The emperor's question frightened the second prince on the ground. He knew that the matter had been revealed, but he still fought the trapped beast.

"Father, Erchen and Prince Ning have never had a festival, and Erchen has no reason to harm him. The son doesn't know which one framed the son, so please ask the father to investigate. ”

The second prince lay on the ground and kept kowtowing, and he just squeezed out a few tears.

The emperor looked at this son who had always had high hopes in disappointment, and threw the confession of Hou Donghai in his hand directly in his face.

"Don't dare to do it, you let me down too much."

The second prince trembled and picked up the confession from the ground, and after a quick sweep of his eyes on it, he sat down on the ground.

"Father, these are all done by Hou Donghai behind his son's back, the son-in-law doesn't know, the son-in-law is wronged!"

The emperor looked at the second prince and gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Bring Hou Donghai up." ”

Gonggong An received the order to go down, and after a while, Hou Donghai was brought up by two royal forest soldiers and thrown beside the second prince.

Hou Donghai was beaten and broke an arm in Fule Temple, and then Wuying carried him for interrogation, and was cleaned up by Wuying, at this time, he was covered in injuries and his face was pale in pain, trembling slightly like chaff.

looked up again and saw the second prince of the master, as if he had seen a savior, and shouted at him for help:

"The second prince saved me, his subordinates acted on orders, and they shouldn't be punished. There are more than a dozen people in my family, all counting on me. If something happens to me, it will be like killing them. Second prince, save me! ”

The second prince glared at Hou Donghai angrily, and scolded angrily:

"You, a damn minion, dare to rob and kill the Di Kingdom Mission behind your back, and dare to blame me. It's a waste of how this palace usually treats you. Now that the matter is revealed, you honestly confess the crime, this palace can see that your family can have no worries about food and clothing in the past, if you are obsessed with it, don't blame this palace for not remembering the old love of the master and servant. ”

The second prince's words secretly pointed out the direction to Hou Donghai, if Hou Donghai caught the crime, the second prince could take care of the family for him.

But Hou Donghai was already shocked by the emperor's power at this time, where could he hear that the second prince had something to say. In his ears, only the second prince turned black and white upside down and used him as a scapegoat.

Hou Donghai struggled to stand up, spat the blood in his mouth, and shot back loudly:

"The villain is just a guard next to the second prince, even if he borrows a few more guts from the villain, the villain will not dare to do anything to rob and kill the Di State Mission. Besides, what good is it for the villain to do such a thing? The villain has parents and children, just for the peace and security of the family. The second prince wants to put all the blame on the villain, that is, to force the villain's family to death. Since the second prince dared to kill the prince of Di Guo, he should dare to admit that he should not use the villain as a substitute for the dead ghost. ”

The second prince didn't expect Hou Donghai to follow the routine and dare to identify him in front of the emperor.

The angry second prince pointed at Hou Donghai for a long time and was speechless: "You...... You...... Crazy, Father, he's crazy. What he said was crazy and untrustworthy. ”

The emperor's heart was clear, and he waved his hand in disappointment to let the Imperial Forest Army take Hou Donghai down.

In the middle of the night, he stepped off the dragon chair and came to the second prince. walked around the second prince twice, and the emperor suddenly kicked him on the shoulder.

The second prince was defenseless and was kicked backwards. Then he smacked Xuan'er on the ground like a top, and knelt in front of the emperor.

"He's crazy? Are you a fool? Now that the human and material evidence is there, do you still want to quibble? The prince was furious, raised his hand and slapped him again. The second prince's face was instantly red and swollen, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

At this time, he was no longer the domineering second prince just now, he hugged the emperor's thigh and cried and begged for mercy: "Erchen knows that he is wrong, beg his father to spare Erchen once, Erchen will not dare next time." ”

The emperor shook off his hand in disgust and took two steps away.

"Robbing and killing the Di Kingdom Mission, just to get rid of a brother who poses no threat to you, what else would you not dare? Come! Put him in a dungeon. ”

When the Royal Forest Army came up, the two of them were going to pull up the second prince.

The second prince struggled to get rid of them, climbed up to the emperor, and wailed at the emperor: "Father, the son knows that he is wrong, father, beg the father to give the son a chance, the father ......"

"The emperor, the emperor, the emperor is angry!"

At this time, Concubine Rong, the mother of the second prince, got the news and trotted all the way into the main hall. Her forehead was sweaty from running so fast, and a sway on her head nearly fell off when she crossed the threshold.

"Mother concubine......" When the second prince saw Concubine Rong, he cried first.

"Your Majesty." Concubine Rong fell at the emperor's feet, "The emperor is angry." The emperor was furious. Your Majesty, even if Yue'er is wrong in every way, please ask the emperor to spare him for the sake of Mrs. Rong. The Emperor ......"

As soon as he heard Concubine Rong mention Mrs. Rong, the emperor closed his eyes.

Mrs. Rong is the emperor's teacher and Concubine Rong's father. In the year when the emperor ascended the throne, he took his ministers to Faji Temple to offer incense. Don't want to be infiltrated by the Assassins.

The assassin disguised himself as a royal guard and followed the emperor, assassinating the emperor while everyone was unprepared. At the moment of crisis, it was Mrs. Rong who blocked the sword for the emperor regardless of his life.

The emperor had nothing to do, but Taifu Rong was stabbed to the point and died within a few days.

The emperor could not repay Mrs. Rong's life-saving grace, and at that time, the Rong family still had a daughter to be in the boudoir, so the emperor announced that Miss Rong entered the palace and promised to allow her one thing. Miss Rong asked to enter the palace as a concubine. The emperor nodded in agreement and named her Concubine Rong.

Over the years since entering the palace, Concubine Rong has always kept her duty, and she has not been arrogant and arrogant because of Mrs. Rong's achievements, which is also the most satisfying point of the emperor for her.

At this time, the second prince made an unforgivable mistake for his own selfish interests, and Concubine Rong brought out Mrs. Rong to ask the emperor to spare the second prince. The emperor was silent.

"Your Majesty, the concubines have been self-denying all these years. did not ask the emperor for Yue'er. Now, the concubine gave up her face and begged the emperor for the last time: spare Yue'er, the emperor ......" Concubine Rong hugged the emperor's leg and cried profusely.

The emperor bent down to help her up, his heart softened, and he sighed.

"Harem concubines are not allowed to be regents, do you know what's wrong?" Although the emperor said that he was reprimanding, his tone was much softer.

"The concubine knows her mistake, and the concubine, as a mother, can't do it without saving her. begged the emperor, and the concubine was willing to accept the punishment for Yue'er. ”

Concubine Rong leaned on the emperor's shoulder, crying so much that the pear blossoms and rain were very pitiful.

"Take the second prince back to the mansion, and you can't leave the mansion for half a step without my order."

After the emperor finished speaking, he withdrew and left, as if he would change his mind if he was slow for a moment.

……

The news that the second prince was grounded for robbing and killing the Di delegation spread all over the government and the opposition for a while.

The ministers who used to side with the second prince quickly drew a line with the second prince. The Second Prince's Mansion in the city before was no longer cared for.

The second prince hated the world for being too snobbish, but he also knew that although he retained his status as the prince because of this incident, he lost his qualification to compete for the crown prince forever.

Thinking about the new emperor's accession to the throne, he, an abandoned son, is in danger of being oppressed and exiled, and the second prince is unwilling.

After several sleepless days and nights, the second prince had a plan......

……

Since being sued by the eldest princess for the crime of bullying the monarch and finally narrowly won, Lu Qiaohui has begun to act extremely low-key.

On this day, Lu Qiaohui, who had just had lunch, was about to take a nap, when the girl sent a letter.

"Who's?"

Lu Qiaohui picked up the letter and flipped through it and asked.

Since she got rid of Yao Junnan and became Shi Tianyi's side concubine, almost no one in the Beijing family took the initiative to communicate with her, let alone exchange letters.

"The slave and maid don't know, someone put it in the porter and handed it over to the master." The girl replied.

"Go down."

Lu Qiaohui waved away the girl, closed the door and opened the letter. It doesn't matter if you look at it, Lu Qiaohui's originally pale face has become extremely pale. She tore up the letter paper and threw it into the charcoal stove, and after seeing the paper turn to ashes, she walked to the window to stabilize her emotions and called for Rui'er in a loud voice.

"Is the prince back?"

Shi Tianyi first came to the capital, and in the past few days, he has met a few gentlemen, and he is willing to come back after playing outside until late every day.

"Back to the master, not yet." Ruier is one of the few girls that Shi Tianyixin bought for Lu Qiaohui.

"Prepare the car, I'm going out."

After Lu Qiaohui waited for the girl to go out, she came to the bedroom.

Find a casual outfit to change into. He pulled out a few pieces of jewelry on his head and a few bracelets on his wrists. Sure that she was ordinary enough not to be eye-catching, Lu Qiaohui ordered the two girls to go out in the car.

The car drove all the way to a teahouse on Wolong Street before stopping.

Lu Qiaohui put on her hat and got out of the car and helped her again, reported her name, and the guy happily led her to a room on the second floor.

At the door of the room, a young guard opened the door and let Lu Qiaohui in, but reached out to stop the two girls who followed.

"You ......"

The girl was stopped and was about to get angry. Lu Qiaohui turned around and stopped them.

"You're waiting outside."

"Yes." The girls stopped honestly.

Lu Qiaohui entered the house alone, and the door closed behind her.

"The princess of Yunnan County really kept the contract." A young man appeared beside her.

Lu Qiaohui silently took off her hat and turned around when she heard this familiar voice.

In front of the window, the second prince in civilian clothes was looking at her with a smile.

"I've seen the second prince." Lu Qiaohui leaned over and saluted the second prince.

"I asked you to come today to discuss important matters. Have a seat! The second prince pointed to the chair opposite and took the lead in sitting.

Lu Qiaohui didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, but since he came, he sat down in front of him cautiously.

"I don't know what happened to the second prince looking for a concubine?"

The letter from the second prince only said that she should come to the appointment. Didn't say anything.

The reason why Lu Qiaohui took the risk to come was to solve the mystery of the original physical examination.

The second prince unhurriedly brought her a cup of tea and handed it to her. He looked at her a few more times before he spoke:

"Lu Qiaohui, the daughter of Lu Shangshu, Yao Junnan's wife. On August 18, he went out in Songjiang Mansion and did not return, but was rescued by the king of Yunnan County, and changed his name and surname to become the current concubine Lu of the county king. Because he couldn't pursue Prince Ning, he was dissatisfied with Prince Ning and Princess Ning. On the day when the Di delegation entered the palace for a banquet, he designed to push Princess Ning into the water and try to drown her. It's a pity that Prince Ning is familiar with water, and there is no danger......"

The second prince stopped talking, took a sip of tea, and stared at Lu Qiaohui, observing her face.

Lu Qiaohui's face was already pale at this time, her fists were clenched, and she lowered her head in a panic.

"Do you want to know who helped you solve the palace maid by the lake that day?"

Lu Qiaohui raised her head and looked at the second prince in surprise.