Chapter Forty-Seven: Goodbye Red Apricot
The next day, the news of the usurpation of the throne by the four princes spread all over the government and the opposition, and what shocked everyone even more was that the eighth prince was made the crown prince and personally quelled the rebellion, not only captured the culprit, but also sat hundreds of people overnight, and there were many discussions inside and outside the capital for a while.
Wang Quanquan is not a ruthless person, but the knife is on his neck, and he can't help the kindness of a woman, and everyone in the court treats him as an idiot, so he doesn't mind the iron and blood once, change their impression, and this will also let other small people hiding in the shadows weigh it carefully.
On the afternoon of the next day, in addition to the fourth prince Wang Shanxuan, including the great eunuch Yan Hong and the third son of King Anbei, Pan Zijian, all the cadres who participated in the rebellion last night were beheaded and displayed to the public.
Rebellion is a major crime of the nine clans, and their families are all implicated, and they are handed over to the criminal department in prison.
For Pan Ziqian's sake, Wang Quanquan did not move the Anbei Mansion for the time being, but only ordered people to guard it strictly.
The four princes who sought power and rebelled this time were also locked up and waited for the emperor to fall. According to the laws of the dynasty, even if the fourth prince commits a capital crime, he has no right to deal with his life and death, but now the emperor's symptoms have not improved at all, so he can only be temporarily imprisoned.
At this time, Wang Quanquan has changed into a prince's red robe, sitting on the edge of the emperor's bed, Yang Guifei is watching him from the side, a few days ago he was still worried about his life's events, and now he has put down the rebellion and become the prince, and his son has grown up unconsciously.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Your Highness."
Xiao Haruko's voice came from outside the door, and Wang Quanquan let go of his hands that transmitted spiritual power for the emperor and came outside the house.
"How's it going?"
"The Fourth Highness doesn't speak."
"The law only stipulates that I can't kill him, but it doesn't say that I can't be punished!"
After Wang Quanquan finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Chunzi, Xiao Chunzi lowered his head, and His Royal Highness was a little terrible at this time, so terrible that he didn't know it.
"The slave knows."
When Xiao Chunzi retreated, Wang Quanquan redressed his clothes, "Come on, prepare the horse!" ”
The carriage soon arrived at the Anbei Palace, which was heavily guarded, and the officers and soldiers had surrounded the palace, and the palace could not even hold a funeral for the dead third son.
Pushing open the gate, Wang Quanquan paced in, only to see the whole family in the palace, all gathered in the courtyard waiting for the arrival of Wang Quanquan.
Wang Quanquan glanced at everyone and did not speak, until he saw Pan Ziqian standing in the front row, his cold expression was relieved, and Pan Ziqian's gaze at him was very complicated. On the one hand, his third brother is the main culprit involved in the rebellion, and the Anbei Royal Mansion naturally can't escape from it, although he is friends with His Royal Highness the Eighth, he can't open his mouth to intercede, after all, rebellion is a big crime for the nine clans, and he doesn't think that the friendship between the two can protect the family.
Wang Quanquan stepped forward and said lightly, "Brother Pan, come with me to Zuixing Tower?" ”
Pan Ziqian, who heard this, breathed a sigh of relief, he knew too well about the power struggle, and his brothers were still opposed, not to mention that he and Wang Quanquan, friends who had been brought together by interests, and now the other party was still willing to say such things, which showed that there was still room for relaxation.
"Brother Wang, I ......"
"Brother Pan doesn't need to say much, this matter still has to be decided by my father in the end, and I will try my best to say as many good things as possible for you."
"Then, there is Brother Lao!"
Pan Ziqian bowed deeply to the king's authority, and the king's authority did not stop it.
The two got into the carriage, and soon came to the drunken apricot building, the drunken apricot building was also heavily guarded at this time, after the incident last night, Wang Quanquan ordered someone to block the drunken apricot building for the first time, and he had already guessed the identity of the boss behind the drunken apricot building.
Drunken Xinglou is very likely to be the source of information and funds for the Four Princes, in terms of information gathering ability, these powerless Qinglou women can not lose the strictly trained spies at all.
Entering the building, Wang Quanquan took Pan Ziqian directly to the third floor, and Chen's mother didn't dare to come forward to say hello, she never thought that this prince was actually the eighth prince, and now he has become the current prince.
Just like then, Wang Quanquan pushed open the door of Hongxing's room, walked through the corridor to sit next to Hongxing behind the screen, but unlike before, the two no longer flirted.
"How is the red apricot girl lately?"
is still the opening sentence, but at this time, the red apricot is no longer the tenderness and affection she had before, but a cold face.
"The fourth prince has been brought to justice, as long as you answer my question truthfully, I can spare your life."
……
The reply was still silent.
"If you don't say it, don't you think about your sister?"
Hongxing's expression finally wavered, but she still bit her lip and was unmoved, seeing that the other party was determined not to talk to her, Wang Quanquan stood up.
"Let's go!"
"Fourth Highness...... How's it going. ”
Just when the king got up, Hongxing finally spoke, but the first sentence was asked by the four princes.
"If he doesn't recruit him, I can only order someone to torture him, and now it is estimated that he has half a life left."
Hong Xing, who had been unfazed from beginning to end, finally had red eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "I can recruit, I only ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to spare the life of His Royal Highness." ”
"I'll spare his life? How has he spared me? ”
"You're brothers, after all." Hongxing also wanted to defend the four princes.
"Brother?" Wang Quanquan was laughed at angrily, this woman was really unreasonable, "Did he treat me as a brother when he assassinated me?" Did he ever think of brotherhood when he led his troops to force the palace? When he ordered a hundred armor soldiers to swing their swords at me, did he think that we were brothers? ”
Hongxing was speechless for a moment by this series of questions, and just stared blankly at the king's authority. How could she not know this, but the fourth prince had a life-saving grace for her, and gave her and her sister a place to live when they were lonely and about to freeze to death, and everything she has now is given by the fourth highness, including her life.
"I can't promise you that I'll let him go, but as long as you say what you have to say, I can save your sister's life and let you continue to be the top brand of this drunken apricot building."
After being silent for a while, the teary-eyed red apricot finally looked up at Wang Quanquan, "I said! ”
In the first half of the night, Wang Quanquan asked all the officials of the court and China who colluded with the four princes, and the largest of them was already in the first rank. In the second half of the night, Wang Quanquan sent troops to arrest all these officials who secretly participated in the rebellion.
Sitting in the carriage, Wang Quan witnessed the officers and soldiers breaking into the mansions of these officials, and then handcuffed and shackled the family into the prisoner car, the fire flickering, looming on his face, light and dark. Pan Ziqian on the side looked at Wang Quanquan nervously, for fear that the next family would be the turn of the Anbei Palace.
Fortunately, Wang Quanquan did not lead troops to break into the Anbei Palace, but just put Pan Ziqian down from the carriage closer to the palace and told him that there were some things to deal with alone.
Looking at the carriage in the distance, Pan Ziqian had mixed feelings in his heart, he made the right bet, but his third brother was a big mistake, and under the power struggle, no one could be left alone.