The place where the prince was imprisoned was in a villa in the east of the city, the environment inside was not poor, and the green pavilion was extremely quiet, but it only restricted his freedom.

There were heavy guards at the door, and after checking the documents in the hands of Bailijiu and Nuoya, they were released, and they took the two of them straight to a study, and shouted through the window: "Chu Qingxun, someone has come to see you." ”

An outdated prince, no one will be so polite to him, especially since this prince is now under house arrest for life and has never had a chance to turn over.

There was no movement in the house, and Bailijiu and Noah pushed open the door and walked in. It was already the third pole of the day, and Chu Qingxun was still lying on his back on the bed, sleeping soundly. The room was full of messes, with two or three jars of wine thrown on the floor, and the room was filled with the smell of fermented wine.

The prince lost power, Li Mingsu hanged himself, and the concubines of the Manchu Mansion were scattered, and there was no one to accompany him here to share weal and woe. It can be seen that even if it is a royal family and nobleman, it cannot escape the warmth and coldness of the world.

The room was too stuffy, the wine was fermented, and it was slightly sour. Noah opened the window and let out the smell of wine in the room.

The sound woke up the person on the bed, opened his sleepy eyes, turned his head to look at Bailijiu and Noah, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

"Come on!" Bailijiu shouted outside the house.

The soldier came in and said respectfully, "What does the ninth master command?" ”

"Is this how you take care of the prince?"

The soldier was a little embarrassed: "Ninth Master, it's not that the little ones are lazy and don't want to clean up, it's just ......"

"Xiao Jiu, you don't want the cat to cry and fake mercy." Chu Qingxun on the bed sat up slowly, yawned with his mouth open: "I didn't bother to see their faces and didn't let them enter the house." ”

Bailijiu waved at the soldier, and the soldier was immediately relieved and quietly retreated.

"Unexpectedly, the first person to come to see me was you."

Noah turned to look at him, the man who was originally so arrogant and high-spirited, now had a scruffy beard, chapped lips, and a withered description, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, and his face was full of ashes.

"The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the world was so cold."

"How is my queen mother now?" Chu Qingchen was silent for a long time, and finally asked.

"The queen's mother is clothed and fed, and the emperor will naturally not treat her badly, but the mood can be imagined, how can she be happy when she is depressed all day long?" Nine ways in a hundred miles.

Chu Qingxun staggered out of bed, his head was a little dizzy from the hangover, he sat at the table, reached for the wine jug on the table, but it was empty, and he threw it out with a flick of his hand, smashing it against the wall, making a "pop" cracking sound.

"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Nuoya took a step forward, looked at him coldly, and asked straight to the point: "I want to know, why did you kill my Murong family?!" ”

"Kill your whole family?" The prince sneered twice: "I have no grievances with your Murong family, what are you doing to kill your whole family?" Do I have nowhere to spend my money? Actually bought a killer to kill someone? If I want to take someone's life, it's very simple, one crime is enough, and I don't need to spend so much effort to use such means. ”

"Naturally, you're worried that your desire to forge weapons in the mountains will be revealed, so you don't dare to act blatantly."

"Do you also think that the Handan weapons case was committed by me?"

"The prefect of You is your person, and there are letters written by you as proof, is it still fake?"

The prince finally found half a pot of wine, poured it into his mouth when he raised his head, swallowed it and spit out: "Sour! ”

Then shouted out the door: "Wine, wine!" I want wine! ”

The soldiers outside had already prepared, brought in two jugs of wine, and then bowed down and withdrew.

The prince raised his head and poured a big mouthful, and then said unhurriedly: "That You Prefect is indeed recommended by me." In order to win over the power above the court, I often did some buying and selling official business behind my back, which were handed over to the Taishi to handle, and I was only responsible for recommending, so I had no impression of them.

And these people also have a lot of filial piety, I will occasionally reply to a letter, but all of the cronies imitate my handwriting to write, false can be true, I directly stamped the seal, for the content of which sometimes I only glance ten lines, for some ambiguous words may not be more carefully scrutinized. I suffered a loss in this regard, and I couldn't defend myself in front of my father. ”

"What you mean is that someone caught you on this flaw, so they started plotting many years ago and deliberately framed you."

"Feels unbelievable, doesn't it? I was also stunned in front of my father in the imperial study that day, and I didn't believe it. It wasn't until Lord Yan retrieved the evidence of past crimes from my house that I believed that there were indeed spies around me, and that some people had been plotting for a long time, and that all the old accounts from many years ago had been collected and preserved, and they became the evidence of today's impeachment against me. ”

"In that case, why don't you state the reason in front of the emperor? Instead, choose to swallow your anger, or even give up on yourself? ”

The prince glanced at Baili Jiu meaningfully, and smiled bitterly: "What's the use of pleading?" If the emperor wants to remove me, the crown prince, there must always be a reason, right? ”

Bailijiu was silent and did not speak.

"I've been locked up here for a long time, and I've often thought about the past, and when I think about it, I suddenly open my mouth. My position as a prince is only for someone else. The bloody rain and bloody wind from above the court all gathered on me, making me tremble for many years, and let me fight to the death with the third child, but it was the snipe and the clam that competed, and the fisherman profited, and finally let Chu Qingchen, the cheap species, sit back and enjoy the success. Lao Jiu, if my guess is correct, from the beginning, you are the second child, right? ”

Baili Jiu continued to remain silent.

The prince finally confirmed his thoughts, and laughed loudly, his laughter full of pathos.

"Sure enough, haha, I've been deceived for so many years, I thought my father valued me the most, but it turned out to be just a chess piece in his hand, and he was the most eccentric, Chu Qingchen, the child he had with that cheap woman! He used this method of concealing the world and crossing the sea to protect Chu Qingchen's peace for twenty years, and let me help Chu Qingchen block the knife of the old man for thirty or twenty years.

Haha, now, Chu Qingchen is full-fledged, so he can't wait to kick me out of the position of the prince and help Chu Qingchen up! He imprisoned me here mercilessly, and ended up in such desolation that he wouldn't even look at me.

The most ruthless emperor's family, father, is really so ruthless! ”

Bailijiu finally spoke: "You can't live because of your own sin, over the years, you have relied on your own power, and what you have done has been excessive." Otherwise, the emperor would definitely not be so angry. ”

"Excessive? Xiao Jiu, do you know what 'drowning' is? No one has ever told me what is right and wrong to act as a prince? I rely on the power of the queen mother in the court, unscrupulous, and the Taishi has always been the only one who looks forward to the horse, and only promises. I have done many wrong things, but my father laughed it all off and never lectured me harshly.

I thought he was biased towards me, I thought I was right to do that, that's why I kept doing it wrong. Who would have thought that my father would have such a mind, he has always been waiting for me to make a big mistake, and it will be out of control! ”

Bailijiu couldn't refute it, because the prince's words were indeed the truth. When he was the crown prince, he was confused, but now he is drunk and dreaming of death, and he has seen a lot more through the past.

"Xiao Jiu, let me ask you, you have to tell me honestly, did the emperor order you to do the Handan case?"

Bailijiu shook his head: "It's just a clue that Noah accidentally discovered when he was tracking down his family's bloody case, and it was just an accident." ”

When the prince heard Bailijiu speak like this, he smiled slightly, as if he was very satisfied: "It's good to know that he didn't design it single-handedly." ”

Noah knew who he was referring to, and the expression on the prince's face was a little unbearable in her eyes.

The prince raised his face to look at Noah: "Do you know who sent you to assassinate me in the first place?" ”

Noya shook her head: "This is a secret in the pavilion, except for the pavilion master, no one knows." ”

The prince smiled: "I know it too." ”

"Who is it?" Noah asked excitedly.

"In the world, there is only one person who wants me to die, and that is the third child."

"You mean the Third Prince?"

"Not bad. The person who can afford to buy a desperate sale is him. He has the backing of the richest businessman in Jiangnan, and he is as rich as the country, what is such a little silver tael? ”

"You want to tell me that the person who bought the Killer Pavilion to kill my whole family could also be the third prince, right?"

The prince was originally hungover and didn't wake up, and drank two pots of wine on an empty stomach, his eyes were red, and he was drunk: "How is it impossible?" Murong Nuo, think about it, first assassinated me, and then realized that Chu Qingchen was a threat to him, so let the killer assassinate Chu Qingchen, obviously, this is what he did. What's more, do you think that the Handan case was so seamlessly planted to me, besides him, who else has such ability? ”

"There are more than three princes who are rich and powerful in this world, although he is indeed very suspicious, but it may not be him. Do you have any proof? ”

"Guess." The prince replied very crisply.

Noya secretly slandered in his heart, the prince has always been arrogant on weekdays, the party is the same as the other, the people who offend are unknown, and there are many people who want to put him to death, so his words are not credible. In addition, the prince incident happened, it was the three princes who led people to investigate day and night and exposed it, the prince is afraid that he has a grudge and wants to use himself to deal with the three princes, right?

"Then how do I trust you?"

The prince smiled: "Now what I say is just wild, and no one will believe my words." However, it is only a matter of time before his Chu Qingxiu's conspiracy is shattered, I just don't want to see him proud for too long. I hope to be able to see him enter the Yellow Springs in advance in my lifetime. ”