After the third prince finished saying, "The person who poisoned me was from Wuman Kingdom", the expression of everyone present except Yan Shi changed immediately. Before Emperor Chongjin could speak, the third prince said again: "Your Majesty, although this matter has nothing to do with our Wuman people, it also has something to do with you. Your Majesty, you will understand after reading this matter." .”
After the third prince finished speaking, he took out a letter and presented it with both hands. Emperor Chongjin winked at Mr. Le, and Mr. Le understood. He came to the third prince with small steps, took the letter, and presented it to Chongjin. before God.
Emperor Chongjin read the letter with a frown, immediately slapped the dragon chair, and said angrily, "Hua Qiancheng! You are so bold that you dare to murder the third prince of Wuman Kingdom!"
Hua Qiancheng was frightened when he heard his name, and hurriedly walked out from among the courtiers, and knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, why do you say that? I, how could I murder His Highness the Third Prince?"
Emperor Chongjin was so angry that he threw the letter down, but the letter was too light, so Hua Qiancheng had no choice but to kneel and climb a few steps to pick it up and read it. After reading it, he was so frightened that he trembled all over: " Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this letter was not written by me." The content of the letter was to inform Nanwang that the third prince was dead, and it was signed by Hua Qiancheng.
"It wasn't written by you, do you really think I don't know your handwriting?" Emperor Chong Jin was so angry that his beard trembled.
"This letter was intercepted by your subordinates." The third prince said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, you can send someone to check the matter last night if Lord Hua didn't send anyone out of the imperial city to find out about it."
Emperor Chongjin nodded and said, "Xuan Shoucheng General Wei He enters the palace."
After a long time, Wei He entered the hall wearing a suit of armor.
Emperor Chongjin asked: "Wei He, could Duke Kangle send someone out of the city last night?"
Wei He said: "Returning to the emperor, at Lizi last night, a man riding a horse and claiming to be a man from Kangle State's mansion went out of the city to attend to important matters. I thought Master Hua was doing something for His Majesty, so I let him go."
Emperor Chongjin looked at Hua Qiancheng with knife-like eyes, and Hua Qiancheng was so frightened that he fell to the ground, only to hear Emperor Chongjin ask again: "Is there anyone going out of the city again?"
"Yes," Wei He said, "it's Prince Ruiying's person, and he also said that he has something important to do, but that person came back within an hour after he left, but the people of Duke Kangle never came back."
The gates of the imperial city were all guarded by King Mu's people, and so was Wei He, so Emperor Chongjin still believed what he said.
Emperor Chongjin looked at Yan Shi again and asked, "Jingchu, what did you send people out for last night?"
Yan Shi replied: "Responding to my father's words, His Highness the Third Prince came to me suddenly last night and told me about the almost poisoning incident. When His Highness the Third Prince was in Wuman Kingdom, he found out that someone in our court was colluding with King Nan. But he didn't know who it was. Last night after he found out that there was poison in the food, he came to Erchen in the middle of the night and said that he had already deceived others by pretending to be a fake death. Go to Wuman Kingdom to report, as long as I send someone to guard at the gate of the city, that person will be captured. However, the person I sent was one step too late, and the person has already left the city. After leaving the city, my people will arrest him Stop, that's how the letter came."
"Where is the sender now?" Emperor Chongjin asked.
Yan Shi said: "Your subject is incompetent, that man is very skilled in martial arts, so he escaped."
Yan Shi's words are also half-truth and half-false. The third prince's fake death was indeed discussed by the two of them, but the actual situation is different from what they said.
That day in the restaurant—
The third prince shook the wine glass in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face: "If the news of my death comes back to the country, do you know what my Uncle Wang will do first?"
Yan Shi said: "But raise troops to attack our dynasty?" Nanwang has long coveted the land of Dayuan, so he has a good excuse.
"No," the third prince shook his head and drank the wine in his hand, "he will kill my father first."
Yan Shi frowned: "Why?"
"Because he can't wait to be the lord of the country." The third prince turned his face out of the window, looking at the bustling market, "I know him best, he is more anxious than anyone else in his heart to be the king."
The lord of the country, but he still wants to act like a hypocrite who is willing to be subordinate to others. Over the years, my father has obeyed his advice, and his health has been declining. He has long wanted to replace him. But once my father dies, the throne should be mine. If I don't die, how can he let my father die? If I die, there will be only a few young brothers who are not yet ten years old. If my father dies soon, he will be hypocritically persuaded to be the lord of the country. The reason is that my younger brothers are too young to take on important responsibilities. Then he will pretend to decline, and get his wish to ascend to the position of the lord of the country. Oh, by the way, he will definitely say that he is the interim head of the country, and when one of my younger brothers grows up, he will return the position. "
"Do you think I'm cruel?" The third prince turned his face to look at Yan Shi again.
Yan Shi shook his head: "The lord of Wuman, as a king, is incompetent and ashamed of the people; as a husband, he is greedy and lustful, ashamed of his wife; as a father, he is unkind and heartless, ashamed of his children."
The third prince sighed heavily: "Xiao Yi, you don't mind if I call you that, we really look alike."
Yan Shi smiled: "Then the third prince is going to fake his death? Let them bring the news back to Wuman Kingdom?"
"That's exactly what I mean," said the third prince, "I will borrow troops from Dayuan to clear the emperor's side and defeat the treacherous ministers. I will still need your help then."
Yan Shi cupped his hands and said, "I'm extremely happy."
Whether public or private, Yan Shi will not refuse. The Southern King is very ambitious. Before he became the lord of the country, he had been eyeing Dayuan, and always raised troops to harass Dayuan. If he became the lord of the country, the two countries would never be peaceful. But the third prince is different. The third prince hates war. If he is the leader of the country, the two countries will repair themselves and there will be no more wars.
The two discussed it, and the third prince suspended his death according to the plan. In order to prevent him from pretending to be dead, Yan Shi specially asked for a fake death medicine from Qu Liushang, and it would be good if he took the antidote afterwards.
After the third prince faked his death, people from the Wuman Kingdom came to investigate and confirmed the news of his death, so they forwarded the news to Hua Qiancheng. As the third prince said just now, he secretly went to Prince Ruiying's mansion to ask Yan Shi for help in the middle of the night, which is absolutely nothing. According to the plan, Yan Shi had already ordered people to guard the gate of the city, and only waited for Hua Qiancheng's people to go out, and his people would follow them out of the city gate to make a show before returning.
Hua Qiancheng's people didn't move at all, and they were expecting him to deliver a letter to King Nan in Wuman Kingdom. When he finished delivering the letter to King Nan, the task was completed, and Yan Shi's men would kill him on the way back.
As for the letter just now, it was Sang Yu who went to Hua Qiancheng to transcribe the content of his letter and gave it to Yan Shi, who then asked Jiang Qingyue to forge it.
Hua Qiancheng only knew that the content of the letter was exactly the same as the letter he wrote to Nanwang, but he didn't know that the letter was not written by him. Firstly, Jiang Qingyue was very clever at forging other people's handwriting. I am guilty of being a thief, and I dare not take a closer look at it.
After hearing Yan Shi's words, Emperor Chongjin's expression darkened: "Duke Kangle, what else do you have to say?"
"Chen...Chen... Your Majesty, that letter was not written by me." Hua Qiancheng grabbed the land with his head, "How could I collude with Nan Wang and kill the third prince! Your Majesty, I have been wronged, I have been wronged!"
The third prince sneered: "You and I have no grievances or enmities, and we have never met each other before. Could it be that I framed you in this matter? Besides, I am also a dignified prince, how could I do such a nasty thing?" thing!"
Hua Qiancheng looked in Yan Shi's direction again, and the third prince naturally knew what he was thinking, and said before he could speak: "My lord, what do you think King Ruiying is doing? Do you think it's me?" Did the princes conspire with each other to frame you?"
Hua Qiancheng really thought so, but when the third prince revealed it, his expression changed slightly.
"It's really a joke. I didn't know the prince before, so how could we reach a consensus in just a few days to frame you? Do you think that the prince is in charge of the Honghu Temple, which made us collude?" Do you think why I only asked the prince for help last night?" The corner of the third prince's mouth showed a smile. His Majesty the Emperor sent him to take charge of the Honghu Temple. You said that if something happened to me, I wouldn’t look for him, but should I look for you
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The third prince went on to say: "My lord, you really have a villain's heart. I heard that the lord is your son-in-law. You have such a relationship, how could he harm you? Or is it that the lord has hurt the heart of the lord long ago, That's why you measure the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?"
What the third prince said before is not important, but this last sentence is really harmful. Putting the relationship between Hua Qiancheng and Yan Shi on the table, in this way, Hua Qiancheng's crime is unforgivable.
King Mu suddenly came out and said, "Father, this matter is complicated and confusing, and it is difficult to decide for a while. Today is your birthday celebration. If there is anything else, it is better to wait until today."
Emperor Chongjin was very pleased with King Mu's words. Now there are envoys from other countries at the court. He didn't want other countries to see the joke, so he took advantage of this slope: "What King Mu said is reasonable, first take the Duke of Kangle to the Ministry of Punishment. , this case will be retried tomorrow, I don't know what the third prince wants?" No matter what the third prince said, he encountered danger in the Dayuan court, so he should ask the question in a formal manner.
The third prince is fine: "Everything is subject to the arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor."
The next thing is to celebrate Emperor Chongjin's birthday, the main event is mainly in the evening, eating, drinking and watching programs and so on.
This day passed quickly. The next day the foreign envoys came to bid farewell, because the case of the third prince was still pending, so neither he nor the people he brought could leave.
Even if he could go, he couldn't go, and he had to delay until the time when King Nan became the lord of the country and sent troops to Da Yuan.
This morning, Yan Shi found Wei Shuo and said to him, "Uncle, you should go back to southern Xinjiang."
"But..." Wei Shuo hesitated a little. Once the third prince succeeded in borrowing troops, Da Yuanchao would do his best to help him attack the Southern King. He wanted to help him and fight side by side with him at that time. But Yan Shi was worried here, especially after knowing that he was pregnant.
"Uncle." Yan Shi smiled, "I have grown up, and I am no longer alone in this imperial city. I have Ming Ting who loves me, Qing Yue who advises me, and You specially cultivated Sang Yu to protect me. What's more, half of the people in the court are mine now, and I will do well here. But His Highness the third prince is different, he only has one you. "
After careful consideration, Wei Shuo agreed to return to southern Xinjiang. He has been entangled with him for seventeen years, and he obviously cares most in his heart, but he hides this full of love in his heart, dare not say it and can't say it.
Wei Shuo left with the foreign envoys, Yan Shi didn't go to see him off because he was going to the morning court, it was Hua Ling who went on his behalf.
This morning, the ministers discussed the matter of Hua Qiancheng. Finally, Emperor Chongjin ordered Mu Wang to thoroughly investigate the case.
After the morning court, Yan Shi didn't go to Dali Temple but went back to the palace first, and told Hua Ling about the matter. Long after he and the third prince made up their plan, he informed Hua Ling. Naturally, Hua Ling also knew that his grandfather was being imprisoned in Wuman Kingdom.
Hua Ling didn't have much reaction after hearing this, she just said that it should be so.
Yan Yi sighed, and gently hugged him in his arms. Although Hua Qiancheng had no father-son affection for him, he was still his father anyway, and if something happened to him, the little princess would be very sad.
Hua Ling was already half a head taller than him, and she no longer hugged her in her arms as before, but now Hua Ling's legs were slightly bent and her head was resting on his shoulder, which was a bit funny.
"If you feel sad, just say it." Yan Shi gently rubbed his back.
Hua Ling asked Yan Shi to sit down, and he hugged Yan Shi in his arms, feeling his chest was full, how could he be sad? Hua Qiancheng, if he didn't find the right opportunity, he would have died long ago.
After Hualing enjoyed the soft jade for a while, people from Dali Temple came to Yan Shi, and they reluctantly let Yan Shi go.
Yan Shi came back quite early, and came back before dark. Hua Ling hurriedly went up to ask this and that: "Brother, how do you feel today? Is there any discomfort in your body?"
It has been more than three months, and Yan Shi's tight belly has gradually become soft, and after taking off his clothes at night, a small piece of belly can be seen faintly bulging.
Yan Shi rubbed the center of his eyebrows with an unusually serious expression: "Ming Ting,
I have something to tell you. "
"Brother, tell me." Hua Ling put a cushion on the chair for him to sit down.
Yan Shi opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. The words were on his lips but he didn't know how to get them out. Hua Ling was not in a hurry, so he looked at him with big beautiful eyes blinking.
Yan Shi took a deep breath and finally said, "Ming Ting, do you know how your mother died?"
"My mother died of illness." Hua Ling didn't know why Yan Shi asked such a question, she tilted her head and looked at him, but suddenly became wise again, "Brother, do you want to say that my mother didn't die of illness?"
Yan Shi hoped that Hua Ling would not be so smart at the moment: "Your mother did not die of illness, she was poisoned to death." This is what the head of the Shifang Sect told him today. Not only that, but also gave him a few things The overwhelming evidence.
Hua Ling suddenly stood up from the chair, his face turned pale immediately, his lower lip trembled for a long time, before he found what he wanted to say: "Brother, don't joke with me, my mother, my mother died of illness." Afterwards, it seemed that he didn't even believe it himself.
Yan Shi held his hands tightly in his palms distressedly, his gaze was so soft that it seemed as if water would overflow from inside: "Ming Ting, who told you that your mother died of illness?"
"It's my father. I was very young when my mother died. I... I... my father..." Hua Ling was a little incoherent when he said this, and he didn't know what he was talking about. "Brother, brother means that I Dad lied to me? My dad said my mother died of illness, and my brother said my mother was poisoned. But... but... this... this is too messy... let me take a good look at it... take a good look at it... "
Yan Shi's eyes were full of worry, he knew that if he told the little princess about this, the little princess would be like this, but he had to tell the truth, after all, it was his biological mother , he has the right to know the truth.
After about half a cup of tea, Hua Ling raised her head with her lowered head, and looked at the tears streaming down her face: "Could it be that my mother was poisoned to death by my father?"
Yan Shi walked up to Hua Ling, held his face with both hands, and gently kissed the tears on his face: "You still have me, you still have me..." He didn't know what to say, all the language At this moment, he seemed a little helpless, he could only repeat the sentence over and over again.
Hua Ling knew how his mother died a long time ago, and he didn't want to cry so embarrassingly in front of Yan Shi, but now that Yan Shi said this, the pain in his stomach flooded like a flood that opened the gate Come out, talk endlessly, avoid the inevitable.
As soon as I cried, I wanted to vent all the grievances, all the sufferings, and all the pains I had suffered in these years. Hua Ling put the wrist around Yan Shi's waist and held him in his arms. Fortunately, there is this person, but fortunately he got this person.
On this day, Hua Ling cried for a long time, as if she had cried all the tears in her life. After crying, he felt that the depression that had been piled up in his heart for many years was swept away, and next, he would have to pay with blood.
Yan Shi called his servants to fetch a basin of warm water, and after washing the towel, he personally wiped Hua Ling's eyes and face. Worried that his eyes would be swollen tomorrow morning, he ordered his servants to get some medicine from Qu Liushang, and then he carefully applied the Hualing himself.
Hua Ling's eyes were red, and she felt a little embarrassed after crying: "I'm going to be a father, and I still cry, it's really a joke."
Yan Shi gently rubbed around his eyes with his fingertips: "Whoever said that you can't cry when you become a father, you have to cry naturally when you are sad, so as not to suffocate your body."
Hearing these words, Hua Ling was very upset, and couldn't help hugging Yan Shi's waist, then quickly pecked him on the face: "Fortunately, there is brother here."
Yan Shi also hugged him back: "Fortunately, you are here." It was you who gave me a taste of love and a feeling of happiness, and it was you who warmed my cold and lonely heart.