420 Forced Palace
"Your Majesty is angry!"
During the banquet, everyone was so frightened that they fell to their knees, and even Wu Zhengzhi and Hu Yanbo were full of shock. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
None of them expected to hear such a thing.
If what Li Sheng said is true, then King Xuan is a murderer! From ancient times to the present, no matter which country or dynasty, anyone who is involved in this kind of rebellion will never be tolerated by the emperor, whether it is siblings, or father and son!
Emperor Chu's killing intent was the evidence.
He gasped a few times with a cold face, suppressed his anger and said word by word: "You go on!" ”
Li Sheng was intimidated by the anger of Emperor Chu, and he trembled on the ground and whispered: "They calculated very well when they poisoned at that time, originally they wanted His Majesty to die naturally if he was seriously ill within three to five years. ”
Sun Qiande has never dared to diagnose and treat His Majesty, so he had to delay his illness, but he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and he tried to resign under an excuse several times without success, and even aroused the suspicion of some people in the palace, so that he did not dare to move. Later, Imperial Physician Wen Jixuan Wen suddenly entered the palace, His Majesty's condition improved, Sun Qiande was afraid that the poisoning would be discovered, so he used this matter to blackmail King Xuan, let King Xuan help their father and son leave the palace, that day His Majesty ordered him to be killed with a rod, it was King Xuan who tried to rescue him from the palace on behalf of Li Dai Taozhuang. ”
Emperor Chu squinted his eyes slightly and said with anger: "So it was King Xuan's people who chased and killed them?" ”
"Yes." Li Sheng nodded: "Sun Qiande father and son have done a lot of things for King Xuan in the Tai Hospital over the years, the death of Concubine Chen a few years ago, the miscarriage of Concubine Lin later, and the death of the eleventh prince are all related to them, and they have a lot of evidence in their hands, so King Xuan ordered someone to kill them, if they hadn't met my family that day, I am afraid they would have died outside the town of Yuanxun." ”
"After my family learned that King Xuan had a different heart, he didn't dare to delay at all, and wrote a secret letter overnight ordering the villain to be sent back to Beijing quickly, and he escorted Sun Qiande and his son back to Beijing together. Who knew that on the way back to Beijing, the villain suddenly encountered a torrential rain, was smashed by a falling rock on the mountain and broke his leg and fell into a mountain stream, was rescued by a passing farmer, and continued to return to Beijing after recuperating for more than half a month...... The villain didn't expect it, but when the villain rushed back to the capital, he heard that the adults of my family were beaten to death in the Qinglou because of a dispute with someone because of drinking flower wine! ”
Li Sheng said this, his eyes immediately turned red and his face was full of sorrow and said loudly: "My family has been honest and honest all his life, and he has never entered the land of fireworks, how can he argue with people in that kind of place, not to mention that adults are already practicing martial arts, and there are guards around them, how can they be killed so easily?" The villain felt that the situation was different at that time, so he inquired secretly, and learned that Sun Qiande's father and son, who entered Beijing with my family that day, were also missing. Not only that, outside the Metropolitan Procuratorate, around the Ke Mansion, there are people watching every day, and my wife and son-in-law are followed every day. ”
"The villain was shocked at that time, Lord Ke's murder may be related to Sun Qiande's poisoning, at that time the villain had no way to sue, did not dare to make a noise, so he could only try his best to ask a father-in-law in the palace to take me into the palace to see His Majesty, and wanted to submit the secret letter written by my lord before his death, but he was arrested after entering the Shunning Palace, and he has been locked up until now......"
Speaking of this, Li Sheng already had tears on his face, he slammed his head on the ground a few times, and said with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, my family has been honest all his life, loyal to Your Majesty and Nanchu, he was killed by King Xuan, and I ask Your Majesty to make decisions for my family!" ”
Emperor Chu's eyes were full of gloom, and everyone at the banquet was shocked.
Ke Xingqing's death that day shocked the government and the opposition, Ke Xingqing was rigid and conservative, honest and loyal, if other people in the court died in the Qinglou, they might believe it, but Ke Xingqing, it is impossible! It's just that all the clues were erased at that time, and even if Emperor Chu ordered a strict investigation, no clues were found, but he didn't expect that he actually died for this.
If this is true, then King Xuan will definitely die!
There were many people in the court who were attached to King Xuan, and when they saw this, someone suddenly said urgently: "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, and you must not be hastily convicted based on the words of this person alone, King Xuan is the prince, his status is honorable, his status is superb, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, how can he do such a poisonous act to His Majesty?" What's more, if King Xuan really killed Ke Xingqing, how could he keep this person until now? ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, this person has a strange background, if King Xuan really has the heart to kill his mouth, how can he be allowed to live until now?"
"The minister also thinks that today's matter may have another inside story, please think twice!"
Several ministers spoke one after another, Xiao Qingcang had been sitting firmly on the side, and only after seeing them speak did he stand up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that what the adults said is reasonable, but it is indeed difficult to conclude what he said based on Li Sheng's words alone. He said that he was saved by men, but where was the one who saved him? If King Xuan really killed Lord Ke, how could he keep him to this day? How did he go to King Xuan's Courtyard, and the so-called secret letter is still there? ”
Speaking of this, he paused, and said with a pale face: "And although His Royal Highness King Xuan has complaints about His Majesty on weekdays, he has also taken over the courtiers and wants to be the prince, but the old minister doesn't want to believe that he will actually poison His Majesty and his biological father!" ”
Xiao Qingcang seemed to be speaking for King Xuan, but the faces of the ministers who pleaded for King Xuan before every sentence were a little ugly, Xiao Qingcang was clearly falling into the well, and Emperor Chu's face, which was originally a little hesitant, suddenly became gloomy after hearing Xiao Qingcang's words.
Of course he knows the dispute between King Xuan, King Qing and King Fu, and King Xuan's secret means are not unclear to him, he has never opened his mouth to stop it, in his opinion, the battle for the throne has never been bloody, only on this road can he be qualified to inherit the throne of Nanchu. But he would never allow these sons to one day turn their hearts on him, or even poison him!
He looked up at the audience, and Hua Yunxiao immediately said: "Your Majesty, after Li Sheng told the minister about this, the minister did not dare to delay, and he has ordered someone to go to the place where Li Sheng was injured that day to find the couple he said, and they can be brought back to Beijing tomorrow at the latest, as for the secret letter, ......"
Hua Yunxiao looked at Li Sheng, and Li Sheng hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the secret letter is still there." At that time, when the villain entered the palace, he was afraid of accidents, so he hid the secret letter in a hidden place in the North Palace, and wanted to see His Majesty before taking out the secret letter, but he didn't want to be arrested before seeing His Majesty, and the secret letter should still be there at this time. ”
Li Sheng told the Emperor of Chu where he had hidden the secret letter, and the Emperor of Chu immediately said to Peng De: "Immediately order someone to get the secret letter!" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Peng De didn't dare to stop at all, and personally led people to walk quickly towards the place Li Sheng said, and Emperor Chu looked at Li Sheng after they left and continued to ask: "Li Sheng, since you said that you didn't dare to tell anyone about the secret letter, how could you be taken away after entering the palace that day?" ”
"The villain knows that this matter is very important, and no one dares to say it, but after entering the Shunning Palace, he met Commander Lu, and after he learned that the villain was Lord Ke's entourage, he promised to ask to see His Majesty for the villain, but the villain was arrested before he could wait for Commander Lu."
Emperor Chu's face suddenly changed, and everyone present was also chilling.
Li Sheng has always been cautious, after entering the Shunning Palace, he was arrested after seeing Lu Qingping, the palace is heavily guarded, the forbidden army is heavy, Lu Qingping is top-notch, if no one cooperates, how can King Xuan's people easily take Li Sheng? And the person who conspired with King Xuan, except for Lu Qingping, didn't think about him!
Yu Guogong was suddenly shocked: "It's not good! Your Majesty, Lu Qingping is the commander of the forbidden army, in charge of the palace guards, if he colludes with King Xuan, the matter of the king of Fang Cai taking Li Sheng into the palace must have been known to them! ”
Emperor Chu obviously also thought of this, Lu Qingping has always been trusted by him, and the forbidden army in the palace is also controlled by him alone, if Sun Qiande's poisoning is really related to him, he and King Xuan secretly colluded, I am afraid that Li Sheng's entry into the palace and the investigation of the other courtyard He would have known about it, if he took a risk......
Emperor Chu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly opened his mouth and said angrily: "Come on, go and take Lu Qingping ......" to take it down, before Emperor Chu finished speaking, there were a few exclamations not far away, and before everyone present came to their senses, a corpse was thrown in, and Peng De, who had left with a few eunuchs just now, had already run back, his face was as pale as paper, the hat on his head had long since disappeared, and there was dazzling blood on his body's general uniform. Lu Qingping led the forbidden army to surround the entire Imperial Forest Garden!! ”
"What do you say?!!"
Emperor Chu suddenly got up, raised his head violently, and saw that outside the Imperial Forest Garden, a large number of forbidden troops appeared near the garden, faintly besieging the entire Imperial Forest Garden, and in front of these people, Lu Qingping was wearing armor and holding a long sword, and the whole person walked towards this side with the intention of killing.
Yu Guogong and Yan Hou's faces changed at the same time, no one expected that Lu Qingping would dare to lead people to besiege the Forbidden Palace, the two hurriedly strode out, their eyes staring at Lu Qingping, and Hua Yunxiao turned around and blocked directly in front of Emperor Chu, drawing his sword and pointing directly at Lu Qingping.
Emperor Chu saw Hua Yunxiao's movements behind his color changed slightly, and the next moment he raised his head and glared at Lu Qingping angrily: "Lu Qingping, you are so bold, you dare to lead troops to besiege the palace, do you want to rebel?!" ”
"Your Majesty is too careful, and the minister is just on the side of the Qingjun."
After Lu Qingping finished speaking, the whole person looked sideways, and everyone followed his gaze to look over there, and saw Rong Lan, who was dressed in a dragon brocade robe, slowly walking out of there.
His face was calm, his eyes were dark with a faint madness and ** color, especially when he saw Li Sheng and Hua Yunxiao, his eyes were full of killing intent, and not far from him, Xie Chen also followed by the side, but his face was very ugly, when he saw the people in the field, Xie Chen gritted his teeth tightly, and stood behind King Xuan half a step behind.
Rong Lan said in a deep voice to Emperor Chu: "My father's words are wrong, Commander Lu is loyal to his father, how dare he rebel, but now the traitorous ministers are in charge, and the king of Lijun colludes with others to frame his sons and Commander Lu, and he also wants to assassinate his father, so Commander Lu led an army to protect his father." ”
Emperor Chu heard this, his face was full of frost: "Whether I am framed or not, I will find out, Lu Qingping, I order you to withdraw from this place immediately, I can not blame you for what you did today!" ”
Lu Qingping sneered in his heart when he heard this, today has come to this point, with the heart of Emperor Chu, once he spends his peace today, he will never let go of the people who besieged the palace today, the so-called past is just a joke. What's more, he has no way to retreat, whether it is Ke Xingqing's death, or privately making weapons, or poisoning Emperor Chu, he and King Xuan have already been tied together, either win, and in the future, one person will be above tens of thousands of people, and from then on, wealth and glory will rise, or lose, he and King Xuan will die together without a place to be buried!
He said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty's safety is related to the society, and it is the duty of the minister to protect Your Majesty, and the minister cannot see Your Majesty being deceived by villains, so I also ask Your Majesty to immediately order the execution of the King of Oak County." ”
"Presumptuous!! You dare to persecute me?! ”
"Of course the minister didn't dare, but His Majesty is old, and he has long forgotten the iron-blooded killing, if he is soft-hearted in the face of the villain, he will inevitably leave a disaster, and the minister is deeply favored by the emperor, and he can't bear to see His Majesty's reputation damaged today, so he led his troops to the side of the Qing monarch, hoeing the evil spirit, and protecting my Southern Chu Jiangshan for eternity."
Emperor Chu's face turned pale when he heard this.
Rong Lan glanced at everyone in the banquet, fell his gaze on Wu Zhengzhi, Hu Yanbo and others, and said lightly: "Today's matter is the matter of my Chu State, Prince Huyan, Duke Wu Guo, what do you mean?" ”
Wu Zhengzhi was silent for a moment, retreated a few steps and said: "Even if it is the matter of the Chu State, I will not interfere in Nanzhou." ”
Rong Lan looked at Hu Yanbo and Nanmen Lie, Hu Yanbo opened his mouth and turned his head to look at Nanmen Lie, Nanmen Lie shrugged with a light smile and said, "Since King Xuan has said so, Beirong will naturally not interfere in the affairs of the Chu State." ”
Emperor Chu saw that these two people did not hesitate to say that they stayed out of the matter, and suddenly their faces became even more ugly, and the courtiers who were surrounded by the forbidden army were also pale, they were still proud just now that the two countries needed to beg Nanchu, but they didn't want the situation to change in an instant, and now Wu Zhengzhi and Nanmen Lie, Hu Yanbo and others clearly wanted to watch from the wall and watch them kill each other!
Emperor Chu gritted his teeth and said, "Rebel, what do you want?!" ”
Rong Lan looked at Emperor Chu, who could only look up in the past, and found that once the awe in his heart dissipated, he was just like that with a dragon robe full of anger on his face, and even, he looked at Emperor Chu with anger on his face and only felt an inexplicable madness in his heart.
For so many years, he tried his best to please him, trying his best to get his attention, for which he had studied tirelessly, tried his best to make achievements in the government, and even wiped his hands with blood to ruthlessly eradicate all the obstacles in front of him, and became a prince praised by everyone in the court, but for so many years, he never looked at him more.
In the eyes of the man in front of him, himself, and even all his children, are just pawns in his hands.
There may have been an exception, but that exception was never him!
Rong Lan was sad in his heart, and his eyes were much colder when he looked at Emperor Chu, and he held the yellow blank holy decree in his hand and said lightly: "My father is very old, and his health is sick, so it is really not appropriate to work for state affairs. ”
----, (To be continued.) )