However, facing Emperor Mu's cold and majestic eyes, the three of them trembled. They didn't even dare to protest with their eyes, and could only accept the result in panic.
The conflict between the fifth princess and Princess Zhan, which alarmed the emperor, was soon known to King Chen and King Yu.
After hearing that the emperor was interrogating him in person, King Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, and a hint of interest appeared on his gentle and feminine face: "Sixth brother, actually I have always had a question that I am confused about."
King Chen looked at him coldly.
"Ninth brother is a compatriot of your mother and has a heavy army. If it were me, I would treat him as a Buddha. Not to mention three meals a day with good wine and good food, and keep in touch with brothers every now and then. When he is I gave you a generous gift on the wedding day, and the sisters-in-law get along well with each other on weekdays. Even if I am occasionally wronged, I would rather show my face and let the other party play with it." King Yu looked at King Chen up and down, "Why Liu? My brother just did the opposite?"
With a brother like the War King who only knows how to lead troops to fight and doesn't care about anything else, King Chen should wake up from his dream with a smile. After all, this brother is his strongest support in fighting for the throne.
Even if he is wary of the military power in the hands of the War King, that will only happen after he ascends the throne as he wishes. It is too early to think about it so much now.
They are still in the stage of fighting for the heirloom. Instead of coaxing him and helping him, they are against him at every turn, allowing Princess Chen and the Fifth Princess to fight against Princess Jianzhan.
Although King Yu was happy to see their brothers turn against each other, occasionally he really wanted to pry open King Chen's brain and see what was inside.
King Chen had a worried expression on his face and said in a cold voice: "It is precisely because of his special status that I cannot blatantly befriend him. Brother Huang, don't you even know how to avoid suspicion?"
Leaving these words behind, he turned around and headed towards Qinzheng Hall.
But he came a step too late.
Emperor Mu had already announced the outcome of the deal. Concubine Gu was sent back to Zhaochen Palace by Princess Chen and Mammy. The Fifth Princess and Jiang Qian were forcibly taken to the Queen's Shuhuang Palace. At the same time, Yang Dexi arranged for several apprentices to go to various places. The imperial edict was conveyed to the Jiang family, Dou family and Prince Rong's palace respectively.
As for the reaction of these three companies after learning the news, that is a story for another day.
At this time, King Chen was standing at the foot of the palace steps, watching Rong Cang walk out of the Qinzheng Hall. He was dressed in white and looked as noble and cold as a white crane in the sky. However, in King Chen's eyes, he only thought that he was a human being. Wolf.
A snow wolf that looks noble and harmless but is cruel in nature.
Not knowing why he had such thoughts, King Chen was in a daze for a moment before speaking calmly: "Jin Yue offended Princess Zhan today. I, the elder brother, should apologize on my behalf. I hope Ninth Brother will not take it to heart."
Rong Cang looked at him expressionlessly: "Rong Jinyue is your sister, and I am also my sister. She made a mistake, and as my brother, it is my duty to teach her a lesson. There is no need for you to apologize on my behalf."
King Chen froze, then nodded slowly: "Ninth brother is right, but mother and concubine are the elders after all. Don't you think what ninth brother did today hurts mother and concubine's heart too much?"
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you." Rong Cang walked down the steps of the palace slowly, his voice cold and unkind, "She doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and when she allows her daughter to be arrogant and domineering and bully others, she never thinks about whether others will sad."
Leaving these words behind, Rong Cang walked past him.
King Chen pinched his palms and turned to stare at his back without saying a word.
Even the words that the mother-in-law is sad can no longer make him worry in the slightest. Is Rong Cang determined to break up with him?
In this case, don't blame him for being cruel.
Looking up at the door of Qinzheng Hall, King Chen gave up the idea of going in to plead guilty. After all, Rong Cang said that Jin Yue was their common sister. She made a mistake, and it was natural for her brother to teach her a lesson. No one should apologize for the other. statement.
In this case, there is no valid reason for him to go in and plead guilty to his father, right?
What's more, even if he pleads for mercy, it can't change the outcome.
Thinking of this, King Chen turned and left with a gloomy face.
Returning to Prince Chen's Mansion, he coldly ordered: "Call Qianqi to the study. I have something to tell him."
"yes."
King Chen was in a bad mood, and his servants were all serving him with trepidation. The servant walked into the study with a pot of tea and quickly left.
A middle-aged man in a black robe that reached the floor slowly walked over, exuding a frightening and sinister aura. Even if he didn't say a word, people could feel an inexplicable dangerous aura from him.
"Your Majesty." The man knocked on the door, then pushed the door open and walked in. "Are you looking for me?"
King Chen stood in front of the window and said in a sinister tone: "When will the poison in King War's body be activated?"
"Instigated?" The man in black robe frowned and calculated the time when Rong Cang was poisoned. "Logically speaking, the poison should have started to take effect."
King Chen frowned and turned to look at him: "Are you starting to have an attack?"
"Yes." Qianqi nodded.
King Chen shook his head: "Rong Cang's expression and state do not look like he is suffering from a poisonous attack."
"The symptoms are not obvious in the early stage of the attack. They are usually accompanied by symptoms such as bad temper, changeable mood, and pain in the internal organs like insect bites. For a person with strong willpower like the War King, enduring that little pain is nothing." Qianqi said calmly. , "It's just that the symptoms will gradually worsen with each attack. I guess the War King may have noticed that something is wrong with his body, but he has a special status and there are some things that cannot be easily known to others."
King Chen was silent: "Is there any way to make his pain worse?"
"Of course." Qianqi smiled sinisterly, "The Gu mother raised by the prince can come in handy."
"Chu Yunjiao?"
"Yes." Qianqi nodded, "The poison likes blood, and the sub-gu is even more greedy for the blood of the mother voodoo. At the same time, the mother voodoo and the sub-gu are inductive to each other. As long as the person who possesses the mother voodoo sees the blood, that kind of poison will be felt even eighteen miles apart. The breath that can be sensed will make the sub-gu crazy and agitated. The more agitated the sub-gu is, the greater the pain will naturally be for its owner."
King Chen didn't say anything, it was just as he had guessed.
So the most critical point lies in Chu Yunjiao.
Before sending Chu Yunjiao to Prince Zhan's Mansion, he hoped that she would stay with Rong Cang and be used when needed, but now he couldn't wait any longer.
Rong Cang has been too high-profile recently and he can't stand it anymore.
"Do you need to do anything else?"
"No need for the time being." Qian Qi thought for a while and looked at King Chen earnestly, "I've been feeling unlucky recently. Can you give me some more money?"
When King Chen heard this, his face immediately darkened: "You have lost a lot of money recently."
"The money I lost is all my own." Qian Qi frowned in displeasure, "His Royal Highness, King Chen, is so rich that he can't match the country. He doesn't care about this little money, right?"
"The person who is so rich is not me, but the Gu family." King Chen corrected him coldly, "I cannot use the Gu family's money however I want."
Of course he can recruit troops and buy horses. There is nothing wrong with using it to win over officials and cultivate connections. But it was used by a gambler. Is this a legitimate reason?
