There was a fire in the palace again, and Queen Lu set fire to "self-immolation". The huge cold palace was almost burned to rubble.
After the fire was extinguished, the imperial guards found the burned "Queen Lu" from the ruins. Emperor An was so furious that he directly ordered her to be buried.
There is no posthumous title, no funeral ceremony, no mourning hall, and even the rules of crying in the palace before burial are omitted.
All the servants in the Fengxi Palace were sentenced to death, and the guards in the Cold Palace were punished with stipends and rods. It is said that on the day when the deposed queen was carried out of the palace, there was only a very shabby thin coffin, and there were no funeral officials. Only the eunuch in the palace took it. After several people carried the bones out of the capital, they dug a deep pit directly outside the imperial mausoleum and buried the person.
Afterwards, Emperor An decreed that the Fengxi Palace be sealed and the fourth prince be killed. His cold and cruel attitude frightened everyone in the palace.
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"You said that my father sent my fourth brother to death?"
"The poisonous wine was given to him earlier, but the fourth prince refused to die and was wronged for making a noise. Later, he burned down the palace and burned down the palace. Your Majesty was extremely angry. He knew that the fourth prince wanted to ask for a meeting and didn't say anything. He only asked for it the next day. Let the servant Feng personally take people to the imperial prison and strangle the fourth prince to death."
The second prince... no, he hated the prince. Hearing the words of Miao Chun who was close by, he couldn't help but look dazed.
He had been seriously ill since he was in a coma in the palace that day. Emperor An "rewarded" him the title of county prince because he exposed the affair between Queen Lu and Prince Cheng, making him a big joke.
Prince Hatred didn't need to think about it to know how outsiders laughed at him and how those who had followed him would abandon him and join others. He closed the door of his palace and slept day and night. When he finally woke up, he suddenly knew that the fourth prince died.
Prince Hatred didn't know what expression to show for a moment.
Xie Guangzheng is the legitimate son of the middle palace and the next emperor selected by the family. He has been suppressed by his legitimate younger brother since he was a child. Almost all the glory has nothing to do with him. He even used it to protect himself when he was young. He didn't dare to show any talent, and he didn't dare to be academically better than the fourth prince.
Prince Hate envied this younger brother and was extremely jealous of him. He had always regarded the fourth prince as the biggest stumbling block on his way to the throne. He used him as a role model everywhere and tried every means to stumbling him.
But who would have thought that he would die like this.
Or he was strangled to death by his father's order.
Miao Chun couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, I heard that the fourth prince cried out for injustice until his death, and even after he was deposed and entered the cold palace, he kept saying that the fourth prince was of His Majesty's blood. Do you think he is really not the son of Prince Cheng? "
Based on the Queen's ability to play both sides between Prince Cheng and Emperor An, and even after marrying Emperor An, she was still able to deceive Prince Cheng, who had been infatuated for many years and even exchanged his biological son for her, and later almost lost the heir. She may not be able to use Emperor An's Bloodline deceived King Cheng.
After all, the queen knows best whose son the fourth prince is.
Prince Hate heard this and laughed sarcastically: "So what if it is true, so what if it is not true?"
My father was such an honorable person. Even if there was even the slightest doubt about Xie Guangzheng's bloodline, my father would not let him live.
It's a pity that he didn't think of this at all before. He only wanted to exploit the shortcomings of the Lu family and wanted to put the fourth son to death, but he forgot that the one who was cuckolded by the queen and lost his face was the emperor of Wei. The emperor who has been raising evil people for twenty years is the emperor who cares about reputation more than anyone else among ten thousand people.
Prince Hatred stretched out his hand and touched his forehead. The wound there had scabbed over, but a long one remained.
That day in the palace, his father really wanted to beat him to death.
Prince Hate turned around and asked, "What's going on with the Cui family?"
Miao Chun replied in a low voice: "Cui Shangshu was waiting for His Majesty's summons in the palace that day until midnight. Later, he couldn't resist, fainted, broke his arm, and hit his head. I heard that the people from the Forbidden Army were sent back to the palace. Then I fell ill, and it was hard to go to court in the morning."
"His Majesty ordered him to be banned from his residence on the grounds that he had failed to obey the imperial edict and waited for summons, and was disrespectful to your Majesty."
"The day before yesterday, the second master of the Cui family was impeached by the Yushitai. It was said that he was incompetent in his duties and allowed his subordinates to kill good people, so he was stripped of his official status by your majesty. The eldest wife of the Cui family, Gao Sach, also had his wife killed because of his doting on his concubine. He was demoted two ranks for using his official position to open a private business to compete with the people for profit."
Miao Chun also felt sad when talking about the Cui family.
"Cui Shangshu doesn't know if he hit his head that day. There has been an endless stream of doctors coming in and out of the Cui family in the past few days. I heard that the people from the Cui family even went to beg Governor Xiao to ask him to send a message to Qin. My wife is treating Cui Lin, and I think Cui Shangshu’s condition may not be very good.”
Prince Hatred suddenly raised his head when he heard Xiao Yan's name: "The Cui family went to beg Xiao Yan?"
Miao Chun said "Yes": "Ms. Qin went to some unknown place for medical consultation before. She was not in the capital. Governor Xiao is the most familiar with her in the capital. The Cui family went to Jiuyun Lane in person last night. .”
"Has Xiao Yan seen him?"
"Me, not only did I meet, Madam Qin returned to Beijing this morning and went directly to Cui Mansion."
Prince Hatred was silent for a long time, remembering what Xiao Yan said that day in front of the Holy Spirit.
He relied almost entirely on Xiao Yan today, and it was Xiao Yan who made some plans to buy him a good future. However, because he was too selfish and because he was afraid of Xiao Yan, he secretly went to investigate Empress Lu's affairs behind his back. He wanted to gain face before the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that he would be sent to death.
When Xiao Yan looked at him that day, his eyes were cold, but later he learned from Dr. Sun that his survival was all because of Xiao Yan's intercession for him.
His father hated him so much for exposing Empress Lu in the morning. At that time, he had murderous intentions towards him. Even when he saw him bleeding and comatose, he just left him to fend for himself, as if he wanted to use this to "finish it" quietly. "Him."
It was Xiao Yan who interceded for him, and it was he who risked being scolded by his father and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him...
In fact, Xiao Yan is not that heartless person. He is even more frank than many people in the court who are full of benevolence, justice and morality.
He may be a bit ruthless and his methods are sharp, but he is not a vicious person. Otherwise, if he is celebrating the holidays with the Cui family, why would Mrs. Qin be allowed to return to the capital to treat Cui Lin?
Xiao Yan looked cold and unkind, but in reality he was just standing in front of a saint and needed to protect himself.
Prince Hatred took a deep breath: "You ask someone to send a message for me. Just say that I want to see Governor Xiao."
Miao Chun was shocked: "Your Majesty, you hid Queen Lu's matter from Governor Xiao and almost got him punished by His Majesty. I'm afraid he won't see you..."
"I know."
"Then you still..."
"Don't worry about it, just go and send the message."
Miao Chun was puzzled, knowing that Xiao Yan was almost punished for what happened this time. After the incident with the Duke, no one from the Governor's Mansion came even once, and even the people who had stayed with the Prince had been evacuated. , obviously not planning to pay attention to the county king anymore.
How could Governor Xiao be willing to see them if he went to find him at this time?
Miao Chun felt uneasy, but couldn't resist Prince Hate. He was so hesitant that he asked someone to go to Jiuyun Lane. But who would have thought that there would be a response at night, and Xiao Yan would come in person.
