Chapter 144: The Ups and Downs of Power (7)

In the early morning of the second day, the sun was already three poles higher, and Li Pin was still sleeping lazily in the quilt. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Your Royal Highness Princess, the Queen Mother is waiting for you outside." The palace maid stood in front of Li Pin's bed and said.

"Huh? Is there anything wrong with the royal grandmother? Li Pin rubbed his sleepy eyes and said.

"It was said that His Majesty invited the Queen Mother to watch the trial of the case of the noble concubine, and the Queen Mother wanted to ask the princess to go with her, and now she is waiting for the princess in the main hall." The palace maid said respectfully.

Li Pin bounced up when he heard this: "Help me change my clothes and makeup." Li Pin quickly packed himself up and rushed to the main hall, and saw the Queen Mother drinking tea leisurely.

"Sining is out." The Queen Mother saw Li Pin and said happily.

"Imperial grandmother, don't you say anything about such a big matter, tell Sining earlier." Li Pin said complainingly.

"The imperial grandmother can't bear to disturb you when she sees that you are sleeping soundly, come over and have some breakfast first, and we will go to Your Majesty's place later." The Queen Mother touched Li Pin's head and said.

"Imperial grandmother, if we go so late, will Your Majesty be in a hurry?" Li Pin said with some scruples.

"No, don't worry about them, you just need to have breakfast in peace." The Queen Mother looked at Li Pin and said with a smile, the emperor has to wait for her no matter how long she waits.

Li Pin ate the breakfast quickly and urged the Queen Mother to hurry to the emperor.

As soon as Li Pin entered the hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was very depressing, the emperor sat on the top, the queen sat next to him, and the prince and Yu Nuan knelt on the ground.

When the emperor saw the queen mother coming in, his face softened and said, "The son has seen the queen mother, how many days has the queen mother's body been good?" ”

"Emperor Xie cares, what's going on?" The Queen Mother looked at the prince kneeling on the ground and said unhappily.

"Imperial grandmother, the concubine was killed by her son, it is not about Yu Nuan, I beg the imperial grandmother to let Yu Nuan go." The prince knelt on the ground and said that as early as when he found that there was no room for turning, he was ready to apologize for Yu Nuan, he only liked such a woman is to fight for his own bones, and he must also protect this woman. Only he can beat and scold his women, and no one else is allowed to hurt her even a hair.

Yu Nuan looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in surprise and fell to the ground: "The Queen Mother is wise, the concubine was killed by the concubine, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Prince, don't mess around, how could you kill the concubine? Don't hurry up yet. The queen glared at the prince and said, Fu looked at the emperor with a smile: "Your Majesty, you see that Yu Nuan has already pleaded guilty, it is better to sentence as soon as possible!" ”

The emperor looked at the crown prince with a headache and said, "What the queen said is true. Although he tried his best to suppress the power of the prince, he didn't actually want to do anything to the prince? After all, after a hundred years, the position of the emperor will still be inherited by the crown prince.

"Father, mother, the concubine was really killed by her son, and she has nothing to do with Yu Nuan, Yu Nuan just wants to apologize for her son, how can a seven-foot man let a woman take the blame." The prince said categorically that he must keep Yu Nuan.

"Prince, why are you doing this? The emperor, the empress, the reason why the concubine body killed the concubine Niangniang was because ......" Yu Nuan looked at the prince and sighed and said, and wanted to say the reason why she killed the concubine.

"Father, queen mother, son, son and minister are guilty. The son and the concubine had an affair during their lifetime. The prince cut off Yu Nuan's words.

"What?" The emperor's face turned blue all of a sudden, and he actually dared to touch the concubine: "You evil obstacle." ”

"Prince, what are you talking nonsense?" The queen immediately drank His Royal Highness the Prince, her face was very bad, did the prince not even want the position of the prince for this woman?

Li Pin was dumbfounded when he heard it, he didn't expect that the prince and the concubine Niangniang were actually that kind of relationship, this prince was really sincere to Yu Nuan, and he even said this kind of thing for Yu Nuan.

"Prince......" Yu Nuan looked at the prince, tears flowed down, she thought she was just one of the prince's many playthings, how could she think that the prince would treat her like this...... It was she who misunderstood him, but unfortunately it was too late after all, she knew too late.

"Father, it's all the son's fault, the son's minister was fascinated by the beauty of the concubine, so he lost his mind and did something indecent with the concubine, and the son knew that he was sorry for his father and mother. So if you want to draw a clear line with the concubine, how do you know that the concubine is unwilling, so today's tragedy happened. The prince knelt on the ground with a white face and said, "Please punish the father and the queen mother." ”

"You wicked obstacle, I will deprive you of the crown prince." The Emperor angrily threw down the teacup in his hand.

Hearing this, the queen hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, please think twice!" Prince, he didn't mean to. The prince was just confused for a while, hoping that His Majesty could forgive the prince once, and the prince would definitely change his ways. ”

The crown prince also hurriedly said: "I beg my father to be lenient, and the son knows that he is wrong." ”

Yu Nuan didn't expect that because of her own affairs, she was about to say something, when she found that her hand was tightly clenched by the prince, and the prince looked at her and signaled her not to speak.

"Imperial grandmother, although the prince is at fault in this matter, after all, the concubine is dead, and the prince now knows that he is wrong, and the punishment of depriving the prince of the position is too heavy after all, it is better to punish the prince." Li Pin smiled and said to the Queen Mother that in such a situation, since she promised Yu Nuan to help a group of princes, if she can help the prince keep the crown prince today, it can be regarded as returning Yu Nuan's love.

It's just that because of today's events, the emperor is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the crown prince, but it is not something she can control.

"Emperor, what Si Ning said makes sense, although the child has made a mistake, there is no need to give such a big punishment. Besides, this matter is a family scandal after all, and the emperor might as well be light. The Queen Mother said slowly, such a big scandal has to find a way to cover it up, otherwise it won't make the people all over the world laugh.

"What the queen mother said is reasonable, it's better to ......" Although the emperor was very angry at first, although the concubine had been with him for many years, she was just an obedient pet in his heart. He was even more angry that his dignity was offended, but he was an emperor after all, although the prince made a mistake, but after all, the throne must be inherited by him in the future, and the punishment must be punished, but the abolition of the prince is not needed, the concubine cannot be killed by the prince, and the prince was obviously still at the palace banquet when the concubine died, just looking at him, he must bear this crime.

"Your Majesty, the criminal department secretary has urgent matters to report." A eunuch came in and interrupted the emperor's words, and said with a panicked face.

"What's the matter? Besides, don't you see that I'm busy now? The emperor said with a bad face.

"Your Majesty, this matter ......" The eunuch hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and whispered a few words in the emperor's ear.

After hearing this, the emperor's face changed greatly, and his eyes were full of disgust when he looked at the prince: "You take the prince down and lock him in the dungeon. After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

The rest of the people in the palace looked suspiciously at the direction the emperor left, what happened?

Yu Nuan knelt on the ground, her face was pale, and in the end, she had hurt His Royal Highness the Crown Prince because of herself.