Chapter 248: The Truth

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At this moment, the sky was already bright, but the sky above Chang'an City was always filled with a lingering bloody atmosphere. In the streets and alleys, the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division can be seen everywhere, using horse-drawn carts to collect the corpses of those traitors scattered around.

There were the most traitor corpses outside the palace gate, but they had all been dragged away, leaving only a slippery and sticky bloodstain. A group of eunuchs drove the waterwheel, busily washing the ground with brooms. The bluestone slab floor that had been washed by the eunuchs became smooth as a mirror again, clean and tidy.

One after another soft sedan chairs, carriages came to the gate of the palace in an endless stream. The ministers who came down from inside looked sideways at the bloodstains that had not yet been cleaned up, all of them had gloomy faces and solemn expressions.

And those nobles who control the power of all parties have even retracted their previous arrogance. They all shrunk their necks, accompanied by caution, and even spoke softly, for fear that they would provoke the Praetorian Guards guarding the palace gate to take a second look.

Although a large number of civil ministers and military generals gathered in the magnificent, majestic and luxurious Jinluan Palace, it was unusually quiet. There are those who are old and mature, only holding their hands and closing their eyes to recuperate, no matter who wants to secretly inquire about the situation last night, they definitely shake their heads and don't know.

There are those who are young and can't hold their breath, and after asking to no avail and no one pays attention, they also gradually quieted down. Among them, the most uncomfortable were the dozens of ministers who had been on countless occasions and clamored for Prince Rui's regency. They were all frightened and trembling, and they didn't know how Zhu Xian would settle accounts after the autumn at the next court meeting.

Soon when the time came, Zhao Quan shook off the dust and shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Greeted by the military generals of the full hall, Zhu Xian put his hand on Zhao Quan's arm and slowly walked in step by step. He was still wearing a bright yellow dragon robe embroidered with twelve golden dragons, and he wore a crown on his head, and the row of crystal jade beads hanging down in front of the crown covered most of his face.

Although his face was withered and his steps were slow. But no one in the audience dared to underestimate it. Because it was the emperor who they thought was terminally ill and incapable of managing political affairs, who quietly but vigorously took down Zhu Yi, the prince of Rui, who was in full swing. And that fateful account book is in this seemingly weakened person. But he still holds the power of life and death in the hands of the emperor.

Zhu Xian walked step by step to the dragon chair in the center, which symbolized power, which was brilliant, luxurious and wide, and cold and hard at the same time. His increasingly frail body sat on this dragon chair, but it wasn't necessarily very comfortable. But now he needs the support of this kind of strength.

After sitting firmly on the dragon chair, Zhu Xian raised his hand slightly, and Zhao Quan immediately shouted sharply: "Get up!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" The hundred officials who were originally prostrate on the ground got up and stood on both sides.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!"

To Zhu Xian's surprise, the entire Jinluan Hall was as quiet as death. No one expressed anger at the turmoil in Chang'an last night, and no one expressed curiosity about the riots in the palace. After Zhu Xian was stunned, a strong anger and sadness surged in his heart, these people pretended to be deaf and dumb, were they expressing silent protest, or did they not take their terminally ill emperor in their eyes at all?

Zhu Xian's fierce and gloomy eyes swept coldly on the dignified face below. But the names that were recorded in the account books came to mind. Most of these names coincide with the pillars of the kingdom standing in the temple.

Until this moment, Zhu Xian was afraid for a while, if he hadn't taken the lead and won Zhu Yi with lightning speed. It is estimated that as soon as he dies, these people will unite with Zhu Yi to empty the imperial power, so that Zhu Houde, who succeeded to the throne at a young age, will become a real loner.

Seeing that the courtiers he relied on refused to speak, Zhu Xian finally spoke slowly after a violent cough: "Since you have nothing to say, just listen to me!" He raised his hand. He said, "Bring up the book." ”

Hearing the words "account book", there was finally a commotion in the hall, many people looked frightened, and many people looked ruthless. It doesn't matter what the people think in their hearts. The account book that touched the hearts of countless people was sent to Zhu Xian's hands.

Zhu Xian's thin fingers slowly stroked the dark blue cover of the account book, he sighed, and said: "This account book was finally sent to my Qianqing Palace last night...... He raised his eyelids and swept the different expressions below, his eyes looked at the hundred officials in his hand, coughed a few times and continued: "But I don't dare to look at it!" I'm afraid that after reading it, I'll wait until the next time I go to the morning court. This Jinluan Hall should be at least half empty. ”

Zhu Xian's voice went all the way, and the originally silent Jinluan Hall finally became in a commotion.......

In the dimly lit prison of the Internal Affairs Office, Zhu Yi sat on a chair with a calm face, and there was even a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth. His demeanor was calm, and he couldn't see the slightest hint of his current embarrassing situation. Only his gaze occasionally swept over the thick fence of the bowl, obviously waiting for something.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of footsteps finally sounded outside the cell. The smile on his lips began to widen, and it was always here that it was time to come.

Zhu Xian was carried in by the Praetorian Guards in a soft sedan chair, and today's early dynasty had exhausted his mental strength, and at this moment he was powerless to half-lean in the soft sedan chair. Before he could speak, he first covered his mouth and coughed violently.

He coughed so hard that there was a sickly flush on his sallow face, and others were terrified to see him, and they always felt that he was coughing too hard, as if something was going to come out of his body.

Zhao Quan wanted to step forward to pat Zhu Xian on the back, but he gasped and raised his hand to stop him. Only then did Zhao Quan notice that there were a few more mottled marks on the sleeves of his robe, little by little, like the first bloom of red plums. But when he looked closely, he found that those traces were actually all blood. Zhao Quan swallowed the exclamation that almost blurted out, waved his hand and quietly took away those Praetorian Guards, leaving space for this pair of brothers who were like enemies.

Across the fence, Zhu Yi stared at Zhu Xian tightly, and sneered gloatingly: "Do you think that if you catch me, you can get rid of it?" I'm sure you've already read that account book, and you should know how involved Mr. Mu is. The interests of hundreds of high-ranking officials and nobles are involved with Mr. Mu, and they affect the whole body, even if you are the Son of Heaven, but your current physical condition, I am afraid that you will not be able to and have no energy to compete with two-thirds of the magnates in the world. ”

Zhu Xian was not frightened by his words, he finally stopped coughing, he gasped and hoarse, and said contemptuously: "Yes, I really don't have the mental strength to compete with them now." But I don't have to contend with them. The water is clear and there are no fish, and the right benefits can make them more loyal to me, so why wouldn't I do it? ”

Zhu Yi's smug smile suddenly froze on his lips, and a trace of bad premonition rose in his heart. So he asked vigilantly, "What did you do?" ”

"It's just a brazier!" Zhu Xian smiled lightly: "This morning, I threw the account book into the brazier in front of everyone, and after the fire was burned, everything was gone." Now everyone is grateful to me and believe that tomorrow will come...... No. Perhaps in the afternoon, thousands of copies of your impeachment will be carried into my Qianqing Palace. All I have to do is tick a few random boxes out of the charges they've laid for you! ”

Zhu Yi's face was suddenly dead, and it was not until this moment that he completely realized that his general trend had gone. He finally smiled bitterly and said: "When it is decided, it is decided, and it is light, I am afraid that this is the real emperor's mental art." No wonder your father made you the crown prince early, you are really a natural king! ”

At the mention of the first emperor, Zhu Yi's expression gradually became a little trance. His eyes glazed over. seemed to fall into some kind of memory, and muttered: "I remember that my father also coughed like this before he died, and he coughed at night." At that time, I always wondered when my father would be well! Because he promised that when he stopped coughing, he would take me to the outskirts of Beijing to ride horses and hunt. But I never imagined that when my father stopped coughing, he would no longer be able to accompany me to hunt on horseback. ”

Zhu Xian said hatefully: "Don't talk about yourself as a father and a son." If you were really filial, you wouldn't have secretly plotted to usurp the throne just after your father's death. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Xian hated it so much that his teeth itched. The first emperor died. When he ascended the throne, Zhu Yi was only twelve years old. I pitied him when he was young and his only sibling, so he left him in Chang'an. Zhu Xian never thought that he felt sorry for this compatriot, but this compatriot began to plot a rebellion from the first day he ascended the throne.

Zhu Yi smiled coldly. raised his eyes to look at Zhu Xian, who was extremely unstoppable, and sneered: "I am unfilial, and I did not expose your conspiracy when my father was not terminally ill." If I had stood up earlier, maybe my father would have been able to leave a life, and where would it be your turn to be the villain who destroyed humanity and dared to kill his father to be called a lonely widow here. ”

"Are you crazy? The entire hospital knew that his father had died of severe cold. How dare you wrong! Zhu Xian was furious, no matter how suspicious and ruthless he was, but the charge of killing his father was something he never dared to bear. He didn't expect Zhu Yi to fail in his rebellion, and he would dare to bite indiscriminately and make up such a heinous accusation against himself.

"You don't have to quibble!" Zhu Xian's fury could not frighten Zhu Yi, he sneered: "Back then, my father was seriously ill, and once I hid on the dragon bed, but I saw with my own eyes that you asked the imperial doctor to poison my father's decoction. ”

"Poisoned? What's the poison? Zhu Xian's face was a little dazed for a moment. In the blink of an eye, he gasped again, and defended: "There is no excuse for the crime that I want to add, back then, I just asked the imperial doctor to add a taste of Ziheche calcined powder to my father's medicine, how can I get poison?" ”

"You are talking nonsense, if it is just a purple river car, why do you need to be so sneaky!" Zhu Xian's words made Zhu Yi feel that he was starting to feel cold all over his body, this kind of cold was irrepressible from the inside out, so cold that he even began to fight with his teeth. He roared in a hoarse voice: "Anyway, my father has been dead for many years, and even the corpse has turned into bones, so naturally you can say anything." ”

Zhu Xian sneered and sneered indifferently: "You don't believe it, you don't believe it!" My father has been dead for many years, and now you are only my prisoner, so I need to talk to you as a prisoner! ”

After a pause, Zhu Xian was unwilling to be misunderstood, so he still explained one more sentence: "Back then, my father's body was getting weaker and weaker, so the imperial doctor added an extra purple river car to my father's prescription. But his father was taboo, and he was stubborn and refused to take it. So I asked the imperial physician to calcinate the purple river car into powder, add honey to rub it into pills, and secretly put it into my father's medicine. Even the queen mother knows about this, how did it get to your mouth and become poisoning your father? Such an excuse is ridiculous! ”

Zhu Yi's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "It's actually Zihe Che, how can it be Ziheche, I don't believe it, you are lying to me......" This sentence He shouted heartbreakingly, and at the same time full of self-loathing. He said that he didn't believe it, but in his heart he already believed it completely.

So many years of forbearance, so many years of planning, so many years of resentment, is it just a misunderstanding in the end? The more Zhu Yi thought about it, the more frightened he felt, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt. He felt as if something had exploded in his chest, making him so painful that he couldn't even breathe! (To be continued.) )(83 Chinese .)