Chapter 298: Punishment
The palace was silent until two more eunuchs were thrown to the ground.
"Murong, do these two know each other?" The emperor asked, sitting on the dragon chair.
Although the fifth prince was still standing, his body was already stiff, and the hand hanging down his side was clenched hard: "Father, the son knows it, but the third brother's poisoning has nothing to do with the son of the son-"
"Alright, you don't have to argue." The emperor interrupted him, "Your arrangement is very exquisite, one to eat and one to drink, no matter which one is touched, it can kill you, and only one is stained, and the other can be hidden, and you can keep it for next time." β
The Emperor smiled when he said this.
"It's really bold, you keep people like this, you don't want to clean up the traces at all, this is really not afraid of being caught at all."
The fifth prince looked at the emperor's calm and smiling expression on the dragon chair, and only felt that his brain was buzzing, there were too many things happening today, if the attack on the third prince was found out, it would be fine, why was the previous incident also revealed?
The fifth prince shouted: "No! Father, macaroons really have nothing to do with me! β
"Dare to quibble!" The emperor was furious and pointed to the eunuchs who were kneeling in the hall, "At that time, I was shrewd and clever, and I knew that something was wrong when I took a bite, and I didn't forget to spill the tea on my body before I fainted, and when I woke up, I was able to find out what kind of poison this wasββ"
The Emperor stood up, his expression furious.
"Do you really think that I am blind and deaf and cannot see anything? Do you really think I can't find out anything? β
The Emperor shook his head again, his expression sad.
"No, it's not that you think I can't find out, it's that I never punish you, and let you go again and again, which makes you so unscrupulous, and makes you unable to make a plan and make a plan."
The five princes were dizzy and were about to argue, and the emperor pointed at him and shouted.
"You don't have to quibble with me, what have you done with your mother, so many witnesses have made it clear enough."
A group of guards rushed up and surrounded the five princes.
"You have long been clamoring to open the mansion yourself, and now your prince's mansion has also been built." The emperor said in a faint voice, "In the future, you can live in it, and study hard in it to cultivate your self." β
This sounds light, but it means that he is going to be imprisoned, the fifth prince is finally afraid, after being imprisoned, he has nothing, and he doesn't want to do things for the prince's brother, he has become a waste like the sixth prince - he is obviously a good body, how can he be a waste person for the rest of his life!
"Fatherβ" he cried out on his knees, "Father, listen to meβFather, you spare the child onceβFather, I am your child too!" β
The emperor looked at him coldly, as if he were looking at a stranger: "I have so many children, there is no shortage of you, you are such a brute who kills my brother, don't do it." β
The fifth prince was about to shout, but the guards stepped forward to gagged him and dragged him out.
The emperor looked at the eunuchs kneeling in the hall: "Dispose of these things too, I don't want to see these filthy things anymore." β
There was a cry and pleading, and all kinds of witnesses in the apse were also dragged away, and the hall was dead and silent again, until the sound of teeth clattering.
Everyone's eyes slowly turned, and they saw the four princes lying on the ground.
The fourth prince trembled, buried his head between his arms, and knelt on the ground, sobbing and bumping his teeth.
As if sensing that the emperor's gaze finally fell on him, the fourth prince let out a whimper: "Father, the son doesn't know, the son is just making some money with the fifth brother, and he doesn't share much-"
The emperor seemed to be laughed at again, looking at the son of a place, the fourth prince was crying, the second prince was stunned, the prince was depressed, although the third prince was a little better, but his face was very white and scary, Zhou Xuan didn't know what he was thinking, the iron-masked general - the mask covered everything.
"Let you all come today, so that you can see and hear clearly." The Emperor said, "Know what your brother has done, so as not to speculate." β
The princes kneeling on the ground were stunned, and they didn't know if they heard it, and their subconscious stunned response was: "Erchen understands." β
The emperor said: "Murong is imprisoned, queen, I will not abolish her, now the dynasty is just peaceful, but I will confine her in the cold palace." β
The princes once again shouted in unison.
The emperor also exhausted his strength and waved his hand tiredly: "You all go down." β
Everyone responded, stumbled to their feet, and walked out in despair, only the crown prince and the third prince knelt and did not move.
"Gentlemen, get up." The emperor said, "I know you have a lot to say, but forget it today, you can go back and think for yourself." β
The prince got up and walked out slowly.
The Emperor looked at the Third Prince.
The third prince raised his head and looked at him, and spoke first: "Father, are you okay?" β
The emperor was originally standing straight with a cold expression, but when he suddenly heard these words, his body suddenly softened, and the sadness and grief in his eyes overflowed all over his face, they were all his sons, his sons killed each other, as a father, his heart hurt to death-
The third prince leaned over and kowtowed and choked: "Father, it's not your fault, the nine sons of the dragon are different, and it is up to him to decide what each child looks like, father, don't blame yourself." β
The emperor raised his hand to hide his face and said in a sad voice: "Okay, good, I know, Xiu Rong, you get up quickly and go to rest." β
Only then did the third prince turn around and walk out slowly, tears slowly flowing down his face.
In the womb of the Three Emperors, the eunuchs were nervous one by one, although the emperor and the empress were under martial law in the palace, and everyone was not allowed to snoop, but they didn't need to look to know that something was wrong, especially when they heard that the five princes were dragged away, and the eunuchs and maids in the womb of the five emperors were also arrested-
Now seeing the three princes come back, everyone breathes a sigh of relief, at least the three princes have not been dragged away, and as the descendants of the three princes, they will be safe.
Xiaoqu and Ning Ning were both standing at the door of the hall, and the two called His Highness in unison, and before they got closer, the third prince said, "The others retreat, Xiaoqu comes in." β
The eunuchs and palace maids retreated one after another, Ning Ning stood in place a little embarrassed, she was also someone else, but looking at the terrifying face of the third prince, she could only lower her head and slowly retreat.
Xiaoqu followed the third prince in and asked in a low voice, "How is Your Highness?" It's going well. β
The third prince turned his head to look at him and said, "He knows." β
Xiaoqu was stunned, what? Who? Know what?
"Although I have long guessed that His Majesty knows everything, and has known it from the beginning, I still have a glimmer of hope." The third prince said.
But Emperor Shicai's words made the five princes' souls fly away, and also broke his heart.
The emperor said, "Do you really think that I am blind and deaf and can't see anything?" Do you really think I can't find out anything?
He can see it, he can find out, he knows who the murderer is, but he doesn't look, investigate, or ask, and lets himself be poisoned for so many years.
For his crown prince.
The crown prince is his son, what is the other one? It's ants, it's waste, it's dispensable.
Xiaoqu finally understood, looking at the appearance of the third prince, he was worried and distressed: "Your Highness, didn't we guess it a long time ago, let's not be angry, not sad, we just need to get revenge." β
The third prince took a deep breath, looked around the hall, and felt that he couldn't stay here for a moment, so he broke away from Xiaoqu's hand and turned around and strode out.
"Your Highness, where are you going?" Xiaoqu asked in a panic.
The third prince said: "I'm going to Peach Blossom Mountain, Miss Danzhu is still worried about me, I'll go and meet her in person." β
Xiaoqu's expression was complicated to keep up, and he couldn't bear to persuade if he wanted to persuade him, but the third prince who had just stepped out stopped again.
What's wrong?
Xiaoqu hurriedly stepped forward, and saw Zhou Xuan coming over, still wearing that messy robe, and when he saw the third prince, he slowly knelt down.
"Your Highness." He said, "This is a dereliction of duty. β
Although everything was a conspiracy of the five princes, it was Zhou Xuan who brought the five princes that led to this incident.
The emperor did not punish Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Xuan, as a courtier, came to apologize to the third prince himself.
The eunuchs who retreated from a distance outside the hall all looked at this side, and then saw the third prince nodding.
"Come in." "I have something to ask you as well." β