The eldest prince was stripped of his luxurious robes, and he knelt in the main hall. He put on the prisoner's shackles, and lowered his head in fear.
"Jue'er, do you know your guilt?" the emperor said slowly.
The eldest prince raised his head sharply: "Father, I was wronged and there was a villain who wanted to harm me!"
"How dare you actually look up at you?! Palm!" a big eunuch next to the emperor yelled.
As soon as he finished speaking, several guards came over and grabbed the eldest prince like a chicken. They held a sign and slapped the eldest prince on the face. After a lot of slapping, the handsome prince was How could his face be saved? It immediately became red and swollen, like a monkey's fart.
The eldest prince was in mourning and burst into tears. He said: "Father, I am really not a son... Even if I have a thousand courages, I would not dare to curse my father like this!"
"Then what if you have 10,000 courages?" The emperor snorted coldly, "If you have 10,000 courages, do you dare to sit on this dragon chair?!"
As soon as these words came out, the eldest prince fell to the ground, lying completely on the ground, and showed the greatest humility to the emperor: "Father, I, my son, never dare... never dare!"
At this time, the third prince who Ye Qiong had seized from the group of ministers suddenly came out. He knelt on the ground with a plop: "Father, I think there must be a conspiracy about eldest brother. Someone must want to frame eldest brother!"
"Third brother, please step aside. Everyone knows that you are a kind-hearted person, but national affairs and the emperor's family affairs cannot be careless at all!" The emperor looked at Ye Qiong with much gentler eyes.
At this time, the five major families were among them. Mr. Ye from the five major families looked at Ye Qiong and nodded towards Ye Qiong.
Half a month ago, just when Ye Qiong left Shenxu Island, Ye Qiong had a showdown with Mr. Ye. In the ancestral hall of the Ye family, Ye Qiong plopped down and knelt in front of Mr. Ye: "Grandpa, my child. Unfilial!"
Mr. Ye was confused: "Your Highness, why are you doing this?"
"Grandpa, it's me, Qiong'er!" Ye Qiong burst into tears, hugging Mr. Ye's legs and feet and said, "It's like this, like this!"
He explained all the ins and outs of the future, and Mr. Ye sat down on the ground after hearing this. His beard trembled with fear, and his eyes turned into a pair of copper bells: "You mean... you want to become the emperor of Haotian Kingdom?! "
"Grandpa, please help your grandson. Now that the Ye family is in decline, the Ji family has already bear the brunt and has become the head of the five major families. Grandpa, are you willing to do that?!" Ye Qiong looked at her grandfather seriously.
It took a while for Mr. Ye to recover: "Then what do you want?"
"In the palace, the maids and eunuchs in the second prince's residence were all carefully selected by you, grandpa, and were your eyes and ears. Later, after the second prince fell, these people were all absorbed by the eldest prince's magnanimity, so Grandpa, these chess pieces you arranged can now be used!" Ye Qiong said, "Now the second prince is hanging on the throne, and the eldest prince has already determined that he is the heir to the prince, so he is arrogant and indulges in money all day long. This is a huge chess piece. There is a flaw, and I have now seized the third prince. This third prince has a very good reputation, and like the other two princes, he was born to the queen, so I am also a candidate for the prince. As long as something happens to the eldest prince... "
"What you said makes sense, but how do you plan to arrange this plan?!" Mr. Ye's eyes showed a sinister look. He remembered that since the fall of the second prince, his Ye family's status among the five major families has plummeted, and the young family leader Ye Qiong's Jumping into the river pushed the Ye family to the forefront. The current Ye family has gone from being the head of the five major families to the last of the five major families. Such a gap made the old man feel angry, but he did not dare to explode. .
On the contrary, the Ji family supports the eldest prince, and the eldest prince is now in power, which makes the Ji family prosperous. The Yun family, the second to last among the five major families, should have weakened in the previous Yunhe death case, but unexpectedly because of Due to the relationship with the eldest prince, Yun Xianchen, the new head of the Yun family, actually received a lot of orders in a row, which made the Yun family's shops all over the world make a lot of money at once. Just relying on financial resources, he ranked second among the five major families!
If this continues, his Ye family will be squeezed out of the five major families sooner or later, and will then be replaced by those families that are close to the eldest prince. This is something that Mr. Ye cannot accept.
Ye Qiong was overjoyed. He knew that his grandfather also agreed to his idea. He quickly said: "Grandpa, as long as you let your informant do this in the eldest prince's house..."
As he spoke, he covered his mouth and leaned over, whispering a few words in Mr. Ye's ear. Suddenly, Mr. Ye's whole body was shaken and his whole body became energetic. How could he have imagined that his grandson could actually come up with such an idea? A bold and careful plan!
At this time, in the main hall, Ye Qiong, as the third prince, stepped forward to plead for mercy, and the ministers around him nodded. A prince who is not afraid of imperial power, but values brotherhood so much, is a candidate for the emperor. In the eyes of Emperor Naranjie, he was very satisfied.
Although Nalanjie witnessed his eldest son Nalanjue trying to murder him, at the critical moment, the third son stood up and knelt down to beg for mercy for the sake of brotherhood. This was not for himself, but entirely for the eldest prince!
Such brotherly love made the emperor's nose sore and he almost shed tears.
He also secretly made a decision in his heart, and said: "No need to say more, bring the palace maid over as a witness!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several women came up, and one of the women who was involved in this matter was the prince's concubine, the first wife of the eldest prince. She wiped her tears and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty... But His Highness has repeatedly forced me, I am guilty. I dare not tell His Majesty the truth, otherwise my family will be punished by His Majesty..."
As he said that, the prince and concubine cried so hard in the main hall in front of all the civil and military officials.
The ministers also pointed out: "It turns out that the eldest prince is such an ambitious person!"
"It's no wonder why he usually pretends to be so honest and honest, just for the sake of the prince's position. Originally, the prince's position was already in his pocket, but he never thought that the eldest prince would want to curse and persecute His Majesty!"
"The third prince is still kind-hearted, and he is the most suitable candidate for the position of prince!"
The ministers' words made the eldest prince suddenly wake up. He suddenly looked at Ye Qiong: "You... you are not my third brother. I should have seen it a long time ago. No matter how smart the third brother is, he will never know how to do it." Doing such a noisy and popular thing in front of everyone!"
However, the person who spoke next was not the eldest prince or the third prince, but the emperor.
"The human and material evidence is conclusive. The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people! As my son, you actually deceived the emperor like this. Do you know the crime!" As he said this, the emperor stood up in excitement, and all the ministers knelt down when they saw this. , for fear of offending Tianwei.