Qingdi thought for a while and said: "Let's stabilize Zhang Xiuhe first, and first send someone to say that the matter has not been clarified, saying that the queen mother may not have been killed by your third brother, and that your third brother should be imprisoned first, and the rest of the matter will ...... We'll deal with it later. ”

Xiaohu has no idea now, she looks at Qingdi, what she says is what it is.

The two of them took the people and horses and went out to see Zhang Xiuhe together, and after the confrontation, Zhang Xiuhe said: "Two princesses, the third prince killed the queen mother yesterday and committed a heinous crime, people and gods are angry, I arrest the third prince in the name of the royal family surnamed Zhang, and ask the two princesses to issue an order to deal with the three princes." ”

Qingdi asked coldly: "You keep saying that he killed people, do you have any evidence?" ”

"His subordinates told me personally that as early as when he was the emperor, he was jealous of the Empress Dowager's partiality towards the current saint, so he planned to make a false abdication and assassinate the Empress Dowager and the current saint in secret. But he didn't expect the saint to suddenly drive out on the expedition, so he did it now. Zhang Xiuhe replied without changing his face.

When Zhang Xiuhe spoke, the people behind him kept arguing and shouting, which made Xiaohu upset, and suddenly shouted at the people behind Zhang Xiuhe: "Shut up for me, otherwise this princess will kill you all!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the people behind him really didn't dare to speak, and an extremely depressing atmosphere hung in the air, and Xiaohu became more and more irritable, wanting to cry, want to roar, and want to kill people in the past.

Qingdi turned his head to look at Xiaohu, wrinkled his brows and shook his head at Xiaohu, Xiaohu held back his tears, took a few steps back, and stopped talking.

Qingdi could still maintain a calm tone, and said to Zhang Xiuhe: "We feel that this matter is still suspicious, and we need to put the third prince in prison first, and then deal with it after the matter is clarified." ”

Zhang Xiuhe sneered and said: "The matter has been clarified, the princess should correct this person on the spot, otherwise the man who will kill even his own mother, I am worried that he will hurt the two princesses in the future in order to do something." ”

Qingdi said righteously: "You don't need to worry about our affairs, we haven't seen the witness evidence you said, how can we be sure that he killed the person?" And he is a prince, even if he really commits a crime, you don't have any right to deal with it. ”

Zhang Xiuhe smiled faintly and said, "What does the princess mean is that if the prince commits a crime, he shouldn't be punished like ordinary people?" Our Wu country has always paid attention to filial piety, but the third prince killed his own mother, if the princess does not dispose of him, it will be difficult to convince the public. ”

Qingdi frowned, Zhang Xiuhe didn't seem to understand her words, and continued to talk to her to deal with it, it seems that he has no intention of reasoning at all, he just wants to constantly incite the people's anger and put pressure on them.

"Didn't I say that? There is not enough evidence to conclude that he did it! How many times do you want me to repeat this? Qingdi's tone was cold, obviously not wanting to talk to him anymore.

Zhang Xiuhe chuckled lightly and said, "I also said, I found his previous subordinates and interrogated them, all these things were done by him, does the princess want to bring that person here to confront him face to face?" ”

Qingdi immediately reacted: "How do I know if that person is you who you found to deliberately frame the third prince?" ”

"If you doubt me so much, there's nothing I can do. It's just that the sky has eyes, and if anyone who does such a hurtful thing can still live in the world, I am afraid that the entire country of Wu will suffer retribution because of him. Zhang Xiuhe stared at Qingdi tightly and said, "I'm afraid that the insect Gu disease will prevail again, and I'm afraid that the saint will encounter an accident today, after all, God has eyes." ”

When it came to the disease of worms, the people of Wu remembered Zhang Xiuhe's kindness again, and the voices in the crowd clamoring for the death of the third prince continued to increase.

Qingdi began to feel the pressure, it turned out that a worm Gu disease could really make a person have so many people's hearts, and he knew that he should have let Chu Yaocen offer this prescription by himself, and he would take on the mission of saving the lives of all the people of Wu Country.

Now, it is not realistic to rescue the three princes, no matter what, you must give an explanation to the people.

Qingdi thought for a while, turned over and dismounted, and walked to the three princes, the three princes opened their mouths, but they couldn't say a word, his eyes were full of sorrow, and he looked at Qingdi intently, as if questioning why God did this to him.

Qingdi's eyes were sympathetic, and she muttered: "I'm sorry, for the stability of Wu Guo, for Xiaohu to take power next, and for Zhang Xiuhe's trick to not succeed, I have to kill you." ”

Qingdi's voice was very small, but the third prince still heard it, and he suddenly seemed to be drained of all his strength...... That's right, there is no way for him to escape from the current situation, and he has no way to tell Qingdi and all the people behind him the truth, he must die here.

He raised his head sharply again, and there was a hint of identification in his eyes, as if telling Qingdi to kill him quickly, he was ready.

Qingdi understood what he meant, she took out the sword she was carrying, and stabbed him in the heart, and the third prince immediately spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell limply in a pool of blood as if it had been shattered.

Xiaohu suddenly saw such a situation, only to feel that his eyes were dark, his ears were roaring, and his eyes suddenly rolled and he rolled off the horse. Seeing this, he quickly stepped forward and hugged Xiaohu, looked at the situation in front of him, and estimated that Qingdi would have to say something more to that person, and he didn't have time to take care of Xiaohu for the time being, so he took Xiaohu back to the palace on his own initiative.

Qingdi drew back his sword and watched the life of the third prince gradually pass, until he couldn't breathe out for a long time, then he raised his head and said to Zhang Xiuhe: "Now that the person is dead, are you satisfied?" ”

Zhang Xiuhe was also startled, he thought that Qingdi would at least entangle with him for a while, but he didn't expect Qingdi to kill so decisively, so he stabbed the third prince to death with such a sword.

Zhang Xiuhe got off the horse, looked at the appearance of the third prince, there was indeed no possibility of survival, he didn't lock him up anymore, knelt on the ground and said: "Princess, now that the Queen Mother and the Third Prince are dead, there are only you and Xiaohu in the court, and you and Xiaohu are the only two princesses, and they may not be able to control the ministers." I ask the princess as a royal family surnamed Zhang that she can let me return to the court as an official to help you. ”

Qingdi sneered and said, "Go back to your Shenjiang and be your king, you don't need to worry about the affairs of the court!" ”

After Qingdi finished speaking, she ordered someone to take the body of the third prince back to the palace, and she also turned around and left, no longer listening to Zhang Xiuhe say a word.

Zhang Xiuhe looked at her distant back, a little strange, he originally thought that Chu Yaocen was with him, but he didn't expect his wife to oppose him everywhere, is this husband and wife not in alignment?

But after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Xiuhe laughed, it doesn't matter, the people are all on his side, and sooner or later he will have to return to the court.

In the palace, the whole afternoon was in a depressing atmosphere. Xiaohu has been in a coma, Qingdi met with several ministers, some of them directly scolded Zhang Xiuhe for her wolf ambition and forced her to kill the three princes, and some people asked Qingdi to let Zhang Xiuhe return to the court, otherwise the people will be unstable, and the ministers of the court will also feel unfair.

Qingdi didn't give them any reply, only reasoned that it was because Xiaohu was unconscious, and these decisions would not be made until Xiaohu woke up and discussed with her.

It wasn't until late at night that all the ministers dispersed, and the third prince, who was supposed to die, gradually opened his eyes.

He remembered the coldness of Qingdi's sword piercing into his chest, and he felt that he should be dead, but he didn't expect to see Chu Yaocen's face as soon as he opened his eyes.

Chu Yaocen saw that he woke up, and he looked surprised, so he hurriedly made a gesture to ask him not to speak, although he couldn't speak. Then he reached out and touched the wound under his heart, and explained to him: "This wound, a little away from the slightest distance, you will die." However, Qingdi has been learning medical skills with me for a long time, and although she is not too clever, she knows where the thorns can make you look like dead, but not really dead. ”

So that's it...... No wonder.

"I heard her say about the situation at that time, if I don't kill you, the people will definitely have some plans, and then Zhang Xiuhe will have more reason to force Qingdi and Xiaohu to do something." After Chu Yaocen finished explaining, he said: "I can't get rid of the poison you had last night, the strip you used to make your voice has been burned by the poison, and even if you recover in the future, you can only make a hoarse voice, and you will never be able to return to your original appearance." ”

The third prince gritted his teeth, this Zhang Xiuhe, he always thought that he was his cousin, even if he really wanted to usurp the throne, he would not do such a desperate job, but he did it so desperately.

"Let's go meet Xiaohu later, she just suffered the pain of losing her mother, and she definitely can't bear the pain of losing her brother." Chu Yaocen patted the third prince on the shoulder and said.

The third prince nodded, then lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed to visit Xiaohu, but as soon as he moved, he pulled his wound, and the pain was so sudden that he almost passed out again.

Chu Yaocen hurriedly went over to help him up, helped him back to sit on the bed, carefully examined his wound again, and said, "Sure enough, I still can't move, I'll let Qingdi bring Xiaohu over to see you later." ”

The third prince hurriedly shook his head, he knew that Xiaohu must have been frightened a lot, so he still didn't bother her.

"You can't go, I think of one more thing, you are dead in the eyes of outsiders, you can't let Zhang Xiuhe know that you are still alive, and we can't guarantee that there is no Zhang Xiuhe's eyeliner in the palace, but at least there is no place where I live." Chu Yaocen said: "You can stay in peace, don't go out." ”

After hearing this, the third prince thought about it carefully, and there was some truth, so he nodded, and looked at Chu Yaocen gratefully and apologetically.

Chu Yaocen then went to find Qingdi and Xiaohu, Xiaohu's coma this time seemed to be deliberately unwilling to wake up, it had been so long, no matter how outsiders called her to call her, she still closed her eyes tightly and was unwilling to open them.

Qingdi saw Chu Yaocen coming, so he asked, "Is the third prince awake?" ”

Chu Yaocen nodded, and asked again, "How is Xiaohu?" ”

"She just wouldn't open her eyes, and I didn't know what to do." Qingdi said worriedly.