Emperor Yuanhe finally opened his eyes, looking at Zhu Rouyun with a complicated expression, as if he was looking at someone else through her. After a while, he spoke: "Recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, is this what you want?" ”

Zhu Rouyun was ecstatic in her heart, her breathing was short, and she couldn't help but kowtow again.

"Please also ask the emperor to take care of the relationship between father and daughter, and don't be deceived by Concubine Lan and that wild seed anymore."

Fu'an frowned, looking at Zhu Rouyun and shaking her head lightly.

Emperor Yuanhe's eyes suddenly sharpened when he heard this, and after a while, he withdrew his gaze and commanded in a deep voice: "Take people down, don't let her speak again." ”

Before Zhu Rouyun understood what this meant, Fu'an clapped her hands, and immediately came in outside the door, and two guards covered Zhu Rouyun's mouth and dragged her out under Fu'an's signal.

It was only at this time that Emperor Yuanhe showed a tired look on his face, he rubbed his eyebrows and said helplessly: "The prince and the fifth child already know, it seems that the matter cannot be hidden." ”

Fu'an stood aside with his eyes down, not saying a word.

After thinking for a moment, Emperor Yuanhe sighed: "Lan'er has been with me for many years, and I am sorry for her." ”

Fu'an finally spoke and comforted: "Everything the emperor has done is for the sake of the country. ”

Emperor Yuan He nodded abruptly, but his eyes were cold and resolute.

When the saint drove back to the palace, the sky had completely darkened, and the four princes were left by Emperor Yuanhe to eat, so they were naturally terrified.

During the banquet, although Emperor Yuanhe's face was slightly tired, his expression was as usual. After the wine came up, there was still interest in having a drink, and a few people in the seat naturally accompanied the drink.

Seeing that Emperor Yuanhe put down his wine glass, his face sank, Fu'an waved his hand and motioned for all the palace people to go out, and he also went out to close the door, so he guarded the door and did not allow others to approach.

The four people in the rest of the hall looked at each other, and Ji Chengyu and Ji Lingyun exchanged a vague look and noticed it. Ji Yuren didn't mention it, but Ji Sihong really didn't know.

I heard Emperor Yuanhe suddenly speak: "Back then, I was the queen's concubine, but my father and emperor had three queens successively, and there were many sons and daughters, so it was not uncommon. Besides, I am still a prince with no queen mother and no mother's background, and my situation can be imagined. ”

A few people didn't know why Emperor Yuanhe suddenly mentioned this matter, but they didn't dare to interject casually, and the hall was silent for a while, and they saw Emperor Yuanhe pour himself a glass of wine, and then said: "There were many heirs under Taizu's knees back then, and I was so young that I was really inconspicuous. At that time, several of my royal brothers fought for the throne, but they didn't want to lose their lives in the end, and they all cheapened me for nothing.

It's just that after years of fighting for the succession, the court has been turned upside down. My throne is very unstable, there are many parties in the DPRK and China, and the exploits of any old minister are louder than me.

At that time, I thought in my heart that I must not give birth to so many princes in the future, lest the princes fall into the battle for succession in the future, fratricidal and unstable. ”

As he spoke, he raised his head and swept his gaze over the four people under the seat, and finally landed on Ji Sihong. His eyes were misty, as if he was caught in a memory.

"I and Lan'er were a young couple, I was the most inconspicuous prince at that time, she was a young lady in the middle of the family, we fell in love, we should have been a fairy couple.

But then I became the emperor, and I needed a strong queen from my mother's family. Therefore, after I married the Tong family, I could only canonize Lan'er as a concubine, and I have been indebted to her a lot for so many years. ”

Ji Sihong's eyes were already red when he heard this, and his eyes flashed with hope. But Ji Chengyu and Ji Lingyun had stiff faces, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

However, Emperor Yuanhe sighed, but said, "It's just that no matter how much I favor Lan'er, it is too ridiculous to confuse the royal bloodline. ”

In just one sentence, it instantly subverted the fate of many people.

Ji Sihong got up suddenly, his face was as pale as paper, and he shouted loudly: "No, impossible, this is impossible, my father is going to be deceived by the villain, how can my son not be ......"

But Emperor Yuanhe didn't give him a chance to collapse, cut off his words and said sharply: "I have figured it out, Concubine Lan gave birth to a princess back then, and you are indeed not the son of Concubine Lan." ”

With a "bang", Ji Sihong suddenly fell to the ground with a soft body.

His mouth opened and closed but he couldn't make a sound anymore, he only felt the pain like his heart tearing, and he tried to get up from the table several times without success.

Ji Lingyun suddenly got up and took a step forward, and then he froze in place. I saw that blood suddenly flowed from Ji Sihong's mouth and nose, and the whole person fell to the ground with convulsions.

Emperor Yuanhe's gaze indifferently moved away from him, and he called, "Prince." ”

Ji Chengyu got up and walked in front of him, without looking at Ji Sihong who was struggling on the ground. I saw Emperor Yuan He take out a dagger from his sleeve and put it on the table, looking at Ji Chengyu fixedly.

Ji Yuren's eyes flickered, and Ji Lingyun frowned and stopped looking.

Ji Chengyu was silent for a moment and said, "Father wants his son to kill him?" ”

Emperor Yuanhe said: "I thought you wanted to kill him. ”

Ji Chengyu slowly reached out to hold the dagger, and the dagger's bright blade imprinted the treacherous look in his eyes.

But he didn't even glance at Ji Sihong on the ground, almost instantly, and the look in his eyes dispersed. Ji Chengyu inserted the dagger back into the scabbard and put it back on the table respectfully. every day

Emperor Yuanhe narrowed his eyes and asked lightly: "As the crown prince, why is he so soft-hearted?" ”

Ji Chengyu was neither humble nor arrogant, and replied firmly: "It's not that you're soft-hearted!" It doesn't matter to the people, why should the sons be stained with blood. ”

Emperor Yuanhe's face was inconspicuous, it was difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, and after a moment of silence, he clapped his hands, and Fu'an immediately brought someone in to drag out Ji Sihong, who had more air in and less breath.

Emperor Yuanhe got up, Fu'an stepped forward to help him walk out, and he lightly instructed: "I'm tired, the next thing will be handed over to you." ”

Ji Chengyu bowed respectfully and replied, "The son obeys the order." ”

When the back of Emperor Yuan He disappeared outside the door, the three people in the hall who bowed and saluted slowly straightened up. Ji Lingyun let out a long breath, and Ji Yuren's rapid heartbeat gradually calmed down.

The news of Lan Guifei's tanuki changing the prince shocked the government and the opposition, and it became a hot discussion among the people in the capital for a while. In this way, it is conceivable that it will still be popular even after many years.

Previously, Ji Sihong was proud, and his henchmen even faintly resisted the prince's faction. Now that the trees are in a daze, they all wish they had never seen Ji Sihong.

Emperor Yuanhe's sentence to Ji Chengyu, "The next thing will be handed over to you", refers to these. Emperor Yuanhe said that he was sick, and all state affairs were handed over to the crown prince to supervise the country, and what else did he not understand when he had eyes.

King Jian has fallen, King Ning is overwhelmed, the six princes are still young, and there are only two princes left, the crown prince and King An, and there is no suspense left. Now that the prince is dominant, it is natural to settle accounts after the autumn and exclude dissidents.

King Jian and the prince have been fighting for many years, although the prince is an orthodox prince, but Taizu has set up three princes back then. In the end, it was the fourth person who became the emperor, and it was really impermanent.

Emperor Yuanhe's preference for Lan Guifei and King Jian, and his defense of the queen and the crown prince are well known. Although not most people are not standing in line on the bright side, there are not a few who secretly sell well with Jianwang. Now that the crown prince's throne is stable, the court is inevitably panicked.

This day has a strong stroke even in the later history books of Dali.

Although Ji Chengyu did not personally kill Ji Sihong, he was really not a soft-hearted person. Ji Lingyun personally took people to Jianwangfu to raid the house, copied the study of Jianwangfu, and strictly interrogated Liu Zong and other Jianwang's henchmen.

pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, starting with Ji Sihong, and found out a lot of old unjust, false, wrong, and omitted cases. There are people who have finally subdued the law without leaking the heavenly net, and there are also people who have finally seen the light of day after being wronged, and the entire capital has been shaken three times.

Everyone can see that the sky in the capital has changed.

There was a storm outside, but everything was as usual in King An's Mansion. Only Ji Lingyun's feet didn't touch the ground every day, and three days later, Bai Yanran finally waited for Ji Lingyun to have dinner together.

After the meal, the husband and wife gossiped over tea, and Bai Yanran talked about Qian Wan'er, with a shallow smile on her lips.

"Miss Qian asked someone to bring a message today, saying that everything is fine at home. Qian Shilang's grievances were cleared, although there was the crime of bribery and dereliction of duty, but the crime of wanting to add has been cleared, and Dali Temple has been re-convicted.

Although the Qian family is still the queen of the criminals, Qian Guanchang is now able to gain fame and earn a way out for himself, and it is finally not buried. ”

Ji Lingyun was noncommittal and said: "This is a way out that Qian Wan'er earned for her brother and family, as for the future, it depends on Qian Guanchang herself." ”

After the words fell, he asked again: "Everyone in the Jianwang Mansion is now being detained in the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, apart from Qian Wan'er, do you have any other arrangements?" ”

Bai Yanran shook her head and said, "Except for Qian Wan'er, there are only girls around her." It's just that Qian Wan'er once said to stay, but the two sisters didn't want to stay in the capital anymore, and they had already returned to their hometown. ”

Ji Lingyun nodded and said, "Except for Ji Sihong's henchmen, the other subordinates will be released after investigation." Now it seems that Ji Sihong has always been very suspicious, except for Liu Zong and Steward He, others know little about his actions.

However, it happened suddenly, Ji Sihong didn't have time to cover it up at all, and found a lot of things from the study. If you follow the vine, you can always find out what should be checked. ”

But Bai Yanran was silent for a moment when she heard this, her face was complicated, and she suddenly said, "Do you think there is something strange about this matter?"

If it weren't for Lan Guifei sending someone to assassinate Zou's mother, the matter would not have been exposed, but after the assassins escaped from Anhua Temple, Lan Guifei never made a move.

And she knew that what happened in front of her had been exposed, but she did not make amends. didn't hide Zhu Rouyun, and didn't take any precautions, which is really unreasonable. ”

Ji Lingyun also looked thoughtful, nodded and said, "Indeed, things are going too smoothly, as if someone is secretly helping behind it." But it is difficult to tell whether it is friend or foe. ”

Bai Yanran muttered, "If that's the case, what is this person for?" ”

The Bai family, in the Lanyue Courtyard, Yuxin stood at the door with ginseng soup and hesitated. Tang's scolding came from inside, and she couldn't help but shrink and didn't dare to go in.

Someone behind him shouted, "Sister Yuxin, why don't you go in yet?" ”

Yuxin's body trembled, and when he turned around, he saw that it was the new girl who came yesterday, and smiled reluctantly: "It's nothing, my stomach suddenly feels a little uncomfortable." ”

The girl smiled shyly, and when she heard this, she immediately reached out to pick up the tray in Yuxin's hand, and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll send it in for Sister Yuxin." It's convenient for my sister to go first, so there's no need to worry. ”

Yu Xin hesitated slightly, but listening to the increasingly fierce scolding inside, he nodded ruthlessly and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, I will trouble you." ”

Seeing that the girl entered the bedroom unconsciously, Yuxin couldn't help but feel guilty in her heart, and muttered: "It's that I can't live with you, and I will definitely make up for you in the future, Zhirong." ”