The candles in the side hall were bright, and the three princes and Chengguo Gong were waiting anxiously.

Maternal grandfather ......

I haven't seen Emperor Tianqing come back for a long time, and I haven't even heard any big movement outside, the third prince couldn't sit still, and he opened his mouth to say something, but was held down by Cheng Guogong.

Cheng Guogong glanced at him, and the words of the third prince came to his lips and swallowed them back.

Cheng Guogong had a white cloth wrapped around his head, and he felt strained to breathe when he was half lying on the couch.

In order to win the trust of Emperor Tianqing, and in order to achieve the effect of "death advice", he did not dare to fake his illness at all, and even deliberately took some things before entering the palace.

At this time, his face was full of blue and gray, and the cramping pain in his chest was unbearable, but as long as he thought of the prince's affairs, he felt that today's play was worth it.

Cheng Guogong knows His Majesty too well, and he knows too well how suspicious he is.

The incident in the Criminal Department happened suddenly, and everyone's eyes were on the Chengguo Mansion and Wu Jinliang, the prince and the Shen family must be unprepared, as long as His Majesty went to investigate, even the slightest clue would be enough to make him tired of the prince.

That Zhan Changdong's position as a pure minister is not guaranteed, and when the time comes, not only will he be able to shake the prince to relieve the siege for the three princes, but the Chengguo Mansion will no longer have to be shackled......

There was a creak in front of the door, and someone outside could be heard whispering "Your Majesty".

Chengguo Gong and the third prince both raised their heads violently, and the third prince almost couldn't suppress the joy on his face, and quickly got up to see Emperor Tianqing walking inside.

"Father."

"Your Majesty......"

Cheng Guogong also stood up on the edge of the couch, his pale face and trembling movements fell in the eyes of Emperor Tianqing like a play on the stage, even if he tried his best to hide it, he could still see the urgency and eagerness in his eyes.

What is he hoping for?

Do you hope that he will turn against the prince's father and son, or do you hope that he will know that the prince's private collection of old things has abolished his position as the prince? Or did he believe his nonsense and suspect the prince that he colluded with Zhan Changdong, and that the affairs of the Caoyun Household Department and the Criminal Department were all done by the prince, and the Chengguo Mansion was completely innocent?

To say that Emperor Tianqing was still moved by Cheng Guogong's miserable appearance before, at this time, he only felt that this old man's trick was extremely clumsy.

Emperor Tianqing looked at Cheng Guogong's posture coldly, and did not say anything to exempt him from saluting, let alone mention what had just happened.

The whole hall was a little strangely quiet.

Cheng Guogong glanced at Feng Yuan, who was following Emperor Tianqing, and faintly sensed that something was wrong.

The third prince was worried about the prince's bad luck, and seeing that Emperor Tianqing's face was full of frost, he only thought that he was angry at the prince's affairs, so he couldn't help but speak:

"Father, the prince has been thinking about the rebel over the years, and he has been involved with the remnants of the year, some time ago, the son also saw that there was a traitor in his palace, the father should not be too angry, beware of hurting the dragon body......"

Emperor Tianqing looked at him and said coldly: "Do you see that there are things hidden in his palace?" ”

The third prince hesitated: "The sons also saw ...... unintentionally"

Emperor Tianqing's voice became even colder: "Then why did you never mention it?" ”

The third prince was overjoyed when he heard his angry voice, and he was about to pretend to say a few words of brotherhood and couldn't bear to see his prince convicted for this, but he was frightened by Emperor Tianqing's words before he opened his mouth.

"You didn't mention it before, did you plan to wait for me to get tired of him and then take this matter to fall into the ground, or did you plan to use this incident to instigate me to suspect that the prince would collude with the rebels when the time came, or did you plan to use this incident to instigate me to suspect that the prince would collude with the rebels, so as to make way for your ambition?!"

"Father's ......"

"Smack!!"

The third prince looked up in shock and didn't speak, when he suddenly received a slap in the face.

He was so frightened that his face was full of panic, and as soon as his knees weakened, he knelt on the ground and said urgently: "Erchen didn't, Erchen never thought about this, did the prince say something that made his father misunderstand......

"Misunderstanding?!"

Emperor Tianqing snorted angrily, raised his foot and kicked him on the shoulder and kicked the person to the ground.

"You think the prince is you? Vicious and cunning, not only coveting the position of the prince, but also full of lies and ambitions, eager to blame your brother for all the crimes. ”

"There was an accident in the Criminal Department, the prince never thought of using this to deal with you and the Zheng family, but spoke for you and the fourth child everywhere, and asked me to thoroughly investigate this matter and give you justice, but what about you?"

"Do your best to drag the prince into the water, and dare to use Ying's old things to calculate me, you are so bold!!"

The third prince knelt up from the ground, and after hearing Emperor Tianqing's words, he was struck by lightning.

Cheng Guogong didn't care about his previous illness and weakness at this time, and saw that Emperor Tianqing was angry and burned the three princes.

He gasped and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the prince's plea is just to clear up the relationship, he must have sensed that something was wrong and wanted to use this to coax His Majesty, he colluded with the old people, and the affairs of Cao Yun and the household department were his own benefit, and the prince and the Shen family clearly plotted against the court......

Emperor Tianqing directly grabbed the fold in his hand and smashed it on the face of Chengguo Gong: "Plotting the court? What kind of court is he plotting, is it to select talents for the court, or is he dedicated to sharing my worries? ”

Cheng Guogong was stunned by the smashing of his head and face, he hurriedly took the fold that fell in front of him and opened it to see, and saw the list above.

Feng Yuan whispered beside him: "Grandpa Guo, as early as before the Criminal Department, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already sent a letter to His Majesty, bringing up the list of candidates for vacancies in the court, among which there were only three or five people related to the East Palace, and they were almost not in important positions. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never profited from it, nor has he taken the opportunity to install his own people."

Cheng Guogong's face turned pale suddenly.

No way!

How can it be?!

The affairs of Caoyun and the household department have caused heavy losses to the three princes and the four princes, only the prince is out of the matter, and the East Palace has been declining in recent years, how could the prince let go of such a good opportunity and did not install his own people in the court?

How could he have surrendered the forces that could have been won over to others?!

Cheng Guogong grabbed the fold tightly and said in a trembling voice: "But Shen suddenly went to Chengzhou, and Zhan Changdong conspired with the two to get him out of trouble......"

Emperor Tianqing threw Zhan Changdong's excerpt in front of Chengguo Gong: "After the accident in the Criminal Department, Zhan Changdong has already written to impeach you and Wu Jinliang. ”

Cheng Guogong's face changed greatly, and when he saw the words of impeachment written in the excerpt, he was completely panicked:

"No, they must have premeditated, Zhan Changdong must have known the news in advance before he pretended to impeach, he is clearly the prince's person......"

Emperor Tianqing looked at him coldly.

Feng Yuan looked at Cheng Guogong, who was in chaos, and said in a low voice: "Lord Zhan's excerpt was not directly handed over to His Majesty after it was sent to the palace, if it wasn't for the coincidence, he would not have been seen by His Majesty, if he was just making a scene, he would definitely enter the palace in person, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't see it, and he would really misunderstand that he conspired with the prince." ”

After Emperor Tianqing heard Feng Yuan's words, he also felt that Zhan Changdong had been wronged.

If he hadn't gone to the East Palace on a whim, if he hadn't wanted to find the fold sent by the prince before, no one would have been able to see this impeachment fold until now.

Zhan Changdong is such a smart person, if he really conspired with the prince to impeach him with false intentions, how could he do such an omission, this Chengguo Gong still wants to slander others at such a time.