Yu Qingyao Feihe passed the letter to Xiao Wenxin, and justified herself.
The reason is that this kind of thing happened in the Zhou Dynasty, and it is not good for her to live with him anymore. He said that he was worried that he was from a foreign country, so that he would be suspected, so that he would no longer have to worry about himself, and told him to work hard to investigate the case, catch the murderer as soon as possible, and avenge his friend. Said that she would ask Xin Haizong's people to help him.
Xiao Wenxin read the letter and felt that what she said was not unreasonable. In this case, he really can't care about her. He also didn't want her to be involved in this dirty political conspiracy.
By this time, Xiao Wenxin knew that he was not the only one who had been assassinated. He suspects his family is involved in a royal feud.
Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the assassination in the hunting ground was the beginning of the battle for the heir apparent.
The prince has grown up! Who doesn't want to be on that throne, but there is only one position, so it's up for grabs.
Don't talk about others, Zhou Huang thinks so.
He was very annoyed in his heart: what the hell, raising a son is a disaster. They are all white-eyed wolves, I am still so young, you are thinking about my position, is this trying to rebel
Everyone wished that I would die soon, didn't they
I can't blame him for being angry. This morning, he took people hunting in the mountains, and encountered three terrible traps on the road. If the Taoist priests who followed him were not very vigilant and discovered the traps in advance, he would be seriously injured if he didn't die.
Afterwards, the three older sons all said that they had been assassinated and showed him the body.
The prince said inside and outside, saying that the second prince wanted to assassinate himself.
The second prince meant that the third child wanted to kill him.
The third prince said that the prince sent someone to harm him.
Zhou Huang sent someone to investigate carefully, but found that the prince's person might have killed himself. The second prince's person may be killed by the prince, but the third prince's person is behind the scenes. The person of the third prince may have been killed by the second prince.
Zhou Huang's mind almost went dizzy.
What the hell, these three guys are not fuel-efficient, what are they trying to do? So proficient at playing frame-up one by one? It's all on my head.
After much deliberation, the emperor had the most doubts about the prince, because he was assassinated, and if the emperor died, it would be in the best interest of the prince.
Once the emperor died, the crown prince could rightfully ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, while the other princes could only stare blankly.
It is not surprising that he wanted to harm the prince with his second and third sons. Who doesn't want to be a prince? It's normal for them to have a chance if the prince is killed.
The emperor secretly hoped to see his sons fighting against each other, so that the emperor would be safe and able to control the government.
The prince is the most optimistic. Of course, if the prince will be defeated by his younger brother, it means that he is not a qualified emperor. He deserved to be beaten down.
The emperor privately thought that if the second prince was assassinated, it was very likely that the prince would take action. In the court recently, the second prince's people attacked the prince's people very fiercely.
Once the prince is removed, of course the second prince is the closest to the prince.
The third prince may wish to use the power of the prince to kill the second prince.
When he investigated the case by himself and found a certain level, the third prince ordered the people who joined the prince's team to come forward and let him punish the prince. In this way, after getting rid of the two elder brothers in front of him, he can only choose the third prince as the crown prince.
The emperor appreciated the cunning of the third son.
As for the second prince will assassinate the third prince. The emperor saw it this way: Of the two sons, one took refuge in Ming Zhezong and the other took refuge in Xinhaizong. Behind the fight between the two, there must be two instigations.
What annoyed him the most was the crown prince. It's fine for the prince and his brother to kill each other, but the emperor can't stand it if the scheme is on his own head.
The figure of the fourth prince suddenly flashed in his mind, why was he not assassinated
After thinking about it, what the hell, that kid eats, drinks and has fun every day, isn't it sick to assassinate him
The emperor turned his attention to the first three sons.
He felt that the prince's people were assassinated, which was his performance of trying to cover up.
He believed that after the prince found out that his trap was unsuccessful, in order to cover up his crimes and confuse others' sight, he killed his own people and acted like he was assassinated.
The emperor expressed his disdain for this kind of practice. Wouldn't it make the living people's teeth cold to abandon the courtiers who followed him so easily
In the morning of the next day, Emperor Zhou gave commendations and rewards to the top three hunters according to the established procedures.
The three sons came to the stage happily, thanked the emperor for his grace, and received the armor and official seal from the emperor.
However, no one in the audience cared about this anymore.
Everyone is waiting for the terrible storm.
After the three sons stepped down, Emperor Zhou's expression changed.
From the original gentle and kind to ferocious and terrifying.
"A lot of terrible things have happened in this year's autumn hunt. Some people disregard family relationships, disrespect rules, and act recklessly. They are really treasonous." Zhou Huang said sharply.
Everyone in the audience was silent like cicadas, feeling that the sky in the palace was about to change.
Sure enough, the next Emperor Zhou said loudly: "Ji Chongming plotted rebellion and intended to kill his father. This is intolerable, and I am deeply saddened. Now he is dethroned as the crown prince, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned for life in Hanxue Palace."
A group of Imperial Forest Army swarmed up, grabbed the prince, knocked off his crown, and stripped off his dragon robe.
The prince was shocked and turned pale, and shouted: "Father, my son and minister have been wronged!"
However, no one listened to him at this time.
Both the second prince Ruiwang and the third prince Xiuwang were overwhelmed with surprise, but they stared at the prince with surprise and anger on their faces.
King Kang took a step forward, knelt down on the ground, and persuaded in panic: "Father, elder brother doesn't seem like a person who will kill his father, please pay attention to it."
Zhou Huang glanced at his fourth son impatiently, kicked him, and said, "Chongde, let's play!"
Kang Wang fell to the ground and cried two lines, but he didn't dare to say any more.
Everyone looked amused, but didn't dare to laugh.
Some people thought to themselves: King Kang dared to intercede with his eldest brother at this time, but King Rui and King Xiu wanted to kill the prince immediately. In comparison, King Kang is much more benevolent and humane.
Others thought: This idle king is really ignorant, can you take care of this matter? You still listen to the emperor's words, go aside and play obediently!
King Kang ran to King Rui and King Xiu again, begging, "Don't you beg for brother? He is our brother anyway!"
King Rui said angrily: "This kind of patricide, I wish I could kill him with my own hands."
King Xiu said angrily, "Fourth brother, go fishing while you're at it, don't worry about it."
Kang Wang sighed, wiped his tears and walked away.
At noon, when everyone pretended to be fine and celebrated the autumn hunting, Kang Wang went to the prison to visit the deposed prince with food and wine.
The prince was very moved when he saw it, and said in tears, "Chongde, now you are the only one who believes in me. I really didn't plot against you."
Of course Li Huaide believed him, because it was Li Huaide who set the trap for the emperor. After setting up the trap, he deliberately asked someone to remind the Taoist accompanying the emperor so that the Taoist could discover the trap in advance.
(end of this chapter)