Chapter 217: A glass of poisoned wine
Murong Sheng squinted at the eldest prince, pulled down Chen Xiaoxiao's hand, and Chen Xiaoxiao hurriedly covered her mouth.
The emperor coughed violently, and the little eunuch was beside him to give him relief.
"Father!" Murong Sheng and the Great Lord called at the same time.
The little eunuch brought the medicine to the emperor, and after taking the medicine, the emperor coughed vigorously.
Murong Sheng suddenly regretted a little, he shouldn't have poked this matter out, his father's health has always been bad, and this time he was so angry that he was afraid that he would have to stay in bed for a while.
But the wood is already in the boat, and he can't sit still.
The emperor coughed for a while, and the great prince stepped forward to help him, but his hand was ruthlessly slapped away by the emperor.
"Father, your health is important, it's your son's fault." The eldest prince lowered his eyebrows and confessed his mistake beside the emperor.
"Ahem, you know it's wrong? I see that you are happy, this woman can hook your heart like this? Don't forget that she is your fifth brother-in-law. ”
The eldest prince lowered his head, and Liu Ruyu's frowning brows could still be seen in the corner of his eyes, "He was coaxed by Erchen, with her appearance, how can she enter Erchen's heart, Erchen just wants to teach the fifth brother a lesson." ”
A few fluttering words beautified the act of robbing grain and grass, and even picked out Liu Ruyu.
Liu Ruyu was deceived by him, so he did such a stupid thing, the eldest prince's abacus was really loud.
Murong Sheng's cold gaze met the eldest prince's eyes, and the four eyes were facing each other, and Murong Sheng's eyes were full of anger.
"It turns out that the rations of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, in the eyes of the imperial brother, are not as important as teaching this king a lesson, the imperial brother is really admirable."
He knew that if Chen Xiaoxiao hadn't brought the grain and grass to the border in time, it would have been their Great Qianchao that would have been defeated now, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of troops would not be guaranteed.
He only has that position in the eyes of this imperial brother, and he completely abandons the world, does he think that if he is defeated, he will be able to sit in the position of the Ninety-Five?
What is there to be a king of a dead country?
The eldest prince calmly replied: "The grain and grass at the border pass, this king will supply it, and how much is missing will be made up by this king, and the battle will not be lost." ”
"Brother Huang said lightly, the army has entered, you tell me how to expel it, how should my hundreds of thousands of troops survive the winter without food and grass? Do you rely on the mouth of the royal brother? ”
The emperor looked at this great emperor who he had cultivated as a prince since he was a child, he closed his eyes, and said slowly: "You go back, you will leave for the imperial tomb tomorrow, and you will not be able to leave without my summons." ”
He threw away the sword in his hand and fell to the ground with a clatter, just like everyone was in the mood at this time.
The eldest prince knew that this time, he had completely lost the opportunity to sit on this chair, and he was not reconciled.
He didn't really repent, he was just unwilling.
At the beginning, his father cultivated him as a prince, but when the fifth brother was getting older and older, he found that his father's eyes on the fifth brother were always different.
He had a sense of crisis, he desperately wanted to prove that he was better than the fifth brother, but more and more attention, by his father and the emperor on the fifth brother, he began to be anxious and began to be unbalanced.
Even he had a crooked mind on his fifth brother, and everyone regarded him as the best candidate for the crown prince, but only he knew that the candidate in his father's heart was slowly shifting.
The father's favorite is the concubine, and the affection for the queen mother can be said to be completely on the face of the queen mother, so that he will look at his mother and queen.
He has worked so hard since he was a child, but he watched his father drift towards his fifth brother step by step, how could he not be in a hurry?
Waiting for the eldest prince to leave, the emperor was looking at Liu Ruyu who was sitting on the ground.
The more he looked, the more angry the emperor became, and the only people present were Murong Sheng and his wife, as well as Liu Ruyu on the ground.
Liu Ruyu lowered her head, her body kept trembling, she hated it in her heart, why didn't the eldest prince even intercede for her, and couldn't count all the things he had said in the past?
She complained about the eldest prince in her heart, but she didn't think that the eldest prince himself was difficult to protect, how could she take care of her.
"What else do you have to say?" The Emperor asked.
Liu Ruyu's face was like ashes, she knew that she was guilty of death, "The concubine only asks for a way to give my son a way to live, and there is nothing else to ask for." ”
The emperor thought of his eldest emperor, and his breath was suffocated, "Who's?" ”
Liu Ruyu looked up at Murong Sheng, she found that Murong Sheng was next to Chen Xiaoxiao, and she grinned desperately, "The eldest prince's will be there when you enter the mansion." ”
Chen Xiaoxiao looked at Murong Sheng worriedly, betrayed by her own princess, and now she heard such a fact with her own ears, the prince must be very uncomfortable in his heart.
The emperor coughed again, and the little eunuch panicked, "Your Majesty, why don't you go and invite the imperial doctor?" ”
"No, you don't." The emperor pushed away the little eunuch and said to Liu Ruyu: "The good daughter who was taught by Lin Yuanhou really let me understand it." ”
The child could not be kept, it was a stain on the royal family, the emperor closed his eyes, and a eunuch brought a wine glass.
The emperor poured wine for Liu Ruyu with his own hands, and the little eunuch brought it to Liu Ruyu, Liu Ruyu stood up and faced the emperor, and asked, "Your imperial grandson, you can't bear it, right?" ”
The emperor didn't answer, Liu Ruyu stood for a long time, she couldn't hear a response, and asked again: "He is your imperial grandson, you will let him live, right?" ”
What answered Liu Ruyu was the echo of the emptiness outside the hall, and the emperor looked indifferently at this woman who he thought was a woman, and did not say a word.
Little eunuch: "Princess, drink it." ”
Liu Ruyu smiled miserably, she picked up the wine glass and put it to her lips.
Chen Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to turn around, she understood that this wine was poisonous wine, and her heart was heavy.
I don't know why, she felt very sad, but she couldn't persuade her to intercede.
She was very sad in her heart, if it wasn't for the prince helping her, it would be her who drank the poisoned wine now.
And she was pressed on a trumped-up charge, and even her father and mother who were far away from her hometown would be implicated.
Hearing the clang, Chen Xiaoxiao's heart trembled, she hurriedly turned around, and saw Liu Ruyu lying motionless on the ground, with blood stains on the corners of her mouth.
"Princess!" Chen Xiaoxiao called in a low voice, feeling in the clouds, as if living in a dream.
She knelt down in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, let go of the princess's son, the child is innocent after all." ”
Everyone's background cannot be chosen, and the mistakes made by parents should not be borne by children.
Besides, the princess's son is still so young, Chen Xiaoxiao has seen it from afar, the child is polite and treats people like an adult.
Chen Xiaoxiao didn't take into account Murong Sheng's mood at all, she only felt that she couldn't just let such a young child die, so she blurted out her words of intercession.
The emperor did not promise Chen Xiaoxiao, but warned her: "What happened today, you will rot in your stomach for the rest of your life, if it leaks out, you know the consequences." ”
The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Murong Sheng, who was expressionless: "Take your side concubine down, I want to be alone and quiet." ”