Chapter 146: Pacification

Mrs. Zhong thought that the six princes would die, but she didn't know that the six princes at this time had just escaped from the clutches of death, but they were frightened, and they were sweating profusely and sitting on the ground, shaking.

Lu Yunpeng pulled his sword out of a small official of the Zongren Mansion and kicked away the dagger that flashed blue light in the little official's hand with one kick. Just before a flick of his fingers, the little official gave a cup of hot tea to the six princes who were confined in the Zongren Mansion, but the six princes who were irritable suddenly lost their temper and swept the tea away. Seeing that he had been defeated, and knowing that the guards on guard would not spare him, he took out his poisoned dagger from his sleeve pocket and stabbed it at the sixth princeβ€”a step he had not been willing to do, because it meant that he could no longer escape. But there is no way, since he is a dead soldier, in order to complete the task, he can't spare his life.

If it weren't for the fact that King Guangping had sent Lu Yunpeng to the Zongren Mansion in advance, stayed in the room of the six princes, and killed the little official in time, I was afraid that the six princes would have become dead princes.

Although the sixth prince is a golden branch and jade leaf, he is still just a child, and when he saw this situation, he was already frightened, and the whole person was as if he had just been fished out of the water. Lu Yunpeng didn't think much of him, but he didn't bother to bother with a child, so he said to him: "Your Highness Six, don't worry, the assassin has already been ambushed, but this person is indeed an official of the Zongren Mansion, and for some reason he suddenly assassinated you, so you have to check it out." Then he said sharply to the guards in charge of guarding on both sides: "Protect the Sixth Highness, if this kind of thing happens again, let the Sixth Highness break a little skin." I'm afraid that the palace won't be able to spare you! ”

The guards were also shocked into a cold sweat, although they were not very happy to be taught a lesson by Lu Yunpeng as an outsider, but they had no way to refute it. The Six Princes may be executed. But before he was officially executed, he was still a dignified prince, and if he was killed by the assassins, they would definitely be punished for dereliction of duty, and they would not be able to escape the heavy punishment, and they would not have to be mixed up in the future.

Who sent the assassins to kill the Six Princes? He had a child. is already a prisoner under the ranks, can anyone else threaten?

The six princes have already had their own answer to this question. What's not to guess at this? The emperor doted on him the most. It is impossible to kill him ruthlessly, and even if he is really forced to do so, he will not use assassination. The king of Quang Binh and the crown prince had no reason to put him to death. You don't have to do anything at all. Just by virtue of his biological mother's rebellion, the emperor was poisoned again, whether it was poisoned wine or white silk, he could come openly. Other people who had a grudge against him, even if they wanted to put him to death, would do the same thing as the crown prince and the king of Guangping - they didn't have to do anything, he was also a dying person. Why bother to do this and get your hands dirty?

Someone will be sent to assassinate him. There is only one King Ying. Because King Ying has always been the alliance of Zhu Lifei's mother and son to seek the throne, and he has played the role of the main strategist from beginning to end, in this palace mutiny and rebellion, he is a complete accomplice, and can even be said to be the main culprit. If it weren't for his instigation, Zhu Lifei and the former Ming clan behind her would never have had the courage to plot for the throne under the premise that Emperor Taizu explicitly did not allow the son of the Zhu family to be the prince. If the emperor and the crown prince want to purge the rebels, they will definitely find out the ins and outs of the matter, and King Ying will be exposed sooner or later. If he wants to protect himself, he must destroy all human and physical evidence that may reveal his true face.

In the past, King Ying would leave the six princes in the Zongren Mansion, firstly, because he felt that he would not expose the evidence of the crime, after all, he had always claimed that he was young and did not know, and he completely obeyed the orders of his biological mother; Second, I also feel that there is nothing outside to threaten me, the prince is "seriously injured and dying" - this is a secret letter from Hong Wencheng and the prefect of Shanghai - and the other princes died, the successor was born, the emperor was also bedridden due to poisoning, and King Guangping was blind and could not ascend the throne. In this case, the first thing King Ying has to do is to first set the name of the imperial brother, as for the six princes, after the overall situation is decided, let him "commit suicide in fear of crime", so as not to start early, and he may not be able to tolerate the flesh and blood of the imperial brother by gossiping.

But now the situation is different, the six princes have just listened to the guards around them, King Ying was almost made the emperor's younger brother, fortunately the prince rushed back in time, King Ying had to be cheeky and say that he had made meritorious contributions.

The sixth prince knew in his heart that since King Ying was cheeky to ask for merit in front of the crown prince, he would never let himself, a person who knew that he had participated in or even planned the rebellion, to live. At this time, King Ying is much more dangerous than the crown prince and King Guangping, those two sit firmly in Diaoyutai, and it is possible to spare his life in order to show his friendship and filial piety, at most he will be abolished as a concubine, and King Ying has become his biggest enemy in order to protect himself.

In fact, as early as the moment King Ying killed his mother, they were already undying enemies.

The sixth prince stopped Lu Yunpeng, who was about to leave: "You go...... Tell the crown prince and the three emperor brothers, I ...... I want to see my father, I have a good relationship, it is about Uncle Ying's guilt! ”

Lu Yunpeng looked back at him, his face was serious, but he was secretly happy in his heart: "I finally pried this mouth open." ”

An hour later, the six princes, escorted by heavy troops, arrived at the side hall of the Qianqing Palace. The emperor summoned him as he sat on his bed. He was the emperor's most spoiled youngest son, the previous emperor was angry for a while, and he couldn't wait to see this sad little son again in his life, but after calming down, the emperor felt that the younger son was still a child, maybe it was just Zhu Lifei's own delusion, and she taught the younger son crookedly, but weakened her resentment towards this little son a little. Now seeing him come to see him, he described him as haggard, pale, and frightened, and his heart softened: "Qiang'er, you ...... Alas, why are you so confused?! ”

The crown prince and the king of Guangping were standing on the side, and when they heard the emperor's words, they all sighed in their hearts, knowing that Lao Tzu had made a soft-hearted mistake again.

The sixth prince cried and kowtowed several times: "Father, the son knows that he is wrong!" Erchen listened to his mother's words, and he was confused for a while, as well as Uncle Ying. He deceived us so badly! If it weren't for his rhetoric, the mother wouldn't have dared to have such a rebellious thought! In fact, Uncle Ying just wanted to use his sons and mothers, and waited for him to achieve his goal. He killed his mother and concubine with a sword, and put all the blame on our mother and son, and he himself was named the emperor's younger brother, seized the throne, and in order to cover up the truth, he also sent someone to kill his son. If it weren't for the royal brothers who sent guards to protect their sons, the sons would not be able to see their fathers now! ”

The emperor was shocked when he heard this: "What do you mean by this?!" ”

The crown prince was busy assassinating the six princes in the Zongren Mansion. After being rescued by Lu Yunpeng, he said: "That assassin is a minor official of the Zongren Mansion, and he has been on an errand in the mansion for several years. No one expected that it would be a dead soldier. It's a pity that the man is dead, and he has no father, no mother, no family, and no family, so he can't find out who instructed him. The sixth emperor brother said that it was done by Uncle Ying, and there was no evidence for the sons. ”

The sixth prince said: "He must have done it!" I'm sure of it! I also secretly hid his secret letters to his mother in my bedroom. It mentions the mechanism in the pot of golden jade bonsai. There is also the effect of the special perfume that the mother wears on weekdays. He clearly wrote that when the two aromas are mixed together, they will become a poison, and after years of smelling it, the body will slowly become weakened, and finally die. At the beginning, in order to ensure that he would not cross the river and tear down the bridge, the mother concubine specially asked him to put his prince's gold seal in the secret letter, and took his jade pendant as a token. Later, the mother felt that it was not safe enough. I specially found someone to copy a copy of the letter, and the original was hidden elsewhere. The fake letter was hidden in her bedroom with Yu Pei. Just before the mother concubine was killed, the jade pendant and the fake letter disappeared, and the big eunuch next to the mother disappeared, and the mother felt bad at that time, thinking that it was King Ying who bought the big eunuch and let him steal the evidence, so he thought it was foolproof. He would never have imagined that the original letter was still with me! ”

The crown prince and the king of Guangping were very surprised, they never expected that Zhu Lifei, who looked stupid and crazy, would have such scheming, and immediately asked where the letter was hidden, and the prince personally led people to search.

King Guangping stayed, he heard the emperor call the six princes to his side, touched his head again, sighed again, and learned that the six princes had not eaten for two meals, and he was so distressed that he couldn't do it, and he blamed the Zongren Mansion for neglecting the younger son. King Guangping responded in his heart, and suddenly said: "Sixth Emperor Brother, I originally thought that you didn't know anything about the rebellion, but you just obeyed Zhu Lifei's orders, and only after listening to your words did I know that you knew everything." Since you knew that your mother had poisoned your father, why didn't you stop it? Didn't remind my father either? If it is to protect your mother, then after she was killed by King Ying, why didn't you tell the real source of the poison, so that your father continued to stay in the poisonous room? ”

The emperor's face changed suddenly, and the six princes opened their mouths and muttered for a long time, but they couldn't say anything.

He was still a child, and he was so angry that he was bent on exposing King Ying's crimes, but he forgot to do so, and at the same time, he also exposed the fact that he had known for a long time. He regretted it, he knew that this was the case, so he deduced that he didn't know the details, only that the mother concubine had hidden a letter, and it would be good to let the royal brothers go to find the letter. The consequence of being too talkative is to lose the favor of his father, is he really going to die?

The emperor looked at his little son, who was trembling all over his body and his eyes were twinkling, and he felt that he could hardly get up in one breath. The third son's words are to the point, the younger son has no filial piety to himself at all, although he is young, his ambition is not small, for that chair, he can watch his father who loves him die, and he is still sorry for him to be wronged!

The emperor coldly slapped the six princes: "Brute! Then he called, "Give him a fork!" From now on, he will be abolished as a concubine, and the jade will be removed! ”

The eyes of the six princes turned dark, and they cried and shouted: "Father forgive the sins!" Erchen knows that he is wrong! Erchen really knew that he was wrong! It's a pity that the palace attendant still dragged him out mercilessly.

King Guangping reminded the emperor: "Father, you have issued an edict in front of the courtiers to succeed the six emperors, and the Ministry of Rites is already drafting the decree. Now that he has changed his mind and abolished the six emperor brothers as concubines, how can he explain the reason to the courtiers? ”

The emperor felt another pain in his heart, panting with difficulty, and said after a while: "Yu'er, do you think your father is stupid?" It's just a matter of being coaxed by the pillow person, even a nine-year-old doll can fool my father over, if it weren't for your reminder, I almost forgot, that beast was also looking forward to my death! ”

King Guangping didn't say anything, in fact, he had already thought so in his heart, but it was not good to say it in front of his father.

The emperor's old face turned red, and he only felt ashamed and ashamed, and couldn't help crying: "No wonder your imperial grandfather wanted to abolish his father, and he said at that time that I would not be a qualified emperor." It's a pity that I thought that your imperial grandfather just favored your imperial uncle, and deliberately used this to squeeze me, wanting to pass the throne to your imperial uncle. Now that I think about it, your imperial grandfather really has a torch in his eyes. ”

King Quang Binh continued to pretend to be dumb, and now he said that it was not appropriate for him to say anything, and if he wanted to comfort his father that he was not stupid, he felt that he was against his will.

The emperor cried for a while, then collected his tears, and said weakly: "I can't tell the truth to the courtiers, I will be embarrassed enough to be deceived by Zhu Lifei, if even Gao Chan can coax me, I will make the world laugh to death!" Yu'er, you go...... Go and tell the people in the Ministry of Rites that let Chu'er continue to succeed the king of Shanyin County and demote him to the throne, and ...... Let's be a Marquis of San'in. There is no need for any rewards, and there is no need to give him the money for opening the mansion, so that he can live in peace, he is not allowed to participate in royal sacrifices, he is not allowed to swagger outside in the name of the prince, he is not allowed to arrange official positions for him, he is not allowed to enter the palace to worship, even if he dies, he is not allowed to enter the royal mausoleum! As long as he doesn't starve, do whatever he wants. Even if I die and the crown prince ascends the throne, if he wants to grace the clan, he is not allowed to add it to him! Just take it as ...... It's like you've never had this brother! ”

It was not the first time that the emperor's order had been changed, and King Guangping bowed his head and asked, "What should I do with King Ying?" ”

The emperor gasped for a moment and hesitated: "He is my only living brother, and your imperial grandfather has even thought of letting him succeed to the throne." If I kill him, will I ...... Criticized by the world? ”

King Guangping raised his eyebrows: "Is my father planning not to pursue it?" But he can rebel once, and if he can't keep it, he will have a second time. When his father was in the court, as the eldest brother, he could still suppress him. The prince is a nephew, how should he guard against it in the future? ”

The emperor's face turned white again: "No...... It's too dangerous to keep him, even if he is imprisoned for the rest of his life, he will escape and cause chaos. But if he kills his family, the world will ...... again," he entangled.

King Guangping whispered: "Or...... Just punish the evil? And not all of his wives and concubines and children have disregarded the grace of God, and they have left a son who is innocent and peaceful, and he can be made a false lord, and he is not asked to hold a real position, and he will be rewarded with many favors, and what is there to criticize in the world? ”

The emperor's face gradually returned to normal: "That's it!" ”

The news that King Ying was given poisoned wine for the crime of rebellion, Zhao Wei heard about it the next day. There are many officials in the capital who have been arrested for being involved in rebellion, some have shouted injustice, some are dying, and some are not willing to make a last stand, but all the noise has been quiet after the news of King Ying's death spread. Everyone clearly realized that this time it was true, and although the emperor was often confused, this time, he was sober.

The chaos in the capital was quickly quelled, and the imperial court quickly sent people to Shanghai to capture and interrogate Hong Wencheng and others. Zhao Wei cleaned up the house, wrote a letter, and sent someone to Tianjin to pick up his sister.

At this time, Zhao Xiu had just heard the news from Master Jiang that the prince had returned to the palace safely. (To be continued......)

PS: (The heroine finally showed up, although there was only one sentence...... οΌ‰