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Except for the occasional sound of candles and the sound of maids entering and exiting lightly, the room was silent and even a little depressing.

After a long time, a sigh sounded in the room, "Go to the imperial tomb?" ”

Kang Yan frowned, pondering the meaning behind Qi Chenjing's decision.

The eldest princess of Fuyun said, "It's my negligence, I just want to rescue King An, and then find a way to return his innocence, but I am not as thoughtful as he thinks, in the current situation, going to the imperial tomb is indeed a good choice." ”

Qi Chenjing is the only heir of the former emperor in addition to the eldest prince, although the queen mother and the emperor arrested him on the charge of murdering the eldest prince, they did not dare to really execute Qi Chenjing like this.

If it is because of military affairs, it will be fine, and if King An is disposed of because of the death of the eldest prince, it will inevitably make the ministers guess that the emperor has the intention to retaliate.

Even if they united many ministers, searched for all kinds of evidence to rescue Qi Chenjing, and returned him to his innocence, he was still in the capital, under the emperor's nose.

And in this situation, if you want to use a lot of power to save Qi Chenjing, it will inevitably expose the hidden power of Qi Chenjing and the hidden power of the Chen family, which will cause greater suspicion of the emperor, and will vigorously suppress the ministers who support Qi Chenjing, so that the forces secretly operated by Qi Chenjing and the Chen family will soon be dispersed.

Rather than this, it is indeed better to go out of Beijing and avoid it.

It's just that where to choose the location of this trip out of Beijing is a debatable question.

It stands to reason that Qi Chenjing is the prince, and at the beginning of the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, Emperor Taizu had regulations. Except for the crown prince, the emperor's heirs all have fiefs. The fiefdom is guarded all the year round, and no one is allowed to enter Beijing without an edict.

But it was not easy for Emperor Taizu to gain the world. In the more than ten years of war, the Qi family followed the Taizu Emperor's descendants to fight countless casualties, and when Emperor Taizu ascended the throne as the emperor, there was only the first emperor and another frail young son, the first emperor was established as the crown prince, and the young son was crowned king, but died before he reached adulthood.

When he arrived at the former emperor, he fought with Emperor Taizu in his early years, and his body was seriously injured. The heirs are even more scarce, only the current emperor and King An, and before Qi Chenjing recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, everyone thought that the former emperor only had one heir of the current emperor.

Over time, everyone gradually forgot the rules of the prince's fiefdom.

Qi Chenjing recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, but the emperor didn't know whether it was intentional or forgotten, and only sealed the prince, but did not mention the fief. Instead, he gave King An's Mansion in the capital.

Now if you go to the emperor to mention the fief, it is definitely unrealistic, without the fief, Qi Chenjing will arouse the emperor's suspicion and surveillance wherever he goes.

There is only one place that will make the emperor less wary, and that is the Imperial Tomb.

Since ancient times, the people who have been assigned to guard the imperial tomb are all people who have committed crimes in the clan or palace. If you go to the imperial mausoleum, you are not allowed to return to the capital without amnesty.

Sent to the Imperial Tomb. In the eyes of everyone, it is equivalent to being sentenced to death.

If Qi Chenjing went to guard the imperial mausoleum, he would stay away from the power struggle circle in the capital. will no longer act like the emperor under his nose, acting constrained.

And the imperial tomb is in Guangzong County, which is 300 miles away from the capital. Backed by Tiantai Mountain, the terrain in the mountain is complex, the pines and cypresses are evergreen, where, if Qi Chenjing wants to do something, it is much easier to compare.

The current Qi Chenjing should be obscure, and staying away from the circle of right and wrong in the capital is a lucky thing for him.

The eldest princess of Fuyun sighed in her heart, and admired Qi Chenjing's ability to judge the situation and make this decision decisively.

Being able to calmly observe the situation, make decisive judgments, and abandon the prosperity of the capital to go to a remote and desolate place, not everyone has this courage.

Especially Qi Chenjing, who is just in his early twenties.

He is worthy of being the descendant of Emperor Taizu.

Kang Yan also figured out Qi Chenjing's intentions, it doesn't matter to her whether she goes to the capital or the imperial tomb, in short, where Qi Chenjing is, she will go there.

"Since the prince has made this decision, I naturally support him, but, grandmother, how should I deal with tomorrow's morning?" Kang Yan thought about it carefully and said: "If you want the prince to guard the emperor's mausoleum, you can't blindly defend him, but let the emperor implement the prince's crimes, but if you don't intercede for the prince, I'm afraid that it will cause the emperor's suspicion, and the proportion in this is not easy to control." ”

If you defend Qi Chenjing too much, you will not be able to achieve the goal of demoting him to guard the imperial mausoleum, but if you don't defend Qi Chenjing, with the suspicious minds of the queen mother and the emperor, you will definitely suspect that they have other plans.

The corners of the eldest princess Fuyun's mouth curved slightly, "You don't have to worry about this, my grandmother has her own measure, and I have already asked your uncles to arrange it, my grandmother came over to tell you about King An's decision, so as not to worry about you, it's late at night, you should rest early, you are now a person with a double body, don't dare to be sloppy." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and prepared to go back.

Kang Yan got up and personally sent her to the door, and Yin Yin told the people around her to see the eldest princess Fuyun leave.

The wind lantern hanging under the porch swayed slightly, stretching Kang Yan's shadow very long.

Kang Yeon stood under the porch and didn't feel distracted.

The eldest princess Fuyun has experienced so many winds and waves, and she is well versed in the struggle for political power, and she is not worried that she will not be able to succeed tomorrow morning.

She was thinking about going to the Imperial Tomb.

Once this matter is done, the emperor will definitely not allow them to stay in the capital for longer, and will definitely order them to leave the capital immediately.

Time is in a hurry, she should also prepare as soon as possible, Qi Chenjing specially asked Meng Zihan to bring this news to her, it is definitely not as simple as just telling her.

Kang Yan thought silently in her heart for a moment, then turned around and instructed Qingmei, who was waiting beside her, "Tomorrow morning, you let Zhao Cheng enter the mansion, I have something to tell him to do, in addition, I will make a list, and tomorrow morning I will send someone to hurry up and prepare things according to the list, buy what should be purchased, and clean up what should be cleaned up." ”

Zhao Cheng is Qingmei's husband, and the couple has a small yard outside.

With that, he turned and walked into the house, time was urgent. There was still a lot of stuff to pack, and she didn't have time to sigh.

Early the next morning. When Zhao Cheng entered the mansion, there was already a fierce debate in the court.

The emperor, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, watched the ministers below fall on one side. The happiness in his heart made him laugh three times, and at the same time there was a little regret in his heart.

He had already made sufficient preparations to uproot Qi Chenjing's forces at today's court meeting, and for this reason, he and the Queen Mother had discussed a lot of countermeasures.

He even hinted at many of his henchmen and courtiers, asking them to unite everyone to participate in Qi Chenjing's book at the court meeting.

After all, Qi Chenjing's crime must be cured, but it is not enough to murder the eldest prince.

In the eyes of the ministers, the eldest prince is his son, and Qi Chenjing is his brother.

For the sake of the heirs, without regard for brotherly affection. It will seem that he, the emperor, is a little cold.

If there were other ministers who jointly wrote a letter asking for Qi Chenjing's crime to be cured, then he, the emperor, had been invited by the ministers for a long time.

He even thought that the eldest princess Fuyun and the officials of King An's faction would definitely fight on their own merits, and then he could take a good look at who was supporting King An, and then find a reason to belittle them.

As for the Chen family, although the eldest princess Fuyun is here, he can't do anything to the Chen family for the time being, but without King An, the Chen family doesn't have much hope. It's just a grasshopper after autumn, and it won't last long.

The emperor, who had already calculated well, was stunned to find that the court had become a one-sided situation during today's court meeting.

Except for the Chen family and a few straightforward imperial histories, there was no one to intercede for Qi Chenjing at all.

The ministers almost unanimously wrote the letter. demanded that King An be severely punished, and even caught a lot of Qi Chenjing's other crimes, such as robbing people's daughters. Acting arrogantly in the streets. Having a heart of disobedience, etc.

Several of these charges were made up and even the emperor felt stunned and funny.

But the ministers' reactions were fierce, shouting one after another to ask the emperor to severely punish King An. I really don't know how they made up so many charges overnight, and they all said that they had noses and eyes, and even claimed that there were witnesses and physical evidence.

Among them, the loudest ones were the ministers who walked with King An's Mansion when Qi Chenjing was first crowned king.

After experiencing the initial stunned, the emperor quickly reacted, and had a kind of contempt for these ministers in his heart.

These wall grasses, when Qi Chenjing first recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, they all stammered, wanting to get some benefits, and now seeing that Qi Chenjing has fallen, they all come to the well.

In the mouths of these people, Qi Chenjing has become a heinous person who bullies men and women.

Fortunately, none of these people have their own reuse.

If Qi Chenjing knew that he was secretly wooing these ministers, now he wished that he would die early, I don't know if he would vomit blood in anger, but unfortunately he couldn't see his expression.

Although it is a bit regrettable, the emperor's mood is still happy in general.

Especially when he saw the eldest princess Fuyun sitting in the front row with a gloomy face, the emperor's happy mood was even more obvious.

The eldest princess Fuyun is old, and she is his aunt and grandmother in terms of seniority, in order to show his kindness and respect, he specially gave the eldest princess Fuyun a seat at today's court meeting.

The quarrel in the court became louder and louder.

The emperor's eyes were lowered, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth was getting bigger and bigger.

The eldest princess Fuyun, who was sitting below, kept looking at the more noisy and fierce courtiers in the hall with an expressionless face, and she couldn't see the expression in her eyes clearly.

The upright imperial historians are still insisting that King An's murder of the eldest prince is too strange and should be thoroughly investigated.

"King An rarely enters the palace on weekdays, let alone asks about the affairs of the court and the central government, and the chamberlains who accompanied the eldest prince that day have been killed by the queen mother's cane, and there is no proof of death, how can you conclude that King An is guilty just based on the words of a palace maid who served in the imperial garden, and say that King An murdered the eldest prince, what is the motive?" Liu Yushi, who was over the age of six, had a straight beard, and his voice was hoarse.

"Motivation, such an obvious thing still needs to be said to be motivated? There is only one eldest prince under the emperor's knees, and King An naturally has a disobedient heart to murder the eldest prince. It was one of the emperor's henchmen who spoke, and he scoffed at Liu Yushi's words.

"If you really have a heart of disobedience, why don't you deal with the emperor directly, and what to do to murder the unenlightened prince?" Liu Yushi asked rhetorically.

The other party was stunned, his mouth opened, but he didn't know how to refute.

Someone immediately followed behind him, "King An has a bad intention, who knows what he thinks." If Liu Yushi wants to know, he can go to the heavenly prison and ask King An. ”

There were bursts of laughter among the ministers of the emperor's faction.

Liu Yushi's face was flushed and his neck was thick.

The quarrel in the court has reached a state of white heat.

The emperor saw that the noise was almost over, so he cleared his throat. Hiding the smile in his eyes, he spoke: "It is a fact that King An murdered the eldest prince. The ministers also listed other crimes of King An, and I only then knew that King An had done evil among the people through my favor, and although I had hurt him for harming my child, I wanted to take care of the emperor and did not want to punish King An, but now it seems that I am thinking about it, and King An has committed all kinds of crimes that harm the people, if I do not deal with them strictly. I really became a faint king. ”

There was a sad look between the words, and the image of a Ming Jun who cherished the emperor's brother and had to be severely punished for the sake of the people of the world was very well played.

"Wait." The eldest princess Fuyun, who had been sitting without saying a word, stood up, "The emperor's decision is too hasty, not to mention that King An's murder of the eldest prince is to be discussed. See if the evidence of the guilt they just said is true. ”

"Do you dare to go to Dali Temple, present the evidence you said one by one, and let Dali Temple investigate carefully, if there is no such thing. It is you who have ill intentions one by one and framed King An. The eldest princess of Fuyun turned around, and her cold eyes swept towards the courtiers of the emperor's faction.

After all, she has been tempered on the battlefield. Compared with these ministers who have been living in a comfortable nest, the eldest princess Fuyun exudes a hot and cold and ruthless aura. They couldn't help but shudder, like the feeling of being stared at by a lion.

The ministers who were stared at by the eldest princess of Fuyun subconsciously took a step back.

There is a courtier who has been supporting Qi Chenjing before. He straightened his neck and shouted: "The so-called empty is not the wind, if King An really hasn't done these things, how can so many ministers say a word?" The eldest princess of Fuyun said it nicely, outsiders who don't know that King An is your grandson-in-law, and you are really ill-intentioned to stop the emperor and the king of peace like this. ”

The minister knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor as he spoke, "Your Majesty, the evidence of King An's crime is conclusive, and the minister kneels down and asks the emperor to keep the king's guilt." ”

The eldest princess Fuyun's face turned pale and trembled, and she pointed to the courtier just now and shouted: "Okay, you prince is good, a wolf-hearted thing, it is in vain that King An ....... you on weekdays."

The minister named Wang Ziliang is the deputy commander of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division, and he sneered and glanced at the eldest princess Fuyun, "The minister is only loyal to the emperor, although King An is good friends with the minister on weekdays, but he has committed a crime, and he has a heart of disobedience to the emperor, and the minister should be loyal to the country and eradicate sinners." ”

The last trace of doubt in the emperor's heart finally disappeared.

As soon as Wang Ziliang began, the ministers who followed him also knelt down one after another, asking the emperor to dispose of King An.

The momentum suddenly overwhelmed the people on the side of the eldest princess Fuyun.

The corners of the emperor's mouth hooked up proudly, and he made a look of embarrassment, "In this case, I have to deal with King An ruthlessly, and the decree will deprive King An of his title and demote him to ........."

"Your Majesty, no, no." Liu Yushi knelt on the ground, "The reward and punishment are unknown, and the conviction is not asked, it has been the act of the faint monarch since ancient times, and there are many doubts about King An's case, how can the emperor convict King An without thinking about it, or does the emperor want to cover up, and he is afraid that King An will threaten the emperor, so he deliberately takes this opportunity to get rid of King An?" ”

Liu Yushi's words were sharp and direct, pointing out that the emperor deliberately took this opportunity to get rid of Qi Chenjing.

"Presumptuous," the emperor's face sank, and he shouted loudly.

Liu Yushi stood up, "Your Majesty, the minister is the imperial history of the first emperor, and he has done the imperial history for nearly 30 years, and he should perform the duties of the imperial history, the minister can't look at the emperor's right and wrong, the rewards and punishments are unknown, and the ministers are ashamed of the emperor, if the emperor really thinks that King An's behavior is inappropriate, he might as well punish him and depose King An to the capital, and why should he kill all the heirs of the emperor." ”

Liu Yushi's voice was poignant and full of emotion, as if he was ashamed of the emperor's entrustment.

He mentioned the emperor, and the emperor was not good at getting angry directly.

"When did I mention that I want to exterminate King An?" (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry, hurry up, I still didn't get it up before 12 o'clock!