Chapter 174

Palace

Emperor Qing sat in the main hall, watching his two sons arguing in front of all the officials, and he couldn't help but slam the table in anger.

“That’s enough!”

Emperor Qing shouted angrily, "How long are you going to quarrel?"

King Huai cupped his hands and looked aggrieved, saying, "Father, you have to make the decision for me."

"Someone deliberately wants to kill me." He looked at the prince meaningfully.

The prince snorted and said, "Second brother, are you trying to say that I had someone do something bad to you? Do you have any evidence?"

Seeing that he looked fearless, King Huai snorted in his heart. Fortunately, he was prepared. He said, "Brother, if you don't want others to know, you must not do it yourself. I caught an assassin and he has confessed that you arranged it."

The prince panicked when he heard this, but he did not show it on his face. Seeing that King Huai looked confident, he secretly became suspicious. Could it be that many of their people had really been captured?

King Huai said, "Father, can you allow me to send someone to testify?"

Emperor Qing glanced at the two of them with cold eyes, waved his hand and said, "Announce!"

Not long after, a man with his skin torn and flesh exposed was brought up by the guards.

King Huai looked at the man sharply and said, "Say again what you just confessed."

The man's face turned pale. He looked up at the prince, his eyes dodged, and then he lowered his head and said, "The prince didn't ask me to do this assassination."

The people present naturally did not miss his expression of trying to hide something but making it more obvious.

King Huai kicked the man and said, "You still don't tell the truth. Do you want to experience torture again?"

The man whimpered and looked at the prince pleadingly, as if asking for protection.

The prince was originally a little worried, fearing that King Huai had really captured his people. Now that he saw the prisoner, he finally calmed down. snort! This second brother is still like this, still playing this trick of false accusation.

He chuckled and said, "Second brother, where did you find this random person to frame me?"

King Huai pursed his lips, looking hurt, and said, "Brother, even at this point, you still don't acknowledge me?"

The prince raised his eyebrows and looked at the man, saying, "Did I send you? Where did I give you the order? Which guard team in my mansion do you belong to?"

The man's eyes turned, and he remembered the words he had prepared beforehand, and said, "Your Highness, I am from the Qingming Guard of your mansion."

"Really?" The prince sneered, looked at King Huai, and said, "Second brother, you may not know that the Qingming Guards in my mansion are all the elite of my mansion. The number of people and their backgrounds are all registered. Do you want me to have someone bring them out for you to see if this person is from my mansion?"

"Brother, the so-called registration may be false. Who knows if he is someone you deliberately erased?" King Huai retorted.

The prince snorted coldly and said, "Second brother, it seems that you really won't cry until you see the coffin."

He took out a bottle of potion from his sleeve, then walked up to the man and pulled open his sleeves. Sure enough, he saw a pattern on his arm representing the Qingming team. He sneered. It seemed that there was a spy from the second brother in the mansion, otherwise it would be impossible for the pattern to be exactly the same.

He poured some potion on the pattern on the man's arm and wiped it gently. Soon the pattern disappeared. It is true!

"Second brother, you may not know that the pattern of the Qingming Guard in my house cannot be removed by potions."

As he said this, he asked someone to call up a few people from the Qingming Guard, and then applied the potion in front of everyone.

The results are obvious, none of them were eliminated.

King Huai didn't expect that the prince actually had another trick up his sleeve.

He cupped his hands and said to Emperor Qing: "Father, it is an indisputable fact that I was assassinated. If Huo Jin had not saved me, I am afraid that I would have been separated from you forever."

So King Huai's party members all echoed the sentiment, filled with righteous indignation and determined to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.

The prince looked sad and said, "Father, this matter concerns the brotherhood between me and my second brother. I beg you to let the Ministry of Justice investigate this case so that I can be cleared of all charges."

Ministry of Justice? Isn’t that the prince’s man? Only a fool would agree to let the Ministry of Justice try the case.

King Huai said, "Father, I think it would be better to let Grand Tutor Huo investigate this matter thoroughly." After all, Huo Jin was also an eyewitness to this incident. He knew that even if the Huo family would not favor him, they would definitely not side with the prince.

The prince looked disapproving and said, "Second brother, this kind of case has always been tried by the Ministry of Justice."

Emperor Qing felt very upset when he saw the two men starting a new round of quarrel. After being father and son for many years, how could he not know what was in their minds?

He pinched his brows, looked at Master Huo and said, "Let's leave this matter to the Huo family to judge."

The prince wanted to struggle, but when he saw Emperor Qing looking at him coldly, he could only suppress his resentment.

Emperor Qing waved to everyone, signaling them to go out, leaving only Tutor Huo.

After everyone left, Emperor Qing asked, "What does the Huo family think about this?"

Master Huo thought for a moment, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the outcome of this matter may be..." In the end, there was no result. No matter it is the Crown Prince or King Huai, they will not leave any evidence behind. Thousands of

Emperor Qing smiled bitterly. How could he not know that? He is just deceiving himself.

"My dear, do you think these two people have the qualities of an emperor?"

Master Huo was stunned. This...

Emperor Qing talked to himself, "The Crown Prince has a dark and paranoid personality, while Prince Huai is petty and narrow-minded. They are not the candidates for the future emperor of our Great Yong Dynasty."

As he said this he coughed lightly a few times.

Master Huo said with concern: "Your Majesty, you still have to take care of yourself."

Emperor Qing waved his hand and said, "He won't die for now."

He looked at Master Huo calmly and said, "My dear, you are the person I trust the most. Tell me what you think about the selection of the crown prince."

"Your Majesty, this...I dare not speak in vain."

Emperor Qing said: "My dear, please tell me, I will forgive you."

Master Huo thought for a moment and said, "I think that since neither the Crown Prince nor Prince Huai are trustworthy, why doesn't Your Majesty find a capable person among the emperor's grandchildren to train?" If it were in the past, he might have agreed that Prince An should inherit the throne, but it was a pity that Prince An listened to slander and embarked on a path of no return.

Emperor Qing was stunned for a moment, then he looked as if he had just been enlightened and said, "My dear minister, you are right."

He waved his hand to the eunuch beside him and said, "Go, call all the emperor's grandchildren here."

The eunuch bowed respectfully and then left.

Soon the little grandchildren were brought over.

"Royal grandfather!"

The little grandchildren saluted him.

Emperor Qing smiled and waved his hand to let them off the ceremony.

His eyes inadvertently turned to Gao Che standing beside him, and he felt a sour feeling rising between his brows. picture! So similar!

He looked at Gao Che with a choked voice and said, "Are you Gao Che?"

Gao Che nodded and said respectfully, "Grandfather, your grandson is Gao Che."

Emperor Qing nodded and asked, "Have you read any books?"

Gao Che said: "Grandfather, I have learned the Thousand Characters and Policy Essays by myself."

Self-study? Emperor Qing raised his eyebrows, turned to look at the eunuch beside him, and asked, "What's going on?"

The eunuch looked a little embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, the little grandson of the emperor was living in the cold palace before."

Emperor Qing immediately lowered his eyes. Yes, he had exiled or executed his son's entire family in a fit of rage, leaving only this grandson to live in the cold palace.

He waved to Gao Che.

Gao Che was not afraid at all because he knew this was an opportunity. As long as he grasps it, he can read and write in the future, so he cannot show his weakness.

So he walked up to Emperor Qing with confidence.

Emperor Qing rubbed his head and said, "Do you want to study?"

Gao Che nodded with sparkling eyes and said, "My grandson thinks that as long as you study, you can distinguish right from wrong and become an upright person."

"Okay!" Emperor Qing looked at him with some relief.

"From now on, you will study with the other brothers."

Gao Che nodded, his face filled with joy, and said, "Thank you, Grandfather."