Chapter 54: King Rui

Seeing Murong Heng swearing so much, coupled with his face, Nangong Yue Peng almost believed in his heart that he was his own son, and as for why he was exiled, he probably knew it.

However, Nangong Yue Peng didn't want to recognize him, not only that, but he wanted to kill him, and the twins could not succeed to the throne, which was not only a rule set by the ancestors of the Chu State, but also for the sake of the stability of the government.

And Nangong Yue Peng values the distinction between concubines and concubines, because of the shadow of his childhood, he will never let his concubine inherit the throne.

However, Nangong Jinxuan is his only son-in-law, and what he believes is orthodox now finds out that he is actually a twin, in which case his throne will only be inherited by his concubine.

Seeing that Nangong Yue Peng was slow to speak, Prime Minister Jin Zhuang took the lead in standing up: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this method is feasible, if it is found to be a deception, he will be punished with death, if it is really the royal bloodline, then His Majesty should also restore his position." ”

The official secretary also followed up and said: "The minister also thinks that His Majesty should be inspected on the spot. ”

Other ministers chimed in.

In front of everyone's eyes, Nangong Yue Peng had no choice but to let people prepare clear water.

A quarter of an hour later, the results came out, Murong Heng was indeed the prince.

Although everyone had already prepared in their hearts, they were still slightly surprised.

At the end of the confession, the ministers congratulated the emperor on finding his long-lost son, and some people also suggested that the emperor find out how Murong Heng ended up in exile.

However, Nangong Yue Peng skipped this question, because he knew that the queen would be involved, but the queen was his wife, and he had already reached this age, so he didn't want to set up another queen, not to mention that he didn't want to let his sister-in-law have another stain.

The news of the court soon reached the harem, and the queen ran over in an instant, and the guards couldn't stop it.

"Queen, is the court a place where you and a woman can come?" Nangong Yue Peng reprimanded.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the concubine just heard that there is a long-lost son of the concubine in the court today, so I couldn't help but run over to take a look."

Seeing Murong Heng, the queen's eyes suddenly turned pale, and she couldn't help covering her mouth and crying bitterly. In addition to being apprehensive, it is more for Nangong Jinxuan's position as the prince.

Nangong Yue Peng was in a complicated mood, kicked her a glance, didn't care about her, and then said to Murong Heng: "Child, for so many years, I have suffered you." In this palace in the future, my father will make up for you. ”

Seeing that Nangong Yue Peng recognized this son, the queen also hurriedly cried: "Child, it's the queen mother who is sorry for you, obviously the prince, but you have suffered so much in the people." ”

Murong Heng smiled disdainfully and said: "Actually, to be honest, I've been doing well over the years, and my adoptive father has been very good to me, if it weren't for someone who wanted to kill people, I wouldn't know my life experience." ”

That's what he's ultimately trying to do today.

"What do you say? Kill somebody to do away with a witness? What's going on? Nangong Yue Peng was puzzled.

"I believe that the previous attack on Murong Villa, my father also heard about it, Erchen's previous identity was Murong Heng, the second son of Murong Villa, and the difficulty of the Murong family this time is because of the identity of Erchen, the prince."

When the words fell, the whole hall was in an uproar.

The queen and Nangong Jinxuan turned pale with fright, and Murong Heng actually said that.

Murong Heng was in no mood to care about them, and said to Nangong Yue Peng: "This time, the sons came back and brought a witness, hoping that the father and emperor could announce them in, so that the Murong family could be fair." The Murong family has raised their sons for many years, but they were killed because of their sons, and the sons are really uneasy. ”

Nangong Yue Peng saw the expressions of the queen and Nangong Jinxuan, and knew that this matter had nothing to do with them.

At this moment, Nangong Yue Peng suddenly had an idea, that is, to take this opportunity to execute Nangong Jinxuan, so that there would only be one twin son left, after all, Murong Heng was also a son-in-law.

Although he was a little unbearable in his heart, after all, he was also the son who had been pampered for so many years, but he would never let his concubine sit on this throne.

Moreover, Murong Heng was able to smoothly bring the witness into the palace, coupled with his performance just now, he knew that this son's scheming was definitely far better than Nangong Jinxuan.

Nangong Yue Peng announced that he had entered the hall, which was the one who was arrested at the beginning.

Murong Heng was glad that he didn't let them all die at that time.

The man gave an account of everything.

Everyone's eyes widened again and pointed at Nangong Jinxuan.

Nangong Yue Peng pointed at Nangong Jinxuan in disappointment: "Prince, are you really doing this?" ”

Of course, Nangong Jinxuan refused to admit it, and the queen also said that this matter was impossible.

At the same time, the queen also glared at Murong Heng angrily: "I know that you are unhappy, but you can't frame Xuan'er like this, he is your own brother." ”

Although they are both her sons, in the end, one of them did not grow up by her side, so naturally there is a matter of priority.

"Queen!" Nangong Yue Peng glared at her dissatisfiedly, if she hadn't done such a thing privately, how could there be so many incidents today.

At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, there is a person outside who claims to be the prince's staff, please see him, and say that he has something important to tell His Majesty." ”

Nangong Yue Peng was stunned for a moment and said, "Xuan." ”

The person who came was Tracing the light.

When Nangong Jinxuan saw him, it was like grasping a life-saving straw, and hurriedly shouted: "Sir, save the orphan." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew how important this person was in Nangong Jinxuan's heart, and they thought that he was here to defend Nangong Jinxuan.

But unexpectedly, Su Guang admitted in public that it was indeed Nangong Jinxuan who sent people to attack Murong Villa.

In addition, he also shook out the previous charges of framing Zhongliang and selling official positions, and presented evidence, including the participation of the queen and some ministers, all of which are serious crimes.

The evidence is ironclad, Nangong Jinxuan and the queen don't know how to defend themselves now, and they collapsed directly to the ground. They understood that Murong Heng came back today to take revenge on them.

In fact, many ministers in the court knew about what Nangong Jinxuan had done, but because of His Majesty's maintenance, they never dared to expose it.

But now someone has said these things in front of the ministers, and there is ironclad evidence, how can His Majesty not be able to protect the crown prince, otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction among the ministers and lead to turmoil in the entire court.

Jin Zhuang, as the prime minister and the head of the hundred officials, immediately stood up and said that the prince was immoral, and asked His Majesty to punish him.

The other non* also stood up and agreed, but * did not dare to say a word with trepidation, and they also held a fluke mentality, with His Majesty's usual favor for the prince, maybe they would not deal with the prince again.

But who knew that Nangong Yue Peng looked at Nangong Jinxuan with an unbelievable expression, quite a bit of hatred that iron does not become steel.

Then he said bitterly: "Nangong Jinxuan, I didn't expect you to rely on my trust in you to do so many dirty things, which really disappointed me. Now that the evidence is conclusive, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people. The crown prince has committed all capital crimes, and as an emperor, I should lead by example. ”

Nangong Yue Peng paused, and then announced the disposition of the prince and committed suicide.

As for the other cadres involved, they were either beheaded or demoted, and the queen was fined for one year and grounded for two months.

The ministers suddenly gasped, only to feel a little chill all over their bodies, they didn't expect His Majesty to be so ruthless, they used to think that His Majesty loved the prince so much, but now it seems that the prince is really nothing in His Majesty's heart.

But there is still reason for the prince, after all, it was disposed of so quickly, in the end, it is unreasonable.

So someone stood up and said, "Your Majesty, even though the prince has been found guilty, but now he has not been tried by the three divisions, and His Majesty has been convicted in such a hurry, which is not in accordance with the law." ”

"The evidence is already here, what else is there to try? The matter is so decided, and no one is allowed to mention it again! Nangong Yue Peng said angrily.

Seeing that His Majesty was angry, everyone didn't dare to say it anymore, anyway, the prince deserved it.

Only the queen cried: "Your Majesty, Xuan'er is your own son, why can you bear ......?"

"You shut up for me, I have been very kind to you for the sake of many years of marriage, and you are the most responsible for him to have today!"

"Your Majesty......" The queen looked at him stunned, a little incredulous that her husband could be so ruthless.

"Someone, send the queen back to the palace."

Immediately, a eunuch came in and forcibly dragged the queen away.

Ever since the prince's crime was shaken out, Murong Heng has been a bystander and has not said a word. And people seem to have forgotten about him.

After Nangong Jinxuan was pulled away, Nangong Yue Peng pulled another wave of presence for him, Nangong Yue Peng announced that Murong Heng would restore his surname, change his name to Nangong Jinheng, and canonize him as King Rui, not allowing everyone to refute it, and directly announced his retirement from the dynasty.

Only then did the ministers understand that His Majesty did not value the prince, but only the status of the prince's concubine, and over the years, they all understood in their hearts how much His Majesty valued the distinction between concubines and concubines.

A eunuch took Murong Heng, who should now be called Nangong Jinheng, to the Rui Wang's Mansion that had just been given.

Back in the house, Nangong Jinheng thought about today's events,

Unexpectedly, this Yunguo royal family is really ruthless, this Nangong Yue Peng is indeed much more ruthless than his uncle.

It's just that thinking that Mu Ruiyuan is dead, she can't help but worry about Mu Ranyue, she must be very sad.

Even if she is married, he still can't let go of her in his heart.

In the past, she used her cousin status to shirk him, but now they are no longer cousins.

Thinking of Mu Ranyue, my heart throbbed.

He shook his head, trying not to think about her.

Then I thought of the deposed prince, and the performance of the prince's staff in the court today is really strange, as the prince's henchman, he ruthlessly told all the prince's affairs, and also took out a lot of evidence, but this is not good for him at all, and he will be implicated.

Nangong Jinheng suddenly had an idea in his mind, perhaps, all this is just using him to completely bring down Nangong Jinxuan?

His face changed, and he hurriedly ordered Liuyun to verify.