The emperor received the prince's request to depose him, and immediately sent someone to call both the queen and the prince to the Zichen Palace. Since returning to the capital three years ago, there have been constant conflicts between the queen and the crown prince, often making the emperor upset, and sometimes even thinking that it is better to simply pass the throne to the crown prince like his father, and it is just a matter of being the emperor who has been at ease for a few years. In the past six months, the queen has just reconciled with the prince because of the loss of her own son, but unexpectedly there was a rebellion case in the palace. It seems that a new round of fighting is about to begin.

The crown prince asked for his own deposition, seemingly taking the initiative to avoid angering the empress, in order to protect himself, but in fact, he directly forced the emperor to a situation where there was no way to retreat. Once the crown prince is deposed because of this matter, not only will the palace not restore peace, but it will cause greater turmoil due to the vacancy of the storage seat, and for the imperial court that has not yet put down the rebellion, it is really unbearable to toss such a toss; If the prince's request is rejected, after all, the main culprit is in the East Palace, I am afraid that the queen will not be able to give up, and if the open dispute fails, it will inevitably turn to the secret fight, and if it goes on like this, it will be almost impossible for him to live a comfortable and peaceful life for a few years.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more annoyed he became, only to feel dizzy, unsteady in his sitting, and almost rolled off the dragon seat. The palace maid eunuch on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help, but he stopped him with gestures, he tried to suppress the boredom in his heart, and waited for the arrival of the pair of enemies around him.

In fact, as early as the beginning of Yin, the queen received a report from Yang Quanyi, and the reason why she did not speak for a long time was to see if the prince would really give up his position to avoid disaster. After receiving the summons from the emperor, the empress was both a little unexpected, and felt a trace of inexplicable fear that the crown prince acted so decisively.

When she rushed to Zichen Hall with Yang Quanyi, the prince and Li Jinzhong had already arrived first, Li Jinzhong was kneeling in front of the emperor and begging for punishment, and the prince was standing aside with a solemn face. When the emperor saw the empress coming in, he waved his hand at Li Jinzhong and said, "Your matter will be discussed later, and you should retreat outside the palace and wait." After Li and Yang obeyed the order and withdrew, the emperor pointed to the prince's copy of the book and said to the queen: "The prince begged to be deposed for the assassination of the palace concubine Wang. Although the storage position is abolished, although it belongs to the country, it is also my family matter, so I sent someone to call you, and the family will discuss it first. ”

The queen didn't answer, but smiled at the prince and asked, "My granddaughter will be full moon in a few days." A few days ago, I also discussed with your father the emperor that I wanted Jin Jing's family to be the prince's side concubine, and I thought that Wanrong is also a person with a body, so it is better to wait for her to give birth and the two of them will be promoted together, which seems fairer. What do you say, Prince? ”

At this moment, the prince pretended to be deposed with a belly, and was pulled by the queen's few common words, so he couldn't be tense anymore, and bowed down and replied: "Thanks to the love of the queen mother, there is a great rebel in the son's palace, and there is no shame to talk about rewards." ”

Only then did the queen ask: "Why did the prince accept it on behalf of others and ask for his own deposition in the last chapter?" ”

Seeing that she suddenly turned to the topic, the prince fell to the ground with a "plop" and said in a choked voice: "It's not that the son wants to take it on behalf of others, but the son is really unconscious, and he has repeatedly done crazy things, and his virtue is weak, so that this crazy demon is born among the concubines, and it is really not appropriate to occupy the position of the prince again." I implore my father to choose another virtuous person to stand up, and the son only wants to be filial piety in front of his father, and his life's wish is enough. ”

The queen's face sank, and she turned her head and asked the emperor: "Concubine, may I ask the emperor, what kind of grudge does a low-ranking palace concubine beside the prince of the Wang family have with the concubine and the prince, and he wants to act like this at the risk of being exterminated by the three clans?" ”

The Emperor didn't understand why she asked, so he shook his head in confusion.

The queen then asked the prince: "The deceased man trusts dreams to others and teaches others to do evil, does the prince believe that this is really the case?" ”

The prince replied simply: "Even if my son is stupid, he does not believe that such a thing can happen in the world. ”

The queen couldn't help but be a little excited, she stood up, walked in front of the emperor, looked directly at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, since the Wang family's confession of the dead man's dream is purely a fabrication of her cunning, and she has no selfish grudges with the concubines and the crown prince, then, can you tell me, is there a master behind her?" ”

The emperor thought that she was going to hold on to the East Palace, chasing and beating hard, but the queen's words changed suddenly: "The matter has not yet been investigated, and the real culprit has not yet appeared, so the prince hurriedly went to the chapter to resign, isn't this going to be accepted on behalf of others?" Can't the prince trust the emperor and the palace? ”

The weight of her words was so heavy that the prince couldn't raise his head.

The emperor didn't seem to approve of the deposing of the crown prince when he heard the empress's intentions, and hurriedly asked: "Since the crown prince has received it on behalf of others, how should this matter be handled according to the empress's opinion?" ”

The empress bowed to the emperor and said with a smile: "What the concubine wants to say has already been said. The concubine is still looking forward to drinking her granddaughter's full moon wine. ”

The emperor laughed heartily, said yes in a loud voice, picked up the prince's recital, threw it at the prince, and pretended to reprimand: "No, Xiaozi, I will be angry with this for the New Year." If you do this again in the future, I will really destroy you. ”

The prince couldn't say anything after holding back his stomach, so he lay on the ground and kowtowed again and again: "The son is not filial, I beg my father to allow my son to think about it behind closed doors, and the son is really unable to bear the investigation of the case." ”

The Emperor looked at the Empress with an inquiring eye. The queen pretended not to see it, lowered her head and played with the jade Ruyi in her palm, without saying a word. As if he suddenly remembered something, the emperor instructed left and right: "Tell Li Jinzhong to come in." ”

Li Jinzhong walked into the hall, looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall, and understood five or six points in his heart, and he didn't say anything more after he gave the salute, just waiting for the emperor's will.

At this time, the queen spoke before the emperor: "The palace has ordered people to inspect the people entering and leaving the East Palace from today, and if there is no one in charge, you might as well bother Gonggong Li." The errand of the Ministry of Internal Service was temporarily handed over to Yang Quanyi, and he was rewarded with the title of deputy eunuch, the emperor saw it, is this good? ”

The emperor swallowed his saliva, and had to respond: "The affairs in the palace, the queen is the queen." ”