Chapter 145: The Second Waste of the Prince (2)
The weather is getting colder, Xiao Xiao's winter rain is cold and miserable, the bare trees are swaying and flying in the wind, and people are walking on the road, cowering and freezing their hands and feet. Fourteen was slandered in vain, refused to give up, and vowed to find out the person behind the scenes. He secretly instructed Anan to sneak into the roof of the main hall, carefully track down the clues, and report the suspicious person to him.
Anan was small, hiding left and right, but no one noticed it.
She squatted on the beams on the roof of the corridor of the main hall for four or five days, and then gradually found a pattern, every time the crown prince knelt in front of the palace, he always had to stay at the door for a long time, and the eunuchs and palace maids naturally did not dare to say anything, and pretended not to see it. And every time someone came in and out, the prince had to ask, "What did Huang Ama eat?" Or, "Emperor Ama summoned Lord Lin?" Or even "Why don't you see Hongfu come out?" ”... And so on, and the eunuchs did not fail to reply. This is nothing, after all, it is above board, even if Kangxi asks, the prince has a string of excuses. Until one time, no one entered or exited the hall, and the prince leaned over to peek through the crack in the window and was caught by Anan. She was taken aback in her heart, and when the prince turned around and left, she jumped off the crossbar, trying to find fourteen words, but she turned the corner, and walked out of the corner gate wearing a bright yellow python robe.
The crown prince said fiercely with his hands behind his back: "Who are you?" ”
Anan walked on the most secluded sandwich road, and almost no one walked around on weekdays. She panicked, knowing that her deeds were revealed, she snorted for a thousand years, and lied: "The slave Xiao Jiuzi, who is on an errand in the imperial dining room, just now the Hongfu girl called the slave to speak to the main hall, the slave..."
There was no trace of expression on the prince's face, and the momentum was compelling, and it couldn't help but make people tremble. He interrupted Anan's words and said in a cold voice, "I won't say the same thing twice. Say, Who commanded you to follow me? ”
Four more guards in soft armor walked out from behind the corner gate, whispered a few words in the prince's ear, the prince's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and soon returned to his normal color, and said, "You are the old fourteenth?" Anan was clever, seeing that there were many of them, and he knew that he couldn't escape, so he delayed Liu San'er's affairs, and she said: "The slave is Liu San'er, the horse servant of the fourteenth master, and there is a younger sister who is a fire palace maid in the imperial tea room, and the slave really misses her so much, so he took advantage of the emperor's morning break to find his sister and say a few words." I didn't want people to know the relationship, so I quietly traveled back and forth, and didn't follow the prince, everything was just a coincidence. ”
The crown prince pursed his lips, as if he was smiling, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes, he said, "That is the case, what is your sister's name?" Don't fool me, the people in the imperial tea room, you know. When Liu San'er nagged in front of Anan before, Anan had never thought about it carefully, and he really couldn't remember his name if he wanted to say it. She flattered: "It's a cheap maid who burns the fire, how can it get into the eyes of the prince, the prince has raised the slave..." ”
Anan trembled with fright, after all, she was a girl, tears flowed, and she cried: "Minion... The slave is really called Liu San'er, and the prince spares his life. The prince gestured again, and the guard took out a pill out of nowhere, pinched Anan's jaw and forced her to swallow it. ”
The prince still hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "You don't have to know what you eat, in short, you listen to me obediently, and I will give you the antidote." Anan said: "I'm just a horse boy, how can I be unbearable to help the prince do things?" The prince said: "You are the personal servant of the old fourteen, I remember that the old fourteen called you Anan, I bumped into you at the gate of Donghua, why did you forget?" He added: "As long as you admit in front of Huang Ama that you are sent by the old fourteenth to spy on Huang Amma's daily life, I will give you the antidote." Otherwise, after an hour, you will bleed to death through seven holes. Hua Tuo's reincarnation can't save you. ”
Kangxi was shrewd, and he suspected that the prince had bad intentions a long time ago, and if he hadn't picked up the private seal of the fourteenth, he would have tied up the prince a long time ago. The prince originally wanted to blame the fourteenth, and by the way, he hit the eighth master's forces, and the old thirteen, who didn't want to fight with the world, actually helped the fourteenth to exonerate himself, which made Kangxi's eyes turn to the prince again. So he had to find a scapegoat.
Unexpectedly, I really bumped into it.
With fourteen on one side and his own life on the other, it's really hard to choose. After a long time, Anan said: "Okay, the slave understands, but please keep the promise of the prince, and you will definitely give the slave an antidote." The prince smiled with satisfaction, his eyes were gentle and easy-going, and said: "That's natural, you can rest assured, when the matter is completed, not only will there be an antidote, I will give you whatever you want." ”
Kangxi was worried about state affairs, and he had insomnia almost all night long, and he couldn't sleep during the afternoon nap, just closing his eyes and recuperating his mind. Hongfu understood that no one was allowed to move within 100 meters of the main hall, but she stood motionless in front of the couch and listened to Kangxi's movements. Kangxi rarely felt a little sleepy, and suddenly there was a noise in the distance, he turned over impatiently, and said to Hongfu: "Go and take a look." ”
Hongfu answered, went out lightly, put on the majesty of the master, and shouted: "What's the matter? ”
Li Dequan knew that she was delivering a message for the emperor, so he didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward and said: "The prince found a sneaky person in front of the palace and ordered the guards to arrest him." After questioning, he said that he was the entourage of the fourteenth master, but the slave looked really suspicious and did not dare to make a claim, so he tied it up and waited for the emperor to deal with it. His voice was not big or small, Kangxi heard it clearly, and said, "Come in and talk." ”
Anan was carried into the main hall and fell to the ground, trembling.
Kangxi put on a Xuanhu hood, sat cross-legged on the kang, and asked after a while: "You are the entourage of the old fourteenth, how can you walk around in front of the main hall?" Don't want to die? Anan replied: "The fourteenth master asked the servants to stay in the main hall and observe everyone's every move..."
Kangxi was stunned, then he was furious, stretched out his hand, and threw the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, lamp and teacup on the kang table to the ground. The emperor was powerful, and the people below bluffed the seven souls and six spirits, and all of them knelt on the ground, even the prince knelt down, and begged bitterly: "Don't be angry. Then he said to Hongfu: "Go and pour a bowl of Qingxin tea." ”
Hongfu didn't care about political affairs, and slowly withdrew from the door to make tea. When the palace maids in the tearoom heard the movement of the hall, they all whispered, but no one dared to ask Hongfu, they all knew in their hearts that Hongfu's identity was unusual, so when Hongfu came, they all kept their mouths.
Hongfu boiled the Qingxin lotus seed tea, and when she entered the main hall with the tea cup again, she bumped into the guards and led the fourteenth master into the hall. She hurriedly lowered her face and took a step back, and waited for the fourteenth to go first.
Knowing that something had happened to the fourteenth, the fourth, eighth, ninth, and tenth masters all rushed over, but they were blocked under the corridor.
The hall was quiet, everyone knelt on the ground, and at a glance, there was only a piece of black pressure. Hongfu held the tea and handed it to Kangxi, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please drink tea." Kangxi's eyes were nailed to Fourteen, and his chest was undulating, which showed that he was extremely angry.
He said, "I'm not thirsty, you can step aside." ”
Hongfu obeyed the order, quietly retreated to the side, bowed and lowered her face, very obedient and humble.
Kangxi said angrily: "Yinzhen, what else do you have to say?" The fourteenth kowtowed and said calmly: "The sons and daughters have never had any dissenting intentions for the emperor's love for him, and he has not ordered anyone to peep at the emperor's ama and ask the emperor to see it." Kangxi snorted coldly at the tip of his nose and said, "Let me see clearly?" Last time, the old thirteen covered for you, and I didn't want to investigate too deeply, so I spared you, thinking that you would change, and I didn't want to... You don't know how to restrain yourself, but you have intensified your efforts and sent people to guard the door of the main hall, which really makes me heartbroken! After that, he turned his face away and paused for a moment before saying, "Mukden." A guard stepped forward and said, "Yes." Kangxi said: "Tie Yinzhen to the dungeon, wait for the fate..."
Fourteen knelt down and stepped forward, and called, "Huang Ama, please believe me..."
Kangxi didn't look at it, only waved his hand and motioned for Mukden to kidnap the person. The crown prince was proud in his heart, but his face was silent, and he looked up at Kangxi and said, "Emperor Ama takes care of the dragon body, don't be too sad." Then he said to the fourteenth who tied his arm: "Old fourteen, you have committed a heinous crime, as a brother, I really regret it, I hope you think about it and don't make mistakes." ”
Fourteen looked calm, looked at the crown prince, and then looked at Anan who was kneeling on the ground, and said nothing.
When Anan saw that Fourteen was going to be kidnapped, his heart was sore and painful, and he couldn't bear it. She didn't care about the loss of honor in front of the emperor, and suddenly hugged Fourteen's legs, crying and crying: "Anan is sorry for the Fourteenth Master... The crown prince gave me poison, and if I didn't listen to him, he wouldn't give me the antidote. Without an antidote, I'll be dead in an hour... Fourteenth Master, you must forgive me! She wept so much that she didn't know if it was because of the poison, but she felt dizzy and her intestines cramped, and she didn't even have the strength to stand.
As soon as the crown prince heard Anan tell the truth, his face suddenly turned black, and he said, "Talking nonsense in front of the emperor, don't you want to die?" Anan broke the jar and fell, kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, please, spare the fourteenth master, it was the prince who forced the slaves, and let the slaves swallow poison, and the slaves were afraid of death, so they framed the fourteenth master..."
The more Kangxi listened, the more angry he became, his lips and teeth trembled with anger, his hands and feet were numb, and he said: "Dog slave, you dare to play with the prince, bully the king, and drag it out to cut it down!" Although he had long been suspicious of the prince, a layer of window paper had not been pierced, and there was still hope. The crown prince is the son he has personally raised for thirty-five years, and he is the son born by his wife with his life, how can he give it up?
Before the guards could make a move, they didn't want to rush to the crown prince and swung their fists.
The crown prince was dumbfounded, he grew so big that even Kangxi hadn't beaten him, so he couldn't help but be angry and said, "What a Yinzhen..." Fourteen stretched out his palms, grabbed the prince's fist in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "You have a lot of hard work to defeat the emperor Amma, don't you feel guilty and sad?" ”
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