On this seemingly normal day, but in fact, the turbulent day, the high officials were superficially tight-lipped, and even today's morning court was harmonious and harmonious, and no one mentioned the second prince ignorantly, but After returning home from the court, they happily and absently guessed how Emperor Wen Xiao would deal with the second prince.
I heard that Prince Su entered the palace as soon as the court was over.
Who in Beijing doesn't know, because the second prince once entangled his concubine, Prince Su has always hated the second prince, and the second prince also knows this, every time he sees Prince Su, he is like a quail, shrugging his head I dare not come out.
So most people guessed that when Prince Su entered the palace at this time, he probably wouldn't say anything good for the second prince.
This time, the second prince, I am afraid that he is really going to be killed...
But he was also blaming himself for committing something that was not good, but to be involved in the scandal of human trafficking. This is Emperor Wen Xiao's rebellion, and Emperor Wen Xiao may be angry at this moment!
After this incident, the second prince must have been completely cold, even if it was to put it lightly, he would be grounded for a long time.
However, the actual situation in the palace was somewhat different from what they thought. Emperor Wen Xiao was indeed half-deadly angry, but it was not because of the second prince.
In the imperial study room, Emperor Wen Xiao frowned tightly, and his usual clean and gentle face was full of gloom.
The eunuchs had already retreated, and only Emperor Wen Xiao and Prince Su were left in the room.
Unlike Emperor Wen Xiao who was about to die of anger, Prince Su was very calm, even a little absent-minded.
At this time, it was already meal time. I don't know if Ah Ming would have a good meal today without him watching.
Ever since Ah Ming complained to him that he made people fat by feeding him, he really started to control his appetite. In the past half a month, no matter how hard he tried to feed him, he just refused to eat more. Never grow a little meat again!
Prince Su was very worried about this, and wished he could beat Mu Yuanwen, who had a cheap mouth and laughed at his concubine's fatness!
But if Ah Ming finds out, I'm afraid I'll be angry with him, maybe even kick him out of bed...
Emperor Wen Xiao saw the obvious distraction on the emperor's face, and couldn't help reprimanding him: "I didn't call you here to see you distracted here!"
Prince Su pulled his thoughts back from his own princess, lowered his eyes expressionlessly and said: "My brother knows his mistake."
Only those who know their mistakes are ghosts!
Emperor Wen Xiao was already bored, but he couldn't help being even angrier when he saw Prince Su's stone-like appearance.
"Forget it, forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you." Emperor Wen Xiao closed his eyes and calmed down for a while. After opening his eyes, his expression calmed down a lot, and he asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure it was the fourth brother who moved his hand?"
Prince Su replied without raising his eyes: "I'm not sure, Brother Huang can check it himself."
When Emperor Wen Xiao heard the words, he was so angry that he finally obeyed, "What kind of attitude is this!"
Prince Su didn't answer.
Emperor Wen Xiao looked at him for a long time, finally a trace of fatigue appeared on his face, he sighed, and said, "Brother Huang doesn't doubt you, but just needs time to slow down."
Last night, the Minister of Dali Temple entered the palace and presented an account book and several letters found in the secret grid in the Xuzhou prefect's room, including two letters related to the second prince.
With the ledger, several ambiguous places in the previous case became clear in an instant, and after stripping the whole case, all the evidence found before all pointed to the second prince.
So before Prince Su entered the palace, he had already convicted the second prince in his heart, and even thought about the ending of the second prince.
For the sake of the reputation of the entire royal family, the second prince's involvement in the Xuzhou human trafficking case must be kept secret. On the surface, the highest-ranking official involved in this case will only be the prefect of Xuzhou.
However, this does not mean that the second prince can escape punishment. Soon, the second prince will be "seriously ill", and he will be admitted to the palace for the convenience of recuperating and placed under house arrest in the cold palace.
Since he had already made a decision in his mind, the purpose of announcing Prince Su to enter the palace in such a hurry was of course not to discuss this matter with him.
Although he has hardened his heart, besides being a king, he is also a father. Although he doesn't have much love for the second prince, but after all, he is his own blood. No matter what, he wants to send his son himself. It still made him feel very exhausted psychologically.
At this time, he just desperately wants to see his most trusted biological brother.
Even if this brother is not very good at comforting people.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Prince Su entered the palace, he directly said that the second prince was framed by someone!
The first reaction in Emperor Wen Xiao's heart was of course impossible. The evidence in this case was conclusive, and there was no doubt at all. Besides, with the virtue of the second prince, who would not be able to support the wall with mud, who would set up such a big situation? against him
But then the evidence presented by Prince Su actually overturned his guess.
The second prince was indeed framed.
And this is not the first time that the people behind the scenes have attacked the second prince. As early as half a month ago at the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting, the second prince was almost killed.
The reason why it is almost said is that the second prince escaped by luck that time.
At the Mid-Autumn Poetry Conference, the person behind the scenes originally planned to use the young master of the Anyuan Hou Mansion to design the second prince, but unfortunately, because the young master and Princess Su are close friends, Prince Su's spies are in daily life. During the investigation of Mu Yuanwen, he discovered this incident keenly, and reported it to Prince Su, who took precautions in advance to prevent the people behind the scenes from succeeding.
It's just that the person behind the scenes didn't give up. Less than half a month later, they made another plan to involve the second prince in the Xuzhou human trafficking case.
The trial of this case started eighteen days ago, and the Xuzhou prefect was imprisoned in the past few days. To be able to forge evidence in such a short period of time that even the experienced minister of Dali Temple could not see the clues. The power of the people behind the scenes is obviously not that small.
Unfortunately, the person behind this scene is the fourth prince who he valued the most, and of course his influence is not small.
Emperor Wen Xiao stayed up all night for the matter of the second prince without closing his eyes. He was already extremely exhausted. Now that he knew that another son was responsible for this matter, he was so angry that his head ached.
Looking through the hard evidence presented by Prince Su again, Emperor Wen Xiao sighed wearily, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me about the Mid-Autumn Poetry Fair earlier?"
Prince Su raised his eyes this time, and it was rare for him to say a whole sentence seriously: "My brother thinks that the fourth prince will stop after he has learned a lesson, and he doesn't want to disturb the purity of the emperor with these trivial matters."
Emperor Wen Xiao just had a serious illness a few years ago, which hurt the root. Although he has been cured, his health has not been very good since then. He accidentally caught a cold a few days ago, and now he is still taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor. , Some energy is indeed poor.
It was rare to hear Prince Su's thoughtful words, and Emperor Wen Xiao's heart, which had been broken by his two sons, felt warm again, and sighed: "If he has some brains, he should stop after that!"
The fourth prince has always been the one that suits him the most among all the princes.
His son is ambitious, but he is tactful enough and has a very high emotional intelligence, which is somewhat similar to his personality when he was young.
Such a smart person, when he failed to design the second prince for the first time, should have carefully hibernated, instead of risking exposure and making another attack in such a short period of time!
The fourth prince's behavior now seems to be a little bit irrational.
"I just can't figure it out," Emperor Wen Xiao closed the evidence, and said in a deep voice, "What is the deep hatred between the fourth child and the second child that makes him do these things?"
Prince Su sat on a chair, drank tea with his head down, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know."
If he raised his head at this time, Emperor Wen Xiao would probably be able to tell at a glance that his eyes were wandering, obviously he was distracted again for some reason.
Emperor Wen Xiao didn't expect him to say anything. He supported his head wearily, and after thinking for a long time, he finally said, "Go back first, I will investigate this matter again."
Prince Su immediately got up to leave, but before he left, he said: "Brother, don't forget to eat."
Emperor Wen Xiao is not in the mood to eat now, but Prince Su was so considerate twice today that he couldn't bear to refuse, so he said: "Okay, I will let the imperial dining room pass the meal later, the emperor might as well stay and eat together .”
Prince Su shook his head seriously and refused: "No, there are people at home."
Emperor Wen Xiao: "..."
Looking at the back of Prince Su who was much taller and more generous than himself, Emperor Wen Xiao's eyes showed a touch of emotion.
Anyway, after getting married, his younger brother, who has never had any extra affection, really gained some popularity.
It seems that at the insistence of Prince Su and the pressure of Marquis Xinyuan, he made the decision to betroth the son of Marquis Xinyuan to him, which was indeed worthwhile.
After Prince Su returned to the mansion, he heard from his servants that there had been no food in the mansion, and the princess gave an order to wait for him to come back from the palace before eating.
Prince Su ordered the kitchen to deliver the food directly to the bedroom, and he went to the bedroom at a faster pace. Not surprisingly, he saw his princess sleeping on the bed.
The two of them were woken up by Emperor Wen Xiao's urgent letter this morning, and got into the carriage before dawn, and even had breakfast in the carriage in a hurry.
Their family's Ah Ming usually has a very regular schedule. If she is disturbed in the morning, she will definitely find time to make up for it during the day.
He Yan's sleeping appearance was not good, maybe he felt a little cold when he fell asleep, and rolled himself into a ball with the quilt, maybe he rolled on the bed a few times, his hair sticking to his face in a mess.
Prince Su bent down and carefully looked at his concubine who looked extremely docile in her sleep.
What he didn't tell Emperor Wen Xiao truthfully was that, in fact, his spies never found out that the fourth prince had designed the second prince at the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Association. This matter was brought up to him by his concubine.
The servants Xie Ming brought from Xinyuanhou's mansion were just some personal maids and servants. They were usually active in the mansion and had no chance to leave the mansion at all. In fact, he didn't have anyone in his hands who could inquire about the news. The news in Beijing is also used by people in Fuzhong.
Then how did Xie Ming, who has been staying in the deep house since marriage, know about those things that even the spies he trained could not find out
Prince Su reached out his hand to brush away the hair sticking to He Yan's face, looked at the red mark on the white and tender cheek of the man in his arms, kissed it, and leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Ah Ming, get up quickly!" Have a meal."
The author has something to say: Small theater:
One day, the daughter-in-law and her friends went out to play, leaving Prince Su alone in the empty boudoir.
After eating lunch alone, the lonely Prince Su went back to his room and sneaked out a "small object" that he had kept privately, admiring it secretly.
Just enjoying the excitement, I only heard a movement outside the door, and then the door was pushed open.
Prince Su was a little obsessed with admiration, he didn't notice the footsteps outside the door, he was caught, and he only had time to stuff the "small objects" in his hand into the box beside him, and didn't have time to clean himself up.
He Yan didn't expect to receive such a "surprise" when he came back early. After looking at Prince Su indifferently for a while, he walked around him and found out his obscene pants that he didn't know when someone had stolen them from the box. It's clean, but now there are some wet marks on it for some reason.
He Yan glanced down indifferently: "You like it so much? From now on, you can hug it to sleep."
Prince Su: "..."
No, daughter-in-law, listen to my explanation QWQ