concubines

Chapter 52

The prince was walking towards Qingquan Palace in a walking chariot, but those in sedan chairs might not run as fast as those with bare feet.

When Xiao Zhuozi ran back to Qingquan Palace, the prince was still wandering on the road.Mother Xi was accompanying Sheng Jia at first, but when she saw him coming back, she walked over inadvertently.

Choosing a place where no one was around, Mammy Xi lowered her voice and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Xiao Zhuozi looked embarrassed, shook his head and said, "I didn't find anything, and it seems that people have cleaned everything up as soon as the news got out."

"What should we do? The son of Xiaopei asked him to look for the prince's belongings but he didn't find that useless thing. This... the girl must be dying of anxiety."

Xiao Zhuozi pretended to be anxious with her, and also sighed, "Oh, I am really anxious to death. I also blame you for not arranging people well. If you let the slave look for the prince's things, the slave will definitely not return empty-handed." .”

Mammy Xi knocked on him angrily, and said with some complaints: "Don't talk so nicely, you are no more useful than him."

Xiao Zhuozi raised his face and said unconvinced, "Don't underestimate me, mama, I'm much better than Xiao Peizi. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet. If it were me, I would definitely not return empty-handed. Let's bet on a pot of dumplings. "

Mother Xi didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and said, "I'm betting with you that it's all in the past, and I don't have time to talk to you."

Xiao Zhuozi grabbed Grandma Xi, pretending to be mysterious, and asked, "Mommy, what do you think this is?"

Mammy Xi looked over, snatched it up, and looked at it carefully with the help of the light.This seems to be a jade from Persia, there is only such a piece in the world, the emperor gave it to the prince before, it must be the prince's personal belongings.

Mother Xi was overjoyed, "My boy, I really have yours, I'll go and get this to the girl."

Xiao Zhuozi shouted from behind: "Don't forget my dumplings."

Entering the room, Mother Xi cast a look at Miaoli, Miaoli understood and came over quietly.Because the emperor was in front of them, the two of them had no communication, and Mammy Xi directly stuffed the jade pendant into Miao Li's palm.

Needless to say, Miao Li can also guess what kind of jade pendant Mammy Xi gave. The prince must not try to pick it off today. She even sent someone out to invite the eldest princess just now. How can such a big matter be done without the eldest princess?
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the prince came.

Before entering the door, he started to shout, "What's wrong with you, third child? It's my brother who came late. We brothers were drinking together just now. Why did you fall into the water?"

It attracted the emperor and the whole house of empresses to look over.

The emperor doesn't even want to see him, this idiot, he can't come in properly to attract everyone's attention.It's fine if he's clean, but it's very difficult to keep him if he's not clean.

The emperor hated him so much that he cursed: "Prince, what are you crying about? The third child is fine! If you keep crying, get the hell out of here."

The crown prince suddenly looked like a frost-beaten eggplant, wilting.He walked to the emperor with his head down and stood with his hands down, not daring to speak again.Taking a sneak peek at Zhou Shuxuan, it is true that he is not dead yet, but he is not far from death.Look at that little face, whiter than paper.The breath was weak, with air coming out but not in.

The prince was secretly happy in his heart, so what if he was rescued, he deserved to die or die.

The first bowl of medicine had been cooked, several people supported Zhou Shuxuan to get up, Miao Li served him to drink the medicine, it was extremely difficult to drink a bowl of medicine, and he had to spit out half a mouthful after feeding him.Seeing his appearance, Miao Li felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart, she almost held back her tears and fed him to drink.

After feeding the medicine, Miao Li glanced at the prince standing beside the emperor, her heart was full of hatred.Seeing the faint smile on the prince's face, he probably had a clue in his heart, as expected, it was the prince who did it, it seems that she was not the one who framed him.

Miao Li counted the time in her mind, the eldest princess should be coming soon, and the show is about to begin.

After about a cup of tea, Concubine Jin saw that it was getting late, and wanted to persuade the emperor to go back to the palace to rest, but before she could say anything, she heard the voice of "the princess is coming" from outside.

The emperor in the inner room also heard it, and thought it was not good, there must be nothing good for the eldest princess to enter the palace so late.Thinking about it, he gave the crown prince a hard look, this stupid idiot, the older he gets, the more confused he becomes.

The prince didn't notice the emperor's glance, he was still immersed in joy.

"Zhuang Ding, what are you doing here?" Before the Eldest Princess greeted her, the Emperor asked directly.

The Eldest Princess came on horseback with the chill outside, and said in a cold tone: "I heard that there is a good scene of brother-in-law fighting in the palace. As an aunt, I must not miss it."

"Zhuang Ding!" The emperor yelled, "You also believe the nonsense of this villain. As the eldest princess, do you know right from wrong?"

The eldest princess sneered, took a closer look at Zhou Shuxuan's situation, and then turned around and said, "I didn't come here to quarrel with the emperor today. Whether it is true or not is up to you to decide." The eldest princess looked at Miaoli, "Young servants of King Qin, you Did you do nothing like the emperor?"

But when someone came to support her, Miao Li knelt down straight on the ground, "Return to Your Highness, it's about the prince's servants who don't dare to identify it rashly."

It happened so suddenly that the prince didn't expect to mention him directly.Unable to hold back at all, he jumped out and said, "What does it have to do with Gu, the little servant girl is so bold that she dares to spout blood."

"Shut up! Is it your turn to speak?" The eldest princess gave the prince a hard look, and yelled in front of everyone, not showing him any sympathy.

The prince was about to go mad with anger, but the emperor didn't speak, and he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he retreated in despair.

The eldest princess said to Miaoli again: "What kind of matter is related to the prince, with my palace here, don't be afraid of anyone."

Miao Li said with reason and evidence: "The prince behaved strangely at the banquet today, and he insisted on keeping the prince to drink. The slaves persuaded him a few times, saying that it was time for the prince to drink medicine, but the prince would never let him go. The prince did not have good intentions on purpose. .Afterwards, the maidservant insulted the prince for the sake of the prince's body, and the prince let the prince go."

The emperor didn't let go of any chance to cleanse the crown prince. Before Miao Li could say something, he couldn't wait to say: "You just said that the king of Qin sent you to find something. When you returned, the king of Qin had already fallen into the water. Just one sentence The prince's behavior is weird, so you can identify the prince?"

The eldest princess gave the emperor a sideways look, and said mockingly: "Has she finished? The emperor can't wait!"

The eldest princess was so shameless that the emperor turned blue with anger and didn't speak any more.

Miao Li and the eldest princess looked at each other, and then said: "If I don't have conclusive evidence, I don't dare to talk nonsense." Miao Li took out the jade pendant and put her hands on the ground. "I found this from the Liuguangquan, please look over it, Your Majesty."

As soon as the emperor saw the jade pendant, he knew it was over.In front of so many people, no matter how eloquent he could argue, he couldn't wash Prince Bai off.

The emperor didn't take the jade pendant, but the eldest princess took the jade pendant and looked at it, her eyes fell on the prince, staring at the prince with a half-hearted smile. "I remember that this was given to the prince by the emperor during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. There is only such a piece of jade in the world. Prince, don't say that your aunt wronged you. As long as you show your jade pendant to everyone, I will believe that you are innocent. "

The prince was so stared at by her, he touched his waist, and there was nothing on it.In an instant, the prince's soul was gone.Before he left, he clearly checked and found nothing.

The prince did not respond for a long time, and the answer was self-evident.

It's okay in private, the emperor can still refuse to admit it.But in front of so many people, all the respectable people in the palace came.The eldest princess was aggressive again, the emperor couldn't resist the pressure, stood up and slapped the prince with all his strength, "You bastard, you've been confused by a few glasses of wine, you're going to do something like this."

The emperor didn't forget to teach the prince how to speak at this time. The prince has always done stupid things, but now his mind suddenly brightened, and he knelt down and said, "Father, I know I was wrong. I was confused after drinking, don't you?" Carefully pushed King Qin into the water."

Whitewashed again!

The eldest princess sneered, and asked following the prince's words: "You accidentally pushed King Qin into the water after drinking. Your blood brother fell into the water, should you wake up from the wine? Did you rescue him? Did you call out?" Can someone help? You don’t have any, just pretend nothing happened. I’m so drunk, I think you did it on purpose! You just made up your mind to kill King Qin!”

The emperor stood up and spoke for the prince, "Didn't you say that the prince drank a few more glasses? You can forgive me for not being clear about things."

The eldest princess nodded, pretending to understand, and asked the emperor in a more relaxed tone, "So if the prince is drunk, can he be forgiven even if he kills his own brother?"

The emperor knew that he didn't understand, but for the sake of the prince, he nodded slightly in front of everyone.

"Okay, sister Chen is in a good mood today and has had a few glasses of wine, and she is also drunk now. Since you can be forgiven for being drunk, then sister Chen is not welcome." The eldest princess turned around and stretched out a handful of wine from her waist. The sword, under the light, the sword flickered with a cold light.

The incident happened suddenly, and none of the people standing in the room knew martial arts.He watched helplessly as the princess's sword rested on the emperor's neck.

The emperor held his breath and did not dare to speak out, and asked in a trembling voice: "Zhuang Ding, what are you going to do?"

The eldest princess controlled her strength so that the emperor could feel the oppression without hurting him, and then she said without changing her face: "I can be forgiven for killing my brother when I was drunk, but it is the same for me who killed my brother when I was drunk. And I don't need to forgive yet, if I kill you, I will commit suicide."

The emperor calmly emphasized, "Zhuang Ding, I am the emperor."

"I know you're an emperor, and you've been an out-and-out fool these past few years. Don't you want your precious son to inherit the throne? I'm helping him now. Only when you make room for him can he succeed."

The eldest princess glanced at the shivering prince who was kneeling on the ground and was so angry that she raised her leg and kicked it hard.

Concubine Jin stood outside, unable to use force to save the emperor, so she stepped forward slowly, and said to the eldest princess in a discussing tone: "Princess, please think twice, the emperor is always the emperor. Princess, don't be a sinner who assassinates the king."

The eldest princess laughed three times with pride, "Congratulations, everyone. If today's events are recorded in the annals of history because of me, Zhou Buqing, then you will all be witnesses of history."

The emperor felt that the sword over there was just about to cut his throat. The eldest princess went crazy today, and she could kill him with a flick of her hand.The emperor softened his voice and said, "Qing'er, we have something to discuss."

It's useless to be called a nickname, the eldest princess does not back down at all, she stares at the emperor firmly, grits her teeth and says, "There is nothing to discuss, you only have one choice now, and that is to kill this inhuman prince."

(End of this chapter)