Chapter 233: King Ning's Death
Today's air pressure in the court is very low, like the frozen ice in the wax moon, and no one dares to say a word.
Emperor Xuanwu sat on the gold-lacquered Nine Dragons Dragon Chair, his face calm, and the muscles on his face were tense.
It was silent like a cloud of smoke in Shuli, and it was a long time before he spoke, "King Huai, you explain to me why you went to the suburbs of Beijing, and Jingzong died after leaving?" ”
Jing Qian hurriedly knelt down, clenched his fists and said sincerely: "Erchen is just afraid that the sixth brother is not used to living there, so he will go to visit." But the death of the sixth brother really has nothing to do with the sons. Erchen didn't know why the sixth brother couldn't think about it like this, so he took poison and committed suicide. He hung his head and spoke in a low tone, as if he was saddened by Jingzong's death.
Emperor Xuanwu's eyes were heavy, he looked at him fixedly, looked at him for a moment, and said, "You mean that Jingzong committed suicide by taking poison?" ”
Jing Qian raised his head suddenly, looked at him, and said, "Could it be that my father thinks that it was his son who killed the sixth brother?" No matter how bad Erchen is, no matter how bad he is with his sixth brother, he is also Erchen's own brother, and Erchen will never do such a cruel and vicious thing. ”
Emperor Xuanwu's eyebrows moved slightly, his face softened, and he said, "I don't suspect you, it's just that something happened to you as soon as you left Jingzong, and I have to ask." ”
Jing Qian knocked: "Erchen has never done anything unfavorable to the sixth brother, please ask my father to know it." ”
Jing Rong glanced at Jing Qian, and then turned his eyes to look at Emperor Xuanwu, it stands to reason that Jing Qian went to see Jing Zong, and he would not have killed him immediately, so how did Jing Zong die? Did he kill himself by poisoning, or was someone deliberately killed?
"I'm sure you won't do such a thing, so get up first." Emperor Xuanwu thought about it for a while, then called Jing Qian up, and then said: "The matter of the violent death of Jingzong will be handed over to Dali Temple to deal with." ”
He didn't want to keep Jingzong originally, just because if he even killed his son, he would inevitably be considered ruthless by the world, so he was just imprisoned, and now he is dead.
Say heartache? Of course. He doesn't necessarily love Jingzong's son very much, but after all, he is his own flesh and blood, and he has always been on his knees. Although he never had the idea of succeeding him, he also thought of making him a rich prince for the rest of his life.
Promoting him to the throne is only to temporarily use him to counter Jingyu's power, so as not to let Jingyu's family dominate and control the government. But he never expected that it was exactly like this, but it raised his mind, so that he even dared to do such a thing as rebellion!
But at the same time, he clearly saw this son, who had always been obedient and honest in his eyes, was so vicious that he could completely ignore family affection for his own ambitions.
However, he had to say that Jingzong deserved to be his son.
Jingzong is like him, and he also sees in him the shadow of his youth. It's just that they are also different, although Jingzong can disguise, but after all, the disguise is not thorough enough.
As for Jing Qian, although he was successful in saving the driver this time, it also exposed his wolf ambitions. died so many people to appear, just to highlight his rescue skills, it is enough to see that this son is also a ruthless character.
In fact, among the many sons, if he is asked to choose who will inherit the throne, Jingyu is undoubtedly the best candidate. It's just that he can't break the agreement with Jing Wanqi and King An's Mansion back then. Wan Qi has done so much for him back then, and has suffered a lot for so many years, he can't bear her.
After leaving the court, Jingrong went to Qianqiu Palace to visit the Queen Mother, and took Mu Xuefu back from the palace by the way. This time, although there were no rebels to disturb the Queen Mother, it was alarmed.
The Queen Mother's body deteriorated, looking at her, Jing Rong couldn't help but be worried, and the smile that she had maintained when she left the Qianqiu Palace also drooped.
"I see that the condition of the imperial grandmother is getting worse and worse, I'm afraid it will ······" Jing Rong frowned, glanced at Mu Xuefu and stopped talking.
Mu Xuefu looked at him and frowned: "Yes, Mama Yu said that it has been difficult for the imperial grandmother to even eat these days. ”
"There's no way to go on like this." Jing Rong looked up at the sky, "Tomorrow, I will let Zhao Yi enter the palace to treat the imperial grandmother, and the group of wastes in the Tai Hospital will not cure them for a single illness." Speaking of this, there was a faint anger between his eyebrows, and his face was gloomy, which was really not good-looking.
Mu Xuefu held his hand and said softly: "Don't worry, the imperial grandmother has served the Buddha sincerely for many years, and the Buddha will definitely bless her." It was only because of a series of events that the imperial grandmother was hit one after another, and her condition took a sharp turn all the way. I think that if I am patient and careful, and someone persuades me to make peace, the imperial grandmother will definitely get better. ”
Jing Rong nodded, hugged Mu Xuefu's shoulder, looked a little soothed, and said gently: "You have worked hard these days." ”
"Where can I talk about hard work, taking care of the imperial grandmother should be what I should do as a junior, and besides, the prince is busy with the court, so I can be regarded as filial piety in front of the imperial grandmother for the prince. I know that the prince feels sorry for the emperor's grandmother and can't wait by his side all the time, so if I replace him, won't the prince be at ease? Mu Xuefu smiled at the corner of her mouth, like a hibiscus blooming with jade dew, encompassing the spring fragrance, as if saying: "Fulfilling your mind, isn't it fulfilling my mind." ”
Jing Rong was moved in his heart, his obsidian-like eyes were full of brilliance, he stared straight at Mu Xuefu, poured all his tenderness, took her hand, kissed her on the lips, and said emotionally: "The greatest blessing in my life Jingrong is to marry you, Fu'er, it's good to have you by my side." You put me first in everything, and think about me in everything, I really don't know how to repay you. ”
Mu Xuefu lowered her head and smiled lightly, wanting to withdraw her hand, but he held it tightly in the palm of his hand. She tilted her head and said, "I'm your wife, isn't this what I should do." Besides, how can I be as good as you say, you think too highly of me. ”
Jing Rong raised his hand and brushed a strand of her forehead behind her ear, and touched her earlobe along the ear. Mu Xuefu's earlobes are as beautiful as dew, fleshy, and quite handy. He rubbed it gently, the movement was very small, probably because she was wearing earrings, so he rubbed it twice and put his hand down. Jing Rong grabbed her hand again, ignoring the surrounding Gong E, and said in Mu Xuefu's ear: "In my heart, you are the best." ”
Mu Xuefu had crimson dots on her cheeks, shallow, like palace powder smudged on her cheeks. She pushed Jing Rong, and her shyness became even stronger, "Don't make trouble, this is the palace, it's not good to be seen." ”
Jing Rong raised his eyelids and looked at the palace people who lowered their heads, and a playful smile crossed his lips, "What are you afraid of?" It's not once or twice anyway. Which person in the palace doesn't say that we are husband and wife, are they afraid that others will witness it? Saying that, he still took care of it, and no longer got too close to her in this palace.
The two of them walked out of the palace on their shoulders, and on the carriage, Mu Xuefu couldn't bear it anymore and said, "The prince seems to have seen what happened yesterday in advance. ”
Jing Rong's expression moved, his index finger rubbed his finger, and said, "Anyway, Gyeonggi Wei is also my previous commander, so it's not surprising that someone leaked a little news to me." But what, I don't have military power in the Imperial City, and even if I knew, it wouldn't help. So I asked people to pass the news to King Huai, King Huai and King Ning are not on good terms, especially this time, several times suppressed, there is such an opportunity, he will definitely seize it. ”
Mu Xuefu thought about it carefully and felt that what he said was reasonable, but she didn't believe that it was just that simple. She remembered that the person who instigated King Ning's faction to defect that day glanced at Jing Rong before speaking, and although it was as fast as a wind, she still saw it. If you guess correctly, maybe the whole thing is operated by Jing Rong behind the scenes. If this is the case, she has to praise Jing Rong for being really clever, without spending a single soldier on him, he easily made Jingzong lose the qualification to inherit the throne, and Jing Qian, although he has the merit of saving the driver, but because he led the troops to break through that day, he also had to alienate and even make Emperor Xuanwu alienated and even feared.
Kill two birds with one stone, good calculation.
It's just that Jing Rong got the wrong object, Emperor Xuanwu would not put any of the two of them on the throne at all, Jing Rong's biggest and most hidden opponent has always been Jing Xuan.
How was she supposed to remind him?
Seeing that Mu Xuefu was silent, as if thinking about something, Jing Rong reached out and scooped her up to herself, "What are you thinking?" ”
Mu Xuefu relieved herself and said, "I just wonder how King Ning could die in another village. I heard that King Ning died after King Huai left, does it mean that King Ning's death was done by King Huai? ”
"You're weirdly informed." Jing Rong knocked on the door of her head, and felt that he had knocked too hard, so he hurriedly rubbed it, and then solemnized, and said: "Actually, I don't know if this thing was done by King Huai, but I don't think King Huai is stupid yet." As soon as he left, King Ning died violently, and no one else had been in between, didn't it be obvious that he did it? However, since everyone is dead, there is nothing to investigate, and I guess tomorrow morning the emperor will end this matter on the grounds that King Ning committed suicide by poisoning. He has already lost a son, and he probably doesn't want to lose another one yet. ”
Mu Xuefu hung her head, the purple light in her eyes was fleeting, forget if she lost a son? No way! The next one is Jing Qian! And ······
Mu Xuefu's eyes flashed, and she froze, she wanted to say that there were still ten princes and eleven princes, but she hesitated. They are still children, especially the eleventh prince, who is only a seven-year-old child. She wanted revenge, but now she didn't even let go of the child? Oh, Mu Xuefu laughed at herself in her heart, she was so vicious, why did she stop because she was a child.
Mu Xuefu suddenly felt that she had changed, and if she had changed before, she would never have considered this. But now, she can't give up. She asked herself if she was getting weaker. And is this weakness good or bad?
After a moment, she returned to normal, raised her head and stared at the scene, and smiled like a flower, as if the melancholy in her heart just now no longer existed. But the more his body didn't fit Jingrong as much as he did just now, and he didn't even dare to touch his clothes. She was afraid, she was afraid that Jing Rong would be disgusted with her because of her bloodstained hands, and she was afraid that he would think she was dirty.
The smile on his lips is bright and bright, but there is also a slight trace of bitterness, which is as bitter as an unripe apricot, souring the entire taste buds.