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When the first rays of sunlight shone on the city walls, many people had already gathered at the city gates.

The news that King An returned to Beijing with Princess An had already spread.

There was already a lot of talk at the gates of the city.

"Didn't you say that King An was demoted to guard the imperial mausoleum? Why did you come back after just over half a year? ”

"Oh, a few days ago, didn't I hear at the queen's funeral that many ministers were poisoned? It is said that it was the mastermind behind King An. ”

"Really? Then King An is too vicious, right? So many ministers! ”

"Oh, who knows, the matter of the heavenly nobles is the most complicated, who knows what's going on behind it?"

Someone answered, "You guys, everything you know is the past, yesterday I heard my cousin who was on an errand in Shangshu Mansion say that King An returned to Beijing this time, and he came back from a dream entrusted by the emperor, saying that a major event will happen in the capital, which will affect Sheji, let King An come back." ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around them were amazed and frightened.

"What's the big deal?"

"Ah, it can't be some kind of disaster, right?"

"Or do you want to fight? It's been more than a decade since there has been a war. ”

Qi Chenjing and Kang Yan sat in the car, listening to the discussions outside, and the two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw firmness in each other's eyes.

There is a tough battle to be fought today, and she has quietly invited Su Yuhuan to the house last night and asked Su Yuhuan to help take care of Brother Tan.

"Don't go head-to-head with the emperor, the most important thing is to protect yourself." Qi Chenjing explained to Kang Yan in a deep voice.

At this time, the most taboo is not being able to hold your breath.

Kang Yeon understood, "Don't worry, I know how to do it!" But you, can you be sure to convince Master Zongzheng? ”

Qi Chenjing pondered for a moment and nodded, "There shouldn't be any big problem, it's just a matter of time, and the things that should be prepared, Ren Shinian almost prepared them last night." ”

In the second half of last night, Ren Shinian reported that the plan to lure the snake out of the hole had succeeded.

It depends on whether Master Zongzheng has the courage or not.

"You try to procrastinate as long as you can, and the longer you delay, the better it will be for us."

Kang Yeon had a plan in her heart.

The carriage moved slowly in the sound of the people's discussions, and turned a street to the Heavenly Street, and the people could not go to the Heavenly Street, so only the eagle guards escorted the carriage and walked over, and Qi Chenjing got off quietly at the end of the street.

Master Somasa's Mansion was the closest to here, and he would be able to walk over it quickly.

Kang Yeon sat in the carriage and took a deep breath and straightened her posture.

The carriage stopped at the palace gate.

Kang Yeon lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

The eunuch who led the way saw that Kang Yan was the only one, and his face changed slightly, "Princess An? Why are you alone? What about King An? ”

Kang Yan curled the corners of her mouth, "The emperor allowed our couple to enter the palace to plead, naturally we must be fully prepared, our prince still has two important physical evidence to prepare, come later, please take the palace to Changning Hall first." ”

Changning Hall is the place where the emperor went to the court to discuss the matter.

The face of the leading eunuch was a little embarrassed.

The order given to him by Gonggong Ding was to lead King An into the palace here, but now King An is not here, but Princess An is coming, should he lead the way?

glanced behind him, and the little eunuch trotted all the way to the Changning Palace.

The eunuch who led the way smiled at Kang Yan, "The emperor is gracious, King Xu An entered the palace to defend himself, and the instructions we received were to lead King An into the palace, and there was no instruction to lead the princess into the palace, and I asked the princess not to blame our family." ”

He said words of pleading, but there was no apology on his face.

Kang Yan didn't care, she didn't care about the embarrassment of a little eunuch.

"What does my father-in-law mean by this? The emperor allowed our prince to enter the palace to defend himself, would he not hope that the prince would say that he was innocent with his mouth, and the emperor would believe it? ”

Kang Yan slowly sorted out her light red embroidered plum blossoms, glanced at the little eunuch in a light tone, and her face sank suddenly.

"Or is this entering the palace just a pretense? The emperor has no intention of letting our prince prove his innocence at all? ”

The leading eunuch's face froze.

"What does the princess mean by this? Our family just said that they didn't dare to make their own decisions and lead the way for the princess, how could the princess be able to buckle such a big hat for our family? ”

The eunuch who led the way pretended to be aggrieved.

Kang Yan sneered, "It's good that the emperor doesn't mean this, you go to ask the emperor, just say the words of this palace, if the emperor really makes our prince defend himself, there must be human and physical evidence, this palace is one of the human witnesses, is the emperor not allowed people to enter the palace?" ”

The last sentence could no longer hide the sarcasm in the words.

The leading eunuch secretly complained in his heart.

Kang Yan suddenly raised her voice, "Go and ask the emperor, the palace is waiting." ”

The leading eunuch subconsciously bowed down and replied, "Yes." ”

King An did not enter the palace, but the news that Princess An had come had reached the Changning Palace.

Ding Gang waved away the little eunuch who passed the message, walked in and quietly informed the emperor of the matter.

The emperor frowned, "What about Qi Chenjing?" Isn't it for your people to keep an eye on it? ”

Ding Gang replied quietly: "Just now, the shadow guard passed the word, saying that he went to Lord Zongzheng's mansion. ”

Going to Zongzheng Mansion?

The emperor's brows were tightly locked, "What the hell is he trying to do?" Where to go to Zongzheng and what to do? ”

Ding Gang was also puzzled.

The emperor pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let the eagle guard keep an eye on him and see what he is doing?" If there is any abnormality, he must be stopped outside the palace,"

The emperor made a killing move.

"If it's okay, let him enter the palace, but you have to keep an eye on the people and physical evidence brought into the palace."

For this day, he has been preparing for more than three months, and he will not allow any accidents today.

The gloomy expression on the emperor's face touched the ministers standing below, and he restrained a little, and ordered angrily, "Let Princess An come in." ”

When Kang Yeon was allowed to enter the palace, Qi Chenjing and Master Zongzheng sat face to face.

Zong Zheng's eyebrows were lowered, and his face was expressionless, "Could it be that this is also what the emperor entrusted to you in a dream?" ”

There was a hint of irony in the words.

Qi Chenjing did not have embarrassment on his face.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, the so-called emperor's dream is just a means for me to protect myself, if not, I'm afraid my corpse is already cold at this moment."

Seeing Qi Chenjing talking so frankly about the excuses he made.

Zong Zheng glanced up at Qi Chenjing.

A hint of surprise flashed in his already somewhat cloudy eyes.

Then he lowered his head and fell silent, and the muscles on his wrinkled face couldn't help but twitch twice.

The sharp-eyed Qi Chenjing naturally did not let go.

Zongzheng is already very old, almost seventy years old.

According to the backup, he should be Qi Chenjing's uncle.

He is the same generation as the first emperor, and in his early years, he followed Taizu around to fight the world, and when Taizu ascended the throne, there were not many Qi clansmen left.

Thinking of his merits in following the battles everywhere, Taizu made him Zongzheng, in charge of the royal family tree, the descendants of the jade, the royal sacrifice and other affairs.

He was more than ten years older than the emperor, and he took good care of the emperor when he was young, and the emperor regarded him as his own brother after he ascended the throne.

It can be said that this old Zongzheng still has a lot of weight in the Qi royal family.

It's just that after the emperor ascended the throne, he was mediocre to him, and slowly, in the past few years, unless there is a major festival, he has rarely appeared in front of people.

"Speaking of which, you are also my uncle, in front of you, I will not hide what I say, the so-called groundless, I was only suspicious at first, and I will send someone to investigate, I have never been a person who talks nonsense, if there is no solid evidence in my hand, I dare not come to you."

The corners of Zongzheng's mouth twitched again, showing that he was fighting fiercely in his heart.

"You think, if there is such a secret behind it, why do the emperor and the queen mother have to put me to death, I am a prince who grew up in the people, and the threat to the throne is not so great!"

Zong Zheng sighed, and said after a moment: "This matter is too big, I have to think about it." ”

What Qi Chenjing said was too important, and he didn't dare to make a rash decision.

At his age, there really isn't much to ask for, but he can't help but think about his children and grandchildren.

We can't let our children and grandchildren be ruined by one of their own decisions.

So be careful!

Qi Chenjing lowered his eyes, hiding the anxiety in his eyes, pondering what Zong Zheng was thinking about in his heart.

After a while, he opened his eyes again and looked at Zong Zheng, "My nephew believes that you are a fair person, and he must not want the country that our Qi clan has worked hard to build into the hands of outsiders, this country is our Qi ancestor in exchange for blood, if it is because of a woman's conspiracy, let Jiang Shan change his surname, Taizu Quanxia knows, I am afraid that we will also be angry with our Qi family descendants for being incompetent." ”

Thinking of Emperor Taizu, Zong Zheng's face finally had a trace of waves.

"Uncle, do you think, the emperor is probably not completely aware of his background now, if one day he knows the whole story, will he purge the Qi clan royal family? When the time comes, all of us in the Qi Clan will not be able to escape. ”

Zongzheng's complexion changed drastically, and his hand on the table also shook a little.

Qi Chenjing paused, looked directly at Zong Zheng, and said sincerely: "Of course, let my uncle take the adventure with my nephew, and my nephew will not put your family in danger, I will let Eagle Guard properly settle your family, if one day......... will definitely live up to the uncle's kindness. ”

This sentence can be said to hit Zongzheng's soft underbelly.

He had always been worried about his children and grandchildren.

Now that Qi Chenjing promised to let the Eagle Guard protect his family, and hinted at treating them favorably after the matter was completed, what else did he have to hesitate about.

patted the table and made a decision, "Okay, I'll go into the palace with you!" ”

In the palace, Kang Yan was bowing to the emperor.

The emperor snorted, "There is such a big thing in the palace, so many ministers have ordered their wives to be poisoned, my heart hurts!" But I hired Brother Nian to know, and King Zhun An pleaded his own case, but he was good, I waited here with so many ministers, he was good, he didn't come, let you and a woman enter the palace, is he playing tricks? Do you know that you are resisting the decree and deceiving the king? ”

You want to charge such a big crime when you come up? Scare her?

Kang Yan lowered her head and kowtowed, with a coldness that could not be concealed at the corner of her mouth.

The emperor made it clear that he wanted to suppress her with his identity at the beginning, and she knelt here for a while, and he didn't tell her to get up.

At the same time, it is also inciting the anger of the ministers.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor's words fell, some ministers began to mumble.

"It can't be that I'm afraid to enter the palace, right?"

"Who knows? Such a big thing, I must be afraid, this is to send the princess in to confess, right? ”

………………

Kang Yan turned her head and swept the courtiers who were muttering quietly, secretly remembering their appearances, before turning to the emperor and saying: "Please listen to the courtiers, King An is not afraid, but there are still two pieces of physical evidence outside the palace, which need to be prepared by King An himself, and the courtiers did not come to defend King An when they entered the palace this time." ”

Didn't you come to defend King An?

What is that for?

Not to mention that the ministers in the palace are confused, even the emperor is a little confused.

"Didn't you come to defend King An? So what are you here for? ”

"The courtiers are in the name of a flower keeper to talk about the way to raise flowers for the emperor, and the courtiers don't mention King An today, but only talk about flowers."

Say flowers? He used flowers to involve Qi Chenjing, and Kang Yan said that the flowers didn't want to exonerate Qi Chenjing.

"The courtiers don't want to defend anything, they just want to tell everyone how this poisonous flower was cultivated!"

How is the poisonous flower cultivated?

The emperor snorted coldly, "I don't have time to listen to you idle here. ”

"Courtiers never talk nonsense, since the emperor is unwilling to listen to the courtiers say how the poisonous flower is cultivated, then the courtiers only have one sentence, the flowers placed at the queen's funeral are not my Kang family, please the emperor return our Kang family's innocence and release my younger brother Kang Shaofan."

Before she could finish speaking, a noise rang out in the hall.

The ministers exploded like a pot.

"You said it wasn't the Kang family, didn't you?"

"Everyone in Daliang knows that Hewanglan and Yipinguan were raised by the Kang family, and the flowers in the palace are all tributed by the Kang family, do you want to deny it now?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister feels unwell because of poisoning, and the doctor said that it hurt his vitality, so you have to be the master of the old minister!"

"The minister's eldest son is still bedridden, please have mercy on the emperor!"

"The ladies in the minister's family are all sick, and the house is now in a mess, and the poor minister is worried about the emperor's center........."

………………

Looking at the uproar, the ministers were boiling, and some of the ministers had rushed to Kang Yan because of their excitement, and the emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair hooked the corners of his mouth with satisfaction.

Kang Yan suddenly got up and faced the ministers, with an awe-inspiring chill on her face.

She took a deep breath and suddenly shouted loudly: "What a group of arrogant ministers! This is your heartfelt devotion to the emperor! It's ridiculous! ”

Kang Yeon's voice was high-pitched and high-pitched, piercing through the noisy voices of the ministers and entering their eardrums.

Be proud!

That's not a good word!

The hall that was as noisy as a vegetable market just now suddenly fell silent!

"What nonsense is Princess Ann talking about?" After a brief silence, a high-ranking minister reacted and took the lead in denouncing Kang Yeon.

Kang Yan glanced at him and sneered: "Isn't it?" You are all heartfelt to the emperor, and you have made all kinds of merits to persecute the emperor in this hall, asking the emperor to convict his only brother, and not even give King An a chance to defend himself? ”

"Isn't it your duty to be loyal and to be a courtier?"

"There are still many doubts in the matter that have not yet been clarified, so you let the emperor call the shots, this is to persecute the emperor!"

"Forcing the emperor to kill his own brother and leaving the emperor with a stigma in history, this is your loyalty? It's ridiculous! (To be continued.) )