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The crown prince has also been a little anxious lately.

The prince asked Zhao Rin: "This time to rectify corruption, although a lot of people from King Hui's family were swept down, there were also lonely people who swept to the end of the typhoon. What should be done now, whether these people should be saved or not. If you save it, you will inevitably be suspected of favoritism, and if you don't save it, you will inevitably seem lonely and can't even protect your own people. ”

Zhao Rin said: "These people are not worth saving, His Highness has already restrained these people with five orders, and as a result, these people were arrested and imprisoned despite His Highness's dissuasion, but it also affected His Highness's reputation, and this behavior is already disloyal and unjust to His Highness." Therefore, His Highness should still handle it impartially. ”

The prince said: "After all, he is a person who follows a lonely one." ”

Zhao Rin said: "Then Your Highness will finally ask for a favor in front of the emperor for everyone this time, I think the emperor will still give His Royal Highness a son." ”

The crown prince sighed and said, "I don't know what my father will do with these people." ”

Zhao Rin said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the emperor is not a person who is easy to kill, and there is still room for these people." "Speaking of which, the emperor actually has a good reputation, if these people are really cut down, in the end, I am afraid that they will leave a reputation of murder and cruelty among the readers, and the history books are written by the readers, and the reputation left after a hundred years will not be too good.

Therefore, in the end, the emperor will only choose a few households that are not pleasing to the eye, and the most greedy people will be cut and killed, and although the rest of the offenders will be dealt with, they will not lose their lives and destroy their families.

The prince said nothing more.

At this moment, Father-in-law Fang suddenly came in from outside and curtsied the prince first.

The prince knew that Father-in-law Fang had always been measured, and knew that he would not easily disturb when discussing with the minister, and there must be something important to break in at this time, so he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Father-in-law Fang leaned into the prince's ear and whispered a few words.

The prince's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he frowned.

Zhao Rin looked at it and asked, "What's the matter, Your Highness?" ”

The prince said: "Today, King Hui didn't know what to tell his father, and his father was suddenly angry when he heard it, and ordered the criminal department to ask and behead the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion tomorrow afternoon, and punish the nine clans." ”

Zhao Rin also frowned when he listened.

The emperor of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion had already made a disposition, seized the marquis, Zhongshan Marquis and other adult men were imprisoned and waited for the trial of the three divisions, but they spared the underage children and a cadre of women and children in the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion.

There must be some reason why the emperor suddenly changed his mind, and he couldn't even wait for the trial of the three divisions, so he immediately issued a holy decree to deal with the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, or to exterminate the nine clans with such a heavy punishment.

Although Zhao Rin felt innocent of the Zhongshan Marquis, he still sympathized with the women, children and children of the Zhongshan Marquis.

The prince said to Zhao Rin: "Zhao Qing, let Father-in-law Fang send you out of the palace, and go to your father's place to have a look." ”

Zhao Rin said yes, and then opened his mouth, wanting the prince to ask the women, children and children of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion to intercede, but finally thought of something, but he still closed his mouth and didn't say anything.

Politics is cruel, so why should he embarrass the prince.

Then he turned and left the palace.

After Zhao Rin left, the crown prince also turned around and went to the Qinzheng Palace, but was told by the palace people outside the Qinzheng Palace that the emperor was not in the Qinzheng Palace.

The crown prince asked, "Where has my father gone?" ”

The palace man replied: "The emperor didn't say it, but listening to the conversation between the emperor and Gonggong Wan just now, he should have gone to Fengxian Palace." ”

The prince nodded when he heard this, and then went to the Fengxian Hall again.

The Fengxian Hall is dedicated to the ancestors of the Xiao family of the Great Liang, and the doors of the Fengxian Hall are closed on weekdays, unless the palace people go in to clean it.

At this time, the door of the Fengxian Hall was wide open, and the sandalwood was curling inside, and the incense was continuous, and the emperor was standing in the middle, looking at the tablet placed on it.

Wan Gonggong was guarding the door of the Fengxian Palace, looking at the emperor's long back at this time, but he sighed. It wasn't until he saw the prince coming that he saluted and shouted: "Your Highness......"

The crown prince nodded and said, "Father-in-law, I want to see my father." ”

Gonggong Wan smiled and said, "Your Highness, go in directly." ”

The crown prince stepped in directly, and walked behind the emperor until he shouted: "Father." ”

The emperor turned his head slightly and said, "It's the crown prince who is here." ”

The prince said yes, and then wanted to ask about the Marquis of Zhongshan's mansion, but at this time, the emperor spoke first: "Go and put incense on your mother." ”

The crown prince looked at a tablet on the left side of the first face, on which was the tablet of Lin Xian, the Empress of Xiaolie. The prince lowered his eyes slightly, his face was slightly sad, so he stepped forward and lit three incense sticks, kowtowed three times to Lin Xian's tablet, and shouted with slightly wet eyes: "Queen Mother's ......" and then his voice was slightly hoarse, and he couldn't speak for a while.

After the incense was applied, the crown prince stood behind the emperor again.

The emperor asked again, "You are here for the affairs of the Marquis of Zhongshan, right?" ”

The crown prince didn't answer yes or no, and before he could speak, the emperor had already spoken: "I always knew that the Marquis of Zhongshan was a profiteer, and then I knew that he was involved with the King of Qi back then, and I planned to kill him after I used him up, but I didn't plan to implicate the women, children and children in the Marquis of Zhongshan's mansion......"

The emperor paused when he said this, his face fell into contemplation, and even a little remorse.

The emperor said: "But I didn't expect that the Marquis of Zhongshan's Mansion was not only involved with King Qi back then, but even the poison that King Qi fed to your mother back then was dedicated to King Qi by Marquis Zhongshan, this traitor, this traitor, this traitor......" As long as he thought of this, the emperor was so angry that even the green tendons on his hands bulged out.

If he knew, if he knew, he would never let the Marquis of Zhongshan live until now......

The prince was so shocked that he suddenly raised his head, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

He knew that the queen mother had been poisoned, and for a few years after his father ascended the throne, the queen mother had been lingering on the sickbed, all because King Qi had rebelled against the palace and deceived the queen mother into the palace, and fed the queen mother to drink poison, so he always hated King Qi.

But he didn't expect that there was still a matter of the Marquis of Zhongshan......

The prince's mouth opened wide and he could barely speak, and after a long while, he said in a voice: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, she ......"

The emperor's face instantly became ruthless again, and he said, "So, the nine clans of the Jiang family are already cheap to them. ”

The prince's heart instantly rose with monstrous anger, and he hated to break the people of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion into thousands of pieces, clenched his hands into fists, and then said to the emperor: "Father, can you let your sons come to supervise the Jiang clan tomorrow?" ”

The emperor nodded when he heard this, and said, "You can go if you want." ”

At the same time at this time, outside the Fengxian Palace, Lin Yan stood there looking at the emperor and the crown prince father and son in the Fengxian Palace, her face was silent, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Mu Zhi turned his head to look at Lin Yan and asked, "Niangniang, are you still going to the dedication hall?" ”

Lin Yan said: "No, let's go back first." ”

She already knew that the emperor knew from King Hui that the Marquis of Zhongshan was related to her aunt's poisoning, and she was worried that the emperor would be too emotional after hearing the news, so she wanted to come over to comfort and relieve her. But now that the prince is here, it's good to let their father and son talk and vent.

As for the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, the expression on Lin Yan's face became cold and gloomy.

After tomorrow, there will be no more Jiang clan in the world. (To be continued.) )