Since Concubine Yi died and there was no evidence to prove her guilt, even if Emperor Renshou had suspicions in his heart, he had no way of getting an accurate answer.
He felt that he was more and more like a lonely man now, and all his sons were plotting to pull him off the throne and replace him. Only the Second Prince who was far away in Lingnan and the Eighth Prince who was just learning to speak, one because he did not fight or compete, and the other because he was young and ignorant, made him feel particularly comfortable. He felt a rare sense of family affection, and felt like the head of an ordinary big family in this world with a loving father and filial son, and felt temporarily relieved.
However, the mothers of the second and eighth princes were both the late Concubine Yi. If the eighth prince Sheng Chengxi was not of royal blood, then his relief would become a joke and backfire on him.
Sheng Xuyan sat behind the desk, his eyes gloomy and his face uncertain, like a bomb that could explode at any time.
The anger welled up in my chest, becoming uncontrollable.
With a heavy feeling in his chest for a long while, he smashed the cup, turned his head, and spat out another mouthful of blood.
The eunuchs and palace maids serving him were terrified and they all knelt down on the ground and trembled. The old eunuch went to call the imperial physician, and after taking the pulse, Su Huaijing entered the palace as ordered.
One of them sat and the other knelt. The emperor was speechless at the top, and the minister could only kowtow and kneel to show his obedience and respect.
After a long while, Emperor Renshou asked him, "You once told others that your father-in-law, my Ningxuan King, had rebellious intentions. Is this true?"
Su Huaijing was startled, his body trembled uncontrollably, his head lowered even lower, and he spoke softly and fearfully: "Your Majesty—"
However, just as he finished speaking, Emperor Renshou interrupted him again, his breath was unstable and his face was impatient: "Framing the royal family is a capital crime, and deceiving the emperor is a serious crime. Think it over before you come back to me."
"Collectively implicated" means that his parents, wife and family will all be implicated. Su Huaijing is a male wife, if he commits the crime of deceiving the emperor, Rong Tang will be the first to bear the brunt of the blame.
His forehead touched the broken porcelain, and a cold murderous intent flashed across his face for a moment, but disappeared in an instant.
Su Huaijing kowtowed and said in a deep voice: "As a son, you should not sue your parents; as an official, you should share the worries of your monarch and father. As the Chief Censor, I have the duty to supervise all officials. My failure to supervise is my own fault and has nothing to do with my husband. I hope Your Majesty will examine it clearly. I am willing to bear all the punishment alone."
"I was very nervous and careless after drinking. I expressed my suspicions, but I still have no solid evidence. That's why I didn't dare to report it to Your Majesty. I'm afraid it will cause Your Majesty to worry. Please forgive me."
As he said this, he rushed down and kowtowed heavily, scratching the skin on his forehead. A few drops of bright red blood flowed out, reflecting on the white marble floor tiles, which was particularly dazzling and eye-catching.
Emperor Renshou stared at the few drops of blood for a long time, then said solemnly, "I allow you to make amends for your mistakes."
Su Huaijing seemed to be stunned, and in a rare move he lost the etiquette between a monarch and his subjects, and actually looked up at the emperor in a daze.
Emperor Renshou said: "Bring me the evidence that Prince Ningxuan intends to rebel, and I will forgive you the crime of deceiving the emperor."
Sheng Xuyan's eyes were sharp. He did not blame Su Huaijing for looking up at Jun. Instead, he looked into his eyes, as if he wanted to see through his eyes and see what he was really thinking.
After a while, Su Huaijing lowered his head and spoke with difficulty: "Your Majesty... I accept your order."
The broken porcelain was hard, with tiny cuts all over its forehead. Su Huaijing got on the carriage and fumbled to take out two large pieces. The remaining small pieces were too difficult to take out, so he planned to ask Xingfeng to help him after returning home.
But when they returned to Yong'an Lane, before the carriage entered the lane, Shuangshou exclaimed in surprise: "Young Master?"
Su Huai was stunned in the car, he opened the curtain and looked out, he saw Rong Tang sitting at the entrance of the alley, eating melon seeds and listening to gossip with the neighbor aunts, responding a word or two from time to time, but his eyes were intentionally or unintentionally staring at the direction where the long street led into the alley. Dusk spread behind him, and the green tile eaves cast a cool shade.
Su Huaijing paused, and his troubled mood was instantly soothed.
It was not easy for him to get out of the car and meet people in this state, so he just let Shuangshou stop there and called out in a low voice: "Tangtang."
Rong Tang heard the sound, put the melon seeds back into the bowl, clapped his hands, and said goodbye to his neighbor with a smile: "I'll come again tomorrow."
"Hey, hey, ok." Several people responded and stretched their necks to look into the car out of curiosity.
But he only saw Rong Tang get into the car. Before his hand touched the door frame, a thin and strong arm stretched out from the car, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him into the car.
The environment suddenly became dark, and before Rong Tang could get used to the light in the car, someone pulled him into someone's arms and kissed him.
He was stunned for a moment, then relaxed and let Su Huaijing hold him and kiss him. He even had the leisure to find a more comfortable position in his arms to avoid feeling any grievance.
Su Huaijing noticed his little action and couldn't help but laughed softly, rubbing his nose against him, his good mood was obvious.
Rong Tang got used to him and let him play tricks on her. When their lips parted and the carriage stopped, he took a breath and subconsciously wanted to ask Su Huaijing why he came to the palace. But when he raised his eyes and caught a glimpse of the fine wounds and clotted blood on his forehead, his face instantly turned cold.
Su Huaijing likes the way Tangtang's emotions change with his, but he doesn't want to make Rongtang unhappy.
He led the person out of the car and asked softly as they walked into the mansion, "I'm so hungry. Has anyone cooked at home?"
Rong Tang was full of questions. Seeing him like this, although he was angry, he still held back for a moment and replied unhappily, "I did it."
Su Huaijing smiled and said, "Then Tangtang, help me take care of my wound first, and then we can eat and talk, okay?"
Rong Tang was silent for two seconds and didn't say anything, but when he arrived at the restaurant, he still fetched a basin of clean water and silently picked up the thorn for Su Huaijing. He patiently and carefully wiped the wound bit by bit and applied medicine.
The villain remained silent throughout the whole process, only tilting his head and looking at him obediently, with a moist smile in his eyes. When water drops rolled down his eyelashes, he would blink them, like a beautiful dragonfly flapping its wings and creating ripples.
Even if Rong Tang was angry, he was angry at Sheng Xuyan, not Su Huaijing. Now seeing him like this, how could he have the heart to give him the cold shoulder
After treating the wound, he sighed, grabbed Su Huaijing's cheek and pinched it, threatening him harshly: "If you do this again next time, I will go to the palace with you!"
That was a place where life and death were at stake, and where people were eaten. How could Su Huaijing let him in? But since Tang Tang said so, he obediently agreed: "Okay, I will follow my husband's instructions."
Rong Tang didn't even bother to worry about how to address him. He glared at him, sat back at the dining table, and ate his meal while listening to Su Huaijing talk.
When he talked about the fact that Emperor Renshou ordered him to secretly investigate Rong Mingyu's intention of rebellion, Rong Tang was stunned for a moment and looked up at Su Huaijing.
Su Huaijing said: "Tangtang, don't worry, I have a way to protect everyone."
But Rong Tang's focus was not here. He suppressed the emotions in his eyes and nodded slightly: "Of course I know you have a way."
He just remembered that there was almost no mention of Rong Mingyu's intention to rebel in the original text.
Looking back now, he didn't know whether this was a bug in the book, or whether King Ning Xuan, this old fox, had always pretended to be so good that no one could have noticed his ambition.
But if we follow the original storyline, this is actually a fatal hidden danger.
King Ning Xuan has been in the court for many years. He has never openly participated in party struggles and has only worked for the emperor. However, in fact, all major forces in the court are connected with him.
Even if Sheng Chengli, the male protagonist, really defeated Su Huaijing and ascended the throne, how could he secure his throne facing such a shrewd prince
In the book "The Emperor's Journey", all the ideas developed with Sheng Chengli as the male protagonist now seem like a utopian fantasy.
Except Rong Tang, none of his advisers are loyal to him, and all the ministers in the court have other plans. Before he ascended the throne, there were villains like Su Huaijing who were hostile everywhere, and after he ascended the throne, there were smiling tigers like Rong Mingyu who were lurking.
Why did "Heaven" choose such a male protagonist to ascend the throne
In other words, what benefits can it gain
How much benefit would it take for her to be tolerant and preferential to Sheng Chengli again and again, and to push him to the top at all costs
Rong Tang was a little absent-minded, Su Huaijing noticed something was wrong, and quietly picked up a piece of sea bass for him: "Tangtang, eat."
Rong Tang glanced at him with an uncertain look in his eyes. Su Huaijing looked at him and rarely could he guess what Rong Tang was thinking.
He subconsciously frowned in displeasure, but Rong Tang said, "Would you like to go for a walk after dinner? We haven't been out for a long time."
It’s been a long time since I last saw Lord Lu, my brother and Ke Hongxue, my mother, and I haven’t had a date for a long time.
Rong Tang looked at Su Huaijing with a pair of clear eyes, not hiding his feelings at all.
Su Huaijing was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and couldn't help laughing, feeling somewhat helpless: "Okay."
There's no way, his Tangtang is really good at coaxing people.
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Yujing was prosperous and bustling, and the court was turbulent.
Sheng Xuyan's suspicion of his sons once again reached its peak, and the emperor's guilt and love that Sheng Chengli had expected all disappeared into thin air.
Su Huaijing talked to Rong Tang about why he came to see him on purpose, and mentioned that Huimian instigated Emperor Renshou to make elixirs.
When Rong Tangfu heard this, his face turned grim, so Su Huaijing confirmed that Huimian was indeed a trustworthy person.
Rong Tang said, "He was the one who invited the master down the mountain and brought him into the palace, and he was rewarded for it. Now he wants the emperor to be suspicious of monks and hate them, so that he will only trust him?"
"He has taken all the advantages in the world. How can this be justified?"
Sheng Chengli invited Huimian to come down the mountain, and wanted to kill him with a borrowed knife and push him into the fire pit, but he was outmaneuvered unexpectedly, and even the theory of his fate that he had originally planned to use as a backup was overturned.
Rong Tang sneered: "He is the one who shot himself in the foot."
Su Huaijing listened quietly, and when he saw Rong Tang's expression change, he added, "Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. He deserves it."
Rong Tang nodded silently, agreeing with Su Huaijing's words very much.
From early summer to midsummer, Rong Mingyu has been in the court for many years and has been involved in many matters. It takes more effort than ordinary people to find any evidence against him, which is extremely difficult.
Su Huaijing stayed there for two months, and one evening, he entered the palace in a carriage.
Sheng Xuyan looked at the box full of evidence in front of him and didn't speak for a long time.
Su Huaijing knelt in the hall, kowtowed longer than the last time.
Evidence shows that from the very beginning, Rong Mingyu did not want to help Sheng Xuyan.
Overthrow the previous emperor, and then turn around and kill Sheng Xuyan in the name of serving the king, choose a younger one from the previous emperor's descendants to ascend the throne, and Rong Mingyu can then sit back and relax as his regent.
As for the future, the youngest son was unruly and unable to govern the country, so he abdicated and let Rong Mingyu change her surname to Sheng like the eldest princess, enter the royal family tree, and abdicate the throne to him with full legitimacy.
This was his real purpose in rebelling with Sheng Xuyan. After the plan failed, Rong Mingyu changed direction, pretending to be loyal and acting like a dog, but actually waiting for an opportunity to turn against his master.
After a long time, Sheng Xuyan held the memorial in his hand, his fingers digging deep into it, leaving marks on the plain paper.
The emperor laughed in anger: "...Okay, okay!"
Su Huaijing knelt on the ground with a respectful attitude, feeling quite ironic.
The late emperor’s youngest son, who could be more suitable than him
There was a fire in the palace that year, and many people were trying to put out the fire and make money in the palace. Who was there to save him and who was there to keep his life in their hands
The situation that I couldn't see clearly or understand at the time has become particularly clear now when I look back on it after years of time and grudges.
From the very beginning, King Ning Xuan actually wanted to push him onto the puppet throne.
Princess Duanyi had never expected that her own son was harboring evil intentions, and King Ningxuan had never expected that his mother would risk her own life to protect the crown prince.
Isn't this another form of telepathy
Throughout her life, the eldest princess observed vegetarianism, chanted Buddhist scriptures, and did good deeds, but she never tried to atone for her own sins.
But how could the man who asked her to atone for her sins be worthy of her...
(End of this chapter)