Chapter 144: I Depend on You
"Your Majesty, did the concubine do something wrong, why did you say that about the concubine?" Luo Yunfeng is still pretending to be stupid, and she will not intend to admit it until the last moment, not to mention that just relying on the one-sided words of a slave and maid cannot explain anything.
"Jiu'er has already said that it was you who killed Concubine Zhuang, I didn't expect you to be so vicious, you really make me feel cold." Murong Sheng looked at Luo Yunfeng, his eyes were full of resentment, after all, Concubine Zhuang was his favorite concubine before.
"Your Majesty, how can you believe it just based on the one-sided words of a slave and maid, why did the concubine want to harm that Concubine Zhuang, at that time, the imperial doctor diagnosed her as depressed and unhappy, and Concubine Zhuang's death had nothing to do with the concubine." In this regard, the queen couldn't help but move out of the diagnosis of the imperial doctor.
"Jiu'er, what do you say?" Seeing this, Murong Sheng asked Xiang Jiu'er again.
"This ...... The slave maid ......" Jiu'er looked at the queen and then at Murong Sheng, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Could it be that what you said before is all deceiving me, do you know that deceiving me is guilty of deceiving the king, and it is to connect the nine clans." Murong Sheng unconsciously aggravated his voice.
"Your Majesty, the slave maid did not deceive you, it was indeed Concubine Zhuang who was killed by the queen's mother, and she also bought off the imperial doctor, so that the imperial doctor diagnosed Concubine Zhuang as depressed and unhappy, the slave and maid were true, and they did not dare to deceive the emperor in any way, and asked the emperor to please investigate." Jiu'er didn't consciously explain when she saw this.
At this time, Queen Luo Yunfeng looked at Jiu'er and wanted to strangle her to death at the moment. At that time, I thought that she had the plague and was imprisoned in the court, and it was impossible to threaten herself in this life, so I let her go, but I didn't think that she would suddenly come out and identify herself now, and she was really negligent.
"Your Majesty, please don't deny the concubine because of this slave's words, the concubine is wronged." The queen unconsciously pushed Jiu'er away, knelt on the ground and shouted wronged, she looked at the emperor and said: "Concubine Zhuang and I are like sisters, like a family, why should I harm my sister, please be clear." ”
"Queen Mother, you said that Concubine Zhuang is a fox, seducing the emperor, and you deliberately asked the slave maid to apply the brocade clothes of the Xiangluo country with drugs, and you also said that the brocade clothes are the most suitable to wear on Concubine Zhuang's body, if the slave maid is not mistaken, the emperor did not appreciate it when he saw Concubine Zhuang wearing that dress......"
"Enough, Jiu'er, this palace is not for you to chew your tongue." The queen couldn't help but reprimand angrily, but as soon as she said this, she didn't regret it.
"Queen, what else do you have to say, Jiu'er has already said this, do you still want to continue to deny it?"
"Your Majesty, you must not listen to the words of this slave, the concubine is wronged." Luo Yunfeng still refused to admit it, she felt that as long as she didn't admit it, the emperor wouldn't dare to do anything to her.
"Your Majesty, do you remember the child in Concubine Ru's womb at that time?" Jiu'er saw that the queen was dead and refused to admit it, so she unconsciously mentioned another thing.
"Jiu'er!" When the queen heard Jiu'er mention Concubine Ru, she was not surprised, so she hurriedly stopped her.
"Go on." Murong Sheng ordered.
"If the concubine is pregnant for three months, it would have been fine, but the queen asked the slave to secretly put the medicine powder that caused the miscarriage in the concubine's meal, so the concubine suddenly had a miscarriage."
"What, my child!" Murong Sheng couldn't imagine that the queen would do so many vicious things behind his back, so he unconsciously ordered: "Come on, put the queen in Siguozhai, and wait for the fate, no one is allowed to visit without my order." ”
"Your Majesty, you can't treat your concubines like this, although the concubines are wrong, but they have been loyal to their duties over the years and have been helping you take care of this harem, without merit and hard work." As soon as she saw Murong Sheng disposing of herself like this, Queen Luo Yunfeng unconsciously stepped forward to ask for help.
"Hmph, you're embarrassed to say that I've been too indulgent to you over the years, I can't imagine that you did these vicious things behind my back, no wonder the prince would openly oppose me, I understand now, with a queen mother like you, there will inevitably be such a son." Murong Sheng said hatefully.
"Your Majesty, it's not like this, you misunderstood the concubine." Hearing that Murong Sheng even brought the crown prince with him, Luo Yunfeng couldn't help but be sad, how to say that the prince is also her and the emperor's flesh and blood, it doesn't matter what the emperor says about her, but talking about the prince like this makes her too cold.
"You guys are still in a hurry, why don't you pull the queen down quickly." Murong Sheng looked at the guards standing aside, but he didn't dare to make a move, so he couldn't help but order again, seeing this, these guards had to drag Queen Luo Yunfeng away.
"Father, what should I do with this slave?" At this time, seeing the queen being pulled down, Murong Ba felt a little comfortable, and then saw Jiu'er who was still kneeling on the ground, so he asked unconsciously.
"You actually collaborated with the queen to do such a rebellious thing, I categorically can't spare you, but don't worry, it won't affect your family, you can solve it yourself." Murong Sheng looked at poor Jiu'er, so he couldn't help but say.
"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Jiu'er knew that once she told the truth, she would definitely not be able to live, and now that the emperor was willing to let her relatives go, what else could she ask for? So, Jiu'er subconsciously bit her tongue, and then suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and then slowly collapsed.
"Come on, go deal with it!" Murong Sheng turned around, he didn't want to see the bloody scene, and then said: "Ba'er, it's my father who can't stand you and make you and your mother suffer, and I will compensate you." ”
"Father, the son just wants to avenge the grievances of his mother and concubine, and don't think about other things." Murong Ba couldn't help but say, the implication was that he hoped that his father could make a ruling on the empress.
"Ba'er, the queen is the mother of a country, it is impossible for me to execute her at will, otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction among the courtiers, after all, the queen, as the mother of the country, represents the dignity of the Xiyan Kingdom, so I hope you can understand." Although Murong Sheng knew that Queen Luo Yunfeng was doing something wrong, based on some considerations, he couldn't move this queen.
"Father, do you mean to let the queen go unpunished, there is a way for the Son of Heaven to break the law and commit the same crime as the common people, is this all empty words?" Murong Ba felt sad when he thought that Luo Yunfeng's woman had killed his mother and concubine, but he had not received the corresponding punishment.
"Ba'er, my father has said everything he should have said, and if you can't figure it out, my father has nothing to say. Father can promise you anything, but only in the matter of the queen, the father can't rely on you. "Murong Sheng knew that the queen was involved in a large number of courtiers, and he would not be involved in these powerful relationships unless he had to.
"If that's the case, then the father might as well canonize his son as the crown prince, otherwise it will be difficult for his son to calm the anger in his heart." Murong Ba couldn't help but say.
"Huh?" Murong Sheng didn't expect Murong Ba to say such a thing, but he quickly looked at Murong Ba and said, "Okay, I'll depend on you." ”
"Father, you ......" Murong Ba also said such words in anger, but he didn't expect his father to agree to him, which made him stunned, and then looked at Murong Sheng incredulously.
"My father knows that I owe you and your mother too much, so it is better to pass on the position of the crown prince to you, and besides, you are also my eldest son, and it is reasonable for the crown prince to be passed on to you." Murong Sheng also wanted to open at this time, and after Murong Xuan's incident, he didn't want to dwell on this matter anymore.
"Father, how could you ......" Murong Ba didn't know what to say.
"However, I have a request, that is, I hope you will stop embarrassing the queen, and keep it a secret, you can do it?" Murong Sheng asked.
"Erchen, you can do it." If his father really promised to pass on the crown prince to him, Murong Ba felt that there was no need to hold on to the queen. Besides, as long as he becomes the monarch of Xiyan Kingdom in the future, it will not be easy to deal with Luo Yunfeng when the time comes.
"Good!"
"I hope my father will do what he says!" Murong Ba reminded again.
"Don't worry, you don't have any jokes, you can step down, Rong Zhen thinks carefully, how to make everyone support you as the prince."
"Yes, Father!" Saying that, Murong Ba left.
Out of the Chengxuan Palace, Murong Ba seemed to be drunk, his legs and feet were fluttering, as if he was about to fly, he still didn't believe that what his father said was true, and he actually wanted to pass on the crown prince to himself, this contrast is too great.
"Your Highness, are you alright?" Seeing that Murong Ba had not made a sound, Ming Andong felt uneasy.
"Ming'an, you pinch me to see if I'm dreaming?" Murong Ba stood still and said with some distraction.
At that moment, Ming An pressed Murong Ba's arm and pinched it, only to hear the sound of "ah", Murong Ba didn't feel the pain, and then patted Ming An and said: "Your Highness just asked you to pinch it, why are you so heavy?" ”
"Your Highness, if your subordinates don't pinch it heavily, can you be sober?" Ming An was obviously not in a high mood.
"Do you say that what your father said is true, do you really want to canonize His Royal Highness as the crown prince?" Murong Ba couldn't help but be suspicious at this time, and always felt that Murong Sheng agreed too quickly, which was really a little strange.
"Your Highness, for the emperor's thoughts, his subordinates don't dare to speculate. However, thinking about it, the emperor was too disappointed in the prince's mother and son, and His Royal Highness's mother was killed by the queen, so the emperor felt guilty for a while, and may have allowed His Highness. ”
"Is that so?" Murong Ba wasn't sure.
"But didn't the emperor also say it, His Royal Highness is the eldest son of the emperor, even if he is re-canonized as the crown prince, the person elected must be His Royal Highness." Ming An couldn't help but think.
"Could it be that His Royal Highness will soon become the crown prince?" Happiness came too quickly, Murong Ba couldn't believe it, and was extremely excited, but soon he said to himself: "Calm and calm, Your Highness must not get carried away at this time, otherwise it will be seen and your Highness will be laughed at for being frivolous." ”
"Your Highness, what are you talking about?" Seeing Murong Ba talking to himself alone, muttering a strange appearance, Ming An asked curiously.