A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 154 You Are Too Insidious

Shen Zaiye didn't tell him anything, but it was clear from the look that he knew everything.Has he become a pawn on his chessboard?This feeling is really not good.

The sky was getting brighter, and the emperor stayed up all night. When the time came, he got up and drove directly to the court.It was the first time that King Nan had the honor to be brought into the court hall. Seeing the civil and military officials taking their positions one after another, he felt like he hadn't seen him for a long time.

"A major event happened in the palace yesterday, do you know what it is?" When everyone arrived, Emperor Mingde said in a deep voice, and tore off the jade Buddha beads in his hand.The huge jade beads rolled down the steps in an instant, and the crackling sound resounded throughout the court.

All the officials were shocked, no one dared to say anything, not even vent their breath.The well-informed people were sweating profusely, and their gazes turned to the usual prince's position, where King Nan was already standing.

After the beads stopped at the last moment, Shen Zaiye finally came out and broke the dead silence: "Please calm down, Your Majesty."

"Calm your anger?" The emperor stood up and walked down the steps step by step: "In my palace, the imperial guards were transferred away by others, the snow wolf directly broke into the palace to kill me, and even the daring Donggong guards directly rebelled and tried to murder me. I, the prime minister actually asked me to appease my anger?!"

"Bang!" The golden dragon statue placed in front of the imperial court was kicked to the ground, and the loud sound scared everyone in the hall to kneel down.

Shen Zaiye knelt at the front and said respectfully: "I have been interrogated all night. The guard commander of the Eastern Palace, Yun Zhen, has pleaded guilty, but he refuses to say who instigated it. The eunuch Qin Sheng has fled out of the palace, and the Imperial Forest Army is still chasing him."

The officials were in an uproar, who else could instigate the commander of the guards of the Eastern Palace?Even if he doesn't confess, the emperor is not a fool, how can he not understand the reason?
"Such a ridiculous thing happened!" Nian Liguo, the official censor, frowned and looked at Shen Zaye: "Dare to ask the prime minister, what exactly happened?"

Shen Zaiye lowered his eyes and said: "Nangong Weiwei received the imperial decree last night and transferred all the guards to the Queen's bedroom. The guards of Quyou Palace were also transferred away. The imperial servant Qin Sheng controlled the snow wolf to attack Zhilan Palace. Fortunately, Nanwang found out that something was wrong and brought Nangong Weiwei back to rescue him. However, Yun Zhen, the commander of the Donggong guards, was so bold that he led his guards directly to force the palace to kill the king. Fortunately, the reinforcements arrived in time, so they could not succeed."

There was a sound of shock in the hall, and Mei Fengchang cupped his hands and said: "From this point of view, it seems that the prince is going to usurp the throne and kill his father, but your majesty, the prince is already the heir, and it will be a matter of time before he ascends the throne. Things?"

"You have to ask the prince." The emperor snorted coldly, and ordered Gao De: "Bring people in!"

Gao De complied, and came out of the hall to announce the decree. After a while, the prince and Yun Zhen were detained in front of the imperial court together.

"Father!" Mu Wuyin's eyes were red, and he kowtowed as soon as he came to the emperor: "I am wronged, I have been in the East Palace last night, and I don't know anything!"

The emperor looked at him coldly, and laughed angrily: "You don't know anything? If you don't know, how dare Yun Zhen do this?"

Yun Zhen bowed his head: "Return to Your Majesty, this matter was done by a humble person, but he just wanted the prince to ascend the throne earlier. The prince was kept in the dark, and he really didn't know anything about it."

"What a slave to protect the lord!" The emperor was furious: "Do you think I am a fool or blind? What about Qin Sheng? He is also a good slave. He wants me to hand over the throne sooner. Why doesn't he say that?" Say?!"

Mu Wuyin knelt on the ground, his body trembling slightly, his eyes were tightly closed.

How did it end up like this?He had clearly arranged everything, even if Xuelang's solution failed, Yun Zhen was absolutely sure that he would be able to kill the emperor.There was a checkpoint set up at the gate of the palace, and it was impossible for the reinforcements to arrive so quickly. He couldn't figure it out, really couldn't figure it out!Nangong Weiwei, who had come to surrender to him before, changed his mind in the blink of an eye!

What should he do if he has lost everything that is a sure thing?You can't be an emperor, you can't even be a prince!If I had known earlier... I would have listened to what Menger said earlier, and waited for more than ten years with peace of mind!

"The humble position is incompetent, and failed to catch Qin Sheng." Nangong Yuan cupped his hands and said, "The humble position is willing to accept the crime."

The emperor snorted coldly, returned to the dragon seat with a flick of his sleeves, looked at him and said, "What crime are you guilty of? The man was sent by the prince, and the order was passed on by the prince. I'm just talking. Even if Qin Sheng can't be caught, The crown prince's crime of treason has already been proved conclusively!"

Mu Wuyin was taken aback, thinking of the imperial decree he had falsely passed on, he felt even more annoyed.If such a handle falls into the hands of a human being, he will inevitably die.

It's useless to quibble, he simply raised his head, looked at his father who was sitting on the seat and said: "I have something to say, I wonder if my father is willing to listen to it?"

Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes: "Speak up, there will be no chance to speak in the future."

With a sneer, Mu Wuyin sat down on his knees, looked at him and said, "My son is walking the same path that my father once walked. If my father can walk, why can't my son walk?"

With a shock in his heart, the emperor was so angry that his hands shook: "You bastard, when did I do such a bastard thing like you?"

"Father, don't you remember?" Mu Wuqin mocked, "That's right, after all, you have already sat on the throne, and you should bury the things you did before, like killing brothers and fathers, and pretending to be a man who values ​​blood ties." Look, tell us princes to get along well. But father, have you never dreamed of your elder brother and father? When you kept saying that your son did something wrong, did you ever think that you did the same thing yourself? "

"Shut up!" The emperor looked at him in disbelief with eyes full of horror.

This happened more than 20 years ago. At that time, Mu Wuzhen was just born. How could he know this?He has clearly silenced everyone who knew about it, and no one will know about it anymore!

That's right, Emperor Mingde ascended to the throne by stepping on the corpses of his imperial brother and father when he was young, but he almost forgot. More than 20 years later, in the emperor's heart, he was already a kind and upright person, but today he was torn off his mask by his favorite prince, revealing the bloody truth.

"Come here!" In the panic and fury, Emperor Mingde ordered directly: "Drag the prince down, ask the accomplices of the rebellion, and kill them all!"

"Your Majesty!" Mei Fengchang frowned: "Aren't you going to ask again? What if the prince is wronged..."

"Who else can he be wronged!" The emperor said angrily, "If you dare to say such a thing, and the evidence is solid and you won't refute it, how dare you speak for him?"

Mei Fengchang hastily lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.

Mu Wuzhen laughed loudly: "Father, is this a guilty conscience? If you kill your son, you are killing yourself!"

"Shut up!" the emperor growled, "I taught you kindness and courtesy from a young age. I didn't want you to kill each other. I blame it on me!"

"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked." Mu Wuyin said: "You are a person who kills the king and brother, and you still expect your son to learn well? What's the use of teaching those things? You gave birth to your son, what kind of person are you?" , what kind of son-in-law is!"

"You bastard!" The emperor rushed down from the top in a hurry, and kicked Mu Wuxian on the chest, causing him to fall to the ground, and then roared: "Why don't you take this bastard down quickly?!"

"Yes." Nangong Yuan agreed, and waved his hand to let the guards escort the prince and Yun Zhen away.Shen Zaiye watched coldly, and after watching a good show, he cupped his hands slowly and said: "The emperor calms down, if the dragon's body is destroyed by anger, it will be a disaster for the whole country."

"Injustice!" The emperor fell back on the dragon chair and suddenly seemed to be ten years older: "I must have owed him in my previous life, otherwise how could I have encountered such an injustice!"

Mu Wuxia lowered her eyes and said nothing.

He was almost blinded by Emperor Mingde's kind appearance. It turned out that the people who could sit in that seat were really not good people.Previously, I also wrongly blamed Shen Zaiye, thinking that he was lying to me, but I didn't expect that all of this was true.

The civil and military officials in the court had different thoughts, and the party headed by Mei Fengchang naturally hoped that the emperor would calm down and spare the prince, but Shen Zaiye would not leave any way for Mu Wuyin to survive.

When he was leaving the court, the emperor coughed up blood and summoned the Taiwei to the imperial study.

Shen Zaiye left with Nan Wang, walking on the unmanned palace road, Nan Wang finally asked him: "Can you explain?"

With a slight smile, Shen Zaiye said: "The minister did not lie to His Highness, what happened last night, the minister really did not help the prince."

"No help?" Mu Wuxia frowned: "If you didn't help, where did he have the confidence to rebel?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Shen Zaiye smiled: "When he had the intention of rebelling, I tried my best to stop him, and reminded him to be careful that the misfortune comes from his mouth. I didn't expect that the Crown Prince would not listen to the loyal advice of the Ivy Minister. .”

No matter how he looked at it, he felt that there was a fox tail wagging behind him, Mu Wuxia squinted his eyes: "Then what happened to Qin Sheng?"

"Qin Sheng's official position was given by the crown prince, why would His Highness ask this humble minister?"

"Don't play this game with me." Nanwang's face darkened: "Qin Sheng is your disciple, and you saved his life. If he will help the prince without your permission, this king will take those three Eat all the dead snow wolves!"

Shen Zaiye laughed, and looked at the extraordinarily clear sky today: "Qin Sheng went to lure wolves, it was the crown prince's order, and I just acquiesced, and did nothing else."

However, with Qin Sheng, Nangong Yuan, and a set of seamless ideas from his advisers, Mu Wuyin took this path as a matter of course.

I really can't blame him, he didn't do anything, people went to seek refuge with the prince by themselves, so what does it matter to him?He was so sad that these people betrayed him.

Looking at Shen Zaiye with a complicated expression for a long time, Mu Wuxia shook his head, and finally said something in his heart: "You are really too insidious!"

"Your Highness congratulates me." Shen Zaiye smiled: "However, when Your Highness's martial arts are so good, I don't know anything about it."

It was a bit remarkable to hear that Yun Zhen could be knocked unconscious.

"This king is not idle in the palace." Mu Wuxia said indifferently: "In terms of martial arts, this king will not lose to others, so I have the capital to aspire to the throne of the Great Wei."

Slightly taken aback, Shen Zaiye suddenly remembered what Taohua said.I really lack communication with Nan Wang, he is a very thoughtful and tough kid, I should trust him more.

"My lord is free, why don't you go sit in the mansion." Lowering his eyes, Shen Zaiye said: "I haven't talked to you for a long time."

Mu Wuxia raised her eyebrows, looked at him, hesitated for a while, and then nodded.

The court was in chaos because of the prince's affairs, but Shen Zaiye took a few days off with peace of mind, and looked at the fallen leaves in the garden with peach blossoms in his arms.

"Autumn is coming." Taohua was stunned, her face was a little pale: "It's really a season that people don't like."

"Why?" Shen Zaye raised his eyebrows: "You don't like autumn?"

"Who likes this desolate weather?" Taohua curled her lips and shrank into his arms: "But why is my master so idle recently? It seems that many people are looking for you outside the door, and you don't go out to have a look."

Playing with her hair slowly, Shen Zaye chuckled: "A big boat sank, and many people fell into the water. They wanted me to rescue them. However, I let go of the ladder early in the morning, and all the people who should come up have come up. Let the rest go up." Let them drown."

Taohua paused, lowered her eyes and asked in a low voice: "Is the emperor really going to kill the prince?"

"It has been handed over to Gu Zongzheng, and it is locked in the prison of Sizong Mansion." Shen Zaye glanced at him: "The crime of treason should be punished, so don't worry about it."

"Look at what I said." Taohua covered her lips, and said with a chuckle: "I am just your concubine, and she is not a person who reaches the sky. How can I have any thoughts? Even if I want to save the prince, I have no power."

Squinting his eyes, Shen Zaiye turned her body to face him, and said solemnly: "The prince and you are just acting on occasion, and he doesn't have much sincerity towards you, do you know?"

Rolling her eyes, Jiang Taohua slandered, she was not stupid, did Mu Wuyin really feel it?To listen to his judgement?

"My concubine understands."

"Don't take it seriously!" Shen Zaiye said displeasedly: "Men know men best, he just likes your beauty."

Tao Hua nodded as if suddenly enlightened: "I understand, so it's like this, but did the master promise to let me see the prince for the last time? I still feel a little guilty for lying to him for so long."

Shen Zaiya paused for a moment, then said, "I'll send you to see him after the verdict is issued."

"About when?" Taohua blinked.

"Two days later." Shen Zaiye said: "I will only give you a quarter of an hour. In addition, you cannot have any physical contact with him."

What do you think of her?Tao Hua curled her lips, but she still squeezed his shoulders quickly: "Master's big business is half done, can I do my concubine a favor?"

"What do you want to do?" Shen Zaiye squinted: "You are not allowed to send money to Zhao Guo."

"No, no." Taohua said flatteringly: "But our two countries are married now, so I don't think about letting this concubine return to Ning? Recently, all the other concubines in the mansion have gone to Ning, and I am homesick too. .”

Want to go back to Zhao country?Shen Zaiye shook his head: "Although I don't know what you want to go back to do, but the distance between the two countries is long, you'd better stay here. In half a month, an envoy from Zhao Guoguo will come."

Envoy? !Taohua's eyes widened, and she grabbed his skirt with joy: "Are there really envoys coming?!"

(End of this chapter)