Chapter 24: Shock
The emperor's gaze swirled on the queen's face, as if he was pondering the queen's words, and after a while, he said without being salty:
"Queen, I naturally believe you, but after all, the matter is at the dinner party you prepared, and now, everyone is watching, and I can't favor you too much, besides...... Just now, didn't you say it yourself, are you frank and innocent? So what else do you have to worry about? ”
When the queen heard this, she was speechless and had no choice but to give up.
Here, the emperor raised his hand at Liu An, Liu An bowed to the emperor, and then led his subordinates to search the palace.
So, everyone stood in the palace again, accompanied by the emperor, and waited for the results of the palace search.
Liu An was very quick in his work, but he came back with someone in half an hour.
When the emperor saw Liu An coming back, he asked, "Liu An, have you found it?" ”
When Liu An heard this, his face was different, and he said cautiously: "Back to the emperor, the servants did not find the poison in the middle palace, the princess's dormitory, and the palace of King De!" ”
When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Liu An, you are getting better and better at doing things now!" ”
As soon as Liu An heard this, he knew that the emperor was about to get angry, so he hurriedly knelt down and said:
"The emperor is angry, the emperor explained to the slaves, and the slaves didn't dare to slack off, it was really not found that the poison in the abdomen was hanging, but ...... The minion has found other things in the Dewang Mansion, and the minion has brought back all the relevant people and things! ”
Only then did the emperor restrain his anger slightly: "Oh? What did you find? ”
Liu An raised his hand behind him, and immediately an attendant carried a plate covered with a scarf and presented it to the emperor quickly.
The emperor lifted the scarf and looked at it, his face suddenly changed greatly, he slapped the plate hard, stood up, stared at King De, and scolded:
"King De, what good deeds have you made your people do in the palace? Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, who do you want to reunite with whom?! ”
King De was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward, looking up, only to see that what was slapped to the ground by the emperor was a pile of paper money and charms.
These are all things that the Great Xia Kingdom burned to the dead during the sacrifice, the point is that on these things, some of them are written with Hua Wumian and her birthday, and some are written with Xia Rui and his birthday, and Hua Wumian is Xia Rui's biological mother Rou Guifei.
In this way, wouldn't these things all be burned to Concubine Rou and curse the prince and Concubine Rou to reunite underground as soon as possible?!
Cursing the prince is a big crime, King De can't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back, who is so hateful, plotting against him like this?
But the more moments like this, the more you can't panic.
King De settled his mind, immediately knelt down, and said to the emperor:
"The father is angry, the son is wronged, these things are too strange, the son will never dare to curse the prince, let alone be disrespectful to the deceased Rou Guifei, please believe the son and the emperor! Erchen is innocent! ”
However, the emperor didn't believe what he said at all, he snorted coldly, looked at Liu An, and said coldly:
"Liu An, you just said that you brought people here, what about them?"
Liu An hurriedly brought the person to the front, it was a skinny man, kneeling on the ground, keeping his head down, the emperor couldn't see it very clearly, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked, "Are you a descendant of the Dewang Mansion?" ”
The man replied, "Yes......"
"Did the king order you to burn these things in the palace today? What did he tell you? ”
The man hesitated for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "Yes...... The prince said that while burning, he should recite the reunion soon...... Reunion ......"
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly couldn't stand steadily, and when the queen saw this, she hurriedly got up and supported the emperor.
King De at the bottom hurriedly defended himself: "Father, not a word of what this servant said is true, and the son did not tell him to do such a thing...... These things are not Erchen's, Erchen is really wronged...... Please also ask the emperor to see the emperor! ”
"Bastard!" Seeing this, the emperor was even more angry, he stretched out his hand and pointed at King De, and asked angrily, "These things are all found from your palace, not yours, are they mine?!" ”
When King De heard this, fine sweat continued to ooze from his forehead, and he forced himself to remain calm, and said: "Father, these things must have been planted by someone with a heart for his son, please Father and Emperor Mingjian!" ”
The emperor was still furious, and he said:
"Until now, you still haven't pleaded guilty, you're still quibbling, who framed you?! Before that, I never thought of searching your palace, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I am celebrating the festival with the ministers, if it wasn't for the princess's reminder just now, I wouldn't have searched your palace, you tell me, who could have predicted in advance, I would definitely search your palace tonight?! If these things were deliberately planted by someone else for you today, and I didn't search your palace, what use is it for him to put these things in your palace? There is only one Mid-Autumn Festival in a year, can we still celebrate reunion every day?! ”
King De was speechless.
He really had no way to explain this coincidence to the emperor now, and, for a while, he couldn't understand why the unlucky person today would be himself.
Today's public target, isn't it Xia Rui?
Seeing that King De did not speak for a long time, the emperor was a little angry, he sat down again, looked at King De with a cold face, and then said:
"The matter has come to this, it is an indisputable fact that you have a grudge against the prince, what is the crime of burning this kind of thing in the mansion without permission, you yourself know it in your heart, now, I only ask you, is the poison in this yacon fruit sent by you?"
King De's face was pale, his eyes were gray, and he whispered, "It's not a son...... Erchen didn't do anything today......"
King De is not stupid, he knows that the reason why the emperor doesn't believe in himself now is because he didn't succeed in framing Xia Rui with the queen last time, and that time, although the emperor didn't deal with himself, he doubted himself in the end, and this suspicion has not been eliminated until now.
Therefore, no matter what you say now, it is useless!
The person who laid out this layout understands the holy will very well, and even whether the emperor will search today is in his calculations, such a coincidence makes the emperor more firm in his judgment, and also makes himself more indisputable.
What a powerful heart-attacking technique.
He thought, he had already guessed who the person who was arranging this was really who.
He suddenly stopped panicking, he knelt up straight, bowed his hand to the emperor, and said very solemnly:
"Father, the son really didn't poison today, if you still don't believe the son, the son invited himself to the prison of the Criminal Department and waited for trial!"
When the emperor heard this, he immediately changed his eyes and looked at King De:
"Then according to what you say, you listen to me, today's matter, I will definitely find out thoroughly, if it is you who did it, I will not spare you, if it is not you who did it, I will not wronged you! Someone, take King De and this servant down together......"
Soon a chamberlain came forward to take King De down, and King De's face was calm, as if he had been invited to drink wine and eat meat.
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After the dinner party dispersed, Yun Xiao returned to the East Palace with Xia Rui and Hua Tianruo.
Xia Rui and Hua Tianruo walked in front, and I don't know what Xia Rui said to Hua Tianruo, tonight, Hua Tianruo actually obediently returned to his dormitory, and did not pester Xia Rui.
Yun Xiao couldn't help frowning when he saw this, if Rui didn't go to Hua Tianruo this summer, he must have gone to his own dormitory and laughed at his "confession" in the palace.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiao hurriedly pulled Qianyue with him, planning to copy the path back to his dormitory, pretending to be drunk, and avoid today.
However, she had only just taken five steps when Xia Rui's voice came from behind her: "Crown Princess, why don't you wait for Lonely?!" ”
Qianyue was a little scared when she heard Xia Rui's voice, so she stopped and turned her head to look.
This stop caused Yun Xiao not to succeed, but Xia Rui had already walked in front of Yun Xiao and blocked Yun Xiao's way.
Yun Xiao shook off Qianyue's hand a little angrily, and Xia Rui hurriedly waved her hand at Qianyue, signaling her to retreat quickly.
Qianyue didn't even look at Yun Xiao, so she retreated, so angry that Yun Xiao wanted to scold her.
On the other side, Xia Rui reached out and grabbed Yun Xiao's wrist and said with a smile: "Crown Princess, what are you doing so fast?" ”
Yun Xiao was helpless, so he had to find an excuse casually and said: "The concubine has a headache and wants to go back to the dormitory to rest quickly." ”
Xia Rui looked at Yun Xiao with a smile and asked, "Do you really have a headache, not a blush?" ”
"You ......" Yun Xiao was ashamed and annoyed when he heard this, he didn't know how to answer, and he couldn't wait to shake off Xia Rui's hand and slip away.
On the other side, Xia Rui smiled even brighter, and he continued with interest:
"Crown Princess, you can see it, don't pretend! Lone knows that you girls like to be reserved, and there is nothing wrong with being reserved, but you don't have to be reserved all the time! ”
When Yun Xiao heard this, his cheeks turned even redder: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are drunk!" ”
Xia Rui hurriedly followed her words and said, "You all know that Gu is drunk, you are the crown princess, why don't you hurry up and help Gu to your bedroom?" I have been letting Lone stand here and blow the night breeze, is it because I hope Lone will get sick? ”
Xia Rui was a scoundrel, and Yun Xiao had no choice but to help him back to his dormitory.
As soon as Xia Rui entered Yun Xiao's dormitory, he dismissed the palace people standing in the dormitory, and then sat down directly on Yun Xiao's bed.
As soon as Yun Xiao saw it, he knew that he was not drunk at all, and deliberately pretended to be drunk, and he couldn't help but be even more annoyed when he came to himself.
After Xia Rui sat down, he saw that Yun Xiao had not passed for a long time, so he shouted loudly at the top of his voice: "Princess, come over quickly, you can't come, who will serve Lonely?!" ”
Hearing this, Yun Xiao reluctantly walked in front of Xia Rui, closed his lips tightly, and didn't say a word.
Despite this, the atmosphere in this hall is not embarrassing.
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