Xia Yunhao, the son of King Lichen, came very suddenly.

Three days later, when Emperor Jianning announced the matter, the Manchu civil and military forces were in an uproar.

During this time, everyone was watching Emperor Jianning's attitude towards the Seven Princes, but they didn't expect that they didn't wait for the news that the Seven Princes came out of the prison of the Criminal Department, but waited for the holy decree of the emperor's grandson.

"I am fifty years old this year, although I have passed the prime of life, but this body is still quite healthy, and there is no problem in personally raising the grandson for more than ten years, this child is smart, sensible and filial, and King Chen is tutoring on the side, presumably you Aiqing should have no opinion."

On the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Jianning announced in public.

The courtiers had different thoughts and discussions, but none of them dared to say anything they disagreed with.

First, among the several princes under Emperor Jianning's knees, there are indeed no good candidates, injured injuries, criminal crimes, incompetent incompetence, and good ones are selected from their grandchildren, which is also a precedent to follow, and they can't propose to choose someone from the clan to succeed them.

Then I am afraid that Emperor Jianning will not agree to the children of others to inherit his inheritance.

Second, now there are many people in the court who are talking about the Seven Princes for a while, and if they speak out at this moment, it is inevitable that they will not be regarded by the emperor as the henchmen of the Seven Princes, and they will be dismissed.

No one wants to risk their career.

In the end, Emperor Jianning issued a holy decree directly, instead of asking the opinions of hundreds of officials before issuing an edict, which shows that the sacred heart has been decided, so unless this decision is too ridiculous, the ministers do not dare to really confront the emperor.

So the matter of the emperor's grandson was decided.

At that time, the Seventh Prince in prison didn't know that his brother Chen Wang was planning for him like this.

It wasn't until I heard the jailers discussing the matter of the emperor's grandson that I realized that the situation had changed outside.

"I want to see the emperor, let me out, I want to see King Chen, come here, come here!"

The Seventh Prince howled like crazy, but it was not the jailer who was waiting for him, but King Chen's personal guard.

"King Chen, I want to see King Chen!" The Seventh Prince's eyes widened with anger.

At this moment, he had a little recollection in his heart.

He is the only one who has been imprisoned, King Chen's body is clean, and he can't find anything, and the Xu family has not suffered much loss, and now there is another imperial grandson, and the authority has returned.

Isn't all this pushed by King Chen to do it?

He was just a chess piece from beginning to end, he knew it in his heart, but he just felt that King Chen wanted him to be a puppet emperor, but he didn't expect that King Chen didn't plan to let him take the throne at all, he just wanted him to pave the way for his son!

"His Royal Highness the Seventh wants to see the prince, it's really not easy now, there are too many people visiting the grandson in the court, the house is too busy, this Yanhu envoy is also about to arrive, the prince is also tired of arranging, tell me if Your Highness has anything to say."

The guard stood in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Taisun, what a grandson, I ended up today, don't you know how much King Chen is involved in?!" The green tendons on the Seventh Prince's neck burst out, and he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "If you want to use me as a stepping stone, I must also pull you to die together!" ”

In the face of his rage, the guard only took an unhurried step back.

After pulling away some distance, he whispered.

"Of course, it is easy to die, but His Royal Highness is gone, and if something happens to the prince again, the princess and the child in her womb."

"You threaten me!"

There was a muffled bang, and it was the angry punch of the Seventh Prince that hit the guard in the face.

The corner of the guard's mouth was bleeding from the beating, and his face suddenly showed a fierce expression, and he slammed it back with a punch.

He is a perennial martial artist, and he naturally has a great advantage over the Seven Princes, who have been imprisoned for many days.

One punch knocked someone to the ground.

The jailers didn't show up as if they hadn't heard a sound.

The guard turned his wrist and pinned the Seventh Prince directly to the ground, grabbing him by the throat.

"Little I advise His Royal Highness, as long as His Royal Highness is willing to cooperate obediently, the prince will definitely protect the princess and the child in her womb, if you refuse to cooperate, the child will not be protected, but you can rest assured, the prince has always done things cleanly, if the emperor can find out, he would have found it a long time ago, and your words will only be nonsense that wants to pull people back, which is meaningless."

The face of the Seventh Prince turned red when he was pinched, and it was useless to struggle desperately.

The feeling of suffocation and imminent death left him angry, frightened, and powerless.

And the moment he felt that he was about to lose consciousness, he was let go again.

The next moment, a paper bag was stuffed in his hand.

The guard stood up, stared at him coldly, and whispered.

"Before tonight, if you don't hear the news, the child in the princess's womb will definitely not be protected, Your Highness will do it yourself."

After dropping this sentence, he turned and strode away.

The Seventh Prince gasped in embarrassment, only feeling numbness in pain, his hands clenched involuntarily, pinching the packet of medicinal powder, his eyes full of hatred and pathos.

laughed at himself for being reduced to this, and no one cared.

Holding the medicine bag, he got up and lay down on the bamboo bed, staring blankly at the ray of light shining in from the window, and the whole person was like a walking corpse.

I lay like this for a long time, and suddenly a jailer came.

There was more than one person at the sound of footsteps.

When the Seventh Prince was curious about who would come to see him at this time, he turned his head and found that it was Shen Qianwei who came.

The moment the two looked at each other, they were speechless.

After a while, it was Shen Qianwei who spoke first.

"When I went out last year, His Royal Highness wished me meritorious service and fame, and returned to the court as soon as possible, and now that I am back, Your Highness still remembers the words I gave to Your Highness."

"You want me to be as good as ever." The Seventh Prince laughed miserably and leaned aside in embarrassment, "I've disappointed you, it's me who can't stand you." ”

He really didn't expect Shen Qianwei to come, so the guilt and guilt in his heart were also magnified countless times at this moment.

Shen Qianwei also had mixed feelings in his heart, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

After a while, he took the wine gourd from his waist and handed it over.

"Let's have a drink, this is our favorite wine in Yanzhou in the past."

The Seventh Prince glanced at him, took the gourd and raised his head to take a big sip, and immediately choked on the strong wine and coughed.

I don't know if it's because of the cough and the red face, or because of the side, at this moment he has a little smile on his face, but he shows the same as before.

"It's delicious, it's still Yanzhou's wine, it's much more fragrant than Bianjing."

Shen Qianwei was silent, took the wine jug, and took a big sip himself.

He knew that it was not that Yanzhou's wine was better, but that the Seventh Prince missed the days of Yanzhou.

"My wedding date has also been set, March 16 of the following year." Shen Qianwei said sullenly.

The Seventh Prince hooked his lips, "Congratulations, then this is a wedding wine, I'll drink more." ”

After speaking, he snatched the wine jug from Shen Qianwei's hand and drank it in a big gulp.

Shen Qianwei wanted to stop him, but the Seventh Prince avoided it and drank all the pot of wine.

"Okay, this wedding wine has also been drunk, if you don't have anything to do, you can go back, I don't drink well, you know, after drinking so much at once, I have to lie down and sleep for a while." The Seventh Prince smiled and waved his hand.

Shen Qianwei was about to say something, but the Seventh Prince pushed out of the cell door, and the Seventh Prince pulled up the chain next to him and locked the cell door.

Then he waved his hand at him, stumbled to the bamboo boat in the corner, and lay down with his back to the outside.

"Xia Cong, Xia Cong!" Shen Qianwei pounded the wooden fence hard, "You turn Lao Tzu around, do you hear it!" ”

He shouted loudly, but the Seventh Prince always turned his back to him and refused to turn around.

The jailer was attracted by this movement, but he didn't dare to let Shen Qianwei shout like this in prison, so he hurriedly sent the person out with half push and half persuasion.

And inside the cell, the Seventh Prince curled up and burst into tears.

That night, news came out of the prison of the Criminal Department that the Seven Princes died violently.