The emperor's face finally softened a little, and he said to the chief of Chengning County: "Get up. Your father has been dead for many years, why are you still so worried about him?"
The mainstream in Chengning County cried: "It's not a holiday, my father died young, but my granddaughter, no matter how sad she is, I'm afraid she can't compare with my grandfather's white-haired man sending a black-haired man. I just hope that I can fulfill my filial piety for my father. To comfort you..."
The emperor nodded happily, but said nothing more. Instead, he suddenly turned to look at King Xin: "Why did you suddenly think of uniting the kings to celebrate my birthday?"
King Xin's heart skipped a beat, but his expression was as calm as before. He kowtowed again and said with admiration on his face: "Father's Christmas is coming soon. I was thinking that you have been in power for many years and haven't seen anything rare. Yes? There is no point in giving you the things you have received before. It is better to find folk auspicious objects from the sons' fiefdoms and bring them in, in order to wish my father a long life and endless blessings..."
The emperor looked at him with his old but sharp eyes and said slowly: "Did you realize that King Wu was leaving the capital and then planned the whole thing?"
After these words were spoken, King Xin's heart skipped a few beats!
But at this juncture, how could he admit it, and how could he dare to admit it?
He immediately kowtowed to the ground, his face full of grievance, and choked with sobs: "Father, I know clearly, how could my son be such a cunning villain? If I really did such a thing, then call me..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was coldly interrupted by the Emperor: "Stop! I'm asking a question, and you answer it!"
King Xin said tremblingly: "...Yes."
The Emperor said: "Did you come up with this idea yourself, or was it suggested by someone else?!"
King Xin's eyes rolled slightly, and the emperor had already smashed the tea cup on the table on his head: "When I ask a question, you answer it immediately. If you dare to hesitate again, I will immediately have someone take you out and beat you to death!"
King Xin was hit hard and fell to the ground in a panic. He was dizzy and had tea splashed all over him. However, he did not dare to hesitate and knelt down straight again.
The emperor said sharply: "Tell me! Was it your idea, or was it suggested by someone else?!"
Xin Wangdao: "My son came up with it himself!"
The emperor said: "Who did you ask to prepare the share of your own house?!"
King Xin said: "Of course it is the chief historian of the house!"
"Very good." The emperor laughed twice: "What did you say when you told him?!"
King Xin's brain throbbed, and he paused for a few moments before quickly making up a few words.
The emperor didn't give him a chance to breathe, and said with all his face: "When did you pass on the long history? Did you ask him to come to your fiefdom to supervise this matter in person, or did you ask him to send someone to supervise this matter? At that time, there were only a few other people in the room. Do you two have any slaves to serve you? It’s not a shameful matter, so you won’t send away the slaves and leave you two alone to discuss it, right?!”
What is fake is fake after all. A rough answer is okay, but the emperor asked the question in detail and immediately asked people to confront everyone in Prince Xin's palace. Prince Xin was in trouble and could not answer the question.
The emperor looked at him condescendingly and said with a ferocious smile: "King Wu left the capital without permission, you deserve to be damned! You are so unfaithful and unjust, you dare to play tricks and try to mess with my shit, you deserve to be damned even more!"
"Come here," the emperor said sternly, "drag out this beast who has no father and no king and beat him to death!"
King Xin entered the palace with the feeling of seeing King Wu doomed, but he did not expect that his own end would come first before King Wu died.
With the lessons learned from King Chu and King Yan, he fully believed that the emperor could be ruthless enough to kill him, so he no longer cared about the so-called dignity and honor. He walked forward on his knees and begged for mercy: "Father, please spare your life. I am just a son." I was confused for a moment, Father..."
"Confused for a moment? Not necessarily," the emperor laughed, and said with a playful expression, "A few people were captured outside Yuquan Temple, and they confessed that you sent them there."
The color on King Xin's face instantly disappeared, his lips trembled a few times, and he said in a trembling voice: "You already know, why did you ask just now..."
The emperor sneered and said: "Otherwise, how could I see your ugly state of dying struggle?"
After saying that, he waved his hand suddenly and did not give King Xin a chance to speak again: "Take him down and kill him with the rod!"
If it were normal times, the kings would definitely come forward to plead for mercy to show their friendship. But today, seeing the emperor so angry, who dares to stroke the tiger's beard?
I just hope that this storm will pass quickly and never involve me.
But the emperor cast his sights on Princess Wu: "Ning."
Princess Wu forced herself up and kowtowed: "Yes, my daughter-in-law is here."
The emperor sighed faintly, as if he was helpless: "Do you know that evildoer left the capital privately?"
Duke Dingguo's heart was lifted.
Princess Wu also choked with sobs and kowtowed again: "Father, if my daughter-in-law really knows, how could she go out of the city overnight, so that..."
But the emperor said gently: "I know that he secretly left the capital. I never told you about it, otherwise I wouldn't have killed you."
He smiled and first told Princess Wu: "Raise your head."
Princess Wu raised her face respectfully.
The emperor's tone was gentle, and his eyes like a goshawk looked at her with an almost sinister look: "What I want to know is, when you left the mansion to look for him, did you know that he was actually leaving the capital? Have you gone?"
Chapter 85
Princess Wu had long known that the Tian family was ruthless, but no matter how much she speculated in the past, she never expected that the emperor would be so ruthless!
King Xin is the eldest son among the sons of the emperor today. He follows the national system of this dynasty. There are direct descendants and there are no direct eldest sons. There are still many people in the court who are optimistic about him. However, for such a prince, But the emperor ordered to be killed with a stick without hesitation...
This is true for a biological child, let alone her? !
As for the emperor's decision to deal with King Xin, he was not in a hurry to deal with King Wu, but Princess Wu didn't feel the slightest bit of resentment in her heart.
Because neither she nor the other people in the main hall clearly understood that King Wu was dead!
As for King Xin, the emperor briefly gave him a few opportunities. If he honestly confessed after entering the palace, there might be a glimmer of hope - although it was only a glimmer, but there was indeed it.
As for the King of Wu, if the emperor did not take the initiative to ask questions, it would be bad luck rather than good luck. What else can be said to a dying man?
Princess Wu knelt on the cold gold bricks. Chill ran down her knees and up her back. The wound ached slightly, but it also made her more awake.
With King Xin's lesson in front of her, she didn't dare to do anything smart. The emperor's heart was as deep as the sea, how could she fool him?
What Cheng Ning County Lord had said before flashed through her mind. With tears in her eyes, Princess Wu said slowly: "Father, the Emperor Mingjian, my daughter-in-law really doesn't know!"
She told the emperor the whole thing from beginning to end: "He only told me that he was going to Yuquan Temple to meditate. Because there had been such a routine before, he had never been on official errands, and his daughter-in-law had not been there too many times. I thought, help him pack his luggage, and send him off smoothly."
"After a few days like this, King Xin... Commoner Xin came to the house and talked about preparations for his father's holy birthday. He also said that the elder brothers had already nodded, and the people talked about it. There is nothing trivial at home, let alone a matter for the emperor? You are both a monarch and a respectful father. Your daughter-in-law does not dare to neglect, so she will immediately send someone to Yuquan Temple to deliver the message."
"The first wave of people went, but there was no reply. The daughter-in-law was worried, so she sent a second wave of people. This time, she finally got a reply. The slave girl in Fuqing said that the prince had gone to the mountains to relax. …”
The emperor raised his eyebrows with interest: "Oh? Is that what he said?"
"Yes," Princess Wu wiped her tears and said, "When my daughter-in-law heard this, she felt something was wrong. The prince had an accident before. If he doesn't like to go to the mountains and forests, why would he go to the mountains to relax?"
She cleverly ignored her own mental activities and only related the real things that happened: "The daughter-in-law is only thinking about two things in her heart. One is the birthday of her father. Before that, the common people sent people to deliver the message. , saying that the next day, he would discuss with all the kings the birthday of his father. The daughter-in-law is both a wife and a daughter-in-law, so how dare she treat the king’s father so rudely? She must have met the prince that day and informed him of the matter. "
"The second is the safety of the prince. If Fu Qing made up such a lie, it can be seen that the prince was not in Yuquan Temple at that time. If so, where did he go? Did something shocking happen in Yuquan Temple? ?”
At this point, Princess Wu started to cry again, and kowtowed sincerely: "Your Majesty is a nobleman of Tianhuang and the son of his father. If something happens in the capital, it will bring disgrace to the court and the royal family. Secondly, If you come, I'm afraid it will also make your father sad. Not long ago it was the death anniversary of the late Dong Gong. If the prince has another misfortune, my father's heart will be very unhappy!"
The emperor listened to her quietly, his eyebrows barely visible, but remained silent. He just looked at her thoughtfully. After a long time, he asked, "Really?"
Princess Wu raised her head, faced the emperor's scrutinizing eyes, and said sincerely: "How dare your daughter-in-law deceive the emperor!"
She was already injured, and after a bumpy journey to the palace, the wound opened up, her face was as white as paper, and her body began to tremble involuntarily.
The emperor seemed not to have seen this scene, stroking his beard and saying nothing.
Duke Ding knelt behind Princess Wu and saw the blood on his daughter's back. He felt sorry for the abnormality, but he did not dare to say anything.
The emperor looked around at the hurried kings who were kneeling on the ground, and asked in a friendly manner: "Do you know what common people do?"
The kings were really unjustly accused. They all kowtowed and denied it, fearing that if they were too slow, they would be singled out by the emperor.
The emperor smiled and stopped looking at them. Instead, he looked at Cheng Ning County Lord who had been given a seat: "Does the Duke of Qi know about King Wu's private departure from the capital?"
Cheng Ning County Lord said truthfully: "My granddaughter doesn't know."
The emperor snorted: "The Duke of Qi has a good wife, but he doesn't even want to plead guilty to them!"
Cheng Ning County Lord said: "My granddaughter really doesn't know, how can you presumptuously guarantee for them? If they really have evil intentions and collude with the King of Wu, you didn't let them go because of your granddaughter's words." , doesn’t it mean that you are indulging the traitor? It’s better to honestly say that you don’t know. My granddaughter thought, with your sage and foresight, you can naturally tell the difference between the traitor and the traitor in the Duke of Qi.”
The emperor smiled and asked him: "If they were involved in this matter, how would you treat them?"
"Then the grandfather must give his granddaughter a better guest!"
The mayor of Chengning County smiled, vaguely revealing a bit of the playfulness he used to have in the palace: "You can't say that if your granddaughter gets married, she is no longer your granddaughter, right?"
The emperor laughed loudly: "You, you, you!"
There are also some meaningful words: "Like your mother, smart!"
ChengNing County Lord pursed his lips and smiled, but did not explain this.
Outside the palace, the emperor's confidants came to see him. The emperor smiled and called people in: "How do you do?"
The visitor said: "It's exactly as Princess Wu said."
The emperor nodded, then glanced at Princess Wu, and said in a pitiful tone: "Get up, good boy. Look at this face, it's really ugly, why don't you go find an imperial doctor?"
He then went to help Duke Dingguo who was kneeling on the ground in person: "My dear, look at this marriage, I can't help you..."
Dingguo Gongxu supported the emperor's arm and stood up. The old man burst into tears and said: "Your Majesty said this, I am embarrassed!"
He also said about Princess Wu: "This sinner has been spoiled since she was a child and doesn't know how to be a woman. King Wu went to Yuquan Temple several times to meditate, but she felt that the outer city was poor and she was unwilling to agree to it. Go, if she were more sensible and respectful, maybe... I would be ashamed of your majesty!"
The emperor sighed and patted Duke Ding on the shoulder comfortingly.
Finally, his eyes fell on King Wu.
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
Since King Wu saw many garrison troops from the capital in front of Yuquan Temple, he has been filled with despair, but he still has some luck in his heart.
What if.
Although Brother Yan died, he did not die at the hands of the emperor, but was poisoned by Brother Chu.
The death of King Chu's brother was all because he led his army to force the palace. This was something he asked for.
Now it's his turn...
In fact, he did not do anything that would step on the emperor's bottom line. He simply went out of the capital to see his beloved and his own flesh and blood. Even if there was a rule that the clan was not allowed to leave the capital without permission, at most it was just to seize the title. Captivity.
I don't have a son at this time. If I'm lucky, my father will be so happy when he finds out about this, he will raise the board high and then gently fall down!
But he didn't expect that King Xin would die, and he would die in a cruel and dishonorable way, such as being killed with a stick.
If King Xin is like this, then he...
Ever since he entered the palace, King Wu had been waiting for a chance to speak, but if the emperor didn't ask him to come out, how could he dare to speak hastily? He only thought about how to reply in his heart, so as to change his fate.
At this time, the emperor finally asked the question. After Wu Wang quickly thought it over in his heart, he cried and kowtowed repeatedly: "My son is confused and guilty, but my father is aware of it. My son will never dare to be rebellious!"
He told the whole story: "When my son was trapped somewhere, he got married to a woman by chance, and they became flesh and blood. This time he left the capital to see her and the child..."
