Murong Xuancheng also didn't sleep all night, lying on the bed tossing and turning, as soon as he closed his eyes, Murong Fu slowly fell down, after all, it was his own son, how could he bear to see him die. But he had to do this, and as an emperor, he was also helpless.

As soon as the sky was bright, Murong Xuancheng ordered Jiang Hai to change his clothes again, and it was already early in the morning. The indescribable tiredness in his eyes, when Jiang Hai tied his hair, he found that there were many more gray hairs on his head, he was stunned for a moment, and then quietly continued to put on a hair crown for him.

After changing into court clothes, he got up and prepared to go to the Jinluan Palace, but he was a little dizzy as soon as he stood up, and sat back again, Jiang Hai hurriedly helped him.

Murong Xuancheng pushed away Jiang Hai's hand to help him up, "I'm fine, but I got up in a hurry." ”

Jiang Hai looked at him with some concern, but still stretched out his hand to support him, Murong Xuancheng walked to the door of the dormitory with empty steps, and a little eunuch ran over outside, kneeling in front of him with a "poof", "Your Majesty, the queen mother... Suicide! ”

"I know, let's go down first."

Jiang Hai glanced at Murong Xuancheng, who was expressionless, and called him softly: "Your Majesty." ”

Murong Xuancheng retracted his thoughts and said lightly, "Let's go to court first." ”

After saying that, he went straight out of the door, stumbled a little, and after stabilizing his figure, he continued to walk forward, Jiang Hai suppressed the worry in his eyes, and hurriedly followed.

When he arrived at the Jinluan Palace, Murong Xuancheng sat on the Luan seat amid the shouts of the officials. He took a deep breath, cheered up, waved his hand, and said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the ministers got up, they all looked up at Murong Xuancheng, except for a little tiredness, they couldn't see anything else.

They had heard about last night's events, and it was difficult not to hear about such a big movement, so they looked at each other, not knowing who should speak.

In the end, Chu Da, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, and he cautiously raised his head and asked: "Your Majesty, the ministers heard that the former prince and the Fang family rebelled last night, and they are very worried about Your Majesty's safety, I wonder if Your Majesty is safe?" ”

Murong Xuancheng was silent for a moment and said, "I'm fine, don't worry about the Qing family." Today, I am going to deal with this matter. ”

"Last night, the eighth prince Murong Fu, united with the Fang family to rebel, fortunately, King An saw through their plan, and defended in advance with General Chu, the commander of the forbidden army, the eighth prince and others did not succeed, I gave Murong a glass of poisoned wine last night, and demoted him to a commoner, not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum for burial."

Murong Qian listened to his father's words, his expression was extremely tired, and he sighed in his heart, "Eight, eight, if you had known this, would you still make this choice?"

Murong Xuancheng didn't stop talking, "Come here, bring the rebel minister Fang Qingzhou." ”

The eunuch at the gate of the Jinluan Hall also shouted: "Your Majesty has an order to bring the rebel minister Fang Qingzhou." ”

The eunuchs passed down one by one, until they reached the palace gate of the square outside the Jinluan Palace, where Fang Qingzhou, with his head cuffed and anklets, was escorted towards the Jinluan Palace by two Praetorian Guards.

The huge square was eerily quiet, except for the sound of Fang Qingzhou's anklets dragging on the ground. He walked quietly on the road he had walked countless times, but only this time, he walked the most comfortably.

When he came to the Jinluan Palace, ignoring the strange eyes of the other courtiers, he went straight to the front of the hall and knelt down, kneeling straight.

"The guilty minister Fang Qingzhou, I have seen Your Majesty, long live long live long live."

"Fang Qingzhou, Murong Fu has pleaded guilty to the law, can you plead guilty?"

"I plead guilty." Fang Qingzhou replied extremely simply, he had already asked what he wanted to ask last night.

"Okay, remember your sincerity, I will leave you with all the corpses, wait for you to freshen up, give you a glass of wine, and let you go with dignity."

"Your Majesty, before the criminal minister goes, I still want to ask Your Majesty, and in the future history books, please record the criminal minister truthfully."

Murong Xuancheng was silent for a moment and said, "I, I agreed." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Qingzhou smiled, he could be regarded as realizing a dream in his heart in disguise.

After Fang Qingzhou was taken down, Murong Xuancheng continued to speak: "The Fang family privately raised the army, intending to rebel, I thought and Fang Qingzhou had worked hard for the east for many years, leaving him with his whole body, but everyone in the Fang family could not let it go easily, and they were all imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, and they were beheaded for public display. ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was crying out in his heart at the moment, there are so many people in the Fang family, where can he fit in the prison of the Criminal Department!

Fu Guang stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, if you want to connect the Fang family, then the queen mother ......?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent, and all the ministers gave a thumbs up to the prime minister in their hearts, he was really a ruthless person! Dare to say that!

“……”

Murong Xuancheng was silent for another moment, "Empress Fang Qingling has committed suicide in the palace this morning. ”

"What?!" The ministers began to discuss, Murong Qian was also stunned, and then his face was complicated, the queen in his impression had always been unsurprised, but he didn't expect her to come to this point. But if you think about it carefully, Murong Fu and the Fang family are gone, and she won't have a good life if she stays in the world alone, so it's better to be relieved, and she can still be with the eighth child on the Huangquan Road.

After solving the affairs of the Fang family, the next step is to reward meritorious deeds.

Murong Xuancheng looked at Chu Yuntian and Chu Yichuan and smiled.

"General Chu's father and son did their best to protect me thoroughly, stopped the thief last night and avoided this palace change, each rewarded, one hundred taels of gold. Chu Yichuan was young and promising, led the patrol battalion to defend the capital, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, and concurrently served as the captain of the patrol battalion. ”

Fu Guang's face was a little ugly, and he was a little resentful in his heart, why did the father and son of the Chu family always turn evil into good fortune and still be so favored?

Chu Yichuan was a little afraid to thank him, he first glanced at his father, and when he saw Chu Yuntian nodding at him, he stepped forward, bowed his head and knelt down on one knee and said, "Weichen is grateful." ”

Murong Xuancheng nodded and smiled at him. He looked at Murong Qian again, and after thinking for a while, he called his name and motioned for him to step forward, "Murong Qian, King An." ”

"The son is here." Murong Qian stepped forward and knelt down.

"The reason why the palace change was so smoothly stopped this time was all due to King An's precautions and taking the lead. King An was witty, very comforted, rewarded a thousand taels of gold, 100 acres of fertile land, and crowned the prince. ”

Murong Qian didn't have much joy on his face, he just kowtowed and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Son, thank Father Emperor Longen." ”

He was not very happy, because all the rewards he received now were for him personally sending his brother to his death.

After retiring from the court, Murong Xuancheng went to Yikun Palace again, after all, he and the queen have been husband and wife for decades, and they always have to come to see her.

Fang Qingling hanged herself, her only son died, and her maiden Fang family was also destined to be connected, and since then there has been no motivation to support her to live, she can't bear this, so she committed suicide.

Murong Xuancheng saw Fang Qingling lying there quietly, and his heart was full of thoughts, the queen really didn't make any big mistakes over the years, but she was a little indulgent to her children, and she was more partial to her mother's family, but she didn't care too much for his husband. However, she was already dead, and he didn't want to worry too much about it.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty." Concubine Xian's voice sounded behind him.

Murong Xuancheng turned around and looked at Concubine Xian, "Why are you here?" ”

"The concubine came to visit the queen." Concubine Xian looked at Fang Qingling lying on the crystal coffin, with sadness in her eyes.

"There are many concubines in the palace, but only you are willing to come to see her, she slanders you and poisons her, but you can still ignore the past suspicions."

"After all, there are sisters, and the queen mother is also for her children, and maternal love is not guilty."

Mother's love is sinless. Murong Xuancheng listened to the four words that Concubine Xian said, and there seemed to be a string in his heart that was touched. His gaze at Concubine Xian also softened a lot, and looking at her somewhat haggard face, he asked with concern: "When the queen was poisoned, I didn't listen to your explanation, did you ever blame me?" ”

Concubine Xian smiled gently, "Your Majesty is too worried, the concubine knows that Your Majesty must have a reason at that time, so how can she blame Your Majesty." However, Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince and the Queen Mother have left one after another, presumably Your Majesty is also heartbroken, and Your Majesty still has to take care of the dragon's body. ”

Murong Xuancheng took Concubine Xian's hand and patted it gently, "Concubine Ai is so magnanimous, I am not as good as you!" ”

"Concubines just do what they want, but Your Majesty is the king of a country, and many things cannot be as casual as concubines, and there are many aspects to consider. Your Majesty is a Ming monarch, everything you do is for the people and the east, Your Majesty has the world in mind, and it should be that the concubines are not as good as Your Majesty. ”

Murong Xuancheng never knew that Concubine Xian understood him so well, and in today's conversation, he suddenly found that he had been snubbing her, and thought in his heart, King An is now a prince, should Concubine Xian's position be mentioned too?

Back in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Murong Xuancheng fell ill, he was forced to go to the court in one breath, and after talking to Concubine Xian, the tense strings in his heart were loosened, and people naturally couldn't bear it.

Jiang Hai was already mentally prepared, and he knew that His Majesty was not in the right state last night, so he didn't panic too much when His Majesty fell ill, and after asking the imperial doctor to check His Majesty's pulse, he learned that he was depressed in his chest and didn't rest well, so he fell ill. Jiang Hai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately it was not a serious illness, as long as he paid more attention to rest and took medicine on time.

After two days, Murong Xuancheng was already better, the first thing he did when he got up was to intend to make Concubine Xian a concubine, Concubine Xian became a celebrity in the harem for a while, when Concubine Xian was framed to poison the queen, the group of people who said bad things about Concubine Xian behind her back are now licking their faces and saying good things about Concubine Xian everywhere.

"I know that how could a person who is reluctant to step on an ant on weekdays poison the queen?"

"You don't think that's what you said before, do you? Didn't you say that Concubine Xian's kindness was pretended? ”

"When did I say such a thing, I have always believed that Concubine Xian is a human being."

……

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Murong Xuancheng thought quietly, after Murong Fu's affairs, he felt that he was already old, and many things were beyond his strength, and it was time to establish a candidate for the crown prince.

After summoning a few courtiers, Murong Xuancheng told them: "I want to establish Murong Qian, the king of An, as the crown prince, what do you think?" ”

Chu Yuntian, His Majesty's party, was the first to speak, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King An is brave, resourceful, and courageous. The minister believes that His Royal Highness King An can take on this great responsibility. ”

The official department was originally from Murong Qian's faction, so he naturally hoped that Murong Qian could be the crown prince, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that His Royal Highness King An can take on this great responsibility. ”

Seeing that Chu Da's expression was a little wrong, Murong Xuancheng looked at him, "What, does Chu Aiqing think it's inappropriate?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Minister... I also think that His Royal Highness King An is the most suitable. ”

Chu Da was a little anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything against it, Murong Zhan was not in the capital at this time, so he could only wait to send a message to him and ask him to return to Beijing quickly.

……

After listening to Huayang's narration, Murong Zhan let out a breath of turbidity, but he didn't expect that so many things had happened since he had only been away from Beijing for more than a month.

"Are you sure he's really going to be crowned prince?"

"My subordinates have confirmed that Your Majesty called the ministers to discuss that day, and Lord Chu was also present, and this matter is absolutely true."

"Okay, I see, you go down first."

"Your Highness, there is one more thing. After you left, Hua Nan followed the saint again and found that she was in and out of the general's mansion very frequently. ”

"What did you say?!"