The emperor felt that King Xin was making insinuations about him, but he had no evidence.
"Okay, King Zhou, you have something to say. No matter how old you are, you still act like a child." The emperor was troubled by their fuss. Now he just wanted them to finish talking about the matter quickly and then go back and forth from where they were.
Upon hearing this, King Zhou immediately knelt down and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, what is the crime of breaking into a private house without permission?"
The third prince was angry, "I just said..."
"Shut up and let King Zhou finish his words." The emperor glared at the third prince, and then looked at King Zhou, "Break into a private house privately, and you will be punished with a rod at the least, and exiled at the most serious."
After King Zhou got the answer he wanted, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please punish the third prince, so as to calm the anger of the people in the capital city, and also to serve as a warning to the civil and military officials of the court and your Majesty's princes."
The third prince only had a conflict with the people from the Dingbei Palace and did not actually break into the palace. King Zhou actually asked him to convict the third prince and said that he was not here to help the evildoer.
"You said that the third prince broke into Prince Dingbei's palace secretly. Do you have any evidence?"
When the third prince saw that His Majesty was on his side, he immediately became arrogant and said, "Yes, do you have any evidence?"
"Your Majesty, the witness is right outside the door." King Xin said, "Master Zhongcheng next to Prince Dingbei's Mansion and the soldiers on night watch can all testify for Prince Dingbei."
The third prince almost forgot about them, but even so, he was not afraid, "That can only prove that I have been to Prince Dingbei's Mansion, but it cannot prove that I have broken into Prince Dingbei's Mansion."
King Zhou was amused by the third prince's words, "If the people from Dingbei Palace had not blocked His Highness, Your Highness would not have entered the Palace?"
"I am here to find King Dingbei. Since I have gone, why don't you go in." The third prince subconsciously spoke. After he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong, so he wanted to make amends, but King Zhou ignored him.
"Your Majesty, the third prince has admitted it and asks your Majesty to make the decision for King Dingbei."
He just made a slip of the tongue, how could he admit it? The third prince opened his mouth to curse, but saw his father glare at him. The third prince, who knew he was in the wrong, glared at King Dingbei with a look of disapproval. If he hadn't found these two old guys, how could he have done it? So passive.
Seeing that he could not protect him, the emperor had no choice but to have the third prince taken out to be tortured.
At this time, Eunuch Liu came in again, "Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian is here."
When the third prince heard this, his eyes lit up, and then he looked at the emperor with a joyful expression. The emperor frowned and said, "If you have anything to say later, let her go back first."
After the Royal Forest Army came in, they took the third prince out directly. The third prince thought that there was still room for maneuver in the matter when his mother and concubine arrived, but his father didn't expect that his father would directly have his mother and concubine blocked outside the door.
At this time, he wished that his mother and concubine could imitate the shamelessness of King Zhou and King Xin and barge in directly, so maybe he could avoid this punishment.
On the other side, Concubine Xian wanted to break in, but the Royal Forest Army had the previous experience and guarded the door very tightly. Even a mouse couldn't get in, let alone a big living person.
"Son." Concubine Xian's eyes turned red when she saw the Imperial Guards bringing the third prince over, and the eunuch bringing the execution stool over. "What are you trying to do? You are so brave that you dare to attack the third prince. Just do it." I’m not afraid that His Majesty will cause you trouble.”
"Reporting to the Concubine Xian, this is the Emperor's order."
Concubine Xian glanced in the direction of the imperial study in disbelief. She heard it right. King Dingbei and the third prince were facing each other. King Dingbei actually had a chance of winning?
She came here originally to add fuel to the fire, but she didn't expect to see this scene in the end.
Damn it, could it be that Your Majesty is thinking about King Dingbei again? No, it's been so many years. If Your Majesty wanted to miss him, he would have cared about him long ago. How could he wait until now.
Besides, during the birthday banquet of Wang Mei’s birthday, His Majesty still looked disgusted with King Dingbei, and now he has changed his attitude in just a few days?
Concubine Xian felt there was something wrong here.
"It's King Zhou and King Xin. If they hadn't supported that bitch, my father wouldn't have let anyone attack me." The third prince became angry when he thought of Xie Lan.
At this time, the guards began to execute the execution, and soon the sound of the third prince was heard in the courtyard, as if he were killing a pig. King Zhou and King Xin looked disgusted after hearing this.
"King Dingbei was only ten years old back then, and he didn't say a word when he was beaten. The third prince is now at a weak age, but he is still so afraid of pain. How can he take on such a big responsibility with such a temperament."
"Who says otherwise? The Imperial Guards all know that His Majesty loves the Third Prince, so he will definitely not be too harsh. He even screamed and wished that the entire palace knew..." King Zhou thought of something and first looked at the Emperor, then looked at him in disbelief. King Liao Xin asked, "Do you think the third prince did this on purpose?"
King Xin said clearly, "You are right, the third prince did it on purpose. He did this to make His Majesty feel distressed, and then bypassed the board behind him..."
Originally, the emperor had already thought of the words to make the Royal Guards stop, but after hearing what King Xin and King Zhou said, he swallowed the words hard.
Xie Lan stood aside and saw this scene in his eyes, feeling extremely ironic.
Back then, when he was only ten years old, his father ordered someone to beat him because he pleaded for the Xie family, saying that as long as he didn't admit his mistake, he would continue to beat him.
That day, all the civil and military officials knelt in the main hall to plead for him, while his good father sat on the high platform and watched, with no emotion in his eyes from beginning to end, as if he was looking at an insignificant person.
But now, the third prince had only received a few blows, and he was so distressed that he wished he could stop immediately.
Sure enough, if you don't care, you can tell by looking at your eyes.
After thirty minutes of playing, the emperor was about to send the third prince back to rest. The third prince insisted on coming in to admit his mistake to the emperor. In fact, he wanted to make a fool of himself.
Seeing this, King Zhou stepped forward and said, "I heard that the third prince led people to search Miss Tao's boudoir yesterday. I dare to ask the third prince, when did the third prince start investigating the murder of Mr. Zhou?"
If the third prince just thought that King Zhou was embarrassing him because of Xie Lan, now he felt that he just wanted to embarrass him.
What does his grudge with Tao Yaoyao have to do with him? Tao Shi'an didn't say anything. He, an outsider, chirped here without bothering him.
"This prince went to the Tao family, otherwise it would be impossible to find important evidence. As for what you said about breaking into the boudoir, I am not good at it. It was the second lady of the Tao family who took me in."
What King Zhou wanted was his words.
"It turns out what the second lady of the Tao family said is true." King Zhou smiled clearly, and the third prince felt that there was something in his words.
"What do you mean? What Miss Tao Er said is true. I just let her lead the way. Don't think so wildly?" There were rumors about him and Miss Tao's second daughter just for fun. .
It doesn't matter what outsiders say. Now you can't talk nonsense in front of your father.
"It doesn't matter whether I got it wrong or not. What matters is what the second young lady of the Tao family thinks. The third prince doesn't know it yet. When Tao Shian learned about it when he went back yesterday, he scolded him, but the second young lady said that it was the third prince. He did it because he promised to marry her.”
What?
The emperor and the concubine who came in looked at the third prince at the same time.
The third prince also looked surprised. When did he say such things... Well, even if he had a hint of this at the time, how could she, a girl, say it.
Not only did she say it, but she also spread the word about it, so she wasn't afraid of him going back on his word... Wait a minute, damn it, he didn't expect the second lady of the Tao family to be the same thief as this Tao Yaoyao.
Actually plotting against him.
"Father, my mother, my concubine, I swear that I have never said anything like this. I know my identity, but I don't want Miss Tao to be my concubine, so from beginning to end..."
"It turns out that the third prince has never thought of marrying the second lady of the Tao family." After King Zhou finished speaking, he looked in the direction of the door. He didn't know when Tao Yanyan was standing outside the imperial study room. After several people looked over, The third prince felt something was wrong and followed their gaze. He was surprised when he saw Tao Yanyan.
"Why are you here?" Then he said displeasedly, "Second Miss, I did ask you to help me that day, but if I knew that you would misunderstand my meaning, I would not let you help me no matter what." of."
"Misunderstanding?" Although Tao Yanyan had already guessed the outcome before coming, she was still very angry when she saw the third prince saying such heartless words with her own eyes.
What she did yesterday not only offended her father, but also offended Tao Yaoyao. It would be fine if Tao Yaoyao died, but what if she did not die?
What will happen to her?
The third prince wants to expose this matter with just a misunderstanding. What should she do?
Will Tao Yaoyao believe it?
"Third Prince, if you hadn't sworn to tell me that you would really marry me, do you think I would dare to go against the entire Tao family? For you, I have lost my only way out, and now you say that all this is My misunderstanding, are you trying to force me to death?"
Tao Yanyan stepped forward with tears streaming down his face.
"How presumptuous. You don't even know who you are, and you actually want to marry the third prince. It's your blessing to be able to help the third prince. If you don't want to, just say so. Why do you act like you have been greatly wronged? It seems that if you don’t know better, you might think we are forcing you.”
Concubine Xian had a mean look on her face.
Tao Yanyan saw the third prince lying on the ground silently, his hands hanging in his sleeves slowly tightened, and after scanning the people next to him with his peripheral vision, he secretly took a deep breath, and then before everyone could recover, he bumped into on the pillar next to it.
Seeing this, Xie Lan narrowed his eyes slightly.
King Zhou shouted, "Come quickly, please call the imperial physician."
King Xin stepped forward with a worried look on his face, "This child has such a bad temper. Even if he is angry, I can't joke with his own life. If this matter gets out, he will think that so many of us are bullying her, a little girl."
King Xin said this to the third prince. In the final analysis, it was the third prince who caused the incident. If something happened to Tao Yanyan today, it would be the third prince who was unlucky in the end.
The third prince couldn't turn a corner and couldn't figure it out for a while, but Concubine Xian quickly understood this. She resented Tao Yanyan for being ignorant, and hurriedly urged the servants around her.
"Your father will follow me to the Tai Hospital and rescue the person quickly."
Her son is the most likely person to sit in that position. If his future is ruined because of a woman, she will make everyone in the Tao family pay the price.
