"Your Highness is weak now, so you can't wait to stand in line, the most uncompetitive is now the one you are after! But don't forget, no matter how bad Your Highness is, you are also a prince, and your status is more noble than yours, so you can't be presumptuous in front of Your Highness! As soon as the prince's majesty came out, there were still many people who shrunk their necks.

"Your Highness, what are these words?" Wei Ping has always been sleek, and he followed the old emperor when he was a child, no matter how powerful the third prince is, can he be as powerful as the emperor?

Moreover, to put it arrogantly, even in front of several princes, he also has some face.

Duanmu looked at Wei Ping quietly.

Without the heart to compete for the reserve, he seemed to have a little more confidence in front of Wei Ping.

Wei Ping spread out his palm, palm facing up, and handed it to Duanmu Qing's face.

A delicate jade pendant was lying quietly in his palm.

"Your Highness, this jade pendant ......"

Wei Ping was really old-fashioned, and he was not taken away by Duanmu Qing, nor was he taken crookedly.

Duanmu Qing lowered his eyes and glanced at it, "This is indeed the jade pendant of His Highness, His Highness can't explain why it appeared in Ruyi's room." ”

Speaking of this, he was aggrieved.

Sure enough, Wei Ping then asked: "Your Highness, this jade pendant is so important to you, you never leave your body, even if you lose it, don't you know?" ”

How would he know?

His food, clothing, housing and transportation are all served by the people below, and he never cares about jade pendants or anything!

However, as Wei Ping said, this jade pendant is not only extremely important to him, but also to his brothers, never leaving his body, if he loses it, he will definitely find it at the first time!

So, when he met that Ruyi on the road, as soon as he heard her say that she had picked up his jade pendant, of course he took it and took a look, but he didn't expect that there was such a big pit waiting for him.

"Your Highness, it seems that this jade pendant is not so important to you." Wei Ping's yin and yang weird words, Duanmu Qing's heart was angry, but he couldn't argue.

"Father, please return the innocence of your sons!" Duanmuqing couldn't explain it clearly, so he had to ask the old emperor for help.

The old emperor did not say a word, and sat quietly in his seat.

Compared to his previous anger, the current silence made everyone's hearts even more bottomless.

Is this the calm before the storm, or the silence after the dust has settled?

"Locked up in the Zongren Mansion first."

Zongrenfu?

Everyone was taken aback.

The Zongjin Mansion is the institution that manages the affairs of the royal clan. He was in charge of the clan roster of the emperor's nine clans, compiled jade on time, and recorded the children's descendants, names, titles, birth and death times, marriages, nicknames, and burials. All the clans stated their requests, reported to the emperor on their behalf, brought in people of merit, and recorded their guilt and negligence.

Is this a severe punishment, or is it a light punishment?

Duanmu Qing did not argue.

If he only relied on a jade pendant, the testimony of several palace maids and eunuchs, and a Ruyi who died without evidence, he would be punished for his crime, it would be too child's play.

Without conclusive evidence, this is a crime that the father and the emperor cannot punish him.

Of course, Duanmu Qing also knew in his heart that as soon as today's incident happened, he was completely excluded from the candidates for the crown prince.

A prince who is easily calculated, says that he is incapable, asks about the means without means, and has no brains in terms of intelligence, why does he still compete with a few brothers?

Laughing miserably, Duanmu Qing shook off the hands of the eunuch and the internal guard, and staggered out of the main hall.

Smart people know that this point is not the end of the matter, maybe it is just the beginning, and more people will be involved in the future.

Approaching the end of the year, such a thing happened, making people panic, the beginning of the new year, will there be blood all over the ground?

Or is it that the old emperor is cleaning up the stones that stand in the way for the future prince, and several princes are reshuffling?

The old emperor did not immediately promulgate how to deal with Duanmuqing, and the top priority was to treat the empress dowager's illness.

Since we know that the Queen Mother's illness is man-made, as long as we find the cause of the disease and prescribe the right medicine, the Queen Mother will be cured.

After all, if something happens to the Queen Mother, it will really be mourned by the whole country and cause turmoil to the dynasty, which is the last thing the old emperor wants to see. Especially now that he is getting more and more powerless, it seems that it is really time to make a prince.

Wei Ping silently followed behind the old emperor, the upright figure in his impression, I don't know when, he had become old and rickety, looking at the back of the old emperor, Wei Ping thought of himself.

It's just a precaution, and he did it right.

People are not for themselves, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and he did the right thing.

"Everyone is arranged?" In the imperial study, the old emperor sat on the dragon chair tiredly, and asked with his eyes closed.

"Back to the emperor, it's all arranged." At this time, there are many mistakes, Wei Ping knows this very well, how does the emperor ask him, he answers truthfully, and the rest is not something he considers.

The group walked towards the palace in an orderly manner, different from the past, this group of people, taking the family as a unit, did not talk to each other, walked to the palace gate, and went straight to their carriage.

There is quite a posture of running away.

The fourth prince and the second prince walked at the end of the crowd, separated by more than ten meters from the people in front.

Looking at the people who fled the palace in a hurry, the fourth prince suddenly opened his mouth, "Second brother, what a skill." ”

The second prince's footsteps paused slightly, and he seemed to be startled.

However, no matter how you say it, it is also a prince, and the shelf has to be held, "Fourth brother, you seem to mean something." ”

"Second brother, I'm just emotional."

"Fourth brother, you make it clear." The second prince simply stopped.

The four princes also stopped.

"The second brother misunderstood, I just envy the second brother's mind, I can't do it, I'm a martial artist, I can't do anything except be rough."

"Fourth brother, you have something to say!" The second prince said with a smile, "You're not brainless, you're just hiding deeply." ”

The two had a dumb riddle-like conversation, and no one could understand it except for the parties themselves.

But this does not prevent the two from communicating.

"Second brother, the fourth brother has seen a lot of knowledge today, and he learned a trick from the second brother."

"Today? Your Highness doesn't understand what you're talking about. The second prince had a serious expression on his face, not like he was cheating.

The fourth prince smiled lightly, "Second brother, you can be ruthless to your younger brother, what else can't you do?" Therefore, those who achieve great things must be unkind and unkind, and cannot be bound by other things. The fourth brother can't do it, the fourth brother is too emotional, so he can only do nothing. ”

"Fourth, if you don't have conclusive evidence, you can't talk nonsense."

"Yes, the second brother is right, so the fourth brother just sighed."

The two of them chatted as if no one was around, and the eunuchs who followed them all retreated to the back in a regular manner, a few steps away from the two of them, buried their heads, and did not dare to say a word.

The second prince returned to the prince's mansion and immediately entered the study.

Soon, the little eunuch with the spirit followed in, and after a while, he trotted out, and it was in the direction of the palace!

The old emperor who got the news narrowed his eyes slightly.

"If this matter was done by the second child alone, I would look up to him a few points, but it's a pity that I actually rely on my own mother to help."

Sighing and pausing, the old emperor said as if talking to himself: "Wei Ping, you say, is this retribution?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Wei Ping was horrified.

The old emperor continued in a good mood: "Although I only have four sons, I have always believed that sons are more important than many. In addition to the eldest and fourth, the second and third have always won my heart. Especially the third child, I have fatherly feelings for him. This son, in terms of appearance, personality, and means, is very similar to when I was young. Therefore, I always thought that the prince, and even the future emperor, the third child was the only candidate and the only one. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness is just in a hurry."

"yes, he's in a hurry. I'm not dead yet, he can't wait to replace me! I know all the little gestures he makes. The reason why I turned a blind eye was to see how far he could go for that position, and to see how far he could go under his brother's watchful eye. Therefore, I acquiesce to your second brother's hands and feet. This position, it doesn't mean that if you sit on it, you will have peace of mind, and in the future, his brother will become a prince, which does not mean that they will lose that ambition. Therefore, if the third child wants to sit in my position, he must learn my skills! ”

Wei Ping trembled and did not dare to answer.

Whenever the emperor said these things, Wei Ping trembled in his heart.

He has been with the emperor for the longest time and has the most affection, but it doesn't mean that the emperor is willing to share these family affairs with him!

When the emperor comes back to his senses, who knows if he will settle accounts after the autumn?

The old emperor didn't care about Wei Ping's thoughts, hung his voice, and said: "Look at it now, my sons are nothing more than that, one by one, only a showcase!" Third? Without Cao Guifei, the third child doesn't even know how to turn the tables? All those schemes around him are-eating? In his anger, the old emperor sweared, "Where are the previous methods, those vigorous and resolute skills, and those courage to show mercy and disapproval!" ”

The anger of the old emperor, I don't know whether it is angry or sad for himself. ”

"Your Majesty, your highnesses are still young and haven't experienced strong winds and waves, if you give them a little more time, they will always grow."

The old emperor shook his head.

With this kind of petty fighting, how to grow, how to deter the courtiers, and how to contain those future princes?

"The third child relies on the mother concubine, the second child also relies on the mother concubine, the eldest and the fourth child are unreliable, so they simply don't fight for themselves, and give up directly! Coward! ”

The old emperor or the royal family, the most taboo thing is for women to participate in politics!

Whether it is an ordinary person or a famous family, women are only in charge of the affairs in the yard, and everything else is the affairs of men!

Relying on their mothers one by one, in the future, will this dynasty be their mother's concubine's or their woman's?

How could the old emperor rest assured that the imperial power would be in the hands of such a son?

The old emperor's mind is that no one knows, because the second prince is waiting for the news of his mother and Concubine Tao irritably!