The emperor gave an order, and someone immediately answered, but before he could go out of the palace, he was stopped by the emperor again-

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The eunuch bowed down and answered "yes", and then quietly withdrew from the hall, and the entire Xuanzheng Hall returned to a dead silence, and the emperor stood on the jade steps with his hands tied, walking back and forth, obviously restless.

Since the Son of Heaven didn't say a word, how could the rest of the people dare to speak, Zhao Mo still knelt on his knees and remained motionless, and even Concubine Qing, who was delicate and explained, stood silently aside, not even daring to make a sound.

It didn't take long for the eunuch who went to the Ministry of Punishment to get the words back with the scroll in his hand, and respectfully knelt down and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor paused for a moment, Fang took the scroll with one hand, and then slowly opened it himself, as the scroll unfolded little by little, the emperor's eyes were also fixed and fixed, and the entire Xuanzheng Hall was silent, but the increasingly heavy breathing of the Son of Heaven was heard.

The emperor's hand holding the scroll trembled slightly due to exertion, and his knuckles were faintly white, but on his face, he smiled coldly, slowly walked down the jade steps step by step, and came to Nan Chengyao's side: "Look at it, is this handwriting from your eldest brother?"

Nan Chengyao's gaze stayed on the scroll for a moment, and then lowered his eyes and responded: "Erchen is not good at calligraphy, please forgive Erchen's clumsiness." ”

The emperor still smiled coldly: "Is it clumsy?

Before Nan Chengyao could say anything more, the emperor had already thrown the scroll in his hand to the ground and said angrily: "What a 'strong team with great spirit'! What a 'will soar and rush for nine days'! Who is he going to be with him? Is the Dong family a traitor? What kind of nine heavens are you going to rush?!

I quickly lowered my eyes and glanced at the scroll underground, which was inscribed with a long poem, and I didn't dare to look at its contents carefully, but the two sentences that the emperor had just read were from it.

I sighed silently in my heart, even if the poems and inscriptions on this scroll were really from the hands of Donggong, but when the prince put down the pen, he probably didn't think about it deeply, and he may not really have a disobedient mind.

The person who thinks too much is the emperor.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless injustices in words, and the decision to kill is actually between the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, and the height is unbearable, and the most feared and taboo thing for kings since ancient times is that someone has seized power, no matter who that person is. The most stingy and the least lacking is suspicion and suspicion, and flesh and blood are not credible.

And in a high position, he also has this ability, and would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go.

The scroll fell to the ground alone, but no one dared to touch it, not even for a moment.

The emperor walked back and forth in the Xuanzheng Hall for a few steps, the anger on his face gradually faded, he glanced at the scroll on the ground with an unclear meaning, and slowly turned his eyes to Nan Chengyao, and said lightly: "You say, how should this matter be handled?"

Nan Chengyao looked directly into the emperor's eyes, took a step forward, knelt down on one knee and said: "Father and Emperor are angry, according to the sons, although this font is very similar to the penmanship of His Royal Highness the Prince, it is also possible if someone deliberately frames it for forgery." ”

His words were resolute and calm, and there was no trace of evasion in his eyes, and the emperor looked at him quietly for a moment, but he couldn't see anything wrong, so he quietly looked away.

Since Nan Chengyao knelt down, Ouyang Xian and I naturally knelt down, looking at it from my point of view, I saw that Concubine Qing Niangniang was a little puzzled because of Nan Chengyao's words, and I slowly lowered my eyelashes, she didn't understand, but I knew very well.

The emperor glanced at us, and spoke again, his anger was almost imperceptible, and there was only a faint mockery in his tone: "Can you learn to be so similar to the forgery? His handwriting was taught by me myself, I don't know?"

When the emperor spoke, his eyes kept looking in the direction of Nan Chengyao, presumably because he had doubts in his heart.

I sighed silently in my heart, how can I not doubt this situation?

Aside from Concubine Qing's mother, Zhao Mo and Ouyang Xian were originally Nan Chengyao's people, and the matter of this inscription was introduced through their mouths, no matter how it seemed to be unintentional, but the identity and position were already there, and the emperor could not doubt it.

And although today's inscription incident is a difficult attack carefully planned by Nan Chengyao, but Dong Di is dead, Dong is dead, and in the absence of proof of death, it is impossible for the emperor to abolish the prince just because of an inscription, I can understand the truth, Nan Chengyao will naturally not be unclear.

That's why he knelt down and spoke out to excuse the prince, because even if he couldn't completely eliminate the emperor's suspicion and suspicion of him, at least on the surface, he didn't fall half a point.

And this layout, in order not to bring down the prince, as long as it can leave a shadow of suspicion and distrust of the East Palace in the emperor's mind, it is enough.

However, at this point, it is obvious that the emperor has begun to have doubts about Nan Chengyao, so no matter how he opens his mouth to deal with it, it is easy to deepen the emperor's suspicion of him.

Therefore, he chose to kneel on the ground calmly and silently, neither did he say anything, nor did he open his mouth to help the prince defend anything, under the unclear gaze of the emperor, his expression was not half inappropriate, and let the Son of Heaven judge and decide for himself.

There was a dead silence in the entire Xuanzheng Palace, so the sound of the emperor pacing back and forth became clearer and clearer, and Concubine Qing on the jade steps thought that she had also discovered the emperor's suspicion of Nan Chengyao, and there was some anxiety in her eyes, but she was struggling to break the deadlock.

I understand that this is not the way, the longer the stalemate continues, the more suspicious the emperor will become, and he sighed in his heart, but his face was gentle and obedient, and he said softly-

"Father, how many words do you have for your sons, I don't know if you should say it or not?"

Nan Chengyao's kneeling figure seemed to be stiff, turned his eyes to look at me, his eyes were deep, and he said to me categorically: "The affairs of the court, how can you be a woman and Taoist family to ask about it, why don't you ask your father for guilt!"

Although it was a reprimand, how did I not know that he was for my good, just as he did not tell me in advance about this incident, I thought, if it were not for the emperor's decree that I should enter the palace, he would not have brought me with him today, I know that he does not want to involve me in the political struggle - this devouring vortex of blood and conspiracy, the farther away, the safer.

So, even at this delicate moment when he wants to stop me, he still wants to stop me, so why can't I do what I can for him?

The emperor glanced at Nan Chengyao lightly, turned to me again, and said, "It's okay, I will listen to her, this is not only a court matter, but also a family matter." ”

So I lowered my eyes respectfully and said gently: "Father, the son does not know calligraphy, so I can't tell whether this inscription is really from the hand of the prince." However, even if the words on this scroll were really written by His Royal Highness the Prince, the sons would never believe that the Crown Prince would have anything to do with the rebels and thieves. ”

The emperor asked quietly: "How can you see it? Not long after you married into the Three Princes' Mansion, you didn't have much intersection with the crown prince, how can you say the scene so sure?"

I saw Nan Chengyao's eyes flash, as if he wanted to speak, and hurriedly took the lead and responded softly: "Erchen does not have too much contact with His Royal Highness the Prince, but when he was in Yecheng, Erchen was held hostage and imprisoned in the Dong Mansion by the Dong traitors for a period of time, so I know that he is a person who loves vassal elegance very much, and collects famous poems, calligraphy and paintings everywhere. ”

The emperor stopped talking, his face was dark, so I continued to say gently: "Father, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been generous and benevolent, and it is known to the whole dynasty, and he will never be involved in the rebellion and rebellion, and if he does something disobedient, please ask his father to be clear." ”

The emperor looked at me for a long time, and said lightly: "Since you married into the royal family, you have always been low-key, and you have never had anything to do with the crown prince, how can you fight for his affairs today?"

I took a deep breath, became more and more respectful and docile, and said in a slightly confused tone: "Since Erchen is married to the Third Highness, he naturally regards his husband as the sky, regards His Highness's father and brother as his father and brother, and regards His Highness's family as his own family. The sons really don't want to see it, because of a small inscription, which hurts the father-son relationship between his father and His Royal Highness the Prince, and he doesn't want to see it, because of a small inscription, so that there is a gap between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the brothers of the Third Highness. Only then did he get carried away for a while, said all the words in his heart, and asked his father to forgive him. ”

The emperor stopped talking again, he was silent, and his face was dark.

And Nan Chengyao knelt down a few steps, came to my side, and said to the emperor with me: "Father, the concubines and concubines of the sons and daughters are not sensible, and they are disturbing the saints by talking without permission, but what she said is exactly what the sons and daughters think in their hearts, and I ask my father to see it." ”

The emperor looked at us for a long time, and finally smiled slowly: "Yao'er, I am very pleased that you can do this today." ”

"Erchen just kept his duty and didn't dare to praise his father. Nan Chengyao still answered calmly and calmly.

The emperor smiled and nodded, and then slowly moved his gaze to me, and the expression on his face gradually became complicated and unpredictable, although he still smiled and opened his mouth, but there were too many indescribable deep meanings hidden in that smile: "Prime Minister Murong married such a knowledgeable and righteous daughter into the royal family, he is really loyal and commendable, I have to thank him well." ”

The heart I had just put down suddenly sank, and Nan Chengyao's eyes were dark, and he was about to speak, but the emperor smiled uncaringly, stepped up the jade steps again, and waved his hand to signal us to get up: "Get up, what are you doing kneeling, just for a small inscription, tossing it like this, and spreading it out and not letting the civil and military officials laugh at it." ”

The loose meaning in his words, how could Nan Chengyao not hear it, so he could only suppress what he wanted to say, and responded with a smile: "Today's matter, naturally, the fewer people who know, the better, and Erchen will not mention it to others." ”

The emperor smiled meaninglessly, nodded slightly, and then moved his gaze, and immediately a eunuch Gong came to clean up the scroll that had just been thrown on the ground by the emperor, and then retreated silently.

I lowered my eyelashes slightly, knowing that the emperor wanted to take this matter away from it, and most of this scroll would not be kept anymore.

However, what can be destroyed is the scroll, but what cannot be destroyed is the suspicion of the human heart.

Now, the more the emperor does, the more he avoids the important and doesn't care, it shows that the deeper his suspicion of the prince is in his heart.

Just thinking about it, I could hear the emperor's voice again: "It's been so long, I'm tired, and there is a celebration banquet in the evening, you go to the imperial garden first, and when you're tired, you can go to the Liangyi Hall to rest and wait, you don't have to go out of the palace to toss, and you don't have to accompany me." ”

Nan Chengyao replied "yes", and Concubine Qing immediately stepped forward with a soft smile and grabbed the emperor's arm: "Your Majesty, the concubine will accompany you to Qingyang Palace to rest first, do you think it's okay?" The concubine has already instructed Bao Yan to stay up early in the morning with bird's nest, you can also take a sip to moisten your throat, okay?"

The emperor nodded, smiled faintly and walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall with Concubine Qing, and Nan Chengyao and Zhao Mo and Ouyang Xian naturally followed and sent them out.

Until the imperial drive of the Son of Heaven disappeared on the other side of the imperial garden, and he could no longer see it, Zhao Mo looked around, convinced that there was no one, and then he let out a long breath, and said with a very light smile: "Your Highness, if you can't bear the unification in the future, then I'm afraid that the ministers won't be able to save a few heads." ”

Ouyang Xian crossed him with his elbow and said lightly: "You're still in the palace, be careful when you speak, but just now, you really ......."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Mo's face froze, although he was annoyed and angry, he could still pay attention to lowering his voice to prevent others from listening: "You are still laughing, I knew that this kneeling errand let you do it!"

Ouyang Xian laughed out loud, and even though I was slightly depressed in my heart, I couldn't help but be amused by them.

Inadvertently rolled his eyes, but crashed into the depths of Nan Chengyao's eyes that were as dark as night, he didn't pay attention to Zhao Mo and Ouyang Xian's laughter, he just looked at me deeply, for a long time, and finally sighed almost inaudibly: "I still involve you." ”

I smiled slightly, and said in a relaxed voice: "Didn't Your Highness say that since you married into the Three Princes' Mansion, don't think about staying out of the matter?"

He didn't smile, he still looked at me, and said quietly, "Don't you regret it?"

In my mind, I suddenly remembered the last time the emperor looked at me before leaving, although his face was smiling, his eyes were dark and unfathomable.

It's not that I don't know, today's actions may allow me to deliberately show my bottom in a low-key manner, maybe it will attract the emperor's suspicions and scruples about me and the entire Murong family, and maybe I will put myself and the entire family on the cusp, but-

I looked at the dark and deep eyes of the person in front of me and shook my head slowly, and said in a very soft voice but word by word: "Today's behavior is not the behavior of the daughter of the Murong family, but this is what the third princess and a wife of the Southern Dynasty should do." Therefore, Qing'er does not regret it. ”

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