strategy. He planned to exhaust her energy first, and then talk to her properly. As for where the trouble was, he guessed it was Huo Yan's. He had planned everything, but he had missed this uncle. He was restless in the East Palace yesterday, just hoping that there would be no trouble. But what he feared came true. Look at Xinghe's demon-like appearance. The tenderness of the night before yesterday has now turned into molten iron.
Shan Jin nodded, thinking he understood everything. When he tried to listen again, De Quan pulled him back and said, "That's enough. If you keep listening, you'll get corns on your ears."
But has she ever thought about what would happen if she didn't leave and no one could escape
Huo Yan hesitated and asked, "The prince has been here?" Why did he suddenly feel like he had ruined someone else's good fortune
Her bangs were wet, and through the sparse strands, her eyes were murderous and terrifying.
Seeing her like this, Huo Yan didn't know how to comfort her. "The Su family will eventually have this day. It's just a matter of time. You should be more open-minded."
His analysis was very logical, but Xinghe was confused. "Has the matter of the Queen come to an end?"
"What?" The prince felt that male dignity should not be trampled upon. He clenched his fists and said, "Who said it couldn't be done and couldn't stand it? Was it me?"
If you want to get what you want, you have to pay a price. The next day, the prince was absent from the court meeting. He only showed up at the subsequent meeting of the Central Court with bruises on his face and scratches on his ears.
"You also said the little chicken is big."
He waited for her to decide whether to leave or not. She thought about it, but still shook her head, "I want to gamble my life. If he only wants to cut off the Su family's hands and feet, he will let us go; if he wants the Su family to die... then I will stay with my father and brother, and never live alone."
The person behind the prison door suddenly changed expression. His originally beautiful face turned pale and then blue, and then blue and then pale. His hands, which were tightly clasping the wooden bars, also lost their color.
She coughed awkwardly and said, "That's just to save your face. I'm just saying that."
"But you are nothing to me."
Shanyin saw his master being beaten like this, stretched his neck and asked him: "Master, does it hurt?"
She was so angry that she was shaking: "Don't you know why I beat you? You had already predicted the Queen's plan and kept it from me until the end. How much do you know about Wen Changyu's death? Can I still trust you? Look at whether you have done anything humane. Not to mention beating you, even if I kill you, you deserve it!"
With a hypocritical smile on his face, he said, "Xinghe, I'm sorry for putting you through this. Does your body still hurt? Can you walk? If not, I'll carry you out."
She gritted her teeth and laughed grimly, "Master, you are a man of your word."
Shan Jin disagreed, "There was no fight. This time our master suffered a loss."
Xinghe said: "I want to go back. Anyway, the Su family hasn't been confiscated yet. I'm going back to my own home!"
The prince was a martial artist. He had never lost in a Buku match. Wasn't it easy for him to deal with a woman? As for being chased all over the world? But she ran away, followed by the once top female official of the dynasty with a fierce look in her eyes. If you tried to stop the fight in this situation, you would be struck by lightning. In order to protect yourself, no one dared to say anything.
She had never suffered such humiliation. He wanted to suppress the Su family, and it was not impossible to do so openly, but why did he have to use this method? She was still worried about him, worrying day and night that Queen Hui would harm him, but who knew that he had already eliminated all his political enemies and was doing well while dancing and singing.
"Come on, you're just like an eel."
There followed another verbal battle, with the palace door closed and neither side giving in.
But there was a cry from the sedan chair, the cry was so miserable, it was as if the sky had fallen. The prince, riding on his horse, looked up at the sky in confusion, thinking: "It's not easy for me to marry a woman, and I got a good beating like this. Why are you crying? I should be crying."
He left after he finished explaining, as usual. Speaking of his friendship, they had worked on two cases and drank together once, but it was not a deep one, but he gave people a sense of stability. This feeling once attracted her very much. If it weren't for the bastard Prince, she might have pestered him without any scruples. Now, it's too late to say anything, she sat on the ground choking. Thinking about the future, she had no idea where to go.
He had expected that she would have such a temper. Since she made such a decision, he had no choice but to respect her.
Yinchen felt aggrieved, "I have waited until now."
The prince said, "Look at your dog-like appearance. Don't you know what's good for you?"
He chased the man from the prison of the Ministry of Justice all the way to the front hall of the Ministry of Justice. Even the officials sitting in the hall came out to see, and after they identified the man's face, they all stood there at a loss as to what to do.
Xinghe didn't say that the prince stayed in prison for a night and left at dawn. The logic in his mind that was broken up by the sudden imprisonment began to piece together quickly, while asking him: "When did this happen? I mean, when did the gang get into trouble?"
She stepped on his stomach and said, "I can't swallow this!"
Xinghe hesitated to speak, as she couldn't elaborate on the inside story. The matter of the Su family had come to this point anyway. Although it was a pity that they were dealt with, it was a relief for everyone. She had been in the officialdom for many years and understood the principle of success and failure. If you are not as skilled as others, you have to admit defeat. There is nothing to hate. But what made her angry was that it was not just defeat, but in the end she was tricked into bed... No, there was not even a bed, just a pile of rotten straw, what was that? Now thinking back, it turned out that everything was planned by him. From the beginning, he was thinking about getting rid of her in this damn place. I have known him for so many years and I knew he was a rogue, but I didn't expect him to be such a shameless liar!
It was a hot day, and it was uncomfortable to stand under the sun. He looked back at her, her cheeks were red, she was panting, and it seemed that she was about to give up. He kindly reminded her, "Be careful, your collar is torn, so don't run away."
The emperor patted his knees, "I have been increasingly unable to do things recently, and my health is not good. I plan to choose a time to go to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat. There is no need to report the affairs in the capital to the temporary palace. Everything will be handled by the prince at his discretion." He smiled and cast his eyes to the vast sky, "I am old, and I should not linger when I am old. Sooner or later, the world will be handed over to the young. I want to take advantage of my legs and feet to visit my Dayin River and mountains and visit old friends who I haven't seen for many years."
The prince rubbed his eyes with a fierce face, and took a breath of cold air when he was touched. He stared at the door of the sedan chair and muttered: "This woman has a very dark hand. Wait, and see how I will deal with her later."
She still said the same thing: "I want to see Sister Xinghe."
Xinghe was very surprised. In her eyes, Huo Yan had always been a calm and reserved person. Even if the sky fell and the earth collapsed, he could remain calm. But he came to tell her about the call, which surprised her and touched her. Although they had never been friends, when a disaster was imminent, someone said he was willing to help you escape from prison. This kind of affection was really hard to find even with a lantern.
The prince choked back his breath and struggled: "Even Qushen can make you unable to walk, what are you so proud of?"
She still refused to give in and cursed him loudly, calling him a turtle bastard, and turned the top of his head into a grassland.
Huo Yan had no idea of her unspeakable secret. The only thing he could do was to tell her about the situation outside and ask her to consider it. Of course, his previous words still counted. He couldn't protect everyone in the Su family, but at least he could protect her.
The emperor at the top nodded and said, "I am used to using Su Yujin. He is a man of quick wits and a mentor to all the princes. Let him return to his original post. As for Su Xinghai, since the two armies of the Privy Council have already been handed over, there is no need to bother with him. Just make him the governor of Zhongzhou and send him out to take charge of affairs. As for Su Xinghe, she was originally a member of your palace. Let her be the Jinyi Envoy and take charge of palace affairs. This is the proper way."
Where was her dignity? She didn't know, he had already taken it away from her. She was now thinking of revenge, to chop off his evil thing with one knife.
Dequan and Shanjin, who were eavesdropping, looked at each other. Shanjin said, "Is this a child's rage?"
But she was not satisfied, so she jumped up and drew a guard's sword to chop him. The prince saw that the situation was not good and ran away, saying as he ran: "You rebel, I am your man, you want to kill my husband..."
The more he said this, the more ashamed and angry she became. After he left, she was still recalling the details of what happened before. Although she was in great pain, she was happy in her heart.
He took a half step forward, "Niuniu, come to me."
The prince refused, "You are still my lady-in-waiting in the East Palace. You can go home if you want. Did you get my consent?" He was furious and stepped forward to grab her hand and dragged her away, "Don't be so stubborn. If you try again, I will really raid your residence! Listen, what can't we discuss? Why don't you make a scene in front of so many people?"
Dequan pushed up the brim of his hat, "You are ignorant, aren't you? How long have these two grown up together? They cursed at each other and even fought, but they can't live without each other."
Huo Yan hesitated even more, not knowing whether he should say this or not. But she looked at him anxiously, and he could not shirk responsibility, so he told the truth: "It was exposed that night, and everything was already under the control of the prince."
The prince swallowed his saliva, "Husband and wife... how can... overnight hatred... Think about it, Wen Changyu did have one body and two lives, and your hairpin did appear at the crime scene. This is not something I made up, why did you hit me?"
Dusk came quietly in a state of depression and sent people into the night without mercy. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. The prince and Xinghe Chuhe Hanjie were on each side, and the two of them stared at each other fiercely like black-eyed chickens. It was either you or me.
Therefore, among all the members of the Su family, only this brother-in-law suffered the most, his official title was demoted to the fourth rank, and he was sent to the prefecture to serve as a local official. The emperor did this for his own reasons. The prince would definitely be entangled with Su Xinghe in the future. If he was to be crowned as the queen, the queen's family would be guilty and would not be able to speak out.
"Then eat me." He hugged her calf and kissed her all the way up.
She scolded him again and wanted to beat him up, but he took off his belt and tied her hands, stuffed her into the sedan chair, and waved his arm: "Go back!"
It was indeed not a pretty sight. One of the prince's eyes was purple. Although he felt wronged, his grievance was not as great as hers, so he should give in to her. Women should be spoiled well, as they will live together in the future. Besides, he had already indulged her for ten years, so he didn't care about this one more time.
Xinghe was furious because he couldn't catch up with him. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. But he couldn't run anymore. He thought about how dignified he was before, but now he was completely embarrassed. He let out a breath, threw away the knife, and stood there sobbing.
Dequan sighed, "So the master has a bit of glory, but you insist on saying that he got beaten, so that it will sound good? Otherwise, why do you say that you are not as fast as Shanyin? It's because you can't talk! Think about it, even the emperor didn't dare to touch him, and this time he got beaten up, the prince must be embarrassed. You are poking people in the heart, and you are asking for a beating."
Her face flushed, "Gifted? I'm giving you face by calling you that, but you really think you're invincible."
Huo Yan said, "Let Princess Yanling enter the palace to give birth, and let the child born pretend to be the prince."