"Before coming to Changyin Pavilion, the queen mother asked about my sister-in-law. The daughter-in-law remembered that when the sister-in-law left the banquet before, her complexion was a little pale, so she wanted to go to see her and come to Changyin Pavilion with the sister-in-law. Because there were several people around The wives, I went together, but when I went to the East Palace, I bumped into something I shouldn't have... It's all my daughter-in-law's fault, if I didn't let those wives accompany me..."
Princess Yong covered her face with her sleeves, sobbing and crying. It seems that he also knows that this matter is not a small one, and because of this matter, it will be revealed, and he feels anxious. It's fine if only your own people know about it, but the problem is that there are still outsiders.
It is simply the biggest shame of the Zhao royal family that the princess concubine steals someone.
A burst of exclamation suddenly sounded: "Your Majesty..."
But Empress Wei couldn't bear the stimulation and passed away.
Chaos suddenly broke out in the arena, and Emperor Hongjing didn't care about other things, so he hurriedly ordered people to call the imperial doctor, and ordered people to carry the queen back to Kunning Palace. Before leaving, he ordered Li Dequan to take all relevant persons into custody and wait for his questioning.
The chaos on this side of the building naturally made the people upstairs all around look sideways.
Soon someone sent a letter, saying that Empress Wei's old illness had occurred, and Her Majesty had no intention of having fun, so she had already returned to Kunning Palace together.
After such a thing happened, the drama couldn't be watched anymore, all the princes, ministers and wives left the palace one after another under the arrangement of the inner guard.
The plays on the other two stages also came to an abrupt end.
It was such a festive festival, but such a thing happened when the curtain was about to end, which always made people feel a little strange in their hearts.
But what happened to the royal family? No one dared to guess. Even if he saw something, he kept silent. Among these people, probably only a few of them knew in their hearts what terrible things had happened, because some of their family members were detained in the palace and did not come back.
Yao Niang and other female relatives also went to Kunning Palace, Empress Wei was their nominal mother-in-law. When the mother-in-law suddenly falls ill, the daughter-in-law naturally has to show her filial piety. It's just that they are all at a loss and don't know what happened, but they have a faint feeling in their hearts that things may not be as simple as they appear on the surface.
When she was about to enter Kunning Palace, Yuchan suddenly pulled Yaoniang back and whispered a few words. Yao Niang hid the shock on her face, nodded to her, and then led them in.
It was Xu time when Emperor Hongjing came back from Kunning Palace.
Empress Wei was fine, but she was temporarily stimulated. However, this fainting caused her old headache, which was in line with what was said to the outside world.
After such a long time of precipitation, Emperor Hongjing has recovered his usual calm, so when he walked in, his face was serious and his eyes were burning, as if he could penetrate people's hearts.
He came and sat down on the throne.
"evil creature!"
The prince knelt down in front of Emperor Hongjing with a plop and prostrated himself on the ground.
Standing on the side were An Wang, Dai Wang, Yong Wang, Jin Wang and others. The grown-up sons of Emperor Hongjing were all here, a total of eight people.
"Father, I beg you to spare this son-in-law. This son-in-law was just confused for a while and greedy for profit. It was because the concubine seduced me that I couldn't hold it for a while..."
Emperor Hongjing kicked over and kicked the prince on all fours.
The prince was already obese, it was obvious that Emperor Hongjing had exerted his strength when he kicked it, and he was so angry because he hated him so much.
"You are very good! People in the court repeatedly impeach you for misbehavior and wanton indulgence. I always think that you are my eldest son, speak for you, and cover for you. Now you are so good that you actually stole your father's head Come on. You still want to lie to me? Rubi has already explained that the relationship with you is not once or twice, and the two of you are not just a day or two... "
While cursing, Emperor Hongjing stood up and kept kicking the prince, causing him to roll and crawl on the ground like a bereaved dog.
King An stepped forward and said, "Father, please calm down."
King Dai, King Yong, King Jin, King Qing, and King Wu also stepped forward one after another, persuading: "Father, please calm down."
Only King Lu stood there indifferently, still yelling: "You are still the sons of the father, this kind of thing makes the father calm down, the elder brother stole the father's woman..."
"Shut up!" Emperor Hongjing reprimanded.
This kind of thing is indeed a shame and a shame for a man, especially an old man. His own son stole his own woman, the taste of double betrayal must be uncomfortable, and because of Emperor Hongjing's identity and age, he couldn't help but wonder if Rupin disliked him for being old and weak, and greedy for the power of the prince Will secretly meet with the prince in private.
Emperor Hongjing himself didn't know how many women there were in the Forbidden City.
Those who have been lucky, those who have not been lucky, those who have been spoiled, and those who have not been spoiled. Rupin is indeed his new favorite, but to him it's just a toy, and now this toy is having an affair with his son behind his back.
This is because he is afraid that if he dies, he will have no way out, so he finds a way out for himself.
Most men in the world can't bear this, so before entering this palace, Emperor Hongjing had already thought through all the pros and cons, but he still lost control.
"You don't know what kind of plan you're planning? You think you can get him off by yourself? Dream your spring and autumn dream!"
Emperor Hongjing's indiscriminate words made King Lu pale at that time. He admitted that he was really upset and gloated, but he just didn't like the prince, so why did he fail in every way, and all the brothers could only succumb to him.
If it was King An, King Dai, and King Yong, even King Jin, whom King Lu disliked the most, would not feel so much aggrieved, except for the prince. The crown prince is incompetent and useless, he relies only on his heirs and elders, so they have to condescend to him, and even his son.
But King Lu would not say this, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that if he said it, he would not want this life today.
King Lu's face turned green and pale, and he stood aside silently.
Emperor Hongjing changed the direction of the cannon again, "And you, don't think that I don't know what you are planning." Before Wang An could defend himself, he said again: "Go and drag that adulterer up."
When these words were said, the hearts of Wang An and the others jumped.
It was such a coincidence, first the crown prince and then the crown princess, it seemed that everything happened to the Donggong family today. I am afraid that no one will believe that no one is behind the scenes.
But this method is too inferior, even if you want to fight the East Palace, you can do it separately, why put the two things together, it's not obvious that you are making yourself unhappy.
Regardless of what everyone thinks, the adulterer was brought here soon.
This person actually has a handsome appearance, but at this moment his eyes are closed and his face is ashen. His clothes were tattered, and his body was covered in blood. It was obvious that he had been tortured before he came.
King Jin's complexion was gloomy, and he couldn't see clearly the emotions in his heart. King Yong glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, and this glance caught him straight.
In fact, everyone is inquiring about each other at this moment, most of them want to find out who made such a big deal.
King Yong snorted, and suddenly said, "This man is not Meng Huoxian, the orphan of the Meng family. He was the only one left when the Meng family ransacked and beheaded."
When it comes to the Meng family tragedy, the specifics are a bit complicated. Generally speaking, it is because Emperor Hongjing sentenced an unjust, false and wrong case and listened to the slander, which led to the whole family of the Meng family being copied and beheaded. And this so-called slander was actually related to the prince. Afterwards, it was discovered that the prince was trying to cover up the crime for his milk brother. The only one left in the Meng family was dead, Meng Huoxian.
And the person who made this case wronged was none other than King Jin.
Because of this incident, the crown prince's reputation plummeted. If Emperor Hongjing hadn't tried his best to protect him, he might have lost his crown prince position under the impeachment of the courtiers.
Because of this, King Jin was rejected by Emperor Hongjing for a long time.
Emperor Yu Hongjing came to think about it, there are obviously many ways to do this matter, but he chose to make a scene in public, obviously targeting the prince. Not only did it embarrass the prince, but it also made him appear fatuous.
Although the truth of this matter came to light afterwards, it ended hastily. No one thought that Meng Huoxian, who disappeared inexplicably at that time, would get mixed up with the imperial guards, and even work as a servant in the imperial city.
Hearing what King Yong said, King An, King Dai, etc. all remembered the past, and confirmed that this person was Meng Huoxian, the orphan of the Meng family. At that time, this person was in his weaker years. Although his appearance had changed over the years, the changes were not great. Emperor Hongjing's memory is not as good as before because of his age, but he is also a little bit right.
Emperor Hongjing looked at Jin Wang sharply. Back then, Jin Wang had been entangled with this person. Could it be said that what happened today was caused by Jin Wang again
"What else do you have to say? He is your elder brother! Back then you planned to slander him, and now you have repeatedly targeted him. Is your elder brother obstructing your eyes like this?"
Seeing that King Jin was involved in the matter, although Wang An and the others were expressionless, they couldn't hide their gloating eyes.
King Qing couldn't help taking a step forward: "Father, please be aware of the details, Fifth Brother is not that kind of person."
King An grabbed King Qing and said, "Don't worry about it, old seven. Father will definitely see the details, and will not let anyone who wants to make trouble secretly go away."
Lu Wangdao: "Fifth Brother, I didn't blame you, you did it a little unreasonably. Even if you hate Big Brother, there is no need to find someone to cover him with a green cloud."
These words are extremely vulgar, but they are particularly poignant.
The prince didn't care about lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, and jumped up, "Well, you old five, you actually treated your brother like this. Are you still a human being, is it because you did that concubine seduce the orphan?"
Although the prince is incompetent, he is not stupid, and deeply understands that this is his last chance. If Lao Wu could recite this matter, Father would definitely take pity on him, pick it up heavily for him, and put it down gently.
He was born stupid as a pig, big and fat. With such a large volume rushing towards King Jin, it is undoubtedly the top of Mount Tai.
Fortunately, King Jin was unruffled in the face of danger, and escaped the moment of the collision, but the crown prince fell to the ground because of his too much momentum.
The crown prince cried out in pain, and the king of Jin looked at Emperor Hongjing as if he didn't hear it, his eyes were serious: "I hope that the father and emperor will clearly investigate, this matter was not done by my ministers."
King Yong sighed from the side, and hypocritically said: "Who else could it be if you didn't do it. This Meng Huoxian probably did it to repay the kindness of saving his life back then, and also because he had a grudge against his elder brother, so he did this trick."
Jin Wang glanced at him expressionlessly, and sneered: "Since the fourth brother is so good at judging cases like a god, you don't even need to have witnesses and physical evidence, why don't you ask your father to go to Dali Temple or the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and return to Yongzhou?" What do you do when you are the vassal king of Naluoshizi?"
These words were obviously ridicule, King Yong looked embarrassed, and flicked his sleeves: "This king is also for your own good, after all, you are the son of the father, and you will confess your mistakes to the father, and the father will definitely not punish you severely. "
King Jin didn't speak, obviously he didn't want to talk to him.
Emperor Hongjing glanced at King Yong, and then at King An, the prince and others. These sons had different faces, making it impossible to guess what was going on under the skin. The veins on his forehead bounced up and down, he couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress it, and then set his eyes on King Jin's face that he couldn't see through.
In terms of his sons, the crown prince is incompetent, Wang An is scheming, but unfortunately he is not generous enough; the king Dai is a general, but he can't be the commander-in-chief; King Yong is tactful and impeccable, but it is precisely this tact that makes Emperor Hongjing very angry. I don't like it; the sixth child is violent because he didn't teach it well; the seventh child and the eighth child are still immature and can't handle it.
Only the old fifth king of Jin, Emperor Hongjing hadn't seen it through for so many years. I always thought this was his real face, but he always surprised people.
Emperor Hongjing shifted his gaze to Meng Huoxian who was lying on the ground with eyes closed all the time, "Who is responsible for you, you'd better tell the truth. Otherwise, I have all kinds of means to make your life worse than death."
Meng Huo on the ground moved first, and he struggled to get up from the ground. During this period, his movements were very slow. It was obvious that he had been tortured too severely and could not support himself at all.
"You don't need to torture me, I will say it myself." Meng Huo laughed first, with a trace of blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, "His Royal Highness King Yong ordered me to do it."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was really stunned.
Shouldn't it be King Jin? Why is King Yong involved? !
Meng Huoxian looked at the ashen-faced King Yong, and smiled brightly: "His Royal Highness, I admit that you are extremely smart and scheming, but you treat everyone as a fool. You were the one who found me back then, but you designed I attracted His Royal Highness King Jin because he didn't want to make enemies for me. Later, His Royal Highness Jin won revenge for my Meng family. Although things were not as satisfactory, I accepted his kindness. Who ever missed you Instead, you will be a good person after the fact, secretly order someone to contact me, and tell me how much effort you have put in to make this matter possible, and His Royal Highness Jin Wang was just driven out of the market.
"I was young and ignorant at that time, and His Royal Highness King Jin was indifferent, so he listened to you. He planned to hide his plans for the funeral secretly, and then entered the Imperial Guard through your arrangement to be used by you. But you should never, never Oh, shouldn't I have kept this secret move of mine hidden for many years, and this time is enough for me to find out the clues. I wanted to check the truth of what happened back then, but I found out about you. I'm afraid you didn't have any clues about what happened back then. Don't sit back and reap the benefits of fishermen.
"Do you know? I've been waiting for this day for a long time. You people are superior, and people like us are like ants. But I want you to know that ants can kill people. The seventy-eight members of my Meng family live day and night. Waiting for death!"
There was a ferocious and happy smile on the corner of Meng Huoxian's mouth, and his whole face was distorted. He coughed as he spoke, and blood flowed down the corner of his mouth. As you wish!"
After saying this, he closed his eyes, as if resigned to slaughter.
"How dare you slander!" King Yong was surprised and furious.
At the same time, there was a loud shout: "Wow, fourth child, you were the one who killed the orphan!"
This time it was different from the previous pretense, the prince was really angry.
In fact, the matter itself has nothing to do with the prince, he was only being deceived by his brother-in-law, so he would speak to Emperor Hongjing, who would have thought that such an incident would happen. Because of this incident, the prince's family suffered heavy losses, the prince's reputation in the government and the public took a turn for the worse, and the prince was impeached every day to abdicate.
Afterwards, although Emperor Hongjing kept him, the prince's reputation was already bad, so he gave up on himself and let himself go.
Up to now, every time the prince is impeached, he has to talk about the events of the year. Let's put it this way, this incident laid the foundation for the beginning of the prince's fatuousness and licentiousness. Before that, although he was incompetent, he was honest and well-behaved.
Unlike King Jin, King Yong does not know martial arts.
The crown prince bumped into him unjustly, and immediately overwhelmed him to the ground, and the two wrestled together.
These two people are also ridiculous, they don't know martial arts, they fight like that rough woman in the market, pulling their hair, pulling their clothes, and even scratching their faces. In the blink of an eye, the two had already engaged in multiple rounds, and when the eunuchs went over and pulled them up separately, their buns fell apart, and there were several bloody cuts on their faces.
"Absurd! Absurd!"
Emperor Hongjing was so angry that his hands shook, his eyes darkened, and he passed out.
Naturally, this farce can no longer be played out.