Chapter Forty-Nine: Whose Flowers Fall
"I'm fine, the crown prince is in prison, and how to deal with it depends on what my father wants......" Tuoba Yuan clenched his palms unwillingly as soon as he talked about Fang Cai's scene.
Concubine Li's face also changed when she heard this.
If the crown prince does not die one day, then the queen has the possibility of being reinstated, and she will never tolerate such a thing!
"Next, we can only wait and see what happens, if your father does not take the initiative to mention the crown prince, then we will find a way to make him commit suicide in prison." She spit out such a sentence lightly, and Tuoba Yuan obviously agreed.
For three whole days, the emperor didn't talk about the prince, and no one would be stupid enough to touch the head, after all, the prince's forced palace that night was well known, except for the queen.
In order to know the emperor's whereabouts, Concubine Li had secretly inserted her own people in the past, and she always paid attention to the information over there.
The emperor once again put the empress under complete house arrest because of the last incident, and may not have stepped into the harem for a long time.
Although she couldn't see anyone, Concubine Li was very satisfied with it.
She whispered a few words in the maid's ear, and the maid immediately nodded and quickly began to deal with it.
In a dark, damp prison.
The air was filled with the smell of decay, and rats and cockroaches on the ground squeaked.
The former crown prince Tuoba Yu, who failed in the mutiny, leaned against the corner of the wall silently, and the white prison clothes on his body were stained with a lot of stains.
His face was condensed, and he couldn't see any joy or sorrow.
"Someone has come to visit you." The jailer came and opened the door, and the man behind him was draped in a wide hat.
"You dare to come over and force me to die, why don't you dare to show your true face until now?" The prince laughed sarcastically.
The man's face was not annoyed, and he raised his hand to uncover the hat in front of him, revealing Tuoba Yuan's face.
"If you kneel down and beg me right now, I might be able to save your life!" He ordered the pastries and wine jugs to be taken out and placed in front of Tuoba Yu one by one.
"You are dreaming," the prince snorted coldly, dismissive of those pastries, "my father has not decreed to kill me so far, where do you start?" ”
"Don't you know? Li Ruozong asked yesterday afternoon, the queen mother has gone crazy, and now only you are left. Tuoba Yuan looked at him in surprise.
As soon as he dies, the position of the crown prince can be vacated.
The emperor did not explicitly say that Tuoba Jun was the crown prince, which means that he is not really without a chance.
"No, you lied to me!" The prince immediately raised his voice to retort, and threw himself up to arrest him, but soon a jailer came in and pulled him away, and threw him to the side.
He remembered his father's ruthlessness over the years, the indifference that he never wanted to look at himself more, and he never got a compliment for granted......
He became what he is now, and it was also caused by that ruthless man.
Tuoba Yu's heart was full of hatred, but he also knew that it was too late to say anything, so he finally relented and slammed into the prison wall......
The news of Tuoba Yuan secretly visiting the former prince in the prison soon reached Tuoba Yuan's ears.
A cold light burst out of his cold eyes, his clear face was dotted with a smile of unknown meaning, and his body was lying lazily on the floor.
"Changge, you say, who will my father make the crown prince next?"
When the woman in front of her heard this, she put down the military book in her hand, raised her eyes and looked at him, her pink lips hooked lightly: "It has nothing to do with us who will be appointed as the crown prince next, and my father's mind is full of suspicions and doubts." Besides, the position of the East Palace is not so easy to sit on, and if you want to grasp it, you have to have this strength. ”
Whether it is the four princes or Tuoba Jun, they are left to fight for the time being.
Tuoba truss is not suitable for the sharp edge at present, Taoguang is the best choice.
Tuoba Truss's deep phoenix eyes swept over her little face, and she gently tugged at her thin lips.
This woman can always easily guess his thoughts, and the two of them always cooperate with each other's actions.
Li Changge wanted to lower his head and read the book of soldiers again, but Xia Yin's name suddenly sounded in his mind.
She didn't know the good news yet......
"Your Majesty, news came from the prison early this morning, saying that the crown prince is gone." The eunuch who was with him stepped forward to give a notice.
"Hmm." The emperor stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, with a look on his face, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, and then remembered something, "Don't tell the queen about this matter for the time being, I have other plans." ”
The eunuch nodded in response, and then gently withdrew.
Now that the position of the crown prince is vacant, many people in the palace are ready to move.
In order to help Tuoba Yuan become the crown prince, Concubine Li ran a lot of matches, and tried the emperor's meaning several times.
In the past, he always turned a blind eye to the small methods of those women in the harem, but he was too lazy to bother dealing with these things.
But if anyone dares to stretch out his hand to the front, he can only uproot it.
"Come," the emperor's slightly tired eyebrows suddenly opened his clear eyes, and the eunuch outside the imperial study came in again, "Send the decree to Tuoba Jun to be brave and fearless, and to save the driver, choose a day to canonize the prince, and give the prince the seal." ”
"As for the queen, she is not worthy of being respected as the mother of a country, she has no way to teach her son, interferes in the court situation, and sends Bai Aya to hang herself. After death, the body was thrown into a mass grave and was not allowed to enter the imperial tomb. ”
"Yes." The eunuch didn't say anything else, and quickly set about it.
There were also four princes who led the troops to rescue him that night, but the emperor deliberately did not mention him, but named Tuoba Jun, so the person who had the merit to save the driver could only be Tuoba Jun.
First, she sent the prepared white silk to the queen's palace, but she struggled to tear it up.
Even if the emperor doesn't love her, but they have been married for more than ten years, how could he really be willing to kill her?
"No, you are so daring! If you dare to falsely preach the holy decree, the emperor will not attack me, you should be cleared and entered into the Prudent Criminal Division, and torture will make you tell the truth! The queen pointed at the eunuch and angrily accused, and the good upbringing that was usually pampered disappeared at this moment.
The eunuch was also helpless about this, because the emperor said that he was hanging, so he couldn't do it himself.
"Niangniang, where do the minions dare to do such a thing, it is really the emperor's dictation, please stop embarrassing the minions." The eunuch sighed and shook his head, and immediately asked people to prepare Bai Aya again.
The incident soon came out, and Concubine Li smashed the ground angrily, her whole eyes were red, and her face was a little scary.
"The emperor is really eccentric, there is clearly a meritorious person who saved the driver that day, why is it just a reward of some gold, silver and jewelry, but he leaves the position of the crown prince to Tuoba Jun!"
The maids in the palace didn't dare to say much, and they lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Xia Yin, you follow me, don't get lost in the palace." Li Changge whispered to the woman beside him, and it was Qi Huan who was pushing the wheelchair behind him.
This time, she was deliberately given a look to be easy, although she can't see her original appearance now, but if she is noticed, it will be difficult to escape the responsibility.
This is because of the arrangement of Tuoba trusses to be able to enter the palace smoothly.
"Remember the teachings of the princess, and you will definitely repay the kindness of the princess in this life." Xia Yin agreed without hesitation.
When she heard the news of the prince's death, she couldn't tell how happy she was in her heart.
Only then did she understand Li Changge's intentions, it turned out that Li Changge really didn't deceive herself.
The three of them quickly walked to the queen's palace, and there was no one in the courtyard.
From a distance, the door of the temple was tightly closed, and there was no trace of people living there.
When I walked in, I saw several eunuchs standing on the corridor, led by the people around the emperor.
Li Changge knew in his heart, and deliberately pushed his wheelchair forward to ask, "I don't know what my father-in-law is worried about, I originally wanted to go to the Tai Hospital to ask for some medicine to treat my leg disease, but I heard some movement by chance, so I came over to take a look."
The eunuch's face changed when he heard this, he wrinkled his eyebrows, shook his head and persuaded: "Hey, it's better for you to pretend that you don't know, this kind of thing is afraid of polluting the princess's ears."
Li Changge's eyelids drooped slightly, and he turned to smile and speak: "My father-in-law is also an old man in the palace, and some things are naturally more experienced than me, but if my father-in-law doesn't dislike me for being stupid, I can just say it, I won't spread it out."
The eunuch hesitated slightly, but listening to the difficult movements in the hall, he couldn't help but confide in.
"The emperor wanted to order the queen to hang herself, but she tore up several white silks, not only was she ready to die, but she was also clamoring to see the emperor, and the slave had a terrible headache for a while."
Li Changge was not surprised by this result, but he still pretended to be shocked and puzzled on his face, but he didn't ask too much, and the air around him suddenly fell silent.
The queen's voice became more and more painful, and after a long time, she pursed her lips and said softly: "Father-in-law, you might as well let me try."
"This ......," the eunuch did not dare to agree to this.
If this thing is on a business trip, it will be a big thing to lose your head.
"There is no way for my father-in-law to do it now, if I go to prepare Bai Aya first, I may be able to help my father-in-law succeed, and I will definitely not make a mistake. The dead can't speak, if something really goes wrong, with the ability of the father-in-law, are you afraid that it will not be handled well? Li Changge's words were soft, and his eyes were smiling.
The eunuch was inevitably moved, and immediately took someone to prepare again.
The door of the temple was pushed open with a "squeak", and there was heavy dust and some intertwined and complex cobwebs.
The woman sat on the ground with a haggard face, barely recognizable by her clothes as the queen.
"How could it be you, did you also come to see my jokes?" When the queen heard the movement, she raised her dull gaze and stared at her, and a mocking look appeared on her face.
Li Changge chuckled, his calm face did not make waves, and he asked funny: "Why can't it be me?"
"I thought it would be Concubine Li's slut, she has been competing with me for many years, but she lost to me in the end. Even though I am a deposed queen, the prince is from me! The queen sneered, coughing excitedly.
"Doesn't the queen mother? The prince was executed for the crime of rebellion, and Lord Li has also been beheaded, and now the Li family is completely defeated! Li Changge's tone was light, but every word he said was poking at her sore spots.
"What treason? If you dare to talk nonsense again, beware that I tore your mouth! The queen staggered to her feet and threw herself straight into her wheelchair.