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I won't bother you..."
"Qiao Ruolan, I said, you should go back now."
"You are always like this. I have been here for three years and you have chased me away six times. Every time I always ran back on my own. Aren't you afraid that one day I will not come back, never come back again?"
Shangguan Jinghong knew that this time, she would not come back. When he opened her body, her eyes closed consciously, without resentment or tears.
*
Shangguan Jinghong was still smiling gently as he walked step by step towards the desk where the emperor and empress were sitting in the hall.
The ministers on both sides were all very shocked. They couldn't tell whether it was because of the blood-stained body that had not been washed off, his face that looked so similar to the prince, or the smile on his face.
Many people thought that Prince Rui was crazy, but each of his slightly shaky steps seemed to have its own spirit, which was intimidating.
Everyone thought that everyone would be a little afraid of crazy people, that's all.
Finally, he slowly stood one step away from the desk, at the emperor's right hand side. The woman asked with concern, "Jinghong, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"
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Seeing Shangguan Jinghong remained silent, Fangfei frowned and asked again, "Child, why are your hair all white?"
Shangguan Jinghong was looking at Fangfei, a face that was exactly the same as Bushie's.
She had maintained herself very well, and her face was still as beautiful as when she was young, with a narrow oval face, beautiful eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. There was a scholarly air between her eyebrows and eyes. The years had not added much to her face, but the scar from falling off the cliff that day was still there, although faint.
He knew that many people were secretly watching him, including the concubines and ministers... After seeing his face, they also roughly guessed the deeper relationship between the prince's biological mother and Bu Xie, and the prince.
"Why, you spent more than ten years to treat your face and legs? I heard that the old aunt was worried that there was no shortage of beauties in the harem and that she was afraid that she could not keep my father's heart. Or was she afraid of my mother's death and the wronged souls in the palace? Come..."
Shangguan Jinghong did not answer but asked instead. Fangfei was hit on the heart by his words and her face changed. The emperor was furious. The slight shyness he felt when he saw Shangguan Jinghong in such a mess evaporated without a trace. He stood up and shouted, "You beast, apologize to your aunt, otherwise, I will punish you now and confiscate your entire Ruiwang Mansion and kill you."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Prince Ning immediately poured a glass of wine and handed it to Shangguan Jinghong. Shangguan Jinghong seemed to be afraid of the people from Prince Rui's mansion. He frowned, but still took the wine and handed it to Fangfei.
Fang Fei hesitated for a moment, and Shangguan Jinghao had already left his seat and walked forward, handed her the wine cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Take this cup."
At this moment, everyone in the palace saw clearly what the prince intended. They were afraid that Prince Rui had already colluded with Prince Ning to poison the wine. Judging from the execution ground, the two seemed to have a very close relationship. Prince Ning's face changed slightly, and Shangguan Jinghong's eyes dimmed. The emperor sneered, and Shangguan Jinghong threw the wine cup and took Shangguan Jinghao's wine.
Fang Fei just smiled and took the wine cup from Shangguan Jinghong as if she didn't care.
"Your Majesty, please don't be upset. Jinghong has misunderstood me too deeply. If I had been willing to enter the palace, his mother would not have pretended to be me and entered the palace with you... but it turned out to be the situation today. "
In fact, she was disgusted. Although the emperor beside her could see clearly with his sharp eyes that it was impossible for him to put poison in his fingernails, he was so dirty and his fingers were stained with blood. It was a pity to pass it to her with such a pair of hands...
She still drank it all with a smile.
The emperor held her hand tightly, patted it gently with one hand, and said softly: "You are so broad-minded."
Fang Fei smiled and looked at Shangguan Jinghong, wanting to chat a little. Shangguan Jinghong stared at the two of them, emotions swirling in his eyes, and reached into his arms. The emperor was very alert and glanced to his side. Xia Haibing immediately jumped in front of Shangguan Jinghong. Shangguan Jinghong's face changed. Prince Ning was right beside him. Seeing that the situation was not right, he stretched out his hand to block it. A cold light flashed, and Prince Ning slowly bent down.
Everyone was shocked to see a pool of blood on Prince Ning's chest and a dagger stuck in his heart.
Shangguan Jinghao's eyebrows tightened and he pulled Prince Ning away. Xia Haibing was startled, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, and finally shouted in a deep voice: "Protect the emperor, capture Prince Rui!"
The Empress and the concubines on the table were in chaos. The ministers on both sides were also shocked and left their seats. General Qin, the Minister of War, and several other military officers jumped out together. The emperor embraced the frightened Fang Fei in his arms.
Shangguan Jinghong looked at the imperial guards approaching from all sides, and slowly retreated, his eyes full of smiles, and said: "Rongrui, don't you want to punish the Rui Palace? Do it, and see if I will be afraid of you. Otherwise, you can kill me now, otherwise... Don't even think of threatening me with anyone, not the people in the Rui Palace, and not my fifth brother."
"Qiaochu is dead, and no one in this world can threaten me anymore."
Fang Fei gritted her teeth, broke free from the emperor, knelt down, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please spare Jinghong. He is your only child. Let him return home. Don't imprison him or kill him. Now it is important to save the prime minister and Prince Ning."
The emperor brushed the table and said angrily, "Fang Fei, if I hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, this evil creature would have killed you! How can I forgive him?"
Fang Fei held him tightly, and the emperor finally did not give the order to kill, and the imperial guards did not dare to kill. In the chaos, Shangguan Jinghong knocked down dozens of imperial guards and left.
However, all the ministers understood that Shangguan Jinghong was indeed crazy.
He also knew that Empress Fang Fei's position in the emperor's heart was unshakable.
Inside the palace, the Seventh Prince and the other three ministers were terrified. This time they had made a life-and-death gamble, but it turned out to be a wrong bet.
Prince Ning was seriously injured and sent to the Imperial Hospital, so we will not go into details.
*
night.
A palace with bright lights, but it is a new palace built for Fangfei.
In the palace, the emperor was sitting on the couch with Fangfei in his arms, and Shangguan Jinghao was whispering something to him. Because Shangguan Jinghao had requested in advance, Xia Haibing was not on duty tonight, and Zuo Bing was on duty instead.
After hearing this, the emperor stood up suddenly. His face turned pale and his tall body shook violently. Fang Fei tried to pull him back but was pushed back. The bloodshot in his eyes seemed to burst out. He growled, "Is there any evidence for this?"
"Father, I have traced the source of the Xia family's tax evasion case in the Dali Temple and privately asked Concubine Zhuang's personal maid. She found out that Concubine Zhuang had secretly left the palace many times to meet with my eighth brother on nights when Father did not summon her to sleep with him."
Shangguan Jinghao smiled in his heart, since my mother wants to play the good guy, why don't I play the bad guy? I can't let you go, Feitian.
Since the emperor has allowed you to leave Chaoge, you think I will send troops to assassinate you. I still sell the emperor's face. I can get you back without spending a single soldier. Watch me ascend the throne and wait for death.
The emperor closed his eyes tightly for a long time before he said to the masked left soldier behind him, "Go, bring Shangguan Jinghong and Concubine Zhuang to me. Prince Xia has been in a coma recently. You lead your men to surround Prince Xia's mansion, take back half of Prince Xia's military token, and hand it over to the crown prince."
Zuo Bing took the order and left. After a while, Concubine Zhuang was brought in. She looked pale and knelt before the emperor. The emperor just sneered. Fang Fei also sneered in her heart, but smiled bitterly on her face and said, "I originally thought of summoning Jinghong and Qing'er to the palace tomorrow, but this..."
However, Shangguan Jinghao knew that Shangguan Jinghong was completely finished.
Whether it is Qiaochu or Ruolan, they should be killed, and there is no need to regret it - this woman who caused the breakup between Shangguan Jinghong and the emperor is the one Feitian truly loves.
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Concubine Zhuang was temporarily detained.
However, when Zuo Bing came back, he did not bring Shangguan Jinghong back with him.
King Rui has disappeared.
Everyone in Prince Rui's mansion was still there, but no one knew where Shangguan Jinghong had gone. He seemed to have disappeared since he left the palace.
Shangguan Jinghao was startled. He had doubted that Shangguan Jinghong could not have gone crazy because he did not know that he would expose the matter of Concubine Zhuang at this time. He had to guard against him setting an ambush on the way of the people from Prince Rui's Mansion leaving Chaoge. However, Fangfei invited him to a banquet and showed goodwill. He knew that Fangfei would definitely "protect" him in front of the emperor. In this case, it was a good opportunity to escape by taking advantage of the chaos!
On the other hand, although the emperor was angry that Prince Ning had interceded for Shangguan Jinghong, he had a long-standing relationship with Concubine Li, who was also a very virtuous person. After the execution, Concubine Li knelt down and said that Concubine Chang had saved her life. He was not sure whether Prince Ning was helping Shangguan Jinghong to rebel or was just repaying his kindness, so he was very worried about his injury. The imperial physician reported that Prince Ning was seriously injured in a vital part, and it did not seem like a self-torture trick, and this self-torture trick seemed to have no reason.
Zuo Bing also reported that Shangguan Jingcong was still in a coma and his condition was serious. They searched the entire mansion but could not find even half of the military token.
The emperor was furious, and ordered the left soldier to send people to continue to investigate the military tokens, and secretly confined the Xia Wangfu textile factory.
He had originally liked Concubine Zhuang very much, and seeing that Shangguan Jingchong was a very upright person despite being in love with Qiaochu, he became even more stable. This was also to give Shangguan Jinghong a wake-up call for taking Qiaochu away from Tianxiang Pavilion, so he awarded Shangguan Jingchong half of the military token that day. Now that he knew that Concubine Zhuang had misbehaved, he couldn't help but wonder whether Shangguan Jingchong was his own son. Thinking of the deep affection he had for raising him for many years, Shangguan Jingchong was still in a coma at this time. The most important thing was that the news of the instability in the inner court could not be spread to Xixia, so he ordered to secretly seal the mansion and make a decision after finding out Shangguan Jingchong's life experience, otherwise, Shangguan Jingchong would have been imprisoned long ago.
In addition, he also issued an order to let the deputy minister of Dali Temple take over Zong Pu's position. After knowing that Zong Pu was Shangguan Jinghong's confidant, he didn't want Xixia to know anything about the changes in important positions in the court. He only secretly issued an order to let the deputy minister slowly take over the official duties in Zong Pu's hands. Tonight, it's time!
Then he ordered Zuo Bing to hunt down Shangguan Jinghong across the country on the grounds of injuring his brother!
Originally, he wanted to threaten the Prince of Rui's Mansion, the Prince of Ning's Mansion, and Zong Pu, but Shangguan Jinghong injured the Prince of Ning in the palace and left the Prince of Rui's Mansion. General Lang was holding troops outside, and now the inner court was in chaos, so he couldn't easily move the Lang family. Moreover, the Lang family and he had been at odds for a long time, so no one could threaten him. Unless Qiaochu came back to life.
After some consideration, the emperor issued a stern order that if the person resisted arrest, he would be killed without mercy!
After he finished everything, he felt exhausted physically and mentally, and his heart ached: Today was the situation. Now, Shangguan Jinghao's ascension to the throne was inevitable. Shangguan Jinghong made him hate him so much that he wanted to kill him as soon as possible. However, no one could restrain Jinghao anymore. He was afraid that his other descendants would be in trouble a hundred years later.
Then Zuo Bing received the order and remembered something. Just as he was about to report it, Fang Fei, who was following the emperor, suddenly changed her expression. Pain appeared in her eyes, and she bent over, holding her stomach tightly.
There was sweat on her face as big as beans, and she seemed to be in great pain. The emperor was shocked and summoned the imperial physician immediately.
The imperial physician was unable to diagnose what the acute illness was.
After a while, Fangfei coughed up blood, which was black in color. The emperor and Shangguan Jinghao then realized that she was poisoned.
Suddenly, the palace was brightly lit, and two directors of the Imperial Hospital were summoned. They later found out that the poison in the flower was the bone-eroding poison of the Tang Clan, a family of martial arts.
It is indeed a slow-acting poison. If the poisoned person has a strong constitution, he can survive for two to three years before dying. But from the beginning of the agitation, he will feel cramped pain in his stomach and his whole body will feel as if being pierced by a sharp knife at regular intervals in the middle of the night. When the poison takes full effect, the person will die with his intestines ripped out and his stomach rotted.
It hurts a lot when you are in pain, and it hurts a lot when you die. Death is miserable.
And most importantly—there is no cure for this drug.
Shangguan Jinghao was shocked when he heard this. This was the poison that he had someone smear on the whip in prison that day, and whipped into the blood foam on Shangguan Jinghong's skin. How could his mother be poisoned by this poison
Fang Fei lay in the emperor's arms, her face pale with fear. She was excited because the emperor was about to pass the throne to Shangguan Jinghao, but unexpectedly, she triggered the poison.
The emperor was shocked and angry. Zuo Bing glanced at Shangguan Jinghao indifferently. The emperor was a very smart person. He immediately asked Zuo Bing sternly what he had seen.
Zuo Bing told the emperor what happened in prison. The emperor looked at Shangguan Jinghao fiercely and shouted, "Tell me, what's going on? The poison you fed to your brother is now fed to your mother?"
Shangguan Jinghao frowned, recalled the scene in the palace, and then understood that the emperor realized the clue almost at the same time.
The problem still lies with the glass of wine that Shangguan Jinghong presented to Fangfei!
I heard that Shangguan Jinghong went crazy and even dissected Qiaochu's body, wearing blood all over his body and attending the banquet. However, not all the blood on his body was Qiaochu's, some was his own.
Yes, Fangfei drank the wine that Shangguan Jinghao gave to Shangguan Jinghong. The emperor was watching, so Shangguan Jinghong couldn't have poisoned her, but his hands were stained with blood, and the blood stained the rim of the cup...
Shangguan Jinghong did it on purpose.
He used the poison that Shangguan Jinghao had given him to pass on to Fangfei through his blood.
There is no antidote for this poison. Even though Shangguan Jinghong has superb martial arts skills, he may not be able to survive until adulthood, but Fangfei cannot!
Fang Fei trembled all over and cried in the emperor's arms. When the emperor was shocked and angry, Shangguan Jinghao said fiercely: "Father, mother, I will personally go and catch that beast now, and I want him to be torn into pieces!"
The emperor gritted his teeth and nodded, then looked at the Imperial Hospital staff and shouted in a deep voice: "If you can't cure Fang Fei, I want you all to be buried with her!"
A group of imperial doctors were trembling with fear. Zuo Bing stepped forward and reported, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui seems to have other intentions."
As he spoke, he slowly took out a brocade bag from his arms.
"This is what I saw in the study of King Rui when I was searching for him."
Shangguan Jinghao stopped abruptly when he heard this. The emperor grabbed the brocade bag and saw a piece of paper stuck on it, which read: Rong Ruiqi.
The emperor wished he could tear this rebellious son into pieces immediately. He quickly opened the brocade bag and saw two tiny white objects with red in them, which were thin and phosphorescent, and another piece of paper with a few lines of words written on it.
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That night, at the Prince's Mansion.
Shangguan Jinghao folded the two letters separately, gave one to Wang Mang and the other to Cao Zhaonan. His eyes were dim, but a smile slowly appeared on his lips. He then said in a deep voice, "It must be handed over to these two people."
Wang and Cao put the letter away. Knowing that the matter was of great importance, they both responded cautiously.
Shangguan Jinghao lifted his cloak, selected his thousand guards, and went to Dongxiao Street to wait.
Soon, the emperor arrived in his carriage, escorted by Zuo Bing, who led a thousand personal secret guards, and Xia Haibing, who led five thousand imperial guards. The emperor had already talked to Xia Haibing in secret, and Xia Haibing said that he would protect his master until his death, and that the matter of Concubine Zhuang would be put aside for the future.
The group headed towards Jiangnan, the place where Fangfei lived in seclusion many years ago.