The old high hanging head of the poisonous sun went straight to the top of his head, and the person who took the light couldn't open his eyes in a daze, and his pupils seemed to be covered with a layer of water vapor to blur the scenery in front of him, but it was an open field and there was no shade, and the fourth prince Su Ren covered his head with his arms, and turned around to find someone to talk to, but he didn't see a familiar one.

At the end of the first day of May, Chang'an City Nanshan Great Ci'en Temple. The sacrificial ceremony did not stop because of the chaos in the city last night, and when the light appeared, the palace sent the invitations of the people invited to the sacrificial ceremony to the palace one by one. Today, there are three areas listed in the open space in front of the Great Ci'en Temple, and the rightmost one is the Jinshi who have not yet been named official on the gold list, with about 120 people; In the center are the vassal kings and deployments stranded in Chang'an; On the left is the team of the prince and princess leading the former civil and military officials, the largest number, about 400.

In the crowd, the little prince and the little princess who were led by the female officials in the palace were the most conspicuous, jumping and chattering, and the female officials needed to work hard to maintain them in order to make them settle down a little, and the concubines were not allowed to leave the palace, and these female officials temporarily acted as the guardians of the little prince and the little princess. was really annoyed by these little ancestors, Su Ren scolded, "Little cub!" Turning his head, Su Jian, the sixth prince, stepped forward with a friendly smile.

"It's just in May, but it's more poisonous than the hot summer in June, fourth brother, but you brought ice cubes to cool off? Sixth brother, I have some sweat towels soaked in ice water here, do you want to take a piece to wipe the sweat? Su Jian wiped his head with a sweat towel, and the smile on his face was very meaningful, or it made Su Ren look very uncomfortable.

Su Ren glanced at Su Jian, his expression was slightly disdainful, everyone knew that the sixth prince was a stupid person, the two evil wives in the family were noisy and uneven all day long, he didn't have much knowledge and had no intention of doing things, and his deceased mother, Mrs. Ning, was only born as the maid of Queen Mu, as Su Ren, who was born as the queen of the main palace, naturally looked down on this sixth brother who was not even qualified to be the king.

"Sixth brother, you are really prepared, leisurely tight." Although Su Ren despised Su Jian, he still took the sweat towel he handed over. I wiped my head with a sweat towel soaked in ice water, and it was really refreshing.

Su Ren took a long breath, and said in his heart that it would be comfortable to take off this heavy official uniform and take a bath in cold water. However, the sacrificial ceremony has not yet begun, and it will not end until sunset and dusk, after the sun sets, and I can't wait.

Su Jian saw that he had spoken, and his smile was still kind: "Fourth brother, you see today's sacrificial ceremony, I don't see my father and emperor, and even the officials presiding over the Ministry of Rites don't show up, but they prefer us to dry the sun here, I'm afraid that something else will happen." ”

Su Ren was angry when he heard this, threw the sweat towel to the ground, and sneered in a contemptuous tone: "Sixth brother doesn't have to beat around the bush when he speaks, look at the people standing around here, it's not the Imperial Forest Army, it's the soldiers of the Chang'an Foreign Defense Battalion!" Now everyone knows that the third child is still leading people to resist stubbornly in the school field of the Nehua Gate Defense Division, and he has not been ordered to be beheaded for a while, who do you expect to see for a while? ”

In the team of the prince and the princess, there is no figure of the third prince Su Bi, nor the figure of the seventh prince Su Zhe, the fourth princess Su Bi and the fourth horse Chai Jin, who went to the palace yesterday to escort them, are together, and they are a little anxious in gorgeous clothes. Of course, there is one less person in the crowd, and no one cares about it on weekdays, and it is Su Yan, the Nine Emperor Princes.

Su Jian smiled meaningfully and asked, "Why don't you see Zhao Guozhang?" ”

Before dawn arrived today, the palace summoned the father of the late Queen Zhao, who was also the grandfather of the third prince Su Bi and the fourth prince Su Ren, to the palace, and has not yet come out. The emperor's intentions are obvious, and now the third prince Su Bi is committing a rebellion, and Su Bi's backer Zhao Shaoming will stay in the palace so that he will not be angry with his grandson.

"Knowingly ask!" Su Ren snorted coldly.

Su Jian didn't care about Su Ren's coldness, and said with a smile: "There is a saying, the sixth brother shouldn't say it, but it's not good not to say it now, the sixth brother just heard a news, saying that it was the mansion of Zhao Guozhang, which had been jointly raided by the Imperial Forest Army and Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Su Ren was shocked: "Is this true? ”

Su Jian said with a smile: "The sixth brother is just hearsay, the fourth brother might as well find someone to ask for clarification." ”

Su Ren was a little frightened, if it was just the third prince who committed a rebellion, it would not affect his status, but once the prince was implicated, it would be equivalent to pulling out his backer, and even if he was still the king in the future, his power in the court would be greatly reduced. The accuracy of this news was very important to him, but at this time, none of the people who sent Lu to listen to the news reported it, and it was impossible to verify the authenticity of the news.

It just so happened that Xu Han, the right minister, came over accompanied by Yang Yanqian, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the ministers he met on the road all saluted him, but today's Xu Han seemed to have eaten gunpowder, ignored people with a black face, and walked straight to the front of the hundred officials.

Su Ren wanted to ask Xu Han to verify the credibility of this news, and called "Xu Xiang!" ”

On weekdays, because of Xu Rong's relationship, Xu Han is also respectful and kind to Su Ren, but today's Xu Han doesn't even buy Su Ren's face, Xu Han followed the sound and glanced at this side, snorted coldly, and continued to listen to Yang Yanqian's report.

Even Xu Han was so cold to him, Su Ren faintly had an ominous feeling, and Su Jian on the side smiled and said: "Fourth brother doesn't have to care, Old Master Xu didn't find his son recently and was ordered by his father to think about it behind closed doors, and his temper can't help but be irritable!" Another day, his son will come to the door to apologize for his sins! ”

Su Ren felt more and more that Su Jian was a little gloating, and said coldly: "Sixth brother, you have a lot of time today, because you want the third child to lose the throne, and my father will extend this throne to you, right?" ”

Su Jian was stunned by Su Ren's bluntness, and then said with a smile on his face full of anticipation: "If that's the case...... Inherit the auspicious words of the fourth brother! ”

Su Renxin said that if the sixth child, who was strictly controlled by this wife, won the throne, there would definitely be many troublesome relatives in his territory in the future, but at this time, he wanted to confirm that the mansion of the abbot was raided, and went straight to the direction of Su Bi, the fourth princess, who was the direct participant in last night's incident.

Chai Jin's broad back was between Su Ren and Su Bi, and Su Ren grabbed Chai Jin's arm and pulled him aside, so that he was facing Su Bi head-on.

"Fourth sister, do you know the news from the Guozhang Mansion?"

Now Empress Mu's father, Mu Guozhang, has already traveled to Xianyou, and the only person in the court who can be called Guozhang is Zhao Guozhang.

Su Bi frowned, a little annoyed by Su Ren's rudeness, and stroked her husband's arm distressedly and said, "Fourth Emperor Brother, it was your father who summoned your grandfather to summon the prince into the palace, and you are angry with your father." ”

On weekdays, Su Bi speaks coldly to people, but now that Su Ren has offended his husband, he will not get a good face.

"I'm asking you, did my father order the raid of the prince's mansion?"

Su Bi smiled when she heard this, as if she was mocking without good intentions, and said with a hard mouth: "Well, the person in charge of raiding the official mansion came last night, did you check and ask them if you know the way?" ”

Su Ren looked in the direction of Su Binu's mouth, and saw Xu Xuanzhu, the commander of the daughter army, and a somewhat familiar man, leading the daughter army guards, the Imperial Forest Army, and the Jingzhao Mansion Yacha to appear behind the hundred officials, and then the group bypassed the area where the hundred officials were standing and walked in the direction of the sacrificial platform.

Su Ren wanted to step forward to interrogate, but saw the emperor's Luan driver appear, hundreds of officials knelt down to greet him, and even Su Ren had to bend down, and after Luan drove a rope, he tied a person with a rope, it was the ragged third prince Su Bi, and the seventh prince Su Zhe was covered in blood and held a long knife to protect Luan Jia's side, and the figure made Su Ren look very unpleasant. The strangest thing is that Su Yan, the Nine Emperor Princes, like a rickety monkey, is on the other side of Luan's driver, drooping his head and walking forward, listless.

"Why is Lao Jiu here?"

Su Ren glanced at Su Bi and wanted to find out the answer, but Su Bi just sneered and ignored it.

Luan stopped in front of the sacrificial platform, and the old emperor walked down Luan Yu with the help of Su Zhe and Su Yan, raised his arms and said, "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

The prince, princess, vassal king, and hundreds of civil and military officials and guards all got up, and several guards put a few wooden boxes in front of them, and when they opened them, they all saw that they were all the heads of yesterday's rebel leaders. The little prince and the little princess in front of him cried several times.

The female official hurriedly hugged these crying little princes and princesses to the back to comfort them, while the third prince Su Bi was tied directly to the stone pillar in front of the sacrificial platform with a rope by the guards, and let the sun shine.

Everyone present felt the oppressive atmosphere of today's sacrificial ceremony, there was just a rebellion yesterday, and the rebel was still the three princes who were about to be crowned kings, and the emperor was very suspicious on weekdays, and it seemed that this time there would be a disturbance in Chang'an City on this matter.

The emperor walked on the sacrificial platform, facing the civil and military officials in front of the stage, the left is the seventh prince Su Zhe and the ninth prince Su Yan, and the right is the Ministry of Rites. Xu Xuanzhu and Liu Yu stood under the sacrificial platform, also facing the civil and military officials. Liu Zhao, the head of the generals, snorted coldly when he saw Liu Yu, and his expression was quite dissatisfied.

The old emperor sighed: "Today is the day of worshipping the heavens, but since yesterday, Chang'an has been full of chaos, and I am very tired. Xu Xiang, today's letter to heaven will be read by you on my behalf. ”

It is a great honor to be able to read the proclamation of the sacrifice to the heavens on behalf of the emperor, Xu Han walked up to the altar under the envious and jealous gaze of everyone, took the proclamation handed over by the Ministry of Rites, and after opening it, he immediately read it aloud: "Inherit the will of the Son of Heaven, I ......"

Xu Han was about to read it out according to the subject, and immediately found that the content of the proclamation was very different from the previous proclamation of the sacrifice to the heavens, so he stopped and looked at the proclamation in his hand more and more familiarly, and became more and more shocked.

The old emperor closed his eyes and asked, "Xu Aiqing, why don't you read it?" ”

"This ...... This ......" Xu Han finally found that what he was holding in his hand was not a proclamation to worship the heavens at all, but a copy of the secret letter of the Turks who framed the left minister Li Zhongchun.

"I don't understand, this ...... It is not a message to worship the heavens. But...... The evidence of the guilt of a certain rebel thief Stonefanbang! With Xu Han's sophistication, he naturally understands that there is no name on it, as long as he dies and does not recognize the emperor, he can't help it. I had to blame others for this crime.

"Really?" The old emperor sighed, "I thought that Xu Aiqing would be familiar with the above content, come and escort the criminal!" ”

Originally, the civil and military officials below were still puzzled, but when they saw Xu Rong, who was dressed in dirty black and unkempt hair, being escorted forward by the Imperial Forest Army, no matter how stupid a person was, he also knew the tricks of the period, and he also understood that he had to keep silent at a time like today.