Chapter 168

Take care of your wings

Seeing Jiang Jianzheng with a head full of white hair, eyes downcast and a lifeless appearance, the court officials felt extremely annoyed and regretful.

Originally, the Imperial Observatory had reported that the evil spirit would enter the city on the ninth day of the first lunar month. It was Prince Yue Ming and Prime Minister Liu who interfered and caused this disaster.

"madness."

The emperor's furious voice echoed in the hall. He pointed at King Yueming, with veins bulging on the back of his hand.

"Who calculated the fifth day of the first lunar month? Who calculated it?"

The blood on his forehead slowly overflowed, and the warmth was mixed with a strong smell of blood. King Yue Ming did not wipe it off, but just knocked the blood mark to the ground with his head.

"Father, I am seriously wrong in this matter, but the reason why I trusted Prime Minister Liu is that he has more than a dozen masters who are comparable to the Imperial Observatory. I have checked those masters and they have never made any mistakes. I also want to do something for the people and improve my reputation among the people. I want you to look at me with new eyes, and I also want you to look at me with higher eyes. Fortunately, this matter was finally resolved without bloodbath in the capital. I beg you to punish me severely. I plead guilty!"

"You really deserve to be punished!"

The emperor gritted his teeth.

Not only did they get the date wrong, but they even chose the ninth day of the first lunar month to hold the banquet, causing the guests who were not on guard to be devoured by evil spirits on the way.

King Yueming's face turned pale. He crawled forward a few steps on his knees, grabbing the emperor's dragon robe and begging for mercy.

"No matter how Your Majesty wants to punish me, I have no complaints. Even if Your Majesty doesn't want to see me anymore, I will leave the capital immediately. Your Majesty, how about I leave the capital and go to my fiefdom to manage a corner of the country for Your Majesty? When I have achieved some success, I will return to the capital to visit Your Majesty."

The emperor frowned and looked down at King Yueming coldly.

He liked this son very much. He had been well-behaved and obedient since he was young and he liked him very much. However, the mistake he made this time was too serious. Even if he had to move away from the capital, he had to be severely punished before he could leave.

With his fists clenched, the emperor thought about how to punish King Yueming.

But at this time.

A touch of coolness spread from top to bottom, and then, a nimble black figure suddenly flashed down from the beam, with a long sword emitting cold air, pointing directly at the emperor's heart.

Upon seeing this, King Yueming suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the emperor's seat.

at the same time.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also flew towards the Emperor.

laugh.

The sword pierced into King Yueming's left chest, and blood instantly soaked the king's robe. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised his long legs sharply and kicked the assassin hard, sending him flying four or five feet away.

The Dragon Guards rushed forward at the same time and fought fiercely with the assassin. In a short while, they defeated the assassin and he died in the hall.

but.

There were no traces on the assassin's body, so the mastermind behind the attack could not be found out for the time being.

The emperor was so frightened by the scene that he broke out in a cold sweat. Only after he was sure it was safe did he sit down trembling and gasping for breath.

Ben was still thinking about how to punish King Yue Ming.

But now, seeing him desperately blocking the knife for himself and looking dying, he swallowed all the words that were on the tip of his tongue and just frowned and said.

"Call the doctor here quickly."

King Yueming covered his wound, trembling with pain, and slowly sat up, gasping for breath.

"Father, it should be the assassins arranged by Prime Minister Liu. His original plan was to have the assassins assassinate Father. If Father dies, he will bring the people he has recruited to force everyone to recognize that he has inherited the throne. He is anxious to take the throne, so he put on the dragon robe in the mansion."

Someone to win over?

The emperor's face was full of gloom.

He naturally knew that Prime Minister Liu had a group of loyal courtiers under his command. These people stood in his palace every day, but they were loyal to him, Prime Minister Liu.

Prince Yueming took out a list from his arms with trembling hands, but when he wanted to hand it to the emperor, he didn't have the strength and the list fell to the ground.

Eunuch Chen winked at the people below, and one of the eunuchs stepped forward to pick up the book.

King Yueming lowered his eyes. As long as the book fell into the hands of the emperor, he would definitely win.

The names on the list here are all people who are loyal to the prince. No matter whether they are true or not, as long as the emperor sees them, these people will not escape death. By then, most of the prince's wings will be cut off.

Covering the wound and watching the blood flowing out, a smile flashed across King Yue Ming's lips. As long as he succeeded, no matter how serious the injury was, it would be worth it.

However.

What he didn't expect was that the prince actually bent down and picked up the book on the ground before the little eunuch.

When you look up.

The eyes of the Crown Prince and King Yueming met.

Both open and concealed arrows were fired at the same time, the situation was turbulent and murderous intent was everywhere.

King Yueming subconsciously wanted to snatch the memorial, but the prince quickly hooked it into his sleeve, then took out another memorial in front of him, stood up and handed it to the emperor.

Because the prince who had come to rescue him was among them, the emperor's expression eased a lot. After taking it, he looked at it carefully.

Pop.

As the letter hit the cold ground heavily, the emperor pointed at the memorial.

"Let Cui Hexun investigate. Once confirmed, all these people will be killed and confiscated. No one will be allowed to stay in the capital."

King Yueming looked hurriedly at the list of names rolling in front of him. When he saw the names clearly, he felt a bloody taste rushing up his throat.

The names here are all his people, all courtiers loyal to him.

This prince!

He had been disguising himself for so many years, and had always been very open-hearted to the prince, thinking that he had gained his full trust, but he did not expect that he had already kept a trick up his sleeve and had found out everything about him.

original.

He also wanted to use these court officials to stay in the capital and slowly bide his time. If these court officials were investigated, no one in the inner court would support him anymore.

Then him.

But I really have to go.

With his fists clenched tightly, King Yue Ming felt bitter for a moment.

He arranged for his assassins to kill his father on the spot, and then he saved his father by blocking the sword with his own body, in order to arouse the few remaining father-son feelings in his father's heart and hope to keep him here.

…

In agony and agony, King Yueming slowly closed his trembling eyes, with hatred overwhelming in his heart.

Sheng Tianqi!

How could he sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince? His mother died early, and all his maternal family left the capital. He did not have a strong background and no one supported him.

Why should he?

Suddenly.

King Yueming turned his head to look at Jiang Jianzheng, who looked dejected and seemed to be having difficulty breathing, and Jiang Zhaoying, who was standing aside without saying a word.

It's them!

It is this inconspicuous father and daughter, and the Imperial Observatory that has always kept a low profile and secluded from the world, who have been supporting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behind the scenes.

He hadn't even started to poison Jiang Jianzheng yet, but Jiang Jianzheng was poisoned.

All signs indicate that it was King Yueming who did it.

All the criticisms were directed at him, but he still wanted to use these means to make his father reluctant to let him go.

It seems now.

I can only place my hope on my mother.

"Father, I will send my younger brother back to mother first. His injuries cannot wait. Jiang Jianzheng has been poisoned and seriously injured, so he cannot wait either. It would be better to send him to the Imperial Hospital. I will handle the rest."

"Okay."

He didn't want to see the mess in the palace and the whole city again. It was really shocking and chilling.

If it weren't for the protection of dragon energy and Zhou Ruogu's quick arrival with protective gear, he, the emperor, would probably have died here.

Then.

Then someone carried Jiang Jianzheng away, and Jiang Zhaoying followed.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led his men to escort King Yueming all the way to the Queen's palace.

The Queen had been sending people to keep an eye on the hall. She was relieved to hear that Prince Yueming had blocked the sword for the Emperor. But when she saw the Crown Prince coming in person, her heart suddenly lifted again.

"Meet the Queen Mother."

"Mother."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bowed, and King Yueming was sweating profusely. He stretched out his hand to the Queen. The Queen looked at him covered in blood and said hurriedly.

"Send the doctor here."

When the prince heard the queen's words, his eyebrows flickered slightly.

The imperial physician has been prepared so early, I'm sure the Queen is aware of it.

really.

It won't take a moment.

The imperial physician came in with a medical boy. He moved quickly and skillfully, administering and prescribing the medicine all in one go.

"Prince."

The Queen turned to look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The young man in front of her was the one she had watched grow up, and she believed that she had doted on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince over the years.

Although her purpose was to make the prince useless so that the emperor would not be able to bear it and depose him himself.

"Thank you for protecting him. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened. What happened in the hall? Why is it so dangerous?"

The prince turned around, walked to the couch, sat down, and looked up at the queen.

"I think your mother should know."

The prince's blunt words shocked the queen so much that even King Yueming raised his eyebrows. They all looked at the prince, their eyes gradually becoming gloomy.

It seems that everyone can't even continue to be a family in public.

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, so quiet that even breathing began to suffocate.

"Prince."

for a long time.

The queen finally spoke. She was beautiful, dignified, cold and elegant, and her tone revealed a determination to win.

"After all, I have never treated you unfairly over the years."

She doted on the prince in every way, pampered him a lot, and even hired various teachers, hinting that they would subtly teach him to be useless. However, who would have known that after those teachers had been in contact with the prince for a period of time, they were all attracted to him and passed on all their unique skills to him.

This was something she never expected in her dreams.

"You give up the position of Crown Prince. As long as you are willing to be an idle prince, this palace and Prince Yueming will never treat you unfairly."

The palace had made some arrangements, thinking that it would be fine if he didn't come, but now that he was here, she couldn't just sit back and watch her son fail.

The wind rushed in through the window, the slight chill making the skin hurt, and there were even traces of lingering evil spirits in the air.

Slender figures dressed in eunuch costumes walked in silently one after another, blocking all the prince's escape routes.

They were wearing eunuchs' clothes, but in fact they were assassins hired by the Xu family.

The queen opened the box, took out a document of the prince's abdication, and asked a palace maid to bring it to the prince.

"Sign it and leave the rest to me, Prince. You can't beat me."

"The Queen."

The prince's eyes were frosty, and when he looked at the queen, the queen felt that his eyes were poisonous, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

"Have you forgotten who gave you these assassins?"

The queen was stunned at first, then her face changed drastically. She stood up and shook her head.

"That's impossible. I have raised them for more than ten years. Your Xu family has long moved out of the capital and has no roots."

This is impossible.

She...she and the former queen were best friends. When she knew that she had entered the palace as queen and saw that the emperor was handsome and extraordinary, she felt as if her heart was being stabbed by a sharp knife.

then.

She kept looking for opportunities to enter the palace to accompany the queen.

On the one hand, she told the Queen Mother that the palace was arranging a marriage for her, and she wanted the Queen Mother to help her choose a suitable partner and then grant the marriage, so as to ensure her happiness in life.

The Queen also sincerely wanted to help her. After observing her for two whole months, she finally arranged an excellent marriage for her. However, just one month before the wedding, she met the Emperor by chance and she fainted into his arms. In the end, they got married in a side hall.

It was not until she entered the palace that the former queen learned about this matter.

She asked her maid to go to the Queen to apologize, and then she stayed in the palace for three whole months, saying that she felt guilty towards the Queen.

It was only then that the Queen personally went to see her and forgave her that she cried and recited Buddhist scriptures for another three months, saying that she was praying for blessings for the Queen.

It took half a year to get through this.

When she saw the emperor again, Empress He was wearing a snow-white long dress and dressed like a Taoist. She was standing by the lake with a sad expression. When she jumped into the icy lake, she was seen by the emperor who was passing by.

Upon checking.

Only then did she realize that someone had framed her and wanted to kill her.

Since then.

The emperor often visited her, and Empress Xu treated her better and better, even going so far as to send someone back to ask the Xu family to send two guards to her.

With the help of these two guards, Empress He trained many more death warriors, making the team stronger and stronger.

Can.

Strictly speaking, these people were trained by her, so it is impossible for them to listen to the prince!

"You should know the truth about my mother's death."

Empress He stood up and stared at the prince with her eyes. Her chest heaved and her face gradually became gloomy.

She did that thing extremely secretly. Even when Empress Xu died, she held her hand tightly and entrusted the Crown Prince to her. She also left a letter to the Emperor, asking him to make her the Empress.

There is no way anyone would suspect that.

Why did the prince doubt?

The most unlikely way to die in the palace was difficult childbirth, and she let the former queen die in childbirth, little by little.

The child survived, but the former queen died of hemorrhage!

only.

Fate plays tricks on us.

She deliberately became pregnant at the same time as the Queen, ate the same food, and went into labor at the same time, all so that if she gave birth to a son, she could swap the son with Queen Xu. But who knew that the fetus she gave birth to was actually a stillbirth, and a boy at that.

later.

When she heard that the queen was in danger, she hurriedly made new plans. She rushed to the queen's delivery room, bleeding and weak, and finally killed the queen quietly and replaced her daughter with the dead fetus.

These years.

In order to eliminate the guilt in her heart, she treated Princess Lin'an as her own daughter and loved her very much. She...she did her best to live up to the former queen.

Trying to calm herself, the queen looked at the prince.

"I have a clear conscience, Crown Prince. No matter who I am, I am worthy of it. If I really had to resort to any means, I should have killed you when you were a child, and then found a way to get the Emperor to appoint Prince Yue Ming as the Crown Prince."

"kindness."

The prince nodded. This is how it should look on the surface, but this queen valued her reputation too much. Every conspiracy of hers had to be covered up by a glamorous appearance.

Killing the prince is too obvious, it is better to keep him useless!

What a pity.

The opposite happened.

The prince not only grew up, but also became someone she couldn't resist.

"Wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to sign it!"

The queen spoke to her guards, but to her surprise, none of the guards she had carefully trained listened to her. They all stood quietly, not moving.

The prince slowly stood up.

"Keep an eye on this palace, and don't let anyone in or out!"

"Yes, Your Highness."

The guards all saluted to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then turned around and walked out. When they stood in front of the door and window, they drew out the long swords in their hands with a swish.