292. Ye Qiong's scheme
The prince was stripped of his luxurious robes, and he knelt on top of the main hall, and he put on the prisoner's shackles, and bowed his head in fear.
"Jue'er, are you guilty?" said the Emperor slowly.
The eldest prince raised his head violently: "Father, I was wronged, and there are villains who want to harm me!"
"Bold, even look up at you?!slap your mouth!" a big eunuch beside the emperor roared.
As soon as the words fell, several guards came over, grabbed the eldest prince as if he was catching a chicken, held a sign, and smoked it in the face of the eldest prince.
The eldest prince whimpered and mourned, and he said, "Father, it's really not a son...... Even if the son has a thousand courages, he would not dare to curse his father like this!"
"Then what if you have 10,000 guts?" the emperor snorted coldly and said, "10,000 guts, do you dare to sit on this dragon chair?!"
As soon as these words came out, the eldest prince threw himself on the ground, lying on the ground completely, and offered the greatest humility to the emperor: "Father, the son and the minister will never dare...... Don't dare!"
At this time, the third prince of Ye Qiong in the group of ministers suddenly came out, and he knelt on the ground with a plop: "Father, the ministers think that there must be a conspiracy in the matter of the eldest brother, and someone must want to frame the eldest brother!"
"Third child, just step down, everyone knows that you are a kind-hearted person, but national affairs, imperial family affairs, you can't be sloppy at all!" The emperor's eyes when he looked at Ye Qiong were much softer.
At this time, the five major families were also among them, and the old man Ye of the five major families looked at Ye Qiong, and he nodded towards Ye Qiong.
Half a month ago, when Ye Qiong had just left Shenxu Island, Ye Qiong had a showdown with Old Man Ye, and in the ancestral hall of the Ye family, Ye Qiong knelt down in front of Old Man Ye: "Grandpa, children are not filial!"
Old Man Ye was circled: "Third Highness, why are you doing this?"
"Grandpa, it's me, Qiong'er!" Ye Qiong burst into tears, hugged Old Man Ye's legs and feet and said, "Things are like this, like this!"
He explained all the ins and outs of the future, and Old Man Ye sat on the ground when he heard it, his beard trembled with fright, and his eyes turned into a pair of copper bells: "You mean...... You want to become the emperor of this Hao Heavenly Kingdom?!"
"Grandpa, please also ask you to fulfill your grandson, now that the Ye family has fallen, the Ji family has borne the brunt and become the head of the five major families, are you willing, grandpa?!" Ye Qiong looked at her grandfather sincerely.
Old Man Ye recovered after half a sound: "Then what do you want?"
"In the palace, those palace maids and eunuchs in the Second Prince's Mansion were all carefully selected by Grandpa, and they were all your eyes and ears, and then the Second Prince fell, so these people were all absorbed by the Great Prince's magnanimity, so these chess pieces arranged by Grandpa, can now be used!" Ye Qiong said, " Now the second prince is hanging from the beam, and the eldest prince is already sure that he is the heir of the crown prince, so there is no one in his eyes, and he is drunk all day long, this is a huge flaw, and I have now taken away the three princes, these three princes have a very good reputation, and like the other two princes, they are all born to the queen, so I am also a candidate for the crown prince, as long as the eldest prince has an accident, ......"
"What you say is reasonable, but how do you plan to arrange this plan?!" Old man Ye's eyes showed a touch of ruthlessness, he remembered that since the fall of the second prince, his Ye family's status in the five major families has plummeted, and the young family head Ye Qiong's jumping into the river has pushed the Ye family to the cusp, and the current Ye family seems to have changed from the head of the five major families to the end of the five major families now, such a gap makes this old man feel resentful, but he does not dare to attack.
On the contrary, the Ji family supports the eldest prince, and the eldest prince is now in power, which makes the Ji family prosperous, and the Yun family, which was originally the second-to-last of the five major families, should have been weakened in the previous Yunhe death case, but I didn't expect that because of the relationship between the eldest prince, Yun Xianchen, the new head of the Yun family, actually received a lot of orders in a row, so that the Yun family's shops all over the world made a lot of money at once, and relying on financial resources alone, it ranked second among the five major families!
If this continues, his Ye family will be squeezed out of the five major families sooner or later, and then he will be replaced by those families that are close to the eldest prince, which is unacceptable to Old Man Ye.
Ye Qiong was overjoyed, he knew that his grandfather had also agreed to his idea, and he hurriedly said: "Grandpa, as long as you let your eyeliner ...... like this in the eldest prince's mansion."
As he spoke, he covered his mouth and leaned over, whispering a few words in Old Man Ye's ear, and suddenly Old Man Ye's whole body was shocked, and the whole person was refreshed, where did he think that his grandson could come up with such a bold and meticulous plan!
At this time, above the main hall, Ye Qiong, who was the third prince, stepped forward to intercede, so that the surrounding ministers also nodded, His Royal Highness the prince who was not afraid of imperial power, but was so interested in brotherhood, was the candidate for the emperor, and in the eyes of Emperor Nalanjie, he was very satisfied.
Although Nalan Jie witnessed that his eldest son Nalan Jue wanted to murder him, but at the critical moment, the third son actually stood up and did not hesitate to kneel down and plead for the sake of brotherhood, this is not for himself, it is completely for the eldest prince!
Such brotherhood made the emperor's nose sour, and he almost burst into tears.
He also secretly made a decision in his heart, he said: "Needless to say, bring the palace maid witnesses over!"
As soon as the words fell, several women went on a trip, and one of the women in this matter was the princess, that is, the main room of the eldest prince, she wiped her tears and said: "Your Majesty, the son is guilty...... However, His Royal Highness has been persecuted repeatedly, and Erchen does not dare to tell His Majesty the truth, otherwise Erchen's family will be ...... by His Highness."
Saying that, the princess and concubine cried in front of the civil and military officials in the main hall with pear blossoms and rain, and there was an uproar.
The ministers also pointed out one after another: "It turns out that the eldest prince is such a wolf ambition!"
"It's no wonder, why does he usually pretend to be so honest, just for the position of the crown prince, originally this prince position is already in his pocket, but he never thought that the eldest prince would want to curse and persecute His Majesty!"
"It's still the third prince who is kind-hearted, and the third prince is the most suitable candidate for the crown prince!"
Ministers, your words and my words also made the eldest prince suddenly wake up, and he suddenly looked at Ye Qiong: "You...... You are not my third brother, I should have already seen it, no matter how smart the third brother is, he will never do such a noisy thing in front of everyone!"
However, it was not the eldest prince or the third prince who spoke next, but the emperor.
"There is no doubt that the human and material evidence is conclusive, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people! As my son, you are guilty of such a deception of the king!" As he spoke, the emperor stood up excitedly, and all the ministers knelt down when they saw this, lest they would offend the power of heaven.