After a long silence, the silence was finally broken by the sound of hurried footsteps.

When the footsteps gradually approached, in the flickering firelight, Zhou Cheng saw the commander of the front of the palace approaching.

The fact that the commander of the palace is still alive means that the rebellion of the East Palace has failed.

After glaring at Zhou Cheng, the envoy in front of the palace commanded the envoy to walk in front of the emperor, knelt down and hugged his fists and said: "Qiqi Sheng, those rebellious ministers and thieves have all been taken down, and the prince has also drawn his sword to kill himself." ”

When he heard this, Zhou Cheng, who was standing at the door, lowered his head, and finally couldn't help crying.

The emperor fell into a stupor, and only after a while did he say to Concubine Li in his arms: "Concubine Ai is frightened, go down to rest first, and I will see you later." ”

Concubine Li agreed and immediately got up and left. When he passed by Zhou Cheng, he saw Zhou Cheng crying sadly, so he took out a handkerchief and gave it to Zhou Cheng.

After a while, after the palace commander left, seeing Zhou Cheng crying more and more, the emperor called him in front of him.

"Crying for what!" said the Emperor with disdain, "isn't that what you want to see?

"Grandpa Huang, don't talk about me, look at yourself. Zhou Cheng retorted.

The Emperor lowered his head, and found that his whole body was trembling, and his hands were even more disobedient. In just a few days, he experienced three times when a white-haired person sent a black-haired person, even if he was the Son of Heaven, he would inevitably withstand such a blow.

"You go back to the East Palace, it's business as usual. In order to save you, I will tell the world that your father died of illness, so go. ”

Zhou Cheng agreed, and then left the hall alone.

Finally, the emperor was the only one left in the hall, and he couldn't help but lie on the dragon chair and cry like a rejuvenated child.

After a while, suddenly, a pair of light hands fell on his head.

He looked up and saw that it was Concubine Li.

After smiling at him, Concubine Li sat down beside him and let his head rest on her lap, "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that you are sad in your heart, so she came back without taking the initiative, I hope you don't blame you." ”

"No, I am in no mood to be angry with you at this time, these sons of mine have betrayed me one by one, is this God's punishment for me!"

Concubine Li held the emperor's right hand and dragged it to her stomach, "Your Majesty, the concubine will definitely give birth to an obedient and sensible prince." ”

A glint flashed in the emperor's eyes, and then he raised his eyes to look at Concubine Li, "Yes, I also have a little prince. ”

Concubine Li smiled, and then drew the emperor's hand upward.

At this time, Zhou Cheng had just stepped into the Gongchen Gate.

Inside the Gongchen Gate, blood flowed like a river, and corpses were everywhere. Under the open torches, the guards and palace people were cleaning up the corpses on the ground, and no one cared about him.

Zhou Cheng kept looking around, looking for the corpse of his father, the crown prince, and the tears still flowed uncontrollably.

After a while, a hand slapped on his shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Zhang Deren, the chief eunuch of the East Palace.

"Your Highness, go back, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's last order to the old slave is to take you back to the East Palace. ”

"Zhang Deren!" Zhou Cheng excitedly grabbed Zhang Deren's shoulder with his hand, "From today on, my father is the king, a long time ago, my mother and concubine were gone, and then the imperial brother was suddenly gone, and now even my father is gone, Zhang Deren, my father is gone!"

"Your Highness!" Zhang Deren was so anxious that he covered Zhou Cheng's mouth, and then hurriedly dragged Zhou Cheng back to the East Palace.

As soon as he returned to the East Palace, Zhou Cheng locked himself in a room.

After a while, Zhang Deren knocked on the door with a plate of food, but Zhou Cheng did not respond.

Zhang Deren sighed, Zhou Cheng grew up watching him, and he knew that Zhou Cheng was extremely sad at this moment. Although Zhou Cheng had shown indifference to the prince before, he knew that Zhou Cheng cared more about the prince's condition than anyone else.

He sighed and couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhou Cheng. But without going through this, a teenager will not grow into a man.

On the second day, although the rumors of the prince's rebellion yesterday had been spreading, what the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu got was an obituary that he died of illness.

The emperor also ordered the crown prince to be buried and stopped for seven days.

In this regard, no one in the court dared to raise any objections, and they knew that the emperor did this to keep the emperor's grandson. As a result, the crown prince and his brothers died, and Zhou Cheng's succession to the throne seemed to be a sure thing.

As a result, the ministers poured into the East Palace like a tide, wanting to take the opportunity to confront Zhou Cheng.

What the ministers didn't expect was that Zhou Xiang suddenly changed his appearance, no longer as arrogant and rude as before, but seemed polite, gentle and elegant, and was grateful to every minister who came to him, which was impressive.

......

Ye Fei learned of the prince's death on the third day after the prince's death.

Naturally, he learned the news through the Secret Pavilion Li Ruotaona. Li Ruotao did not hide it from him, and directly told him that the prince had failed to rebel, and drew his sword and killed himself in front of Gongchen Gate. The reason why the Heavenly Family did not take out anger on Zhou Cheng was because Zhou Cheng told the emperor the moment before the prince raised his army.

In the end, in order to repay Zhou's adult affection, the emperor announced that the crown prince of the world died of illness, so as to avoid Zhou Cheng being convicted.

"Pavilion Master Li, why are you telling me this?"

"Ye Fei, I am telling you this to let you understand that now the emperor and grandson have stood on His Majesty's side, so don't expect him to protect you. The 20,000 forbidden troops have arrived in Luoyang, and it is said that they have exterminated the three major gangs in the Ten Thousand Gangs Alliance. Li Ruotao explained, "Your Majesty has also sent me an edict to let my secret pavilion join hands with Flying Bird Dock to get rid of your Ye family and the Shaoxing Shen family." ”

"It seems that Your Majesty not only wants to attack me, but also the entire rivers and lakes. Ye Fei said.

Li Ruotao smiled, "The whole world is not the king's land, how can you always be presumptuous by you Jianghu people, as long as you are the people of my Yun Kingdom, you must be bound by the laws of my Yun Kingdom." ”

"What justice can be said of in the law of my Yun Kingdom? The princes and nobles can settle the law with a little silver, and whether the people break the law or not, the official says that if you are guilty, you are guilty, but I am afraid that the people who are bound by this law are just some unarmed people. Although we are not all good people, we are not allowed to do whatever we want. Ye Fei responded.

"Based on your words alone, you should be beheaded all over the house! surnamed Ye, if it weren't for the death of the crown prince, Your Majesty wouldn't have the heart to take care of you for the time being, otherwise you would have been taken to beheaded. ”

After that, Li Ruotao left angrily.

Li Ruotao understood: With Ye Fei's strength, this heavenly prison couldn't trap him at all. Ye Fei just didn't want to affect his family, so he had to be locked up in the prison.

Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, and it is not good to force Ye Fei to be anxious, so they can only slowly coerce and lure Ye Fei to confess.