"brute!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walked into the hall, he was first greeted with an angry curse, followed by an inkstone smashing his head.
This time, this was the first time in his life that he avoided the objects thrown by the emperor.
He knelt on the ground, "I don't know what mistake I made, please ask my father to make it clear."
This time, and for the first time in the past twenty years, he no longer trembled and walked on thin ice.
When he was ready for the worst outcome, it seemed that everything was figured out. If you don't want to be strong, you don't have to be afraid.
This feeling of not being afraid of anything is really good.
Why, had he not been aware of this in the past
Why was he afraid in the past
Afraid of not being able to sleep at night. Wasn't it because he was afraid of being abolished, losing face, or dying.
Now he is not afraid of being abolished, let alone death, on the contrary, he is not afraid of anything.
As for losing face, has he lost face less these years
He has become the laughing stock of the whole capital, becoming the most ridiculous prince in all ages, isn't that shameful enough? I'm afraid it will be recorded in the history books.
His Royal Highness lowered his head, pulled the corners of his mouth, and laughed at himself.
He laughed at his own stupidity. Why didn't he figure out these truths until today
Those brothers all took a fancy to where he was sitting now.
But who knows, what kind of torment this position is, it literally forces a person to be neither human nor ghost.
The emperor pointed at the prince and cursed angrily: "Look at the good things you have done! I put trust in you, but you forced the people to rebel against me. Do you still have the face to be a prince
The common people of Zhen are now hungry and poorly clothed. Every day, some people hang themselves, sell their children and daughters, just looking for a way to survive.
But you don't give them a way out. Don't open grain depots, don't provide disaster relief, don't build canals, and don't allow disaster victims to go out to beg for food. You want to trap the people of a county to death.
Now in the entire Xinfeng County, it is only a matter of someone climbing up and shouting, and they are about to rise up. My world will be defeated by you, a bastard. "
The emperor threw the memorial of the inspecting censor in front of His Highness the Prince.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince held up the playbook, and when he heard the emperor's scolding, his expression changed drastically, and he couldn't believe it.
He opened the playbook with trembling hands, every sentence was heartbreaking, and every word was crying blood.
The people of Xinfeng County have been driven to a desperate situation by the local officials, so they just climbed up and raised the flag.
The crown prince kowtowed to plead guilty, "My minister is terrified, my minister is ignorant, and caused today's disaster, my minister will be punished with death."
The emperor was furious, "Of course you deserve to die, and death is not a pity."
The county magistrate of Xinfeng was recommended by Prince Zhan Shixu, and the prince also thought it was very good.
So he sent this person to Xinfeng to manage, and after he made political achievements, he would rise up step by step, and he would add a boost to the East Palace in the future.
Since last year, Xinfeng suffered from drought, which lasted until this year.
The ditches dried up, the crops withered, the farmers had no harvest, and the people sold their sons and daughters, and they hanged themselves if they couldn't survive.
Almost all of the 200,000 people in Xinfeng County were driven to a dead end, and they would turn against the government and the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty as long as someone climbed up and shouted.
Facing the disaster in Xinfeng, the county magistrate of Xinfeng didn't think about disaster relief, but tried his best to suppress the local people and block the news.
And write a letter to Prince Zhanshi Master Xu, asking Master Xu to help cover up one or two things in front of the Prince.
As the county magistrate of Xinfeng, don't you know the consequences of doing so
Of course he knew, he knew better than anyone else.
The reason why he dared to do this was because he had a very famous backer, the prince.
When the people of Xinfeng rebelled and things could not be concealed, the magistrate of Xinfeng County would be the first to lead the yamen servants, and the local guards would take the lead in quelling the chaos.
As long as the chief culprit of the rebellion is killed and the spread of the situation is controlled, he, County Magistrate Xinfeng, will be the court's hero.
As for the evidence of government coercion and civil rebellion, all personal and physical evidence will disappear in the wars against chaos, leaving nothing left.
Even if the imperial court sent someone to dig Xinfeng three feet into the ground, it would be impossible to find evidence of the crime committed by the county magistrate Xinfeng.
As for instigating the civil uprising, who should be responsible
hehe!
Naturally, the crown prince will take the blame.
Anyway, it's not the first time the prince has taken the blame, so there's no harm in doing it again.
As long as the people below them eat and drink spicy food as usual.
Loyalty
It is absolutely impossible to be loyal to the emperor.
To repay the prince's kindness
If the crown prince is the one who takes the blame for him, he will naturally show some filial piety.
In short, everything must be carried by the prince.
The county magistrate of Xinfeng clattered his abacus, but ignored an important person, the inspector censor.
As an inspector censor, he eats dry food, and he only eats and does nothing. He also came up with various ways to fool people.
However, he forgot that the battle for the heir apparent in the capital had already heated up, and there was no inspector censor who could afford nothing at this time. Even if there is, Wu Shizhong will force the inspector censor to show his real skills.
The inspector censor made an open and secret visit, and found out the details of Xinfeng before someone climbed up to make a call.
Wu Shizhong wrote to Chen Jianzheng in the palace.
Chen Jianzheng made some operations, and the emperor finally thought of Wu Shizhong.
Ever since, Wu Shizhong personally brought the censor's memorial to Beijing to face the saint, and he was about to put the prince to death.
The emperor puts a lot of emphasis on farming, and he never expected that such a tragic natural and man-made disaster would occur in Xinfeng County, which is only a few hundred miles away from the capital. What was even more frightening was that no one reported it for two years.
The emperor vented all his anger on the prince.
Kick the prince over with one kick.
"Beast! Why did I give birth to you, a beast? Are you worthy of being a human being? Those are my people, and they are also yours. But you allow officials to harm people, which is tantamount to harming my country. In this matter, you are not worthy to be a prince."
His Royal Highness kowtowed to plead guilty, "My son was negligent, my son is guilty, please punish me, father."
"Get out, get down and reflect on yourself. I will deal with you later."
His Royal Highness kowtowed to thank you.
A servant came to His Royal Highness, "Your Highness, this way please."
The prince stood up, looked at the malicious servant, and left the hall calmly.
He was imprisoned in a dilapidated side hall, only Fang Shaojian was by his side.
The weather is hot, but the side hall is full of wind and rain.
His Royal Highness was sweating all over his body, but he had no intention of changing his clothes.
He sat at the desk, frowning.
After a long silence, he suddenly said, "Master Xu must know what happened to Xinfeng, right?"
Fang Shaojian bowed and said, "Up and down the East Palace, inside and outside the court hall, there is nothing Master Xu doesn't know about."
The prince chuckled, "No wonder you all say that Gu knows people but doesn't know them. Now it seems that Gu is more than just knowing people but not knowing. He is blind. Mr. Xu knows everything that happened to Xinfeng, but he conceals it and does not report it. What is he thinking? what?"
Fang Shaojian said without emotion: "They are a group of people who are lucky. They expect His Royal Highness you to take the blame, but they can enrich their own pockets, take the opportunity to make a fortune, and finally get away unscathed."
"Yeah? It turns out that in their eyes alone, there is only one way to take the blame."
His Royal Highness laughed at himself, "I only know the truth now, isn't it too late?"
Fang Shaojian shook his head, "I still don't forget. His Highness is still the crown prince. His Highness can make a decree to kill all the officials in the Eastern Palace. Even if they are all killed, none of them will be innocent."
His Royal Highness' expression changed, "Is it true that no one is innocent?"
Fang Shaojian nodded affirmatively, "Exactly."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince laughed, "Gu is really not worthy of sitting in the position of Prince. If Gu inherits the throne, I am afraid that the whole world will be harmed by Gu's misfortune. It is a pity that Gu has not seen the truth until now. The empress mother is so earnest, why did you have to do it in the first place?" Gu didn't listen to a word?"
His Royal Highness regretted it.
Fang Shaojian let out a sigh.
If he regretted it five years ago, everything is possible.
If I regretted it two years ago, there is still time for everything.
If he regretted his mistakes a year ago, he would still have a chance to turn the situation around.
It's only now that I regret it, it's too late, it's too late.
Fang Shaojian felt worthless for Ruizhen and Empress Cui, but there was nothing he could do.
After so many years of accumulation, His Majesty has completely given up on the prince.
As long as the matter of Xinfeng is dealt with, the prince will be abolished.
Fang Shaojian stared at His Highness the Crown Prince sharply, "Your Highness, as long as you make up your mind, everything is still in time."
He rushed to the desk, like a dying person, trying to grasp the last straw.
His Royal Highness said calmly, "What do you want?"
Fang Shaojian lowered his voice, "Everything is going according to plan."
"yes?"
The prince bowed his head and smiled, noncommittal.
Fang Shaojian has already made up his mind to implement the plan.
This night is very long.
Inside and outside the palace, I don't know how many people don't want to sleep.
In the middle of the night, a message was sent from Li Zhaoyi's bedroom.
I don't know how many people are happy and how many people are worried.
The sky is getting brighter, and the result that everyone is looking forward to will finally come.
In the palace, many people held back their joy and exchanged glances with each other.
After so many years of hard work, the sky is finally about to change.
The emperor finally made up his mind.
The door of the side hall opened from the outside.
"Your Highness, please. Your Majesty summons."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stayed up all night, his eyes were bloodshot.
He changed into a clean blue dark suit, and followed his servant to the Zhengyang Hall to face the saint.
Fang Shaojian is on the left and right.
When he came to Zhengyang Hall, His Royal Highness did not rush in.
He first looked at the sky, and then at the people around him, with many memories in his eyes.
In the end, he set his eyes on Fang Shaojian and didn't say a word, but everything was in silence.
Fang Shaojian's expression moved slightly.
He shouted in his heart: Empress, this old servant will definitely not disappoint your entrustment. Your Highness, you also have to buy time for the old slave. The old slave is here to save you.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince calmly walked into the hall to welcome his fate.
The emperor looked at the prince, and the father and son looked at each other, speechless.
"Since I came to the throne, I have been trembling every day, and I dare not relax for a day. I hope that the Great Zhou will live forever. Therefore, I have made you the crown prince and have high hopes for you. However, you have lived up to my expectations. Time and time again Once. I gave you countless opportunities, but you got worse and worse. You are not worthy of being a king at all."
The prince bowed and bowed, and said: "My minister is guilty. My minister has walked on thin ice all these years, but he has never been true to the king. He has misunderstood himself, the government, and his father. Now that my minister is tired, please The father and the emperor gave the son and minister the death penalty."
The muscles on the emperor's face twitched, pointing at the prince and scolding, "Are you trying to force me to die? I will never let you do this."
The crown prince raised his head and said boldly for the first time: "I will never dare to force you to die. Instead of embarrassing my brothers how to deal with me in other days, why not just give me a glass of poisoned wine and let my son end this life."
The emperor was furious and overturned the desk, the teacup rolled down and the tea splashed everywhere.
The prince is fearless.
The emperor sneered, "If you want to die so much, I will fulfill you. I will give you poison, and I will make your life worse than death."
The prince looked sad, "Is the father still hating the son so much? Can the father comfort the son as he did twenty years ago?"
The emperor's eyes fluctuated, "What do you want to do?"
The prince smiled sadly, "Recently, I often think of when I was a child, my father taught me how to write with my own hands, and taught me how to write with my own hands. It's a pity that I will never go back."
The emperor seemed to be touched.
At this time, there was Xiao Huangmen who brought tea.
The prince looked towards the little yellow gate, who lowered his head, avoiding his sight.
The prince's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't make a sound.
The emperor picked up the teacup, but he was not in a hurry to drink it.
The prince suddenly said: "Father, can I give my son a cup of tea?"
The emperor said with a straight face, "Give the prince a cup of tea."
"My son wants to drink the tea from my father's hand."
"Presumptuous! Do you even want my throne?"
"My son dare not."
The emperor picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp.
There was shock, fear, and uneasiness in the prince's eyes.
However, the emperor was safe and sound, and the imaginary poisoning scene did not appear.
The prince was puzzled, could it be that he was wrong.
At this time, Xiao Huangmen knelt on the ground to collect the scattered documents and ink.
One of the small yellow doors squatted on the ground, with a metallic luster flashing in his hand.
The prince was shocked, "Father, be careful!"
He stepped forward a few steps and stood in front of the emperor.
However, Xiao Huangmen had already pulled out the dagger from his bosom, stabbed it down fiercely, and pierced into the prince's belly.
In the next second, the ordinary-looking Xiao Huangmen killed himself by biting poison, vomited black blood, and fell to the ground without breath.
In the main hall, everyone panicked and ran to the emperor and surrounded him.
"Catch the assassin, catch the assassin!"
The prince grabbed the handle of the dagger, leaned against the table, and fell down slowly.
Blood flowed slowly from the wound.
Every time he took a breath, he felt pain in his heart and it was extremely difficult. There was blood coming from the corner of his mouth.
His Royal Highness looked at the roof, he was about to die.
The dagger was quenched with poison, and he was dead.
Unexpectedly, Fang Shaojian did not arrange poisoning, but assassination.
That's right, poison is not so easy to download.
A cup of tea was delivered to the royal father, and I don't know how many inspections it had to go through.
Only by hiding the dagger on the body can it be possible to escape the search. As long as you get close to the father, you have a chance to assassinate.
Young Supervisor Fang, Young Supervisor Fang, Gu also saved you once.
This time, if you can survive, run for your life. Don't stay in Beijing.
"Prince doctor, call the doctor quickly."
The emperor pushed everyone away and came to the prince.
He raised the crown prince's head with his own hands, and said solemnly: "I ordered people to save you, so you can't die."
The crown prince shook his head slightly, and said with difficulty: "Father, father emperor, my son and minister have something to ask for."
"you say."
"I beg the emperor to spare the wives and children of the sons and ministers, and allow them to live."
The emperor nodded solemnly, "I'm sure. What about the imperial physician, why hasn't the imperial physician come yet?"
The emperor roared, and the palace people hurriedly urged.
The whole hall is full of people.
The prince exhausted all his strength and stretched out his hand to grab the sleeve of the emperor, "Father, my son has something to ask."
"Say! I promise you all."
The crown prince said with difficulty; "My minister Su likes all the officials of the Eastern Palace, and I beg the emperor's permission to ask all the officials above the seventh rank in the Eastern Palace to be buried with them, so that my ministers can listen to the sages' teachings every day."
Everyone changed color.
The emperor's expression was solemn, and he looked at the prince responsibly, "Okay, I promise you. All officials above the seventh rank in the East Palace will be buried with them, and no one will be spared."
The crown prince smiled, and said with the last of his strength: "My son thanked my father. My son is gone, so my father doesn't have to worry about it."
As soon as the words fell, the prince swallowed his last breath.
He will not rest in peace.
The emperor suddenly felt a pain in his heart, raised his hand, and closed his eyes for the prince himself.
When the prince was about to die, he was always smiling.
The emperor looked sad, and kept holding the prince and never letting go.
Everyone in the hall, seeing this scene, no one dared to persuade.
The imperial physician arrived late, so he could only kneel down and plead guilty.
The ministers of civil and military affairs and the royal family rushed over after hearing the news.
Seeing this scene, they were all shocked.
The prince is dead
The prince is actually dead!
The prince died for the emperor to stop the assassin.
What should I do
Wu Shizhong knelt on the ground, seeing this scene, he felt great hatred.
So many years of planning and so many years of hard work were all destroyed by the death of the prince.
The prince really deserved his death, and his death was too timely.
He looked towards Jian Chen.
Chen Jianzheng waved his finger slightly.
The prince fulfilled his father-son relationship with His Majesty with his death, and the emperor was moved.
The prince's move is really incomparably brilliant.
Which expert pointed out the prince
A person can die in many ways.
The prince wisely chose the most valuable way to die.
Wu Shizhong and others are in vain.