Fengming Tianxia's Concubine Empress

Chapter 228 Abolish the Crown Prince
Su Mei raised her head slowly, unexpectedly, she just met Shang Junyuan's icy face, and her face froze instantly, becoming unnatural.

But Shang Junyuan didn't say a word, put the leaf into Su Mei's hand, then walked around her and left.

Looking at the slightly yellowed leaf now, Su Mei suddenly remembered that he didn't come over this morning, and coupled with Qing'er's performance, does that mean something happened to him?
Thinking of this, Su Mei got up and walked out the door.

When Su Mei came to the door of the study, she found that there were two more guards at the door. She didn't think much, and walked towards the door as usual, but she never thought that she was stopped by the guards.

The guard said very respectfully: "Miss Su, please stay. The prince is not here, and he said that no one is allowed to go in. Please ask Miss Su to go back."

Su Mei smiled slightly and said, "Excuse me." Saying that, Su Mei turned and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Qing'er went to the kitchen, but when she came back, Su Mei was nowhere to be seen. Just as she was walking around in the yard thinking, Su Mei came over.

Seeing Qing'er's anxious expression further confirmed the guess in her heart: something must have happened to Prince Qi's mansion, and it was not a small matter, otherwise, she would not have encountered so many patrolling soldiers along the way. , and the servants all had trembling expressions.

"Qing'er."

Qing'er heard the voice and turned around. After seeing Su Mei, she breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately showed a happy smile on her face. She rushed over and said, "Miss."

"Why are you in such a panic?" Qing'er asked casually.

Seeing this, Su Mei smiled and said, "Okay, don't stand here anymore, go back to the room and talk."

"Qing'er, tell me the truth, did something happen in the mansion?" Back in the room, Su Mei asked with a straight face.

Qing'er looked at Su Mei in surprise: "Little Miss?"

"Qing'er, I have always treated you as my younger sister. Although I am only staying in this mansion temporarily, I am not your real master, but if something happens in the mansion, I will definitely help if I can."

"Miss, it's not that the servant didn't tell you, but the servant didn't know what happened?" Qing'er fell to her knees on the ground with a plop.

Su Mei helped him up: "Get up and talk."

"Yes, Miss, I heard from the housekeeper that the prince entered the palace yesterday, but he still hasn't come back in the early morning. He said that he was imprisoned by the emperor. Let us be careful when we are slaves. Mistake again, and, and."

"And what?"

"And the steward also said that the capital city is not very peaceful recently, and some women from small families always disappear inexplicably, so let us all be careful, so when the servant didn't see the lady just now, I was very scared."

"Okay, Qing'er, I'm fine, don't think too much, I happen to be a little thirsty, go get me a glass of water." Su Mei said lightly.

"Yes."

The imperial palace, Qinghe Hall.

Qi Wang Shang Junyuan knelt outside the Hall of Qinghe with a very cold expression.He has been kneeling here for a day and a night, and even his body of iron can't bear it.

Yesterday, the crown prince made a mistake, and the emperor Shang Junyuan wanted to abolish the crown prince, but he begged for mercy. Why didn't he want to offend the emperor Shang Jitong, and was punished to kneel outside the Qinghe Hall.

But the sun is gradually getting fuller, under the stimulation of such cold and hot, the old disease on his body will definitely recur.

Shang Jitong didn't mean to punish him, but he naturally had his reasons for doing so. The prince lost his morals and fornicated the palace, and allowed his subordinates to oppress the people and act tyrannically. Abolishing the crown prince, I am afraid it will be difficult to calm the anger in his heart.

Shang Junyuan knelt there expressionlessly, motionless, as if nothing happened.

Suddenly, footsteps came: "King Qi listens to the decree!"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Shang Junyuan saluted respectfully, his legs were a little numb due to kneeling for a long time, and when he bent down to salute, he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the eunuch kindly helped him up. Give him a hand.

"Pass down my oral order to order the King of Qi to go back and reflect behind closed doors for three days, and deduct one year's salary. I respect you!"

"I thank my father, Emperor Long En!"

"King Qi, the emperor told you to leave the palace immediately, and you are not allowed to enter the palace for half a month."

"Yes, my son complies with the order!" As he said that, Shang Junyuan got up and walked towards the gate of the palace. No matter how hard he supported himself, it was still somewhat inconvenient when he walked.

An Ming, who had been guarding outside the palace all this time, saw Shang Junyuan limping towards this side, and immediately felt sour in his heart.

"master."

"Go home!"

"Yes!"

An Ming flicked his whip sharply, and the horse suffered from pain and galloped out quickly.

Not long after Shang Junyuan left, a black figure quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Half a month later, the prince led his personal guards to force the palace, but was finally suppressed by the emperor Shang Jitong with iron and blood. The prince was deposed and imprisoned in Lihe Garden for life.

King Shang Junfeng of Chu was conferred the title of Prince of Chu because of his meritorious service in escorting him. He was promoted to the first rank and enjoyed the treatment of a prince. In addition, he was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and a hundred hectares of fertile land.

During this period, Qi Wang Shang Junyuan was not allowed to leave the mansion for a month because he pleaded for the crown prince and thought about his mistakes in front of Qi Wang's mansion on the grounds of lawlessness.

In an instant, the situation changed suddenly, bloody, and a vigorous court struggle came to an end, but this was just the beginning, the real contest had not yet begun, and it was yet to be seen who would win the throne in the end. It can be seen.

Looking at the report sent by Dark Blood, Shang Junyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, exuding a cold aura around him.

The sky was about to change, but he didn't expect that the crown prince would lose so quickly, and his father was unable to restore anything. Almost all the military power in the palace fell into the hands of Prince Chu Shang Junfeng.It seemed that this moment was coming soon, and it was time for him to make a move.

Shang Junyuan stood with his hands behind his back, with a very solemn expression.

"My lord, there are people coming from the palace." Steward Li walked in quietly and said respectfully.

Shang Junyuan turned around, looked at Steward Li with piercing eyes, and said, "Let him in."

As soon as Shang Junyuan finished speaking, a man wearing a hat and cloak walked in.

The man took off the bamboo hat as soon as he entered the door, and then respectfully greeted him: "Slave Han Ming pays homage to the lord, the lord is a thousand years old!"

"Eunuch Han, please get up." Shang Junyuan walked over to help him up in two steps in three steps, and said in a gentle tone.

"Yes, thank you, my lord."

For the past half month, the palace seemed to be calm on the surface, but in fact it was turbulent and coming at a rush, especially when Prince Chu repelled the prince's attack with resolute means. Eunuch Han saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. Now the emperor sent him Come to send a secret edict to King Qi, which made him feel relieved.

"My lord, the slave came here today to send you a secret edict." Eunuch Han took out a memorial from his cuff as he spoke.

Shang Junyuan took a look, and immediately knelt down to salute: "Your servant accepts the order."

"My lord, please. Your lord does not need to perform such a big ceremony. The emperor specifically explained that your lord must burn it after reading the secret edict."

Shang Junyuan got up, but the secret edict in his hand said: "Don't worry, Eunuch Han, this king will definitely not let down the painstaking efforts of his father."

Eunuch Han nodded and said, "My lord, this servant has been out of the palace for a while. In order not to arouse suspicion from others, this servant has gone back."

"Steward Li, send off Eunuch Han for this king."

"Yes." Butler Li responded respectfully, then posed a gesture of invitation to Eunuch Han, and said humbly, "Eunuch Han, please."

Eunuch Han put on his bamboo hat again, saluted Shang Junyuan slightly, and followed Steward Li out.

The moment Shang Junyuan opened the secret edict, his face darkened.

For the past half month, Su Mei has been living a secluded life. Except for going to Shang Junyuan's study every day, she spends most of the rest of her time practicing exercises and reading books.She once thought about saying goodbye to Shang Junyuan, but when she thought about Shang Junyuan's current situation, the words she wanted to say goodbye were stuck in her throat like cotton, and she couldn't swallow or spit it out.

That's why she decided to wait for the situation to stabilize before she left, so that they would never owe each other again.

As usual, she was reading in the room, and when she heard footsteps coming, she didn't pay attention, thinking that it was Qing'er bringing water.

But when she felt a pair of cold eyes looking at her, she slowly raised her head.

At the moment when the four eyes met, Su Mei couldn't help shivering. She had never seen Shang Junyuan's expression like this: there was warmth in the cold, but there was still flashing in the deep and invisible eyes that she couldn't understand. His expression, today's him, is very different from the past.

Su Mei put down the book in her hand and stood up. He said nothing, and neither did she.

After a long time, Shang Junyuan came to the table, opened Su Meihe's book on the table, glanced at it, and said, "You are reading the Four Books."

The tone was very flat, not as cold as in the past.

"Yeah." Su Mei nodded slightly.

"This king came here to tell you that you can leave."

Su Mei raised her eyes to look at her, with a look of astonishment in her eyes. After Shang Junyuan saw it, he said, "Why, is it surprising? Didn't you always want to leave?"

His tone became a little cold, and Su Mei, who was standing one meter away, also felt the cold air on his body.

"No, I just felt it was very sudden." Su Mei felt a faint feeling of uneasiness in her heart, as if something was about to happen.

"Clean up, the king will send someone to take you back tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Shang Junyuan walked out of the room without looking back.

Seeing the figure of Shang Junyuan leaving, Su Mei felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. Before Shang Junyuan came, she didn't want to go to find him, but when she really heard that she could leave, she felt that she could leave. Without that sense of joy, there is actually a small sense of loss. What's wrong with her?Why do you feel this way?
When Qing'er walked into the room, she saw Su Mei standing in front of the window with a dazed expression, as if she had something on her mind.

"Miss." Qing'er said softly, and put the teacup in her hand on the table.

Su Mei turned her head when she heard the words, and smiled at her.

"Miss, what's wrong? Why are you so unhappy?" Qing'er saw Shang Junyuan's back when she came in just now, and now she saw Su Mei's trance-like expression again, so she wondered if something happened.

Su Mei smiled lightly: "It's nothing, Qing'er, I will leave the palace tomorrow."

Su Mei said very flatly, without any waves in her eyes. She picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, her movements were gentle and unaffected, and her tone was calm and unwavering.

"Miss, are you leaving tomorrow?" Qing'er asked in surprise. In her opinion, Su Mei and her master are a match made in heaven, and she should also become the prince's concubine, but why did she leave?And he left so suddenly?
"It's been more than half a year since I came out, and the things here are over, it's time for me to go back, otherwise my elder brother will worry."

(End of this chapter)