The screams in the back garden echoed through half of the imperial city.
Especially the one who was standing next to the third prince toasting. He had just said that the moon was big and round tonight, but before he could say the second half of the sentence, he watched the third prince being opened.
As a scholar.
Seeing such a horrific scene, even the screams he made were different from others.
If it were a group of rough guys, they would probably say, 'Oh my god, my mother scared your father and me to death.'
But this bunch of literati didn't even say a single curse word except for screaming ah ah ah!
There were just a few who were timid and immediately jumped away when they saw this scene.
The news that the third prince was killed late at night had already spread throughout the imperial city at dawn.
The old emperor, who had not shown his face for so long, rarely went to court, but his current appearance shocked everyone.
Before, it was just aging, but now it looks more like decay, with a haggard look as if he is going to die at any time.
Seeing the old emperor sitting crookedly on the supreme chair, he completely lost the domineering style that shocked the world a few months ago.
Seeing the old emperor like this the whole time, I understood in my heart.
The next emperor will come out soon.
This time the ministers all met the emperor, but at this juncture no one dared to write a letter asking the emperor to handle national affairs.
Although the emperor is old, his power is still there.
It is not wise to offend a tiger that bites people even when it is dying.
Logically speaking, several princes should be in the hall now.
But it seemed that the old emperor had specifically ordered not to allow them to come.
All the ministers stood quietly in the main hall until the third prince's body was carried into the palace.
Regardless of any rule, the coffin should not be parked outside the main hall.
But the old emperor didn't care about this. When the third prince's coffin was placed in front of everyone, the old emperor stood up slowly and staggered forward in front of everyone.
The aging look really made everyone wonder that if the old emperor fell, he might never be able to get up again.
The old emperor passed through the ministers and almost tripped when he crossed the threshold of the hall. The old eunuch behind him quickly helped the old emperor with his quick eyes and hands, and then continued to support the old emperor until he walked to the coffin.
Look at the coffin in front of you.
The old emperor shed tears of sadness.
"I'm not even ready yet..."
“I haven’t even thought about it yet!!!”
"Lao San, Lao San, why did you die like this!"
"What can I do?"
The old emperor was so sad that he lay down on the coffin and cried bitterly. The ministers behind him all knelt down and shouted, please express your condolences and comply with the changes.
However, the old emperor kept crying while holding the coffin, with almost no tears left. Then he staggered away with the support of the old eunuch.
This time the morning session is over.
All the ministers were still sighing on the way back. They didn't expect that the emperor was deeply affectionate for the third prince.
Normally you can't see it.
Once the third prince died, the old emperor's state was really sad and made people cry.
I don't know which family of madmen they were, but they attacked the prince one after another, making the old emperor's originally relatively good mental state unbearable.
What can be expected is that the battle for the throne is coming to an end.
Now there is only the second prince with a good reputation and the relatively low-key sixth prince, who are competing for the throne.
However, the second prince was now burdened with a new layer of suspicion. After all, the killer could kill the eldest prince and the third prince, but he attacked the second prince once and never showed up again.
It always feels like the second prince has some pretext to spread suspicion. One can't help but wonder if the second prince is impatient with waiting and deliberately finds a strange person in the world to do such a thing. He also clears himself by being attacked. suspicion.
The suspicion is well founded.
The second prince was directly hit by this big black pot with stars in his eyes!
The night he was attacked, he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep well all night.
Now every time it gets dark, I feel like I can't sleep well unless there are dozens of guards standing outside the door.
I am in this state now, and there are still people who suspect that I did it!
It’s true that you just open your mouth to spread rumors, and then you lose your legs by trying to refute them!
Just when the ministers were debating whether to follow the second prince or the sixth prince who had always been low-key but quite talented.
A decree came from the palace.
All the princes enter the palace.
The prince is not allowed to bring any close family members with him!
When the decree came out, the carriage had already arrived at the door of the four princes, which meant that they would leave with these princes now!
Such a move made many people wonder if the old emperor was afraid that his remaining children would also be suddenly attacked, so he kept them away from everyone and lived directly in the palace.
Some people are also speculating whether the old emperor is planning to announce the heir to the throne today?
But it doesn't feel right to announce the heir now. After all, the third prince has not been buried yet. Even if the old emperor couldn't wait, he should wait two days after the burial before announcing the candidate.
The speculations of a group of people obviously did not prevent the princes from getting into the carriage.
The two carriages of the fourth and fifth princes drove directly into the palace and drove towards the depths of the palace.
The second prince walked around in circles and came to the mysterious emperor's back garden.
Then the second prince was never seen again.
Only the sixth prince.
The emperor arranged a room in the palace for him and directly let the sixth prince live here temporarily.
He didn't say that he wanted to meet, or that he had anything to do.
It felt like the sixth prince was imprisoned in the palace.
The Sixth Prince now has no confidants around him who can help, and the area where he lives in the palace is all guarded by the emperor's imperial guards. It is impossible to get information from them.
Even though the Sixth Prince has all kinds of abilities now, he can only confine himself in the hut and quietly wait for the arrangements to come.
All the princes entered the palace.
Three days passed in a row.
Logically speaking, today should be the day to bury the third prince.
However, the third prince's coffin has always been parked in the palace. Even if the third prince's family once asked the eunuchs in the palace, the reply they received was always:
The emperor was heartbroken and wanted to stay with the third prince for a while longer. He would bury the third prince as soon as the emperor issued an order. '
With such an answer, it would be meaningless no matter how much the third prince's family members urged him.
A group of people could only wear white cloth, hoping that the third prince's coffin would come back soon.
On the fourth day after the death of the third prince.
The sixth prince, who had been trapped in the courtyard, was suddenly invited out by the eunuch.
"Sixth Prince, please"
"The emperor wants to see you and say something heartfelt."
(End of chapter)
