King Hengyuan looked gloomy. He was already resistant to today's wedding banquet, but King Rui insisted on staying, obviously determined to see his joke.
At this time, King Rui spoke, with displeasure and dissatisfaction in his voice: "I have always regarded Princess Yong'an as my own sister. Now that King Hengyuan treats her like this, I naturally want to seek justice for her."
As soon as Prince Rui said this, everyone present turned to look at him. Prince Rui and Princess Yong'an had no contact with each other on weekdays. Now that he publicly stated that he would stand up for Princess Yong'an, he was undoubtedly provoking King Hengyuan and taking this opportunity to suppress him. His arrogance.
Princess Yong'an grabbed Xie Yu's sleeve and shook her head slightly. Prince Rui was not trying to help her.
"Seventh brother, you just came back. Are you sure you want to go against me? Slandering the current prince is a serious crime." King Hengyuan said coldly, with a hint of threat in his tone.
Everyone knew that today's wedding banquet was a fig leaf for the two of them to mess around. The affairs of Shen Hong's family were exposed, and King Hengyuan was also implicated. Now everyone who should have run away has almost run away!
Xie Yu has just returned to the court and has not even established a firm foundation. If he can't offend Jiang Yubai, he can't deal with a lowly guy who just crawled back from the dead!
"You want to leave after making trouble? It's not that easy!" King Hengyuan shouted loudly, "The princess is not feeling well and should not move around. It is better to stay in my palace to recuperate."
His words were full of threats, and he obviously did not intend to let Princess Yongan go easily.
At the same time, Mrs. Shen saw that the situation was not good and quickly asked Shen Yan to leave with her. She knew in her heart that if she didn't leave now, she would wait until later.
However, their retreat was blocked by the people of King Hengyuan. King Hengyuan ordered coldly: "Stop the Shen family. No one can leave today."
His men immediately took action and surrounded Mrs. Shen and Shen Yan. The situation instantly became serious.
"Zhiyi, as long as you listen to me, what's wrong? Do you really want to do this?" King Hengyuan approached Shen Zhiyi, with a hint of threat and temptation in his tone.
The backyard of the palace
Since just now, Shen Qinghe has heard quarrels outside from time to time, which has made her uneasy and always felt like something big was about to happen. However, today is her big day and she is trapped in this room with no way out.
She sat on the edge of the bed, holding her dress nervously with her hands, feeling full of uneasiness.
"Chuntao, please go take a look for me. I always feel like something is wrong."
Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, breaking the tranquility of the backyard. Shen Qinghe's heart tightened when he saw that the person who opened the door was Concubine Ling.
"I wonder why mother came here?" Shen Qinghe asked cautiously, with an ominous premonition welling up in his heart.
"Bah, I don't have a daughter like you! Don't mistake your relatives!" Your concubine rushed up and grabbed her hair, "You ignorant girl, you are clearly Shen Hong's son, why are you pretending to be the general's daughter? .”
Your concubine's words were like a bolt from the blue, making Shen Qinghe instantly turn pale.
She knew that Shen Zhiyi's visit today would be nothing good. She was the disaster star, and all the plans she had worked hard for so many years were ruined by her!
She knelt in front of your concubine, with tears streaming down her face, and her hands tightly protecting her abdomen, "Mom, I just came in today, and I really don't know what happened outside. Please, for the sake of the child in my belly, spare me this time." .”
"Pa!" A crisp slap echoed in the air.
Your concubine slapped Shen Qinghe hard and scolded angrily: "You bitch! My son has been hurt so badly by you!"
Shen Qinghe was beaten so hard that he almost fell to the ground. The pain on her cheek and the fear in her heart made her wake up instantly. Now King Hengyuan might not even be able to protect himself.
Originally, your concubine thought that Shen Qinghe's marriage to the palace would help her son secure his position in the court, but she unexpectedly caused such a disaster.
In the front hall, the guards and servants of Hengyuan Palace were fighting fiercely with the people of Jinge. These people were no match for Jinge. If they went up to fight them, they would die. He was knocked to the ground in just a few moves.
A group of desperadoes rushed towards the two generals of the Shen family. Although they did not carry weapons, they had fought with real swords and guns on the battlefield. If they had not stopped, these people would have died long ago.
"Assholes! You useless things, you can't even defeat a few secret guards, and you can't catch a woman? Find some soft persimmons to pinch!" King Hengyuan roared angrily.
Looking at the trash underneath, King Hengyuan felt that all these years had been in vain!
"Xie Shaoheng, you are so brave! I am the general who protects the country and an important minister of the imperial court, but you are so rude!" Shen An shouted.
The moment he took out the token, everyone was stunned. The gold-rimmed and black-backed token symbolized supreme power, and he, as a prince, was not enough to resist it.
"General Shen, do you really want to go against me?"
"Huh, King Hengyuan, you have done such a treacherous and unethical thing, I forgive you for not being able to conspire with the villain." Shen An glanced in the direction behind Jiang Yubai, "Zhiyi, let's go."
Just when King Hengyuan was about to rush forward and give chase, a bright sword was already placed on his neck.
"Jiang Yubai, do you want to rebel?"
These secret guards are all Governor Jiang's people. "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will help the Inspectorate to find out and present these evidences to Your Majesty. I will never wrongly accuse anyone."
All these evidences were laid out in piles, just waiting for the emperor to take a look. Jiang Yubai said this just to deliberately annoy King Hengyuan.
Xue Xiao, the eldest son of Zuodu Censor, has a good relationship with King Hengyuan, but now he is eager to escape to protect himself. He is completely unaware of this. If the Holy Emperor blames him, there is no guarantee that he will not be implicated.
"Governor Jiang is right. I am Xue Xiao, the eldest son of Zuodu Yushi. I will definitely help the governor find out the truth."
"Xue Xiao, you!" King Hengyuan was so angry that his face was livid. He pointed at Xue Xiao and was speechless for a long time. He originally thought that Xue Xiao would be on his side, but he didn't expect that he would stand with Jiang Yubai in order to protect himself.
Anyone who has a relationship with the Zhang family will never end well. After the concubine was still Zhang, Emperor Jing always resented having collusion with Prince Sheng, but his own son knew it and gave His Majesty a grandson of the Zhang family.
"King Hengyuan, you are the prince and I am the minister. Those transactions back then were just because of your ability to learn etiquette and law, but I didn't know that you were like this, colluding with the descendants of the Zhang family, and working with a despicable villain like Shen Hong. I deceive the superiors and deceive the subordinates, I am loyal to Dongling and will never betray Dongling because of the prince!"
Shen Hezhi felt as if the blood all over his body had solidified at this moment, and his legs were as heavy as lead, unable to move. The world in his eyes became blurry, as if he was in an abyss.
Jiang Yubai gave an order, "Take these people back and interrogate them personally!"
