"What did you say?" When Qilong Emperor heard the guard's report, he was so angry he almost fainted. However, he still remembered what kind of situation this was. He stood and made a Daoist bow to the master of the Three Pure Monastery who was playing against him. "Spiritual Master, zhen probably cannot continue this game."
The temple master stood up with a faint smile. "Playing chess is up to fate. Your Majesty, please do as you wish."
The Qilong Emperor was not in the mood to chat with the temple master. After hurriedly leaving the inner room, he strode toward the West Court. By the time he arrived, all the womenfolk had retreated into the room. The Crown Prince had put on his clothes, and Li meiren had been carried away. The only eye-catching thing was the pool of blood on the wall.
Li meiren was the woman he had doted on recently. Otherwise, she would not have been on the list of blessings. But now, his son had slept with his concubine, and his concubine had committed suicide in front of all the womenfolk of the imperial family. No matter how many tricks he had, he could not stop the gossip. Did he have to kill all the womenfolk present? If he really did that, the entire Dazhao court would have a different person tomorrow.
Later, Ning Wang, Xian Wang, Prince Sheng, and Xu Wang Shizi arrived. Ning Wang was on the Crown Prince's side, but now that this had happened, he was full of regret. How could he have been so obsessed to be on the Crown Prince's side?
As a son, forcing his concubine mother to commit suicide was a matter of moral integrity. It had been seen by so many womenfolk, and there were so many guards present. This matter could not be concealed unless everyone present was on the Crown Prince's side.
But how could this be possible? In recent years, the Crown Prince had been too domineering and had offended many of the imperial families. There were rumors that Princess Sheng's miscarriage had something to do with the Crown Prince's fu. With Prince Sheng's position in the court, how could he not use this matter to make an issue of it?
"How are the womenfolk? Have they been frightened?" Ning Wang saw the situation and could only avoid the important matter and dwell on the trivial. He asked about the womenfolk present.
"Replying to Master Ning Wang, many of the nobles have fainted due to fright. The accompanying imperial physicians have already gone to check their pulse." A guard replied.
Yan Jinqiu, who had been silent all this time, asked naturally, "How is Xian Wang Fei?"
Due to the fact that Xian Wang loved Wang Fei, the guard was not surprised at all. He immediately replied: "Xian Wang Fei fainted from fright and has been helped to the inner room to rest."
"Hmm." Yan Jinqiu frowned. He moved his feet a few times and then stood still.
When the guard saw that Xian Wang was ready to enter the inner chamber at any time, he couldn't help but think that if it weren't for the other women in the inner chamber, Master Xian Wang would have already entered the inner chamber. Sure enough, seeing was believing. Xian Wang truly loved Princess Zhong to the extreme.
"Bastard!"
The Emperor shouted harshly. The guard hurriedly bowed his head in fright and didn't dare to breathe loudly.
Yan Jinqiu looked over upon hearing the voice. He saw the Emperor kick the Crown Prince a few steps away. If it wasn't for two young taijian supporting him, he would have fallen to the ground.
"You don't have to support this bastard. Zhen will cripple him today." The Emperor's anger had reached his heart. He took out a sword from the waist of the guard behind him and was going to chop the Crown Prince. Ning Wang saw that the situation was bad and hurriedly knelt in front of the Emperor. He wrapped his hands around the Emperor's legs and said, "Emperor, calm your anger …"
Before he finished speaking, the Emperor kicked him in the face. Lying on the ground, he heard the Emperor's angry scolding, "What is the use of zhen keeping a bastard like this? It is better to let him die."
Ning Wang decided to lie on the ground and not get up. He rubbed his swollen face and thought gloomily, if he was chopped to death, then he was chopped to death. In any case, it wasn't his son. The one who would end his family line wouldn't be him. If he was chopped to death, then everything would be over. It was rare for him to clean up the mess of a stupid Crown Prince.
Hearing the waves of cries and howls around him, Ning Wang, who was almost sixty years old, had the aura of lying through the earth. He had done his best. If the Emperor regretted killing his own son in the future, it would not be his fault.
After listening for a while, the Emperor still hadn't killed the Crown Prince. Ning Wang suddenly felt disappointed. If the Emperor really did chop the Crown Prince to death, then it would be good. He wouldn't have to face such a troublesome thing every day.
Ning Wang's wish was destined not to come true. Because when the Emperor raised his sword and kicked over ten people and was very close to the Crown Prince, the Empress appeared.
The Empress made a putong sound in front of the Emperor. With a face full of tears, she said, "Emperor, qie knows that the Crown Prince has made a great mistake this time, but please spare his death because he is your son. Qie only has this one son. He is qie's lifeblood. "
Your son is your lifeblood, but isn't Li meiren the lifeblood of her parents? Ning Wang felt that the ground was a bit hard and changed to a more comfortable position. He even gave a few painful groans. He wanted the surrounding people to believe that it wasn't that he didn't want to go and stop the Emperor, but that he was too old and couldn't stand up after falling.
Yan Jinqiu silently looked at Ning Wang who was groaning in pain but had a red face. He laughed coldly. This really was an old fox. He lowered his head to look at the footprint the Emperor had left on his robes. He sat down with a painful expression and then held his leg as he sucked in a cold breath.
The Emperor was in the prime of his life and had a strong body. With this kick, he felt great pain with every step.
Ning Wang and Yan Jinqiu's gazes met in the air and then they both moved their gazes away.
"Emperor, please spare the Crown Prince's life for the sake of our many years as husband and wife." The Empress cried until her makeup was ruined and her hair was disheveled. She had lost the bearing of an Empress in front of everyone, but for her, the most important thing was her son behind her.
The Crown Prince was dizzy from the Emperor's kick. When he saw the Empress kneeling in front of him, his mind gradually woke up from the chaos. He immediately knelt beside the Empress and cried bitterly, "Father Emperor, this son was framed by others. How could this son do such a disgraceful thing? Father Emperor, please investigate!"
The Empress also knew that this matter was strange. If Li meiren was still alive, the matter would not be so troublesome. But Li meiren had committed suicide, and she had committed suicide in front of so many people.
Even if it was found that the Crown Prince did not do this, how many people outside would believe it? Most likely, most people would say that they were protecting the Crown Prince. Li meiren had died innocently and was very pitiful.
If the Crown Prince had always been of good character, motivated, and loved the people as his own children, then even if this matter happened today, as long as it was investigated, no one would suspect. Even if it wasn't investigated, people would unconsciously suspect that someone had framed him.
But the Crown Prince … … no matter if this matter was related to him or not, at least in other people's eyes, he was related to this matter.
If the Empress could think of this, the Emperor could also think of this. He turned back to look at the people behind him. Who was the one who had done this?
Was this person forcing him to depose the Crown Prince?
But if the Crown Prince was deposed, who would he give the throne to, to those nephews who were eyeing him?
It would not be that easy!
"Investigate, investigate for zhen. Today, no one who came to the Three Pure Monastery is allowed to leave. Everyone is to stay for zhen."
The Emperor's words meant that everyone present was suspicious, but the Crown Prince who had rolled onto the same bed with Li meiren was not suspicious at all?
Everyone present were members of the Imperial Family. Hearing the Emperor's words, their expressions became strange. The person who had done the wrong thing was fine, but they, the innocent passersby, were guilty?
After the Qilong Emperor said this, he regretted it. Turning back, he saw the ugly expressions of the Imperial Family members and sighed dejectedly, "Come, take the Crown Prince to the Heavenly Prison. Before the matter is investigated, he is not to be released."
"Fuhuang?!" The Crown Prince looked in disbelief at the Qilong Emperor. What kind of place was the Heavenly Prison? If he, the Crown Prince, was taken to the Heavenly Prison, what face would he have in the future?
The Empress knew that the Emperor's actions were to protect the Crown Prince. Otherwise, the Imperial Family members would be dissatisfied. So she could only watch as the guards took the Crown Prince away.
"It's late now. Everyone, come back to Jing with zhen." The Qilong Emperor did not mention the words "no one is allowed to leave." He then sighed, "That unfilial son is like this, it really makes zhen's heart hurt."
What could everyone say? They could only coax and persuade him to relax, that the matter would definitely be investigated and so on.
As to what these people were thinking, no one knew.
In any case, that night, the news that the Crown Prince had raped his shu mother spread through Jing. In these rumors, the Crown Prince's image was that he was lustful and incompetent. Then he saw Li meiren's pretty face and had evil intentions. He took Li meiren and caused Li meiren to commit suicide by hitting the wall.
Li meiren's death meant that the Crown Prince was fated to be a "rapist." No matter what the truth was, the Crown Prince's image was like this.
But even if the Crown Prince was so absurd, the common people could only numbly accept it. Because the Emperor only had one son, the Crown Prince, in the end, the one to inherit the throne could only be the Crown Prince.
Because Xian Wang and his wife were injured and frightened, they were carefully escorted back to Wang Fei. An hour later, the Emperor rewarded them with medicine.
Hua Xi Wan looked at the bruise on Yan Jinqiu's knee and sighed. She said, "The Emperor's kick was really vicious."
"It's just for appearance. If he wanted to kill the Crown Prince, who would dare to stop him? He's just putting on a show for us." Yan Jinqiu pulled down his trousers and then said, "From what I hear, it seems that there is something wrong with Princess Sheng?"
Hua Xi Wan had someone bring a basin of hot water to apply to Yan Jinqiu's wound before saying, "After today's incident, tangsao had the intention of leading us to see what had happened inside the room. But the guards led us first and she gave up."
"There was such a thing." Yan Jinqiu's brow furrowed. Was this done by Prince Sheng and his wife? But with Yan Boyi's methods, he shouldn't have done it so crudely.
He looked at Hua Xi Wan and said, "Rest early. Let's not think about him for now."
In any case, it had nothing to do with them for now.
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