"Xuan. ”

Hearing Emperor Jinglie's unhurried voice, Chi Xiaoman secretly raised his eyes to look, Emperor Jinglie had no expression on his face, as if he was not surprised at all by the prince's sudden request to see him at this time, nor did he have any joy or anger, it was really unpredictable.

However, even if the prince came forward to intercede for Cheng Shangshu, she was not worried, on the way back to Yasukuni, Wei Chimu told her that with the relationship between the prince and Cheng Shangshu, he would inevitably come forward to help Cheng Shangshu speak, but he would not give the prince this opportunity.

Now she just needs to watch from the sidelines, how Yu Chimu plans to make the prince not even have a chance to plead!

"The sons and daughters visited their father, and their father was Jin'an. Yu Chi Hao hurriedly stepped into the imperial study, and heard that Yu Chi Mu and others returned to Beijing and went directly to the palace to see the driver, so he hurried over, and saw Cheng Shangshu kneeling on the ground, he felt a little bad in his heart, but no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't forget the salute to his father.

"Excuse me. Emperor Jinglie waved his hand.

"Father—"

"Brother Huang, you came at the right time, the third brother just happened to have something to discuss with the imperial brother, and now that my father is above, he also happens to make a decision on this matter. Yu Chimu said before the prince opened his mouth to intercede for Cheng Shangshu.

Emperor Jinglie's eyebrows moved, and he asked curiously, "Oh? This matter can be related to Cheng Shangshu?"

"The words of the emperor have nothing to do with Cheng Shangshu, but they have to do with the lives of his sons and Xiaoman. "Wei Chi admires respectfully.

"How is your life at stake?" Emperor Jinglie frowned, his voice sank, and his eyes suddenly swept back and forth on the faces of Yu Chimu and Chi Xiaoman, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart.

Could it be that it wasn't enough for them to let Cheng Shangshu carry the black cauldron, and now they have to get involved with the prince?

Although he knew more or less that the prince married Cheng Yin, the daughter of Cheng Shangshu. It was colluded with Cheng Shangshu to take the love of the three princes. The behavior is not above board, so Wei Chimu resents Cheng Shangshu. To take the opportunity to bring it down, he can open one eye and close the other. But if this matter is to involve the prince again, he can't sit idly by.

After all, the prince only does nothing, he is still the prince, only he has the power to abolish the prince, but others, even his other sons, want to pull the prince down. It was tantamount to a slap in the face.

"Father, there is a letter here from the assassin who came to the palace of Huai'an on the wedding night, and after this period of investigation, this letter paper and the ink used to write this letter ...... If there is no doubt, it is a thing in the palace. Wei Chimu glanced at the prince and took out the letter from his arms, but did not present the letter to his father, but gave it to the prince first.

Then he said: "The ink on this letter is Xi ink. Presumably, the father and the emperor are not strangers, Xi Mo is quite precious, and there are only two Xi Mo who came up as a tribute, and one is stored in the zài treasury. And the other father gave it to the emperor's brother. Of course, it was impossible for the Emperor to suspect the Emperor, who believed that the Assassin was clearly at the behest of someone. I want to frame the royal brother!"

After listening to Wei Chimu's words, Emperor Jinglie's face softened a little. looked at Wei Chi Hao, who was reading the letter with a tangled and angry face, and said, "Present it to me." ”

Yu Chi Hao stepped forward as he said. handed over the letter, and did not forget to say: "This letter was definitely not written by Erchen, and Erchen did not send the assassin Xingji Third Brother and Tianji Xing, please believe in Erchen!"

Emperor Jinglie was noncommittal, only took the letter and looked at the contents on it, and then said: "Mu'er, I have decided to hand over this matter to the prince for investigation, do you have any objections?"

"The son has thanked his father, and it is really good that this matter is handed over to the imperial brother. Wei Chi Mu had already guessed that his father would make this decision, so he finished with a smile, and then said to the prince: "The third brother has thanked me in advance here, and I have bothered the emperor to find out the assassin and the person behind the scenes for the third brother." ”

"The third brother doesn't need to thank you, if you help you in this matter, you will help the palace itself, and the palace will not allow anyone to frame you!"

"Okay, this matter is settled, Hao'er, you go down first. After Emperor Jinglie handed him the letter, he said lightly.

Wei Chihao took the letter, and looked at Cheng Shangshu who was still kneeling on the ground with some hesitation, "Father, Cheng Shangshu ......" Originally, the purpose of his coming was to become Shangshu, but he unexpectedly got involved in something else.

"Don't meddle in Cheng Shangshu's affairs. With a wave of Emperor Jinglie's hand, there was no room for Wei Chi Hao to speak.

"Erchen...... Yes, sir. Wei Chihao was a little unwilling, but he didn't dare to speak for Cheng Shangshu anymore, he knew his father's temperament very well, so he could only say, "The son of the minister retired. 」

Cheng Shangshu looked at Yu Chihao leaving the imperial study with a gloomy look, and finally there was a glimmer of light, but he didn't expect that his old eyes were dizzy, and there was still endless darkness in front of him.

At this time, he suddenly felt that it was a mistake for him to betray his daughter and bet his hopes on the prince after all, and Wei Chi Mu ...... Alas...... The crown prince was not his opponent at all, never had been......

"Zijin, ......" Emperor Jinglie looked at Cheng Shangshu on the ground, Cheng Shangshu has been an official in the court for 20 years, and Emperor Jinglie often calls him in private, which can be regarded as expressing his trust and closeness to this courtier, but now he has to make a painful decision.

Cheng Shangshu had prepared for the worst this time, looked up at the emperor who was high above, and said heavily: "Your Majesty, the minister is powerless to defend himself, but the minister can swear to the sky, the minister has no disagreement with Yasukuni and the emperor, offending the emperor of the Shengxing Dynasty, the minister does not know how to be harmed, Xu is the minister is old, not suitable for the country and the emperor above the court, if he is mercied by the saint, read in the minister's efforts for the country for the sake of 20 years, give the minister to return to his hometown." ”

"How does Tianji Xing view this matter?" Emperor Jinglie did not respond to Cheng Shangshu's request, but instead looked at Chi Xiaoman and asked.

"Back to my father, although at the dinner of the Shengxing Dynasty, Lord Cheng did say a lot of inappropriate remarks, but whether it was as Lord Cheng said was framed and drugged, or Lord Cheng himself was drunk and lost his words, and wanted to get away with being framed by others, the daughter-in-law did not dare to assert. Chi Xiaoman glanced at Cheng Shangshu and continued: "However, Cheng Daren has the intention of retiring, presumably after careful consideration, what is the truth at that time in the Shengxing Dynasty, now there is no way to verify, if the father does not make any disposal, not only is it difficult to convince the public, the Shengxing Dynasty will not give up, it is better to grant the request of the Cheng Lord, and the wish of the Cheng Lord, and then it can be regarded as giving the Shengxing Dynasty an explanation." ”

"Tianji Xing, you are really bold, are you teaching me what to do?" Emperor Jinglie scolded angrily.

In fact, he did decide in his heart to approve Cheng Shangshu's wish to return to his hometown to solve this matter, and Chi Xiaoman said this in his heart. Originally, he was worried that Yu Chimu and Chi Xiaoman would have to bite Cheng Shangshu tightly, and he would have to make him convict Cheng Shangshu of something, then he would have a big head.

He knew that they proposed the assassin's assassination, and he obviously had a letter to prove it, but he didn't take the opportunity to overthrow the prince, and he was showing favor to him, so he deliberately didn't let the prince interfere in the matter of Cheng Shangshu again, and also gave Yu Chimu and Chi Xiaoman face.

It's just that he understands in his heart that Cheng Shangshu has really suffered a lot of wrongs this time, but he can't complain about others.

"The daughter-in-law didn't dare. Chi Xiaoman was not afraid at all, and said with a grin. She knew that Emperor Jinglie was not really angry, and if the emperor was really angry, he would probably directly convict her when he opened his mouth, instead of saying those words.

"That's it, let's do it like this!Zijin, I ......" Emperor Jinglie's eyes darkened, "Grant what you want." ”

"Minister......" Cheng Shangshu kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Cheng Shangshu asked to tell the old man to return to his hometown, and the holy lord allowed it, and it spread all over the government and the opposition in less than a day.

Those in the know know that Cheng Shangshu did not really want to return to his hometown, but had to make this decision. In other words, the emperor's favor can also be said to have given an explanation to the emperor of the Shengxing Dynasty.

However, those officials who went to the Shengxing Dynasty with Cheng Shangshu heard the news, and their hearts were all up and down. Most of them are from the Cheng Shangshu faction, that is, the prince's faction, so this result made them breathe a sigh of relief, but those who were more thoughtful began to hesitate and worry about the prince's ability.

Those people all understand that the prince and the third prince have not been on good terms since childhood, and this incident is probably a trap set by the third prince, King Huai'an, to fight the crown prince, deliberately framing Cheng Shangshu, and as soon as Cheng Shangshu falls, the prince will lose his right arm. And since the three princes brought back the Tianji Star, the emperor's attitude towards the three princes seems to have changed.

The emperor attaches great importance to Tianjixing, Cheng Dù, everyone in the court knows about it, but it has fulfilled the marriage between the three princes and Tianjixing, and now as a result, they understand in their hearts that Chengshangshu was framed by King Huai'an, but because they have a wait-and-see and speculative attitude in their hearts, no one dares to speak for Chengshangshu.

In the face of one's own interests, the life and death of others has become a trivial matter. Whether the emperor is still favored by the crown prince, or attaches more importance to the king of Huai'an, and whether the prince can preserve Cheng Shangshu has become an indicator of who they will follow and who they will partner with in the future.

The crown prince failed to let Cheng Shangshu be safe, even though he could be regarded as retreating, but he still disappointed them.

It seems that the sky is about to change, and whether the crown prince can continue to sit firmly is something worth playing.

Compared with other people's complicated thoughts of speculating about the east and west, Chi Xiaoman only felt that such an ending was quite satisfactory to her. Cheng Shangshu retired and returned to his hometown, and the prince was busy investigating who wanted to use his name to borrow a knife to kill people, and he didn't have the heart to deal with Wei Chimu again in a short time.

Therefore, Xiao Man's whole attention was on the matter of Wu Tingzhong in Xiangmanlou, as well as the progress of the relationship between Xiaolian and Xiao Twelve. (To be continued......)