If being plotted by Empress Lu for many years made Prince Cheng resentful, then the doubts about the fourth prince's life experience made him feel like he was struck by lightning.
When Rongyue was pregnant, Lu Qingfeng was terrified, fearing that he would be empathetic to Rongyue's unborn son. To protect Lu Qingfeng's heart, he had Rongyue's meal tampered with, so that the child would be stillborn, and even used the Lu family's son as a baby. The bloodline of the Rong family is nurtured under Rong Yue's knees, just as Lu Qingfeng said, he will assist his parents and children in the future and pocket the power of the Rong family.
The night Rong Yue gave birth, it rained heavily in Beijing.
She screamed miserably, and under the thunder that reflected the sky like daylight, he saw with his own eyes the child wrapped in blood, covered in bruises...
"If the fourth prince is not the prince's biological son and Lu Qingfeng lied to you, then what do the things the prince has done these years and the two sons you killed with your own hands count? You suffered all kinds of torture to protect their mother and son, but in the end you changed All descendants are gone..."
"It's really pitiful."
The faint voice echoed in his ears, like a poisoned sword piercing his heart.
King Cheng stared at his hand, which had lost all ten fingers after being tortured, and was as bare and ugly as a sarcoma. He thought of the "child" in prison who had shriveled up and had no appearance, and recalled what he had done for Empress Lu over the years. , thinking of how he would rather die than reveal even a single bit of determination to protect the fourth prince Zhou Quan.
There was a fishy sweetness rolling in his throat, and the next moment he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Stop talking!!"
After King Cheng hissed, he raised his head with red eyes: "You said so much, what do you want to do?"
Xiao Yan looked at him: "Of course I want the prince to die in peace."
King Cheng stared at the person in front of him, and when he opened his mouth, it was full of blood: "I have been stupid all my life, and being played by a woman has become a big joke. But when I die, I will never stay stupid. You have worked hard to Letting me know Lu Qingfeng’s true face is definitely out of good intentions.”
His heart ached, but he might have suffered a catastrophe, but his mind was sober as never before.
"Xiao Yan, you seem to be targeting the Lu family, attacking the aristocratic family everywhere, but if you think about it for so many years, you always let go when you have the chance to be ruthless. You have thrown the imperial court into chaos, bringing the emperor, the aristocratic family, the clan, and Qingliu into chaos. Pull them all down."
"Is it the aristocratic family, the royal family, or Xie Tianyong you are dealing with?"
"Xiao Yan, who are you?!"
Xiao Yan looked at Prince Cheng, who was staring at him intently, with an indifferent expression: "Is it possible that the prince is confused? This governor is my governor, why should there be others?"
King Cheng looked at him, as if he wanted to see clearly who he was through his face, but he didn't care at all. His expression was cold and indifferent, as if everything was just nonsense, but King Cheng But he knew that Xiao Yan was by no means just another eunuch he had seen.
The stern look on his face faded, and King Cheng suddenly laughed softly: "Xiao Yan, I am not unjust for losing at your hands."
"No matter what your purpose is, I will help you."
No matter who he is, no matter what he wants to do, he just wants Lu Qingfeng and Xie Tianyong to die.
Whether Xiao Yan wants imperial power or wants to destroy the Xie family, as long as he can destroy Lu Qingfeng, all of them will go to the eighteenth level of hell.
He will help him!
Let's all die together! !
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Xiao Yan asked people to guard the outside, and ordered Jinyun to come in. He and King Cheng stayed in the prison for about half an hour, one asking questions and the other answering, while Jinyun next to him was taking notes quickly with a pen.
King Cheng seemed determined to drag everyone along to be buried with him, whether it was about the secrets of the royal family, the secrets of the court, Empress Lu's, Xie Tianyong's, even some of the royal family members and even the courtiers who had followed him, as well as Everything he had found out over the years was revealed.
Jinyun was originally a little confused. Why did his master want to "add insult to injury" when King Cheng was in such a state and spend so much time on him? But when he wrote more and more in his hand, the handwriting on the paper was full of words. , even his heart couldn't help but jump.
King Cheng actually knows so many things!
Jinyun became more cautious and wrote faster, waiting until King Cheng explained everything he knew clearly.
Xiao Yan glanced at the almost impossible pile of papers on the table that was brought in next to him, turned to Prince Cheng and said, "After the prince is executed, I will order someone to collect the body for you."
"No need."
King Cheng laughed at himself and said: "I deserve to be where I am today. Death is like a lamp going out. Even if Xie Tianyong hates me, he will not let the head of the royal family stay at Caishikou." Even if he had to be thrown away. The mass graves had to be carried away in one piece. He never thought that he would be able to enter the imperial mausoleum with such an ending.
"But I know one thing. Although it has nothing to do with Xie Tianyong, I think Governor Xiao will be interested in it."
Seeing Xiao Yan raise his head, he said: "The eldest lady of the Rong family and the second son of the Song family did not die accidentally."
Xiao Yan said coldly: "I know that it was the Queen's handiwork."
King Cheng looked at his words in surprise, but then he remembered the method of the person in front of him, but felt that it was not strange that he had known about it.
"Since Governor Xiao knows that their deaths were not accidental, then do you know why they died?"
Prince Cheng did not show off and said directly: "Actually, Lu Qingfeng didn't want to kill Mrs. Rong and the others at first. She just wanted to find something from their hands. However, Mrs. Rong was too shrewd and she noticed something was wrong. Lu Qingfeng I had no choice but to kill him."
"Everyone knows that the two of them died before they returned to the city, but in fact the person Lu Qingfeng sent to take action had an accident. Song Erlangjun did die, but Mrs. Rong was still alive when she was sent back to the Song family. , she died in the Song family later."
Xiao Yan never expected that King Cheng would say this. He suddenly remembered the talismans and black blood in the coffins of Tang Ning's parents, and his eyes condensed: "Is it Mrs. Song?"
King Cheng nodded: "Song Hong should also know about it."
Xiao Yan's face instantly filled with frost: "What is the queen looking for?"
King Cheng said: "Military Talisman."
Xiao Yan was stunned: "Soldier talisman?"
How come the Rong family has military symbols?
King Cheng seemed to know his doubts and explained: "Master Xiao should know about Xie Tianzhao, right? Back then, the emperor's grandfather loved Xie Tianzhao and appointed him as the prince before his death. He even secretly passed the late emperor and sent 50,000 Longting guards to the northwest and ten more. The military power of the 80,000 Zhen'an Army was given to Xie Tianzhao, and the one who could command them was a military talisman that no one had ever seen."
"The late emperor was originally afraid of Xie Tianzhao's popularity. Later, when he found out that he had such a sharp weapon in his hand, he became determined to kill him. However, no one has ever seen what the weapon talisman looks like."
"After Xie Tianzhao's death, the burned-down East Palace was ransacked, and the homes of all those related to him were ransacked, but the whereabouts of the military talisman could not be found."
