As soon as the emperor's words came out, everyone present looked at each other a little, and Gu Qingchi couldn't help but despise it in his heart.

I'm afraid that this emperor is crazy because he has lost his heart, right?

Whether he is crazy or not, Gu Qingchi doesn't know, but doing this now is not only not kind, but also very hateful.

It's just that the emperor's decision, after the exhortations of several ministers were refuted, can only be implemented.

......

"Master is back?"

When Gu Qingchi went back, Shi Miaoyu was packing up his summer clothes.

Now it's the end of April, the weather is gradually getting hotter, and the spring clothes are a little boring, so Shi Miaoyu ordered someone to pack up the summer clothes for the daytime to change.

Gu Qingchi saw that she was busy, and nodded casually: "Well, I'm back." ”

Shi Miaoyu saw that he didn't look very good, waved his hand to let his subordinates out, and walked over and asked, "But what's wrong?"

Hearing this, Gu Qingchi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it has nothing to do with us." ”

These days, the people of Beijing are panicking. Except for the Yue Mansion, which was almost isolated from the world and had no outside news, everyone else was quite uneasy.

Shi Miaoyu also probably knew the ins and outs of the matter, and even if Gu Qingchi didn't say anything at this time, she could guess some.

Hearing Gu Qingchi's words, he said softly: "What the prince said is right, let's just live our own lives." ”

Gu Qingchi heard that there was a faint meaning of persuasion in her words, because he sneered, and said with a bit of laziness: "It's not." ”

When he said this, he said lightly: "After all, others will die, and they can't come to us." ”

Having said that, Gu Qingchi was a little depressed in the end.

When the emperor was alive, he was so wise and decisive. Now that it has been replaced by Gu Qingyuan, how can Xi Chu be governed like this? !

Seeing Gu Qingchi's appearance, Shi Miaoyu didn't understand, because he said: "The Haiyan River Qing that the prince wants will come eventually." ”

Hearing this, Gu Qingchi pinched his eyebrows, sighed lightly and said, "How easy is it to talk about?"

If it was just for that position, he would have succeeded a long time ago. But what hurt the most was the people of Xichu.

Not to mention that the Northern Desert and several small border countries are eyeing each other, just say how many people with bad intentions are in this Western Chu.

It was easy for him to do the opposite, but after that, he sat firmly in the country, but there was little blood.

And the first thing that was injured by this blood light was the soldiers, and the second was the people.

When his father was alive, he was like a son to the people, and he would definitely not be able to see Xichu end up like that.

Seeing Gu Qingchi's appearance, Shi Miaoyu understood his unfinished words.

She knew that the path Gu Qingchi chose was the most difficult to take.

In fact, Gu Qingchi originally had no ambition for this country, the reason why he cultivated his own power in the first place was that Gu Qingyuan was too vicious, and he wanted to protect himself, and secondly, he also wanted to keep this country from being ruined by Gu Qingyuan.

Later, his thoughts slowly changed, he traveled more places, and saw more sufferings of the people, only then did he know that this Xichu had become such a golden jade as it is today.

From civil and military officials to emperors, they are all dressed in gorgeous clothes, but they are dirty inside.

If he wants to make a change, he can only choose that thorny path.

What's more-

There is also the enmity of the father and the queen mother.

People in the world only thought that the first emperor and the first queen died normally, but they didn't know that they were actually killed by someone.

And this man who killed them...... is enjoying the supreme honor and glory of this world.

Gu Qingchi's eyes were dyed a little red, and Shi Miaoyu stretched out his hand and held him silently.

Although she didn't say a word, Gu Qingchi knew that she was telling herself that she was there.

No matter when.

It's all there.

......

After Qin Zhao was rescued by Yue Zheng, he abandoned his previous suspicions, and the two worked together to besiege the Northern Desert.

It's just that the Northern Desert grasped the opportunity and was familiar with Qin Zhao's weaknesses, but for a while, the frontier was in a bitter battle.

The courtiers in the court are all human spirits, and they can't hide anything they do, so after learning what the prince did, they rarely wrote together to severely punish the prince.

Because of what the crown prince has done in the past few days, the emperor has successively imprisoned * Yu and his people who have been in close contact with him.

So, when the courtiers impeached the prince, there was no one to speak for him.

"What the prince did was to collaborate with the enemy and mislead the country, and the matter is serious, and I hope that the emperor will punish him severely. ”

After the white-haired old general at the head said this, the ministers behind him echoed: "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

For the first time, the courtiers were so united, but the emperor's mood was extremely depressed.

As far as he is concerned, he is bound to dispose of the crown prince. It's just that he is not being threatened by the courtiers like this, which makes him feel that his prestige has been challenged.

The Emperor's gaze swept downwards and finally fixed on the face of the old minister at the front.

This man, who once assisted him in ascending to the throne, has now become the leader who has come to persecute him.

Everywhere the emperor looked, the courtiers all bowed their heads, but none of them took back their words.

The emperor looked around, and the huge Jinluan Hall was silent for a while.

Or did the emperor compromise first.

"Exactly. ”

There is nothing wrong with these courtiers, it is the prince who is wrong.

If he does not punish, then he is wrong.

Moreover, the crown prince has also exhausted the emperor's kindness to him, and he is not willing to show mercy to the prince anymore.

It's just that before the emperor could dispose of the crown prince first, news came from the border first.

Bei Mo attributed the death of Princess Qingluan to a signal for the two countries to go to war, and kept saying that they would avenge her and never die.

Xu is the seizure of those two cities made the Northern Desert swell, and the letters of state sent to Western Chu were even more arrogant.

The emperor looked at the letter of state handed over, and was so angry that he couldn't smash everything at hand, and finally said in a deep voice with red eyes: "Spread my will, increase the army by 100,000, and defeat the Northern Desert for me!"

This northern desert is really too deceitful!

At this time, the emperor didn't talk about punishing Yue Zheng, after all, he was still relying on Yue Zheng to fight at the border.

Regarding the emperor's will, Gu Qingchi just smiled contemptuously and didn't say anything.

At this point, he just needs to remain silent.

......

After the increase in troops, it was finally time for the emperor to liquidate the crown prince.

Before the decree was issued, the emperor went to Dali Temple and met the prince.

The prince has been locked up in Dali Temple for a long time, his face is sallow, and he is no longer in high spirits.

Seeing the emperor coming, the crown prince raised his head and looked at him.

"See Father. ”

These days of prison life have worn away the vitality from his body, and he seems lifeless.

Seeing the emperor at this time, the crown prince just saluted and didn't say much.

The emperor originally had a lot of anger, but after seeing the appearance of the prince at this time, he actually felt a little compassionate, turned back to look at the jailers, and asked in a deep voice: "Is this how you serve the prince!"

Before he released the punishment, Gu Chengqian was still the prince of this Western Chu, how could he let them suffer like this?

Hearing this, the crown prince smiled contemptuously, then raised his head and asked, "I don't know why my father came here today?"

"I've come to see you. ”

For some reason, the emperor was originally angry, but after seeing such a prince, he couldn't say anything.

For the crown prince, his feelings are very complicated. To be sure, among these children, his favorite is the crown prince. Although he doesn't like the queen very much, the prince is his first child, and he also worked hard to cultivate it back then.

But now, their father and son are in the current situation.

The emperor was a little embarrassed for a while, sighed and said, "Tell me, why are you doing this?"

For the first time, the emperor wanted to listen to the prince calmly.

Because he couldn't figure it out.

For this son, he couldn't be more tolerant, and if he was a person else, he would have punished the nine clans a long time ago, and when he came to him, he picked it up and put it down gently.

He had never been sorry for this son, why did he want to kill himself with all his heart?

There was confusion in the emperor's voice, the crown prince had never seen such an emperor, his eyes dimmed slightly, and then he smiled again.

"I thought my father knew. ”

Look, the emperor has always been like this, facing people with this image, making people always suspect that it is their own fault, which makes this good father cold.

But he never thought about whether he had done something wrong.

In Dali Temple, he truly experienced the ups and downs of life, but he was a little transparent.

He wondered, when the queen mother died, was it because he recognized the true face of his father, so he was cold?

When the crown prince said this, he raised his head, looked at the emperor with a wrong gaze, and said in a dumb voice for a long time: "My father has always had only himself in his heart, I am your son, and naturally I will do whatever it takes to achieve my goals." Our father and son are in the same lineage, and now that I just made the choice you made back then, why can't my father figure it out?"

These words were too damaging, and it also made the emperor suddenly think of some past events, his expression was instantly gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't repent!"

Hearing this, the prince raised his head and laughed, tears appeared in his eyes, and he said, "Yes, the son is naturally unrepentant. After all, if you become a king or lose a villain, what do you regret?"

Originally, he would just hide these words in his heart and would not say them.

But for some reason, when he saw the emperor now, he only felt that those words were not spitting out and unhappy.

So when he said it, the prince became more and more mocking: "Father, don't you know best how much filial piety there is to your father and son over the years? ”

If he had been in that position today, he would have been able to tell a lot of great truths.

But now he's lost, so those charges are all down.

The prince felt that he did not regret it. If there's anything wrong with that, it's not to be too kind.

He was the crown prince and had many opportunities to kill the emperor.

But he didn't do it, so he ended up today!

Sure enough, he was still too merciful, so he ended up with nothing.

Seeing that the prince's eyes became more and more red, the emperor's expression was completely cold: "You rebel, you dare to spit back words if you collaborate with the enemy and treason, your heart can be punished!"

After the emperor said this, he brushed his sleeves away, leaving only the prince in the prison, who didn't know what to think, and looked up and laughed.

It's just that the laughter was a little desolate, and in the end, a string of tears fell.

......

After the emperor saw the crown prince that day, he no longer had a little compassion.

Early the next morning, he issued an edict, full of complicated words, and only said one thing, the prince collaborated with the enemy and treason, and the crime was unforgivable after verification.

A glass of poisoned wine killed the prince.

The people of Dali Temple acted very quickly, and after the emperor gave the order, the poisonous wine was sent to the prince's prison at noon.

Seeing the poisonous wine sent, the prince's eyes were a little frightened, but more unwilling and hateful.