The emperor's funeral was held as scheduled, and on the day of the funeral, the sky was overcast, and thick dark clouds looked like they were pressing heavily on the palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info no one set up a stall or any shop to do business on every street in the capital, and the usually lively and extraordinary capital seems deserted on this day.

The breeze mixed with the drizzle made people a little cold. The streets and alleys are hung with white silk, constantly fluttering in the breeze, the scene is a little desolate, and there is infinite melancholy in the desolation.

And in the palace. Even the corners of the garden that are inaccessible are covered with black and white silk cloth, up to the noble concubine and the prince, down to the palace maids and eunuchs, all dressed in linen and filial piety, kneeling on the bluestone slabs outside the main hall in an orderly manner, and they don't realize that the drizzle soaked their clothes.

And the ministers of the court and the central government knelt in the hall with the prince and other royal relatives, crying from the inside out.

Duan Chenjing was late, as he said, he wore linen and filial piety, and he wore a very ordinary mourning dress by him. He ignored the eyes of the people around him, and calmly walked up the stairs and into the lobby step by step.

In the center of the lobby, there was a huge golden silk nan wooden coffin, and before the coffin lid was closed, the emperor and Ning Yueqing were lying in it peacefully, which was their long-cherished wish to live and die together and never leave.

The prince knelt in the middle, the prime minister and several generals knelt behind him, and there was another prince on the side, who was also dressed in white and snowy, but his face was a little more sickly.

He is the emperor's youngest son, An Yuchen.

The emperor can be regarded as keeping his promise all his life, and he did not wet the three thousand harems with rain and dew. The prince was forced to have sex with a concubine at the time, in order to leave a bloodline for the royal family, and the prince's mother died mysteriously on the day of the prince's full moon. Everyone knew that they must have been given death by the emperor. Then, the crown prince was succeeded to Ning Yueqing's name.

And An Yuchen was even more of an accident, his mother was the daughter of a first-class official, and she was also sent to the palace. But his mother has never quarreled with the world, and she spends her days alone in the dormitory, planting flowers and plants, and raising fish and shrimp. I haven't caused anything wrong, and my life is leisurely.

It's just that in the Mid-Autumn Festival of the year, she wore a lilac dress, which was somewhat similar to Ning Yueqing's figure in the moonlight. Let the emperor, who was already missing Ning Yueqing and drinking too much, mistake her for Ning Yueqing, and then there is An Yuchen.

She knows the emperor's friendship with Ning Yueqing, and knows that it is impossible for her to win the emperor's attention, let alone think that the emperor can fall in love with her.

So, after she knew that she was pregnant, she drank a chronic poison all day long, hoping that this would kill the child in her womb. But Na Cheng thought, An Yuchen had a hard life, and he survived for three months. Later, she couldn't bear to kill the child who had already been formed, so she gave birth to him.

But those chronic poisons are poisons after all. An Yuchen has been frail and sickly since he was born, and he has always been fed with medicine.

When he was five years old, his mother also had too many toxins accumulated in her body and could not be removed, and the poison slowly corroded her internal organs.

After the death of his mother, An Yuchen became more taciturn, and gradually developed a character like his mother.

It is also difficult for the world to see this Yuchen prince, he almost stays at home, and has been hiding in the palace to recuperate. Today, I also showed up because I wanted to send my father, but I was still the same as before, sick, and even many times I couldn't stand on my feet, and I had to rely on a wheelchair to get around.

And the seat to the right of the prince was vacated for Duan Chenjing.

How to say it, he and Duan Chenjing's mother, An Ruosu, are brothers and sisters of the same blessing and mother, and Duan Chenjing can also be regarded as his nephew.

Duan Chenjing walked past the kneeling minister, walked to the position that had been vacated for him, lifted his placket and knelt down, and kowtowed three times towards the huge golden silk nanmu coffin.

The prince pretended to be cordial and said: "I haven't seen you for a long time, cousin, don't come to harm!" ”

Duan Chenjing squinted at his smiling smile, lowered his eyebrows and responded, "Thanks to my cousin's care, everything is fine." ”

Prime Minister Su stepped forward and bowed his head slightly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, there is still a pillar of incense time, that is, the auspicious time, you and the two princes are relatives, if you have anything to say to the emperor, just say it, the ministers are waiting outside the palace." ”

The crown prince waved his hand, and the courtiers kneeling behind him all retreated and closed the palace door.

An Yuchen was already weak, and he knelt on the cold bluestone slab for many hours, and his body was already unbearable, so he asked to retreat.

The hall was brightly lit, but only the two of them were left, and it suddenly became a little deserted.

Duan Chenjing also didn't say secret words, and directly threw the tokens that Qin'er and the others picked up in the woods to the prince, and the copper tokens collided with the bluestone slabs, making a crisp sound.

The prince picked up the token, his expression changed in an instant, and he frowned and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Duan Chenjing looked at the golden silk nan wooden coffin and said casually: "This is what my men picked up in that forest when they came back from going to the south of the city on the night of the emperor's uncle's assassination. ”

The prince smiled coldly, "Your men go to the south of the city to do it?" What the? ”

"I asked him to go out to buy something, listening to what my cousin meant, is he suspicious of Chen Jing or something?"

The prince immediately smiled, "Cousin is too worried, cousin just thinks it's strange." ”

Duan Chenjing looked at his pretending relaxed posture and smiled disdainfully, "This king also feels strange, why did this king's subordinates pick up the token in the imperial palace in that place, could it be that His Royal Highness the crown prince also sent his subordinates to purchase items?" ”

The prince's face gradually became gloomy, he lowered his head, and his voice became cold: "What if I say yes?" ”

Duan Chenjing turned his gaze and looked at him, "Then Chenjing, there is nothing to say." ”

"Hmph," the prince raised his head again and looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze, full of warning, "There are many things, it is better not to know." Stay in Jianshuixuan and be a carefree prince. You have no right to intervene in the affairs of our country. ”

Duan Chenjing looked at his gloomy eyes and lowered his eyes, yes, he was just an outsider...... No matter how many dynasties have changed, how many generations have changed, and how many masters have changed, he is just an outsider to this country, an outsider who has no right to intervene in everything here......

"My cousin is right, Chen Jing never dares to forget that he is an outsider. It was, it is, and it will be in the future, it was Chen Jing who overpassed. ”

"Hmph, it's good to know."

The crown prince didn't look at him, but kowtowed three times to the emperor's spiritual throne.

Duan Chenjing looked at him with low eyebrows, "Are you blaming yourself?" ”

The prince threw his head on the ground and looked at him sideways, "I don't understand what you're saying. ”

"Uncle, cousin, you sent someone to assassinate you, right?"

"Duan Chenjing!" The crown prince punched the bluestone slab ground, and the token that had just been stuffed into his sleeve also fell out, and he didn't pay attention to it anymore, and the knuckles of his clenched fists turned white, "His Royal Highness should have told you just now, this is our own business, and it's not your turn to be an outsider to interfere, right?" ”

Duan Chenjing glanced at him, "Cousin doesn't have to look at this king with a tense expression, there are some things that this king thinks about, and I still think that it is better to explain it clearly to the prince, so as not to have some unnecessary incidents in the future." ”

Prince Hongxi straightened his body, "What do you want to say clearly?" ”

Duan Chenjing raised his arm, patted the non-existent dust on his sleeve, and said lightly: "As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, this king will abide by the teachings of his grandfather and the old man in this life, and be a carefree and carefree prince in Jianshui Xuan. However, after all, the royal family is the royal family, and it is inevitable that they will be deceitful. I just want to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that the King is not interested in asking about what you do, let alone knowing the reason for this. Since I have returned this token to you today, you can destroy the corpse as if it never happened. And this king will also let this matter rot in his stomach, ensuring that no other people who have nothing to do will know. ”

The prince went straight to the point, "What about the quid pro quo?" ”

Duan Chenjing smiled, "I just want that after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, he can be like the previous two emperors, and this king will also obediently be a carefree prince who loves the landscape." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the token from the ground and handed it back to the prince.

The prince looked down at the token in front of him, hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Duan Chenjing, and then stretched out his hand to take the token in his hand, "It's that simple?" ”

Duan Chenjing bowed, "It's as simple as that. ”

"It's a deal!"

Seeing that he was so refreshing, Duan Chenjing immediately spoke up, "God knows this matter, you know it, I know it." ”

That's what he wanted, he came to this country at the age of seven, when the emperor was still his grandfather, and the crown prince Hongxi was about the same age as him.

Then, within two years, his grandfather died.

He remembered crying all night at that time. Not for anyone else, but for his mother. His mother married away from home, and it was his grandfather who talked to him the most. My grandfather is gone, and apart from him and his sister, no one will remember the queen mother so deeply.

Then there was his uncle, the emperor who was now lying in a coffin of golden silk nanmu. is also from the royal family, and the fate will be so different.

He can lie peacefully in a coffin made of golden silk nanmu, which symbolizes the highest honor, and enjoy the most ardent expectations and wishes of the people of the whole country.

And his father and queen mother could only be in the chaos of the war, forced to jump into the fire under the city tower in a desperate way, hugging each other and jumping into the fire under the city tower, the bones were gone, and the country was ruined.

But his uncle also deserves sympathy, so he has been the prince for a longer time and has been beautiful for decades. After just a dozen years on the throne, he was killed by his son who had always had high hopes.

Sure enough, it was the most ruthless emperor......