121:What you sow, what you reap (1st watch)
Concubine Shu had experienced a lot of storms in the end, and she quickly calmed down, still maintaining the demeanor of a concubine, and when she was thinking about how to save herself, she saw that Chang Xi couldn't wait to pull several proofs to prove that she had been in the palace and had only gone out for a few breaths halfway.
Just a few breaths of time is not enough to commit a crime, not to mention that when she went out halfway, the three princes were still in the hall, this big guy can see with eyes, not if he wants to slander casually, after all, which one of the people sitting in this hall is a person with no identity?
"That is, you haven't been out since?" Wei Guogong seemed to ask his niece sternly, but he was actually excusing her.
Chang Xi nodded, "Although the place where I sit is remote, it has always been in everyone's sight, and I have been toasting everyone, which everyone can testify." ”
The few people who were pulled out didn't dare to offend the Duke of Wei and the Mighty Marquis Mansion, so they hurriedly swore that Chang Xi was right, and it was precisely because they were telling the truth that these people all looked frank, which made them more trustworthy.
This sudden development caught Concubine Shu off guard, and when Wei Guogong turned his head and threw the question to her, she could only force her calm, "It seems that the concubine of the Mighty Marquis Mansion has been slandered, this matter has been known by the palace, and it will definitely be found out later......"
She tried to make peace with the mud and not let the development of this matter get out of her control again, otherwise it would be difficult to clean up, but unfortunately it backfired.
I saw that Wei Guogong had a hard attitude and said, "Niangniang, the person who pretends to be the niece of the minister must not be tolerated, this ruined people's reputation and assassinated the third prince, the circumstances are bad, please take it to the palace immediately for interrogation, see who instigated it?" ”
The situation has reversed, and it is not easy for the father of the mighty marquis to pretend to be dead anymore, so he quickly stood up and said, "Niangniang, what the minister's eldest brother said is very true. ”
Everyone echoed one after another, after all, there was something strange about this matter, and there were many political enemies of the three princes in this palace, and with some encouragement, Concubine Shu was put up.
Zhao Jin spoke at the right time, "Since this happened at the banquet, the grandson can't live up to the emperor's grandfather's trust, as the host of the banquet, the grandson has the obligation to find out about this matter, and ask Grandmother Shu to cooperate." After speaking, without waiting for Concubine Shu to react, she immediately clapped her hands and asked people to bring the assassin who pretended to be Chang Xi in for interrogation.
Concubine Shu was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, this Zhao Jin must have done it on purpose, he didn't jump early or late before jumping out at this time, just to expand this matter, and he really couldn't be punished.
The third princess secretly asked her grandfather Feng Shoufu for help, but her grandfather was still sitting with his eyes half-closed, as if he was in a coma in old age and spirit, which made her anxious, and she couldn't help but complain a little about her grandfather's unkindness.
She turned to look at her parents, hoping that they could stand up and speak up for her husband, didn't she see that Chang Xi's relatives had come out to defend her? Will they come out and defend her?
The mother moved, but her arm was grabbed by her father, who avoided her eyes and just looked at her fiercely with a warning in his eyes.
The third princess no longer tries to ask her mother's family for help, she is not stupid, she knows that her mother's family is cutting the table with her to avoid being implicated, and the resentment in her heart is rising, what kind of family is such a person?
It didn't take long for the woman who pretended to be Chang Xi to be dragged in with her head down, looking at the messy and messy appearance of her hair and clothes, it looked like she had been caught.
Chang Xi immediately looked at the woman, and when Zhao Jin ordered someone to lift the woman's face, she immediately exclaimed, "It's you!" ”
"You know her?" Wei Guogong asked.
Chang Xi nodded, briefly stated her previous holiday with this woman, and then said with a scared look, "She wet my clothes, and then dragged me desperately and said that I was going to change my clothes, fortunately, I was not fooled, otherwise wouldn't I jump into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it?" ”
At that time, the two had an unpleasant quarrel, and the people in that corner looked at it, and there was no shortage of witnesses.
The woman struggled at this time and shouted, "It's not me, it's not me, I didn't assassinate the third prince, I didn't, let me go......"
Even the woman's identity was instantly revealed, and now even her husband could no longer pretend to be dead, so he hurriedly came out and knelt on the ground trembling, "Chen Zhen didn't know that she would do such a big rebellious thing, Chen is really ......wronged."
Husband and wife are one, and it is not something that he can be exempted from responsibility by shouting a few words of injustice, after all, the people who had talked to this woman before are now afraid of being implicated, so they have stepped on one foot, making them husband and wife speechless.
In the end of this farce, the old emperor ordered his father-in-law to come over and pass on the message, "Your Majesty has decreed that it is a great crime to assassinate the prince in the palace, and the assassin will be handed over to Jinyi Wei for investigation and punishment immediately, and today's banquet will be dismissed." ”
This is forcibly putting an end to this matter and preventing it from expanding, and even Chang Xi returned to Wei's side safely.
Wei's hand in a cold sweat clenched Chang Xi's hand, like a lost treasure, "Don't be afraid, my mother is here." ”
Of course, Chang Xi was not afraid, but for the sake of Wei's false alarm, she still nodded and accepted her love.
Old Madam Han said a few words of comfort with a kind face, which could not make people think that she was not kind.
"Let's go back first." As the head of the family, the mighty marquis made the final word.
Chang Xi didn't even look at him, this person who was the same as her scumbag father in her previous life, she saw through it at a glance, but it was Wei Guogong who spoke for her, she hurriedly saluted and thanked him, "Thank you, uncle." ”
Wei Guo said fairly, "It's all a family, don't talk about these false courtesies." ”
In this incident, there are still many strange things that people can't figure out, but he doesn't plan to delve into it.
Chang Xi still looked at him gratefully, but when his eyes passed over him, he looked at Zhao Jin, who was still on the stage, and the eyes of the two collided, and they exchanged some secretly, and then shifted their gaze casually.
The guests left the palace one after another, and the third princess took advantage of the lack of attention and caught up with her grandfather Feng Shoufu, "Grandfather, are you really not going to help me?" ”
Feng Shoufu, who was supported by his son and was about to get into the sedan chair, looked back at the granddaughter who was once very fond of him, "When you wanted to die or live and marry into the royal family, I had already made it clear to you that you could only take care of things by yourself in the future, and the Feng family couldn't let you take them into the ditch." ”
"Grandfather, are you still blaming me?" The third princess said in tears.
Feng Shoufu did not have the pity of the past in his eyes, "What you plant, what you get, you can do it yourself." After saying that, he turned around and got into the sedan chair, no longer paying attention to this confused granddaughter who was lured by someone at the beginning, until now, she didn't realize that the reason why people would marry her was only because she was his granddaughter.
Feng Shoufu's eldest son grabbed his wife, who wanted to comfort his daughter, and the Feng family couldn't get involved in the battle for succession, so don't bring disaster to the family.
Mrs. Feng could only comfort her daughter with her eyes, and was helplessly pulled by her husband to follow her father-in-law's sedan chair and slowly leave the palace.
The family gradually moved away, and the third princess who stayed in place suddenly felt very cold, and for the first time regretted the choice she had made back then.
At this time, the old emperor was still sitting on the futon in his bedroom, looking at the third son who was being helped in, staring at this son with a gloomy face.
"Father." The third prince didn't dare to look directly at the old emperor, so he could only bow his head and endure the pain.
The old emperor didn't feel sorry for this son who had just been assassinated and was injured, and the people didn't kill him, he was already merciful.
Seeing this son who had disappointed him again and again, he couldn't help but think of the dead eldest son, and his anger jumped up instantly, he got up suddenly, stepped forward and kicked on the shoulder of the third son who was kneeling on the ground, and directly kicked the son to the ground.
The third prince showed a look of fear on his face, and he didn't care about the pain of the wound on his body, so he quickly got up and knelt on the ground again, "Father, the son knows that he is wrong, and the son will not dare to ...... anymore"
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by the old emperor again, and the pain was even worse, and the cold sweat on his forehead came out, so he was still sensible, and he didn't dare to shout injustice, otherwise he would anger the old father even more.
"I am very disappointed in you, I turn a blind eye to what happened back then, and I think that if you can treat your nephew well, then what does it matter if this Jiangshan Sheji is given to you? But you've disappointed me again and again......"
He asked the two of them to preside over the royal banquet tonight, and his attitude was already obvious, Zhao Jin did not compete with the imperial uncle for the limelight, he was very pleased, but his son was not humble at all to steal the limelight, he was already frowning at the time, but he still wanted to give him another chance, and then came this one.
The third prince was stunned, he had been on the way to win the heir, but this was the first time he heard his father's words, and it was also the first time he was so close to the throne, but he messed up all this, thinking of this, he cried bitterly and said, "Father, the son really knows that he is wrong, the son will definitely treat Brother Jin well in the future, and the son can swear to the ancestors and the ancestors......"
"It's late." The old emperor looked into the distance faintly, he really wanted his dead eldest son, that was a real gentleman, but it was really this gentleman's style, which made him worry that such a person could not bear the weight of the country.
If it is too bright, there will be no grass, and it is because of worry, so that people can take advantage of the loopholes, make their father and son suspicious, and finally heaven and man will be separated forever.
"Your Majesty, the lady has been brought."
At this time, she was slightly embarrassed and staggered into the hall, and before she had time to get angry, she saw the old emperor looking at her with compassion, which made her excited, knelt down, and forced herself to calm down, "Your Majesty......"
"I thought you were smart, but you're still the same, I regret leaving you alive, and you taught my son crookedly."
"Your Majesty, it's not like this, the concubine doesn't know anything......"
Concubine Shu tried to quibble, but the old emperor didn't listen, "Are you really old and confused?" ”