Everyone looked at the smashed inkstone on the ground and the blood stained on it, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Yesterday, this great prince was still one of the most promising princes in Beijing to inherit the throne, and he was supported by the courtiers and valued by His Majesty.

But it's just a day.

The dignity is gone, the power is gone, and the lives of countless people who died in vain were locked up and taken to prison, and this great prince is completely finished.

Seeing the eldest prince being dragged out, the fourth prince lowered his head and pinched his palms, forcibly holding back the joy that was almost overflowing in his eyes.

The eldest prince has always been the most feared person on his way to fighting for imperial power, and he is also one of his most important opponents, but even he himself did not expect that he would be brought down so easily.

lost the emperor's heart and provoked public resentment.

Even if the eldest prince has the ability to escape punishment this time, or let his father relent, let him save his life, he will never have a chance to win the throne in the future, and he will become an obstacle to him.

The four princes tried their best to suppress the joy in their hearts.

Emperor Jing lowered his eyes and swept the hall, and softened a little when his gaze fell on him: "Sheng'er." ”

"The son is here."

"You did a good job this time, saved the reputation of the court in time, and also suppressed the aftermath caused by the bursting of the Lingjiang embankment, since this matter was noticed by you first, then you will go back to write a fold on the disaster relief in the Dingzhou area and hand it over, if you don't understand, you can ask other ministers in the court."

The fourth prince's heart shook, and he hurriedly responded with joy: "The son obeys the order." Emperor Jing has never been close to his sons, and rarely calls them by their names, that "Sheng'er" seems to completely separate the four princes and other princes, plus the eldest prince broke through a monstrous disaster and was escorted to prison, on the contrary, the four princes were able to detect the crisis in advance because of this flood, suppress the chaotic people in time, and save the reputation of the court, which was valued by Emperor Jing.

When the fourth prince came out of the palace, everyone looked at him differently.

Even the old ministers, who treated him a little coldly in the past, were a little more close, and the people who chose to follow the four princes and the queen in the past were even more happy, and their faces were full of excitement.

"Your Highness has made great contributions to the people this time, and Your Majesty will definitely rely on it even more."

"What's more, I look at Your Majesty, I'm afraid that you have the intention of establishing a prince......"

"Our Highness is far-sighted and has compassion for the people, so he is naturally the best choice for such wisdom."

The four princes' brains were a little dizzy when they were praised, and they looked at the people around him with eager eyes, as if he had become a prince, and even ascended to a high position one day, but he still knew that this was the palace, even if he longed for that position, he couldn't declare it.

The fourth prince said: "Don't say that, my lords, the prince's affairs have his own holy will, and there are two emperor brothers who are older than me..."

Suddenly, someone retorted: "The second prince has a gentle temperament, how can he be His Royal Highness?" Just now, His Majesty asked His Highness to write an excerpt of the Lingjiang River embankment, and I see that His Majesty should have the intention of handing over the disaster relief to His Highness, and when His Highness returns from disaster relief to get this credit, it will just be logical to establish a reserve, and Your Majesty may want to build momentum for His Highness. ”

The hearts of the four princes were beating "poof", and they were extremely excited to listen to the words of the people around them.

His eyes flickered a little, remembering that his father called him "Sheng'er" so lovingly just now, and he was extremely gentle to him, could it be that his father really made a decision?

……

In the Imperial Palace, everyone speculated that Emperor Jing, who already had the intention of establishing a prince, but his expression was extremely indifferent, and there was no mild color in the eyes of the emperor who had begun to show his old state, but they were full of coldness, as if he had been touched by someone, and the whole person was shrouded in a layer of shadows.

King Hui was also in the palace, and he had never been involved in Emperor Jing's handling of the eldest prince from beginning to end, he neither pleaded for mercy, nor did he fall into the ground, as if a bystander had been standing there quietly watching, until there was no one else at this time, he said: "Brother Huang, this matter is ......."

"You see something wrong, too?" Emperor Jing raised his eyes.

King Hui hesitated for a moment before he whispered: "The younger brother just thinks that it is too coincidental for the fourth prince and the eldest prince to send people to Jiangnan at the same time. ”

Emperor Jing sneered when he heard this: "Coincidentally? ”

Scold!

What is the chance of this world?

After a few moments, a voice came from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, Mo Shizi is here."

"Biography."

The outside room was quiet for a while, and someone strode in, and saw Mo Xuanchen looking like a dusty servant, the long sword hanging from his waist was unloaded, only a scabbard remained, and the light armor on his body was still stained with blood, and his handsome and peerless face was even scratched, and the whole person looked quite embarrassed.

Seeing him kneel on the ground and salute, the scabbard landed with a soft sound.

Emperor Jing originally wanted to ask the words, but he suddenly blocked back, and only said in a deep voice: "What are you doing?" ”

Mo Xuanchen said: "The night before yesterday, there were many refugees pouring into the vicinity of Anxian County, a hundred miles outside Beijing, and the county order of Anxian County had already ordered the resettlement, but the matter of the eldest prince ordering someone to dig the dam did not know how to spread out, and some people spread rumors that His Majesty refused to issue an order for disaster relief in order to protect the eldest prince, so that there was chaos in Anxian County. ”

"The Yacha of Anxian County was rushed into the county government and killed two victims by mistake, those victims completely rioted, Anxian sent people back to Beijing, Wechen was afraid that those people would pour into the capital, so he discussed with the people of the Beijing Guard and the city defense to let them guard the suburbs of Beijing, and Wechen took people away from Anxian."

Emperor Jing's face changed instantly, and he looked at Gan He, who followed up.

Gan He hurriedly said: "When the minister was ordered to find Mo Shizi, he had just returned from Anxian County, and he was accompanied by more than a dozen captured rebels. ”

"It's not a rioter."

Mo Xuanchen said, "Although Anxian County is a branch of the Lingjiang River, the Kelan River passes through the mountain road, and the nearby terrain is uneven, even if there is really a flood discharge affecting only those people along the river, besides, Ah Jin noticed that the water level of the Lingjiang River was wrong as early as a month ago, and he had already notified the people nearby, and also reminded the county order of Anxian County, the Hu County Commander of Na'an County had already ordered people to guard the vicinity of the river, even if there was a disaster, there should not be so many people." ”

"The place where the Lingjiang River burst is very far away from Anxian County, and the most serious area around Dingzhou is also thousands of miles away from the capital, even if there are really victims going north, it is impossible to gather near Anxian County so quickly, and there is still the courage to collide with the government, Weichen feels that I am afraid that someone is secretly guiding and pestering, and the dozen or so people who were arrested are the most suspicious among them."

"Wechen is not good at torture, and now he has handed over the people to Commander Gan, and I ask Your Majesty to arrange for them to be interrogated as soon as possible."

Emperor Jing was stunned by Mo Xuanchen's series of words, he originally wanted to question the four princes and the eldest prince, and also suspected that Mo Xuanchen instigated the two and even instigated the eldest prince, but Mo Xuanchen's bloodstains and talking about the chaos made him more concerned.

And what he just said......

"You said that Yunjin had approached the county magistrate of Anxian County more than a month ago?"