Chapter 54: The Eccentric Emperor

I was a little confused for a moment, could it ...... Could it be that there is a mole in my house?

But on weekdays, there are only three people in my house: Jin Yu, Yin Huan, and Du's mother.

The rest of the maids are all outside.

Is it possible, then...... Who is this mole?

My heart sank, I felt very sad, but I was also very scared. After Zhao Rongxian was arrested in his previous life, he would be half dead when he came back......

I don't know where I got the courage, I suddenly stood in front of Zhao Rongxian, and shouted at the emperor loudly, "Father, the prince didn't assassinate the prince, someone framed him!" ”

"What do you mean? You mean the queen framed the fourth, right? You, a girl from a businessman, really don't know how thick the sky is! "The emperor was worried about the crown prince at the moment, and when he heard me say this, he became even more annoyed, and he raised his foot and wanted to kick me.

Zhao Rongxian saw that he was going to kick me, so he pulled me away, and the kick kicked him firmly.

The emperor's eyes were full of anger, he gritted his teeth and glared at Zhao Rongxian, and said in disappointment, "Fourth, I really didn't expect that you would be able to do such a fratricidal thing!" ”

"If the son says that he has not done it, will his father believe it?" Zhao Rongxian's originally calm face showed a hint of injury, and he said disappointedly, "For my father, what is my son?" You don't even want to give your sons a chance to defend yourself, so you have to take your sons away. ”

"What justification? Could it be that the queen can still use the prince's life to frame you? No matter what you do on weekdays, I can turn a blind eye. But what about you! He even sent someone to assassinate your own brother! You've disappointed me so much! Hearing Zhao Rongxian's question, the emperor became even more angry, he didn't show any mercy to Zhao Rongxian, and scolded Zhao Rongxian bitterly.

It wasn't enough to scold, so he just picked up the inkstone next to him and smashed it on Zhao Rongxian's head, with a bang.

A stream of blood instantly gushed out of Zhao Rongxian's forehead, covering half of his face.

"Take him away!" The emperor did not relent, and immediately ordered someone to take Zhao Rongxian away.

My mind was almost blank, but soon I came to my senses again, and I knew that no matter what, the emperor must not be allowed to take Zhao Rongxian away!

The emperor himself ascended to the throne by slaughtering his siblings, but the last thing he could tolerate was fratricide.

Now he is very sure that the queen will never gamble with her own son's life, so he ...... He must have thought that Zhao Rongxian sent someone to assassinate the crown prince!

The same is true in the previous life, but there is also a Jiang Cheng in the previous life to help him.

In this life...... This Jiang Cheng may not necessarily help, if Zhao Rongxian really goes in, maybe...... Maybe they'll kill them!

Although Zhao Rongxian always told me that he was a person who had lived again, he had a way to solve it.

But I also know that most of the time he is just relaxing my heart. In front of the imperial power, even if it is reborn, many things are not accurate.

It's like his cousin Yu Ruyi, just like the queen framed in advance......

The more I thought about it, the more scared I felt, and the more I thought about it, the more panicked I became.

Seeing that those guards were about to come up and take Zhao Rongxian away, my heart was even more chaotic.

I took out a handkerchief in a panic and carefully covered the wound on Zhao Rongxian's forehead.

"Your Majesty, you didn't even give the prince a chance to defend himself, did you really not count it in your heart, or did you intend to defend it!" I raised my voice, and said this to the emperor in a cold manner.

The emperor was shocked, and his face turned blue with anger, "You...... What nonsense are you talking about? ”

Am I talking nonsense?

Hehehe, Zhao Rongxian's father has always been partial to me, and I also know it. Although he is now a little estranged from Empress Wen, he still favors Empress Wen more after all, so he firmly believes that Empress Wen cannot gamble his son's life for power and profit.

also once protected Zhao Rongxian, and even in order to prevent Zhao Rongxian, the eldest son, from being murdered by Empress Wen, he deliberately made Empress Wen's son the crown prince.

But in the face of such a major event, he finally protected Empress Wen. Even if the Wen family rebelled, it made him angry for a while, but after he was angry, he still favored Queen Wen.

Zhao Rongxian does a lot of things, but whenever something happens, it will still become worthless in his eyes.

I didn't understand anything before, so when Zhao Rongxian was taken away, I wasn't as frightened as I am now. But now I know in my heart that if he went in, he would be tortured like that. So, I was scared to the extreme.

I was scared to the end, but I wasn't scared anymore.

Facing the emperor at this moment, I don't feel scared at all, I just think he is so hateful.

I stood in front of Zhao Rongxian and sneered, "Your Majesty, do you really think Erchen is talking nonsense?" Or do you really think that the prince doesn't know anything? ”

"The prince knows everything, and you know everything!"

"You know that Empress Wen taboos the status of the eldest son of the prince, you know that Empress Wen has repeatedly suppressed and framed the prince, and you even know that the birthday ceremony was deliberately framed by the queen! You also know that the prince and the queen have long been incompatible, but you will always pretend to be confused! ”

"That's right, as an emperor, you should pretend to be confused! But...... As a father! You shouldn't be confused! You should know better than anyone how the prince treats the prince, and you have condemned the prince with just a piece of white marble! Do you really think that the prince would be stupid enough to take what you have given him to buy murder? ”

I looked at the emperor coldly, word by word, "You are clear...... It's partiality! You're afraid that the East Window incident will happen and pull out the people who shouldn't be pulled! ”

"Bai Huanxi...... No more! Seeing that the emperor was already trembling with anger, Zhao Rongxian grabbed me.

But by this time, the emperor had been completely angered by me, almost annoyed.

At this moment, the room is full of guards, if the emperor doesn't let me say it, it seems that he has a weak heart, if I let me say it, it will hurt his face, in short, he will have no face anyway.

You probably want to kill me......

But I have already spoken my words, and I can't take them back.

So I fell to my knees with a puff and said loudly, "If Your Majesty is not ashamed, then please let Rong Erchen say a few more words." ”

The emperor's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but at this moment he was not as vicious as Fang Cai, because he kicked me, or did not give Zhao Rongxian a chance at all, so he confirmed his favoritism.

So the emperor, although his face was dark, finally agreed to let me continue.

I looked at the wound on Zhao Rongxian's forehead, and took the opportunity to ask the emperor again, "Before the concubine explains, can you let the prince go down and bandage it first." ”

I have already said such a thing, and the emperor naturally has to agree.

He nodded slightly, and ordered someone to find Zhao Rongxian to stay, Zhao Rongxian was reluctant to go down, but he had to go down at this time.

Seeing Zhao Rongxian leaving, the emperor lazily sat on the chair next to him, looked at me with a sneer in his eyes and said, "You say, I want to listen, what tricks can you say." ”

I pointed to the white marble bracelet in his hand and forcibly calmed myself down, "Your Majesty, you only listened to the assassin's words, and you are about to be convicted of the prince with just such a jade bracelet. But have you ever thought that the assassin could have lied, and that the jade bracelet was clearly deliberately stolen......"

"Where to start...... "In order to show his impartiality, the emperor forcibly pretended not to be angry at all, and even pretended to be magnanimous, allowing me to accuse him in public.

I know he's not really generous, and I've offended him at the moment.

However, he wants to save face, and he wants others to think that he can hold the boat in his stomach. He wants others to think that even if I'm a shrew, he's willing to listen to it.

After all, he was forced by me to listen.

I took a deep breath and tried to look as calm as I could.

I said, "Your Majesty, first of all, the ministers have already said it. Even if the prince has the intention to assassinate the prince, he can't be stupid enough to take the treasure given by His Majesty to buy the murderer. And the white marble bracelet was originally in Erchen's jewelry box, but now I don't know who stole it, and now I only need to check it, and naturally I can find out who is doing the blame. Secondly, if the prince really wants to assassinate the crown prince, he can train the dead soldiers and send his own dead soldiers to assassinate him, why do he do such loopholes. ”

"Besides, if you think that the prince is smart but is mistaken by cleverness, he deliberately does it full of loopholes, which will make you suspicious of others. You can imprison the prince in the palace, why do you have to put it in prison! This kind of framing is so obvious, if the prince has three long and two short after entering, and the truth is revealed in the coming day, but the prince has lost his life, then Your Majesty will regret it? People in the world, how should they talk about Your Majesty! ”

I kowtowed heavily on the ground, and said word by word, "Erchen's words were not intended to offend Your Majesty, but Erchen didn't want to see the prince wronged, so he deliberately said those words to stimulate Your Majesty. ”

The emperor's face was iron-blue, his face was cold and distorted, he slapped the table heavily, and said meaningfully, "The fourth child really married a good daughter-in-law......

"Okay, according to what you said, for the time being, the fourth child will be banned from the palace, and the palace will be completely blocked, and no one will be allowed to go out until this matter is revealed."

After saying that, the emperor got up and left, and when I heard the eunuchs singing and harmonizing, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment I almost collapsed on the ground.

Jin Yu hurriedly stepped forward to hold me up, and stammered, "Princess, are you okay?" Do you want to find a doctor? ”

"It's true to find a doctor for the prince to take a look...... I turned around and was about to go into the inner room to see Zhao Rongxian, but he had already come out.

After a simple treatment, he wrapped a piece of gauze on his forehead, and he didn't see the emperor when he came out, and when he heard Jin Yu say everything that had just happened, he was first surprised, and then angry, and dragged me over, and scolded me sharply, "Bai Huanxi, are you crazy?" ”

"You don't want to die? Did I let you speak? Do you know what you're doing? The more Zhao Rongxian spoke, the more excited he became, the more excited he became, and as he spoke, he hugged me into his arms and added in a low voice, "Isn't my Ah Huan the most afraid of death?" What's going on today? ”

That's right, I'm very afraid of death, and I'm even selfish.

But I'm even more afraid that Zhao Rongxian will die, I originally thought that I didn't care much about him, I originally thought that I cared about him just because of attachment.

But just now, when I saw the emperor smashing such a big piece on his head, I was terrified, too...... It's very distressing.

I raised my hand, gently wiped the remaining blood on his face, and said with a smile, "The concubine is afraid of death, but the concubine is ...... I'm even more afraid that the prince will die......"

"You...... Hate me anymore? "I didn't expect that Zhao Rongxian would ask such an inconsequential question at this time.

But I still replied to him seriously.

I shook my head, laughing so hard that I wanted to shed tears, "I hated it before, and even hated it a moment before you were injured, but just now...... Suddenly I don't hate. ”

Yes, at that moment, I suddenly realized that I didn't hate Zhao Rongxian at all.

At that moment, I was just suddenly scared, afraid that he had three longs and two shorts.

I smiled and said to him softly, "We have written off everything in the past, but if you dare to have three longs and two shorts in the future, I will hate you, and I will hate you for the rest of my life." ”

When Zhao Rongxian heard this, he didn't speak again, just hugged me tightly, and after a while, pulled me back to the inner room.

This night, despite the danger, I still slept soundly.

Because I know that if Zhao Rongxian does not enter that prison, he will not be persecuted.

He is a smart man, and as long as he is still in the palace, he has a way to reverse it.

However, the first thing we need to do to find out the real culprit is to find out the mole in my house.

In the next few days, Zhao Rongxian couldn't leave the house, and all the official documents in his hand were transferred to King Jin.

So on the second day, Zhao Rongxian checked the inside and outside of the palace.

In the end, I checked and checked, and I found Du's mother.

The people who served in my house were Mother Du, Jin Yu and Yin Huan, and that day, counting the time, Jin Yu and Yin Huan had no chance to touch the jewelry box, only Mother Du.

Thinking of this, I was a little scared for a moment.

I glanced at Zhao Rongxian, who was sitting next to me without saying a word, and stammered and asked him, "Lord Wang...... This...... This can't be Mama Du, right? Mother Du has always been loyal to me, but ...... It can't be gold and silver rings......"

I was very upset, Zhao Rongxian turned his head sideways, glanced at me shallowly, and sighed, "I don't want to be Mother Du's ...... either."

He was silent for a moment, and then said, "But yes or no, you will know if you look it up." From today on, I will let Liang Feng keep an eye on the three of them all the time. ”

I don't want to do it in my heart, but now that it's about the life and death of the entire Four Kings' Mansion, I have no other way than to investigate......

On the second day, Liang Feng talked back and forth.

As soon as he entered the study, he closed the door, Zhao Rongxian glanced at her coldly, and said in a deep voice, "I can find it." ”

Liang Feng was embarrassed, looked at me deeply, and then replied in a low voice, "Back to the prince, I found it, is it...... It's Du's mother. ”

"Du's mother ...... "I was shocked, almost unstable, although I have doubted it in the past two days, but when it is really implemented, I am still surprised."

Because...... I can't think of half a reason why Du's mother hurt me.

Zhao Rongxian saw that I was a little emotionally unstable, gently held me up, and then asked Liang Feng in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

"That's right, doesn't that Du's mother have a nephew? I don't know how the queen found out, but she actually arrested Du's mother's nephew and threatened her to let Du's mother steal some treasures that the emperor gave to our palace. This Du's mother hesitated for a long time, and was threatened again and again, and at this time she was afraid and stole the white marble bracelet......"

So...... It's really Du's mother......

My mood was suddenly very complicated, I knew that Mother Du had always been loyal to me, and I also knew that she was helpless, but in this situation, if I didn't hand her over, then ...... Zhao Rongxian's charges were confirmed.

I closed my eyes, held back my anger, and instructed Liang Feng, "Liang Feng, you go and bring Mother Du over, I will ask her in person." ”

"No need...... Liang Feng got up and was about to go out, when Zhao Rongxian suddenly stopped him.

Then he looked at me again, frowned, and said, "You are pregnant, don't toss anymore, just leave this matter to me." ”

"Lord Wang, no matter what, please spare Mother Du's life." I lowered my voice and choked up a little.

I know that it is an unforgivable sin for Du's mother to do such a thing, but I have been with her since I was a child, and to me, she is more like my relative.

But I also know that for Zhao Rongxian, she is a minion.

A minion has made a big mistake, and most of them have to pay for it.

I carefully held Zhao Rongxian's hand, and I felt a little choked, "Lord Wang, you promised me to spare Mother Du's life." I knew she was at fault, but she had no choice but to do it. If...... If it is the prince and your child are coerced, the prince may not be threatened. ”

Zhao Rongxian glanced at me shallowly, his pale face suddenly evoked a smile, held my hand, and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't let Mother Du lose her life." My lady doesn't even want her life for me, if she can't even keep a slave, what kind of husband is she? ”

I thought that Zhao Rongxian would definitely put Du's mother to death, after all, this is his consistent style of doing things.

Now he actually said that he wanted to save Du's mother for me, but I didn't expect it.

I think Zhao Rongxian may have really changed a little.

No matter what, it's best if everyone is safe.

For now, I have no choice but to trust him.

Zhao Rongxian has always been smart, but whenever he doesn't meet any cousin, he is very wise.

With this clue, the black hand behind the scenes was found out in three or two days. As expected, the last black hand was really the old lady next to the queen.

The old lady naturally refused to drag the queen into the water, so she took all the charges alone, saying that she saw Zhao Rongxian in the sky, and was worried that the position of the prince and prince would not be guaranteed, so she made an initiative and did such a wrong thing in the name of the queen.

In the end, before the emperor could know her sin, she crashed into the stone pillar of the main hall on the spot.

The head was broken and bleeding, and he died on the spot.

It's really moving.

And Du's mother was beaten by forty boards and almost lost her life.

When I went to see her, she couldn't speak, just watched me cry.

"Mother Du, it's good to know your mistakes." I glanced at her lightly and told Jin Yu to get the best doctor for her.

Jin Yu was very unwilling, she now hated Du's mother very much.

As soon as he went out, he said angrily, "Why does the princess need to ask her for a doctor, according to the slave maid, it is better to let her die!" If it weren't for her, the prince wouldn't have almost lost his life, and you, princess, wouldn't have been so frightened! I really didn't expect that this Du's mother would be able to do such a traitorous thing at her age. ”

Not to mention that she didn't think of it, even I didn't think of it.

But I'm not so angry. Probably because of understanding Du's mother's helplessness.

I shook my head lightly and smiled at Jin Yu and said, "Jin Yu, don't hate Mother Du because of this incident, Mother Du is helpless, and she already knows that she is wrong." ”

Jin Yu saw that I was defending Mother Du, and she became even more angry for a while, "Princess, why are you still protecting her!" If it weren't for her, would we be so tossed? I almost lost my life! ”

If this were the same as before, I would be as angry as Jin Yu.

But now that I've lived again, I understand it very well.

I looked up at Jin Yu and asked her with a smile, "Jin Yu, let me ask you, if someone threatens you with your brother's life and asks you to do something against your master, will you really not do it?" ”

"My brother is long gone......," Jin Yu muttered dissatisfied, and said indignantly, "Okay, princess, you will protect her, right?" Anyway, the slave will never pay attention to her again. ”

"Alright, we can finally go out today, and we will go out for a walk in a while." I patted her on the head and immediately diverted the conversation.

"Fourth brother and sister, fourth brother and sister, are you okay here......" As soon as I finished speaking, I hadn't gone out yet, but the second princess had already entered the door of the palace.

As soon as I entered, she pulled me around several times, and she was relieved to see that I was really fine.

With a worried face, he said, "Fourth brother and sister, I'm scared to death these days!" I've heard...... You scolded your father that day, my father loves face the most, I'm worried that he will kill you. I've been to the palace several times, but I've been stopped by the guards outside. It's okay now, it's okay now......"

"This queen is also a little vicious, in order to frame the fourth brother, she even has her own son." The second princess sighed, shook her head and said, "The fourth brother has nothing to do now, but I pity the prince." I was already very injured, but now that I know about it, I am so angry that I can't eat, and these days, people have lost weight several times. ”

Listening to what the second princess means, the prince knows everything?

"The second emperor sister is saying that the prince knows that the queen did this?"

"The prince is just a simple person, not stupid. He could see this at a glance. Xu is feeling guilty in his heart, these days he is making trouble not to be a prince and not to eat......" The second princess shook her head and sighed, "You don't know, even if Prime Minister Jiang's concubine goes to persuade him, it is useless." ”

So, what does the second princess mean by this, do you want me and Zhao Rongxian to go and see?

I have to say that this prince is still really loved by everyone.

However, the crown prince is not a bad person in the end, and he can't be guilty of tossing and suffering because of the queen's sin.

And...... In my previous life, this prince also pleaded for me many times, and even rescued me many times, although I am not familiar with him, but I have to deny that he is the most benevolent of several princes.

In the evening of the same day, as soon as Zhao Rongxian entered the door, I grabbed him.

"Lord, let's go to the prince's mansion tomorrow to see the prince......"