Chapter 430: An Unexpected Result
The Empress Dowager said lightly the word "please", and after a while, Emperor Duanhua led his two younger brothers in and saluted the Empress Dowager.
The emperor had already had an experience, and he was calm at the moment.
But King Liang and Xu Xio, who were brought by him, although at least one of them was innocent, they were a little uneasy at the moment. Silently followed the emperor to salute, greeted him, then folded his sleeves and bowed his head, and stood there silently-Xu Xi swore that due to the early death of his mother the eldest princess of Lu Guo, his father Yi Pingbo and Shou Chunbo, the original husband of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, were a little sorry for his wife in the backyard.
As the eldest son of the original wife, and without the maintenance of his mother, Xu Xi swore that although the Empress Dowager and other elders took care of him from time to time, he had cultivated a cautious style of words and deeds, and he was just right at the moment.
King Liang was raised by Cui Guifei with his liver, and he is usually very good at being coquettish in front of his elders, so he will also look melancholy and silent, but it will arouse suspicion!
The Empress Dowager glanced at the three juniors, asked them to sit down, and said with a smile: "How did you three brothers come together today?" β
"The two of them happened to come to the palace to report something, and after the matter was finished, the grandson was going to come over to greet you, and the two of them heard it and said that they hadn't come to see you for some days." Emperor Duanhua also smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, and said, "No, Yang Sun Er brought them over." β
After saying this, seeing that King Liang and Xu Xioan did not speak, the scene was a little cold for a while, and the Empress Dowager hurriedly gave the emperor a look: "You are just here to ask for peace?" The mourning family doesn't look like it! β
"I can't hide anything from the imperial grandmother!" Emperor Duanhua hurriedly said, "About Liaozhou......
Now everyone knows what happened in Liaozhou, because of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, it is quite worrying to the royal family.
The Empress Dowager naturally ordered the clearance - because King Qing was now "asleep", the Empress Dowager did not say to keep him like last time, but let Yuguo carry him to the apse.
In this way, the idlers dispersed, the door of the temple closed, and the atmosphere that had been somewhat relaxed and harmonious just now immediately stiffened!
Especially King Liang and Xu Xio, who were about to prove their innocence, were a little stiff in their hands and feet.
I don't know if it's a weak heart or an embarrassment? Or both?
The Empress Dowager noticed it and said very calmly: "Such an important matter, even if it is nonsense from the people below, it is good to figure it out!" This is not only for my son Xianjia, but also for your own good-the emperor is soft-hearted and doesn't want to tell you, but the mourning family thinks that he is not afraid of shadows! If you feel wronged, there is nothing you can do about the mourning family, if you want to hate, hate the mourning family! β
When she said this, she took the responsibility of asking King Liang and Xu Xi to swear blood to confess their relatives.
Emperor Duanhua was very ashamed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Grandmother ...... Emperor"
"What did Grandmother say?" Before the emperor finished speaking, King Liang bit his lower lip hard, and suddenly took the lead and said, "Sun Er didn't know about this matter before, if he knew, the emperor's grandmother didn't mention it, and Sun Er would also take the initiative to ask for blood to recognize his relatives to prove his innocence!" β
He also said, "Otherwise, this matter has always become a thorn in everyone's heart, but it will alienate the flesh and blood!" β
"If only you could think like that." The Empress Dowager nodded, slowed down her tone and said, "Don't worry!" The mourning family believes that you are all good children, but the stakes are high, and in order to avoid similar provocations in the future, the scene that should be left still has to be left - when you get out of this temple, you are still brothers, understand? β
Seeing that the three of Emperor Duanhua all bowed down to lead the training, the Empress Dowager said to Yuguo, "Go!" β
Yuguo turned into the apse as usual, first hugged King Qing, and then came out with a basin of water - the Empress Dowager hugged King Qing in a coma on her knees, her eyes swept over his finger wounds that had not yet scabbed, thought about it, pulled off her sleeves, raised his arm above the basin, and cut it gently!
At the same time as the blood fell, King Qing Xu was awakened by the stinging pain, crying out "wow", and instinctively struggled!
The Empress Dowager is old, and because King Qing's blood has been completed, her heart can't help but relax for a moment, and he actually broke out his arm and slapped it on the water with a heavy wave, slapping a basin of water and splashing a lot outside.
"Take it away!" Seeing this, the Empress Dowager hurriedly held down King Qing and scolded Yuguo, "Don't tell him to overturn all the water!" β
Yuguo hurriedly retreated with the basin of water, and walked to King Liang and Xu Xioan - the two brothers subconsciously pushed and gave in, and realized that this was not a good thing to be ashamed, so Xu Xishou took the silver knife first, cut his arm and dripped blood into the basin, but saw that the blood sank into the basin and went straight to the bottom, and there was no meaning of harmony with King Qing's blood.
Although Xu Xiswore that he knew that he was innocent, he was secretly relieved when he saw this, ignoring the bleeding wounds, holding the knife in both hands and handing it over to King Liang.
King Liang was not as crisp as him, after rolling up his sleeves, he compared it with a knife on his arm, and his face was embarrassed - in the end, he still noticed that the Empress Dowager and Emperor Duanhua were not quite right when they looked at him, so he gritted his teeth and slashed down with a knife!
In the clear water, the blood of the three people is distinct, even if the water surface that has been photographed by King Qing is still a little shaken, but the blood in it has no intention of blending!
A flash of relief flashed between Liang Wang's eyebrows.
"Why did King Liang hesitate for so long?" There was silence in the palace for a moment, and the Empress Dowager handed over King Qing, who was still crying, to Yuguo, and asked her to take her to the apse for placement, and straightened her clothes, and asked calmly but sharply.
"Imperial grandmother, you don't know ......" King Liang heard this, his face showed a clear color, and he hesitated before he swallowed, "My grandson has been afraid of pain since I was a child, and my mother asked my grandson to help thread the needle, but my grandson accidentally pricked his hand, and he didn't think about tea and rice for several days. So...... That's why I just wanted to cut myself with a knife, although my grandson knew in his heart that this was the way it should be, there was always something under his hands that he couldn't do it! Even...... I want to ask the royal brother to help me do it, so that my grandson can't stop watching it with his eyes closed! β
When he said this, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Duanhua were very speechless.
King Liang said again: "If the imperial grandmother doesn't believe it, you can summon the person who served the concubine in the past to ask - I'm not afraid that you will laugh with the imperial brother and cousin Xu, then the grandson cried intermittently for several days, and the mother concubine was very distressed, so she promised her grandson a lot of things that she usually couldn't want, and the grandson was aggrieved and didn't cry." β
It is common for children to be afraid of pain and cry, especially for a prince like King Liang, who takes the "rich and idle king" as the cultivation goal, it is natural for him to be pampered. But now that he is a father, he is still afraid of the pain to this extent, so that when confirming the bloodline of Emperor Xianjia, he hesitated to let the Empress Dowager question it, and it really makes people not know what to say!
"Cui's is really used to you!" The Empress Dowager was in a mess for a moment, and said helplessly, "But now that you are a father, for the sake of Chengzhu, you have to be tough in the future, right?" After all, your princess and your son have to rely on you for the rest of their lives. If you are still so squeamish, who do you want them to cry with? β
King Liang was red-faced when he heard this, and said yes.
"What do you see, Emperor?" After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she turned to Emperor Duanhua - Originally, the Empress Dowager wanted to prepare a pair of mother and daughter on death row like last time, so as to prove that the process of dripping blood and recognizing relatives did not do anything, but in order to show his trust in the Empress Dowager, when he came back to entrust his grandmother, he said that there was no need to be so troublesome, he absolutely trusted his grandmother.
Seeing him like this, the Empress Dowager naturally wouldn't insist, lest Emperor Duanhua feel that she was born with him.
So this blood confession is over, and since the result is out, the royal family naturally has to discuss a protocol for disposal.
"The grandson can't stand his father and younger brother!" Emperor Duanhua was silent for a moment, then suddenly knelt down in his robe, and said bitterly, "If it weren't for the mention of the emperor's grandmother and Xisu, the grandson would ...... The grandson almost killed his own brother!! β
He simply gritted his teeth and said this, before he finished speaking, his face was like a black cloud pressing down on the city, and the overwhelming anger was undisguised, just waiting for the opportunity to attack!
Although King Liang and Xu Xioan had proved their innocence, the emperor knelt down, and they also quickly knelt down.
"Jian Pingyu is a member of the mourning family's generation!" The Empress Dowager understood the emperor's current mood, and comforted in a softened tone, "Even in the generation of the mourning family, he is also a leader!" Otherwise, how could a person like him from a poor family coax the pearl of the palm carefully cultivated by the Splendid Hall to disobey his parents and commit himself to marry? It's not that the emperor is not unwise, it's just that you are younger, and you have always been kind-hearted, so naturally you can't think of the filth of those vicious people! β
"It's the mourning family, before the Shentu clan and Zhenyuan showed their true colors, how could they have imagined that there would be such a ruthless woman in the world?!"
"At that time, the mourning family was several years older than the emperor now! It's still naΓ―ve, the emperor is a little negligent now because of his youth, what's the big deal? β
"Do you think that your father was born to know everything? Take your time, don't rush, huh? β
The Empress Dowager's soft words enlightened Emperor Duanhua to feel a little better, but he thought that the culprit who he had finally found out was quietly killed by himself as early as last year - even his favorite son - and now he just wants to vent, unless he goes to Liaozhou to open the coffin and whip the corpse, there is no other way!
Emperor Duanhua almost wanted to explode, gritted his teeth before holding it back, but thought of something: "Imperial grandmother, Ah Xu, they have suffered a great grievance this time!" β
"It's all your own brothers, what's the grievance or not?" Now Jian Xubai is not there, King Liang and Xu Xi swear to be there, but Emperor Duanhua only specifically mentioned Jian Xubai, which implies that King Liang and Xu Xi are young and their status is not as good as that of Emperor Duanhua, and they don't understand what they mean, but the Empress Dowager understands, mutters, and says euphemistically, "When you say that, it seems to be out of sight." β
Emperor Duanhua was silent, glanced at his two younger brothers, and didn't say any more, but he knew from his face that he was not satisfied with the Empress Dowager's obstruction.
The atmosphere in the hall was a little embarrassing for a whileβfortunately, at this time, the Empress Dowager heard a faint cry from the back of the palace, and frowned: "Why hasn't Yuguo coaxed King Qing yet?" If you want nothing else, go down first! The mourning family has to go and see King Qing, poor child, he must be in great pain after crying for so long! β
After King Qing was stabbed last time, although he also cried for a long time, but at that time his blood was suspicious, whether it was the Empress Dowager or Emperor Duanhua, they all wanted to kill him, let alone feel distressed; But now that the blood confession proves that he is indeed the son of Emperor Xianjia and the grandson of the Empress Dowager, how can the Empress Dowager take his crying seriously?
Not only the Empress Dowager, but also Emperor Duanhua was also busy: "Grandson will wait for the Imperial Doctor to come, give him a look at the wound, and tell the public that he was naughty!" β
β¦β¦ After a long time, Emperor Duanhua told Empress Wei, and the queen showed surprise when she heard this: "So, King Qing is our younger brother?" That's great! β
Emperor Duanhua thought that the queen's accident was that there was no problem with King Qing's bloodline, and he didn't care, so he said fearfully: "That's right-fortunately, Ah Xuan reminded him and found out that there was a problem with the court's judgment!" Otherwise, I would have killed my brother by mistake this time! If this is the case, even if you don't fall into the calculations of the people behind the scenes, how will you explain to your father when you go underground in the future? β
Although it is common for royal brothers to kill each other, it is not a day or two for Emperor Duanhua to think about killing the second king of Suxiang, but he is not a very murderous person in the end, and King Qing can't threaten him at all now - let him just kill this younger brother like this, and then act as if nothing happened, he really can't do it!
When I mentioned it at this moment, I was ashamed and angry, but I couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
But he didn't know that Empress Wei was perfunctory to him, but she was secretly wondering in her heart: "King Qing is really the bloodline of the first emperor?" I thought it was King Liang! Since it's not...... So the smallpox thing in Cuihua Mountain, was it done by King Liang? β