Lord Fu Yin's mood when visiting the East Palace is no different from visiting a grave, especially when he is digging a hole and erecting a monument for himself.
But with the arrow on the string, it was no longer up to him whether to fire it or not. With a face that didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Mr. Fu Yin came to see him. What he didn't expect was that the people in the East Palace were very easy to talk to.
Regarding the humiliating matter of coming to the house for questioning, no one in the East Palace, from the attendants to the internal officials, said anything bad to Mr. Fu Yin, but this did not make him feel much more relaxed, but made him even more nervous.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster, and sure enough, after finally meeting Her Highness the Crown Princess, the first thing she said out of her mouth was to stop him.
"You mean His Highness the Crown Prince? Well, His Highness is indeed still alive." The Crown Princess's words made Mr. Fu Yin's head feel a little overwhelmed.
Before coming to the East Palace, he expected that Her Highness the Crown Princess might deny it, might be furious, and might use her power to force him to immediately deal with Shangguan Shaoqin who reported the case, but he never thought that the other party would admit it frankly.
It should be noted that according to the law of this dynasty, failure to report with knowledge will be punished with the same crime. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still alive, but still concealed the matter from the court and His Majesty the Emperor. This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. Wait! Does His Majesty the Emperor really not know?
A conjecture emerged in his mind, causing Fu Yin's heart to skip a beat. From yesterday's incident to today's visit to the East Palace, in one day and one night, even if all the people in the Expert Factory and the East Factory were snails, that Zi His Majesty the Emperor in Xiao Palace should also know about this.
But why until now, the palace still has not issued any decree, let alone the decree, there is not even a verbal decree, as if His Majesty does not know about this at all.
Mr. Fu Yin's legs started to tremble. It was impossible that the emperor didn't know about this, but since the other party knew about it, there was no reaction. Could it be that he wanted to support Dong Palace?
In fact, more than one person had speculated on what the Emperor's silence at this moment meant. Except for Lu Hanjiang and others who knew that the other party had no time to pay attention to such noisy matters, the others all had the same guess as Mr. Fu Yin.
This is very scary. If the emperor supports the East Palace, can we think that since the assassination of the prince, his majesty has never appointed a new prince, not because he is worried about the tragedy happening again, but has always reserved a seat for others?
Indeed, if the prince is still alive, he is both the legitimate son and the eldest son, and has an innate and absolute advantage in inheriting the throne. However, there is one thing that cannot be explained about him, and that is the twenty years of missing.
Logically, the courtiers may understand that the prince faked his death because he was assassinated and wanted to protect himself, but logically, the courtiers simply cannot accept a prince who has been secretly hiding for twenty years.
For a time, the East Palace's recognition, the emperor's silence, and the silence of all the officials made the turmoil in the capital even more turbulent. Under this coming storm, the Shangguan family's case seemed not so important.
The Shangguan family's case has already had preliminary results. Shangguan's wife Le Zhili will definitely die if she surrenders and pleads guilty. Although Shangguan Shaoqin made an oversight, it is excusable. For the sake of Luo Fuzi and the academy, she will wait until the East Palace case is over. , you can let it go freely.
Only the son of Shangguan Shaoqin, Shangguan Beicang's treatment was somewhat ambiguous. He neither wanted to be executed clearly like Shangguan's wife, nor planned to let him go like Shangguan Shaoqin.
This vague attitude made Shangguan Shaoqin suddenly feel uncertain. Thinking of his senior brother Qi Yunzhou who came to visit him in the cell today, his uneasiness became even more intense.
But at this time, the focus of everyone's attention was still on the East Palace. Regardless of the emperor's support or not, raising private soldiers was a taboo matter.
Even if the ultimate victim is His Majesty the Emperor himself, for the imperial court, such an army that is outside the imperial system is also a great threat.
Therefore, even if the crime of deceiving the emperor in the East Palace can be avoided, this private soldier is absolutely unacceptable to the courtiers.
The Crown Princess acknowledged the fact that the Prince was still alive, and also did not deny Shangguan Shaoqin's accusation against the East Palace. The account books seized from the Shangguan family had clearly pointed out the Prince's location to the court——
Northland, Xuantian Sect.
According to common sense, no matter what the prince's plan was, now that the person in the dark has been brought to light, and everyone follows the rules, it is time to send someone to "invite" the prince to return to the palace.
It's just that this matter requires His Majesty the Emperor's nod. After all, the size of the Xuantian Sect is there. According to the information given by Jin Yiwei, there are no less than 30,000 Xuantian Sect members gathered in the North alone.
Counting the manpower deployed in all states of the world, the total number of Xuantian Sect may be upwards of 50,000. This is no longer something that can be easily handled by sending one or two groups of Jinyi guards. I am afraid that General Helian stationed in the North will have to be invited. The white-armored army in hand was dispatched.
After all, in everyone's imagination, the prince had worked hard to gather such a huge force, and it was impossible for him to just follow them back to the capital just because of a few words.
However, the courtiers waited and waited, but never waited for His Majesty to issue a decree to recall the prince. Instead, they waited for the news that the year-end ceremony would be held as usual.
For a while, even the adults in the cabinet couldn't figure it out. The purpose of the ceremony was to worship the ancestors and pray for good weather next year. But if the big trouble caused by the East Palace was not dealt with, the world would be in chaos.
However, the emperor was still stubborn. It was not that he did not care at all about the actions of the prince and the East Palace. In fact, when the news reached Zixiao Palace, the emperor was furious.
The old emperor didn't care whether the prince lived or not. Originally, he didn't care much about his son. Now that he has the grandson as a substitute, if this son has no future and wants to become the king and hegemon in the world, then let him go and ignore it. Not bothered.
The reason why His Majesty the Emperor was angry was because of the Jin Yiwei, or perhaps because of Meng Yuan's concealment from him!
His Majesty the Emperor has a sufficient and correct understanding of Jin Yiwei's ability. Even if Shangguan Shaoqin really has a genius plan to plan everything seamlessly without leaving any trace, he does not believe that Jin Yiwei has not discovered that such a big thing from the Xuantian Sect is in the north. Any clues.
Even if no real evidence can be found, even if there are some conjectures, even if there is more penetration into such a huge force of Xuantian Sect, Jin Yiwei will definitely be able to find something wrong.
But Meng Yuan said nothing to His Majesty the Emperor. At this moment, it was meaningless whether he knew in advance that the Prince of the East Palace was hiding in the Xuantian Sect. The Emperor's trust in him had already cracked. The friendship between the two of them as friends between emperor and minister was, after all, Lost to time.
The old emperor's face was intertwined with grief and anger, and his face changed like the cloudy sky. Cao Yuan waited beside him fearfully. After a while, he finally spoke cautiously: "Do you want me to go and bring him here? "
"Can you do it?" The emperor glanced at Cao Yuan with cold eyes. The latter knelt down and kowtowed in shame and said nothing more. After a moment, the emperor said solemnly: "Tomorrow is the end of the year ceremony. You go to deliver the order in person. Tomorrow After the princes enter the palace, let Wen Kongheng guard the outer gate of the imperial city and Tao Yuanlang guard the inner gate. No one is allowed to enter or leave the palace until the ceremony is over."
"My slave obeys the order!"
(End of chapter)
