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It's a coincidence, but it doesn't go against reason.
The emperor stood up suddenly, stared at Prince Rui for a long time, then looked at the crown prince for a long time, then sighed, "Well, no matter what, Jinghong, you should be credited for saving your brother this time."
"This group of rebels who intend to assassinate the prince must be severely punished." The emperor said in a deep voice, his eyes stern, "Jinghao, have you captured the assassin alive?"
The prince nodded and said in a clear voice: "Most of the assassins were killed, and a few were caught. They all seemed to be dead men. They committed suicide immediately after being arrested, but two of them were rescued."
At this time, Wang Taifu stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, the assassin's attempt on the crown prince has endangered the well-being of our Dongling country. I don't know whether it was done by a rebel group or someone in the palace who was plotting something bad. I hope Your Majesty will issue an order to the Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate and severely punish them."
The emperor slowly glanced at the courtiers, and all of them were shocked. They all knelt down and said, "Punish him severely!"
The emperor hummed, glanced at the princes and ministers, smiled coldly, and said, "If I find out who is plotting to murder the crown prince, if it is a civilian conspiracy, all nine generations of the clan will be executed. If it is someone in this palace, he will also be killed without mercy!"
Mo Cunfeng was slightly shocked, and glanced at the virtuous king calmly, only to see him exchange glances with Lang Xiang, who was Lang Linling's grandfather.
Then the emperor said in a deep voice: "This case will be handed over to the Dali Temple Zongqing to handle. Langqing and Wangqing will assist in supervising it. Make sure to find out the mastermind behind the scenes!"
The Dali Temple Minister Zong Pu and other ministers received the order.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise and a person in the hall fell to the ground.
"Master—"
Qiaochu considered the assassination attempt, thinking that the kings were fighting for the throne, and it was very likely that someone in the palace had done it. She was secretly looking at the kings and ministers, and suddenly heard Jingping's voice, and was startled, and saw that it was King Rui who fell to the ground.
Jing Qing turned around and glared at her angrily. She was stunned for a moment, and then she noticed that many places on King Rui's white robe were red.
She suddenly remembered that when she intentionally pointed out that he was the prince, he held her tightly in his arms before the prince's guards arrived. When swords were stabbed at both of them at the same time and he could not block them, he stretched out his shoulders and arms to block them for her, again and again.
Perhaps, his actions were too decisive, unlike the prince's slight hesitation at that time, so she ignored it
Maybe, after experiencing Qin Ge, she really no longer has any longing for some things
She was somewhat joking towards him.
Perhaps, she had a vague understanding that he could not help her. She traveled a long way to Chaoge just to give herself a hope, no matter how weak it was. If she lost even this hope, how could she continue her life
Before the Western Expedition, he was just a powerless and obscure prince who grew flowers and prepared medicine. After the Western Expedition, the emperor's selection of concubines must have his own thoughts, and those thoughts were definitely not about her. But he insisted on marrying her, which was something everyone could see at a glance, and he was destined to be disliked by his father again.
How could a man like him, who had no power and was not liked by his father, help her save her mother
However, he did bring her to the prince. If the marriage had not been granted, there would have been no last night.
Is it true that she thought she had found the prince, and although the prince was still suspicious about the matter of the Lousheng, he seemed to have a certain interest in her. So, she no longer needed him.
So, in order to protect the prince, you would rather let him get hurt
Has she changed? Has she become indifferent because of the indifference she has experienced
People are complicated by nature, and those who have to survive in the royal family are even more complicated.
She often thought that he was not that simple.
However, she never seemed to have thought that among so many noble brothers, he, whose mother died young and whose appearance was ugly, might just be trying to survive.
"Call the imperial physician!"
She heard the emperor's angry voice, looked at him sleeping quietly on the ground, looked at his cold iron face, and for the first time she felt truly and definite heartache.
There are other ways to cover up an ugly face, for example, a human skin mask.
Is a cold mask meant to make yourself as strong as iron
The emperor ordered him to be carried into the inner court.
She wanted to go with Jing Ping and the others, but Jing Ping suddenly turned around and said in a calm voice: "Miss, is this necessary? I thought I had the right person, but it turns out I was wrong. You should go back to the mansion with the prince. We will serve you. I am afraid that we will humiliate you."
She jumped when she heard the words, and then she heard the emperor's order: "The court will be dismissed today! Cunfeng, tell Miss Lang to come to the palace to serve the Eighth Prince."
She closed her eyes and slowly opened them, only to see the virtuous prince and the prime minister with shocked expressions, while the prince had already quickly followed the emperor into the inner hall.
Many court officials looked at her with contempt; there was another person who sized her up indifferently, King Xia.
Text 064 Who is in Linglong Bureau
Dezheng Hall. Please visit this site
This is the emperor's bedroom, where Prince Rui was sent.
About a cup of tea later, the prince walked out of Dezheng Hall.
Outside the palace wall, two people were waiting. They were Cao Zhaonan and the Imperial Censor Wang Mang.
Ken Wangmang asked in a low voice: "How is it?"
"The injuries are severe, but there are no damages to the internal organs or vital parts." The prince said calmly, with his hands behind his back.
Wang Mang smiled slightly, "He knows how to control himself and won't really hurt himself. This fainting is just to make the emperor feel pity for him again!"
Prince He lightly said “hmm”, “It’s just that with some chess moves, if you make a wrong move, everything goes wrong.”
Wang Mang's heart tightened, and he lowered his voice, "Prince, you mean..."
The prince said nothing, but looked at Cao Zhaonan, "What did Cao Zongguan say?"
Cao Zhaonan thought about it and raised the corner of his lips, "I think the prince is talking about the military token."
Wang Mang knew that this was a serious matter, so he asked, "The General Manager has a thorough understanding of the matter. Forgive my ignorance, but what does the visit of the Prince Rui to Liuzi Lake have to do with the military talisman?"
Cao Zhaonan said: "This has to start with the emperor's secret decree granting the marriage to Miss Lang."
"In fact, before the selection of concubines, didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already guess that the Emperor would choose Miss Lang in the end? The selection of concubines was set up just to prevent people from seeing the Emperor's true intentions and to stop people from saying that the Emperor was unfair. After all, before Prince Rui and the Emperor had a falling out this afternoon, everyone wanted to marry their female relatives to Prince Rui!"
Wang Mang chuckled and nodded, "Miss Lang and Prince Rui are very close, but Prince Xian and the Queen are still unaware of this. Your Highness is secretly keeping an eye on Prince Rui, and the Emperor must have seen this. He knows that Miss Lang is smart, and Prime Minister Lang favors her the most. Prime Minister Lang's son and Miss Lang's father, General Lang, also commands a large army. So the Emperor's real intention is that he wants Prince Rui to marry Miss Lang, and use Miss Lang to divert the power of the Lang family to his own use, to help the Crown Prince ascend the throne smoothly. Without Prime Minister Lang's support, Prince Xian will not be able to accomplish anything. After the Crown Prince ascends the throne one day, he wants Prince Rui to use this power to restrain the Crown Prince and not kill Prince Xian and the other kings."
“Therefore, if the emperor finds out that Prince Rui is kind to his brothers, will never compete for the throne, and can meet his expectations, the military order must be handed over to Prince Rui. In this way, Prince Rui will have the power to assist the prince today, and will have the momentum to restrain the prince in the future.” Cao Zhaonan said, his eyes deepening.
Wang Mang shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that Prince Rui was so concerned about this outstanding matter that he clashed with the emperor and ended up getting into trouble."
The prince paused, raised the corner of his lip, "Who said he was trapped in his own trap? This is the smartest way, and it only proves that he has no intention of trying to please or compete. Unfortunately, this is almost the last step, but he made a wrong move!"
Wang Mang was startled. Cao Zhaonan said, "Speaking of this, we have to go back to the matter of selecting a concubine."
"According to His Royal Highness, the Emperor wanted to announce the decree about me entering the palace as his principal consort because he hoped that the news would not reach Prince Rui before the decree was announced. You must know that news in the palace spreads faster than anything else. But the Emperor did not want to announce the decree immediately. After all, Prince Rui entered the palace this afternoon, and the Emperor reprimanded him for Qiaochu's matter, and the two of them were unhappy. Announcing the decree early would only exacerbate the conflict between the two."
"However, once the imperial decree is announced, it will be extremely difficult to change it. Your Majesty is not kidding! Therefore, even if Prince Rui is unwilling, he knows that the decree will never be changed. But if the news reaches him first, giving him time to go to the palace to discuss the matter, it will be difficult to do so."
"But, someone has to announce the decree. It doesn't matter if it's another prince. The emperor believes that with the wisdom of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he must have guessed his true intention of choosing a concubine. So he simply let me, a servant of the Crown Prince's Mansion, be the one to announce the decree! He knows that we won't leak the news. After all, the emperor's move to choose a concubine is also to strengthen the power of the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince spreads the news of the main wife and lets Prince Rui make a fuss, it will be tantamount to going against the emperor's will."
"This marriage decree was drafted long ago and has been placed in the Golden Throne Hall. The only thing missing is the name of the principal wife. The emperor did not hide it from others, after all, the name of the principal wife was not written until last night. When the prince entered the palace, he took the opportunity to read the contents of the 'unnamed' imperial edict. Mo Cunfeng, who often serves the emperor, must have also seen this 'unnamed' imperial edict. The prince expected that Mo Cunfeng would peek at the imperial edict with the name written on it tonight. After I received the palace's order to enter the palace to get the marriage decree, I imitated this imperial edict and made a fake one."
Wang Mang frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness deliberately set up a trap to let the virtuous prince in! Originally, if the virtuous prince knew that the emperor was going to grant the marriage to the Lang family, he would be ecstatic. Of course, he never thought of the emperor's true intentions. He only thought that the emperor had a great recognition of his performance over the years and might change the throne to an undecided one."
Cao Zhaonan nodded slightly and smiled coldly, "And a false decree issued last night completely destroyed the hope of the wise king. He believed that if the emperor granted the marriage to the Wang family, who was on good terms with the prince, he would also hand over the military token to the prince, so he took a risk and had the intention of killing!"
Wang Mang nodded, "Originally, the virtuous kings did not want to touch His Highness. After all, if something happened, even if the emperor was reluctant to kill him out of love for his son, he would not use him again in the future. Therefore, none of the kings would have to kill each other."
He smiled, "Unfortunately, the wise king was forced into a hurry last night!"
"Well," Cao Zhaonan said softly, "The prince deliberately left himself alone, which gave him the opportunity to send someone to assassinate him."
Wang Mang now understood most of it, and was surprised and delighted. "I just wondered if the assassination was done by the virtuous king. If so, it must have been done by the virtuous king! The prince forced the virtuous king to kill him, and the virtuous king didn't even realize it. This time he's in big trouble!"
The prince stared at the flowers and plants in the distance of the palace wall and said calmly, "If the emperor knew about the assassination attempt, my brother would never have a chance to turn things around in his life. Although the emperor wanted to pass the throne to me, he has always been worried that I would kill my brothers after I ascend the throne. If that's the case, I won't kill him later, but I will kill him now!"
Wang Mang and Cao Zhaonan looked at each other and understood how smart and cruel this young master was. The assassination case was handed over to the Dali Temple for trial. The Dali Temple Minister Zong Pu was an iron-faced and impartial person. Although Lang Linling's grandfather Lang Xiang assisted him, Wang Mang's father Wang Taifu was also there. The wise king was afraid that he could not escape the blame!
Wang Mang regained his pleasant surprise and asked with a smile, "Your Highness, did you borrow Qiaochu to come here last night and deliberately stay alone?"
The prince's eyes moved slightly, but he said nothing.
Wang Mang was shocked, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. He just said, "I don't know what Your Highness said. In this matter, Prince Rui made a wrong move. What's the matter?"
Text 065 A Little Accident
He thought for a moment, and then added cautiously, "Your Highness, are you saying that he made a mistake by using Qiaochu to show the Emperor that he has no intention of winning over powerful officials or fighting? Is he not convinced by the Emperor?"
Cao Zhaonan also frowned and looked at the prince.
The three of them walked slowly to the Imperial Garden.
The prince frowned and said, "No, I don't know whether his feelings for Qiaochu are true or not, but they are definitely not pure. However, he has reasons for Father to believe."
"Forgive me for being rude," Wang Mang sneered, "Fall in love at first sight?"
The prince reached out and gently stroked the short branch of the flower in front of him, his eyes slightly far away, and he spoke slowly: "What if this is not their first meeting?"
Wang Mang was shocked, but saw that the prince's brows were far away and he had no intention of continuing. Although he was suspicious, he just asked, "What was the wrong step that Prince Rui took?"
"The reason to go to Liuzi Lake!"
The prince spoke word by word, and Wang Mang's heart tightened. He only heard Cao Zhaonan say in a deep voice: "When the wise king learned that His Highness had come to Liuzi Lake, he thought it was because of the insider lurking in the prince's mansion. He didn't know that the insider was one of ours. We deliberately told him through the insider."