Although it had been expected, Emperor Zhou's words fell into everyone's ears, and it was still like a thunderclap, causing the air in the study to suddenly be drained in an instant, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Hearing Emperor Zhou's words, Gao Heng closed his eyes slightly, still bowing his head coldly, making it impossible for people to peek into what he was thinking now.

This is obviously a sentence that I wish to hear, but now, when the feeling of happiness and enmity spreads rapidly from my heart, an indescribable complex emotion surges.

Especially when Gao Heng raised his eyes slightly, his eyes swept over Gu Hanqing and Cen Feng with different expressions one by one, and moved to Zhao Xin who was standing beside him again.

His calmness and calmness made Gao Heng feel even more that the prince would still be lucky to escape today's catastrophe.

"Your Majesty......"

"Father!"

After a moment of silence, the prince first collapsed to the ground as if all his bones were falling apart.

After a while, he cried and rushed forward to shake Emperor Zhou's thigh.

Like a prisoner who has been wronged by the heavens but is about to be executed, he pleaded with tears in his eyes.

Emperor Zhou looked down at the prince in front of him, who was hoarse and had lost his majesty, and his heart suddenly seemed to be twisted by something, and there was a clear and intense pain.

Then he narrowed his eyes and darkened, and his gaze fell on Gao Heng not far away.

No matter when and where, different from the prince's cunning and sophisticated, he can speak well, Gao Heng is always so calm and calm, and he is moody.

Sometimes from him, it seems that he can see his shadow more back then.

In a trance, in Emperor Zhou's mind, the memories that had been sealed by the dust of the years suddenly opened, and the cold and snowy day many years ago appeared.

walked into the Guangling Palace by himself, and informed Concubine Hui of the decision to send Gao Heng to the Western Jin Dynasty as a hostage, and then left ruthlessly......

In the courtyard, I met Gao Heng, who I hadn't seen for a long time and was building a snowman alone.

When he looked at his father, those deep eyes were full of strangeness and coldness that were incommensurate with his age, and at this moment slowly came to his heart, so that Emperor Zhou still remembers it vividly.

Even though Gao Heng has made contributions to the Great Zhou Dynasty over the years and kept to himself, he also respects himself and often expresses his condolences and concerns.

But in Emperor Zhou's heart, he always felt that there was still a gap between him and him, but it was insurmountable.

He even sometimes thinks that from childhood to the present, does Gao Heng really have no resentment towards him, his father as an emperor?

"Father, ask your father to forgive your mother, your sons are willing to bear all the blame, and your father ......"

The prince's mournful screams echoed in his ears, always affecting Emperor Zhou's already complicated heart, giving birth to the gorgeous hair on the sideburns.

At this time, Empress Zhao, who originally held some confidence in her hand, was also stunned, her eyes widened blindly, and her tear-stained face was even more pale, as if she did not believe that this was Emperor Zhou's decision.

She grabbed the hem of her clothes on the ground, and the green tendons on her slender jade hands burst out, and the whole person was trembling violently, but she couldn't say a word.

Although she is the master of the six palaces and has been immersed in the harem for decades, what kind of wind and waves have she never experienced?

But when he thought that his son, who had pinned his life's hopes, would lose the position of prince, this was an unbearable pain in her life for Empress Zhao, who wanted to watch the crown prince sit on the throne.

What's more, she knows very well that once the crown prince is deposed, in Emperor Zhou's heart, Gao Heng seems to have become the most suitable candidate for the prince.

She would even rather lose the position of the queen of the main palace than see such a result.

Now, she can only pin all her hopes on the Li'an Hou in front of her, who has not been out of the mountain for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the old minister believes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may really be at fault, but according to the old minister, this incident seems to be inextricably linked, but many years have passed in between, and these so-called evidence and testimony have all surfaced today, which is too coincidental and there are still doubts to follow. ”

After a short silence, I saw Zhao Xinzhi's eyebrows move slightly, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, and he bowed to Emperor Zhou.

The tone was a little more serious than the previous tranquil water.

"More importantly, it is an eventful autumn, and the war in the west is anxious, which can be described as internal and external troubles. If the reserve position is shaken rashly, it will not only cause setbacks to the national capital and turmoil in the government and the opposition, but will also make foreign enemies move when they hear the wind, and it is by no means the right time to take advantage of the opportunity. The old minister implored His Majesty to think twice before acting for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

Seeing that Zhao Xinzhi finally opened his mouth to help, Empress Zhao and the crown prince, who were originally emotional, stopped crying and looked at each other as if they had regained hope, and both of them calmed down in unison.

These words of exhortation from others may seem insignificant to Emperor Zhou's ears, but these words came out of Zhao Xinzhi's mouth, but they really made Emperor Zhou's heart ripple slightly, and he actually felt a little shaken.

As Zhao Xinzhi said, whether it is the old official bank case of the year, the Zhou Chu peace talks, or the robbery of Cheng Jinzhi in the past few days.

All the contradictions and culpability are directed at the prince, even if the evidence is conclusive, it is too coincidental.

Although Emperor Zhou was indeed disappointed in what the prince had done, and believed that he was indeed involved in these things, he inevitably felt that these accusations were too public, and he hesitated slightly.

And Empress Zhao's sharp words just now seemed to be a big rebellion, but it happened to be such a means of retreating as advance, which made Emperor Zhou hesitate.

It was only because he was carried away by anger and disappointment, and because the accusations against the crown prince were too great, and he had to make a decision without favoritism in order to convince everyone.

However, now after listening to what Zhao Xinzhi said, Emperor Zhou began to slowly calm down.

I saw that he ignored the cries of the mother and son of the crown prince and Empress Zhao, turned around with a heavy face, and fell into a long and difficult thought.

Originally, at this time, since Zhao Xinzhi had the intention to come out to stir up the situation, Gao Heng should take advantage of the situation to refute and increase his chances of winning.

But he didn't.

He knew why Zhao Xinzhi came, and he also knew what kind of calculation he had in his heart.

He also knows what kind of odds he has in his hands.

"The old minister is brave, I don't know if Your Majesty still remembers that promise of Your Majesty when the old minister was made a marquis?"

Zhao Xinzhi's tone was tepid, and immediately after, it entered Emperor Zhou's eardrums in a timely manner, and also aroused suspicion in everyone's hearts.

But because he was facing away from everyone at the moment, no one could see the expression on his face.

After a long silence, he finally made a decision that made Gao Heng's heart chill.

"From today onwards, the East Palace will be banned, and no one will be allowed to enter and leave at will. The crown prince Gao Chen immediately set off for Lishan Yuling to guard filial piety, and he was not allowed to return to the palace without an edict. ”