The prison of the Criminal Department.

Although the Seven Princes were convicted and imprisoned, their identities were different after all, so the cell they lived in was clean.

A very narrow square window on the wall, a narrow bamboo bed, an old bedding, a low table, two stools, just that's it.

When the messenger came in, the Seventh Prince was sitting on a stool with his eyes closed, and only then did he open his eyes when he heard footsteps.

"I'm tired little brother, a little heart, take it and drink some good wine, I will say a few words to His Royal Highness the Seventh, and I won't be able to wait here for you." The comer whispered.

As he spoke, he took out a heavy purse from his bosom and stuffed it.

The jailer checked the things in his hand, and suddenly a faint smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand.

"Go, go, don't stay in there too long."

"Yes, yes, you've worked hard." The man nodded hurriedly.

After sending the jailer away, he carried the food box into the cell.

"The minion knocks on the Seventh Highness."

"Brother Chen asked you to come?"

The Seventh Prince had already recognized the person in front of him, who was the apprentice of King Chen's personal attendant, a eunuch named Shunxi.

Shun Xi nodded, got up and put the food box on the table, and whispered as he took things out.

"The minion is born outside, and it is not easy for people to notice, and the prince asked the minion to come over to deliver something to Your Highness."

As he spoke, he pointed to the bottom layer of the food box.

The Seventh Prince understood, uncovered the layer, and there was a letter inside, and immediately took it out and looked at it.

He didn't expect that it was written by Xu Sini, and his hand paused slightly for a while.

After reading it, his brows unconsciously tightened a little.

Shun Hee silently observed his expression, and spoke in a low voice at the right time.

"The princess is worried about you, but don't worry, although the prince's ability is limited, he can still take care of one or two in the house, and the princess's food and clothing will not be too short, that is."

"It's nothing." The Seventh Prince raised his eyes, "Don't sell your words." ”

Hearing this, Shunxi was embarrassed, and then continued.

"It's your business, the prince has tried his best to turn around in front of the court and the emperor, but now it has little effect."

"Father has already pinched the evidence?" The eyes of the Seven Princes were gloomy, and they were still apprehensive in their hearts.

Shunxi nodded, "King Yu killed himself, and many secrets have been leaked, otherwise, His Royal Highness has been in the Criminal Department for so long, and the emperor will not fail to summon you." ”

The Seven Princes have a number of this.

met three times, and Emperor Jianning was unwilling to summon him for personal questioning, which showed that he was annoyed and disappointed.

In fact, these days, the evidence of his collusion with King Yu has been laid out one after another, and his heart has been a little desperate.

He knew very well how Emperor Jianning's throne came about, so he had this move, and once he was discovered, the end would be very miserable.

But how can man be willing to give up hope of life so easily?

Pursing his lips, the Seventh Prince still raised his eyes and asked.

"King Jin, how is he?"

"The left eye is injured, although I am not blind, but I will not be able to see well for life, and in addition, the wound on my face is too deep, and it will definitely leave a scar."

Shun Xi replied with lowered eyes.

Silently looked at the expression of the Seven Princes, and said.

"The four princes have been a little restless recently, they have been reprimanded by the emperor, they have been grounded in the mansion, the king of Jin has no chance to be unified, Your Highness, don't give up, and now you are the only person the emperor can entrust to the country."

After hearing this, hope was rekindled in the eyes of the Seven Princes.

Immediately afterwards, Shunxi said again.

"You just have to wait quietly, the prince will arrange someone to plan for you in the court, but there is only one."

"You say." The Seventh Prince immediately said.

Shun Xi arched his hand, "The prince and His Royal Highness, you are brothers, so you are desperate to plan for Your Highness, you should live and die together, share happiness and hardship, but the prince and His Royal Highness are not alone, and there are countless relationships involved, such as the queen's mother, the Xu family, and the princess and the child in her womb, the prince must first protect himself before he can protect others." ”

As soon as he said this, the Seventh Prince immediately understood in his heart.

is telling him that no matter what, there must be someone between him and King Chen to stay, and if he pulls King Chen into the water, then more people will be involved, especially Xu Sini.

Originally, he had no feelings for Xu Sini, his wife, the Seventh Prince, but when I received a letter from Xu Sini today, I thought that this woman was pregnant with his child and was still worried about him, but she really had some friendship.

Even if it is not for the love of husband and wife, it is for the sake of the children.

The reason why he chose to start an incident at the beginning was because he wanted to strike first.

Although he is defeated now, he doesn't want to affect his only bone and blood.

The Seventh Prince clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and nodded heavily.

"You go back and tell Brother Chen, let him rest assured, I know the severity."

Shunxi bowed respectfully, watched the Seventh Prince finish eating, and then quietly left the Criminal Department.

In the following period of time, there were some fragmentary words coming out of the DPRK and even the community.

To the effect that the mud of the four princes can't support the wall, King Chen and King Jin are not allowed to inherit the throne according to the rules of the royal family because of physical injuries, and there is only one of the seven princes left, so even if the seven princes rebel and commit the crime of great rebellion, but now Emperor Jianning has no choice but to release the seven princes sooner or later.

Such remarks spread to the palace, and even some palace people discussed it in private.

It is said that the reason why Emperor Jianning has not issued an order to deal with the crimes of the Seven Princes for so long is because of this concern.

In fact, Emperor Jianning was indeed a little unable to let go of this point, but he was only the slightest hesitant, and he was still angry at the actions of the Seven Princes.

So when this kind of remarks spread out in one go, it triggered Emperor Jianning's rebellion, and he was even more angry for a while.

At this time, King Chen took his son into the palace to ask Emperor Jianning for peace.

"Father, don't hurt yourself, the seventh brother is young, and he has grown too fast in the past few years, and when he heard about the third brother's injury, it is inevitable that he will have some self-promise, but this matter has not caused a big disaster after all, and the Yanhu envoy will arrive in Bianjing in half a month to discuss the peace between the two countries, why don't you give him another chance?"

In the imperial study, King Chen whispered to Emperor Jianning to intercede.

But as soon as he said this, Emperor Jianning was even more annoyed.

"Give him another chance?! I didn't give him a chance? Earlier, before the incident happened, I had already asked someone to investigate, and I had also reminded him, but what did he do, he felt that he had nothing to fear! I feel that others can't sit on this chair under me, so I can only sit on him! ”

"Father's anger!"

King Chen's face was frightened, and he hurriedly knelt down.

But Emperor Jianning was angry in his heart, grabbed the teacup and smashed it, and he couldn't calm his anger at all.

At this moment, Xiao Shizi, who was kneeling on the ground, secretly glanced at him, then slowly got up, carefully approached Emperor Jianning's side, held Emperor Jianning's hand with his small hand, and blew gently.

"Grandpa Huang, don't be angry, if you don't have hot hands, your grandson won't hurt if you blow it."

The five-year-old child looked so innocent, and there was still a little fear in his black grape-like eyes, but his small body still leaned over.

King Chen hurriedly called him, "Hao'er is not allowed to be rude!" ”

"It doesn't matter." Emperor Jianning raised his hand to stop King Jin, pulled his little grandson to him, and after carefully examining it for a while, he suddenly smiled slightly, "This child is just like you when you were a child, smart." ”

After a pause, he suddenly said again, "Stronger than Lao Qi." ”

Hearing these last words, a glimmer of light quickly flashed in King Chen's drooping eyes, and he immediately became panicked and hurriedly leaned over and kowtowed.

With this sentence, he knew that his plan was about to be completed.