Chapter 76
Chapter 76
When I floated back to the mansion, Chu Feng had already returned, and was sitting there alone, reading a book quietly.
Seeing me coming out, he didn't ask me where I was, but urged me to put on my clothes quickly so as not to catch a cold.
I found that he had put my clothes on the charcoal basin to heat up, and I felt better when I put on the warm clothes, but thinking about what I saw and heard just now, I couldn't help but sigh .
"What's wrong?" Chu Feng asked.
"Just now I let Jin Qing meet his father... I couldn't help but peek."
There was helplessness in Chu Feng's tone, "I'm not feeling well, I have persuaded you earlier, but you just didn't listen."
I said gloomily, "...Anyway, Liu Xian has already paid the price for what he did, but Jin Qing didn't do anything bad. I will keep him no matter what I say."
Chu Feng nodded: "It's getting late today, you can go to King Ning tomorrow. The emperor's health has not been very good these days, and most of the affairs of the court are taken care of by him."
I felt relieved, washed my face after dinner, and when I was lying on the bed next to Chu Feng, I suddenly said to him: "Jing Yuan, tell me about your father."
"My father?" He was a little surprised.
"Well, suddenly I'm a little curious."
So Chu Feng said: "In my impression, he has always been a relatively strict person, and he has been strict with me since I was a child. He is very smart and talented, but he is relatively arrogant, speaks outspokenly, and often offends people because of this. On the same day, he went to court as usual, but was suddenly arrested and sent to prison, and never came back. I didn’t have the luck of Liu Wen, and I didn’t get to see him for the last time until my father was beheaded.”
"Well, at least you remember what your father looked like. I don't remember it at all. I only saw his photos. It's the kind of painting that I told you about, which is exactly like a real person. I still remember him when he left. I can’t speak, sometimes I think, even if he can hear me call him dad in time, it’s fine.”
Chu Feng didn't speak, just hugged me comfortingly.
I ducked down so I could bury my head in his chest.I find that I often seem to ignore the fact that he is a year younger than me. He is too mature and sensible. He always makes me feel that he is half a lover and half a father, although sometimes it is annoying to control me. , but only he would love and protect me so selflessly.
The next day I went to Prince Ning's Mansion to look for Yang Jue. He is a busy man now, and he has to assist Yang Xi in dealing with government affairs as a trainee emperor. He had to continue to deal with the moths that the five big families that were dead but not stiff kept giving him, but he still took time out of his busy schedule to meet me.
When they met, he cut to the chase and said, "This lord would not come to me if he knew you were fine. Tell me, what trouble did you encounter?"
What I said made me feel guilty, but for the sake of my friend, I could only bite the bullet and say cheekily: "His Royal Highness Prince Ning is so busy with affairs, I dare not bother you if I have nothing to do. A friend asks for a favor."
"You mean Liu Wen?" Yang Jue said flatly.
"How does Your Highness know?" I flattered her without any trace.
Yang Jue smiled and said, "Besides him, you don't have any other friends."
Well, I recall what Chu Feng once said, the reason why the Emperor and King Ning are so reassured about me, a super god who has become more and more influential, is not afraid that I will lead the crowd to rebel and snatch their throne. I have never been in cliques, and I have never had any friends. So, in fact, there are also benefits of staying at home.
"Liu Wen didn't participate in the rebellion of the five major families, and he is Xie Jin's son-in-law. His father has shown him extra favors and left him a way to survive. After all, he is also the son of Liu Xian who committed a crime against the imperial court. He will end up in exile in the northwest. It is very lucky for him, and it is not easy for this king to fight for him for a while. Even if Ziqing wants to take care of him, he has to wait until the news of this matter has passed before making a long-term plan."
"I know this too. What I'm worried about is, can he make it to the northwest alive now?" I looked at Yang Jue and said.
Yang Jue just laughed: "Don't think too much about it. Father is not in good health now, and he has no energy to ask about unimportant things, and this king never likes to be too busy."
"So I'm relieved, thank you His Highness King Ning."
"Well, if you have nothing else to do, you can go back." Yang Jue said absently.
I don't know if I'm thinking too much, it's rare to see Yang Jue being so perfunctory to me, it makes me feel like something is going to happen.
Facts have proved that my premonition was correct, and something really big happened in the early morning the next day.
I don't go to court on weekdays, so I only heard about what happened afterward.
In the previous six months, Xie Jin led the troops to repel the Tubo attack, and on the way back to the court, he also cleaned up the restless Turks. That day was the day when Xie Jin returned to the court to receive the reward, and no one thought that he This great hero will suddenly drop a blockbuster at this time.
According to the physical evidence and letters he presented, the former prince Yang Cheng joined forces with the five major families behind him and secretly colluded with the Turkic people to create the Xingting mansion rape incident that almost opened up Da Chen's northern door and plunged the whole country back into war.The letter promised that as long as the Turkic army could take advantage of the chaos to kill Yang Jue who secretly went to Xingting Mansion, all the territory north of the Yellow River would be owned by the Turks, and they would also sell grain and cloth from the Central Plains to the Turks at a preferential price, opening up the border market.In addition, as a token of sincerity, a token of the prince is attached, a piece of jade pendant that Yang Xi gave to Yang Cheng on his 20th birthday.
With such attractive conditions, it is no wonder that the Turkic people who were almost disabled at that time gathered all their troops to attack Xingting Mansion at night, and almost confessed to being there by Lao Tzu, who had a malfunctioning plug-in.
The emperor knew at first that once the five major families fell, Yang Cheng would definitely not be able to inherit the throne, but no matter how ineffective Yang Cheng was, there would still be decades of father-son love, and he still hoped that his son could live.
In order to dispel Yang Jue's worries, so that he would not kill Yang Cheng, Yang Xi ordered Yang Cheng to be imprisoned for life. Unexpectedly, the son who had painstakingly cultivated and now tried his best to protect him turned out to be such a short-sighted son. In order to keep the throne, he would let his father do it alone The white-eyed wolf who conquered the country fell into crisis.
Yang Xi was so angry that he smashed the jade pendant into pieces on the spot, and ordered Yang Cheng, who was in the confinement mansion, to be brought to court for questioning.
Yang Cheng, who had been depressed and haggard since the crown prince was abolished, was brought into the main hall. His face turned pale when he saw the situation, and he quickly discerned that he didn't know anything about it, that he didn't write the letter, and that he didn't know anything about the jade pendant. lost time.
How could the emperor believe it, and retreated in anger.
Under such circumstances, the emperor was not so angry that he executed Yang Cheng on the spot. Instead, he ordered his confidants to conduct a thorough investigation after he retired from the court. As a result, all the evidence showed that Yang Cheng was indeed not innocent.
When things got to this point, there was no difference between father and son. A few days later, the emperor decreed that the former crown prince, Yang Cheng, was sentenced to death for his crime.
On this day, Chu Feng got up very early and went out quietly.Although he always got up earlier than me, today I vaguely felt that he looked a little restless, which made me very puzzled, so I ignored him and followed him quietly.
I saw Chu Feng put on the armor with the help of the guards. Generally, he would not wear such a troublesome suit if there is nothing to do.After going out, he went straight to Prince Ning's Mansion. Yang Jue was not surprised by his arrival. They seemed to have reached an agreement, and then Chu Feng followed Yang Jue's team to the former Prince's Mansion.
I immediately understood that Yang Jue came to execute his brother Yang Cheng by order.
The former Prince's Mansion, which was once considered a thriving population, is now neglected, the original plaque has been removed, and the gatekeepers are no longer the Prince's Mansion's own people, but the emperor sent to monitor and restrict the people in the mansion from going out. Ouchi bodyguard.
The inside of the mansion is even more deserted than the outside, many valuable decorations are gone now, and every room is so shabby that people can't bear to look directly at it.
Yang Jue led Chu Feng and several other guards into this humble mansion. When Yang Cheng saw Yang Jue, a panicked look appeared on his face: "...you are here, you are indeed here, I I knew you would come."
Yang Jue said arrogantly with his hands behind his back: "Brother Huang has not been so smart for a long time. Since you know that I will come, you must know why I am here."
Yang Cheng saw that the guard behind Yang Jue was holding a tray with white silk, poisoned wine and a dagger in his hand, and his voice became crying: "We are brothers anyway, why don't you let me go?"
"Brother?" Yang Jue smiled, "This king never knew that in the eyes of the emperor, I still have the honor to be called a 'brother'."
"I know that I have sorry for you in many ways, but they are all forced. I was born in the emperor's family. Either you die or I die, and I don't want to harm you." Better than me, if possible, I want to give up the throne to you. But I also know that I am in your way, as long as you don't die, I will die sooner or later."
"Don't put it so nicely, before the day you die, will you be willing to give up the power you have obtained?" Yang Jue looked at the brother who was once high and high with pity, "Don't blame me for not giving you a way to survive, sit In your position, incompetence is a sin in itself."
"Crime?" Yang Cheng laughed like a lunatic while weeping, "You can't be more clear about whether I'm guilty or not. The jade pendant was clearly stolen from my house when you caught Liuli last time, and the letter was also yours." Forged, the matter of Xingting Mansion was obviously done by the Lu family who was afraid of chaos in the world. No matter how much I hate you, why would I want to ruin my own country? I was wronged, and you planted everything! It's you! It was you who bribed the people around my father to frame me with them!"
I hissed secretly, although I vaguely felt that Yang Cheng's betrayal of Xingting Mansion seemed a bit outrageous in terms of motives, but I didn't expect that things would have such a magical turn.
"Are you wronged? What does it matter?" Yang Jue looked at him coldly and said, "It seems that you are still so stupid until you die. Father is old, as long as the people under him don't want to be buried with him, They are all looking for a new way out, do you think they will help the new emperor get rid of a damned derelict prince, or will they expose the future emperor's plan to avenge you, a deposed prince who is doomed to fail?"
The author has something to say: I originally wanted to have a bento for each chapter, but it seems that this bento is too big, Xiao Chengcheng is full of food_(·w·∠)_
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