In the early morning of the second day, in the Taiji East Hall of Jiankang Palace, Emperor Xiao looked at the princes kneeling below with an expressionless face. When he woke up in the morning, he heard a report from the chamberlain that the prince had not returned all night and that he had behaved in Zhengle Tai last night. He thought of his sons, and suddenly felt very tired, and exhaled heavily.

Several princes knelt in the first row, and a number of ministers were also listed behind, all bowing their heads, not daring to come out. The ministers secretly looked at Emperor Xiao's expression, and they all sweated for the prince.

The prince kneeling in the middle is quite calm, and his heart is quite peaceful, after the words that have been held in his heart for many years come out, it is actually a kind of relaxation, and there seems to be a sense of relief.

Emperor Xiao has been silent, which makes the people below even more frightened and anxious.

"What good sons I raised! are all obsessed with Qinglou and official craftsman women. Emperor Xiao's voice was low, and he faintly held back the anger in his heart.

"Lou Qiang!"

"The minister is here!"

"You asked me to check the origin of these women? Dare to bewitch the prince! Emperor Xiao finally got angry.

When the prince heard this, he was shocked and said hurriedly: "Lord Lou, slow down!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all held their breath, thinking about when this was the time, and what could the prince do.

"Father, last night was the annual Zhengle Festival of Zhengle Stage, it was a good thing to listen to music and enjoy music, several women are also talented women in the capital, and their reputation is far and wide, it is a drunken disrespect of the sons, please punish your father, don't hurt others!" The prince was sincere.

'What a drunken faux pas!' I am willing to match virtue and join hands. I shall not fly away, and I shall be destroyed. Is this also a gaffe? Emperor Xiao was very angry, slapped his palm on the desk, and suddenly stood up, but he was a little unstable, and Xu Huaiyuan, the regular attendant beside Emperor Xiao, hurriedly went up to help.

The crown prince was already in tears and fell to the ground: "Father...... The sons are not filial, and they have spent many years of teaching by their father, and they have given him the position of prince, but the sons are really powerless, and I am afraid that they will not be able to do this prince of Dahuan! "Excuse me.

As soon as the prince said this, the ministers and ministers in the hall all looked sideways, frightened, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, and the prince of a country said such a thing, which really had to make people sweat.

"What did you say?" Emperor Xiao trembled all over, and his breath was unsteady with anger, and he couldn't believe that the prince would say such a thing, "You rebel!" Emperor Xiao casually picked up a bunch of folds and threw them at him, and then propped his hands on the desk, panting constantly.

This move frightened the princes below, and they all wanted to step forward to help him.

"Father, father, son is not filial, but father must take care of himself!" Xiao Mocheng hurriedly knelt down and moved forward, to hold Emperor Xiao's hand.

"And you Xiao Jiu, you didn't go back to the palace last night, did you?" Emperor Xiao tilted his head and asked sharply.

"Yes, yes....Father, last night my son was greedy for a cup, and I was afraid that my drunken appearance would disturb the mother concubine, and then I thought that the palace gate was over, so I slept at my grandfather's house." Xiao Mocheng's voice replied intermittently, as if he was a little frightened, mixed with meekness.

"I see that you are relying on me to spoil you, so I will rise up lawlessly!"

"Yes, yes, the son is not filial, please don't be angry, be careful of hurting your body!"

"Come on, bring the Nine Emperor Princes back, and think about it!" Emperor Xiao threw him away with one hand and said angrily.

Xiao Mocheng couldn't, so he hurriedly saluted: "The son obeys the order, and the son retires!" After that, he glanced at the prince worriedly, and had to retreat with the chamberlain.

"Lou Qiang, you take the crown prince back to the East Palace, don't allow him to go out for a step, and no one is allowed to see him without my will!" Emperor Xiao finally stood firm and regained his voice.

"No!" Lou Qiang then took the prince down.

Emperor Xiao glanced at the other princes, "You have all thought about it for me!" ”

"The retainers obey!"

After several princes left the palace, the court was quiet, and many ministers trembled slightly, but a few of the rulers who had seen the wind and waves stood calmly aside.

"Tell me, what is the prince's intention to do this?" Emperor Xiao asked weakly.

"Your Majesty, the prince is confused for a while, don't move your majesty!" The speaker is none other than the priest of the country, Sakue Xiruo.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is the eldest son, and he can't move the country! What's more, the prince is kind-hearted, benevolent and filial, which must be caused by the bewitchment of his subordinates. The Chinese scholar Fu Yan also came out.

Emperor Xiao's pupils shrank when he heard this, pondered for a long time, and said: "Come on, beat several chamberlains around the prince with fifty boards and expel them from the palace. ”

When the ministers heard this, they had to be silent, and it seemed that the East Palace was going to suffer again.

Emperor Xiao sighed, "Zhongqing, step aside!" I'm tired. Seeing Emperor Xiao's words, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and then rushed out.

"Hua Jin, let him accompany me." Emperor Xiao raised his side and said,

"Yes," Xu Huaiyuan replied, turning his head to look at an inner attendant, and the inner attendant took the order and left, and after a while, Guanglu Xun Hua Ying came to Emperor Xiao.

"Please give your majesty!" Hua Ying's voice was thick and loud.

"Accompany me to Hualin Garden."

"Yes." Hua Jin stepped forward and helped Emperor Xiao to walk in the direction of Hualin Yuan with Xu Huaiyuan.

"Hua Ying, the crown prince was brought up by me since childhood, at that time, my four princes all died young, when he was born, I was so happy that I couldn't sleep elegantly, not to mention, he is still my sister-in-law, he is also the queen's heart, I wanted to entrust the country to him, but now....let me be so disappointed." Emperor Xiao's tone was almost disappointed and helpless, he walked slowly, trembling and said, the fifty-five-year-old emperor could not withstand the vicissitudes of time after all.

When Hua Ying heard this, her heart tightened, and she hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, the prince is the queen's concubine after all, not to mention that there are the Pei family and the Yin family behind the prince, please think twice!" ”

Emperor Xiao didn't say a word, but walked forward slowly, his steps seemed a little difficult.

Looking at the back of Emperor Xiao Shan in front of him, Hua Jin sighed and laughed helplessly.

The prince's astonishing words in the court also reached the queen's palace for the first time, and in the afternoon, the Hanzhang Hall where the middle palace lived was gloomy and gloomy.

"Queen Mother, eat something!" The queen's personal maid knelt beside her, weeping and persuading.

"Let's go, I can't eat it, is Your Majesty the prince abolished?" The queen leaned against the window, her voice full of despair and grief.

"His Majesty just grounded the crown prince and didn't let anyone visit. I want to wait for my majesty to dissipate my anger, and it will be fine. The maid put down the porridge bowl, took a cup of tea and handed it to the queen.

Empress Yin took a sip lightly, but it was bitter, and her tears couldn't stop falling.

"Mother, mother." An earnest voice came from outside the hall, and the maid was overjoyed, "It's the princess who has returned!" ”

The woman stroked the hem of her skirt lightly and walked over, and the person who came was Xiao Yujin, the seventh daughter of the queen, who married Su Yu, the son of Su Weizhen, who was the nephew of Su Jin and the brother of Su Weixin. Su Weizhen's father died early, Su Jin raised him by his side as a son, Su Jin cared for him more than his second son, so when the royal family wanted to marry the princess, Su Jin gave this glorious lintel to Su Weizhen's eldest son Su Yu,

Although Su Jin has always favored Su Weizhen, the two brothers Su Weixin and Su Weiheng are not the slightest dissatisfied, but treat Su Weizhen as their biological brother, and the three brothers have always been harmonious, and many people who don't know the inside story have always regarded Su Weizhen as Su Jin's eldest son.

When the queen heard this, she turned around and looked at her anxious daughter with a somewhat sluggish face.

"The queen mother, the concubine has already told me that the prince's brother has been grounded, the queen mother, I will ask my father for mercy!" Xiao Yujin hugged her mother, looked at the cold face behind Yin, and couldn't stop sobbing.

"He has caused a big disaster this time, he is not saved, and he has wasted all my hard work, and he has to abandon even my mother." Her tone was weak, and her heart was cold to the bottom, "I actually want to live in seclusion in the mountains with a fireworks woman, you say that he still has a queen mother in his heart!" ”

"Queen Mother, don't be too sad, my brother is confused for a while, and when he calms down, he will definitely cheer up." Xiao Yujin persuaded with tears in her eyes.

"Do you think this is the first time? His heart is no longer above the government. Suddenly, a trace of gloom flashed in the queen's eyes, and she remembered the discussion about the prince inside and outside the palace, and said angrily: "I want to see what kind of vixen hooked my son's soul?" ”