The prince was abolished, the King of the Northern War led his troops to the west, and the court seemed to be much calmer. There were only three princes left by Emperor Anqing's side, but he started to bring the third princes by his side to teach political affairs every day. Many people speculated that Emperor Anqing still preferred the succession of the third prince to the throne. The officials who had taken refuge with Xiao Zhige were naturally a little anxious, and frequently visited the door to seek reassurance, but they were all turned away by An Changqing.
The gate of the Bei Zhan Palace was closed, and even the servants rarely went out except for necessary things. An elite defense was arranged inside the palace, almost turning the palace into an airtight iron barrel. Fortunately, when Xiao Zhige was out on the expedition, the palace also refused to visit and see outsiders, and if he came back today, it would not arouse suspicion.
An Changqing is not idle in the mansion every day, and he is now dealing with the news sent by the undercover agent, one after another, and he has to constantly adjust the original plan according to the latest news.
On the seventh day when Xiao Zhige left the capital, news came from the palace that Emperor Anqing was seriously ill and in a coma. The entire Tai Hospital was alarmed, but the cause could not be found, and they were all helpless. On the contrary, the queen, who was quite haggard due to the matter of the prince, was in a state of ill-fitting, and decided to invite several well-reputed doctors to the palace for consultation. Only then did the cause of the disease be found and the Emperor Anqing woke up from the coma.
However, due to this disease, Emperor Anqing was much weaker, and even the handwriting on the fold was not clear. The position of the prince was vacant, and no one could handle political affairs on his behalf, so the empress who served the illness could only read the excerpts, and Emperor Anqing listened, and then dictated the instructions, and the empress wrote the approval documents.
With this disease, the relationship between the emperor and the queen was unprecedentedly harmonious.
An Changqing received a secret letter from Ji Anmin, which said: The memorial for escorting the defunct prince Xiao Qi'an to the imperial mausoleum has not yet been written, and the defunct prince is still stranded in Yejing.
An Changqing guessed that Emperor Anqing's illness was probably a signal that the abolished prince was about to rebel.
A few days later, an official in the court filed a petition, saying that it was too strange to abolish the prince, or that there was grievance, and asked for a retrial. At the same time, several officials jointly impeached the imperial censor, Ji Anmin, for forming a party for personal gain and framing the prince. With Ji Anmin as the center, Dali Siqing and other officials were also implicated.
After a few days of sawing in the court, Emperor Anqing fell ill again, and finally the Empress Dowager Zhao came forward to quell the dispute and ordered the Prime Minister An Zhike and the Dazhu Kingdom Zhao Xinchong to jointly investigate the case of abolishing the prince.
Since then, the curtain of reckoning has been opened above the court.
The Censor Doctor, Dali Siqing and other people involved have been imprisoned. After another five days, it was found that the abolished prince concubine had fornicated with someone. Fearing that the prince would find out, he colluded with Ji Anmin, the doctor of the imperial censor, and fabricated evidence to frame the prince. Since then, the case of abolishing the prince has been completely overturned, and Emperor Anqing felt guilty and issued an edict to re-establish Xiao Qi'an as the prince.
As for the abolished prince concubine's biological father, Weiwei Siqing Jiang Yuzhong killed his relatives righteously, petitioned for the death of the abolished prince concubine, and resigned three times to plead guilty. However, the empress and the prince were tolerant, not only did not ask the guilt, but felt the sincerity of Weiwei Siqing, and allowed the abolished prince concubine to go to the temple to practice cultivation, and then appointed the second daughter of the Jiang family as the successor prince concubine.
But in just half a month, the situation has completely reversed. Crown Prince Xiao Qi'an was deposed and established, and once again the prince's respect, acting as the supervisor of the country.
However, the turmoil in the former harem did not stop there.
First, the harem was found in the palace of Concubine Shu Gui, the harem, and the imperial doctor verified that the poison of the poison corresponds to the illness of Emperor Anqing. Empress Dowager Zhao was furious, and ordered the concubine Shu Gui, who died, to confine the third prince. Then the Prime Minister An Zhike killed his relatives righteously and revealed that An Changqing, the princess of the Northern War, had tried to persuade him to participate in the case of framing the prince.
After cutting off the different parties in the court, Xiao Qi'an couldn't wait to turn the butcher's knife to the Northern War Palace.
The prime minister, An Zhike, personally brought the imperial guards to get people.
The gate of the Northern War Palace was open, and An Changqing stood behind the door, behind which was the elite camouflaged guards of the Yanzhou Army.
An Zhike was wearing a vermilion official uniform, dressed in an elegant manner, and looked at An Changqing with the attitude of a winner: "Changqing, don't blame your father for being cruel."
"Prime Minister An is so flamboyant, what's the matter?" An Changqing stroked his sleeves slowly, as if he didn't know his intentions.
An Zhike's beard trembled, and he said with a sad face, "Don't you know you're wrong for committing such a big crime?"
An Changqing confronted him tit-for-tat: "I don't know what crime I committed? Where is the evidence of the crime? Please also ask Prime Minister An to clarify."
Unexpectedly, he was so arrogant in such a situation, An Zhike said with a sullen face: "You have written to me several times, begging me to conspire with you to frame the prince and help the King of the Northern War to succeed. As a father, I can't bear to see you framed for your own interests. Prince, you just killed your relatives righteously. Are you still unwilling to confess your guilt?" Then he took out a stack of letters and threw them on the ground.
An Changqing stood still, and the person beside him picked up the letter and handed it to him. An Changqing flipped through a few pages and sneered: "First, this letter is not my handwriting, but someone copied it; second, the quarrel between me and the An family is well known in Yejing, I will ask again. Isn't it contradictory that the prime minister is conspiring together on major matters? Third, everyone knows that you and my father and son are not in harmony, so what the prime minister said is not necessarily against me."
"The so-called accusation is just a statement made by Prime Minister An, and the so-called evidence of the crime is even non-existent. Dare to ask the Prime Minister on what basis he wants to convict me? I am the princess of the Northern War, and my name contains a jade letter. Prime Minister An will not want to rely on these forged letters. Do you want to convict me and go to jail?"
An Zhike didn't expect him to be so eloquent. He knew that he couldn't get the upper hand, and his eyes were slightly cold: "Whether I'm guilty or not, ask the princess to come with me and go to the imperial court to find out."
After saying that, he raised his hand and waved, and he ordered the Guards to come forward to take the man.
"For the false accusation, forgive me for not obeying my orders." An Changqing stood still, but the guards behind him drew their swords and stepped forward, murderous, obviously wanting to swear to protect the master.
"Is the princess going to resist the decree?" An Zhike said gloomily.
An Changqing smiled. Seeing that more and more people gathered outside the palace gate, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Who is it to resist? The prince's will to abolish? His Majesty is seriously ill and unconscious, but the palace's decree is one after the other. At the same time, the loyal and good ministers are sent to Xing Prison, and the immoral people are sitting in the high hall. I just wanted to ask Prime Minister An, are you trying to rebel?"
"Presumptuous!" An Zhike was enraged: "The princess is disrespectful to the decree, take it down for me!"
"I see who dares!" As soon as he finished speaking, another cold voice picked up, and the eldest princess came from the other side and led someone to block between An Zhike and An Changqing.
She holds a golden whip in her hand, her eyes are like a knife, and the golden whip is pulled out on the ground with a crisp sound: "Bengong wants to see who dares to move!"
An Zhike was startled and took a step back subconsciously. The eldest princess lives in a secluded place, and many people have forgotten that she used to be arrogant and domineering. She is the only daughter of Empress Dowager Zhao and the most favored child of the late emperor. Because of her cold and arrogant temperament since she was a child, and she acted without restraint, the late emperor was afraid that she would be bullied in the future, so he gave her a golden whip, which can be whipped by all except the queen mother.
He didn't expect to hit her and stab her, An Zhike thought badly. Sure enough, I heard her say again: "Your Majesty is seriously ill and unconscious, and this palace can't see the holy face. Who is the prime minister acting on?"
An Zhike gritted his teeth, bowed and said, "Your Majesty is seriously ill, and the crown prince is in charge of the country, naturally it is by the prince's order."
But he heard the eldest princess sneer: "Xiao Qian filthy the palace, tortured and murdered people's daughters, and had a brutal temperament. Those who were immoral and virtuous were deposed by the emperor's brother long ago. Now you are holding the emperor's brother hostage, falsely preaching imperial edicts, and confounding black and white. Do you really think the world is blind?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard an uproar from the people who gathered to watch, and then there was a low voice of discussion. There was fear and contempt in their eyes. An infuriated scholar hid in the crowd and shouted: "What the eldest princess said is very true! The King of the Northern War led his troops to conquer the west, but while he was not around, you fabricated evidence to frame the princess, which is really chilling!"
For a while, the sound of echoing was incessant.
An Zhike glanced back and motioned for the Guards to chase people away. The shouting people gradually dispersed, but the purpose of An Zhike's trip could no longer be achieved.
Taking a deep look at An Changqing, he waved: "Let's go!"
When the people left, the eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at An Changqing, and worried: "Xiao Qi'an will not give up.
An Changqing didn't expect her to come forward, and her expression was a little complicated for a while: "I have a way to deal with it, but the eldest princess should not be involved. I am afraid that the queen mother in the palace will blame it."
Xiao You smiled and looked a little desolate: "I understand the mother's thoughts, but I can't agree. Besides... Since I've been confused for one time, I'm not going to be confused for the second time."
An Changqing saw that her expression was much relieved, and she stopped making senseless persuasion. She invited her into the manor for tea, and then looked at her two brothers and sisters before sending her away. Before leaving, An Changqing hesitated for a while, but told her to go out as little as possible these days.
Xiao Youxi stared at him for a moment, seemed to understand something, nodded and said, "I see."
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The words of An Changqing and the eldest princess quickly spread throughout Ye capital. These days, the court has been constantly moving, and some people in the city are panicking. The people can't understand the situation, but many scholars understand it.
If they didn't know the crime committed by the abolished prince, they might sigh in private about the battle of the heavenly family. However, after An Changqing's remarks, there were suddenly many more songs sung by beggars in the city. I don't know anyone's crime book is posted everywhere, and the crime of the abolished prince Xiao Qi'an is clearly explained.
For a while, Xiao Qi'an's reputation fell to the bottom. Many fearless students wrote articles criticizing the crime of the prince, and exposing the ambitions of the empress dowager Zhao and the wolf son of the Zhao family. And just when this turmoil started, General Guide Shu Lingting launched the attack first, and led his troops to surround the palace, pointing directly at the Empress Dowager Zhao and Empress Zhao Sichen, who held the emperor and murdered the royal bloodline. He rescued the third prince in the confinement palace. When she came out, Empress Chen used witchcraft to murder the emperor, but she blamed Concubine Shu. Intended to usurp the throne.
The confrontation between the two sides quickly developed into a fight. Shu Lingting's site was in Yuzhou, and Yejing didn't have many staff.
However, Xiao Qi'an controlled 20,000 soldiers and horses from Weiwei Temple, and Su Huaiyi from Yinzhou rushed to help. This confrontation finally turned into a unilateral bloodbath and massacre.
The entire Shu family was slaughtered, and the third prince was beaten as a chaotic thief, and demoted to the head of a commoner.
Immediately after that, a more thorough crackdown was launched under the pretext of investigating the disorderly party.
The gates of the people in Yejing City were closed, and all the crime books that were posted were destroyed. All the students who might have insinuated the prince in the poems and articles were put into prison, and those who took the lead in the trouble were immediately beheaded. It was obviously the midsummer season, but the city was bleak and bleak, and everyone was in danger.
Changle Street was stained red with blood, and the streets were lined with guards patrolling with weapons.
The gate of the Bei Zhan Palace was heavily guarded, and even the servants could no longer go out. Fortunately, the mansion had already stocked up enough food. An Changqing dispatched manpower in the mansion, and quickly picked up a pen to write while listening to the report of the undercover detective.
"Is Master Ji alright waiting in prison?"
The spy said: "After suffering some flesh and blood, my life is safe. Lord Ji told you not to worry, just follow the plan."
An Changqing nodded, and then took a pen to circle a few houses: "These adults' mansions, secretly sent people to protect their families. They also sent part of the food from the secret way, and now they can't easily go out. If it grows longer, I might run out of food.”
The two spies took their orders away, and An Changqing asked again, "How is the palace?"
"Emperor Anqing is still in a coma, and the abolished prince seems to have considered himself the emperor, and I am afraid that an imperial edict will be enacted soon."
An Changqing paused for a moment, pondered for a moment and said: "If he wants to succeed the throne, I am afraid that he will immediately use the Bei Zhan palace to threaten the prince with me and the Shizi County Master. If you pass on the order, everyone will strengthen their vigilance. All the firearms in the warehouse are called out. Form a firearms team with soldiers who are familiar with firearms. Hide in the rear. I'm afraid they will start tonight."
An Changqing stopped writing, rubbed his eyebrows again, and asked, "How long will it take for your lord to get back?"
"It will arrive in three days at most." The guard commanded.
"Then we can survive these three days." An Changqing said.
An Changqing explained some trivial matters again, and the guard commander led the order to arrange manpower. On the other hand, An Changqing swept away his solemn expression and turned to look at the Xiao Anheng brothers and sisters.
The severe situation outside did not affect the inside of the palace, and the Xiao Anheng brothers and sisters were still led by their wet nurses to eat, drink and play every day, but they became a little fatter than before. Perhaps due to bloodlines, the two brothers and sisters spoke earlier than ordinary children. After An Changqing patiently taught the two brothers and sisters for a while, they could clearly call them "Father" and "Father".
"Fairy Wood"
After the first sentence was said, the brothers and sisters seemed to have discovered something novel. They had to call "Father" or "Father" every day. Only when An Changqing passed by would they be safe for a while.
As soon as An Changqing entered the door that day, Xiao Anzhu pushed her brother away and called "Daddy" softly and sweetly.
An Changqing strode over, picked up the brother and sister and kissed each other, weighed it with some difficulty, and said, "It's sinking a lot again."
These two chubby buns got bigger and bigger, and An Changqing couldn't hold them anymore after holding them for a while, so he could only play with them on the blanket.
Xiao Anheng crawled over on his knees, grabbed the front of his clothes and called "Father" while looking around, his big black eyes were full of doubts.
An Changqing specially taught them that "father" is called Xiao Zhige, "father" is called himself. At this time, Xiao Anheng came over and called him "Father", obviously wondering why he hadn't seen Xiao Zhige.
He rubbed Xiao Anheng's face with a smile, and said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, your father will be back to see you soon."
Xiao Anheng seemed to understand, but he grabbed his shirt and giggled, happily smearing An Changqing's face.
An Changqing coaxed the brothers and sisters to get tired of playing. After they fell asleep, she asked the nurse to hold the brothers and sisters. Under the escort of the guards, they hid in the dark room along the secret passage.
Tonight, I am afraid it is destined to be a sleepless night.
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Abandoned Prince: Damn, why is it you again
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