Autumn is a good time for hunting. Every year, a hunting event is held in the palace, and this year is no exception.

The good news of the return of Zhenmen Pass just happened to come back, so the hunting was held as scheduled.

In previous years, His Majesty went hunting in person, but this year His Majesty was not in good health, so this year's hunting was carried out by the Crown Prince. Holding this year's hunting competition can also test the Crown Prince's ability.

A hunting event is going on in full swing.

On this day, Feng Lingcheng put on the golden armor that symbolizes his status. Only the emperor and the crown prince can wear clothes of this color. Every year, the royal family holds a hunting competition, and ministers above the fifth rank in the court can bring their wives and sons to participate.

Even the Fifth Prince, who was ordered by His Majesty to reflect on his mistakes in the palace, was allowed to come out by special order and participate in this hunting competition as a prince. After being locked up for such a long time, Prince Fu was no longer as high-spirited as before.

"Feng Lingrui, you couldn't have imagined this ending, I am the prince, and you..." Feng Lingcheng looked at Feng Lingrui with disdain. He and Feng Lingrui had been competing for so many years, and it was Feng Lingcheng who was finally named the prince. "The one who laughs last is the winner, and it seems that I have won."

In the past, when the two of them were arguing, Feng Lingcheng had never had the upper hand. Every time, he was so angry with Feng Lingrui that he wanted to beat him up!

But now Feng Lingrui is not qualified to fight him anymore, he is now full of vigor and vitality, Feng Lingrui has been deprived of all the power in his hands. When he ascends the throne to become the emperor one day, he must "take good care of" this good brother.

Feng Lingrui listened to Feng Lingcheng's words without saying a word, and looked at Feng Lingcheng with a flash of pity in his eyes, as if to say how could such a fool be named the crown prince by his father, and how would he wait to be the emperor of the world in the future?

Who will have the last laugh?

He smiled in his heart and was also looking forward to it.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince..."

"Your Highness..."

Perhaps even Feng Lingcheng himself did not expect that he would fall off the horse while hunting, break his neck, and die on the spot. The guards behind him were too late to rescue him before he fell.

When the guards behind him dismounted and went to check, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already died.

A hunting trip was the end of Feng Lingcheng!

The hunting ground was completely sealed off. When the imperial doctors came to check, the crown prince had already died. The doctors shook their heads, meaning that there was no hope. Taifu Lu was the one who could not accept this outcome the most. He grabbed the imperial doctors and said, "Imperial doctor, please take another look. There must be no way for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yet. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a man of good fortune..."

In half a month, it would be the crown prince's canonization ceremony. His grandson was destined to be the crown prince and the emperor. How could he be dead like this?

Taifu Lu lost consciousness on the spot.

"Someone, send Taifu Lu down to rest. Doctor Zhang, you go with him to see Taifu Lu." The Eighth Prince took a look and asked someone to send Taifu Lu down. Taifu Lu, who was sent away, was still shouting "I won't leave."

When the prince fell and died, his eyes were open, and he died with his eyes open.

There happened to be a stone where he fell, and his head hit the stone, breaking his neck. Even the best doctor couldn't bring him back to life.

"What, gone?... How come he's gone?" When Emperor Yongkang learned the news of the eldest prince's death, he was still a little bit unbelievable. Seeing the ministers nodding below, he said sadly, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, he, he fell off the horse and broke his neck, and he died on the spot..."

Emperor Yongkang spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot.

The ministers who knelt down below shouted, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Hurry up and call the imperial physician."

The palace was in chaos. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sick? How could this be possible? No one believed it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really dead.

But when Emperor Yongkang woke up, it would not change this fact.

The enthronement ceremony was imminent, how could the Crown Prince be gone like this?

"Let someone investigate, and make sure to investigate it clearly for me. I don't believe that the Crown Prince is gone like this." Emperor Yongkang fell ill and asked people to investigate the Crown Prince's death when he woke up. At this time, the Crown Prince was dead, and the most suspicious ones were his good princes.

Even Emperor Yongkang didn't believe that his princes would be so vicious and do such a thing as killing each other.

If Feng Lingrui dared to do this, he would have a way to erase all traces. Even if he was really known, he was not afraid of his good father knowing about it.

That night, Emperor Yongkang sent someone to summon several princes to the palace to ask them about the death of the crown prince.

So when his father summoned him to the palace and asked him if he did it, Feng Lingrui was shocked at first, staring at his father with wide eyes, and asked, "Father, how could I do such a sinful thing?" Then he lowered his head, looking like he was wronged by his father, and he had been locked up in the palace for so long, and he had never even left the gate. He only went out when he went hunting that day.

But his father asked him once, and also asked Feng Lingyun who was present, and his seventh brother Feng Linglan.

Feng Linglan looked at his second and fifth brothers, and instinctively told him that one of them must have done it. He knew whether he did it or not, so when his father asked him, he only said, "Father, I didn't do it."

Emperor Yongkang knew that he couldn't get anything out of his son, and he would definitely not tell who did it, but he knew the truth about this matter, and he was disappointed, "You all go down." He said.

"Yes, I'll take my leave."

The night in the palace was indescribably cold, and countless innocent lives were lost here. The three people were summoned together and sent out together. When Feng Lingyun noticed that Feng Lingrui had a smile on his face, he was startled and said, "Feng Lingrui, I knew it..."

Feng Lingrui waved his hand and the guards who were traveling with him took the man down. Before

Feng Linglan could react, he was held down by the guards on both sides.

Before anyone could react, Feng Lingrui replaced all the guards in the palace with his own. He looked at the detained Feng Lingyun and Feng Linglan and said with a smile, "Has anyone told you that the more you know, the faster you die?"

"Catch them all and lock them up!"

After this night, the city of Fengdu belonged to him, Feng Lingrui.

Feng Lingrui, who had just left, returned to his father and arrested him. Emperor Yongkang stared at the prince in front of him, pointed at him with a trembling finger, and said, "I, I knew it was you, this evil son..."

"Father, Feng Lingcheng is already dead. You might as well make me the crown prince. The crown prince's enthronement ceremony is almost ready. When the time comes, I will be the crown prince. When you pass away, I will be the master of this world."

"Father, I promise you that I will be a good emperor, better than that waste Feng Lingcheng..." Since they were already at loggerheads, Feng Lingrui knew that he had nothing to hide anymore, so he might as well say it openly, "Father, please be sensible. I will let you enjoy your old age in the harem. Otherwise, as you know, the royal family is ruthless."

"Father, please think about it carefully. I am waiting for your answer."

Feng Lingrui asked someone to pick up Shen Guijun and his twelfth younger brother to accompany his father. The entire palace was under his control. The next day, because His Majesty was bedridden, the morning court was skipped and no one suspected it.

The ministers in the court knew that His Majesty had lost his son. Now the court had recovered the northern land and the plague in the south was under control. Only the righteous armies in various places were making trouble. These were handed over to the local authorities to deal with. There was no big deal for His Majesty to deal with. They all knew their own business and no one dared to enter the palace to offend His Majesty at this time.

"You evil son!" Emperor Yongkang was so angry that he didn't even have the energy to curse.

Shen Meiyue was captured from his palace by the guards and brought to His Majesty. Seeing that the palace was controlled by the fifth prince, he was holding a half-grown child in his arms, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch the child away. Feng Lingrui had just mentioned the imperial physician Feng in his ear. He knew that Feng Lingrui must have known that the child in his hands was not His Majesty's son, which made him hate and fear. He

kindly advised His Majesty to eat something, and he did not dare to hand the child to others.

"I don't want to eat!" Emperor Yongkang overturned the bowl, and the food in the bowl spilled all over the floor. Then, seeing Shen Guijun who was bowing his head and looking at him, he said, "Yue'er, take Xiao Twelve away, don't worry about me."

"Your Majesty, I can't leave your Majesty alone. Your Majesty, please eat something, your body is important." Shen Meiyue persuaded him with tears in her eyes, and finally persuaded the Majesty to eat half a bowl of porridge. Even so, he was very happy.

The child came to this strange place, sobbing softly, and cried as soon as he left his mother's arms. Shen Meiyue could only hold the child in his hands. Except when taking care of His Majesty, he would let others hold him, and the rest of the time he held him himself.

Everything in the palace seemed to be the same as usual. Only the nobles and servants in the palace knew that they were being guarded. Sun Houjun was very proud this time, as he only waited for his son to become the emperor, and then he would be the Grand Lord!

"Your Majesty said he doesn't want to see anyone, so you'd better go back, Grand Tutor Lu." The palace servant inside came out and said that His Majesty didn't want to see anyone, and asked Grand Tutor Lu to go back. Grand Tutor Lu came because of the death of the prince, and he knew it must have been done by Feng Lingrui.

Knowing that the old man Grand Tutor Lu was gone, Feng Lingrui snorted.

He came to his father several times every day to ask his father if he had thought it through. But every time the old man saw him, he scolded him and asked him to get out.

"Your Highness, we can't wait any longer." Zhou Yan was very anxious, and didn't understand why his master had to wait. What if he kept waiting like this and was found out? It is better to cut the Gordian knot now and deal with it sooner and feel at ease.

Feng Lingrui knew in his heart that he could never do such a thing as patricide. Moreover, he did not find the imperial seal, so even if he became the emperor

, it would not be legitimate. He glanced at Zhou Yu. Don't think that he doesn't know that he did such a stupid thing, but Feng Lingxiao will deal with him sooner or later. After being glanced at by His Highness, Zhou Yu did not dare to say anything.

The longer the mopping takes, the easier it will be discovered. The ministers in the court will definitely be suspicious.

The Eighth Prince was investigating the death of the prince. When all the accusations were pointed at Feng Lingrui, he knew that Feng Lingrui was most likely involved. When he thought about his brother's absence in the past few days, he cried out in his heart, "Oh no!"

"My Lord, someone outside wants to see you."

"Who is it?" Prince Duan couldn't think of who would come to see him at this time. The servant who came in took out a jade pendant, handed it over and said, "The people outside just said to send this to you, my Lord. You naturally know who he is."

"Xiao'er?"

"Go, invite him in."

The person who came in was Feng Lingxiao, the Prince of Yi, who was far away in Zhenmen Pass. When Prince Duan saw the person who came back, he asked, "Xiao'er, why are you back?" He returned to Fengdu without the imperial order. If someone knew about it and reported it to his brother, it would be a serious crime of disobeying the imperial order.

"Eighth uncle, I came back because of my grandfather's death." Feng Lingxiao also knew about Feng Lingcheng's death when he returned to Fengdu. Feng Lingcheng died at this critical moment? He asked someone to investigate secretly, and it must be related to Feng Lingrui.

He mentioned Feng Lingcheng's death, and then mentioned, "I know that the ministers in the court haven't seen my father for a long time." He said, "I am also very worried about my father."

They are all smart people. Now that this has happened, there is no doubt that the palace is controlled by Feng Lingrui. If Feng Lingrui is allowed to become the emperor with a mad heart, none of them, the uncles and brothers, will have a good end.

"Uncle, do you know this?" Feng Lingxiao took out a hairpin, which was just an ordinary jade hairpin with a plum blossom engraved on it.

When Prince Duan Feng Chongxi saw this, he was surprised at first, and then he was happy. He reached out to take the hairpin and stroked it carefully. This was the hairpin he gave to his Ning'er. He still remembered the smile on his Ning'er's face when he put it on her.

The two were speechless for a while, and Feng Lingxiao waited patiently for his uncle.

"Tell me, why did you come to see me?" Prince Duan asked this question, and the meaning was very obvious. He wanted to know where the owner of this hairpin was, and in return, no matter what Feng Lingxiao wanted to do, he would help him to the end.

"Uncle, you know what I want." Feng Lingxiao said.

"Fenshui Town, Caojia Village." After leaving a place name, Feng Lingxiao glanced at his uncle, then stood up and said goodbye.

That night, fires broke out everywhere.

The four gates of the palace were opened, and the army attacked the palace. King Yi led his troops in and captured the fifth prince Feng Lingrui, who had killed his brother and intended to murder his father.

Feng Lingrui waved his hand to restrain himself and died on the spot in the Golden Throne Hall.

At the same time, all the remaining members of Feng Lingrui's faction were arrested.

"King Yi, King Yi, I want to see King Yi..." Zhou Yan, who was captured, shouted to see King Yi. The crowd made way for the Yi Wang, who was wearing silver armor, and walked over. He looked at the man in front of him with cold eyes as if he saw a dead person. "I have something you want in my hand. As long as you spare my life, I will give it to you." Zhou Yu saw the Yi Wang, his face lit up and he shouted.

"Your Highness, I found it." A general came over in a hurry with something in his hand.

"Is this what you are talking about?" Feng Lingxiao asked.

Seeing the fear in Zhou Yu's eyes, Feng Lingxiao knew that he had found the right person, "Catch him and put him in the dungeon, don't let him die so easily!"

This night was called the Yongkang Rebellion in history.

Prince Yi Feng Lingxiao was awarded the title of Crown Prince for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor. As soon as the imperial edict of the Crown Prince was read, Emperor Yongkang closed his eyes while sitting on the dragon chair and passed away at the age of 65. So far, Prince Yi became the emperor in name only, and was passed on the jade seal and ascended the throne as the twelfth emperor of Dayong.

——The main text of this article is completed here. Thank you for your companionship for so long. This book took me a long time to write. During the past six months, some things happened in my family. I wanted to give up on this book. I am very grateful to the editor for not letting me give up, and to my dear friends for sticking with me.

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