The east was white, and the light in the forest began to brighten, and Hengkang knelt on the ground, motionless, waiting for Ye Boyan's instructions.

Ye Boyan put his hands behind his back, silently looked at the kneeling person in front of him, and after a long time, he nodded, "Then now, I want to see if it's really as you said!" ”

Soon, in the middle of the open space, there is a circle of wild geese paved with cinnabar, in the middle is a platform made of wood, on the top of the platform, there is a wooden stake, which is fixed in the center, and the top of the stake is tied to a platform that stretches out.

On the platform that stretched out was a very thick rope, and directly below the rope was a recessed groove, which was dug out of a large log, and it was not dug through, but like a basin.

This slot is just the size of a baby.

Soon, Xiangyi was brought up, the rope was tied directly to her feet, and her whole person was hung upside down, Hengkang pricked another needle in her body in order to prevent her from waking up, and directly made her faint.

In this way, during the whole process, she will not wake up, she will not struggle, and all this will not have extraneous branches.

Hengkang stood at the bottom of the stage, looking at the unconscious Xiangyi, there were still some fluctuations in his heart, for him, let her leave without pain, it was the last care he could give her.

Ye Boyan was already sitting on the chairs prepared by the people, looking at this side from a distance, and the grandmother was holding the child, accompanying him, watching the preparations of the people on this side of the altar together.

"Bring the child to me," Ye Boyan looked at the table and set it up for a while, then turned to look at Mama.

Mama immediately sent the child to Ye Boyan's arms.

The newborn baby still doesn't know the world, and now he can't do anything but eat and sleep, and he doesn't think about anything.

Ye Boyan looked at the baby in his arms, patted his back gently, and smiled, this child really looks like Ye Qiongwen when he was a child, Ye Qiongwen was his first child, at that time, when he held him for the first time, there was a moment of softness in his heart, which flashed.

Newborns, especially their own children, are indeed for first-time fathers, a kind of satisfying emotion, like a concern in an instant, and like a matter of pride and assurance in an instant.

It's just that as children grow up, these emotions gradually change, and people will eventually grow up and have their own thoughts.

Ye Qiongwen is a simple person, when Ye Boyan looked at him, he knew that in the future, he would be like his mother, without much scheming, only caring about some affection and love.

Very early on, after Ye Boyan became the crown prince, he considered who among his children was more suitable to be his successor?

Obviously, Ye Qiongwen is not very suitable, but after all, Ye Boyan still feels sorry for this son, this time, he sacrificed his wife for his own great cause, and even this child may not be able to keep it.

Ye Boyan looked at the villain in his arms, he still owed Ye Qiongwen in his heart, this time after all this was over, he would wait for Ye Qiongwen's mood to calm down, and then, after he dominated the world, all the beauties in this world could be chosen by him.

"Your Majesty, the altar is ready!" Mama reminded in a whisper.

Ye Boyan came back to his senses at this time, returned the child to Mama, let Mama hold it, stripped him out of the swaddling clothes, and put him in the groove.

The early morning of spring is still a little cold, the little baby was suddenly put inside, naturally it was going to be frozen and crying, Ye Boyan was still sitting on the chair, unmoved, Hengkang, who was originally waiting below, had already picked up a knife and stood next to Xiangyi.

Hengkang looked at Xiangyi, who still didn't react, and glanced at Ye Boyan, who had been looking at this side, after all, he still clenched the knife in his hand and slowly walked towards Xiangyi.

Warm blood flowed from her fragrant body, and she remained there quietly as if she had lost her instincts, and soon the blood filled the groove, and the baby inside stopped crying.

This sacrifice lasted for half an hour, Hengkang fished the child out of the blood, he was very careful, very serious with the blanket put aside, wiped off the stains on his body for him, and then, wrapped him again, hugged him, and walked to Liang Boyan step by step.

From beginning to end, he didn't look at Xiangyi again.

Mama followed him and never managed to pick up the child.

Ye Boyan looked at Hengkang in front of him, knelt straight in front of him, lifted the baby in his arms, and said words of blessing to him.

"That's it?" Ye Boyan looked at the child who was still very quiet, still the same as before, and did not feel that after the sacrifice, he had changed much.

"It's just that, everything needs to be known when Xiao Shizi is growing up," Hengkang looked down at the ground and replied respectfully.

Ye Boyan sat on the chair and looked at the person in front of him for a long time before he got up and hugged the child, the child had already gone to sleep again, and at this moment, it was as quiet as a rag doll.

Ye Boyan looked at this face that was very similar to Ye Qiongwen, and finally resisted the impulse in his heart, handed him to the grandmother on the side, and let the grandmother hug him down.

"Since the sacrifice has been completed, let's go back to the palace!" Ye Boyan stood up from the chair, and after walking a few steps, he glanced back at the people on the altar, and then turned his face to Hengkang, "Dispose of the corpse, don't let people find clues." ”

After saying this, Ye Boyan left, and Hengkang still knelt on the ground, until Ye Boyan disappeared and his men helped him, and he stood up.

"Master, what are we going to do next?" The man who helped him asked.

"Burn the altar and the people!" Hengkang glanced back, there was no longer a person on the altar, his hands were clenched in his sleeves, and his eyes darkened.

All this, after all, can't go back.

In the capital, there was chaos, and the fake prince and the real second prince confronted each other outside the palace gate with their people.

Two people, two waves of people, no one will let anyone.

"Lord Wang—"

"Prince—"

Just when the two pairs of people were tense and the confrontation was white-hot, someone suddenly came to make a report, and it was two waves of people, and someone came to report.

"So?" The second prince looked surprised, followed the one who came to deliver the message, and confirmed it again and again.

"Are you sure?" On the side of the fake prince, he is not sure what to do.

Just when the two of them hadn't figured out the situation yet, Liang Bingwen and Liang Zhewei took a large number of people and surrounded them in the middle.

"In the name of the first emperor, we are the ones who arrested and sentenced the party and assisted the new emperor to ascend the throne, and we are traitors, and we will not surrender quickly!" Liang Bingwen's army, when he arrived in front of him, immediately shouted out.

At this time, the fake prince and the second prince were stunned, this time it was true, they heard it right, did these three princes really rise up to fight for the throne?

Obviously, before, he was far away from the struggle for imperial power, this time, how could this be, could it be that he was pretending to be before, and wanted to wait for them to compete with each other, and then a fisherman would benefit?

It must be like this, these three princes are too scheming.

"Bold, the prince is here, how dare you rebellious ministers and thieves speak out in front of the heirs appointed by the emperor?" The people on the fake prince's side immediately retorted.

"Liang Xiangguo, General Liang Xiao, this person has ill intentions and fornication with foreign enemies, I am here to arrest him," the second prince did not directly specify who was the traitor, but directly stated his attitude, saying that he was all the way with Liang Bingwen.

Liang Zhewei was a little puzzled, what they said was already very clear, what they said was that the prince and the second prince were both thieves, why did the second prince suddenly come to such a sentence as if he didn't understand.

Could it be that he thinks he is the successor, and they are here to help him?

"Second prince, forgive your subordinates-" Liang Bingwen looked at the second prince, frowning, and didn't know what he meant, so he could only dismount and salute, ready to explain to the two, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.

"Big brother, second brother, what are you doing outside the gate of this palace?" Suddenly, a person came out of the palace, dressed in filial piety clothes, standing at the gate of the palace respectfully, smiling calmly.

"Oh, Lord Xiangguo, General Xiaoliang is also there," Ye Boru, who came out of the palace gate, greeted them very politely as if he suddenly found that Liang Bingwen and them were also there.

"You-" The fake prince was a little confused, shouldn't the people in this palace be the power of their prince's mansion? Why, why did the third prince come out of it, so in this palace, where did those people go, and why, not a word of news came out?

"Third brother, why are you in the palace?" Ye Boyuan also looked at Ye Boru in a daze, no, most of the guards and forces in the palace now should be Ye Boyan's talents. The spies he had managed to stay behind had come back earlier to deliver the news and say that everything was normal.

Why, in just a few hours, the forces in this palace have changed, have they all been replaced by Ye Boru's forces?

"My father is seriously ill, and as the son of my father, I naturally have to serve in the palace," Ye Boru replied as a matter of course, which made the crowd speechless.

Sickness? This word made the people who came back to their senses lose their minds again, no, didn't the news come out last night, saying that the emperor had died?

"Didn't my father disappear last night?" The fake prince looked at the people in front of him and looked him up and down, Ye Boru came out this time, and there was no one by his side, and he himself was still standing in the middle of their group.

If they wanted to kill him, he wouldn't have a chance to dodge unless he had three heads and six arms.

But on the contrary, he just stood there, without any intention of being afraid, which made the fake prince a little afraid to act, so he could only look around, what was the reason for him to be so confident that he dared to come out alone.

Could it be that there are people in ambush somewhere else?

"Yes, otherwise why are you wearing filial piety clothes?" The second prince pointed to the clothes on Ye Boru's body and asked.

Since ancient times, such a costume can only be worn by his relatives after a person dies, if the emperor is really fine, then he is wearing it like this, isn't he cursing him to death? That's disrespectful!

"Third prince, the news that the ministers received is that the emperor has died, what do you mean by this now?" Liang Bingwen was also confused, and he couldn't figure out whether he said this on purpose or the real situation.

If it was said on purpose, for what?

If it's true, then who did the news that came out last night?

"My father did have a short time last night, as if he couldn't hold it anymore, but in the end, the imperial doctors rescued him back, and there was a false alarm," Ye Boru said, patting his chest at the same time, "I was scared to death, I put on all the mourning clothes, and it turned out to be a false alarm, and later, I have been with my father, and I haven't had time to change my clothes." ”

Ye Boru explained very seriously, "Later, I finally waited for my father to rest, and then I went out of the palace gate, and I heard them say, you are arguing at the palace gate, don't I rush over in a hurry?" ”

"The news last night was all the people in this palace, nonsense, not credible," Ye Boru looked at the fake prince, and then at the second prince, looking surprised, "Big brother and second brother, you should know, I also sent someone to inform you!" ”