Chapter 138: It's Not Easy to Be a Father (2)
Leng Yiqing's sudden resignation suddenly shocked the emperor Haoxing Xiaoqi!
He sat there stunned for a long time before he slowly came to his senses and hurriedly comforted him: "Aiqing, don't be anxious! Don't be anxious! Why should you take the battle of wills between these family members to heart? Why did you even have the idea of resigning!"
"It's all because of the minister's lack of virtue and incompetence in handling things, that His Majesty has worked so hard for his ministers, and the ministers know that they have failed to do their duty as a courtier, and they are really ashamed! If they don't take the blame for this and resign, how can they lead the ministers in the future and set an example for the ministers? The ministers have failed to live up to the holy hopes, and ask Your Majesty's ministers to resign!" Leng Yiqing stood there, wiping his tears with his sleeves as he spoke, and the situation was really embarrassing and pitiful!
Haoxing Xiaoqi had no way to take him for a while, and since he couldn't persuade him, he had to deliberately sink his face and scold him unhappily: "Zuo Xiang is already upset at this time, so he will have such a ridiculous idea! I will allow you to go back to the house to recuperate for two days, first, to appease Mrs. Ling, and second, to take care of Ling Lang Shiyu." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info those absurd resignation words, don't mention them again in the future!
Long Yan was angry, isn't it a trivial matter! Leng Yiqing was suddenly so frightened that he didn't dare to say more, hurriedly bowed down, and quietly retreated.
For many years, this is the first time that Emperor Haoxing Xiaoqi has seen his Lord Zaifu show such an unbearable embarrassment. On weekdays, he always looks gentle and elegant, and he has always been eloquent in the court, and his demeanor is chic and graceful, and sometimes he can't help but feel a little jealous when he sees the emperor sitting on the dragon chair.
However, after such a fuss today, the emperor's impression of Leng Yiqing has changed greatly. It turns out that behind that sanctimonious appearance, it is also the helpless heart of an ordinary man who is burdened by family affairs!
Turning his head occasionally, he saw that Zheng Yong's old guy was also covering his mouth and snickering, Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but snort lightly, and asked, "What this cold clothes Qing just said is true? Wasn't Leng Shiyu injured by the prince? Why did you get involved with that cold ice again?"
Zheng Yong immediately smiled, rolled his eyes, and thought that the most important thing at this time was to get rid of his righteous son Zhao first.
So he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, regarding this matter, I have specially asked Zhao Zhan, the commander of the forbidden army, who was present at that time to watch the competition between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Leng Shiyu. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did hit Leng Shiyu that day, but His Royal Highness was originally a person who practiced martial arts, and his attack was very measured, and Leng Shiyu was only injured by flesh and skin, and it would never be as serious as breaking two ribs!
As for the fact that the eldest prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion often bullied the younger son, there have been many rumors outside, otherwise Zuo Xiang would not have had such a stiff quarrel with his wife, so that he would have returned late every day. In addition, the old slave did hear that Mrs. Zuo Xiang ordered someone to lock up the Huiyuan where Han Bing lived two days ago.
I think that Mrs. Zuo Xiang was the only daughter of Su Wenqiu, the former minister's Shangshu, and she was from a famous family, if she was just to dislike the son born to Zuo Xiang's ex-wife, she would not have openly made such a shrewd act. I think it must have been that Han Bing really did something that made Mrs. Zuo Xiang unbearable, so she was so mercilessly expelled from the house. ”
Haoxing Xiaoqi squinted his eyes and listened carefully, secretly wondering in his heart, it seems that the attack on the prince has nothing to do with Leng Yiqing. But this incident happened to happen after Leng Shiyu was injured, which inevitably made people suspicious.
Could it be that someone deliberately arranged it to lead the suspicion to Leng Yiqing? In this way, although there is no evidence, he will inevitably become suspicious of Leng Yiqing, or even no longer trust him. This gives some people an opportunity to take advantage of it and take it for themselves.
And the person who designed this matter was indeed thoughtful, deliberately leaving the prince's life, giving people the impression that it was just revenge, and it was not to the extent of causing death. As a result, others would not have thought of linking this matter with the endless battle for storage positions......
As soon as he thought of this, Haoxing Xiaoqi's eyes suddenly flashed a sharp light, and he asked in a cold voice: "Zheng Yong, that day I asked you to investigate which Jianghu forces the Yan clan colluded with, but there was a result?"
"Back to Your Majesty, in addition to some killer organizations that are not easy to identify, what I know so far is His Royal Highness King Ji-, oh, no, it is the Jianghu force that works for the Yan clan, there are more than a dozen gangs of all sizes. The largest of them is the Sanjiang Gang, whose leader Jin Ming's sister is a side room of King Ji, and it is said that she is also very favored. Therefore, Jin Ming has been working for the Yan family with all his heart, and he must have fantasized that one day he could become the uncle of Dayu. ”
"Now that the Yan clan has long been tied to King Ji, where is there any difference!" snorted slightly, Haoxing Xiaoqi then asked, "In addition to the Sanjiang Gang, what other evil sect gangs are working for King Ji?
Zheng Yong knew that the emperor was suspecting that King Ji had poisoned the prince, but after thinking about it, the emperor's suspicion was indeed very reasonable. Since the attack on the crown prince was not done by Leng Yiqing, it was not out of revenge, so the biggest remaining possibility is for the throne.
And once it comes to the battle for the storage position, the scope of suspicion of the person who can attack the prince is even smaller. The other princes were all born to low-ranking concubines in the harem, and their qualifications were mediocre, so it was difficult for them to have ambitions to compete for the crown. Moreover, their mother's maiden family has no power in the court, where can they have the power to invite the killers of the rivers and lakes to work for them and commit such a major case as complicity in the murder of the prince?
So things should be obvious, only King Ji has ambition and more power to do things to murder the prince. It's just that one thing is still incomprehensible: since King Ji had the opportunity to murder the crown prince, why didn't he just take his life, but just put a Gu poison on his body that was not necessarily fatal? Besides, this kind of Gu poison has never been heard of, what kind of thing is it? Where did King Ji get it?
Although full of questions, Zheng Yong still decided without hesitation to step on King Ji. After all, his righteous son Zhao Zhan is now the crown prince Shaobao, and he is highly valued by the prince, and it is possible to soar and even hold power in the future. And what King Ji values, except for the people of his Yan family, are all those important ministers in the court who are like cold clothes and Qingqing, how can they ever put his Zheng Yong father and son in his eyes!
"Although it has not been thoroughly verified, among the gangs in the rivers and lakes that have served King Ji, there is indeed a Tianxiang Sect from the southern Miao River. It is said that this Tianxiang Sect is a cult that makes people smell and change color, and the Tianxiang Sect is good at using poison to drive away Gu, and the methods are strange and terrifying, which is really harmful to countless people. In addition, the old slave also got the news that there were indeed evil people from the Tianxiang Sect who had appeared in the suburbs of Beijing recently. ”
Hearing Zheng Yong say this, Emperor Haoxing Xiaoqi's brows couldn't help but wrinkle more and more, and his hands, which were already old and weak, were clenched tremblingly.
King Ji, his eldest son of the emperor, was once his most beloved son, and in order to ascend to this throne, he did one outrageous thing after another!
conspired with courtiers to rebel, assassinated the Marquis of Xiangguo, Yan Yuguang, and murdered the crown prince......
Pile by pile, which one is investigated, it is a great crime that cannot be forgiven!
At the beginning, he never thought that he would pass on the throne to this eldest son who seemed to have both ability and integrity, and even ordered someone to secretly take his blood and try it on the Protector Pillar himself. Unexpectedly, the result was that his blood could not be left on the Divine Pillar, proving that he was not the real choice of the prince.
But how can I tell him these words? That great secret must be brought to the grave, and must not be let anyone in this world know!
Now it seems that the Protector Pillar is indeed a prophecy, and a person like King Ji, who does not hesitate to kill his father, uncle, or brother for the sake of the throne, is really not qualified to become the next generation of monarchs of Yuguo. But after all, he is still his own son, what should he, a father, do with him?
Kill him, I can't bear it, if I don't kill him, I'm afraid that there will be endless troubles......
It's a pity that he still laughed at his cold-clothed son for being unscrupulous and fratricidal, but he, a dignified left-handed minister, could only cry bitterly in front of him, helpless. But now that I look back at my own princes, don't they also hate and kill each other, endlessly? And my father, who is the king of a country, is not also helpless, sighing in vain?
Alas, it seems that the fathers in the world really have their own difficulties!