Although he knew that the worst case scenario might occur, Zheng Xun still did not intend to sit still and wait for death.
He pretended to be confused and asked: "Father, what are you talking about? What is Deng Wuyou? What is this?"
Emperor Yongning was not angry, and still said in a gentle voice: "Deng Wuyou is a highly poisonous thing. Half a plant can kill someone. There are three plants in the country, which have been stored in the inner treasury. When you left the palace, you The government took the opportunity to enter the inner treasury to select utensils and bribed Dong Dao, the then deputy general manager of the inner treasury, and used his nephew as bait for him in exchange for a Dengwuyou plant."
He watched Zheng Xun's face gradually turn pale and asked calmly, "Am I right?"
Zheng Xun looked up at his father, opened his mouth, and the words stuck in his throat.
Yes, so right!
It was as if my father had witnessed it with his own eyes, and even Dong Sui, the deputy chamberlain, had found out.
You must know that Dong Xun was already ill at that time and passed away soon after. His nephew had also left Jingzhao long ago, and he had already sent people to silence him.
It can be said that there is no proof of death.
There is no proof of death here. It is clear that every move he makes is under the control of someone with care!
It seems that he is worried that there are hidden dangers in this matter. He has been on tenterhooks all these years and dared not do anything. This is right.
But he didn't move, and someone pushed him to move. As soon as he moved, his throat was strangled.
Facing his father's questioning, he had no way to defend himself.
It is true that he lent the opportunity to open the palace in exchange for leaving Deng Wuyou, and it is also true that he bribed Dong Su.
However, he only took away half of the Deng Wuyou plants, not even one!
Emperor Yongning did not give him a chance to argue, and continued: "You have been useless for this Deng Wuyou. Cheng Yong's direct descendant has close contacts with you, and he wants to control the Cheng family, so you can't tolerate Cheng Yong. , in order to avoid people’s eyes and ears, you used half a plant of Deng Wuyou this time. In order to win over people’s hearts, in order to deal with Changding, you were willing to do so. Are these things I said right?”
Zheng Xun's eyes widened and he shook his head, but stopped midway.
It's true that he contacted Cheng Yong's direct grandson through his uncle, and it's true that he was dissatisfied with Cheng Yong's obstruction, but... he didn't use Deng Wuyou to poison Cheng Yong!
Cheng Yong's life is more valuable than Cheng Yong's death. Cheng Ke can really take advantage of Cheng Yong's power. Why should he poison Cheng Yong?
What's more, Deng Wuyou is so precious. Not to mention that he has lost half of the Deng Wuyou plant in his hand. Even if he had it, he couldn't use it to poison Cheng Yong.
There are many ways to let Cheng Yong die, so why would he use Deng Wuyou who took such a big risk to get it?
And Chang Ding... He wanted to use Chang Ding to achieve certain goals, but he couldn't really kill her.
What the father said is wrong!
"Father, son..." Zheng Xun was finally able to speak, but all his words of defense were swallowed up suddenly after seeing the gentle eyes of his superior.
A lot of what my father said was wrong, but a lot of it was true.
Mixing true and false will make this thing more believable.
and even……
Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, from the moment the father knew that he had exchanged for Deng Wuyou, the worst outcome had already occurred.
Does your father care about the death of a veteran of three dynasties? Will he care about him dealing with Chang Ding?
No, what the father really cares about is his exchange for Deng Wuyou!
"Huh?" Emperor Yongning's eyebrows moved, and his tone could be considered gentle: "Why don't you continue? I want to hear it."
Listening to the excuses made by this superficially dandy prince, I would like to think that he is a helpless person, but he was able to hide it from him for so long.
If Zhu Yi and Xue Gong hadn't found out the clues, he would still be kept in the dark.
Zheng Xun lowered his head but still said nothing.
He was thinking desperately in his mind, what should he say to get things right? What should I say so that my father can tell the truth from the lies?
He doesn't know yet, but he knows that he can't rush. The more he talks, the more mistakes he will make.
Emperor Yongning seemed to have endless patience with Zheng Xun, and still asked: "Tell me, what did you want to do when you replaced Deng Wuyou?"
These words penetrated into his heart like a sharp blade, interrupting Zheng Xun's thinking and almost making him jump in shock.
He couldn't help but look up again, looking up in horror.
My father would actually ask this. Is this allowed?
Immediately, he lowered his arms dejectedly, and the light in his eyes dissipated little by little.
Why can't you ask? What really can't be is his answer.
Those secret thoughts and those inflated desires are only suitable for growing in his heart and cannot see the light at all.
How could he say this?
Emperor Yongning saw him becoming panicked little by little, and couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment: "What? You dare not say? Since you dare to trade for Deng Wuyou, but you dare not tell why you changed?"
He looked Zheng Xun up and down and said, "You have the idea of ascending to the throne of God, but you don't dare to say it? I'm surprised. I want this throne, how can I be so shameless?"
After that, he patted the armrest of the dragon chair, as if he was really confused.
With a "pop" sound, all the strength in his body seemed to be taken away, and he fell limply and sat in the hall.
His face was pale, his lips were trembling, he shook his head and murmured: "Father, I dare not..."
Emperor Yongning smiled and lowered his eyes to look at the palace: "There is no need to be so afraid, even if there is, so what? I was neither the direct descendant nor the eldest son, but now I am sitting in this position."
Emperor Yongning waited for a long time, and when he saw Zheng Xun still looking lost, his patience finally ran out.
He stared at Zheng Xun with a hint of coldness in his expression: "I don't think there is anything wrong with my son thinking about the throne, but there is only one thing. I don't allow the person who stares at it to be a fool. Do you understand? Tell me. Look, what are you doing this for?"
He really didn't understand what his prince was doing after doing so many things.
Since he behaves like a dandy prince, he should just be a wealthy and idle man. If he actually reaches out for Deng Wuyou, he can't turn a blind eye.
When he knew that Deng Wuyou had been exchanged, he was furious, but now, he has no intention of exploring this stupid son.
He was in the prime of his life, and the prince, without regeneration, would be nothing more than one more, and nothing less than one less.
Now he just wants to know where this stupid son used the other half of Deng Wuyou.
Zheng Xun gasped and said, "Father, son, minister..."
He stopped, as if to calm his rapidly beating heart, and then said: "Father, I don't have my son, it's... it's the prince, it's the prince who framed my son!"
Scenes flashed through his mind, and he was as clear as ever, and his words were extremely clear: "It's the prince, and the prince did all this! He doesn't want his son to continue to be a rich idler, and he doesn't want to see the Zhou family being highly respected by scholars. He's afraid His son-in-law will threaten him and worry about his unstable status!"
Emperor Yongning looked at Zheng Xun deeply as if meeting him for the first time: "Prince?"
