In the Zichen (Yinchen) Palace, the emperor and queen argued endlessly about the prince.

The emperor insisted on sending someone over to investigate, and after everything was clarified, he would arrange the prince's funeral. The queen insisted on burying the prince first, and the case could be investigated slowly.

Su Ruoshui and all the princes were summoned to the palace to discuss this important matter, and there were no foreign ministers in the main hall, which was the palace meeting, that is, the relatives who were close to them had a family meeting first.

Everyone has basically arrived, even the sick one of the five princes came, but only the third prince was missing.

"Why is the Third Highness delayed?" The emperor's face was very ugly, he was already tired of state affairs, and the things to be discussed today were so heavy.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Third Highness has already arrived, and as soon as I entered the palace gate, I was called by Concubine Hui, thinking that I would come over immediately." The old man beside the emperor hurriedly bowed down and answered.

The emperor was silent, and the empress snorted coldly: "Concubine Hui is really getting more and more ignorant. ”

"Go and ask the Third Highness to come over."

"The Third Highness has arrived."

Ye Guyuan walked into the hall gracefully, in fact, he was only delayed for about a quarter of an hour, he entered the palace earlier than others, and he was five minutes late compared to others.

"The sons and daughters meet their fathers and mothers." Ye Gu Yuan paid homage according to the ceremony.

"Flat."

"Thank you, father, emperor, and mother."

Ye Gu Yuanli stood up and walked to Su Ruo's underwater head and sat down quietly.

"In the end, it is the mother who is important, and the emperor's call can be ignored." The queen's fluttering words made the atmosphere cold, is this a discussion in advance or a quarrel first?

Ye Guyuan stood up again after touching the chair: "Why did the queen mother say this?" The father and emperor issued an edict to announce that the ministers would go to the Zichen Hall within an hour, and the time limit has not yet passed. ”

"What a sharp mouth, did Concubine Hui teach you to contradict this palace?"

"The sons dare not contradict the queen mother, and my mother does not dare to offend Feng Yan."

The emperor waved his hand, and Ye Gu Yuanli sat down.

"Presumably some of you have already received the news, Lone summoned you over today to discuss the prince, cough cough cough~" The emperor coughed with a red face and a thick neck, and the queen hurriedly brushed her chest and knocked her back.

"Father." All the princes looked eagerly at the dragon chair.

"It doesn't matter." The emperor coughed for a while, his breath stabilized, and he continued: "Prince Luan was attacked halfway, and his body was charred. ”

Su Ruoshui and all the princes lowered their heads, no one was surprised or saddened. It seems that they have known the belief for a long time, and everyone has a lot of eyes and ears.

"Now there are three major events in front of us, one is to arrange the prince's funeral, one is to find out the facts of the case, and the other is to continue to send people to the south. You all talk about which thing to do first, which thing to do later, and who wants to be responsible for which thing? ”

After the emperor finished speaking, there was silence below, and no one spoke.

"The deceased is the greatest, the prince must always be buried for peace, the first thing is, of course, to do the prince's funeral first, the princess, you say yes?"

The queen doesn't want to investigate any case first, not because she is afraid of finding out something, but because the investigation has been going on for too long, how can the dead prince be a new prince if he is not buried?

The most important thing is that the prince's body is charred, and no one can see his face clearly. What needs to be hurried now is to announce that the crown prince is dead.

Even if there is any case, when Ye Guyuanhong returns to the palace, the new prince has already been established, maybe he will all ascend the throne, what else can he do?

No matter what the princes thought in their hearts, she expected that Su Ruoshui, a woman, was the most unidearate.

No matter how rude she usually is, it's because Ye Gu Yuanhong supports her, what else does she have to rely on now?

She asked her to speak by name, she held the title of the crown princess, and she still had a lot of say in the prince's affairs.

"The daughter-in-law is in turmoil, and everything is decided by the father." Su Ruoshui really has no idea to come up with, the prince is dead, isn't the emperor still alive? It's not the queen's turn to have the final say.

Su Ruoshui believed that the old emperor had a charter in his heart, otherwise Chang Zhong would not have said that the emperor would be critically ill in a few days, obviously they had a plan, as long as they didn't destroy them.

"You're the crown princess, this thing for you"

"Well, what can she do as a woman? You don't have to be embarrassed for her, Princes, you say. "The emperor has to listen to the princes and see what they think.

"Father." The three princes stood up, and he was the eldest among the princes.

These princes of Tanglin make it difficult to choose the prince, and all of them are qualified. On the eldest and youngest, it is the third prince Ye Gu Yuan calendar, he himself is a talented man who is famous all over the world, and his mother Concubine Hui is neither high nor low in status, and she is a virtuous person.

The fifth prince, Ye Gu Yuanzheng, has nothing else bad except for bad health, although he has no strengths, but he has no faults.

said that he was not in good health, he went to the Ghost Gate Pass more than 200 times in ten years, and he was critically ill more than 20 times in any year, and he was not seen to be more serious, nor did he die any time.

His body is really a mystery, and when he is good, he is just like a normal person, only his face is almost weak, and he is just a little weak. said that he couldn't get out of bed for half a month after being sick, and he was going to die and live at every turn, his breath was so weak that his pulse was like a gossamer, and he wore out more than a dozen sets of shrouds.

The sixth prince, Ye Gu Yuanming, has no particularly outstanding shortcomings except for being addicted to alcohol, and he is definitely the most well-connected among the princes. What does networking represent? Networking is about having people support, and there are a lot of people who support it.

The seventh prince Ye Guyuan Qi is brave and unparalleled, upright and bold, and looks a little reckless, but he is also the most imperial and domineering prince except Ye Guyuanhong.

The Nine Emperor Sons, Ye Gu Yuanheng, the most on him is the shadow of Ye Gu Yuanhong, who has no mother since he was a child, and has always been with the prince.

He was the emperor's favorite youngest son, and was the only Prince of Thailand with a title among all the princes.

He talks about age, qualifications, and nothing, and the only thing he has is the king's favor, what is the king's favor?

"The son is ashamed to be the prince, and it is the sin of the son that he cannot share the worries of his father. Erchen only knows poetry, books, etiquette and righteousness, and does not know the way to govern the country and secure the country, so he can neither go to investigate the case to avenge the imperial brother, nor can he go south to inherit the imperial brother's legacy. ”

The third prince left the seat and walked to the center and knelt on his knees: "Whether you come back for burial or investigate the case on the spot, the sons have no objection." The son asked his father to grant the son to welcome the coffin of the emperor back to Beijing. The retainer is willing to stay by the emperor's brother's side, the emperor's brother has no children, and I am willing to accompany the mausoleum to guard the tomb for three years. ”

The emperor lowered his eyelids, and no one could see the sparkle in his eyes. The emperor quietly observed the three princes, what did he mean by this? Do you want to evacuate from Beijing? Does he know something?

Or did Concubine Hui point out something to him? Three years of mourning? Will my bones last for three years? I'm afraid that the world will have changed hands long ago after three years, do you give up or hide and wait and see?

"It's rare that your brothers have a deep brotherhood, it's really touching, your Majesty?" The queen was so happy that she hurriedly sent the three princes away.

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