162 Three birds with one stone
Tuoba Zhen said solemnly: "Father, I'm afraid this matter is not appropriate. β
The emperor asked sternly, "What is wrong with me summoning the abolished prince?" β
Tuoba Zhen's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said: "Father, the crown prince is resentful because he was deposed, and now he is confined in another courtyard, and he has long been delirious. The commander of the guards, who was in charge of the guard, had to send men to watch over him for twelve hours in order to prevent accidents, and if you were to summon him, you would be afraidβ" This news was actually something he had just learned.
The emperor's grim expression gradually softened, "Have you seen it to the imperial doctor?" β
"Back to my father." Tuoba Zhen stabilized his feelings, "The imperial doctor has seen him many times, but he still hasn't improved. In the absence of a choice, the Commander of the Guards made this decision. β
Li Weiyang smiled: "It seems that the third prince is really a brother, and even cares so much about the deposed prince's every move." β
Tuoba Zhen looked at her coldly and said: "That's my biological brother, even if he did something wrong and was punished by his father, but the family ties between us will never change, this point, after all, Lord Anning is an outsider, and he will never understand." β
Li Weiyang didn't care, as if he didn't understand the ridicule in his words, smiled faintly, and said: "Yes, the relationship between His Royal Highness and the abolished prince has always been very good, and he must have taken care of his life in many ways." β
Tuoba Zhen frowned, not knowing what Li Weiyang meant, but he just snorted coldly and didn't pay attention to her anymore.
Concubine Rou on the side spoke softly, and said softly: "Third prince, I don't know which imperial doctor was invited to the abolished prince?" β
Tuoba was really stunned, and then said, "It's Imperial Doctor Liu." "Actually, since the crown prince was deposed, Tuoba Zhen no longer cares about this person's life, a person who has been completely useless, how can he take a second look? Moreover, he never thought that the abolished prince could be resurrected, even if there was, the wings around the prince had been killed by the emperor, and this person would no longer have the slightest effect on him Tuoba Zhen, and would even become an obstacle. He did hear the news of the madness of the abolished prince, but he didn't know which imperial doctor he had invited, but Imperial Doctor Liu was the last imperial doctor in the imperial hospital who was responsible for treating royal sinners, and it would definitely not be wrong to push out his name.
When Concubine Rou heard this, she sighed secretly and said, "Imperial Doctor Liu has the least qualifications, and compared with other highly respected imperial doctors, I am afraid that his medical skills are still weak...... His Majesty, according to the concubines, please ask the Chen Court to judge the abolished prince to take a look. β
The emperor looked at Concubine Rou hesitantly, the ninth princess saw this scene at this moment, and was very sympathetic to the plight of the abolished prince, so she spoke: "Yes, father, the eldest brother is delirious because he was stimulated for a while, if he knows that his father has summoned him, maybe he will be happy, and his condition will improve. β
Concubine Rou smiled and glanced at her innocent daughter, and said, "Your Majesty, think about it, if it weren't for the grievances, why would the prince become like this?" If what the palace maid said is true, His Majesty really needs to investigate this matter thoroughly. β
Thorough investigation? The crown prince is abolished, the queen is also dead, and even the power of the prince has been uprooted. The ninth princess couldn't figure it out, she subconsciously glanced at Li Weiyang, and suddenly understood something, right! If what the palace maid said was true, then the person who framed the prince became Tuoba Zhen, and the innocent prince lost a qiΔ unprepared, and was even persecuted by his closest brother...... Everybody thinks so! Tuoba Zhen, who was originally very friendly with the crown prince, will become the target of public criticism!
The ninth princess was a little confused, she felt that her brain was not enough!
Tuoba Zhen and Princess Anguo glanced at each other, and each other finally realized that they had fallen into each other's trap for some reason, if they obstructed the emperor from meeting with the abolished prince, it would make everyone think that they were thieves. Tuoba was really annoyed, ridiculous, he would be forced to this point one day! Tuoba Zhen pondered for a moment, and took the initiative to step forward and said: "Father, in order to prove that his son did not participate in the framing, please ask my father to summon the imperial brother to the palace." "He looks righteous and awe-inspiring, and he is not afraid of confrontation in court.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Okay, then let the waste prince enter the palace immediately!" β
When the eunuch heard the news, he went to announce the decree, and the people in the hall were silent for a while, only to hear the crying outside, which made people even more frightened, and even the ordinary palace maids and eunuchs realized that something was wrong, and they didn't know what to do. After half an hour, Xie Jing, the commander of the guard who was specially responsible for guarding the crown prince, came to see him, but as soon as he entered, he burst into tears and said: "Your Majesty, the abolished prince and Concubine Jiang Shu - just before the holy decree summoned, they committed suicide!" β
The Emperor stood up at once, and the blood on his face faded cleanly.
Concubine Rou hurriedly asked, "The abolished prince is already-"
Xie Jing trembled and said: "Back to Niangniang, Concubine Jiang Shu has already died, although he was rescued in time to abolish the crown prince, but the imperial doctor said that he had overdosed on poison, but it only lasted for a while and a half, so the servant has already ordered someone to carry him outside the hall on a stretcher, please show your majesty." β
The Emperor was furious and said, "I told you to take a good look at him, what the hell is going on with you?" Two good big living people can actually let them kill themselves?! "Obviously, it is to ask the teacher for sin!
Concubine Rou hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to hold you accountable. Xie Jing! Don't hurry up and order someone to bring the prince in! β
Xie Jing's whole person was like typhoid fever, violently swinging, very frightened, obviously he did not expect that the deposed prince would be summoned by the emperor again, and the emperor was still very concerned about the life and death of this person. At first, they may have prevented the prince from making a comeback, and they were a little jealous of him. However, a series of actions by the emperor later cut off the possibility of the prince's resurrection, and they began to act recklessly. A prince who has been abandoned, in captivity that may last a lifetime, the treatment can be imagined. But he never expected that the prince would really do self-harm. In fact, Concubine Jiang Shu was unwilling to be imprisoned, complaining about the prince's incompetence, just in the dispute between the two, the prince suddenly went crazy and strangled the emperor's eldest grandson, Concubine Jiang rushed up to beat him, but he was pushed into the cold lake water by him all at once, Concubine Jiang Shu did not understand water nature, and drowned in the water before they arrived, and the prince woke up and found that he had killed his wife and son out of control, so he swallowed poison and committed suicide.
But these words, no matter what, Xie Jing did not dare to say them in front of the emperor. Because no matter what he said, the emperor would think that they were not well guarded. Moreover, they have indeed been very disrespectful to the crown prince, and if the emperor really investigates it, they will definitely not be able to please anything.
The guards silently carried the waste prince in, and the ninth princess was the first to pounce and amplified her voice: "Brother prince! β
The waste prince didn't make a sound at all, and his face was so pale that there was no blood.
The ninth princess's face showed a look of fear: "Brother Prince, wake up!" "Actually, the prince is not bad to people, and he used to be very gentle to the ninth princess. So seeing that he was now not a human or a ghost, the ninth princess felt sincerely sad, and tears fell one by one.
When Li Weiyang saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head gently, the personality of the ninth princess is too kind. For the sake of their own interests, the prince and Tuoba Zhen calculated her marriage several times, and now that she saw each other's miserable appearance, she had forgiven each other from the bottom of her heart. She subconsciously glanced at Concubine Rou, but saw that her face was faint and looked a little disapproving. Concubine Rou Niangniang, who is weak and gentle on the outside, but strong on the inside, is really different from the personality of the ninth princess. Li Weiyang thought so in his heart, and couldn't help sneering.
The waste prince suddenly woke up, the black green under his eyes looked particularly frightened, he stared at everyone with wide eyes, as if he didn't know why he was here, especially when he saw the emperor, as if he had been pricked by a needle, and suddenly rolled down from the stretcher, almost using his hands and feet together, and retreated in a hurry.
Tuoba was really anxious, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother Huang, what's wrong with you?" β
The waste prince stared at him in horror, and he didn't mean to talk about the old friendship between his brothers, and Zhang Dezi, the little eunuch who was specially responsible for serving the prince, knelt down in front of the waste prince: "Prince, don't you always say that since you entered that courtyard, no one dares to approach you?" Your heart is bitter! The waste prince still looked frightened, unable to speak at all, Zhang Dezi burst into tears, turned his head and said: "Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was imprisoned in that courtyard, he has been sad all day long, sighing for a long time, saying that someone else has wronged him!" He also said to himself that he was the emperor's son, but now everyone looks at him like a prisoner, and no one dares to approach him, and he also said that other death row prisoners have been sentenced to death, and at most they will be freed with a knife, and he, this knife has been hanging on his head, and he doesn't know when it falls, maybe he will have to be imprisoned for the rest of his life. The queen left, and His Majesty also discarded him...... "What Zhang Dezi said is indeed like what the prince would say."
The waste prince's expression seemed to freeze, and he suddenly burst into tears. The emperor was greatly shaken, and the ninth princess was even more tears pouring out, she took the initiative to go up and wipe away the tears that the prince had fallen for some reason with a handkerchief: "Brother prince, you have suffered." β
The prince called a few inexplicable syllables and cried a few times, as if he had suddenly sobered up a lot.
For some reason, the emperor's original resentment towards the crown prince disappeared in an instant. Li Weiyang saw it in his eyes, a smile hung on his lips, blood was thicker than water, when the emperor was full of resentment towards the prince, it was useless for others to say anything, and he would even be suspected of being the prince's comrade. But when he suspected that the prince had done something wrong because he had been wronged by others, his original father-son relationship would suddenly sprout, even more violent than before.
Tuoba really felt a very bad feeling, but at the moment he couldn't think about anything else, he had to prove his innocence: "Brother Huang, I'm your third brother, you still know me, right?!" Now someone has secretly reported to His Majesty, saying that I am the murderer who framed you, Brother Huang, our relationship has been so good for many years, and I have been doing my best to assist you, I hope you can say a fair word for me, and I will not harm anyone in this world to hurt you! β
Princess Anguo also stared at the waste prince with very nervous eyes, but saw that the other party showed a confused expression, as if she didn't understand what Tuoba was really saying.
Zhang Dezi was like a loyal guard, guarding the crown prince, staring vigilantly at Tuoba Zhen.
The emperor said coldly: "Chen Yuan judged, go up to the prince for treatment." He was not talking about the abolition of the prince, but the prince, the meaning of which was very obvious, and Tuoba really heard it in his ears, and he only felt very harsh. If it was before, whether the emperor forgave the prince or not, there was no special obstacle to him, and he even used the prince as a shield for a time! But now, the emperor's forgiveness means that he believes what Jin'er said just now, those accusations about Tuoba Zhen! That's a big deal!
After a while, he reported to the emperor with a solemn face that the prince was indeed poisoned, although he found it early, he had taken countless antidotes, but the poison was in his heart, and he was afraid that he would not be able to save it. The faces of the emperor and the ninth princess changed, but Concubine Rou's face sank like water, as if she was very sorry.
The Ninth Princess asked anxiously: "Yuan Chen, your medical skills are so skillful, you must be able to think of another way, right?" Chen Yuan said: "This is ...... I can only use the antidote again to see if I can delay it for a few days, no, maybe a few hours, Weichen is really not sure. After speaking, he took the pen and opened the prescription and handed it to the eunuch on the side, and the emperor waved him to step aside.
The abolished prince suddenly said nonsense on the side: "Father, father-save the son!" The ninth princess glanced at the chaotic eyes of the waste prince, her heart was sour, she returned to the emperor and knelt on the ground, begging: "Father, save the prince's brother!" β
The emperor did not speak with a gloomy face, Chen Yuan had already sentenced the crown prince to death, what could he do? But he still took the initiative to walk to the prince's side, and at this moment, the prince's entire face was filled with a dead air, obviously time was running out.
At this moment, Li Weiyang took a step forward and said softly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, if you have any grievances, tell Your Majesty." β
What the hell does this mean?! This woman is really afraid that the world will not be chaotic! No, she's just looking for a chance to throw dirty water on herself! Tuoba couldn't help but be furious, but in front of the emperor, he had to suppress his feelings, and could only say sharply: "Li Weiyang, what are you talking about?!" β
Li Weiyang's tone was very calm, but he raised his eyelids and said lightly: "Third Highness, I just said that the prince has suffered these days, otherwise he would not have committed suicide by taking poison, what are you doing so nervous?" β
Tuoba Zhen consciously lost his words, gritted his teeth and was speechless.
Li Weiyang narrowed his eyes and whispered: "Prince, look, this is your father, your grievances, you should tell him about it!" β
The prince looked at Li Weiyang, and could see his own shadow from those clear pupils, he almost felt that every breath was difficult, and he couldn't control the trembling of his body at all. After a long time, he seemed to be much more awake, turned his head to stare at the emperor, and it took a few syllables to come out of his throat for a long time, "Father-"
He obviously recognized the emperor, although he knew that he was crazy, and his sanity was sometimes good and bad, but seeing that he was able to recognize himself, the emperor was still very happy, and nodded: "It's me." β
The waste prince cried loudly: "Father--" Then he struggled to get up and kowtow to the emperor, and the emperor grabbed him: "No need, you are weak, don't move!" β
The waste prince's eyes were red, and there was a hint of humanity on his pale face, and he cried: "Father, you can come to see your son, I really think I will never see you again!" The emperor rarely showed a touched look, and said: "Haven't you seen it, if you have anything to say, just tell your father, what happened at the beginning, what happened?!" β
The waste prince seemed to want to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, there was a violent cough, and the ninth princess was afraid that the emperor would be disgusted, so she hurriedly took out a piece of her own handkerchief to cover it for him, but a cloud of jet-black blood spurted out of his throat, staining the handkerchief, and dyeing a red plum into a pitch-black color. The ninth princess's legs were weak, and she exclaimed: "Father, look, the prince's brother has vomited blood!" β
All the people present with eyes saw it, and Yuan Yuan Chen shook his head, the prince has already been poisoned, and he is afraid that there will not be much time to delay.
The emperor could no longer restrain his licking of calves, and a sad look appeared on his face.
The waste prince barely stopped coughing, but said, "Erchen doesn't know who designed it behind it at that time...... I really don't know......" As soon as he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of black blood, and the emperor looked at his son in disbelief, unable to say a word.
Concubine Rou hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's better to let the prince go down for treatment as soon as possible!" β
The emperor woke up like a dream and said, "Chen Yuanju, I've handed it over to you, you must think of a way to cure the prince!" "The cold sweat on Chen's head came out, he is a doctor, not a god, where can he save a person who is poisoned by poison? But in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to distinguish half a word, and hurriedly asked people to carry the prince away.
The emperor watched the prince leave, turned his head suddenly, and stared at Zhang De'er: "How did you take care of it, where did the prince get the poison?!" β
Zhang De'er was full of tears and complained: "Your Majesty, the slave has been with the prince since he was eight years old, and the prince eats and drinks and the slaves are all in charge, but in the past half a month in the courtyard, the food he eats is rotten and spoiled. What's more, after the nurse was driven away, Concubine Jiang Shu could only take care of the eldest grandson by herself, but if the child wanted to drink a bowl of rice soup, the prince had to exchange the jade pendant on his body, what kind of person was the prince, how could he not be angry and sad? For this reason, the minions have begged those guards many times, in exchange for a punch and kick! Look! He rolled up all his sleeves, only to see that his body was scarred and terrible.
Seeing those hideous scars, the ninth princess was so frightened that she took half a step back, Li Weiyang helped her, her long eyelashes hung down, covering the love in her eyes, and her voice was very low: "The princess is careful." The ninth princess was stunned, but she didn't know what to say.
Zhang De'er is really the loyal little eunuch beside the prince, and he is still continuing to say: "The three meals a day are all glutinous rice, even if it is forgotten, those people dare to deduct from it and take the opportunity to blackmail!" All the valuable things on the crown prince and Concubine Jiang were cheated away by them! Once, the prince couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked the servant to go to them with a wrench that His Majesty had rewarded him with, begging them to let the slave go out, and under the pretext of buying some necessities to come back, they let the man go, but he snatched a hundred dollars from the slave. The prince said that buying things is fake, and pleading for mercy is true, so that the servants must find a way to meet His Royal Highness the Third Prince, beg him for help, and ask the guards in the courtyard to make it convenient, and our lives can be better. In fact, the third highness is the master, and he is being favored, and a word can make our life much better, and it can be regarded as a little love between brothers. When the servant saw that the prince had given all his hopes, he went to the door. β
Speaking of which, Tuobazhen's face has changed, and he has never seen Zhang De'er come to the door to ask for help-
Zhang De'er's tears fell, and he said sadly: "The slave arrived at the gate of the third prince's mansion, but unfortunately he didn't have any silver on his body, and he couldn't prove the identity of the slave, so he could only wait at the door and wait for four hours before waiting for a carriage to come back." But those guards didn't let the minions approach at all, and the minions had no choice but to shout loudly and ask to see them! This Zhuo Ran is the word of His Royal Highness the Prince! As soon as the three princes heard this, they must have been able to know, but there was no reaction in the carriage, and the slave shouted again, Your Royal Highness, the waste prince asked to see - it's a pity that the carriage drove past the slave stiffly, and he didn't see the third highness at all, and the slave was beaten to the flesh by the guards guarding the door, and those people also laughed at the slave and said, don't say that you are fake, even if the prince really comes, what if the prince really comes, but he is just a waste person, he should go as far as he can, don't let the mildew stain the Three Princes' Mansion! β
Tuoba Zhen finally showed a frightened look on his face, and immediately knelt on the ground, and said with great shock on his face: "Father, the son has never said such a thing to anyone, and I don't know when this slave went to look for me!" He subconsciously glanced at An Guo, but saw that her face was extremely ugly, and a thought flashed in his heart for a moment. Since the crown prince was deposed, Princess Anguo has always strongly opposed her association with the prince's courtiers in the past, and she has beaten all those who come to the door to intercede, so as to draw a clear line. In this way, it is clear that Princess Anguo deliberately humiliated Zhang Deer...... This damn woman is really more than enough to accomplish and more to lose!
Princess Anguo didn't expect that things would become more and more involved, and she didn't understand even more, she was just a good person to attend the queen's funeral, how could she first be found out about the identity of the stone girl, and then the matter of framing the prince, and then the prince took poison, and now the servants of the prince's mansion also accused the third prince of humiliating the prince behind his back, and it was like a pair of hands pushing behind his back...... Yes, when she heard in the carriage that the people around the abolished prince came to the door, she immediately felt that Tuoba should stay away from these people, especially to draw a line with the abolished prince when the emperor was angry! That's why she ordered the men to beat the slave severely! But--Isn't it Tuoba Zhen who said that she wants to cut off contact with the deposed prince, and what's wrong with her doing this?! The emperor obviously hated the abolished prince before! Why is it that he wants to administer justice for him as soon as he turns his face?
Li Weiyang sneered in his heart, but his eyebrows were crooked and he said with a very soft appearance: "You little eunuch, you are really full of nonsense!" His Royal Highness and the prince have a deep brotherly relationship, and he just said that he has always cared about the prince's life, isn't what you said nonsense? Did someone instigate you to do this, using it to frame the Third Highness? β
Zhang De'er kowtowed to the emperor again, because he was too hard, and his forehead was full of iron: "If the slave has a half-word lie, he will not die well when the sky thunders!" If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can go to the Three Princes' Mansion to interrogate those guards! β
"You're the one who talks nonsense! Father won't listen to you! You're colluding with someone to frame us! Be careful with your life! Princess Anguo immediately retorted, but her heart was very nervous, and it was the first time she felt so nervous. She vaguely felt that the exposure of her secret was nothing compared to Tuoba Zhen's framing of the prince.
Zhang De'er snorted coldly and said, "The third princess, the slave is a eunuch, and he has no family, you don't have to scare the slave!" The slave was born to serve the prince, and seeing the prince being forced to be like this, the slave was willing to give up his life to sue! β
Princess Anguo was furious: "If you don't stop talking, be careful of me-"
Li Weiyang smiled, his glass-like dark eyes glanced at Princess Anguo, and said, "Third princess, be careful what you do?" What kind of place should you be, and you can be so presumptuous in front of Your Majesty? β
The emperor's eyes looked coldly at Princess Anguo, and Anguo was almost dumbfounded by this cold look at him at that moment. If she was in Yuexi now, she wouldn't have to suffer this kind of wretchedness at all, but in this situation, she herself knew that it would not be her turn to speak again, let alone threaten the eunuch.
"How the hell is the prince crazy?" Concubine Rou asked gently.
Zhang De'er wiped her tears, and showed a look of extreme guilt on her face: "It's all the slaves who are not good, the slaves told the prince all the words he heard at the gate of the Third Prince's Mansion, but the prince insisted on not believing it, he said that the Third Prince is his brother, he has always supported him the most, and he is the person he trusts the most, how can he abandon him?" The prince is sincere, where did he think that if the third prince had a heart, how could he refuse to come to the door once? Even if the minion took the initiative to come to the door, he turned a blind eye? This is clearly a villain who falls into the well and forgets his righteousness! When the servant said this, the prince was extremely angry, and he couldn't think of itβ"
Tuoba Zhen fully understood, and his heart slowly sank to the bottom. I thought that Li Weiyang framed the prince and hit himself was a killer move, but I didn't think that I was wrong at all! It's a serial scheme! Li Weiyang first designed the prince and Zhang Meiren, forcing the emperor to abolish the prince and kill the queen, and then at the funeral, he didn't know what means to frighten Princess Anguo, and then used Concubine Rou's mouth to expose Anguo's affair with the guards, and deliberately left a flaw like An Shenxiang, and used Jin'er to re-involve the prince in the abolition case! When the emperor summoned the crown prince, he deliberately brought in the miserable prince and the indignant little eunuch Zhang De'er!
This prince obviously committed suicide by taking poison, why did he still leave a breath?! This little eunuch looks so faithful to the Lord again! No, maybe this little eunuch has already been bought by Li Weiyang and deliberately performed the scene at the gate of the Three Princes' Mansion! This qiΔ is all to convince the emperor that the person who framed the prince is him Tuoba Zhen! Let the emperor think that he deliberately made a hypocritical appearance to intercede for the crown prince-
It's incredible, but it's a real killing three birds with one stone!
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The unit was very busy at the end of the year, and I didn't get home until after nine o'clock every night, and I didn't write a word, and I didn't have time to reply to the message. There are fewer updates today.,Everyone can come and see it in two days if you're in a hurry.,>_
Everyone always asks a lot of questions, such as why Anguo is not a yin and yang person, again, the stone girl setting is related to the next plot, there is no need to worry if you have questions in the future, you can only get the answer by looking down (vv)~