The death of the Empress made the atmosphere in the palace even more eerie.

The queen was guilty of being imprisoned in the cold palace, but the emperor did not depose the queen, so everyone didn't know whether to be sad or happy, of course, on the surface, whether it was Concubine Xu or Concubine Xian or unknown concubines, they were all happy.

The queen gave birth to the crown prince, the emperor doted on the prince, and for the sake of the prince's face, let the queen dominate the palace for so many years, which concubine has not been bullied.

The emperor's mood was also mixed.

For this queen, he had long regarded her as dead, and now she was finally really dead, as if his embarrassed youth had finally been revealed, a little relaxed and a little empty.

But there are still doubts at hand.

Did the queen really commit suicide?

"She killed herself?" The emperor couldn't be clearer to the empress, pointing to the stove and iron pot spoon on the ground, and there was still solidified rice paste in the iron pot, "She can eat this kind of thing that dogs don't eat, she is willing to die?" ”

didn't see the crown prince ascend to the throne, she didn't become the queen mother, how could she be willing to die?

Of course, the eunuch Jinzhong has also checked, although people often die in the palace, and the low-level palace maid eunuch may commit suicide, but those who have a little bit of face are easily reluctant to die, unless they are killed by others.

"There are not many eunuchs and palace maids in the cold palace, because the queen will beat and scold them, so they hide every day when they can, and they are rarely by the queen's side." Eunuch Jinzhong said, "That day, there was indeed a eunuch who approached the queen, a little eunuch who sprinkled and swept away, and he was resentful because he was in the cold palace, and deliberately told the queen about the deposed prince. ”

The Emperor sighed: "And then? ”

"Then the queen beat him with an iron spoon." Eunuch Jinzhong said, "He was frightened and ran away, and the other eunuchs and maids in the cold palace also testified, saying that they did hear the queen yelling, but everyone was used to it, and they didn't dare to come over when they hid." ”

Don't dare, or don't you want to come? A hint of mockery flashed in the emperor's heart, just that, people like the queen can't blame others.

"The queen was suffocated to death, not poisoned." Eunuch Jinzhong continued, "I have personally checked that little eunuch, his hands were injured by mistakes before, and he has no strength, so he can only hold a broom, and he can't carry the bucket with water. ”

The Emperor did not speak.

Eunuch Jinzhong hurriedly said: "Of course, it's not him, it may be someone else, the old slave is-"

The emperor waved his hand: "No need to check, it was the queen who committed suicide." ”

Eunuch Jinzhong was stunned.

The emperor pointed in a direction outside the palace: "Go and see, prince—what is that evil beast doing?" ”

The prince who has been called for more than 20 years can't change it at all.

Eunuch Jinzhong responded very quickly, and he came back after a while, and he didn't even need to go to Chu Jinrong's mansion in person, there was already a message sent over there.

"He scattered his clothes, wept and vomited blood." Eunuch Jinzhong whispered, "I ask to enter the palace to see the queen for the last time." ”

The emperor's expression was sad and sad: "Let him come." ”

Chu Jinrong was escorted by hundreds of guards, and when they saw him appear at the gate of the imperial city, the officials who came in and out were a little surprised, but there was no big surprise.

The queen has been pronounced dead.

The courtiers didn't care much about this queen, when the dynasty was unstable, the first emperor died suddenly, and the three princes were held hostage by the princes and kings to fight to the death, in order to keep the orthodox bloodline, the young emperor rushed to get married, and chose a woman who was a few years older and had more children in the family to get married in a hurry - appearance and virtue are not important.

The queen is indeed talentless and virtuous.

The biggest credit is the timely birth of a sturdy eldest son, it is this eldest son who has always kept her firmly on the throne of the queen, and now, this eldest son has become a deposed prince, and the queen's life is over.

The courtiers' eyes fell on this discarded prince with a disgraced head, with disdain and disdain, and more indifference.

Killing kings and fathers is not tolerated in heaven and earth.

Chu Jinrong didn't care about the gaze of these people, his scattered hair covered his eyes, and his eyes were not as sad and embarrassed as they looked, but a cold smile.

Heaven and earth do not tolerate? Why is it that heaven and earth are intolerable? The emperor did not announce to the people of the world that he had killed his father, but only said that he had made a mistake, and if he made a mistake, he could naturally change it, or he could be framed by someone, and the truth of the world was naturally the victor.

What if he killed his father, his father also killed his brothers, how did his father's two brothers die? If you flee to the princes and kings, you will be forced to die, and not only that, but you will also use the hands of the iron-masked general to humiliate the corpses of the princes and kings who have supported two princes, and vent your hatred.

Heaven and earth do not tolerate? Why is it that heaven and earth are intolerable? Isn't it all about being an emperor? As long as you become the emperor, the heavens and the earth are yours, and you can be fine.

Chu Jinrong raised his head and let out a sad cry, "Queen Mother, ———" with his shoulders straight, escorted by the guards, and under the eyes of the ministers, he passed through the imperial city gate and walked towards the deep palace of Susu.

Chu Xiurong stood on the steps and looked at the prince who was crying.

"Chu Jinrong is really happy." He said, "There are people in this world who do not hesitate to sacrifice their lives just to let him enter the palace to meet an emperor." ”

Xiaoqu sneered: "Who knows if the queen is voluntary or voluntary." ”

Whether it was voluntary or voluntary, the queen died at the hands of her own son, and a smile appeared on Chu Xiurong's face: "Death in the hands of her own son, the queen should be very happy." ”

Xiaoqu sneered: "We are also happy, she raised this heartless beast with her own hands, and today it is her turn to eat the consequences." ”

None of that matters, though.

"Your Highness." Xiaoqu frowned and asked in a low voice, "What does the prince want to do like this?" Let His Majesty pity him through the death of the Queen? ”

No matter how pitiful he is, the emperor will not forgive this son who intends to kill him.

Chu Xiurong smiled and said softly, "Maybe it's to kill my father, or kill me." ”

Xiaoqu was startled, the prince could really be like this, but: "He doesn't think about it!" Unless he wants to die together. ”

Today's crown prince is alone, and the emperor guards against him, so he connects him into the palace, and he is escorted by heavy guards, as for Chu Xiurong, of course they will not give him a chance.

However, there are no absolutes in the world, especially when the more you win, you must be more cautious, Xiaoqu is a little nervous.

"Your Highness, I'll go and ask Marquis Zhou to increase his troops to guard the imperial city."

Chu Xiurong was indifferent and casual: "Ah Xuan should have made arrangements a long time ago." ”

Xiaoqu still has to say and take a look at it before he can rest assured, although Zhou Xuan is allied with them, but in fact, they don't trust Zhou Xuan very much.

Chu Xiurong smiled, did not stop him, watched Xiaoqu leave, and seemed to look farther away from Xiaoqu.

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The atmosphere in the queen's mourning hall is very perfunctory.

There was no crying at first, and it wasn't until Chu Jinrong came that the crying began to mourn.

Chu Jinrong knelt down in front of the queen's coffin, and after kneeling, he did not ask to see the emperor as everyone guessed, and even when the emperor came, he hid in the house.

The emperor asked people to kick open the door and asked coldly, "Why don't you see me?" Without waiting for Chu Jinrong to answer, he said with a smile, "Do you know why your queen mother died?" ”

The last sentence was vague but straightforward, and many people understood it, and for a while the people in the temple hurriedly retreated and avoided it.

Chu Jinrong knelt in this small inner room and covered his head and face with his sleeves: "The queen mother died so that her sons could see their father." ”

This prince is actually very smart, and the emperor said indifferently: "In that case, why did you fail your mother?" ”

Chu Jinrong let out a crying laugh from his sleeve: "I have driven my biological mother to death, what else can I live up to her?" She's all dead, so what if I don't let her down? I don't have the face to see her, I don't have the face to call her the queen mother, and there is no need to see you, father, you don't have my son, and I don't want to be your son. ”

He said a knock knock knock.

"I just want to see her for the last time, no one else wants to see her, don't look at me, don't see me."

He prostrated his head and covered his head with his sleeves, and tore his hair to cover his face, as if he were mad.

Although he was very disappointed in this son, seeing this scene and hearing the words that he didn't want to be your son, the emperor's heart was still painful.

"You don't want to be my son? Is it because I am my son that I have harmed you like this? The Emperor shouted, "Are you still weird?" ”

Chu Jinrong raised his head, his eyes were red in his messy hair, and he let out a hoarse laugh: "If you are not the emperor, I am not the prince, you are just a father, I am just Chu Jinrong, of course I will not be today." ”

They are not ordinary fathers and sons, they are heavenly fathers and sons, in addition to fathers and sons, there is also authority, fathers and sons are affectionate, and authority is ruthless.

The son was deceived by authority, and this authority was given to his son.

Yes, if he wasn't the emperor and Jinrong wasn't the crown prince, of course they wouldn't have fallen to the point they are now.

The emperor closed his eyes: "If you make a big mistake, you will spend your life to atone for your sins, and you can see your mother well, and you don't have to avoid me." ”

Although the people in the palace retreated, they still heard the emperor's words, and couldn't help but exchange glances, the abolished prince deserved to be the prince for so many years, and he really understood the emperor too well, and a few words made the emperor's heart soften.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Jinrong kowtowed heavily, "Sinner, there is another request." ”

Take a look, taking advantage of the emperor's soft-heartedness, he really made a request, originally he came in to meet, but now he can make a request for a further step, a funeral or something, so that he can stay in the palace for a few more days.

Only then did the emperor soften his face and say, "What? ”

Chu Jinrong spread his hair on the ground: "The queen mother died because of me, and the fifth brother was sinned because of me, please allow Your Majesty to allow him to come to see the queen mother, from then on, our mother and son, dust to dust and dust, the evil fate of this life ends here." ”

The people in the palace were a little surprised that the prince did not ask for what he wanted.

Yes, the queen has another son, who was also indulged by her and unforgivable, the emperor looked at Chu Jinrong who was kneeling on the ground, and said that he was ruthless, but he was still thinking about his brother - because this brother had no interest in him, the emperor laughed sarcastically in his heart.

"Exactly." He said lightly, looking at the afterglow of the sunset outside the palace, "I promise you to keep a night for the queen." ”

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The last rays of light faded, and the night slowly began.

The Praetorian Guards galloped out of the palace, raining down on the empty streets.

And in the mansion where the five princes of Xincheng were confined, there was no desertion under the dim light.

The five princes were surrounded by more than a dozen people, all of them dressed differently, and their faces were obviously covered, and their expressions were anxious and sad at this time.

"Your Highness, come with us." One of them said hurriedly.

The five princes have been confined for so long, and the person has not lost weight, but is taller and stronger than before, and his face is gloomy in the dim light shadow.

"Brother Crown Prince deposed?" He repeated in disbelief what he had just learned, "The Queen Mother is also dead?" How is this possible? ”

"It's true." Another person said with tears in his eyes, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fell for Chu Xiurong's conspiracy and was convicted by His Majesty of plotting against the trap, and now the queen has also been killed by them in the palace, and the next danger is you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told us to rescue you quickly." ”

The crown prince advised, and the blank gaze of the five princes gradually condensed, brother, brother was thinking about him-

"Where's my brother?" He stared at these people in front of him, anger rising in his eyes, "What about my brother! ”

The person in front of him lowered his head: "The crown prince has been escorted into the palace-" said and grabbed the sleeve of the fifth prince, "Your Highness, come with us quickly, otherwise it will be too late, His Royal Highness the crown prince will let us send you away no matter what-you can't have any more accidents-Your Highness, listen, there are already forbidden soldiers coming over on the street outside-if you don't leave, it's too late-"

The five princes flicked their sleeves fiercely, raised their heads and let out an angry roar.

"I'm not leaving—I'm going to kill them—"