In the face of the eldest prince who came quickly in plain clothes, the expressions of the envoys who were left in Jin state were a little flickering. Although it was His Majesty's idea to exchange the first prince for the second prince, it was said before them in front of Emperor Changlong.
They all knew that when the eldest prince was sent to Jin to be a proton, it meant that he would never have a chance with the throne. If anything happened to Jin Po in the future that would make Jin unhappy, the first to die would be the eldest prince who stayed here.
"Your Highness..." The envoys bowed and saluted the First Prince.
"You don't have to look so ugly, isn't it just a matter of losing sesame seeds and watermelons?" The eldest prince smiled: "It's okay, this king doesn't care about sesame seeds."
The envoy looked even more embarrassed. It turned out that the first prince was also clear about their original plans.
"There is one more thing I forgot to tell you. Before this king came to Jin, the royal father gave this king a title. The title was He." The thing that the people of the country look forward to most. Ladies and gentlemen, do you think the title of this king is good?"
The envoys bravely praised.
"I knew it." He Wang said with a faint smile, "It's not that you are not good at complimenting people, how good are you now? Before in Jinpo, this king didn't have the opportunity to experience the ability of the adults to praise others, which is really regrettable. "
All the envoys are guilty of guilt and wrong, and can only pretend that they do not understand He Wang's cynicism.
On the third day he entered the capital with Wang, he was summoned by Emperor Changlong. After he received the oral order delivered by the Ministry of Rites, he turned around and saw the envoys behind him were excited and a little disgusted in their hearts. Even if they were in a hurry to keep themselves as protons, Don't be so excited, he's still standing here and hasn't left.
When the envoys saw Wang He's face, they knew that he had misunderstood, and explained: "My lord, we have lived in the capital for so long, and we have never been summoned by Emperor Changlong. You just came three days, and Emperor Changlong took the initiative to plan to meet him. You, it means that he still values you."
He Wang finally understood how these envoys brought him over and lost his second brother. He couldn't even see the face of the Emperor of Jin, so what else could he do
Why did the emperor have to provoke the Jin Kingdom back then? If there were not so many troubles, he would not end up today. He looked at these trembling envoys, and he still remembered that when they sent troops to attack Jin, the eyes of these ministers were full of impending success, as if Jin was in their pockets.
Who knows that Jin has two famous generals, and what is even more frightening is that the two famous generals are husband and wife, and they will not have differences due to the struggle for power.
The favorite general died in battle, and the most important prince was also captured. The emperor finally knew the importance of protecting world peace. Why did he go earlier
Life is hard to buy. Know it earlier.
This sentence also applies to Concubine Xie. The most useful servants around him have been replaced cleanly, and the entire princess mansion is surrounded by air, so that the news from the outside cannot get in, and the news from the inside cannot get out.
He is now blind with his eyes open, and he has no choice but to drink those messy bitter medicines on time every day. Knowing that the Crown Prince and Emperor Changlong would not let him go, he didn't even bother to pretend to be sick.
Princess Leyang has been raised for three days and can barely speak. The first sentence she said was to pull Xie Shizi, who came back from the Royal Academy, and said, "Did the prince see my blood book?"
"What blood book?" Xie Shizi comforted Princess Leyang calmly: "Mother, don't worry, those ignorant servants have been taken away, and no one will dare to disrespect you in the future..."
"What I'm talking about is the blood book that can save your father's life!" Princess Leyang's voice was hoarse, and she used all her strength to hold Xie Shizi's hand: "I did so much just to save your father, do you understand? Understand?!"
"Even if what my father did might cause chaos in the world, make countless women lose their freedom, and make the people suffer, would you still protect him without any scruples?" Xie Shizi looked at his mother's angry face: "Mother, you are The princess of Jin is the princess of the people of the world."
"I don't care, I just want the concubine to be safe and sound!" Princess Leyang pushed Xie Shizi away: "He is your father, yet you accuse him."
"The father committed a heinous crime, and the son can't violate his conscience, when all this does not exist." Xie Shizi lifted his robe and knelt in front of Princess Leyang: "The son is unfilial, he should be struck by thunder, this is the son's sin Whether my mother beats me or scolds me, even if she takes my life now, my son will never complain."
He repeatedly kowtowed to Le Yang, and soon kowtowed his forehead to the point of bleeding: "My son is not filial, his sin is unforgivable. Please mother take good care of her, and my son retire."
With blood all over his face, Xie Shizi turned around and walked out of the yard where the eldest princess lived. Some servants screamed and wanted to stop the bleeding, but he waved him away.
He came to the yard where Xie Concubine lived, looked at Xie Concubine who was sitting under the eaves drinking tea, and was silent.
Consort Xie saw the blood on his forehead and his face moved slightly. He poured a cup of tea and put it on the table: "Come and sit."
Xie Shizi wiped the blood on his forehead at will and sat opposite Xie Consort. The father and son were filial, but they became speechless.
"Today's tea is a little bit more bitter than in previous years." Consort Xie took a sip from the teacup. He no longer pretended to be crazy and foolish, but he was still charming.
Xie Shizi picked up the tea, took it to his mouth and put it back: "Aren't you going to keep pretending?"
"Since it's useless to pretend to be crazy, why bother to humiliate yourself?" Consort Xie looked at the lush flowers and trees in the yard: "What happened outside?"
If it wasn't for the evidence of the Xie family's crime, the prince would not have treated the Xie family so ruthlessly. It just made him a little unexpected that the fifth prince turned out to be a firm prince's faction, and he would fight wherever the prince pointed.
The brotherhood of the Ji family's dynasty is really incomprehensible. It is as if the brothers of the past dynasties have suddenly mutated in their generation, making people unable to understand the truth.
"My son doesn't know." Xie Shizi shook his head gently, but did not tell what the prince found.
"If you don't want to say it, that's all." Xie Consort sighed: "What I regret most is to develop you such a kind and innocent temperament."
"In my son's heart, father, you were once the purest and greatest person in the world." Blood slid from the unhealed wound and fell down the bridge of his nose into the teacup in front of him.
The dark red blood mixed with the green tea leaves gave off a strange smell.
Xie Consort Xie looked at the cup of tea in Xie Shizi's hand, suddenly thought of something, and smiled: "You may follow the prince now, with Emperor Changlong's love for the prince, Ji Yuansu will inherit the throne in the future. You can live well."
It's just that the scenery of the Xie family is no longer there, and the descendants will become one of countless mediocre mediocrities.
"Have you truly loved your mother all these years?" Xie Shizi couldn't help but ask, he looked at Xie Consort's face: "For you, she can let go of her precious identity and even be willing to die, you know?"
Consort Xie held the teacup in his hand steadily, and the water surface didn't move at all. He avoided his son's eyes and said after a long time, "In my life, what I love most is the Xie family, followed by myself."
"What about mother, me and my sisters?"
"You are different from them. You are the inheritance of the next generation of the Xie family." Consort Xie looked at his son: "In my imagination, the Xie family's decades-long plan will succeed in my hands, and the next generation of the Xie family, A truly kind gentleman is needed."
But all the plans met the accident of the prince, and his behavior was completely confusing.
If Xie Yao sent a killer, it would be good if he could really take the prince's life, but the prince survived. Since then, the Xie family has continued to fall into the abyss, and the efforts and plans of several generations have been destroyed.
The Xie family was destroyed in the hands of the prince.
"So you sent someone to assassinate the second sister, and even used her mother's feelings to make her commit suicide for you?" Xie Shizi felt that the person in front of him was very strange. The elegant and gentle father in his memory was like a bubble, changing in the sun. to be void.
"It's just a rational use, not to mention that your mother is fine, isn't she?" Consort Xie rubbed the teacup and smiled softly: "In my life, I'm not destined to be crazy about any woman."
"So when you were pretending to be crazy, you said that Fushou County Master is your daughter, and General Wei is your wife, and it was intentional?" Xie Shizi looked painful: "Have you ever thought about how sad you will be for your mother? "
Consort Xie's expression changed slightly, and then chuckled: "I said, I will not be tempted by any woman in my life. From birth, I was destined to live for the Xie family."
"I understand." Xie Shizi stood up and looked at Xie Consort sadly: "So for you, my mother, my sisters, and I are just tools for the Xie family, right?"
"Yes." Xie Consort smiled: "Child, don't be so naive in the future, there are not so many good people in the world."
Xie Shizi walked down the eaves, knelt down in front of Xie's concubine, and bowed three times and kowtowed: "My father's kindness in raising me will never be forgotten by my son, and I also ask my father to rein in his horse. Don't make mistakes again and again."
"One mistake, another mistake?" Consort Xie laughed. He turned his head and saw Princess Leyang who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, with tears streaming down her face, with a gentle and considerate smile: "Princess, have you heard it?"
Looking at this man with such a good-looking smile, Princess Leyang felt that her whole body was cold, and she was shaking uncontrollably.
If all these years are an illusion, what is all her sincerity? In order to marry him, she did everything she could and gave everything, and all she got was "I won't be tempted by any woman". Was her life a joke
"Mother..." Xie Shizi didn't expect his mother to come over. She heard all the words he talked to his father just now
Princess Leyang walked up to Xie Consort Ma: "You really haven't loved me all these years?"
"If it can make the princess happy, I can also say that I love you." Xie Consort stood up, gently touched her temples, and helped her straighten a hairpin: "You shouldn't have come."
"If I didn't come, how would I know that you never loved me?" Princess Leyang burst into tears, "You, you are so cruel."
"Don't cry, it won't look good if you cry again." The concubine gently wiped Princess Leyang's tears with a handkerchief and smiled, which was very beautiful.
Princess Leyang's heart is getting colder and colder. She is wrong. He is not cruel, but he has no heart at all.
Sweet words are false, vows are false, even tender eyes are false, everything is false. Only she foolishly took everything seriously and gave everything for him.
"Why?" she asked in a hoarse voice.
Xie Consort sighed: "The person I originally planned to marry was Princess Shun'an, and I didn't want to deceive you, but you insisted on marrying, have you forgotten?"
"Hahahaha." Le Yang laughed and burst into tears: "I robbed Shun'an's man, so this is my retribution, retribution..."
Consort Xie put her hands behind her back and looked at her tenderly: "Princess, if hating me can make your life better, you should hate me."
After saying this, black blood flowed from the corners of his mouth and the tip of his nose.
"Consort, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Consort Xie like this, Le Yang trembled even more. She took out a handkerchief and wanted to wipe off the blood for him.
"No need." Consort Xie stopped her hand: "I put Sanxisan in the tea just now, this poison has no cure."
"Why, why did you do this?" Princess Leyang roared frantically: "The imperial doctor, call the imperial doctor!"
Xie Shizi stared blankly at the teacup on the table. The sound of his mother's mad roar did not reach his ears. His brain was buzzing, and he just realized that his father just wanted him to die.
"As a Xie family member, I would rather you die cleanly than live under the prince's hands." Consort Xie knew what his son was thinking, and he looked at Xie Shizi: "It's a pity that your life should not end, but Didn't drink that cup of tea."
He covered his chest and spit out a large mouthful of blood: "But that's fine, you'll understand the truth in the future, don't just enter anything given by others."
"Concubine... Concubine." Princess Leyang stretched out her hand to cover Xie Concubine's mouth, as if this would stop the blood from flowing out, but the big mouthful of blood still flowed out along her fingers.
She cried bitterly: "what to do, what to do, don't die, you can't die."
Consort Xie pushed her away and staggered back to the chair under the eaves. He looked at the steaming tea on the table, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped his chin, then leaned back on the chair weakly.
The door was slammed open, and Wei Mingyue walked in with the Imperial Guard, holding up the token issued by Emperor Changlong in his hand: "Sorry for disturbing you. The last will follow His Majesty's order to arrest the concubine Xie and investigate the case of the Xie family. Please cooperate with Princess Leyang."
Consort Xie turned to look at the woman who walked in, Wei... Mingyue.
When he first arrived in the capital that year, he saw a woman in red from a distance, sitting high on a snow-colored horse, extremely beautiful.
Still a handsome young man, he couldn't help but wonder, what kind of girl is this, so bold and so heartwarming
It's a pity she's too smart, and he can't marry a smart woman.
Has he ever had a crush on a woman in his life
Seeing Wei Mingyue walking towards him, he closed his eyes and smiled.
How can there be so many eyes in the world, and the love is as deep as the sea. In his life, he has never loved anyone, and he never regrets not loving anyone.
I just hate myself for underestimating the prince and ruining the Xie family's century-old foundation.
"General, he's dead." Someone stepped forward to probe Xie Concubine's breath, retracted his hand in fright, and looked at Wei Mingyue somewhat bewildered.
"The suspect committed suicide because of fear of crime." Wei Mingyue lifted the teacup on the table and glanced at it: "The tea is poisonous."
"The concubine is not dead!" Princess Leyang rushed towards Wei Mingyue frantically: "Wei Mingyue, you bitch, the concubine is not dead."
Wei Mingyue stopped Princess Leyang's waving hand and sighed: "Princess, if you keep making such a fuss, do you want Your Majesty to completely hate you? Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children, thank you. The family has committed a heinous crime, if you also offend His Majesty, who can protect him?"
"Let go of me!" Princess Leyang burst into tears: "The concubine is already dead, what am I still alive for?"
Xie Shizi endured the pain and stepped forward to persuade Princess Leyang, but she was slapped hard.
"I don't have a son like you who eats inside and out. If it weren't for you, if it weren't for you, how could your father die?" Princess Leyang looked at Xie Shizi with hatred in her eyes: "Why didn't you die?"
Xie Shizi stared blankly at Princess Leyang, and lowered his arms in despair, letting Princess Leyang beat and abuse him on him.
"Pull her away." Wei Mingyue couldn't stand it any longer, she stretched out her hand to pull Xie Shizi aside, and said to him, "You child, do you understand the principle of walking with a big stick?"
Xie Shizi did not speak with a red and swollen face. Looking at his mother who was madly scolding, he was a little embarrassed.
The world is so big that there is no place for him.
Hua Liuli played chess with the Queen Mother in Shoukang Palace. The two of them were not good at chess, so they had a great time playing together. From time to time, the queen mother told her some tricks to control the harem. Those who didn't know it might think that they were her own grandchildren.
"The Empress Dowager, there is news from Princess Leyang's mansion that the concubine Xie took poison and committed suicide." Hong Xiu glanced at Dazzling Liuli: "This morning, Master Pei and Master Hua rushed back from Changyao Prefecture and went to the palace to meet His Majesty. Soon, His Majesty asked General Wei to go to the Princess Mansion to arrest Xie Consort Xie, but she did not expect that Consort Xie would commit suicide by taking poison in advance."
Strictly speaking, it is that General Wei was ineffective, and she was on good terms with Fushou County Master, so she couldn't wait to come back and report to the Queen Mother.
"What happened to Princess Leyang?" The queen mother watched Leyang grow up and had feelings for her. When she heard this, she couldn't help sighing. She put down the chess piece in her hand and said to Hua Liuli, "If you go to Chenyang Palace to see, it is said that you have been ordered by Aijia, and the emperor will not embarrass you."
"Thank you for the queen mother." This matter involved the prince, the third brother, and the mother. Hua Liuli couldn't rest assured. Hearing what the queen mother said, she hurried to Chenyang Palace after thanking her.
Zhao Sancai, who was guarding the door, saw the Fushou County Master rushing over, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the County Master, Xie Concubine committed suicide in fear of crime, and has nothing to do with General Wei. There are many people in the hall at the moment, you can go in."
"Thank you father-in-law." Hua Liuli was relieved, and after thanking Zhao Sancai, she stepped over the threshold and walked in.
There were indeed a lot of people in the hall, Hua Liuli stepped forward and bowed: "I have seen Your Majesty."
"The girl from the Hua family is here?" Emperor Changlong pointed to the vacant seat beside the prince: "Sit and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." She glanced at her father and mother, and seeing that their expressions were still normal, she turned and sat down beside the prince. Before she could speak to the prince, the prince secretly held her hand.
"The Xie family has collected a lot of criminal evidence, even if they were sentenced to beheaded." The prince whispered beside Hua Liuli: "Don't worry, the case has come to an end, even if the concubine Xie commits suicide by taking poison, he will not be able to save the Xie family. ."
Hua Liuli glanced at Xie Shizi who was standing in the corner and sighed softly.
"Your Majesty, among these evidences, the Xie family and the Tortoiseshell Country have kept secret letters for many years." A Jin Jiawei in uniform said: "One of the letters mentioned that the Xie family had killed Fushou County Master, but Wei Chen is unable to determine whether this letter was sent from Tortoiseshell or the capital, because the handwriting of this letter is different from others, more like the handwriting of a woman."
"Women's handwriting?" Wei Mingyue's eyes turned cold: "Who wants to touch my precious girl?!"
Hua Liuli opened her eyes wide, she was just a helpless and pitiful little girl, why did so many people want to kill her
Seeing Wei Mingyue's sinking face, Emperor Changlong, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't help but move his butt back: "Check, immediately find out the source of this letter!"
Wei Mingyue got up and pleaded guilty to Emperor Changlong: "I beg Your Majesty to forgive me, I will lose my temper in the end."
"As a parent, who doesn't protect their own children?" Emperor Changlong said generously: "I understand how Aiqing feels."
As long as Wei Mingyue doesn't smash the table in front of him, everything will be fine.
Standing in the corner, Xie Shizi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Emperor Changlong's words. There are always parents who are unwilling to protect their children.