The blaze of the Prince Qin’s mansion was more eye-catching than any lantern. At the same time, almost all the people in the capital were looking in the direction of the Prince Qin’s mansion. Those who were close, could hear the king’s crazy laughter clearly, and those who were far away were far away. Yes, they ran into the street or climbed to the wall, trying to see more clearly.
Jing Zhaoyin and the night guard were both alarmed and rushed to the Qin palace one after another. Ordinary thieves set fire, and they are caught, but tonight was the King of Chu who set fire to the fire, Jingzhao Yin Lord Qian hesitated, and waited until Lord Shou led the guards to load the unconscious King of Chu into the carriage, and Qian dared to go forward. , bent down and asked the King of Shou: "My lord, how should the lower officials explain to the emperor?"
Zhao Heng stood in front of the carriage with his back to the Qin palace, his face was hidden in the darkness, only the side of his face was illuminated by the fire, and it was bright and dark.
"The king of Chu is in a coma, so he will return to the mansion for now. Tomorrow morning, he will have his own conclusion."
The voice was cold and calm, but with the inherent majesty of a prince, Mr. Qian got the words and silently retreated to the back.
Eunuch Kang walked over with Feng Zheng, who was sobbing in a low voice.
Zhao Heng avoided and waited for his sister-in-law to get into the carriage. He interrogated Eunuch Kang in a low voice: "Your Highness, why is it happening?"
Eunuch Kang thumped and knelt on the ground, describing everything that happened in the Chu palace.
The Mid-Autumn Festival Night Festival, two puppets, just a few words, Zhao Heng understood that the elder brother was caught in the calculations of others.
"Enter the palace and face the saint, and explain the truth." Zhao Heng said coldly.
Eunuch Kang went into the palace with Jingzhao Yin Lord Qian in dismay, and Emperor Xuande naturally got the news long ago. He also saw the fire in the sky above the Qin palace, and kept watching from the outside, with his hands behind his back, the big eunuch Wang En bowed his head and stood in the back, and the guards in front of him were also silent.
Eunuch Kang and Master Qian were brought over. Master Qian only stated who set the fire and King Shou’s interference, but Eunuch Kang knelt down and kowtowed, bursting into tears: “Your Majesty, the king has been wronged, tonight the king and concubine bring the two young sons to reward them. Yue, it was fine, I didn't want someone to deliberately set fire to the garden to worship the uncle..."
Emperor Xuande heard it, and he also guessed that there was something wrong, but at this moment, Emperor Xuande had no intention to find out who was trying to stimulate his son. Emperor Xuande only knew that his son had gone crazy again because of his uncle, and this time it was a mess. bigger. The King of Chu set fire to the palace of the King of Qin and worshipped his uncle with a loud voice. The whole capital knew it, and the reputation of King Chu's love for him would be spread tomorrow.
The King of Chu is very affectionate, so what is the emperor who has deprived his younger brother of the throne
Someone deliberately reminded his son that it was true, but if it wasn't for his son's resentment and hatred of him, the fire in the Qin palace would not be able to ignite.
Once, twice, three times... Emperor Xuande can't remember how many times he indulged his son, and he was disappointed and heartbroken again and again. Now, his heart is as calm as water, and there is no turbulence. In fact, he was not reconciled to being angry before. He was not reconciled that he was no match for an uncle in his son's heart. Now, as long as he recognizes this, he is not angry.
Without saying anything, Emperor Xuande returned to the bedroom alone.
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Chu palace.
Feng Zheng was standing beside the bed holding Brother Sheng who refused to go to bed. The two mothers were crying softly. Zhao Heng was originally standing by the side, but he couldn't hear the cry of his sister-in-law and nephew. He turned around and walked behind the screen. Standing on the other side, long eyebrows furrowed. It was almost three watch, Eunuch Kang poked his head at the door, Zhao Heng saw it, and walked out silently.
"My lord, everyone in the manor has been tried. There are six suspects in total, and they have been sentenced, but none of them will admit their guilt." Zong Ze reported in a low voice.
Zhao Heng could not trust anyone in the Chu palace now, so he sent his cronies to investigate the matter thoroughly.
"Continue the trial, keep the mouth alive." Zhao Heng said solemnly.
"Yes." Zong Ze took the order, bowed his head and backed out, Zhao Heng watched his men leave, and suddenly heard the voice of his sister-in-law from the inner room, and immediately hurried back to the inner room, galloping, worried that his brother would go crazy and hurt his sister-in-law and nephew.
"Your Highness?" The man on the bed opened his eyes, Feng Zheng instinctively pulled Brother Sheng behind him to block him, and then he called out with swollen eyes, nervously observing the change in her husband's expression.
The King of Chu was a little dizzy, looked at his wife blankly, and when he heard footsteps, he turned his head slowly, and saw his brother walking over with a frown. Facing his brother's complicated gaze, King Chu finally remembered, what happened in the past six months, what he did tonight. Pain, remorse, confusion, all kinds of emotions came to mind, the King of Chu finally looked at his wife, and an apologetic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Your Highness..." Seeing that her husband had not forgotten her, Feng Zheng burst into tears and fell on top of him.
"Father..." Brother Sheng cried all night, his voice hoarse, and followed behind his mother. The King of Chu sat up, hugged the other in one hand, hugged tightly, and apologized hoarsely: "It's my fault, I made you worry."
Feng Zhengniang burst into tears.
Zhao Heng lowered his eyes, ready to go outside to avoid.
"Third brother." The King of Chu was holding his wife and son, and he suddenly shouted when he saw his younger brother was leaving.
Zhao Heng paused and looked at his elder brother with black eyes, without any scolding, but the King of Chu felt extremely guilty. He was an elder brother, and he actually made his younger brother worry so much, and he also suffered from flesh and blood. Knowing that the night was getting dark, the King of Chu sincerely advised: "It's getting late, the third brother should go back first, don't worry the younger brother and sister."
Zhao Heng didn't move, frowned: "In the palace..."
The King of Chu laughed at himself, and noticed that his wife's shoulders were stiff in his arms. The King of Chu patted his brother gently, and calmly said to his younger brother: "I hurt the people, I set the fire, and the royal father wants to beat and punish me. They are all willing to be punished. The third brother can live with his younger brother and sister in peace, and don’t have to worry about the elder brother. You live in peace, and I don’t have to worry about anything anymore.”
Zhao Heng knew that his elder brother's crime would not kill him. His father and even his uncle had saved his life, and he would never take his elder brother's life. However, at this time, the elder brother's tone of life and death was explained, and Zhao Heng still couldn't stand it. He suddenly turned sideways, his back He stood facing his brother, his head slightly raised. Seeing that his brother was like this, the King of Chu moved his mouth, but he couldn't persuade him to speak out, so he said quietly: "My big brother, I'm sorry for you."
The younger brother persuaded him countless times, and what the younger brother said was right, that he could not let go, could not solve it, and lived up to the painstaking efforts of the younger brother.
Zhao Heng closed his eyes and said for a while: "Tonight, someone is deliberately provoking, and the big brother insists... Forget arson, forget about leaving the house, maybe you can get away with it." Father Huang knew about his brother's madness, as long as his brother continued Pretending to be stupid and pretending to forget everything tonight, the father's anger is returned to anger, and he may see his brother's actions as unintentional, and he will not be held accountable.
Feng Zheng heard it, and choked up to persuade her husband: "My lord, you listened to the third highness, and you don't remember what happened after the fire in the garden."
Brother Sheng didn't understand what his father and third uncle were talking about. He raised his head, a five-year-old boy with tears in his eyes, clear and innocent.
The King of Chu touched his son's head and asked with a wry smile, "Brother Sheng, do you want your father to lie and deceive your grandfather?"
Brother Sheng blinked in bewilderment: "Why lie to the imperial grandfather?" My mother said that children who lie are not good children.
The King of Chu smiled and said softly, "My father made trouble and made the grandfather angry."
Brother Sheng turned his head to look at his mother, Feng Zheng's tears rolled down silently, but he did not interfere in the father-son dialogue.
"Father, go and admit your mistake. If your father admits your mistake, the grandfather will forgive you." Brother Sheng said earnestly. When he was in the palace, once he broke the tea bowl of the grandfather, the grandfather did not punish him. The grandfather in the eyes of Brother Sheng was a very loving old man.
The King of Chu put his son on his lap, put his arms around his son and asked, "Then, if the imperial grandfather refuses to forgive the father, he will punish the father, and the son will also be punished with the father, is the son afraid?"
Brother Sheng cried, hugged his father and cried, tears streaming down one after another: "Don't punish the father, don't let the grandfather punish..."
"You just said that you're not afraid of being punished together with your father." The Chu king held his son's face and asked while wiping away tears.
Brother Sheng shook his head, not afraid, he was only afraid that his grandfather would take him to the palace and prevent him from seeing his father.
The eldest son was filial and sensible, and the King of Chu was overjoyed, his eyes moved to his wife's face, and he asked silently. Feng Zheng understood what her husband meant, wiped her tears, and looked at him fondly: "What the lord wants to do, I will accompany the lord. Wherever the lord is going, I will go with the lord." As long as the husband remembers her relationship with Sons, she is not afraid of anything.
"Good daughter-in-law." The King of Chu pulled the woman he personally selected into his arms, hugged him tightly, and kissed the top of his head, before looking at his younger brother who was a few steps away.
Zhao Heng's eyes were full of complexity.
The King of Chu looked relaxed, hugged his wife and son, and said to his younger brother: "Third brother, since my cousin died, I have never been as steady as I am today. I have done everything I can to my cousin and my uncle, Since then, I have a clear conscience. I have failed my father's love and expectations. I am not worthy of being his son. If I continue to pretend to be sick and deceive my father, my conscience will be disturbed. Really, I would rather my father punish me, and he will punish him. The heavier it is, the happier I will be. Your sister-in-law doesn't blame me, the only one eldest brother is wrong now is you. "
Zhao Heng didn't want to hear it, so he turned his back again.
The King of Chu smiled and persuaded: "Go back, my younger brother and sister must be waiting."
"Brother, have you made up your mind?" Zhao Heng asked slowly, his voice hoarse.
The King of Chu immediately said: "Well, how to live comfortably, the palace is not suitable for me." He would never be able to do what his brother told him.
Zhao Heng heard the words, raised his feet and left, and disappeared at the door of the inner room in a flash.
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, the civil and military officials were all lined up outside the main hall. Before the King of Chu arrived, everyone's eyes fell on the civil ministers, who was lined up behind King Rui on King Shou. Zhao Heng stood silently with his eyes lowered. Prince Rui and Prince Gong asked him about King Chu's condition. Zhao Heng was motionless and silent, ruthlessly alienated, like a statue of King Shou carved by jade.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is here!"
The eunuch raised his voice in the back, and everyone turned their heads, even Zhao Heng turned sideways with mixed feelings.
At dawn, before dawn, in the dim morning light, the King of Chu strode forward in a black royal attire. , nodded to his younger brother Shouwang, then walked to the forefront of the generals, put his hands in front of him, and looked up at the front.
Behind the King of Chu, there was no sound.
Why did the King of Chu go mad and why he set fire to it? Civil and military officials knew all too well. A prince who was particularly favored by the emperor, a prince who was firmly in the position of the heir, even angered the emperor for the sake of an uncle. In this way, some people regret that the king of Chu was embarrassed, some people laughed at the king of Chu for not knowing the importance, and some people rejoiced in misfortune. For the tall figure of the King of Chu, who was as tall as a mountain, those men who boasted of being smart and sleek, couldn't help but express a trace of admiration.
How many people in the world can see clearly? Throughout the ages, how many heroes fought for the dragon chair and forgot their flesh and blood, but today there is a prince in Da Zhou. He despised the throne that was exchanged for the blood of his relatives, and would rather give up the country and become a whole flesh and blood relationship. Sad, deplorable, honorable.
The King of Chu's righteousness, which seemed to confess his guilt but did not repent, was awe-inspiring, but it wiped out the last trace of unbearableness in Emperor Xuande's heart.
In the early dynasty, the King of Chu voluntarily admitted the charges of disrespecting the decree, committing arson, and making false statements. With all the evidence and evidence, Emperor Xuande killed his relatives righteously, deprived the King of Chu from the title of Prince, and demoted him to a commoner. The edict was not allowed to return to Beijing. The King of Chu kowtowed to the leader's orders, and King Rui, King Shou, King Gong, and the civil and military officials of the Man Dynasty knelt down and begged the emperor to take back their orders and leave the King of Chu's family in the capital.
Emperor Xuande refused and left the court with an angry look.