The emperor's words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, piercing the incense and Xia Wenxuan's eardrums, making them feel their ears buzzing, and they were stunned for a while. Suddenly, they felt an atmosphere of panic around them, as if the end was coming.

Chu Aofei felt that there were thousands of catties pressing on his chest, and sighed with difficulty, with a helpless look. Originally, Duan Zisheng told him that the Son of Heaven was guilty of the same crime as the common people, even if Chu Tiankuo was the crown prince, he could not change his fate, and he would be dealt with if he committed a crime. At the time, he didn't believe it, and he didn't expect that the truth was so cruel.

Dongfang Hong and Li Shuang seemed to be expected, their faces were faint, and they couldn't see other emotions.

Song Liang secretly wiped his sweat, secretly glanced at the queen, and muttered in his heart, in this way, the queen should be satisfied.

The queen, Xiangye, and the courtiers all breathed a sigh of relief, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of their mouths.

For the queen, the battle just now was no less than a big battle. As a result, she won the battle and fought an extremely beautiful turnaround.

After confirming Chu Tiankuo's identity as the crown prince, she was able to send Chu Tiankuo to the prison of Dali Temple again. It can be seen that it is not difficult to deal with Chu Tiankuo, and she is thinking about the next step in her heart.

Chu Tiankuo was hesitant, entangled in whether he should come forward and be honest with everything, so as not to make his father in a dilemma. He hesitated, but he was relieved when he heard his father speak and make a judgment in time.

He supported and resolutely supported his father's verdict. Even, he admired his father in his heart. As a high emperor, in order to stabilize the country and maintain the law and order, it is commendable to be able to let go of the relationship between father and son.

His father, the emperor, could have used the power of the emperor to settle this matter and suppress it. However, he didn't do that. He is a wise man through the ages, and he must be dealt with fairly, rewarded for meritorious service, and punished for guilt.

The image of his father, the emperor, stood tall in his eyes.

After hearing the verdict of his father, King Yong'an was dumbfounded. His imperial brother was imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple again, he was in a trance, did he say the wrong thing? What he just said was just telling the truth. But it didn't come to pass, so that his imperial brother went to prison again.

It's easy to get in, but hard to get out. In case, as a result of the trial of the case, the imperial brother is indeed guilty, even if he is not beheaded, he will sit in prison, right? It's hard to imagine how to live in that dark cell?

When he thought of this, his scalp tingled, and he secretly blamed himself for talking too much. He bowed his head, remorseful.

How did King Yong'an know, not far away, Xia Wenxuan's faint eyes glared at him fiercely like a trapped beast.

After listening to the emperor's sentence, Xia Wenxuan stood there alone as if she had been beaten on the head, as if she had been abandoned. She glared at King Yong'an with an angry face, angry that he didn't help to intercede, and she fell into the well. If Chu Tiankuo had something to do, she wouldn't want to pay attention to him. No, it's hating him all his life.

However, Xia Wenxuan knew that King Yong'an could not be blamed for this matter, but her father and aunt should be blamed. Her heart was like a leaf blown off by the wind, and the whole person felt isolated and helpless.

Why? Why is the person she loves the opposite of her father and aunt? It made her feel like she was caught in the middle. Her nose suddenly sore, tears almost burst out of her eyes, she gritted her teeth and held back.

King Yong'an soon spotted Xia Wenxuan, glaring at him with resentment. His heart was not happy for a moment, and he did not expect things to turn out like this. Not to mention that his imperial brother Chu Tiankuo entered the prison, Xia Wenxuan hated him, and even he blamed himself.

At that moment, he made up his mind that no matter what, he would also find a way to rescue his imperial brother Chu Tiankuo.

Duan Zisheng was named and knelt down: "The minister's decree." The minister will definitely do his best to try this case, and he will definitely find out the truth, and he will never let down the emperor's trust. ”

At this time, Yanxiang came back to his senses from the shock. The senior brother is a decent person, he doesn't like to argue with others, unlike her, he can't hide things. In this case, who is not clear, the queen and the prime minister they deliberately framed? Even if she can't change the emperor's mind, she will let out a bad breath.

Even if you risk your life, you don't hesitate to do it. Of course, she believed that with her relationship with her senior brother, no one would dare to take her life.

Her face turned blue and white, and her eyes were blazing and glaring at the queen: "Why does the queen always target my senior brother?" Because my eldest brother is the crown prince, it hinders your interests, and your mother and son are jealous of him? My senior brother was framed, and it is impossible for my senior brother to carry the black cauldron? ”

She was so angry that she said something without thinking about it, without logic.

Everyone present looked at the smoke as if they were monsters.

"Smoke!" Chu Tiankuo's brows locked into the word 'Chuan', looked at the smoke in dismay, and scolded in a low voice.

With Chu Tiankuo's understanding of cigarette incense, at such an angry moment, if she is not allowed to speak, she will suffocate to death. If she doesn't vent it, I'm afraid she'll go crazy. However, let her speak, and she was afraid that she would cause trouble. All he had to do was remind her to stop.

Yanxiang's provocative words did not anger the queen.

The queen smiled coldly, not as knowledgeable as the incense of smoke. It was not easy to convince the emperor to let the emperor judge like this, she didn't want to make trouble. She had already seen that Chu Tiankuo and Yanxiang had an unusual relationship, and moving Yanxiang was equivalent to moving Chu Tiankuo. No, moving the incense is more troublesome than moving Chu Tiankuo.

If you simply deal with Chu Tiankuo, it's okay, but once you deal with the cigarette, it is difficult to guarantee that Chu Tiankuo will not fight with her for the sake of the cigarette.

The queen sneered in her heart, no wonder Yanxiang was mad with anger. Chu Tiankuo entered the prison of Dali Temple, I am afraid it will not be easy to come out. Of course, the smoke burns over it. Thinking of this, she was in a good mood, and she didn't care at all about the bad words of the cigarette.

The queen did the right thing, and it was extremely wise. Because she ignored it, the emperor had to intervene.

The emperor's face was like gold paper, and the cold light swept the cigarette incense, and said in a cold voice: "If the emperor Chu Tiankuo is innocent, when the case is clear, I will give him justice." I miss your brothers and sisters, and I miss your care for the emperor Chu Tiankuo, and I don't care about you. Hope you're doing it well! ”

Dongfanghong secretly sweated for the cigarette, for fear that the cigarette would say something rebellious and annoy the emperor under the impulse. It seems that the emperor is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and is not emotional, even the prince can be sent to the prison with his own hands, what else can't be done?

But the incense of smoke is not believing in evil. Others are afraid of the emperor, but she is not afraid. She is not even afraid of a crazy woman like the queen, and she is afraid of such a reasonable emperor as the emperor? Perhaps, there was a senior brother present to protect her, which made her bold and fearless.

The emperor didn't care about her, it was for the sake of the senior brother. Since the emperor can forgive her for being unreasonable, why can't he forgive the senior brother? Listening to the emperor's words, a glimmer of hope floated in her heart, a glimmer of hope to change the emperor's mind. Isn't this world all the emperor's world? As long as the emperor's will is given, who dares to disobey the will?

The incense of the smoke suddenly felt enlightened, and he was shocked, and his mind came to his senses.

She was about to open her mouth, but the senior brother saw through the intention at a glance.

Chu Tiankuo glared at the incense of smoke and reprimanded loudly: "Incense, shut up!" Before he could speak again, he stopped her.

Everyone present looked at their brothers and sisters in amazement.

The emperor was rarely enlightened: "Emperor, let her speak!" I want to hear something different. "No one dares to be so presumptuous and openly argue with him.

Yanxiang looked arrogant and uninhibited, which made people stunned, and raised his voice: "Your Majesty, my senior brother is kind and open-minded, you really shouldn't send him to Dali Temple, this matter is ......."

thought that Yanxiang would say something insightful, but she didn't expect that she had been surrounding this topic. The emperor was annoyed and shouted impatiently: "I have made up my mind, and this matter is not allowed to be discussed again!" ”

Protests are ineffective!

In a word, coldly interrupted the words behind the cigarette incense. She came up with a breath of turbidity, this emperor is really stubborn enough, how can he persuade but not listen? She tried her best, but she couldn't change the emperor's mind. No matter how much she fights, it will not help, because the senior brother accepts his fate.

Her protests were ineffective, and she felt disheartened.

His father only drank the cigarette incense and did not cure her sin, which made Chu Tiankuo grateful.

In the first year of Xingde, Hong Gaode proclaimed himself emperor, established the Great Western Kingdom, and set the capital of Fengcheng. In the early days of the establishment of the regime, the surrounding countries were eyeing the Great Western Kingdom and provoked wars for no reason. Before the expedition, Xu Guifei, the mother of Xigong, was 8 months pregnant. The emperor proposed an edict, if the prince was born, he would be named Hong Chengye, and the prince would be established, and if he was born a princess, he would be crowned Princess Changyu.

After Emperor Hong left the palace, Queen Xia made a plan to let Xu Guifei slip the fetus, who knows, the sky did not fulfill her wish, and the fetus in Xu Guifei's womb was born, and it actually survived.

"Your Majesty has already doted on Concubine Xu, and now, she has given birth to a prince again, and I see that our master and queen throne will not be able to be kept."

"Isn't it? Listening to the palace maid in the West Palace, the prince was born white and fat, very cute, his face resembled His Majesty, there was a righteousness between his eyebrows, and he must be a good emperor when he grows up. ”

This is the little palace maid in the queen's palace whispering in private.

Even if they don't talk about it, the Empress Xia knows that if she doesn't try to get rid of the prince, I'm afraid that life won't be better in the future.

She immediately summoned her elder brother Xiangye and Chu Xiang, the head of the imperial guard, to discuss countermeasures. They plotted to burn down the West Palace, which was carried out by General Chu.

At the critical moment, General Chu gave up the idea of harming the prince and exchanged his own son for the prince's exit from the palace.

Xu Guifei cried and cried, turned her heart sideways, picked up the hairpin, and used the tip of the hairpin to tattoo the word "heaven" on the prince's left shoulder. The stab is in the child's body, the pain is in the mother's heart, and after the stabbing is finished, Xu Guifei's painful liver and intestines are broken. She trembled and hung a jade pendant on the crown prince, which was given by the emperor himself, and there is only one in the world today.

Concubine Xu Guifei kowtowed to Chu Xiang, and said with tears in her eyes, "General Chu, please accept my three bows, your great kindness and great virtue, this palace will repay it in the next life." ”

"Niangniang, you can't help it, please get up ...... quickly" As he spoke, he heard footsteps outside, General Chu picked up the prince and hurriedly fled through the side door.

Xu Guifei fainted.

The person who came was the imperial doctor Feng Nanyang. Legend has it that this person was originally a man in the rivers and lakes, and his nickname was the fortune teller. He can pinch and calculate, not only has excellent medical skills, but also has extraordinary martial arts. He took away General Chu's son, performed light skills, shuttled freely in the palace, easily got rid of the pursuit of the palace guards, and left the city safely.

After Xia, he ordered people to burn down the West Palace, and Xu Guifei and a cadre were buried in the fire. During the inventory of the body, it was found that the body of a baby was missing. Plus General Chu Xiang's whereabouts are unknown. Empress Xia and Xiangye concluded that the prince was most likely taken away by Chu Xiang. So, Empress Xia secretly sent people to hunt down and kill General Chu Xiang.

In the fourth year of Xingde, the emperor returned triumphantly.

Xia Hou was shrewd and capable, and kept this matter a secret. Emperor Hong didn't believe that Xu Guifei really died in an accident. He often dreamed of the crown prince, and he has been sending people to investigate the matter secretly, but he has not been able to find out the truth, Chu Xiang disappeared, and Feng Nanyang also disappeared.

In the fifth year of Xingde, the queen gave birth to a son, and Emperor Hong named him Hong Cheng'an. The queen thought to herself, the emperor obviously did not have high hopes for this son. Empress Xia thought to herself, even if the emperor delayed issuing an edict and appointing a new crown prince, Emperor Rihong would die, and the throne would be her son's sooner or later. However, she still had some concerns, twenty-four years ago, she sent someone to hunt down and kill Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang was seriously injured and died, but the prince did not know who rescued him.

For more than 20 years, there has been no news of the prince. If the crown prince is still alive, then he will be the biggest threat to Hong Chengan's succession to the throne. Besides, once this matter is revealed, she and Xiangye will definitely be in trouble.

Emperor Hong Gaode reigned for 24 years, he worked hard, knew people well, the country was strong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Emperor Hong grew old and missed his lost prince more and more, and finally fell ill.

Knowing that Emperor Hong was ill, Feng Nanyang sneaked into the palace to see the emperor.

"Bold Feng Nanyang, you are guilty, you have been hiding for more than 20 years, and I have been sending people to look for you and General Chu for more than 20 years. Do you know about Concubine Xu? Emperor Hong cried with joy when he saw him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty. When the queen wanted to burn down the West Palace, the minister arrived after learning about it, and the minister came one step late, and the prince had been taken away by General Chu. In a panic, Zhongchen rescued General Chu's son and handed him over to a foreign master to raise. For the past 24 years, I have been secretly searching for the whereabouts of the prince, but I have never found it. The ministers have the great trust of the emperor. Feng Nanyang was full of guilt.

"What a queen. Over the years, I have seen her keep to herself and teach the emperor carefully, but I never thought that she would be so vicious. I'm going to send her to the cold! Emperor Hong gritted his teeth angrily and slapped the imperial case.

"Your Majesty, you can't do it. There is no evidence, if the emperor does this, it will definitely cause turmoil in the court and panic among the people. Feng Nanyang persuaded.

"I can not pursue the queen's guilt first, but the prince can't be left behind, and I must find him back." The emperor was resolute, calmed down for a while and sat on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, look for the prince openly, and the prince will inevitably be framed. It's better to visit secretly. Feng Nanyang suggested.

Emperor Hong painted a portrait of a twenty-four-year-old man according to his own appearance, handed it over to Feng Nanyang, appointed Feng Nanyang as the minister of the Qin Mission, and gave Shang Fang a sword.

"Emperor, where are you?" Emperor Hong sighed.