Upon hearing this, Yuan Yanchang's face, which had just been smiling, darkened slightly.
He glanced coldly at Yun Qianchen, who was dressed in red, and asked with a frown:
"Qianchen, do you know what you are talking about?"
As the monarch of Hanlan, he has always been a man of his word. How could he accept being questioned?
Even though the person who questioned him was his favorite son!
Duke Dingguo saw the change in the emperor's expression, and his face became stern. He said:
"Prince Chen, please be careful with your words!
When the Imperial Concubine passed away, she was seriously ill and died without treatment. How could this be related to the Empress?"
The Prime Minister stroked his long beard, glanced at Yuan Qianchen, and said:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just passed away, and His Royal Highness Prince Chen is so eager to slander the Empress. I wonder what His Royal Highness Prince Chen's intentions are?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Yanchang's face suddenly turned dark.
He could not help but blame:
"Qianchen, I explained the matter of your mother to you all those years ago, but you have been brooding over it all these years.
Now, because of this incident, your royal brother was framed for colluding with Long Yin and killing Qiu Zhi!
Qiu Zhi is your royal brother’s biological sister, born of the same mother!
Absurd!"
Yuan Qianchen's eyes darkened slightly, and he said:
"I did not frame His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. All the guards who escorted the Princess that day were killed.
However, there was one person who was fortunately rescued by my son, and he will definitely be able to explain the whole story.
Now, the person is outside the palace, why don't you listen to what your father has to say?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yanchang glanced outside the hall and nodded to the palace servant at the door.
Soon, a man limped into the hall, knelt down and shouted:
"This humble servant pays homage to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"
Yuan Yanchang looked down at the man kneeling on the ground and asked:
"Are you the guard who is here to protect the princess and negotiate?
What happened on the way back?"
The lame guard shuddered subconsciously upon hearing this and said:
"In reply to the Emperor...that day, I saw..."
Duke Dingguo rebuked coldly and urged:
"Just tell me what you saw! Don't be so fussy!"
The guard was so frightened that he suddenly fell to the ground and said in panic:
"That day, we were escorting the princess back to Hanlan. We were about to reach Canglong County in Longyin Fencheng when we were suddenly stopped and attacked by a group of men in black.
Just after we were brutally hacked to pieces, before I passed out, I saw...
I saw His Royal Highness Prince Chen and the leader of the men in black talking together."
As soon as the guard said this, Yuan Qianchen's pale face suddenly darkened and he asked loudly:
“What are you talking about? When did I discuss anything with the man in black?
It was clearly me who fished you out from the banks of the Fen River!
You are confusing right and wrong!"
Upon seeing this, the Prime Minister immediately said:
"Your Majesty, it turns out that the one colluding with Long Yin was not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but... His Royal Highness Prince Chen!
But he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he distorted the facts and framed the late Crown Prince to take the blame for him!
He even implicated the innocent Queen, which is an unforgivable crime!
Please, Your Majesty, severely punish His Royal Highness Prince Chen!"
Duke Dingguo nodded repeatedly and said:
"I second the motion!"
Yuan Yanchang, sitting on the throne, slammed the desk and shouted:
"Yuan Qianchen, you really disappoint me!
No wonder you repeatedly stopped me from attacking Longyin. It turns out that you had secretly colluded with Longyin a long time ago!
Do you want to use the power of the dragon's roar to ascend my throne?"
Yuan Qianchen laughed when he heard this.
He was born with a stunning appearance that made it difficult to tell whether he was male or female. When he smiled, he was even more charming and seductive, alluring everyone!
He stared at Yuan Yanchang on the throne and said word by word:
"How did my mother die? Don't think I don't know!
You know very well whether I have wronged the Queen and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
As for your lofty throne, I have never thought about it, and I don’t want it at all.
I just don't want you to be kept in the dark, causing the people on the border to suffer, and being called a tyrant!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell silent, leaving only the crackling sound of the silver charcoal burning in the stove.
News came from the palace that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince passed away on the eighth day of February.
Emperor Yuan Yanchang of Hanlan was deeply saddened and ordered the entire country to observe mourning and ban marriages and music for six months.
This decree that violated the rules made the people of Hanlan very angry, but they dared not speak out!
After all, the entire Hanlan belongs to the Yuan family!
Just when all the civil and military officials were secretly guessing which prince the emperor would appoint as the new crown prince, they heard the news that Prince Chen had been demoted to a commoner!
Everyone was shocked!
His Royal Highness Prince Chen is the prince that the Emperor favors the most!
Now, it is just a matter of devaluation?
It is true that emperors have been the most ruthless since ancient times!
Cang He rode his horse to Qian Chen's side and asked:
"Master, you really don't regret it?"
Qian Chen, dressed in red, heard this and looked back at Yecheng behind him. With a smile on his face, he said:
"regret?
What do you regret?
For so many years, I have been waiting for him to give me an explanation.
However, in order to appease the Queen and the group of old ministers behind her, he concealed the truth about my mother's death.
And his favor towards me?
It was just a small favor he did to make up for his guilt towards my mother.
This is my father, unfaithful and heartless!
The key is that he has a high opinion of himself and a short vision!
How can Han Lan fight against Long Yin now?
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