In just a few words, the emperor almost used all his strength to speak, and his face was hot, as if he had slapped himself heavily in the face.

At the same time as the words fell, a crisp chime suddenly sounded, as if a hammer hit the emperor's heart, making his body tremble again, his face was pale, and the blue shadow under him showed that he probably didn't sleep all night last night.

An Ping glanced at the emperor indifferently, and the corners of his mouth hooked a mocking arc.

She, the royal brother, is still as decisive and indecisive as before. He has already reached this point, after all, he has to kneel, why not kneel generously, refreshing and fast!

Duanmu Fei was also looking at the emperor, and his expression was a little subtle.

Before, she was a little far away from the emperor, so she didn't notice it, until she entered this hall, she found that the emperor's waist hung a double dragon pattern hollow mutton fat white jade pendant, the jade pendant was braided with a cyan vein, which was really familiar.

Not......

Isn't this one of the jade ornaments that Cen Gongzi ordered someone to bring two days ago?!

That day, she saw that although the jade quality of this jade pendant was good, it was just hollow out, and it was not suitable for polishing into goose feet, so she didn't think about it, but she didn't expect that today's "self-picked" jade pendant was hung on the emperor's body.

"......" Duanmu Fei silently looked away, knelt down with everyone, and said in her heart: She doesn't know anything.

Not only a few people in the hall, but everyone outside the hall also knelt down, and everyone inside and outside was suddenly shorter, leaving only those monks standing with their hands folded.

The sound of the monks chanting Buddha and the sound of wooden fish in the hall came and went, and this solemn voice not only could not appease the emperor, but also made his heart lake even more chaotic, like a lonely boat in the storm, which could only rise and fall violently with the surging tide......

The memories of many years ago flashed before his eyes.

He is the second son of his father, when he was born, his mother was named He Guifei, and he was deeply favored, and he was also the most beloved son of his father, far more than the royal brother, and the first few imperial brothers were not able to do anything, and they were not worthy of being compared with him at all.

The royal brother is the concubine of the first queen mother, the eldest son of the righteous concubine, and was made the crown prince by his father as early as the year the imperial brother was born.

Others don't know, but he Mu Jianming knows that his father was actually forced to make the crown prince.

That day, he was tired from studying, his father asked him to rest in the inner room of the imperial study, his father thought he was asleep, but he didn't, he heard the first Empress Dowager Shi come to find his father, scolded his father for being too strict with his brother, and asked his father if he didn't want to make his brother the crown prince......

They quarreled fiercely that day, and my father paced back and forth, almost sleepless all night......

He later inquired quietly, only to learn that after the birth of the imperial brother, Wang Shoufu and Shi Taishi at that time led the ministers to ask their father to make the imperial brother the crown prince, and the father was forced to make the imperial brother the crown prince.

In those years, his father was always very strict with his brother, often reprimanding and punishing, and for him, his father always praised him, saying that he was a son who was most like him.

He has been waiting, waiting for his father to depose the crown prince and help him become the new crown prince......

However, he couldn't wait for one day, his father relapsed when he went to Wutai Mountain to visit Buddhism, and died in the west, and Yang Hui, the first Qingyuan Bo, returned to Beijing to spread the word that his father decided to abolish the prince and set up himself before his death.

At that moment, he thought that the throne was within reach.

He waited for the courtiers to support him, however, Wang Shoufu still supported the emperor's brother to ascend the throne on the grounds that his words were unfounded, there was no holy decree, the crown prince was not at fault, and only Yang Hui was present at that time.

He was not convinced, and hated it even more.

It wasn't until after his father's funeral that Yang Hui quietly came to the prince's mansion to see him and told him about the "will" left by his father, that he learned the truth.

Yang Hui said that the reason why he did this was because he felt that the second prince was more Mingjun, and he was the son of heaven who was enough to bear the great prosperity.

His heart moved, and the thought that he had once been only a stone's throw away from the highest place could no longer cool his once-boiling blood.

He still has so many ambitions to achieve, he should have been the son of heaven who sat in a high position and accepted everyone's worship.

He wants to be the supreme one!

The past seemed to be still yesterday, and the emperor's eyes were a little dazed.

"Bell!"

Another clear chime sounded, and the emperor suddenly came to his senses, and the abbot personally handed incense to the emperor and others kneeling on the futon.

Then everyone got up and walked to the tablet and put the incense in their hands on the incense burner.

Then, everyone returned to the futon and knelt down again, and the atmosphere became more and more solemn.

The emperor felt his knees stiff, and a thought could not help but pop up in his heart:

If Yang Hui hadn't had the audacity to hide his father's will, would he have come this far? !

This thought was only fleeting, and the emperor did not think deeply, and knelt on the futon with a dazed expression.

The monks in the hall chanted more than one Buddha, however, the emperor turned a deaf ear, and the whole person seemed to have lost half of the three souls and seven spirits, and his eyes were as deep as the bottomless deep sea.

The emperor and others in the hall knelt, and everyone outside the hall also knelt, and they didn't even have a futon to kneel, so they knelt directly on the hard ground, motionless.

This kneeling is a whole hour.

When the morning service was over, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The afternoon service will not begin until the end of the day, and they will all be able to rest for more than an hour.

At this moment, the older wives were already kneeling pale and crumbling, and those daughters-in-law and girls hurriedly helped people up, and called the palace people to pour tea and water and move chairs......

Not to mention those delicate women and girls, even many men can't stand it, and they only feel that their knees hurt.

"Father's ......"

When Ashina got up, he stumbled slightly, and Mo Long, the prince beside him, hurriedly reached out to support him.

Ashina's expression was complicated, and his eyes were looking at the emperor and queen who stepped out of the main hall, no, the person he was looking at was not the emperor, but Cen Yin next to the emperor.

Under the noon sun, Cen Yin's fair and delicate face seemed to shine like jade.

Ashina stared at Cen Yin's beautiful and familiar side face as if he was enchanted, superimposing his face with a beautiful face in his memory.

It's like.

Ashina's brows moved, his gaze averted, his face contemplative, and there was a hint of fear and uneasiness hidden in his deep eyes.

"Your Majesty, please come here."

The abbot led the way to the emperor, empress and others in front, and led them to the west wing to rest.

The emperor, the queen and the princess have the courtyard in the temple to rest, and the others are not treated so well, there are too many people who come today, there are not so many wings in the Huangjue Temple, and they can only arrange some tables and chairs for the people present today to sit and rest in the shade of the trees.

At this moment, most of the people inside and outside the hall got up, and only three people were still kneeling in the hall, Anping, Duanmu Fei and Feng Yan.

Duanmu Fei looked at An Ping with some concern, since he entered the palace yesterday, An Ping's mood has not been very good.

Duanmu Fei sighed faintly in his heart, looked at the mother and son with complicated expressions, and reached out to help Anping's arm, "Your Highness, I'll help you up." ”

Duanmu smiled very well-behaved and cute, his eyebrows and eyes were like the moon, and his lovely smile had a strange contagion, which made An Ping feel warm in his heart.

An Ping responded, and got up with the support of Duanmu Fei and Feng Yan, and his knees were almost numb.

Scarlet must be the same......

Thinking about it, An Ping turned his head to look at Feng Yan, "Ah Yan, did you bring medicinal wine?" As she spoke, she quickly winked her right eye at her son, meaning, the time has come for you to be courteous.

Feng Yan nodded hurriedly: "Mother, Zhen Zhen, I brought medicinal wine......

While speaking, a little chamberlain walked in with a smile and politely saluted An Ping, but the words were said to Duanmufei: "Fourth girl, the overseer has arranged a side room for the girl, and the girl should go over and rest for a while." ”

Duanmu Fei was as good as a stream, and together with Anping and Feng Yan, he also went out of the main hall with this little chamber and went to the west wing.

The midday sun is high in the blue sky, and the April sun is already a little hot, and the oncoming spring breeze is also a little warm.

At this time, the emperor had already arrived in a certain courtyard in the west chamber, and after the empress and others sent the emperor, they retreated, and under the guidance of the monks and chamberlains, they went to other courtyards to rest.

In just one morning, the emperor felt physically and mentally exhausted, as if his body had been hollowed out, and he was so tired that he was exhausted.

He sent all the chamberlains away, leaving him alone to rest.

In the wings, there was silence, and there was no sound.

The Emperor sat at a round table, and all he could hear was his own heavy breathing and the pounding of his heartbeat.

Bang bang bang!

The emperor's face sank like water, feeling that time was so slow and difficult, and his heart was more like being held by an invisible big palm, which made him breathless.

It all happened so fast, so fast that he was caught off guard, so fast that he felt like he was in a dream until now!

His guilty edict has been tampered with, and now his charge of "killing his brother and seizing the throne" is afraid that it has been known to the world, and if he still wants to sit on this throne, he must correct his brother's name......

Since then, he Mu Jianming has become an improper emperor; From now on, he Mu Jianming will leave a reputation in the history books.

Thanks to his hard work in the past ten years, he has worked diligently day and night, and has done so much for the Dasheng Dynasty, so that there is now this Xuanlong prosperous era that is enough to go down in history forever.

However, God has no eyes, and he has fallen into the current situation......

"Squeak!"

A rough sound suddenly sounded, the emperor was startled, his pupils shrank, and he subconsciously followed the prestige, only to see that the originally half-open window in front of him was blown wider by the wind, and the window sash swayed with the wind, casting a bright and dark light and shadow on the ground.

Through the window, you can see the blue sky outside, the sky is so blue and deep that it is as blue as the sea.

Geng Hai.

The emperor's heart couldn't help but appear Geng Hai's face, the past events of many years ago, and the series of events that had happened recently......

The Emperor's hand clenched tightly into a fist, and the back of his hand was tense as if it were about to explode.

That's right, it's Geng Hai, it's all because of Geng Hai!

If it weren't for Geng Hai's ambition, if it weren't for Geng Hai's greed and viciousness, who caused this series of incidents behind his back, how could things have developed to this point!

It was Geng Hai who wanted to trap him for disloyalty, filial piety, and injustice!

It was Geng Hai who was thinking about his supreme position......

"Squeak......

Another fierce wind blew, and the window sash in front of him "creaked" several times, as if echoing him.

The Emperor's eyes deepened.

At this time, two tall men outside the window walked into the courtyard side by side, and walked in the direction of the wing room.

From a distance, the emperor recognized the two people at a glance, his face changed slightly, and then he lowered his head to look at the tea cup in front of him, hating in his heart.

Suddenly, Geng Hai's familiar voice sounded outside the door.

"My father wants to see the emperor, and I am tired of going to pass it on." Geng Hai said politely to the soldiers of the forbidden army guarding the door.

The two soldiers of the forbidden army guarding the door glanced at each other, and one of them said in embarrassment: "Grandpa Guo, it's not that I don't help you pass it on, it's the emperor who ordered it, and no one is allowed to disturb it, even Grandpa Liu was sent by the emperor." ”

These two soldiers of the forbidden army naturally did not dare to offend Geng Hai, but they did not dare to do anything to provoke the emperor.

Of course, Geng Hai knew that Gonggong Liu was sent away by the emperor, and he also knew that Gonggong Liu went to the kitchen to supervise the emperor's meals, and it was precisely because there was no chamberlain from the twelve eunuchs of the inner court by the emperor's side at this moment that he would choose this time to see the emperor.

The emperor felt disgusted as soon as he heard Geng Hai's voice, and he didn't plan to see it, so he didn't say anything.

However, Geng Hai's voice sounded outside the house again: "This prince has important matters for the emperor...... This duke has already found out who tampered with the emperor's guilty edict, this matter is very important, if there is a delay, you can not afford it! ”

The two soldiers of the forbidden army glanced at each other again, and just as they were hesitating, the emperor in the wing room had already said loudly: "Let him come in." ”

The two forbidden army soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and the older one arched his hand at Geng Hai, "Then the grandfather of the country, please come in." As he spoke, his gaze swept over Ashina, who was beside Geng Hai, and that look seemed to say that the emperor had only summoned Geng Hai, so they could only let Geng Hai in alone.

Geng Hai didn't care, and said to Ashina: "Lord Lao will wait for my father for a while. ”

Dying with this, the younger soldier of the forbidden army pushed open the door and invited Geng Hai in.

It was noon, and there was no light in the house, but the light that came in through the windows and the door illuminated the room, half light and half dark.

The Emperor sat at the round table, the red lacquer carved round table still in the sunlight, but the Emperor was in the shadows, his handsome face was deep and incomprehensible, like a beast lurking in the shadows, and he did not know when it would strike a fatal blow with its sharp teeth and claws.

Geng Hai calmed down, walked to the round table, and saluted the emperor with his fists: "Your Majesty." ”

The emperor drank the tea slowly, and just hung Geng Hai like this, and he maintained a saluting posture.

Geng Hai half-lowered his eyes, suppressed the indignation, dissatisfaction, disappointment, and other emotions in his heart towards the emperor, and calmly opened his mouth to get down to business: "Your Majesty, after careful investigation by the minister, the minister can be sure that the person who tampered with the edict is undoubtedly Lord Cen Governor. ”

Hearing this so-called result, the emperor was already angry, and without thinking about it, he threw the teacup in his hand towards Geng Hai, and scolded angrily: "Nonsense! ”

"Smack!"

Geng Hai didn't dodge, the teacup flew past grazing his robe, smashing on the ground behind him and falling apart, the tea splashing everywhere, splashing his shoes.

The emperor still couldn't understand his hatred, raised his hand and pointed at Geng Hai's nose and said gloomily: "The last time you came to me to slander Anping, I made a fool with you, and let Anping's mother and son see the joke, and now you want to slander Ah Yin, you are really ill-intentioned!" ”

The more the emperor spoke, the more angry he became, and the corners of his forehead were bruised.

Geng Hai had already prepared, so he was quite calm, and continued in an orderly manner: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the minister is not just talking about Lai Cen Governor in empty words. ”

"Your Majesty, if anyone wants to tamper with that guilty edict, they need to use the scroll and jade seal of the edict, and the ministers think about it, and I am afraid that only the celebrant can use them at will."

"The minister also approached the celebrant to see how many scrolls have been customized in the past two years and how many have been used, these are all to be recorded, but the celebrant is unwilling to cooperate, it is clear that there are ghosts in it."

The emperor snorted, and was not moved by Geng Hai's words, and said coldly: "These don't prove anything!" "The emperor only felt that Geng Hai was really unscrupulous in order to shirk responsibility!

The atmosphere between the monarchs and the ministers became even more stiff, and the room was dead silent.

Geng Hai pursed his lips, his eyes flashing.

He can't make a big fat man in one bite, and he also knows that these emperors alone won't believe him, but he must make the emperor realize one thing first, Cen Yin is absolutely capable of forging an edict.

Geng Hai looked at the emperor at the other end of the round table, and said, "The minister also knows that the emperor will not believe it based on these alone...... But the emperor and the minister can guarantee that Lord Cen has absolutely reason to do such a rebellious thing. Because he is the remnant of the Zhenbei Wangfu, the only son of Xue Qiyuan, the king of Zhenbei, and Xue Zhao, the son of the king of Zhenbei back then. ”

After Geng Hai's words fell, the room fell silent again.

The emperor slowly turned the jade wrench on his thumb, and naturally remembered the events at the palace banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Geng Hai sang and harmonized with Ashina, not to mention that Ah Yin looked like the princess of Zhenbei, the lord of Huoli.

Now Geng Hai is doing the same trick again, is he biting Ah Yin and not letting go?!

The emperor looked at Geng Hai with a cold expression, only feeling that he was like a mad dog now, biting people when he saw them.

"You're still saying you're not talking in the vernacular?!" The Emperor said impatiently.

"Your Majesty, the minister has evidence." Geng Hai said firmly, "Please also ask the emperor to let Prince Ashina come in and speak." ”

The Emperor narrowed his eyes, and although he was impatient, he decided to see what tricks the two of them could play this time.

The emperor answered.

A sharp light flashed under Geng Hai's eyes, and after thanking the emperor, he went out and summoned Ashina, who was stopped by the forbidden army, in.

Ashina also listened to the conversation between the monarch and the ministers outside just now, so after coming in, he didn't talk nonsense, first saluted the emperor, and then said bluntly: "Your Majesty, Lord Cen Governor's appearance is really eight points similar to that of her sister Huoli......

At the palace banquet, Ashina said that Cen Yin was like Huo Li most of the reason was that he followed Geng Hai's words, although at that time he also vaguely recalled Huo Li's appearance and felt that Cen Yin was indeed a little like his sister......

On the night after the palace banquet, Ashina dreamed of Huo Li for a long time, Huo Li's face in the dream was blurred, she fell into a dream again and again, and her appearance became clearer and clearer, until one night a month ago, Ashina woke up from a nightmare and remembered Huo Li's face clearly.

Huo Li and Cen Yin are too similar.

For example, just now, looking at Cen Yin from a distance, Ashina almost suspected that his sister Huo Li had come back from the underworld to ask for his life.

Ashina swallowed her saliva, her face pale and pale slightly.

The more the emperor looked at them, the more annoyed he became, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he didn't even bother to talk to Ashina, and asked directly at Geng Hai: "Are you going to blame Ah Yin because you can't get the 'prisoner'!" ”

"......" Geng Hai's face was a little stiff, although the emperor didn't say it directly, but the voice outside the language was clearly accusing him of being a prisoner.

Geng Hai eagerly gave Ashina a look and motioned for him to continue.

Ashina sorted out his thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has evidence. When Xue Zhao, the prince of Zhenbei, was three years old, the minister had seen him once, and the people who had seen him at that time also praised the child and the sister-in-law. ”

Moreover, the minister also remembered one thing, Xue Zhao had a crescent-like birthmark on his left shoulder. I can guarantee that it is true! ”

"If the emperor doesn't believe it, the ministers ...... The minister is willing to use the fief of my Hua Quinoa clan to establish a guarantee! ”

Ashina said conclusively, looking very excited.

In the past month, Ashina has been a little restless, and he has been closed in Qianya Garden almost every day.

Until more than half a month ago, the emperor issued an edict admitting that he killed his brother and seized the throne like a drought thunder that exploded in the sky.

Now, Ashina is afraid.

Ten years ago, it was he who secretly told the emperor that led to the collapse of the Zhenbei Palace, and now the emperor wants to correct the name of Emperor Chongming, and vows to correct the name of the King of Zhenbei in the future, so that he will definitely be involved.

Of course, the emperor can't make a mistake, and if he is wrong, he has to be borne by his courtiers, and Ashina is almost unable to sleep, lest he become a scapegoat.

In just half a month, he has lost a lot of weight, and his shape is erect.

Seven days ago, Geng Hai quietly asked him to meet in the suburbs of Beijing, had a secret conversation with him, and also talked about his whistleblowing back then, and Geng Hai's every word was in line with his worries.

"Lord, there is a way that the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. What are the prince's plans? ”

"If the prince doesn't want to be arrested, my father has a plan."

"So far, the only way is to let the emperor know that the matter of the edict is all done by the remnants of the Zhenbei Wangfu in order to sow discord."

"If there is no evidence, we will get some evidence to show the emperor. Lord, as long as you tell the emperor that the prince of Zhenbei has a birthmark on his shoulder......"

At that time, Geng Hai's words were still in his ears, and Ashina tried to stand in place calmly, almost not daring to look at the emperor's face, his heart pounding faster, and his chest rising and falling.

As soon as Wei Guogong said that day, Ashina remembered that his nephew Xue Zhao did have a birthmark on his shoulder, although he had never seen it with his own eyes, he heard his father mention it by chance.

If Cen Yin also has this birthmark, then will he really be ......

The emperor's gaze was fixed on Ashina, his eyes sharp, as if he wanted to see Ashina through.

There was silence in the wing, except for the occasional sound of the wind blowing the window sash, "creaking ......"

The emperor slowly turned the jade wrench on his thumb, and for a long time he didn't say anything, Ashina's body became more and more stiff as the silence spread, and he felt that the air in the room was so dull that it was like a dog day, which made people unable to see through.

Geng Hai stood quietly aside, seemingly not squinting, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned at an angle that the emperor couldn't see.

Knowing that the emperor is like Geng Hai, at least he can see that the emperor has become suspicious of Cen Yin.

The emperor's thin lips tightened into a straight line, and the hand that turned the jade wrench stopped, and the tips of his eyebrows moved.

Geng Hai didn't miss any slight change in the emperor's face, a cold front flashed in his pupils, and then he said with persistent encouragement: "Your Majesty, what Prince Ashina said is true or false. ”

The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Geng Hai, and he knew Geng Hai's unsightly thoughts at a glance......

Geng Hai also understood in his heart, and calmly looked at the emperor, acting in a bright and upright manner, and said: "Your Majesty, you are not afraid of 10,000 just in case, if Lord Cen is really the remnant of the Zhenbei Palace, the minister really can't imagine what he is trying to do with the emperor for so many years......"

Geng Hai's words pierced the emperor's heart where he was most worried.

The emperor's eyebrows jumped, and his reason told him that all this was just Geng Hai wanting to cause trouble and frame Ah Yin, but he couldn't help but think, "What if" what Geng Hai said was true?!

He has a lot of trust in Ah Yin and entrusts him with important responsibilities, which can be described as putting his heart into his heart, and if Ah Yin wants to harm himself, I am afraid it will be effortless......

Wouldn't you raise a tiger for trouble......

The emperor's face tensed even more, and as soon as he thought of this possibility, the emperor felt like a man's back.

"Okay." The emperor said slowly, "I'll let people Xuan Ayin, and you will confront him face to face." ”

Geng Hai's heartbeat pounded faster, suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, and said, "That minister asked Jin Wuwei Wu to command the envoy to Xuancen to supervise the lord. ”

The emperor did not speak, but waved his hand.