Chapter 422: Admitting to killing my brother
"My son was also forced to have no choice. Every time I saw my father favoring the Nine Emperors, Erchen was not convinced, and the disaster relief incident, my father originally wanted the Nine Emperors to go to other places, but it was Erchen and the Second Emperor who repeatedly begged their father, and the father reluctantly agreed. Xuanyuan Che cried and kept kowtowing.
"Then you can't kill your own brother. Yu'er and you have always had a deep brotherly relationship, and everything is for you, how can you bear to kill him? The queen looked at Xuanyuan Che sadly, and her feelings gradually calmed down, "Now that the Nine Emperors have the evidence that you killed Yu'er, if your father knows about it, let alone the position of the crown prince, even you, the prince, may not be able to keep it." ”
"Queen Mother, the son knows that he is wrong, so you can help the son." Xuanyuan begged the queen bitterly, "The queen mother has lost her second imperial brother, can she really bear to watch my son lose too?" ”
The queen looked sadly at Xuanyuan Che who was kneeling on the ground, looking at him with tears streaming down his face, looking remorseful, the queen was also a little unbearable, and helped him up from the ground, "If this palace really doesn't care about you and really wants you to die, it won't be threatened by Xuanyuan Hao, and it won't call you over, but directly hand over this letter to the emperor." ”
"Queen Mother!" Xuanyuan Che looked at the queen with emotion, and saw that the queen gradually softened his heart, and immediately defended his mistake and said, "Queen Mother, when the son was confused for a while, he did something wrong in order to deal with Xuanyuan Hao, the relationship between the second emperor and Xuanyuan Hao has always been the same, and the two also have different opinions for disaster relief, so the son was confused for a while before making this move, in fact, the son has regretted it later, but unfortunately it was too late." When the father wanted to thoroughly investigate the cause of the death of the second emperor's brother, the son had already asked his father to be willing to investigate the matter, but the father still handed over the matter to Xuanyuan Hao, and now that Xuanyuan Hao has our evidence, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with him. ”
"Xuanyuan Hao!" Thinking of what Xuanyuan Hao did, especially the warnings and threats to herself, the queen felt a burst of anger in her heart, and she wanted to break him into pieces, but unfortunately the time was not right, and the queen did not dare to act rashly.
"Queen Mother, it's better to let Erchen send someone to take Xuanyuan Hao." Xuanyuan Che saw that the queen was slowly calming down, so he spoke, and also made a killing move.
"Don't act rashly." The queen sternly warned Xuanyuan Che, "Last time we assassinated Xuanyuan Hao unsuccessfully, and now she has more evidence of your crime, if this assassination fails, then it is difficult to guarantee that he will not hand over all the evidence to the emperor, and then you will not be able to save your life even if you kowtow." ”
"Do you want your sons to be threatened by him like this?" Xuanyuan Che said unconvinced, "Since ancient times, if he doesn't die, the last person to die will be his son." Could it be that the queen mother wants to see the person who ascends to the throne in the future is Xuanyuan Hao? ”
"As long as there is a day when the palace is there, I will not let him become the crown prince and sit on the throne." The queen secretly swore in her heart, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, and after a while, the queen looked at Xuanyuan Che with a calm face and said: "He promised me that he would not hand over the rest of the evidence to the emperor, although I don't know if what he said is true, but I think he will never do it for a while." Unless he didn't care about Murong Xuanji's life. ”
"Now that the emperor favors Xuanyuan Hao, and we also have a handle for him to hold, it seems that this throne has left us." Xuanyuan Che deliberately said the loss, "If he gives the evidence of his son's crime to his father, then the queen mother will not only lose the second emperor, but also her son." It's a pity that the four emperor brothers have no intention of political affairs, and they are in the company of flowers and plants every day, once other princes sit on the throne, the real power of the queen mother is also greatly weakened, even if the queen mother is named the queen mother, it is also a queen mother who has been set aside. ”
The queen's expression was stunned, Xuanyuan Che's words just said into her pain, she has three sons in her life, except for the younger son who has no desire for imperial power, the other two sons have the ambition to take the heir, originally the queen planned to take a good look between the two sons to see which son is more suitable to be the prince, but I didn't expect that now Xuanyuan Che killed Xuanyuan Yu, then his only hope is only in Xuanyuan Che, even if he was angry in his heart that he killed his siblings, but if he even lost him, then his future reliance will also be lost.
Although Xuanyuan Che looked remorseful, he secretly looked at the queen's expression, saw her expression change a few times, and knew that today's incident was a temporary safe pass, and now he was worried about Xuanyuan Hao's evidence in his hands.
"As long as you keep to yourself, don't make any mistakes, and the palace will handle the rest of the matter." In order not to lose the only bargaining chip, the queen decided to forget the cause of Xuanyuan Yu's death for the time being, and save Xuanyuan Che first. "But you have to swear that this is not the case."
"The son knew, and the son swore to God that he would never do such a thing again." Xuanyuan obediently agreed, but had other thoughts in his heart.
The queen and Xuanyuan Che had their own thoughts in their hearts, and the heavy rain outside was still falling, and no one noticed that there was a person standing by the window outside the house who heard the words of the two of them word for word.
The sleek Xuanyuan Mo heard that his mother was sick, went to the palace to visit, and chatted with the imperial concubine for a while, and then the imperial concubine was going to rest, Xuanyuan Mo cared about a few words and left, but when he was about to leave the palace, he saw Xuanyuan Che following the queen's grandmother and hurriedly walked to the queen's palace, Xuanyuan Mo had something in his heart, so he secretly followed, and he didn't expect to hear such a shocking thing.
Originally, he planned to ask the queen for peace, but now, Xuanyuan Mo has dispelled this idea, and now there is something more important to do than asking for peace. Xuanyuan Mo was as silent as when he came, and when he left, no one knew about it.
Xuanyuan Mo returned to the mansion and locked himself in the study alone, thinking seriously about what he had heard before. A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, now the emperor's body is getting weaker and weaker, especially the recent serious illness has made many people start to care about the matter of the crown prince, and they are worried that the emperor will have a case, and there will be a bloody storm in the court.
Xuanyuan Mo knew the emperor's preference for Xuanyuan Hao, but until the last moment, it was unknown who the throne would fall into, and Xuanyuan Mo didn't want to lose such an opportunity, the more people who competed, the lower his chances, Xuanyuan Mo was not a nerd, the second prince died, the fourth prince had no ambition, only the eldest prince was left and the eldest son, who was the most able to compete with Xuanyuan Hao, and it was almost impossible for Xuanyuan Mo to stand out between the two, so Xuanyuan Mo's plan was to attack one by one. Now that he knows Xuanyuan Che's handle, Xuanyuan Mo will certainly not let go of this good opportunity, and he must make good use of it.
Xuanyuan Mo thought about it very seriously, although Xuanyuan Hao had the evidence that Xuanyuan Che killed Xuanyuan Yu in his hand, but there seemed to be a consensus between the two, and they would not come up with evidence for the time being, so what he had to do now was to find out the evidence of Xuanyuan Che, so that his eldest son would lose the qualification to inherit the throne.
"Someone!" Xuanyuan Mo called his henchmen and cautiously explained, "You go and secretly investigate the cause of the death of the second prince, remember, you must be careful, and you must not startle the snake." ”
"Yes, Third Prince." Seeing Xuanyuan Mo's cautious and strict explanation, the henchman did not dare to have any delay, and immediately left the study to do what Xuanyuan Mo explained.
After the henchman left, only Xuanyuan Mo was left in the study, Xuanyuan Mo looked at a painting hanging on the wall, the person in the painting was a very beautiful and gentle woman, this person was not someone else, but Xuanyuan Mo's mother, the imperial concubine.
Although his mother is the imperial concubine, but his son has not been valued by the emperor, compared to Xuanyuan Che, the eldest son, and the child Xuanyuan Hao, the child born by the emperor's favorite woman, the third prince is like being forgotten, so Xuanyuan Mo's heart is very unbalanced, since he can't rely on his mother to succeed, then he can only rely on his own unscrupulous means to make himself succeed step by step, and when he sits on the throne one day, Xuanyuan Mo wants everyone to surrender to himself and admire himself.
After returning from the queen's palace, Xuanyuan Che was a lot haggard, and regardless of his clothes being wet, he angrily walked into the study and called his personal attendant.
"Master." The attendant saw that Xuanyuan Che's expression was wrong, and stood in front of him with some anxiety and asked, "What does the master command?" ”
"Idiot!" Xuanyuan Che slapped it without hesitation, and seeing the five finger prints on the waiter's face could not relieve the anger in his heart, he glared at him fiercely, "What did I tell you in the first place?" The assassination of the second prince must be done neatly and cleanly, or leave no clues, but what did you do as an idiot, why would the Nine Emperors know and there would be evidence? ”
"Humble deserves to die, please forgive the eldest prince!" The attendant knelt down in horror and begged for mercy, "The killer organization I was looking for at the beginning is one of the best in the rivers and lakes, and the task I took has never missed, and I have not made any mistakes. ”
"Shut up!" Xuanyuan Che shouted angrily at the attendant, glared at him fiercely and said, "Even if you die ten times, you can't make up for this mistake. But this prince doesn't plan to kill you for the time being, this prince will give you another chance, now the ninth prince has found out the evidence that we killed the second prince, since he can find out, I believe others can also find out quickly, this prince wants you to investigate this matter immediately, if someone is secretly found to investigate this matter, you must stop it, if you let this prince know that there are other people who have found evidence, then you can prepare your head and body to separate. ”
Hearing Xuanyuan's warning, a trace of fear flashed in the waiter's heart, and in order not to let himself see it clearly and panic, the waiter kept his head down and promised: "Yes, the eldest prince, this humble position will definitely not disappoint the expectations of the eldest prince." ”
"Let's go down." Although he had the squire's consent, Xuanyuan Che's heart was always uneasy. Although the queen is her own mother, but in the royal family, the blood flowing on everyone's body is cold, everyone is planning for their own interests, calculating, today the queen protects herself, it seems to be for herself, but in fact it is also for herself, once she loses her own bargaining chip, then the queen's position is also over, so now he and the queen are still people in the same boat, but Xuanyuan Hao, thinking of this person who makes his teeth itch, Xuanyuan Che's hands can't help but clench tightly into fists.
Although the queen assured Xuanyuan Che that Xuanyuan Hao would not hand over those evidence to the emperor for the time being, but after all, this is evidence related to his own life and death, Xuanyuan Che did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, the feeling of being accused by others was very bad, it was simply a kind of torture for people like Xuanyuan Che, and Xuanyuan Che would never allow others to control his own life.
"Xuanyuan Hao, you wait, I don't know who will kill the deer." A trace of murderous aura flashed in Xuanyuan Che's eyes, and a murderous aura also appeared in his heart. R638