The autumn of the twenty-first year of Xianqing is destined to be a season of wind and rain. Many conspiracies brewing in the shadows have gradually emerged, turning the situation between the DPRK and China upside down.

"What are you talking about, the emperor wants to abolish the crown prince?" Guo Shilang looked at his junior brother with a shocked expression, "How is this possible, the crown prince is the only heir of the emperor, and the emperor will never abolish the crown prince." ”

After saying this, he asked anxiously, "Where did you get the news from?" ”

"After I came out of the Chenghui Palace, a small yellow door with eyes was stuffed into my hand."

Jiang Yucheng took out a small paper ball from his sleeve and handed it to him, Guo Shilang hurriedly took it, and when he opened it, he saw a line of crooked small characters written on it: The emperor wants to abolish the prince, which stems from the scourge of witchcraft.

After reading it, Guo Shilang tore up the small paper ball, "If this is not a prank by someone, then the matter is serious, let's hurry up and discuss it with the teacher." ”

Jiang Yucheng nodded, and rushed to Taifu's mansion with Guo Shilang in a hurry.

When they arrived, Mrs. Zhang was not at home, and according to the porter, he had entered the palace early in the morning and had not yet returned. What the two didn't know was that Taifu Zhang was arguing with Emperor Xianqing.

Chenghui Temple

On Emperor Xianqing's desk was a written edict of the abolished prince, but the jade seal had not yet been stamped on it. There were a group of old ministers led by Zhang Yuanqing standing in the hall, and they all came for the abolition of the crown prince by Emperor Xianqing.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is the prince, and if you abolish it easily, it may shake the foundation of the country, and the minister implores the emperor to withdraw his will."

Early this morning, Emperor Xianqing called these old ministers to the palace, thinking that there was something else to discuss. After they arrived, Liang Bingfang, under the instruction of Emperor Xianqing, read the edict of wanting to abolish the prince.

This edict shocked the old ministers almost turned their backs, and no one expected Emperor Xianqing to have such an idea. The legs of the second prince are gone, and the throne of the Dayan Dynasty can only be inherited by the crown prince.

Just when they were about to argue with reason, Emperor Xianqing asked Liang Bingfang to read the second edict, which wrote that the crown prince was named the king of filial piety, the imperial tomb was imprisoned, and the eldest son of the prince was appointed as the emperor's grandson.

Emperor Xianqing's genius pen is incomprehensible, so there are Zhang Yuanqing's previous words.

Emperor Xianqing didn't say anything, and at this time Liang Bingfang came up with a tray covered with yellow silk cloth.

"Liang Bingfang, take those things to the adults and see what I, the good prince, have done?"

Liang Bingfang was ordered to bring the tray to Zhang Yuanqing and the others, and lifted the yellow silk cloth in front of them, and after seeing the contents of the tray, everyone gasped, and some of the older ones almost fainted.

"Hmph, you can see it clearly." Emperor Xianqing suddenly got up and said, "That dry thing is the stillborn fetus of Wu Chenghui of the East Palace, and the stillborn is wrapped in fabric torn from my dragon robe. Liang Bingfang, you turn that thing over again and let them see what's behind it. ”

Liang Bingfang hesitated for a moment before doing so.

I saw that after the thing was turned over, there was a red piece of paper pasted on the back, and a birthday was written on it. Zhang Yuanqing took a closer look, and immediately took a few steps back in shock.

"See, that's my birthday." Emperor Xianqing's words carried a trace of irrepressible anger, "I hate witches the most in my life, this evil obstacle actually hit my mind, I will never tolerate the disloyal and unfilial evil obstacle as the crown prince." ”

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the Chenghui Palace, "Go and see who is making noise outside." ”

Liang Bingfang went and came back soon, "Your Majesty, it's the prince who is shouting grievances outside." ”

Emperor Xianqing's face was pale, "He still has the face to cry out for injustice, this thing fell from him with my own eyes, could it be that I wronged him?" ”

The emperor was so angry that no one dared to make a sound, and the entire hall was so quiet that even the air froze. After a long time, I heard Emperor Xianqing say: "Liang Bingfang, let him in, I want to hear how he defended himself." ”

The prince came in with his head kowtowed all the way, and when he arrived at Chenghui Palace, his forehead had been broken.

"Father, you listen to Erchen's explanation, that thing really isn't Erchen's, and Erchen doesn't know why it's on him." The prince wept bitterly.

Emperor Xianqing didn't raise his eyelids, "Do you think I will believe it?" ”

The prince was a little desperate, he had no idea where it came from. I only remember that day he was drunk and walked to the palace where the former queen once lived, and then seemed to be asleep. When he woke up, he saw his father looking at him with an angry face, and Liang Bingfang on the side was holding a bright yellow thing in his hand.

When Liang Bingfang spread the thing in front of him, he almost threw up.

He swore that he had never touched a witch, and he didn't know where the things that fell from him came from. He explained for a long time, but his father refused to believe him and grounded him in the East Palace.

He thought about it in the East Palace, and he didn't know who was framing him, so he could only come to Chenghui Hall to cry out before his father disposed of him.

"Father, the son is really wronged." At this moment, the prince could no longer find the words to defend himself, so he could only keep repeating this sentence.

Zhang Yuanqing took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister guarantees with his life, and with the character of the prince, he will never do such a thing, and please ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly and find out who is manipulating behind the scenes." ”

His voice fell, and the official secretary also stood up, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Mrs. Zhang's words are reasonable. ”

After the two of them, there were people who interceded for the crown prince one after another, asking Emperor Xianqing to investigate the matter thoroughly.

"It seems that you are all optimistic about the crown prince, and you support him so much before you ascend the throne." Emperor Xianqing smiled and said, "Do you still take me as the emperor in your eyes?" ”

Emperor Xianqing insisted on abolishing the crown prince, and no one could stop him. Empress Dowager Fu came to intercede for the crown prince, but was placed under house arrest by Emperor Xianqing in Shou'an Palace.

On the morning of the second day, the court read out the edict in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and the courtiers were stunned by the news, and after reacting, they all advised him to think twice.

Emperor Xianqing was unmoved, and covered the jade seal in front of all the courtiers, and the abolition of the prince became a foregone conclusion.

After the abolition of the crown prince, he then read out several holy decrees of dismissal, the crown prince and the prince Zhang Yuanqing, the secretary of the ministry Chen Jinlai, and the left attendant of the military department Fang Wenqing are all in this list.

In addition, there are also some officials who have been demoted, almost all of them are from the camp of the Marquis of Jinyang. There is only one exception, and that is Jiang Yucheng, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy.

Jiang Yucheng was demoted by Emperor Xianqing to Liangji County, a county on the southwestern border, as a magistrate. Jiang Yucheng was demoted, no one expected it, some people speculated that he was affected by Zhang Yuanqing, and even Zhang Yuanqing himself thought so.

Jiang Yucheng didn't think so, Emperor Xianqing suddenly moved so many people, no matter how you look at it, it's very weird. He never understood why Emperor Xianqing suddenly abolished the crown prince, and even more so did not leave any father-son affection, and confined the prince in the imperial mausoleum.

With such doubts, after saying goodbye to his teacher and brother, he obeyed the will and took his family to Liangji County to take office. By the time he returned to the capital again, it was already three years later.

In the past three years in Liangji County, Jiang Yucheng has been paying attention to the dynamics in Beijing. After the abolition of the crown prince, Emperor Xianqing suddenly increased the suppression of the Marquis of Jinyang, and constantly promoted the officials of the Yongyi Marquis camp, which led to the arrogance of the Yongyi Marquis faction, and the situation of the Yongyi Marquis family gradually formed in the court.

At the beginning of the year, the emperor's grandson had a serious illness and finally failed to survive. Emperor Xianqing lost his eldest grandson and fell ill. After recovering from a serious illness, some people proposed that the country was unstable without a prince, and proposed to make the second prince the crown prince, but was executed by Emperor Xianqing for the crime of ill intentions.

A few days later, someone proposed to choose a concubine for the second prince, and in the future, he gave birth to the emperor's grandson Keli as the grandson. Emperor Xianqing pondered for a long time and agreed to this proposal.

Shou'an Palace

Empress Dowager Fu was lying on the bed with a sick face, and Aunt Jinyu was waiting for her to drink medicine. After drinking the medicine, Aunt Jinyu came over with candied fruit, and Empress Dowager Fu shook her head, "Withdraw it, the mourning family doesn't want to eat it." ”

Aunt Jinyu had to take the candied fruit away.

After a while, Empress Dowager Fu asked, "Have the people who went to the imperial tomb come back?" ”

Aunt Jinyu said, "I just came back, and I'm waiting to report to you." ”

"Let him in."

"Yes."

Aunt Jinyu went out, and a little eunuch with a delicate face followed her into the Empress Dowager Fu's bedroom.

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