"Master Liu."
As soon as Liu Xiansheng walked out of the East Palace, he was stopped by Li Fu who came.
"Eunuch Li." Liu Xiansheng cupped his hands, "I wonder why Eunuch Li came here?"
"Your Majesty asked the servants to come and see His Highness the Crown Prince. It just so happens that the old servant wants to see you for His Highness. How is Your Highness doing now?"
"His Royal Highness is fine, but he is not in a good mood. Eunuch Li is fine and it is better not to disturb His Highness."
"Is that so? Thank you Master Liu for reminding me." Li Fu's eyes flashed, "I will send some supplements to His Highness and leave."
The Imperial Capital seems to be calm, but secretly it is turbulent.
This apparent calm lasted until Miss Cui's cousin was buried.
Cui Yingying was buried on the fifth day after Shi Qi was unconscious.
On the day of the funeral, the Cui family was covered with white silk hangings from top to bottom. The relatives were dressed in plain silk, with white flowers on their heads, and the word "Dian" embroidered with white thread on their arms.
Song Yuan was dressed in black and stood quietly in the corner where the coffin was parked. He looked coldly at the Cui family members crying in front of the mourning hall, looking very angry.
Those who didn't know thought that the old man lying in the coffin was the father-in-law.
That woman Cui Yingying is stupid. She comes from a branch of the Cui family. She managed to sneak into the imperial capital. She almost obeys the orders of the Cui family who brought her to the imperial capital. Therefore, her mother will try her best to guide Cui Yingying and make the woman feel that she is the quasi-prince. Concubine, and then kept causing trouble for the East Palace.
Just as he was thinking about it, a majestic old man stood in front of Song Yuan. The old man was as powerful as a rainbow and showed no sign of his age.
A pair of eagle-like black eyes stared straight at Song Yuan, like a hunter targeting his prey: "Prince, let's talk."
"Grandpa, do we have anything to talk about?" Song Yuan looked at Cui Linghong.
"Song Yuan, although you are the prince, the emperor still cares about some family ties, not to mention you are not the emperor yet."
This statement is somewhat treasonous. The emperor is not dead yet, how can the prince be compared with the emperor?
"Are you sure you want to talk to me here?"
"I've always been upright and aboveboard. Grandpa, just tell me if you have something to say."
"Okay." Cui Linghong sneered, "Song Yuan, you drowned Yingying to death and had someone slap Cui Yuan in the street. Do you take my grandfather seriously?"
"To be so arrogant and domineering, is this all you learn as a prince?"
Cui Linghong did not lower his voice, and even deliberately raised his tone to ensure that everyone around him could hear him.
"Cui Yuan despised the royal family in the street, can't Gu teach him a lesson? As for Yingying, why would grandpa think it was Gu who did it? Since you found the jade order by the well, how did grandpa know that someone wasn't framing Gu?"
Cui Linghong clearly saw the provocation in Song Yuan's eyes. Due to his identity, he suppressed his anger: "Your Highness, are you sure that I can't find any evidence of your actions?"
"I am also your grandfather after all. With your current attitude, do you really think I can't do anything to you?" As he spoke, Cui Linghong pinched Song Yuan's arm and came close to Song Yuan's ear to threaten, "Song Yuan , don’t forget who you relied on to get to where you are today!”
"What? Grandpa thinks he relies on your Cui family?" Song Yuan said with a smile.
"Isn't it true? If the Cui family hadn't gained power back then, do you think you would have been established as the crown prince in your lifetime? If it hadn't been for the Cui family, would you have been able to secure the position of crown prince?"
"Grandpa has been an official for so many years, so why doesn't he understand why others can't sleep soundly beside the tiger's couch?"
"You don't really think that my father is concerned about the position of the Cui family, right? Grandpa really thinks highly of the Cui family, hahaha."
"Why are you laughing?" Cui Linghong frowned and let go of Song Yuan, retreating with a bad premonition in his heart.
"Surround them all!"
As soon as Cui Linghong retreated, a group of officers and soldiers broke into Cui's house with weapons, led by Gu Zixiu.
The guests in the mourning hall were confused by this turn of events. However, the people who came were of high status and were not afraid to see the officers and soldiers. They just looked at them with curiosity.
"How presumptuous, what are you doing! This is the abbot's mansion!"
A servant stepped forward to stop Gu Zixiu, but was kicked away by the officers and soldiers beside Gu Zixiu.
"Master Gu, what are you doing?" Cui Linghong was still calm and walked around the servants towards Gu Zixiu.
Gu Zixiu looked Cui Linghong up and down, then took out the imperial edict from his waist: "Cui Linghong, take the edict."
Looking at the bright yellow brocade silk in Gu Zixiu's hand, Cui Linghong paused, lifted up his clothes and knelt down. As soon as he knelt down, the entire Cui Mansion, including the guests, knelt down.
Only Song Yuan stood in the corner.
Gu Zixiu glanced at Song Yuan and read out the imperial edict.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: Cui Linghong, the father-in-law of the country, embezzled and accepted bribes, misappropriated disaster relief food and wages, indulged his descendants and robbed people's daughters, bent the law for personal gain, and killed more than a hundred innocent lives. His crimes are heinous. Today, Cui Linghong is removed from all official positions in the Cui family. Three days later, he was beheaded in public, Queen Cui Jiaoniang was thrown into the cold palace, the Cui family's heirs were demoted to common people and sent to the frontiers, the men were sent to the army, and the women were made into military prostitutes."
"Appreciate this."
"Master Cui, please accept the order."
"...Impossible..." Cui Linghong looked at the imperial edict in Gu Zixiu's hand and his whole body was shaking. He didn't dare to reach out at all, "How is it possible? It's unjust, it's all unjust! Someone framed me! I want to see His Majesty! I want to see His Majesty !”
Anticipating that Cui Linghong would cause trouble, Gu Zixiu raised his hand, and the officers and soldiers behind him quickly stepped forward and held Cui Linghong down.
"Put it down."
"Yes, sir."
"Gu Zixiu, you can't touch me! I am the emperor's father-in-law!" Cui Linghong twisted his body and struggled, but what he got in return was the officers and soldiers' shackles getting stronger, "Gu Zixiu, I am the emperor's father-in-law!"
The officers and soldiers acted according to the order and soon escorted the Cui family members out.
When passing by Song Yuan, Cui Linghong was panting like an ox and his eyes were full of resentment: "It's you who is the evil one, isn't it? What good will it do you if the Cui family collapses?!"
"What good will the collapse of the Cui family do to Gu Neng?" Song Yuan smiled and coughed twice. The wounds left on her body from the last time have not yet fully healed. "It's just the emperor's great kindness."
Watching Cui Linghong being dragged away, Song Yuan subconsciously touched the jade ring on his thumb. Only when it was empty did he realize that the jade ring had been crushed by her.
Cui Linghong was arrested and the banquet dispersed.
Gu Zixiu did not leave with the officers and soldiers, but walked quickly towards Song Yuan.
"Your Highness, please show me more kindness in promotion."
"Master Gu is so talented, but I just don't want his pearl to be covered in dust."
"Wei Chen, please take His Highness back to the palace. It just so happens that the Imperial Minister has to go to the Queen to make noise."
"Um."
"Your Highness, please."
Gu Zixiu secretly looked at Song Yuan. The Cui family had fallen and his biological mother was thrown into the cold palace. He wanted to see something from her face.
The prince is an upright man, and one can imagine what the situation would be like without the queen and the Cui family.
It's a pity that Song Yuan doesn't seem to be interested in the affairs of the Cui family and the queen at all, and his attitude is strangely cold.
When the Cui Mansion was confiscated in such a big way, it was impossible to hide it even if it wanted to.
Before Song Yuan and Gu Zixiu arrived at the palace, Cui Jiaoniang of Fengyi Palace heard about it from the palace maid.
At that time, she had changed into plain clothes and was about to go to send Cui Yingying's funeral. Before she set out, she heard the bad news and almost fainted on the spot.
"What did you say? Song Yuan is also in Cui Mansion!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince was also present at that time."
"Then what did he say? How is father now?"
"Master Cui has been sent to the prison, and the prince didn't say anything." The old lady supported the queen and comforted her.
"...You evil girl!" Cui Jiaoniang was so angry that she vomited a mouthful of blood. "She must have done it. I will not let her have an easy time. I have something important to report to Your Majesty! Fengchun, please go and inform her immediately. Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is born as a girl! She can never become the Crown Prince!"
