Kaju East City • Prince Huan's Mansion

"Are you serious?"

"How dare my brother joke about this kind of thing, three days ago, my father and the emperor had issued an order to let the Lian family and the eldest brother leave!"

Gong Wei squinted his eyes slightly, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Third brother..."Gong Hao's tone carried a fanaticism that could not be hidden, "Our opportunity has come!" ”

"Yes, I thought that being trapped in the mansion these days would take advantage of the boss and the fifth." Gong Wei sneered slightly, "The killer sent out has no result, and he can't even let his father punish him for the crime of poor escort." I really thought that your brother's fortune was over. ”

"The ghost prison has not been a prisoner since it was built. The eldest brother was afraid that he would not be useful, but the fifth brother jumped out again. Third brother, we can't take it lightly! ”

"This kid Miyahata really underestimated him in the past. If it weren't for your report of his affair with the Lian family, I would have really thought that everything that happened last night was as he said. ”

"Yes, fortunately, we know that he and Lian are the same thing. The younger brother couldn't figure it out, the eldest brother was just knocked unconscious that night, why didn't he wake up for so long, and let the fifth brother rob the white in front of his father? ”

"He can even sell the imperial doctor and the maid of the prince's mansion, so naturally he will not forget the most crucial step of ensuring that the boss does not wake up in front of his father. Otherwise, the bitter master would have demolished the stage, wouldn't he have invited so many people to play with him in vain. ”

"The fact that he can plan such a big show shows that he is scheming." Gong Hao's tone seemed to be a little afraid, "Third brother, in the past, he pretended to be crazy and stupid, and he was a little low to the eldest brother and us, pretending not to care about the throne, did he keep this trick as a hindrance?" ”

"In any case, now that he has brought down the boss, he has also exposed himself, and he can no longer use the same tricks on us. It's that Lian family, who regarded our two brothers as fierce rivals early on, and really couldn't help but guard against it. ”

"Third brother, don't worry, according to your orders, the younger brother asked Xiaohan to investigate the traces of the Lian clan last year." Gong Yu looked proud, "Who knew that Shun Teng touched the melon, and actually found the Lifu, and it seems that it has something to do with the general of the Praetorian Guard, named Wen Zhao." ”

"This slut also beat the idea of the general of the Praetorian Guard?"

"It doesn't seem to be... Xiao Han found out that Wen Zhao had conspired with Lian to kill his lieutenant general, Xiao Yao. Afterwards, he also ordered to examine the body of that Xiaoyao. The younger brother felt strange, so he asked Xiaohan to make a confession to the man, and finally found out the heart grass of the Southern Desert and the law practice flower of the Eastern Widow. ”

"Dare Qing was still inspired by that Xiao Yao, and you began to secretly ask people to smuggle flowers from Dongya?" Gong Wei smiled with interest, "But this trick is really ingenious." My father never believed in making things out of nothing, so even if our people told him about Fa Lianhua's appearance in the streets and alleys of Kazhou, he would never suspect that we were manipulating behind the scenes. ”

"The fifth child has been frequently pushed to the forefront recently, and according to his father's temperament, he must have been suspicious of him." Gong Yu said leisurely, "And the only person in the city of Kazhou who is related to Dongwei is his mother, Concubine Yingniang." ”

"Concubine Ying has always been cautious, and her mother has been staring at her for so many years, and she can't find a trace of error. To say that she secretly colluded with her mother country, unless her son was in his prime, her father would definitely not believe it. ”

"It's a wonderful time!" Gong Yu slapped his palms and smiled, "The fifth child has also tried his best, but who told him to have such a mother from another race!" The more he played this game of chess without any flaws, the more suspicious his father became. ”

"Suspicion alone can't get rid of the roots..."Gong Wei looked at Gong Yu faintly, "You just said that my father handed over the boss to the Criminal Department?" ”

"Now people are in the ghost prison, except for the criminal department, the gods and ghosts can't see people."

"In that case, let's ask our people in the Criminal Department to be smart." Gong Wei took a sip of tea, "Have you contacted Fang Zhiyun?" ”

"Third brother, don't worry, they all use old people. Knowing that the boss had entered, he took the initiative to ask for his life early in the morning. ”

Gong Wei glanced at his proud younger brother, and was overjoyed, and couldn't help but grin the corners of his mouth for a while, and laughed heartily with Gong Hao.

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Since the palace was imprisoned, the Prince's Mansion has fallen into a dull silence. The servants in the palace are all in danger, and they are afraid that the palace will be convicted and the whole government will be implicated.

And this oppressive atmosphere seems to have spread to my courtyard as well, and since I came back that day, I haven't spoken to Guan Ju and Pu Jia for three days.

On this day, Guan Ju couldn't bear it anymore, so he knelt down in front of me and said, "Girl, can you still blame the slave and maid for helping the five princes lie in front of the emperor?" If this is the case, you punish the slave and maid, how good is it to not speak day by day, and suffocate yourself! ”

Pu Jia exchanged a bowl of white fungus soup for cold tea, and couldn't help but kneel down with Guan Ju: "The emperor has dismissed your marriage with His Royal Highness the Prince, and now you are free, if you want to go back to Lifu, or want to go back to Taopinlou, slaves and Guan Ju can accompany you out." The fifth prince has not handed in the news in the past few days, thinking that he is afraid that the girl will still complain about him. You and him are consuming each other like this, and it is not a way after all. ”

I saw the two girls kneeling on the ground with sincere faces, and I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart, and said with a long sigh: "Where have I ever complained about the palace flags, and I have never been angry with you." I'm angry with myself. Obviously, I fell in love with him, and I complained to him that my life in the prince's mansion was not good. Now that he's solved my predicament, I'm pretentious and say things like that to him......"

"Since ancient times, everything has been difficult to do both, how can the girl blame herself?" Pu Jia said distressedly: "One is the life of you and the five princes, and the other is the life of an innocent person. The decision was made by the five princes for you, and the slaves and maids also participated in it, so why should the girl blame herself for this? ”

"Of course I know that you are all for my happiness." I frowned and said, "Gong Wan is like this, you are like this, Aunt Hua, Wanqiu, Sarong and they are the same." Duan Ming must have sent the grain and grass to Lihan now, but I haven't thought about how I will face him when he comes back......"

Pu Jia was about to persuade again, when she suddenly heard a high-pitched and sharp call from outside the door. The three of us were stunned, and hurriedly pushed the door out, and saw the old eunuch standing next to the emperor standing in the courtyard.

"I've seen my father-in-law."

"Lian's, pass on the emperor's edict, urgently summon you to enter the palace to face the saint, hurry up and go with the old slave!"

When I heard this, I hurriedly smiled and asked softly, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be in front of the palace at this moment?" ”

The old eunuch glanced at me and laughed sharply, "You are coincidental, at this moment, the third highness, the fourth highness, and the fifth highness are all here, but His Royal Highness the crown prince is not there." Less nonsense, the emperor is still waiting for you! ”

I heard this, and knew that I couldn't ask anything, so I comforted Guan Ju and Pu Jia in a panic, and went with the old eunuch.

Now that I am no longer the crown princess, I naturally have no soft sedan chair to sit on. I followed the old eunuch into the carriage, and when I arrived at the gate of the palace, I hurriedly walked with him, and arrived at the palace in less than half an hour.

"Lian, come in with me."

I clearly felt the old eunuch's tone of ill intentions, and my heart tightened, so I followed him into the temple gate.

Pass the main hall and go around the screen to enter the study. The charcoal fire in the room is extremely warm, and the quiet aroma of ambergris is also refreshing. However, when I saw the palace flag kneeling at the emperor's feet, a layer of goosebumps still appeared on my body.

"Your Majesty, the Lian family has arrived."

"Be bold, don't kneel yet!"

Frightened by the loud shouting in the corner, I realized that the palace curtain and the palace curtain were standing side by side, staring at me with an angry face.

"The courtiers meet the emperor." I maintained the calm on my face, and Ying Ying bowed down to the emperor, "The emperor urgently summoned his courtiers to come, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" ”

"Your courtier's voice is so smooth, I'm afraid that if the Marquis of Lihou knows that his righteous daughter has done such a scandalous thing, he will be so angry." The emperor sneered, "See for yourself!" ”

The emperor threw out a piece of paper full of dense small characters, and the paper fluttered and floated to the feet of the palace curtain. I gritted my teeth, got up and walked up to him, bent down and picked up the paper.

I read it carefully, and the handwriting was not very clear, but the words were thrilling. By the time I finished reading it, my sweat was already soaking through my coat and sticking wet and sticky to my shrunken back.

"Your Majesty..."

"What else do you have to say?"

"Why should my father ask again, she naturally has nothing to say." Gong Wei said coldly, "The prince's confession in the ghost prison is clearly written, and he saw through the adultery between the Lian family and the fifth brother in the morning, but he was unwilling to expose it because of his feelings. Because of jealousy and hatred, he secretly sent assassins to follow the fifth brother, wanting to kill the fifth brother unknowingly when the team walked to a deserted place. ”

"Father... That's not the case! You listen to Erchen's explanation—"

"—I really pity those soldiers and grain and grass who have suffered in vain." Gong Hao let out a long sigh and covered Gong Hao's defense, "It's not right for the fifth brother to have an affair with the eldest sister-in-law, but the eldest brother shouldn't have been implicated in so many innocent lives in a fit of anger!" ”

"Your Majesty! This confession is absurd, there is not a single word of truth, and it can never be written by His Royal Highness the Prince! I glared at the palace guard, and then turned to the emperor and said excitedly, "The courtiers request that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be transferred out of prison, and confront the courtiers and the Fifth Highness in front of you!" ”

"Sister-in-law... Oh no, even girl, even if you are in a hurry, you can't ask your father to promise you such a thing. Gong Hao smiled bitterly, "What kind of place is that ghost prison, dug from the surface, 171 zhang deep eighteen-story stainless steel death prison." The prisoners there were the most heinous condemned prisoners since the previous dynasty, and none of them had ever come out alive. Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is to be transferred out of that ghostly place, according to the rules, he should fast and clean inside and outside for three days before he can go out, let alone face the saint. ”