Chapter 24: The Emperor Scolds

Liu Yuezhi hasn't been to Zhao Lique's yard since the last time, and I heard that the prince slept with her last night, so she took the initiative to go over.

"I don't believe she still has such a brain, I originally thought about waiting for others to do it, but there was no movement, her child is still fine, it must be the idea of the person next to her!"

The maid thought for a while, and then said: "It should be Chu Tongfang, she begged the prince to let someone take care of her pregnancy, but the two seemed to have some contradictions a few days ago......"

"Wouldn't that be nice? go and get some gifts, I'm going to meet this sister." ”

The corners of Liu Yuezhi's mouth hooked, saying that she and this Chu Tongfang had not yet met head-on, so she took the opportunity to try to win her over, if she saw it, let her live for a while.

After bringing things over, although Chi Yingchu didn't want to see it, she still had to be perfunctory on her face, and when she heard her say that she would let herself get rid of Zhao Lique's child, she thought that she was really direct.

However, these two also have grievances, but she doesn't want to get involved, so she lets them deal with it themselves.

Liu Yuezhi said a few times and saw that she didn't nod, and was a little annoyed for a while: "She is so difficult for you, don't you really want to agree?"

"Now that she is pregnant, and the prince is protecting her, what can we do......?

"Hmph, cowardly as a mouse!" Liu Yuezhi threw off his face in annoyance and left, and Chi Yingchu immediately closed the door.

After Liu Yuezhi came to her again, she said that she was sick, and Zhao Lique didn't dare to provoke her easily after the incident of Chunzhi, she finally had some time to be quiet and comfortable.

"Lord Wang, we intercepted the letter between the prince and the Zhao family, and we will do it on the third day of the next month. "That was the first three days of the Jongmyo festival.

Lu Yuanbai nodded lightly and agreed: "Well, find a way to let Zhong Jingsong know." ”

"Yes. The Dark Guard withdrew.

When Zhong Jingsong heard the report from his subordinates, he was very excited when he learned about it, stood up and asked, "Is what you said true?"

"The subordinates saw the people of the four princes secretly move, and it should be on the third day of the next month, so there should be no mistake. ”

"Very good, I will enter the palace tomorrow. This person is the person who has been with him for many years, and Zhong Jingsong does not doubt it much.

The next day, when he informed the Emperor of this, he gave him a talisman to take charge of the forbidden army in the city, and told him to take good hold of it.

"Weichen will definitely live up to his trust!" Zhong Jingsong accepted the talisman, returned to the house, and spent a few days making a series of deployment plans.

In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of the next lunar month, Lu Yuanbai went out early, Lishan was more than ten miles northwest of Shangjing, and the carriage would take three or four hours at the earliest.

If he doesn't come forward, Zhong Jingsong may not be fooled, there are not many people with him this time, if there is an accident, then he can only gamble.

When the crown prince was born, his mother died in childbirth, so the emperor did not like him, he wanted to sit in the East Palace, and did not inform the emperor before the action, and then went to ask for merit after the victory.

The carriage of the palace stopped in one place, Lu Yuanbai lifted the corner of the curtain, and not far away was a group of soldiers in civilian clothes, led by the prince.

"Lu Yuanbai did evil and harmed the people, and he wanted to attack on the way to sacrifice, we ambushed him first, and we definitely couldn't give him a chance......"

"Capture the four princes alive, capture the four princes alive!"

The corners of Lu Yuanbai's mouth lifted to one side, and the guards inquired about the news: "Lord Wang, Zhong Jingsong has come over with someone." ”

"Okay," Lu Yuanbai outlined an unknown smile in his eyes, and his tone was cold, "You bring a pair of men and horses over, lead his people to the prince, and then you take advantage of the chaos to leave and meet at the foot of the mountain." ”

"Yes. The guards mounted their horses and brought out a troop of men, about forty or fifty men.

Zhong Jingsong led people to the halfway point of the mountain, saw dozens of soldiers with the signs of the Four Princes' Mansion, and said to the forbidden army behind him: "Follow up, don't be discovered by them." ”

The guards did as Lu Yuanbai said, and the prince thought that Lu Yuanbai's people were coming, so he ordered someone to kill them, but the guards mixed in with the soldiers in civilian clothes, and then Zhong Jingsong and the forbidden army also killed.

The guards of the Four Princes' Mansion took advantage of the chaos to leave, and the soldiers of the two sides fought chaotically, and the prince had to join in order to save his life, and in less than a moment, the two sides suffered heavy losses.

"Let's go back. Lu Yuanbai lowered the curtain, and the carriage left quietly.

The crown prince retreated ahead of schedule, and only a small part of the people he originally brought were left, and he could be sure that the people before were from the Four Princes' Mansion, but the ones behind were clearly forbidden troops.

When will Lu Yuanbai be able to mobilize the forbidden army in the palace? He obviously didn't believe this, but he felt very strange.

Zhong Jingsong got off the horse and counted the number of people, and found that the other party still had a few alive, and his eyes were cold: "Take them all back and hand them over to the emperor for disposal." ”

"Yes. ”

Zhong Jingsong returned to the palace, quickly handed over the talisman, and brought it to the emperor along with those few living mouths.

"Say, who told you to do this?" the Emperor shouted angrily.

Several people trembled with fright, and their voices were stiff as soon as they spoke: "Back to the emperor, it's the crown prince." ”

"Prince?" the emperor obviously didn't believe it, "you still don't tell the truth, how could the prince do such a thing?"

"It was indeed the prince who asked us to do it, but His Royal Highness also had a good intention...... Several people spoke incoherently, and the emperor had a headache when he heard it, so he asked him to pull it down, and then summoned the prince into the palace.

"The sons and daughters visit their father. The prince wanted to pretend to be confused at first, but as soon as the words fell, the emperor angrily picked up a book and smashed it.

The crown prince didn't dare to hide, and there were blood stains on his forehead, and the emperor sneered dissatisfiedly: "You still know that I am your father, but what did you do today?

"Erchen is wronged!" the prince kowtowed several times in a row.

"Then tell me how I wronged you, do you want to find those people to confront you?" the emperor asked the previous ones to be brought in.

The prince's face changed as soon as he saw it, and the emperor's eyes were full of anger: "This is the person Zhong Jingsong personally led the troops to arrest, how do you explain this?"

"Zhong Jingsong?" the prince's eyes were shocked, and he couldn't imagine that it would be him.

The emperor saw that something was wrong, and gave him enough time to explain, and the prince told him everything in a way that he had not understood before, but now he could make sense.

"Erchen had learned the news before, so he was going to arrange manpower in advance on the way, but I didn't expect it to be ......"

"Rice buckets, it's just a bunch of rice buckets!" The emperor was even more angry now, pointing at the prince and scolding, "I didn't expect it to be useful, you were all tricked by him, do you know, he calculated you!"

"The son is willing to bear the responsibility, and the father is angry. ”

"Get out, get out!" the emperor rose and fell in front of him, and his whole face was shrouded in gloom.

The prince got up and left in a panic, and after walking a few steps out of the imperial study, he heard the sound of smashing things inside, and a good opportunity slipped away in front of him, and now it was too late to arrange manpower.

If Zhong Jingsong hadn't stirred it up, it wouldn't have fallen so far!

Later, Zhong Jingsong was also implicated in this matter, although everyone knew that this matter had nothing to do with Lu Yuanbai, but no one had any evidence, so naturally they couldn't help him.