Chapter 238: A Great Event
It doesn't matter whether the emperor has found out or not, the important thing is that there was a rumor in the palace that the prince was smashed by the emperor throwing an inkstone.
What is even worse than smashing his head and bleeding is that the emperor has already surrounded the East Palace and prevented anyone in the East Palace from entering or leaving, including the crown prince and the crown princess.
Within a few days, there was a major news that the emperor wanted to abolish the crown prince, and the courtiers were once nervous and busy, abolishing or protecting, obviously divided into two factions, everyone insisted on their own words, and they were fighting for each other, of course, there were also some neutral and silent officials.
And the emperor did not rush to act immediately after throwing out that he wanted to abolish the crown prince, but instead had a feeling of letting the two factions clash, as if he wanted to take the opportunity to see where the people really supported the prince and which ones had other plans.
The team of the party to protect the prince is obviously even stronger, after all, the prince's identity is orthodox, and it is not a good thing to be easily abolished.
Of course, those courtiers who agreed with the emperor's abolition of the crown prince naturally had their reasons.
First, there are many opportunistic people, and second, although the emperor only said two very vague reasons for abolishing the prince, and did not say too much, but many people actually already know why the emperor has to abolish the prince this time.
Although the emperor has also expressed some dissatisfaction with the prince's individual practices in the past, it is obviously not worth mentioning compared to the fuse this time.
Many people have heard that the crown prince secretly wants to win over the three kings and four families to support him this time, and now that the emperor is still on the throne, this kind of behavior is of course extremely rebellious for the emperor.
Not to mention. I heard that the crown prince not only did the action of winning over the three kings and four families, but also did a lot of messy things in private in order to be able to force the three kings and four families to obey him. Not only did the Meng and Luo families not be able to raise the silver for the earthquake within the time specified by the emperor, but they also sent people to secretly rob the silver taels prepared by the Zheng and Wang families.
Some spies who are responsible for spying on weekdays found that someone carried several large boxes into a private courtyard of the prince in the capital, and later confirmed that those large boxes belonged to the two families of King Zheng, but unfortunately the silver tickets contained in them were all gone, only a few large empty boxes remained, and at the same time, a secret passage to the outside was found in the courtyard.
Although in the end, the two pieces of silver were not really found, and the prince did not admit it. But the emperor has completely believed it. Because in addition to the evidence of these empty boxes, the eyes of the emperor in various families also confirmed that the prince has indeed used various methods to win over various families these days.
The emperor was a suspicious person, and he had always suspected that the crown prince was not so honest. But I didn't expect that now it's not just ideas, but even practical actions, which is clearly trying to take the position in advance! As far as the imperial power is concerned, such a thing is naturally the most intolerable. What about father and son?
And for many courtiers. This kind of behavior is really not what a prince should do, not only the earthquake that affected the entire imperial court, but also obviously wanted to further separate the relationship between the three kings and the four families and the emperor, provoking contradictions, and the intentions were too dark.
In this way, in the eyes of many people, the crown prince obviously wanted to compete with the emperor for the throne in advance, and the crime of rebellion was not at all wrong.
Even if all this is not really confirmed. The crown prince also flatly denied it, but since the emperor dared to use this, he directly put the prince under house arrest. If it is announced that the matter of deposing the crown prince is discussed, then it means that the emperor must have solid evidence in his hands, otherwise it would not be possible.
Although the party of the prince did not explicitly question the charges mentioned by the emperor, they privately doubted whether someone was framing the prince or something like that, not to mention that they felt that if the crown prince's major events changed easily, it might be a disaster for the royal family, so there were many people who disagreed with the abolition of the prince.
Just when the two parties were arguing endlessly, the emperor had a new move, and directly sent someone to send the prince and others out of the East Palace, and put them under house arrest and guards.
In this way, it naturally shows how firm the emperor's attitude is this time, and whether the crown prince is deposed or not, he can be regarded as planted.
"Is this the ultimate goal of the emperor?" Han Jiangxue smiled and said to her brother: "In this way, we have done the emperor a great favor?" ”
The emperor had no intention of letting the crown prince succeed to the throne, and he was worried that he could not find an excuse to remove the crown prince. It's good now, I don't have to bother looking for any other reasons. Even if the name of the prince will not be removed for a while, but in fact, the fact of the prince is gone, and without the holy decree pardon, it is a lifetime of house arrest, and when there is a need in the future, it can be directly removed at any time.
Han Jing was easy to talk this time, and smiled indifferently: "It's okay, I'm willing to help with this kind of help." I've long seen that the prince is not pleasing to the eye, and he thinks about how to harm us all day long, and this time he finally stopped! Dog eats dog, a mouthful of hair, instead of letting the old emperor and the crown prince all bother to dig a hole for us, now one less can be counted as one. ”
This is said in an extremely popular and practical way, and Lin Xiaoxiao, who was doing embroidery work on the side, couldn't help laughing.
In Lin Xiaoxiao's opinion, listening to their brother and sister is really interesting.
Seeing his wife smiling so happily, Han Jing was even more energetic, and said to his wife and sister again: "Also, Mo Li has already washed the two million taels of Zheng and Wang's two families through several money houses, and the five of us will each get 400,000 taels, which is proper." Mo Li really has an idea, everything is simple and close to his hands, and now everyone attaches great importance to his words! ”
Hearing her brother praise Moli in person, Han Jiangxue was naturally overjoyed, after all, it was his future husband and his man, how could he not be proud of it?
was about to make a sound, but suddenly heard Lin Xiaoxiao retching, the brother and sister were suddenly startled, and hurriedly stopped saying anything else, and hurriedly stepped forward one by one to ask her what was wrong.
After retching a few times, Lin Xiaoxiao's face looked a little pale, and she quickly shook her head to say that she was fine, but Han Jing was still in a hurry, and asked if she had eaten something bad, or if she was uncomfortable, and wanted people to hurry up and ask for a doctor.
But Lin Xiaoxiao refused to let people ask for a doctor, insisting that she had nothing to do, and as she spoke, her originally pale face couldn't help but flush with a touch of blush.
Han Jiangxue said with a little puzzlement: "Sister-in-law, how can you retch for no reason, let's find a doctor to take a look, the body is important, so we don't have to worry." Look at what the big brother is in a hurry! ”
"Xue'er, I, I'm really fine, it's just ......" Lin Xiaoxiao paused, then looked at Han Jing and replied shyly: "It's possible, it may be." ”
"Got it? What's up? When Han Jing heard this, he was even more anxious, and he always felt that this would be strange to his wife.
On the contrary, it was Han Jiangxue, although she was a big girl, but after hearing this, she had a flash of inspiration, and immediately blurted out subconsciously: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean, you are pregnant?" ”
Lin Xiaoxiao smiled and nodded, and said in a low voice: "It should be, I haven't come for a month late, but it's better to wait, and I'll be sure in a few days." ”
"What are you waiting for, hurry up and ask the doctor, hurry up, hurry up and ask the doctor to take the pulse of the young lady!" Han Jing's whole person was almost too excited, and he laughed and said as he asked people to ask a doctor to diagnose Lin Xiaoxiao.
At this moment, the whole house moved, if Lin Xiaoxiao was really pregnant, it was really the eldest grandson of the Han family, how could it make people unhappy.
After a while, before the doctor arrived, the news that Lin Xiaoxiao might be pregnant spread in the house.
Han Feng, the second lady, and the third lady all rushed over when they heard the news, and asked this and that with anticipation on their faces, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know what to do.
Lin Xiaoxiao said in her heart Han Jing is also too anxious, the doctor has not confirmed it and asked people to inform the elders in the family, if the doctor comes and diagnoses that she is not pregnant, wouldn't it be a big joke?
So, the Han family's luck seems to be really good recently, and soon, the doctor who was invited confirmed that Lin Xiaoxiao was happy, which made Lin Xiaoxiao's nervous heart breathe a sigh of relief.
What followed was overwhelming joy, as well as a thousand instructions to be so careful and so attentive.
Of course, the Han family did not forget to let people hurry to the Lin family to report the good news! He is going to be a father, he is going to be a father, of course, such a happy event wishes that everyone in the world would know, and I wish everyone was happy for him!
The Han family was overjoyed, but at this time, there were people in the palace who were not having a good time.
It has been more than a full hour since the sixth prince was called to the imperial study by the emperor, but within this hour, the emperor did not say a word to him, as if he did not see him, he was there to review the folds, and he was left to hang him aside.
Although the six princes were uncomfortable and had a lot of worries in their hearts, they didn't show it on their faces.
That is, there was no displeasure, and he didn't take the initiative to ask anything, but honestly stood where he should have been, and waited respectfully.
Since the crown prince was placed under house arrest, he has not been allowed to see the emperor, and today he was finally summoned by the emperor, but he came to such a trick, thinking about it, he must have something to do with the prince's affairs.
He asked himself that although he was very close to the crown prince on weekdays, he had also been implied by the emperor and had not been involved in the prince's affairs, so it was impossible for the emperor to implicate him too much because of the prince's affairs, and he had any excessive actions towards him. (To be continued......)