Chapter 19: The Scourge of Witchcraft (3)

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Qiheng has already drunk the 'medicine'. I motioned for the palace 'maids' and others to step back, sat on the side of his 'bed', and gently wiped the corners of his mouth. He looked at me and asked, "What about the prince?"

"The matter is serious, the concubine temporarily grounded him in the East Palace, and the emperor had not woken up when the incident happened, so the concubine made her own decisions. Now that the emperor has woken up, everything is up to the emperor, if there is anything wrong with the concubines......"

"No, you've done well so far. His tone was light, his voice was a little hoarse because he hadn't spoken for a long time, and he coughed twice after speaking, and I helped him tuck the quilt.

"The monks of Fahua Temple and Sanqingguan will be brought soon, and I am afraid that some words will be said that are not conducive to the East Palace. Does the emperor want to deal with it personally, or transfer it to the three law divisions for trial?" he didn't speak for a while, I smiled, and said: "After all, it is the East Palace, if it is 'handed over' to the three law divisions, I'm afraid it is not appropriate." It's just that the emperor's dragon body hasn't recovered yet......"

"The state has national law, whether this matter is related to Erlang remains to be investigated, in order to prove his innocence, let the three law divisions interrogate. ”

I smiled and said nothing, I was "Erlang" and "innocent", did he really believe in his son like this, or did he do it in front of me?

In short, there are things in the box as physical evidence, and Xu Jin and those monks as witnesses. How can Donggong clear himself?

"The emperor believes that the prince is innocent. I smiled.

That night, the monk who practiced the law in the East Palace was arrested and imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, waiting for the day when the three law divisions will be tried.

The matter was too important for the people of the Three Law Divisions to dare to open the court too early, and the date of the trial was set for mid-August. I'm worried about the long nights and dreams, but I don't want to think that someone is really getting in the way.

One morning in early August, I accompanied Qiheng to breakfast, and he was back to normal and could walk normally without crutches.

"I remember that the eighth day of the eighth month is the day you enter the palace, and when the time comes, you will hold a banquet and celebrate. ”

I was stunned and said with a smile: "It's hard for the emperor to remember, but now the case in the East Palace has not been understood, so I am afraid it is not appropriate to celebrate it like this." Besides, it's not a special day, and I didn't care about it before. ”

"Once upon a time, this year is different. He smiled and shook my hand, "It's been exactly ten years since you entered the palace, while I'm still in good health, I only invite a few clan relatives and friends, not to mention a big celebration, just a simple ''." ”

I was stunned for a long time and muttered, "yes, it's been ten years...... It's been ten years...... The days go by so fast. ”

I looked out the window at the sky, and there were a few faint clouds floating in the light blue 'colored' air, as if the wind was about to disperse.

Such good weather, such a good atmosphere, should not have been ruined.

Pity......

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the crown princess handed over a copy of the Invitation Ann excerpt, saying that she must 'hand' it over to the emperor herself. Jiang Shouquan was holding a book in his hand, and appeared at the 'door' at an inopportune time.

Qi Heng frowned: "Crown Princess?" I was inconvenient to speak, he had already said: "Take it!"

Jiang Shouquan respectfully took the fold, and I glanced at him, but I couldn't see any expression on his face. I got up and said, "Your Majesty, watch, the concubine ordered someone to clean up." ”

He saw that he was concentrating, and my heart was uneasy, and I went into the inner room, and when I came out again, he had asked Jiang Shouquan to pass on the princess.

Qi Heng sighed: "The crown princess cried blood and said that she must see me, but I really can't bear it. ”

I reluctantly smiled and said, "Yes, the crown princess is indeed innocent." ”

He stood up, and I hurried over to help him, and he took my hand and walked into the side hall together, and sat on the throne to wait, and I sat on the phoenix seat beside me.

After a while, the crown princess came in plain clothes and knelt in the palace: "Daughter-in-law to my father and queen mother, please say goodbye." ”

Qi Heng raised his hand slightly: "Get up!"

The princess refused to get up, and said: "The daughter-in-law doesn't dare to get up, the daughter-in-law is here to ask for sin, and the daughter-in-law knows that she is guilty, and she doesn't dare to ask for forgiveness from her father and queen mother, but only asks her father and queen mother not to blame the prince and daughter-in-law...... I really don't want to involve the prince!" burst into tears, making people couldn't help but be moved.

Qi Heng was silent for a long time and asked, "You said that you came to ask for sin, what crime did you commit?"

The crown princess choked up and said, "It was not the prince who committed the witch curse, but the daughter-in-law!"

I was startled, my hands trembled slightly, and I quickly hid in my sleeves, staring closely at the thin 'woman' in front of me, and said in a deep voice: "Princess, the stakes are very high, don't talk nonsense!"

"The daughter-in-law doesn't talk nonsense! The daughter-in-law knows that the stakes are high, so she wants to tell the truth and give the prince justice!" The princess stubbornly raised her face, her tearful eyes were like the rain-soaked 'flower' bones in the 'spring' day, but the eyes that burst out of them were like the dazzling cold light on the snow in winter.

Do you think it's me? Also, on the surface, I'm the one who is most likely to frame them. But even if I framed them, they were powerless to resist.

Unless...... The crown princess takes everything into account!

I looked at her coldly and said, "Crown Princess, don't think that if you admit it, you won't affect the prince, you are husband and wife, what have you done, will the prince not know?"

The crown princess also looked at me coldly and said, "Yes, the prince doesn't know! I did all this, I recruited those monks to go to the East Palace, as long as the queen mother asked, they would believe this." I also want them to practice witchcraft and curse their father...... The prince really didn't know anything, the night of the Midyear Festival...... He's in the concubine's room! The queen can send the concubine to question! The prince is innocent, father, please believe him!"

"Believe it or not, it's not up to us to decide! In a few days it will be the day of the trial of the three law divisions, why doesn't the crown princess wait until that day to confess her guilt, and has to rush to say it now?" I said repeatedly.

She said: "Father, the crown prince is your son, can you really bear to let him be interrogated by the three law divisions? Father, he is the crown prince and the prince! If he is proven innocent, how will he govern this country in the future and make the people of the world submit?"

Only then did Qi Heng speak: "I won't judge, I can't prove my innocence, Crown Princess, you are too impulsive today." Come on, send the princess back. ”

"I'm not going back!" she suddenly stood up, looked at us and said, "Doesn't my father believe my daughter-in-law? Okay, my daughter-in-law will show her heart to my father, so as to prove that my daughter-in-law is the culprit and has nothing to do with the crown prince!"

I was about to ask a question, when she suddenly pulled a dagger out of her sleeve and plunged it into her abdomen. I clenched my fists in exclamation, but I felt that something was blocking my eyes, and I fixed my eyes to see that it was Qiheng's palm, and then I heard him whisper: "Don't look." ”

The crown princess was still mourning before she died: "Father...... The prince is really ...... Wronged ......"

I know that this will not come to fruition.