Chapter 402: The Imperial City Takes the Throne 56
When Luo Jia learned the news that Concubine Xia was still alive, she was extremely entangled in her heart, should she tell the news to the queen mother?
What happens if it does?
Luo Jia knew since she was a child that the queen had fought with Concubine Xia for many years, and finally won, but in the end, she found that she was still the one who was kept in the dark, what kind of expression would she have when she knew? Luo Jia really couldn't imagine it.
He was angry and aggrieved in his heart, the reason why the emperor didn't look at him right all these years was because of a man? Such a mediocre man who doesn't know the overall situation is his father, sad!
Do you really want to lead troops to break into the Tianji Pavilion? Luo Jia is certainly not that stupid.
Not to mention whether this news is true or not, even if it is true, it is impossible for him to be an enemy of Tianji Pavilion for the sake of a woman.
There is no reason to be the first point, in the final analysis, Concubine Xia did not make any big mistakes, she committed suicide, also because of love, not because the emperor ordered her to self-immolate, and Concubine Xia's fierceness is still widely spread among women in the world.
The second point is that although Tianji Pavilion is just a group of Confucian scholars who study academics, their influence is all over the world, and if you are enemies of them, you must be prepared to be enemies of the world.
Now that he is already unknown, and he has formed a bond with Tianji Pavilion, he can also do without this throne.
However, it is not beneficial for Luo Jia to learn that Concubine Xia is still alive, he not only has to keep the secret, in case the queen can't accept doing stupid things after learning about it, but can only watch the other party at ease.
The High Priest was right, it was better for him to know the news than not to know!
But there is also a benefit to knowing the news that Concubine Xia is alive. That is to strengthen his determination to defeat Zhen Ning, even if the emperor wants to pass the throne to Zhen Ning? If there are no more people, to whom can he pass the throne to?
Aren't the streets and alleys now rumoring that Zhen Ning got the jade seal? Well, he'll do what he does, and throw all the sewage on his sister!
Luo Jia first let the temple walk the news of the disappearance of the jade seal, and then said that Zhen Ning sent someone to take away the jade seal, and it was not Ping Ning who sent someone to assassinate the emperor, but Zhen Ning, for. is just competing for the throne with Luo Jia, who is the crown prince.
This makes sense even more. After all, Luo Jia is already the crown prince, so why bother to force the palace first?
But Zhen Ning has more of this motivation than Ping Ning. Because she is the second heir to the throne. It is a person who is very likely to ascend to the throne. As long as you get the jade seal, it is not impossible to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
Now the streets and alleys are divided into two factions. On the one hand, he supports the crown prince Luo Jia, and on the other hand, he supports the princess Zhen Ning.
Luo Jia's trick can be described as wonderful, he not only cleared himself of the stigma of forcing the palace to rebel, but also poured dirty water on Zhen Ning, and now some people know that Zhen Ning and Ning Yuanxing were not on the way to the southern tour at all, and the southern tour had already been interrupted a month ago, which caused controversy among the people.
The situation began to completely tilt to Luo Jia's side, and at this time, Yuxi was finally a little eyebrow-raising.
Ping Ning and the others hid in Tibet, but they still didn't run away after all, because a traitor came out of Wei Xianzhong's men and horses, and their whereabouts were leaked, and when Luo Jia led the troops to arrest them, Ping Ning was still sleeping in the house.
Wei Xianzhong's people fought with Luo Jia's people, but Wei Xianzhong's manpower was always much less than Luo Jia's, and he was outnumbered.
But at the last moment, Wei Xianzhong had already told Pingning the location of the jade seal, and asked her to find a way to leave the imperial city with the jade seal.
Wei Xianzhong, who was in the hands of Luo Jia, is now imprisoned in the heavenly prison, in the third layer of the underground torture room, the structure of this torture room is clearly not to let Wei Xianzhong have any chance to escape.
Assassin, Wei Xianzhong is naked and is being whipped, his skin is naturally white, and being whipped will leave a bloody mark on his body, and his skin will be open, and he can't bear to look at it directly.
After the whipping was completed, Luo Jia Shi Shiran walked in, and at this time, Wei Xianzhong had fallen into a semi-comatose state, and there was hardly any good place on his body, all wet with blood.
Luo Jia lightly instructed the performer: "Wake people up." ”
"Yes!" The torturer lifted the bucket on the side, and it broke on Wei Xianzhong's body, Wei Xianzhong screamed in pain, and woke up again, and the water that was splashed was not ordinary well water, but with a high concentration of salt water, and the salt water was sprinkled in the wound, and the taste was not something that ordinary people could bear.
Wei Xianzhong couldn't stop spasms all over his body, and the kind of bitter pain made him grit his teeth, wishing he could die now.
Seeing Wei Xianzhong's painful appearance, Luo Jia smiled with satisfaction, this person played him so badly, it can be said that if it weren't for Wei Xianzhong's obstruction, he would have already ascended to the throne, where else did he need to get to this point?
He chuckled lightly and said leisurely: "Hehe, this time, it should be really Gonggong Wei, right?" ”
Wei Xianzhong's breath was as thin as a gossamer, his head was half-hung just now, and when he heard Luo Jia's voice, he tried to stand up and glanced at the other party, and then hung his head down exhaustedly, smiled weakly, and said, "How can the prince have spare time to come to such a place?" Isn't it time to see the environment you want to live in advance? ”
Luo Jia sneered, "You still have to be poor at this time, Gonggong Wei, you played us around, do you know what will happen?" ”
"Since Wei dares to do such a thing, he is naturally conscious, and he doesn't bother the prince."
"Heh, are you worth the trouble of this prince? I really take myself seriously! If you know each other, you can honestly explain where the jade seal is now, if you cooperate, this prince may be able to be merciful and spare your life. ”
"Thank you for the prince's kindness, Wei is not blessed." Wei Xianzhong held on to the pain coming from his body, he gritted his teeth, and said, "Want to know the whereabouts of the jade seal?" That's a fool's dream! ”
"The mouth is very hard~" Luo Jia's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said to the executioner: "Keep beating me!" When will you speak, when will you stop! ”
Luo Jia was angry, brushed his sleeves and left, Wei Xianzhong snorted behind him, and sneered in his heart, it was not easy for a eunuch to be so hard, he wanted to see how long this person could hold on!
Luo Jia went to the temple, he estimated that it would not be easy for Wei Xianzhong to immediately tell the whereabouts of the jade seal, at this time, it was better to let Qiu Yue deal with this kind of thing faster, but he didn't expect that Qiu Yue's people hadn't seen it yet, but they were rejected by the high priest first, "Prince please go back, Qiu Yue has been unwell these days and can't leave the temple." ”
"What's wrong with Qiu Yue?" Luo Jia had a cold face, looking at the man who was blocking his way, holding back his anger.
When the high priest saw Luo Jia, his face was not very good-looking, he smiled slightly, and said, "That's the literal meaning." ”
Luo Jia was too lazy to play word games with him, he held back his anger and said, "This prince has something important this time, get out of the way!" ”
"Huh...... What this priest said is also important, prince, Qiu Yue is not a guest today. ”
"High priest, you have to annoy me to be happy, don't you? Don't let the last time go the same way! Luo Jia coldly threatened that if the high priest had to stop him repeatedly, he wouldn't mind letting the blood-washed temple happen again!
There was no fear on the high priest's face, he hugged his arms and said leisurely: "Okay, what is the prince going to do, how can we people stop it, the prince said, what do you want to do to the temple?" ”
This time it was daytime, and there were still many people in the temple, and they were somewhat afraid when they learned that the menacing man was actually the prince, but when they learned what the prince was going to do to the temple, they all became serious.
What exactly is the prince going to do with the temple? Looking at his fierce expression, it is definitely not a good thing!
Luo Jia saw that the people were all around, and then saw that the high priest had a fearless appearance, and secretly scolded this person for being shameless and using the people as a shield, if he continued to put pressure on the temple, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people.
This old thing really knows how to use public opinion to protect himself! Despicable villain!
But just go back like this, he was unwilling, he didn't see Qiu Yue, how could he know the whereabouts of the jade seal, now he finally found Wei Xianzhong, as long as Qiu Yue helped, he ascended the throne, and it was no longer a dream.
Why is this man blocking his path at such a critical moment?!
The two were at a stalemate, Luo Jia didn't see Qiu Yue today, it was impossible to go back, but the high priest was determined to not let Luo Jia see Qiu Yue.
There are more and more people, and Luo Jia knows that this must be the work of the high priest, and he must have done it secretly!
The situation was unfavorable to him, and his subordinates leaned in Luo Jia's ear and suggested that he retreat first, and Luo Jia was also seriously considering the matter.
The high priest raised his eyebrows and asked, "Your Highness the Prince, did you come to the temple to hear me recite the Bible?" Or is it for another purpose? If you want to listen to this priest reciting the Bible, it's really unfortunate, today's recitation has ended, if you want to listen, please ask for early tomorrow, if it's for other purposes~"
The people's eyes widened, waiting for Luo Jia's answer, what could Luo Jia do, he gritted his teeth with hatred for the high priest, looked at the surrounding situation, and in desperation, he could only listen to his subordinates and leave first.
It's not good for them to go toe-to-toe with the temple now.
At this time, Qiu Yue, the protagonist of the argument between the two, heard the movement and walked out.
He was dressed in a white priest's robe, his hair was scattered, his face was crimson, and when he came over, he coughed a few times and asked, "What are you arguing about here?" (To be continued.) )