After being summoned by Emperor Zhou, even if Yuan Peng didn't want to face the saint, he had to enter the palace immediately. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In his heart, he had already prepared for the worst for the prince's catastrophe this time.

According to Yuan Peng's thoughts, as long as it cannot be proved that the prince has a direct connection with the old official and silver case back then, according to Emperor Zhou's preference for him, at most he will only be punished for the crime of corruption for personal gain.

It wasn't until he came to the imperial study and learned that the prince had deceived Emperor Zhou with the incident of last night, that Yuan Peng suddenly discovered that this matter seemed to be much more serious than he imagined.

Moreover, according to Yuan Peng's conjecture, the prince persecuted Cheng Jinzhi to this point, plus the merciless killing of his brother last night.

Gao Heng must hate him to the core, and he will not easily let go of this opportunity to bring him down and take revenge.

As a person who colluded with the prince in private, but he has always been hidden in the shadows and not exposed.

You really shouldn't make some moves that make the enemy suspicious and increase unnecessary risks for yourself on the cusp of this storm.

And at the moment when she saw Yuan Peng, Princess Yuan Xi, who was already nervous in her heart, lowered her head with some self-blame and guilt.

But soon, she raised her eyes again and looked at Yuan Peng deeply, her eyes full of all kinds of fiery pleading.

Before I heard that Emperor Zhou briefly brought Princess Yuanxi to say, about three years ago in the wind pass talk and behind the greasy.

Yuan Peng hesitated for a moment, finally pursed his lips, lowered his head solemnly, and said very seriously.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. ”

After hearing Yuan Peng's answer, Princess Yuan Xi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and her shoulders collapsed with relief.

At the same time, it also made Gao Heng, who was originally hostile to Yuan Peng gradually because of Cheng Jinzhi's rescue, feel a trace of gratitude in his heart.

However, what they didn't know was that Yuan Peng was now in a dilemma, and he was not doing this to help each other sincerely, but because he was forced to do so.

After weighing the pros and cons, such a relatively profitable approach was chosen.

"Rebel, this rebel!"

After getting a definite answer from Yuan Peng's mouth, Emperor Zhou shouted angrily, and his blood surged upward.

He threw all the pieces in his hand to the ground, trembling with anger, and a fire that was enough to burn the prairie erupted in his eyes.

"Your Majesty is angry, although Zhou and Chu have a good relationship between Qin and Jin, and the relationship is even better than before, but what do the ministers and sisters say after all, they are still outsiders, and it is really inconvenient for your country to interfere in these internal government affairs. ”

Yuan Peng saw that Emperor Zhou's reaction was very intense, but he didn't see the prince around, and he couldn't figure out the situation in front of him for a while.

So he hurriedly leaned down and said a few words of persuasion with a solemn face.

However, in the eyes of the foreign ministers, the so-called exchange of gifts and exchanges, the reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used this gold as a gift back then was also to allow the two countries to conclude friendship. We, Da Chu, have always believed that this generous gift is a sincere gift from His Majesty, and we have always been grateful for it. It is precisely because of this friendship that my father will agree to marry the princess into your country. Moreover, this does not prove that the money was the proceeds of the prince's hijacking of official silver. The foreign minister implored His Majesty not to be angry, and not to hurt the peace between the two countries because of this incident. ”

As a Chu person, Yuan Peng's purpose in saying these words to outsiders is indeed like to clear up the relationship between Southern Chu in this matter, in order to protect himself.

But in Emperor Zhou's heart, there was a sense of humiliation of succumbing to weakness and bowing to others.

Whether it was in the past or now, although Southern Chu is not a barren and weak small border country, it cannot be on an equal footing with the great Zhou with its vast land and resources.

However, the crown prince at that time hid from everyone, and in the name of himself, the monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he gave generous gifts to Nanchu, who was on the losing side, disregarding the country's face, just to ask for merit and reward in front of him.

After the anger that trembled physically and mentally, it really made Emperor Zhou feel a chill to the bone.

Moreover, Emperor Zhou had no intention of listening to him say these high-sounding words of consolation now.

Since the resurfaced of this official bank robbery, the prince has been implicated, although the role he plays always has a sense of plausibility, but it is difficult to ignore.

In addition, Wei Yan, the head of the household department, confessed first, only because the person he kept saying at that time was Gao Heng that Emperor Zhou temporarily put away his doubts about the prince, but he did not directly ask Gao Heng to inquire.

And now all the evidence points to the connection between the prince and this old official case.

It made Emperor Zhou feel even more that the Yanwang Mansion tokens that he had found from the assassins who attacked the Spirit Slaughter Division at night, as well as everything that Wei Yan said in front of him, were most likely carefully manipulated by the prince behind his back.

And the purpose is naturally to find a scapegoat so that he can clear his suspicions.

Even the series of events that happened last night were all intrigues and tricks carefully planned by the crown prince.

Including what Gao Heng and Cen Fengkou pointed out, the prince drove out his own brothers and wanted to take the opportunity to exterminate everyone, which is almost an evil act that annihilates human nature.

Thinking like this, Emperor Zhou suddenly felt that he didn't know at all, nor did he understand this son he had loved since he was a child. If he first learned about this, he felt anger, shock, and heartache.

Now, these perceptions have all been replaced by a kind of oppression and loss that is as heavy as a thousand pounds, making his eyes dilated and his body and mind weak. Even if he repeatedly persuaded himself to believe in the prince again, at this moment, he couldn't make up his mind.

"How can there be such a coincidence in this world?"

He slowly spat out a few words from his mouth, and instead shifted his somewhat cloudy gaze to the inner sanctum.

"Where's the prince, are you awake? I would like to ask him, if the robbed official silver was not a generous gift he gave to Nan Chu, was it dug up from the ground or fell from the sky?"

Emperor Zhou's words were unusually calm.

There was no loud scolding, no overly excited words, just endless exhaustion and disappointment.

But when these people in front of them sounded, they were extremely frightened.

Especially piercing into Yuan Peng's eardrums, it was more like an invisible threat, constantly subtracting the few odds of victory in his hands.

At this time, I saw that Cen Feng, who had been silent for a long time, but had been as calm as ever, consciously raised his eyes and glanced sideways at the sun outside the hall that was beginning to turn west.

His gaze stopped for a moment, and then he came back to his senses and stepped forward, and a trace of self-confidence and composure flowed from the corner of his eye.

"Your Majesty, there is someone here who should be able to clear up the doubts in Your Majesty's heart at the moment. ”