On the road from the palace gate to the court, Prime Minister Du Cheng kept a stuffy face, no matter which minister came up to say hello or say hello, he didn't say a word, and walked forward with his head held high.

After the emperor entered the palace, his face was not good.

There is no secret in the affairs of the court, and the results of yesterday's Dali Temple trial have long been spread, and the emperor is displeased, and the ministers are also broken in their hearts, all of them are frightened, and they dare not make a sound.

"If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." Gonggong Chen shouted in a long voice, and all the ministers lowered their heads and were silent.

Only then did the emperor speak: "Since all Aiqing has nothing to do, then I will take one thing out and discuss it, and Prince Xuan Ling Ran will enter the palace." ”

Not long after, Ling Ran was led by two guards and entered the main hall.

Ling Ran knelt down and said, "The son of the emperor sees his father." After saying this, the emperor didn't mean to let him get up.

"Dali Temple Qing Zheng comes out."

"The minister is here."

"Tell the ministers the results of yesterday's trial of Du Guanyue's case."

The emperor had an order, and Lord Zheng had no choice but to tell the details of the situation one by one, and the ministers actually knew the truth, but after being told by Lord Zheng, people's hearts were even more panicked.

"I am very saddened by the prince's murder of Du Guanyue, and I have decided to abolish the crown prince's position with immediate effect, but the position of the prince is the foundation of the country, so I decided to wait for the courtiers to discuss before making a decision, who has a better opinion."

Lord Liu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is also a person who has a daughter, and I learned that Prime Minister Du Cheng lost his beloved daughter. I can understand Prime Minister Du Cheng's mood very much, however, the prince is the prince, and the abolition needs to be cautious, the minister thinks that it can be turned into a big thing and a small matter, after all, the prince is the emperor's biological son, and compared with Du Guanyue, he is more important to the country. ”

"Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has broken the law. Same sin as the concubine. How can I disregard the lives of others just because the crown prince is my son, Prime Minister Du Cheng has been loyal to the court for many years. Don't give Prime Minister Du an explanation. I can't rest easy. ”

Before Lord Liu could speak. Prime Minister Du Cheng stood up, knelt beside the prince, and said, "Your Majesty." This qiē has nothing to do with the crown prince, please forgive the prince. ”

The emperor raised his right eyebrows and looked at Prime Minister Du Cheng puzzled, "Prime Minister Du, I said that I wanted to seek justice for your daughter, yesterday's evidence is very obvious, the answer is in front of you, why do you say that it has nothing to do with the prince?" ”

Prime Minister Du Cheng gritted his teeth, "Your Majesty, the minister was fascinated for a while, and framed the prince to murder his beloved daughter." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the court talked a lot, and they didn't know what Prime Minister Du Cheng was talking about, even Ling Ran looked at Prime Minister Du Cheng very puzzled, he gave Ling Ran a look and asked him not to speak.

"Prime Minister Du, you make it clear to me."

"Today's early dynasty, the minister is ready to confess, in fact, the minister heard the little girl say, the prince has someone else in his heart, and does not want to marry the little girl, the minister's daughter, although it is not a golden branch and jade leaf, but it is also a treasure held by the minister in the palm of his hand, since childhood, she has been cared for, and she is reluctant to suffer a little grievance. As a result, the prince didn't like her, and it hit her very hard, she has been depressed, so the minister thought of a way to let people rob his daughter halfway, and wanted the emperor to cure the prince's sin, so that he could breathe a sigh of relief for Guan Yue, but it didn't come to pass, because the little girl was too beautiful, so those bad people had bad intentions and killed her. The minister couldn't accept it for a while, so he didn't tell it about it, anyway, the minister's daughter was dead, so the minister thought that he could pull a person into the water. The minister hated His Royal Highness the prince very much, if he hadn't let down the infatuation of the minister's daughter, the minister would not have made this decision, and the minister's daughter would not have died because of it, so the minister set a trap, stuffed the black cloth in the daughter's body, caught the villains who killed the minister's daughter, and put them to death, and sent the clothes into the East Palace, so that the Dali Temple Shaoqing Cheng found out that it was the East Palace. Yesterday, the emperor suddenly said that he wanted to abolish the crown prince, and the minister has been loyal to the emperor all these years, thinking about it, this kind of thing that shakes the country's foundation must not happen because the minister has a brain fever, so the minister decided to defend himself, and all the mistakes of the minister are the actions of the minister, please ask the emperor to punish the crime. ”

After Prime Minister Du finished speaking, he kowtowed to the emperor, his head touched the floor, and he never raised it.

The emperor slapped the table, and pointed at Prime Minister Du Cheng with the other hand and said: "I trusted you many years ago, and you actually framed the prince so much, hurting the father-son relationship between me and the prince, it really hurts me, pass on my will, Prime Minister Du Cheng defiled the prince, damaged the prince's reputation, and his despicable behavior indirectly killed Du Guanyue, which is equivalent to killing someone, for the sake of Prime Minister Du Cheng's loyalty to the court for many years, Prime Minister Du Cheng gave a glass of poisoned wine!" The Du family is full of all the distribution of Ninghe from now on, and they will never be allowed to return to Beijing. ”

"Father, don't do it, Prime Minister Du Cheng is an important minister in the court, loyal to the country, Du Guanyue's case has too much to do with his sons, and his sons are also one of the fuses, you can't blame everything on his head, ask my father to open the net and be light!" Ling Ran also kowtowed to the emperor and begged for mercy, but none of the ministers who once stood on Prime Minister Du Cheng's side interceded for him, this is the indifference of human affection, once he was respected by an adult, and now Prime Minister Du Cheng personally admitted this matter in front of the emperor, it is no way to return to heaven, and of course others will not affect themselves because of this.

"I've made up my mind, come on! Pull Prime Minister Du Cheng down! ”

Ling Ran could only watch Prime Minister Du Cheng being dragged away, but there was nothing he could do, Prime Minister Du Cheng loved Du Guanyue, what he wanted most was to let Du Guanyue marry Ling Ran, he would definitely not kill Du Guanyue, he did this just to protect Ling Ran.

Prime Minister Du Cheng was pulled down, and Ling Ran understood in an instant.

The court was quiet for a while, and the emperor said to Ling Ran: "Prince, I misunderstood you, since Prime Minister Du Cheng has subdued the law, then what I said before is invalid, you are innocent, and you are still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of our Dasheng Kingdom." ”

"Thank you for your grace."

"Okay, that's the end of today's court discussion, Prime Minister Du's matter, I am very sad, I want to be quiet for a while, let's retreat." The emperor got up and walked out, and the ministers shouted Long live my emperor, long live, long live.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, no, the emperor gave Prime Minister Du Cheng to death, and he wants to send all the Du family to Ning He, and he will never be allowed to return to Beijing."

Although she had expected this result for a long time, but now that she learned the emperor's will from the mouth of the little eunuch in her palace, Queen Du's mind was blank and she fainted directly.

The prince did not go back to the East Palace, but went to Queen Du, and when he arrived, Queen Du was lying on the bed, only to be pinched by Mama Zhou, sobered up, leaned on the head of the bed, the whole person was very ugly, and tears fell down one after another.

"Sons and daughters, see the queen mother."

Seeing Ling Ran, Queen Du's tears flowed even more, and she pointed at him and said, "You are a bad son, you are too disappointing to this palace." ”

"Queen Mother, don't be angry first, your body matters." Ling Ran knelt down and walked to Queen Du's bedside and held her hand tightly, but was forcefully shaken away by Queen Du.

Ling Ran was also heartbroken, he knew that his queen mother was angry with him.

"The queen mother, it's all the son's fault, if you can be happy if you scold the son, the son is willing to let the queen mother scold." Ling Ran bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"However, Bengong's good son, Bengong has repeatedly told you earlier that Mu Huanyan is a coffin boy and an ominous person, so you should not get close to her, but you don't listen to Bengong, just because you like her, so you let others see your weaknesses and hit you hard when you got married. And you are the son of this palace, how can this palace be willing to let you lose the position of the prince and lose your life, this palace destroyed the entire family of this palace in order to save you! Ling Ran, Ling Ran, Prime Minister Du Cheng is no one else, he is the elder brother of this palace, because of your relationship, Du Guanyue, who was infatuated with you, died unexpectedly, and Prime Minister Du Cheng not only lost his beloved daughter, but also lost his own life, and lost the entire Du family! Ling Ran, can you be sober? After Queen Du said these words in one breath, she was so angry that she recited it again.

Ling Ran shouted loudly Queen Mother, Queen Mother! He blamed himself a lot, his carelessness caused such a consequence, but what is the use of regretting, it is too late, he can't save Prime Minister Du's life, and he can't save the bad luck of the entire Du family, Queen Du is angry and faints, and he has no way at all.

This was the first time Ling Ran felt fear.

stayed at the bedside of Queen Du, and it was not until the imperial doctor came to diagnose and treat her, and after administering the needle, Queen Du came to her senses.

"Queen Mother, don't be angry, it's not good for your health." Ling Mo comforted, but it was useless at all, her brother was given to die, and those who were assigned were all her relatives, even her elderly mother! Every time she thought of this, Queen Du felt that her heart, which had always been strong, was about to be unable to hold on.

However, the Du family had already paid such a big price, she couldn't let herself fall, she forcibly endured the sadness in her heart, and said to Ling Ran: "Prince, do you know? The person who came up with this idea to Bengong was Mu Huanyan, when she sued Bengong for this strategy, Bengong really wanted to kill her, but for you, Bengong could only hold back, except for this method, Bengong really couldn't think of any other way to save you, Prince, Bengong has been the queen for so many years, this is the worst defeat! When the palace went to find Prime Minister Du Cheng last night, he readily agreed to the palace's request, but he left a message for you, when you become a great treasure, and the Du family will be fair, so if he makes this decision on behalf of the Du family, he will not regret it at all, prince, you can do it? ”

Empress Du sued Ling Ran because she hoped that he would stop being willful, they had already lost too much...... Without the pillar of the Du family, Ling Ran's road to the throne in the future would be much harder. (To be continued......)