In the East Palace, ritual music was playing, and Song Heqing walked into the main hall of the East Palace holding a wedding fan...
Song Heqing looked at the handsome Zhao Chong in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. He finally got what he wanted, but he was not as happy as he imagined.
When Song Heqing was worshiping heaven and earth, he looked out of the corner of his eye, thinking that Qi Yuning would appear.
Song Heqing never thought that Qi Yuning would not be here on her big day, and he didn't know what happened to Qi Yuning or whether she had escaped Qin Zhen's pursuit...
"It's done!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Minister of Punishment hurriedly entered the room and said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, there is a fire in the prison, Prince Lu, Prince Lu, he was burned to death!"
"What?!"
"How can it be?!"
Qin Yuli was the first to walk up to the Minister of Punishment and said, "I just came back from the prison. Isn't Cousin Ze still fine? How could something happen to him? How could it happen?"
The King of Liao looked at Zhao Chong and said: "Ze'er is dead, couldn't it be you who did it?"
"Brother Five Emperors!" Zhao Chong frowned, "Today is Gu's happy day. How could Gu attack Ze'er? Do you know the consequences of slandering Yu Gu?"
Qin Yuli covered the wound on her abdomen and said, "I don't believe it. I don't believe that Cousin Ze will die. I want to see Cousin Ze!"
"Ze'er! Ze'er!" Queen Qin, who was sitting in the main hall, covered her heart and said, "Is something really wrong with Ze'er? Help me go to the prison!"
Zhao Chong didn't care about today's wedding. It was a ceremony anyway, so he stepped forward to support Queen Qin and said: "Mother, don't be anxious, take your time."
A group of people arrived at the sky prison. As soon as they entered, the ground was covered with water. When they walked in, they saw a charred cell and a blackened corpse. The face could no longer be seen clearly.
Qin Yuli stepped forward and knelt on the ground covered with black water. She moved her hands tremblingly across the charred corpse in front of her. Seeing the jade plaque Lu Ze was wearing, she stepped forward to hug the charred corpse and screamed Yelled and cried.
"Cousin Ze!"
"Why did you just leave? Why did you just leave!"
"Queen!"
Empress Qin fainted when she saw the scorched corpse. Zhao Chong stepped forward and hugged the empress and said, "Queen Mother!"
Zhao Chong was extremely sad and said: "Oh, Ze'er, Ze'er, why do you have to come and slander Gu's life experience? After all, you are harming others and yourself. Alas! You can go away well."
Prince Ning said: "Your Highness, I feel that Ze'er's death is not easy. Since he told the story about aphrodisiac before his death, I want to meet my father. It happens that there is a businessman from Persia in my house, and he knows aphrodisiac." For the spices made, why not let him see if the sweet grass fragrance used by the emperor is the fragrance of aphron?"
Zhao Chong frowned and said: "My father is in retreat at a critical moment. No one is allowed to disturb my father if he is ordered to do so!"
Prince Ning said: "Is the prince afraid that we will come and disturb him, or is he afraid that the affair of Afurong will be exposed?"
Uncle Qin stepped forward and said, "Prince Ning, what do you mean?"
Prince Ning said: "I don't mean anything, I just want to know if my father is healthy!"
King Liao followed closely and said: "Yes, my father has not shown his face for almost a month. How about letting us see his body and bones?!"
Zhao Chong looked at Uncle Qin. Uncle Qin nodded to the prince. After taking afurong for a month, His Majesty had already relied on medicine. As long as the fragrance of afurong was there, the old emperor was just a puppet.
Zhao Chong said: "Okay, I can let you meet my father."
King Ning and King Liao looked at each other and followed Zhao Chong into the palace to the Tai Chi Hall.
As soon as he entered, he smelled a strong sweet fragrance. Emperor Shi Yuan inside was much thinner, but he was smelling the incense burner in front of him with a happy and contented expression.
"I have reached a critical moment in my cultivation. Who allows you to come in? Get out!"
Prince Ning stepped forward and said, "Father, Ze'er said that the vanilla that the prince gave you was poison... I want to come and ask for confirmation!"
Emperor Shi Yuan frowned and said: "Your Majesty has always been loyal, but I see that you have been too narrow-minded since you were a child. Don't you have the desire to seize power like the King of Shu. You come to disturb my cultivation and slander your brother. Can I tell you, the second brother?" , this throne belongs to me, and the crown prince belongs to Chong'er, don't even think about using those crooked ideas!"
Prince Ning knew that Emperor Shiyuan was partial, but he never imagined that Emperor Shiyuan hated him so much.
Who doesn't want the throne? A prince who doesn't want the throne is either incompetent or a fool. But he never thought of murdering Emperor Shiyuan, but he didn't expect to be so misunderstood.
Prince Ning shook hands and said, "Yes, Father."
Zhao Chong looked at Prince Ning arrogantly and said, "Can the Second Emperor Brother leave?"
Prince Ning could only bow respectfully and said, "Father, I will take my leave first."
In Shengjing City, the death of Prince Lu in prison became a topic of discussion. Everyone felt sorry for Prince Lu. After all, Prince Lu was going to get married in a few days, but he died in prison.
"This Princess Qi is really ill-fated. It seems that she was a lone star in the sky. She had no father or mother since she was a child, and now she killed her fiancé just a few days before the wedding."
"In the days since Prince Lu's accident, Princess Qi has not come out to say a word for him. This person is dead, and Princess Qi has not come out to show her face."
There was a lot of discussion in the teahouse.
In early April, in Beicheng and Sha Town, the weather was getting cooler at dusk.
Lingling slid down on the sand, raised her arms and shouted, with a happy face.
Princess Pingrou caught Lingling from underneath and said, "Okay, okay, it's getting dark today. Let's play again tomorrow."
Lingling was in Princess Pingrou's arms and said, "Grandma, Lingling misses her parents. Lingling is very well-behaved. Why haven't her parents come over yet?"
Princess Pingrou touched Lingling's head. There was no news in Shengjing City, and Princess Pingrou was also full of worry.
She was not only worried about her children, but also worried about her father, queen, and queen.
The drug taken by the father has been controlled by her mind. The mother has always trusted the Qin family and loved Zhao Chong, so she will not doubt them at all...
Princess Pingrou could not let Qi Yu'an rashly launch an army. She only hoped that the Persian envoy could expose the poison of Afurong as soon as possible and restore her father's sanity. The Qin family would not dare to easily force the palace to rebel.
"Ling, Lingling!"
Lingling heard a familiar voice and looked back, only to see Qi Yuning riding on the horse.
Lingling got down from Princess Pingrou's arms and ran quickly towards where Qi Yuning came from with her calves.
Qi Yuning got off the horse and ran towards Lingling, holding Lingling tightly in his arms.
Lingling burst into tears in Qi Yuning's arms, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
Qi Yuning's heart was broken when she heard Lingling's loud cries of grievance. She hugged Lingling tightly and said, "Lingling, my mother will never leave you again, never again."
Lingling was still crying in Qi Yuning's arms, "Mother is bad, wuwuwu."
Qi Yuning also shed tears and said: "I'm sorry Lingling, my mother will never let you be separated from her for so long in the future. I'm sorry, Lingling."
Princess Pingrou saw the mother and daughter hugging each other and heard a mother's call. She saw Lu Baozhu looking haggard and his hair was messy. Princess Pingrou stepped forward and hugged Lu Baozhu.
Lu Baozhu cried and said, "Mom, I have suffered a lot these days."
Seeing his third brother, three younger siblings and the juniors of the Lu family coming one after another, Prince Consort Lu stepped forward and said, "Why are you all here?"
Mr. Lu sighed and said, "It's a long story. Something happened in Shengjing City. Alas... we haven't even rested for ten hours since we came all the way. We really can fall asleep right away."
Prince Consort Lu said: "Then you should take a rest quickly."
Princess Pingrou looked at everyone in the Lu family, lowered her head and asked Lu Baozhu, "Where is your brother? Why didn't Ze'er come with you?"
Lu Baozhu choked and said: "Mother, my brother is still in Shengjing City... He is locked up in a prison."
Princess Pingrou was shocked: "What?!"
Qi Yuning said repeatedly: "I have made arrangements for Lu Ze. I think he should have escaped from prison."
Qi Yuning gave Lingling to Princess Pingrou and said, "Princess, I have to go to my brother to discuss going to Beijing to kill the crown prince and protect your majesty. Lingling, please take care of her first."
"No, Lingling, don't separate from your mother!"
Lingling hugged Qi Yuning tightly, her little peach blossom eyes filled with tears.
Princess Pingrou said: "It's been a while now, and we don't have to waste a whole day. Seeing how haggard you are, you might as well rest first. It won't be too late to return to Quan Town tomorrow."
Lu Baozhu nodded and said: "Yes, we are not in a hurry for this day. We are considered safe."
Qi Yuning looked at Shengjing City and said: "No, we can't delay. If we are late, Lu Ze will be in danger for one more day. Now I don't know if my method can allow him to escape. Besides, I don't know yet." What will Zhao Chong and the Qin family do after our identities are revealed! The Qi family army in Beicheng must make preparations first."
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and said, "Do you dare to ride a horse with your mother?"
Lingling nodded her little head and said: "Dare!"
