HBWnovel Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Chapter 74
When the news came, Liu Si was paying his respects in the empress's palace. When she heard that the eldest prince had hanged herself last night, the empress couldn't stand it any longer. out of the back room.
Although the prince's suicide was a scandal, it was said to be a sudden death to the outside world.
Liu Si vaguely remembered that on the day of the burial, it was raining, and the cold rain hit his wet face, but he couldn't feel the slightest pain. Looking ahead, no one in the entire team spoke, as if they were all sorry for the prince who died young.
For some reason, one day the censor participated in the second prince's performance at the morning court.
It was nothing else, it was Xue Pan who caused the disaster, but he said that although Xue Pan stayed at home for a few days after returning home, how could a person like him stay at home with peace of mind, but the second prince has become more and more powerful these days, When I was with a few wine and meat friends in a teahouse, I fell in love with someone who sang a ditty, and I had to take him back to be a concubine.
That woman was originally a girl from a respectable family, but because of her poor family, she only sold herself as a performer, and when she saw Xue Pan like this, she would be bumped to death in the lobby.
Many people saw this incident, Xue Pan not only did not feel guilty, but spit out a mouthful and said: "Unlucky!"
Then he walked out with a few people swaggeringly, but there were a few young masters in the crowd who couldn't bear it, so they pulled Xue Pan to prevent him from leaving, and only asked Xiaoer to report to the official.
Unexpectedly, Xue Pan slapped him up and shouted, "My brother-in-law is the future prince, how dare you!"
As soon as he said this, everyone around him looked at him in silence, but Xue Pan laughed a few times complacently, and walked out ostentatiously.
This matter was spread on the same day, and it was said that the second prince would be the prince in the future.
After the emperor heard this, the censor was an old-fashioned one, so he naturally said it very seriously.
The Holy Majesty was worried about the death of the eldest prince these few days, but when he heard this, he was very angry and called the second prince to scold him severely, but he also heard that he often had banquets in the mansion these days Officials and guests from all over the place immediately ordered him to think about his mistakes in the mansion alone and not to go out.
The second prince was originally full of complacency, but now he was reprimanded suddenly, so naturally he felt dissatisfied, and after hearing about Xue Pan, he blamed Baochai even more.
He only said that he was tired by her, Baochai was careful not to accompany him, but at the same time he secretly resented that his brother was too careless.
But Baochai went home and gave Xue Pan a hard time. Unexpectedly, Xue Pan said that Baochai was venting his anger on him. Baochai burst into tears when she heard this, and Aunt Xue stood beside her. He scolded Xue Pan, and while hugging Baochai to comfort him, he asked, "You've been married for so long now, why is there no news in your stomach?"
After Baochai heard this, she didn't speak, and rubbed the corner of her clothes with paper.
Aunt Xue sighed, and said: "Well, you are still young after all, but you have to hold this man's heart in your hands."
Baochai said, "I know that, but my brother is too confused."
Aunt Xue took Baochai's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk about him later. But what he said was right, the first prince has gone, and the second prince is definitely the prince."
"You can't say that." Although Baochai stopped Aunt Xue from saying this, she couldn't hide her smile.
However, after the emperor got angry, he felt a little unwell that night, first he got a cold, and then he had some phlegm.After more than ten days on and off, and finally returning to the morning court, everyone realized that the spirit of the Holy Spirit was really not very good.
The important matter of establishing a crown prince, which had not been mentioned for a long time, was put on the agenda. Although the second prince had been reprimanded before, there were still many people who sponsored him.
The aristocratic family that originally stood behind the eldest prince either fell silent or switched to Liu Si's side. For a while, Liu Si became a popular candidate, but the third prince was rarely mentioned.
But it was said that many ministers in the court recommended the second prince again, the emperor looked at the appearance of the people in the court, just smiled and said: "The second man has never even been able to rectify his own inner court, how can he afford to wait for the position of heir. "
As soon as these words came out, the entire court was in an uproar. Although Liu Er was good at dancing, people had been laughing at him since he married the princess, but now there is no man and half woman in this mansion.
Ever since the word got out, the second prince threw pieces all over the house when he heard it. Baochai looked at the atmosphere and didn't dare to say it, but Xiangxiu gave birth to a boy in the mansion that night. , actually has two heads, even though the midwife was scared and ran out, only shouting monsters, the baby didn't cry, but giggled and laughed, and in the middle of the night, all the girls in the house were scared. Dare to sleep.
Simply the child died that night and was buried on a mass grave in the back mountain.The story of the strange baby was even spread by the people in the mansion. At first they only said that it was the birth of an evildoer, but later they said it was the second prince's evildoing for some reason.
This rumor can't be justified by going out for no reason. The second prince stayed in his mansion, hitting and scolding his servants every day, which really changed his previous gentle image.
Baochai also had no choice. Although he dealt with a few chatterboxes, he could stop his mouth but not his heart.
Seeing that he had no choice, the second prince pointed at her and scolded: "I'm really blind. I thought you were capable, but now you can't even handle this matter well."
After Baochai heard this, she just lowered her head and said nothing, but ordered her servants to sweep up the debris on the ground.
Who knew that within a few days, someone said that the eldest prince did not commit suicide, but homicide.Even if the head of the prison came out to testify, he only said it was a discovery of conscience.
All of a sudden, this incident became blurred, making people confused, and the head of the prison was also stubborn. He only said that the old mother was seriously ill and was in urgent need of money. He took the money from the man for a while and did something wrong. Knowing that the old mother at home was not rescued, and now she is alone, she surrendered herself.
The instigator was none other than the Second Prince.
After the emperor heard this, he even asked someone to call the second prince over. When the prison chief saw the second prince, he bowed to him before anyone else could speak, and said, "Thank you, the second prince, for giving me the money. I dare not sleep, I can only speak out to forgive my sins!"
After saying this, he slammed his head against the pillar next to him, and blood spattered everywhere on the spot.
This process was too fast and ferocious, the second prince looked around at him, immediately knelt on the ground and said: "I am wronged, I don't know this person."
The emperor's face was ashen, and he said: "You have come to this point, but you still dare not admit it, you are really a hypocrite."
After saying this, someone asked him to take him down, and the second prince only shouted injustice.
This accident was truly shocking, and everyone present believed that the second prince was the one behind the scenes.
But said that the second prince was locked in the big prison that night, screaming about his injustice all night, and the second prince, mother and concubine even knelt in the emperor's bedroom all night, how could he know that after the night, the second prince was a little unconscious.
At first I thought it was fake, but I didn't know that he ate his own poop in prison.When the emperor paid more attention, he no longer knew anyone, but ran up to hug an eunuch covered in filth and just shouted: "Mom! Mom!"
His mother and concubine fainted from watching him, the emperor only ordered people to take good care of him, and sent a few imperial doctors to treat him. At first, he hoped that he was only temporary. After a long time, the madness not only did not recover, but worse Terrific, it is said that he often pulls the eunuch who serves him to have sex, which makes the person who serves him change every three days.
The second prince's mother and concubine had always been spoiled, seeing this scene, she knew that there was no hope, she didn't like Baochai, and often sent people to find her and reprimanded her every now and then.
From then on, Liu Si became a popular candidate for the crown prince. Seeing that he was always stable, the emperor fell in love with him quite a bit.
It is said that Daiyu's marriage is getting closer. Although Song Shiwen came to the house to make noise and caused some gossip, it is still going on.
That house has also been repaired. Although it is a mansion, it has its own gates and has nothing to do with each other.
The sun was shining that day, and the Lin residence was full of guests. It was very lively. After today, Song Shiwen became part of the Lin family. They all said that Daiyu was very lucky to be able to recruit the number one scholar to marry him.
Although a happy event is coming to the Lin family at this moment, there is turmoil in the court, and the fault of the eldest prince has been found out by several people. The fact that the eldest prince is involved with the deposed prince is really impressive. Maybe there are many people involved here.
The first one to be suspected was Liu Si. Among other things, Liu Si and the First Prince were on the same side before, and now Liu Si has regained most of the First Prince's connections.
The emperor is getting older now, and his spirit is not as good as before, so he attaches more importance to the throne.
However, thieves entered the palace that night, and the guards searched for it all night but disappeared.Although nothing was lost, spying in the middle of the night was the emperor's taboo.
Liu Si has been quite disturbed for the past few days, not to mention so many things happened, but seeing that there were more guards in the palace that day and many things were robbed for no reason, he knew something big was going to happen.
Several Imperial Guards who were usually close to him were transferred from their posts. Although Liu Si was anxious and hesitant, his appearance was still the same as usual.
Walking alone on the street, Liu Si watched people coming and going, feeling more and more depressed, but saw a few black-clothed guards walking towards him, and saw that their right hands were behind their backs, Liu Si looked wrong, turned around and found, The back has been blocked.
The leader clasped his fists at Liu Si and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor invites you into the palace!"
After speaking, he came forward, Liu Siyi turned around and said, "I will just enter the palace, there is no need to be like this."
After speaking, he walked towards the palace gate, the leading guard was the emperor's confidant, and he always only listened to the emperor's words, but he didn't know that he had come.
This person entered the palace, but instead of going to the place where the emperor usually worked, he turned around the bamboo forest and went directly to the ancestral halls of the emperors of all dynasties.
Liu Si was beating a drum in his heart. It seemed that something serious had happened, but he didn't know what it was.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the emperor wearing a dragon robe with his back facing him. Liu Si knelt down on both knees, and the head of the guards lowered his head and said to the emperor, "Your Highness, bring me here."
The emperor waved him to stand outside the door.At this time, only Liu Si and the emperor were left in the ancestral hall. Looking at the memorial tablets and portraits in the hall, Liu Si calmed down instead.
Said: "I don't know why the father invited his son to come here?"
Hearing this, the emperor scolded angrily: "I always thought that you didn't grow up beside your mother, and I remind you of everything. How did I know you were like this!"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Si only bowed his head and said, "My son doesn't know!"
The emperor flicked the booklet in his hand, pointed at Liu Si and said, "You can act, and you pretended to be intimate with the boss, but you actually used him as a stick."
Liu Si saw that there were a lot of things he had done in these years written in the notebook, and now it seems that it is useless to deny it, so he simply raised his head and said: "Although he is the eldest prince, I am also the prince, why should I All the credit for what I did was given to him, and all the bad things were taken care of by me.”
Seeing Liu Si, the emperor said: "I know everything about it, but although your elder brother is a bit proud, he has no bad intentions for you."
Liu Si sneered and said nothing.The author has something to say: the countdown to the end