Chapter 721: The Man Behind the Scenes
"Chen Shubao, look at your appearance, where do you look like the prince of a country? As a prince, he is idle all day long, not doing his job, but fighting with ** for a woman, what kind of system is it? ! ”
At this time, Chen Shubao was disheveled, his clothes were disheveled, and the corners of his eyes were even a little blue, full of the appearance of a gangster after a fight, where is the majesty of the prince of a country, which makes Chen Ji more and more angry and disappointed the more he looks at it.
"What kind of woman is it that makes you so obsessed that you lose your mind and don't care about the overall situation, I want to see it!" Chen Ji snorted coldly and shouted loudly: "Come on, bring that woman and the people who injured the envoys of the Zhou Kingdom!" ”
With Chen Ji's order, it didn't take long for the chaotic footsteps to sound from outside the hall, and then I saw a woman in white with her head bowed and a middle-aged man in green clothes entering the hall under the escort of a group of warriors.
"Get on your knees!"
Under the samurai's rough pushing, the woman in white and the old man in green suddenly fell to their knees, and the former couldn't help but let out a low cry, his voice was as crisp and pleasant as a pearl.
Chen Shuling couldn't help but sigh softly, for some reason, this woman's figure looked familiar to him, and her voice sounded quite familiar.
Chen Ji looked at the two kneeling in the hall majestically with a straight face, and his cold voice was full of anger: "What a, raise your head and let me see what you are capable of, so that the prince is so fascinated and carried away!" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Answering a little timidly, the woman in white slowly raised her head, revealing her pretty face hidden under her hair.
The woman in white has delicate and flawless facial features, her skin is as white and delicate as cream, and her posture is slender and slender.
"Snow Lotus—"
When he saw the face of the woman in white, Chen Shuling's eyes suddenly widened in shock, and he couldn't help but let out a low breath. How did Xue Lian go to the Prince's East Palace, is she really Xue Lian?
Chen Ji was also stunned when he saw the face of the woman in white clearly, but he only woke up in an instant, and sneered: "It has a foxy face, no wonder it can turn everyone upside down!" If the evil is caused by you, it will end with you. From now on, you are the slave of Li Yuan, the envoy of the Zhou State, and life and death are up to him! ”
"Wait!" Chen Ji's voice fell, Chen Shubao suddenly raised his head, and said dissatisfiedly: "Father, Snow Lotus is originally a son of the minister, Li Yuan does not know how to be respectful and inferior, his words and deeds are insignificant, and he has repeatedly spoken disrespectfully to his son, he despises our country so much, and his father does not drive him out of Jiankang, but now why is Snow Lotus rewarded him, doesn't this make people think that I am afraid of him Zhou Guo?" ”
"Shut up!" Chen Ji was furious and scolded: "You don't know anything, even if the Zhou people are rude first, you are very clear, who let you do it without permission?" Now the soldiers of the State of Qi are strong and strong, and they are the great enemies of our country, and the envoys of the State of Zhou are here to discuss the plan to defeat the Great Plan of Qi, for the sake of a woman, if we make us have a bad relationship with the State of Zhou, you are truly unforgivable! ”
Without waiting for Chen Shubao to argue, Chen Ji shouted angrily: "Ling'er, send this woman to the envoy of the Zhou State, and then ask the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat his injuries!" ”
"Lord Wang, I'm Snow Lotus, save me!" Just when Chen Shuling was still a little stunned, the woman in white suddenly looked at him, pear blossoms brought rain, and cried sadly.
Hearing this, both Chen Ji and Chen Shubao were stunned, and looked at Chen Shuling with wide eyes, Chen Shubao frowned even more, and said worriedly: "Xuelian, what's wrong with you?" ”
However, Xue Lian didn't look at him, she looked at Chen Shuling with hazy teary eyes, and cried bitterly: "Lord Wang, you let Xue Lian do all the Snow Lotus, I just want to accompany the Lord Wang, guard the Lord Wang, I don't want to wait for Li Yuan's pervert, Lord Wang, please save me, don't abandon Snow Lotus, Lord Wang-"
At this time, Snow Lotus was pitiful, and her sad and helpless words made people feel even more compassionate.
"Ling'er, what the hell is going on?" Chen Ji's brows were furrowed, like a monk in the second zhang, his eyes flashed, and he looked coldly at Chen Shuling, who was a little dazed.
"Erchen doesn't know."
"Don't know?" Chen Shuling was very dissatisfied with Chen Shuling's answer, his voice couldn't help but rise a little, his face sank like water, and he looked at Xue Lian majestically and said: "Wu Na woman, don't cry again, how quickly and truthfully the matter is brought in, if there is half a sentence of prevarication and deception, I will definitely cut you with a thousand knives and punish you nine clans!" ”
A touch of horror flashed on Xue Lian's face, her crying stopped abruptly, and she glanced at Chen Shuling with some grievances and help, and then she resignedly said: "Back to the emperor, the little woman's name is Xue Lian, who was originally the favorite concubine of King Shixing, and ten days ago she was ordered by the prince to enter the prince's East Palace. ”
"You talk nonsense!" Before Xue Lian finished speaking, Chen Shuling roared angrily: "When did this king let you do this? What is the origin of you, this woman, why do you want to slander this king, tell the truth quickly, otherwise this king will call you life worse than death now! ”
Chen Shubao Huo Ran got up, looked at Chen Shuling with anger on his face, and said coldly: "Good brother, my brother thinks that he has no place to offend you, but why do you want to frame me like this?" ”
"Brother Prince's brother misunderstood, I don't know this woman at all, so where to start with the frame-up? Could it be that some young man with ulterior motives wants to provoke the relationship between you and me, so he deliberately designed to frame him? Chen Shuling argued, glared at Xue Lian angrily, and reprimanded: "Bold thief, don't you tell me your origin quickly, and the people behind the scenes, do you really want this king to be punished?" ”
Hearing this, Xuelian shook all over her body, and the whole person collapsed to the ground as if she had lost her soul, looking at Chen Shuling with gloomy eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Wang, how can you be so ruthless, even if you don't want Xuelian to be your queen, why should you abandon it?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked, especially Chen Shubao was even more furious, and roared loudly: "Chen Shuling, I can't imagine that you are so despicable and insidious, harboring evil intentions, and trying to plot the throne!" No wonder the rebellious Sima Fu has never been able to calm down, but you can easily annihilate it, I'm afraid that the so-called traitor is yourself! ”
"You don't want to spew blood!" Chen Shuling was shocked and angry, and his heart was even more panicked, he stared at Chen Shubao with red eyes and said: "I don't know this woman at all, but she has to frame me, I'm afraid she was instructed by you!" As the crown prince, you are mediocre and think that I threaten your power, and it is understandable that you will come up with such a poisonous plan! ”
"Joke! As the crown prince, this palace inherits the throne justifiably, how can he be afraid of you? Chen Shubao sneered, snorted coldly disdainfully, and then said to Chen Ji: "Father, Chen Shuling framed the prince, and the intention of rebellion is clearly revealed, and I hope that my father will order severe punishment to correct the dynasty!" ”
"Father, the son has a clear conscience in asking himself, and I hope that my father will be clear!" Chen Shuling was so angry that he could only ask Chen Ji for help.
Chen Ji's face was extremely ugly, his breathing was disordered and heavy, the muscles at the corners of his eyes were beating wildly, his eyes were round, and his gaze was frighteningly cold.
"Chen Shuling, I ask you, do you really not know this woman?" Chen Ji's voice was very low, but anyone could hear the irrepressible anger in it.
Chen Shuling swallowed his saliva, his eyes were slightly evasive, and he said in a low voice: "Erchen doesn't know." ”
Chen Ji asked Xue Lian again: "Xue Lian, are you really the concubine of King Shixing?" ”
"Back to the emperor, Snow Lotus was originally the singer of Xiangzhou Lichun* Garden, but thanks to His Royal Highness King Shixing's mercy, I was able to get out of the sea of suffering."
With just this sentence, all of Chen Shuling's arguments seemed pale and weak, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became depressed, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and stare at it, not daring to make a single sound.
Chen Ji closed his eyes in some pain and disappointment, and only opened his eyes again after a long time, and his cold eyes looked at Chen Shuling condescendingly and said, "Ling'er, you have disappointed me too much!" Someone-"
"No, Father!" Chen Shuling suddenly fell to his knees in a hurry, quickly crawled in front of Chen Ji, hugged Chen Ji's legs, and cried in fear and eagerly: "Father, the son admits to knowing this woman, but the son dares to swear on the same day, and will never instruct her to harm His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
Looking at the sincerity and pleading on Chen Shuling's face, Chen Ji's face couldn't help but ease slightly, frowning and falling into deep thought. Judging from the complexion, what Chen Shuling said is true, so why did this Snow Lotus frame her kind Chen Shuling, could it be that all this has been planned for a long time, and the instigator behind it is Chen Shubao.
Thinking of this, Chen Ji couldn't help but look at Chen Shubao, the latter's face was still angry, and there was no schadenfreude in his expression, which made Chen Ji even more puzzled.
"Whew-"
At this moment, a deep voice sounded, and then several exclamations were heard from the palace: "Protect the emperor!" ”
Chen Ji was shocked in his heart and was about to dodge, but his legs were hugged by Chen Shuling, and when he struggled, a black light had pierced his chest in his horrified gaze.
"Uh-huh!"
"Father, what's wrong with you?" Chen Shuling was shocked, looked at Chen Ji with a painful face and asked.
"Lord Wang, those who achieve great things must be ruthless and decisive, today the matter has come to this, we can't wait to be killed!" At this moment, a cold voice sounded, and I saw that the middle-aged man in Tsing Yi who appeared with Snow Lotus had arrived behind him at some point, holding a silver hairpin in his hand, and stabbed Chen Ji fiercely.
"Poof!"
Before Chen Shuling could make a move, the silver hairpin pierced into Chen Ji's chest, and suddenly a red blood arrow spurted out and sprinkled on Chen Shuling's face, making his chaotic brain suddenly sober up.
"Uncle Chen assassinated the emperor, committed rebellion, the crime is extremely heinous, the guards quickly kill him on the spot!" At this moment, Chen Shubao suddenly shouted loudly, and the warriors in the hall were stunned, and then shouted and rushed towards Chen Shuling.
"You, you-" Chen Ji covered his chest with one hand, and pointed at Chen Shubao behind the crowd with the other, his face was full of pain and anger, his mouth grew up, and he collapsed in anger before he finished speaking, but his eyes were wide.
He finally knew that it was not Chen Shuling who killed him but Chen Shubao, but as the crown prince, why did he do this, Chen Ji didn't understand until he died.