The emperor sent his confidant eunuch Zhang Chaogui to secretly escort the prince of Shu into the palace for a detailed trial.

After being confined to the Zongren Mansion, the prince of Shu walked out of the courtyard that trapped his personal freedom for the first time, and his mood was a little complicated for a while. However, thinking of the days after going out, he perked up again, took a deep breath, and his whole temperament became solemn and sharp. Zhang Chaogui seemed to be aware of it, and glanced back at him, but only saw his gentle and calm face.

The youngest son of the King of Shu walked out of the house, looked at Zhang Chaogui vigilantly, and looked at his brother: "Big brother, what's wrong?

The prince of Shu said to his younger brother with a worried face: "It seems that something happened to Bao'er, and the emperor asked me to take a look." ”

Bao'er is the three-year-old eldest daughter of the prince of Shu, and now lives in the Cining Palace. She was raised by the Queen Mother because she was frail and sick. The prince of Shu didn't care much about this little niece, but was worried that if she died of illness, it would affect their arrangements in the palace, so he frowned and said to his brother: "Why is there an accident again? The days in the palace are so good, and there is a doctor to treat her, how can Bao'er become more and more squeamish? It will really cause trouble for people! When the eldest brother saw her, he remembered to tell her to be honest and obedient, take medicine obediently, and not mess around." ”

The prince of Shu nodded gently: "Don't worry, I will teach her." ”

The youngest son of the king of Shu said, "Then I will go to my father and tell him about Bao'er." "In fact, I want to ask the King of Shu to be mentally prepared, if something really happens to the little county lord Bao'er, how will their manpower in the palace be arranged, and who will they find to supervise Concubine Hui's actions?

The youngest son of the king of Shu gave his brother a look, then turned around and entered the main room, the prince of Shu looked at him slightly, turned around again, and followed behind Zhang Chaogui.

Zhang Chaogui looked at him with a meaningful gaze: "The prince and the second son...... Don't you know what the prince has reported?" "Living in the same courtyard, but being able to block the news so tightly, this prince of Shu is really not a simple person."

The prince of Shu smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "My father-in-law doesn't know, my father and my younger brother ...... I always avoid talking on weekdays. They didn't know I had discovered their plan, so they weren't prepared for it. ”

Zhang Chaogui snorted, and didn't say whether he believed his words, but only took him out of the Zongren Mansion, sat in a tightly sealed carriage, secretly entered the palace, arranged in a remote palace room, let people strictly guard, and went to the Qianqing Palace to report to the emperor.

That night, the emperor, accompanied by Zhang Chaogui, personally went to the palace and interrogated the prince of Shu alone. What did the prince of Shu say, but the emperor didn't say it, and his henchman Zhang Chaogui next to him didn't say it, and no one knew about it anymore.

However, the next night, Zhang Chaogui received a secret decree and led a team of imperial guards to the residence of King Ninghua in Beijing and read out the emperor's holy decree.

The emperor deposed the prince of Ninghua on the three charges of "spying on the forbidden China", "secretly storing dead soldiers", and "plotting against him", took back the fief, and gave him poisonous wine. This time, the emperor was really angry, even if King Jin had a good relationship with him during his lifetime, he was not willing to be merciful and let his only son's life be in danger again and again. He chose to execute King Ninghua, but he didn't implicate his wife and children.

It wasn't until King Ninghua heard the decree that he knew what kind of fate he was about to encounter. He was just when he was full of ambition, and he had just thought of a new plan for the future, so how could he be willing to accept his death? He kept asking loudly: "Why? What did I do wrong? How could the emperor know? How could the emperor give me death? I don't accept it, I don't accept it! I want to face the saint! I want to see the emperor! I am the emperor's own nephew, and the emperor has said that he will take good care of his father's filial son, how can the emperor break his word?"

Zhang Chaogui didn't seem to hear his words, and motioned to the little eunuch who accompanied him to offer poisoned wine: "Our family still has to go back to the palace to write your life, and the prince of the county should be sharper." ”

King Ninghua turned around and was about to run, but before he left the house, he was blocked by the Royal Forest Army brought by Zhang Chaogui.

He looked at the tall and sturdy sergeant in front of him in despair, knowing that he was absolutely no match for the other party, he trembled twice with fear, suddenly turned to Zhang Chaogui, knelt on the ground, and begged bitterly: "Gonggong Zhang, please give me a message to the emperor for me, just say that I know that I am wrong, I should not have extravagant hopes, but I have not done anything bad? I don't want a title, I don't want a fief, the emperor will deprive me of all my titles! Take all my property, I have a lot of silver, a lot of property, the emperor just take it all! Just want to spare my life. I still have my biological mother to support, I still have my brother to take care of, and I have a wife and children...... My child is still young!Please, Grandpa Zhang, save someone's life, win the seventh-level floating slaughter, you can do it, okay?!"

Zhang Chaogui glanced at the Imperial Forest Army, and two sergeants stepped forward and detained King Ninghua. Zhang Chaogui personally walked over with a wine glass, and poured the wine into the mouth of King Ninghua. King Ninghua desperately wanted to struggle, and a lot of wine was spilled. However, this is the most poisonous liquor, even if you only drink one sip, it is enough to kill a person, and if you drink two more sips, you can die faster and less painfully. Because King Ninghua spilled half of the poisonous wine, the toxicity was slow, but he struggled in pain for a long time before he lost his breath.

Until the moment when he completely lost his breath, he still couldn't understand, how could the emperor know what he had done, where did he leak the stuffing?

Zhang Chaogui carefully examined the body of King Ninghua and confirmed that he was completely dead, before he straightened up and looked at Princess Ninghua.

Princess Ninghua had already fallen to the ground, paralyzed on her knees and unable to get up. Her face was pale, and she almost fainted on the spot.

Zhang Chaogui didn't care. Princess Ninghua is just an ignorant woman, she only knows that blindly obeying her husband will not become a climate at all. When King Ninghua first arrived in the fiefdom, he married this concubine because he wanted to regain the power of the fief as soon as possible, but in fact, he was never satisfied with this wife in his heart. It's just that the concubine is important, and if the concubine passes the royal family, the name of the concubine is even more important. King Ninghua couldn't change the candidate for the main concubine, so he could only think in his heart that when he gained power, he would marry a few well-born and beautiful side concubines to make up for the mediocre regret of the concubine. From this, it can be seen what is the status of Princess Ninghua in the county prince's mansion.

Zhang Chaogui took out another holy decree, this is a clear decree, it is dedicated to the princess of Ninghua, saying that the king of Ninghua suddenly died of a sudden illness, and the emperor took pity on the wife and weak son he left behind, and authorized the princess of Ninghua to live in Beijing with her children for a long time, and also gave a three-entry mansion, and a grange located in Zhili, which is not big, that is, hundreds of acres in size. There is also a family member from the four-room Internal Affairs Office. In addition, the emperor also canonized the eldest son of King Ninghua with the title of general of Fengguo as a sign of favor.

However, the general Fengguo is the eleventh rank of the clan of this dynasty, and he is usually the great-grandson of the county king, so he will be named the general of Fengguo. King Ninghua is the king of the county, and his eldest son can't get such a title anyway, and the second son should also be named the general of Zhenguo, and he is still several levels away from the general of Fengguo.

But the emperor issued an edict like this, called grace, but in fact it was a derogatory. Because King Ninghua was deposed before his death, the palace and fiefdom were all returned to the imperial court, and Princess Ninghua also had no title, treatment and property, and her other concubines and concubines were not knighted, which meant that the family had to settle down with the title of Fengguo General of her eldest son, and settled in Beijing by virtue of the 600 stones. A grange of hundreds of acres can only ensure that a family will not starve to death, and it is not a pomp and circumstance at all. As for the four-room family, they are even more suspicious of surveillance. But even this kind of treatment is a rare grace. The emperor has already looked at the face of King Jin and left him blood, which is really generous.

Princess Ninghua escaped death, and the whole person was like being fished out of the water, crying with joy, kowtowing again and again, and thanking the king for his grace. She should have known a long time ago that she couldn't be too greedy, the county king's mansion was extremely rich, and her husband still had to hope for things that didn't belong to him, and now that she got retribution, she should be, and she couldn't hold grudges. In the future, she will teach her children to let them know that they must be grateful and must not follow their father's old path.

Zhang Chaogui left the mansion of King Ninghua and went straight to the Zongren Mansion. In front of the king of Shu and the young son of the king of Shu, he took out another secret decree. Similarly, the emperor also gave poisoned wine to the king of Shu and the young son of the king of Shu.

The young son of the king of Shu immediately cried in fear. Compared to him and King Ninghua, who was hysterical and unwilling to accept reality before, King Shu's attitude was much calmer. He had a pale face, still maintaining the demeanor of a vassal king, and asked Zhang Chaogui in a low voice: "How is the prince?"

Zhang Chaogui glanced at him: "The son is fine." ”

"Good, good. The King of Shu laughed miserably and said, "Although he is my son, I really ...... I never thought he was such a determined person. In the past, I misjudged him. However, there is such a son...... If I can live safely and soundly, I won't lose if I die!"

The youngest son of the king of Shu exclaimed: "Father, is it ...... Is it the eldest brother who betrayed us? Why? Why did he do this......?

Before he finished speaking, the King of Shu had already slapped him and interrupted his youngest son's words.

Then, under the incredulous gaze of the young son of the King of Shu, the King of Shu personally picked up a cup of poisonous wine, sent it to the mouth of the youngest son, and poured it down, but there was still a loving smile on his face: "Good boy, you are the grandson of the first emperor, you must remember your identity as a golden branch and jade leaf, even if you are dying, you can't lose your manners." Father personally sent you on the road, remember to cast a good baby in the next life, I hope you will not be in the emperor's house again, down-to-earth, reunited, and spend your life in peace. ”

The young son of the king of Shu was killed by his biological father with a cup of poisoned wine, and quickly and silently fell to the ground, without movement, his two eyes lost their lustre, but they were still open.

The king of Shu stretched out his hand and closed his youngest son's eyes, turned around and took another cup of poisonous wine, and said to Zhang Chaogui: "Give a message to the prince for me, so that he will not forget his grandmother's four-hour sacrifice." She's ...... now He was the only one left with one child or grandchild. With that, he raised his head and drank the cup of poisoned wine.