Chapter 77
Chapter 77
As the emperor has grown old, he is very afraid of noise. Just yesterday, several eunuchs caught all the cicadas on the trees. Now that the queen had finished speaking, there was no sound in his ears, and it was as silent as death.
Liu Kun standing by was so frightened that he dared not breathe.
The emperor's eyelids trembled twice, and the porcelain spoon in his hand was gently placed in the bowl. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the queen opposite him. His eyes were inquiring and slowly became colder. He asked her softly, "Prince Jing's biological father?"
The queen's heart was beating very fast. She felt guilty and scared, but things had come to this point and she had no way out.
She didn't dare to gamble on how deep the emperor's feelings for his adopted son would go.
She was afraid that if she continued to wait like this, her son would have no chance of turning things around.
Even if the emperor wanted to recognize Prince Jing, he was still just an adopted son, a bastard who couldn't even find his father. How could he be qualified to seize her son's imperial power?
The queen calmed down and said, "That person can tell you about Madam Zhou's early years in Jingzhou, and he said he knew when Madam Zhou became pregnant with his child..."
The wooden table in front of him was suddenly lifted up by the emperor.
The soup on the wood splashed all over the queen's body and face. The boiling hot porridge stuck to her skin. The queen screamed and protected her face with her hands.
The emperor stood up and stood in front of her. His face became ferocious due to anger. He looked at the queen with disgust. "I thought you, Yuan, had admitted your mistakes and changed for the better. I didn't expect you to dare to plot against me. Who gave you the courage? Was it the former crown prince or your Yuan family?"
The two have been married for more than 20 years. Most of the time, the emperor is intimidating without getting angry. He has never been so angry.
The queen's body trembled slightly, her eyes were filled with fear, and she fell to the ground and cried, "Your Majesty, what did I do wrong? Yan'er is not only my son, but also your son. Your Majesty has forgotten that when he was just born, you held him in your arms and gave him a name with a smile. You loved him so much..."
"Haven't I treated him well? I have made him the crown prince since he was born. As long as he behaves well and does his duty well, the throne will be his sooner or later after I die. But what has he done? And what have you done? You are greedy and think that the world belongs to him alone and he can do whatever he wants? Wrong! The world does not belong to one person, but to everyone! I have given him a chance, but who can he blame for what has happened today? It's all his own fault. He is unworthy of his position. If the world falls into the hands of someone like him, I will become a sinner for all eternity."
"Your Majesty..." Hearing the meaning of his words, that he was not going to give her son another chance, the queen hurriedly crawled over and grabbed his robe in panic, "I know I was wrong, and Yan'er also knows he was wrong. Your Majesty, let's call him back and teach him well. He will definitely not let Your Majesty down. Your Majesty, he is your only son."
At this point, Yuanshi did not know how to reflect on her mistakes, and even planned to use this to threaten me. This was simply stupid and vicious.
"Then you are wrong!" The emperor looked at her coldly, "Aren't you checking who Prince Jing's father is? I will tell you who he is."
The queen was startled.
The emperor sneered, "It's me! I am Prince Jing's biological father. Are you happy? Are you satisfied?"
The queen opened her eyes wide and looked at the emperor in astonishment. Her eagle-like sharp eyes were filled with haze, but she didn't seem to be lying.
Such matters not only concern his own reputation, but also the entire Dafeng. Besides, as the emperor, there is no need for him to lie.
When I think about it carefully, all the doubts that had been ignored in the past come to my mind.
The villagers around had never seen Madam Zhou interacting with any man, but her belly suddenly grew bigger.
After the three brothers of the Zhou family found out, they did not go to seek justice for the unfaithful man.
Mrs. Zhou's elder brother came back to stay with her until she gave birth...
The child's surname was Zhou since birth.
When Lady Zhou passed away, he took the child, who was less than two years old, with him without hesitation and called him his father since he was a child...
After ascending the throne, the two brothers of the Zhou family were both crowned kings, but Lady Zhou was not given the title of princess posthumously.
The queen finally understood what Prince Kang meant when he said that to her.
They are brothers and sisters...
The queen felt a chill all over her body and her face lost all color. It seemed that they were not real siblings.
No wonder...
He gave him the most important Dongzhou fiefdom and was closer to Prince Jing than to the Crown Prince. Why could the Crown Prince be deposed at will? Because he had not only the Crown Prince as a son, but Prince Jing was his eldest son.
The Queen suddenly went crazy, crying and laughing, "Your Majesty said you wanted to leave the throne to me, Yan'er. You are trying to cover up everything, just to make me, Yan'er, pave the way for your illegitimate son. Your Majesty, have you forgotten that if it weren't for my Yuan family, how could you have gained a foothold in the East Capital so quickly?"
"What? You, Yuanshi, have other ideas. You don't want to submit to the will of heaven and want to fight against me in the court?" The emperor sneered coldly, "I would like to ask you, Yuanshi. Back then, Xie Pushe recommended Yuanlao as my uncle, saying that Yuanlao abided by his duties and you, Yuanshi, were gentle and decent, and worthy of me. As a result, as soon as Yuanlao left, your Yuan family became ungrateful and schemed against him everywhere, opposing him in the court. Now, they are even killing his entire family. Xie Pushe has been wise all his life, but I am afraid that he has ruined his reputation because of your Yuan family."
"I'll say it again, the prince is acting like this because of his lack of moral character." Not wanting to look at her again, he said coldly, "Send the queen back. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the palace. You are on your own."
"His Majesty......"
The emperor walked out of the bedroom without looking back. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Prince Jing standing at the white jade steps with a stiff face and unable to move.
The emperor was stunned, suddenly a little nervous, and looked over cautiously.
When we reach the age of forty, we are all fathers. We are no longer rebellious as we were in our youth, nor are we impulsive as we were in our youth. We have seen all the world and it seems that no matter how big the problem is, everything can be calmed down.
But because of this, it was even more difficult to speak. The emperor opened his mouth and said, "I..." He didn't know how to continue.
After a long while, Prince Jing asked first: "Who is she?"
The emperor immediately replied: "Her surname is Xie, and her given name is Nian."
She was not a member of the Zhou family. There had been constant wars in Dafeng before, and the three brothers had moved several times with their parents. After a war, he met a woman who was seriously injured.
Before she died, the woman handed him the baby girl and told him her name was Xie Nian.
Her parents adopted her and raised her as their child bride.
When she grew up, she also called her parents dad and mom.
As they moved to more and more places, gradually no one recognized them anymore, and no one knew their past anymore. Everyone thought she was the daughter of the Zhou family. Even her parents gradually accepted it and finally wrote it down in the Zhou family genealogy.
But in my heart, I never considered her as my sister.
When she was sixteen, he gave her a choice and asked her if she had a favorite family. She took the initiative to come forward and hug him, and shyly said to him: "I only want to be my brother's wife."
Faced with her tenderness, he could not refuse, and that day they both put on wedding clothes and got married in front of their parents' souls.
She was his first wife, and Prince Jing Zhou Qian was his eldest son.
The woman he felt most sorry for in this life was his wife. She accompanied him through the most difficult days, but she didn't live to see him achieve success and fame, and she never had a good day in her life.
After ascending the throne, he failed to make her the queen, and did not even give her an identity. He was never afraid of rumors, but he could not let their son be criticized by the world. The only thing he could do was to bury her bones in his own imperial mausoleum, and wait until he returned after a hundred years, to go to study with her.
If it had not been exposed by Yuan today, he would never have told this secret in his life, and he and Prince Jing would always be just adoptive father and son.
But now that he had heard it, there was no need to hide it anymore, and he told her her life story, "She is Xie Pushe's aunt."
The truth was revealed and everything became clear.
Why was it that after he conquered the Eastern Capital, he chose Xie Daolin among so many talents and appointed him as the first prime minister of the founding country?
And why did Xie Daolin willingly resign from his official position and return to Fengcheng at the peak of his career?
It's not that he didn't mind when he was a child, and he had asked who his father was countless times, but he never got an answer. Prince Jing's frozen expression slowly faded, and his eyes became dim.
The emperor had been looking at him. Seeing him like this, his heart ached and he said in a hoarse voice: "I am sorry for you and your son..."
Prince Jing did not respond. After a moment, he bowed and said, "If your Majesty has nothing important to do, I will take my leave first."
Knowing that he couldn't accept it right away, the emperor didn't force him and nodded quickly, "Okay, go back home first and have a good rest."
The prince hid in the Eastern Capital and waited for news for a day, but he didn't expect to receive such a bolt from the blue.
Prince Jing is actually the emperor’s biological son, and the eldest son.
Then what am I?
The anger in his chest burned his entire body, and he was restless. Not only had something that should have belonged to him been robbed by someone else, but now he was told that the father, whom he had always respected and thought loved only him, had an illegitimate child besides him.
From beginning to end, he only loved his one son.
He lost his position as crown prince and his father as well.
The sudden failure was like being abandoned, and the panic in his heart turned into endless anger, which kept beating his chest and swallowing up his sanity.
He understood better than anyone that if he did not fight for what he wanted at this moment, he would be left with nothing. His home, his kingdom, everything he had, including his life, would all disappear.
He calmed down and ordered his followers: "Pass my order immediately, send troops into Zhongzhou immediately, and massacre Fengcheng at all costs." Didn't Prince Jing come to seize his home? Then let his family be buried with him first.
As for Dongdu, it was not that he was unkind, but that his father had disappointed him so much.
Coming out of the secret post, the prince lowered the straw hat on his head and led his men through the dark alleys all the way to Yuan Xiang's mansion.
Prime Minister Yuan had just received the news as well, and like the crown prince, he was extremely shocked and terrified. Once Prince Jing was made crown prince, not only Zhou Yan and the queen, but also his entire Yuan family would be in trouble.
Should I sit and wait for death, or give it a try?
If you succeed you can ascend to heaven, but if you fail, it will be a disaster that will lead to the annihilation of your entire clan.
With himself and the prince, what are the chances of winning? Is it enough for him to take the risk and risk the lives of his entire family?
Just as he was planning to send someone to the South City to find out what the prince was thinking, before he even left the mansion, the doorman came over and whispered, "The prince is here."
A fire cloud this evening turned the sky blood red.
The several city gates of Dongdu were locked on time before sunset. At the hour of Hai, three city gates, Xinsong Gate, Gu Gate and Wei Gate, which were close to the downtown area, were quietly opened.
Under the cold moon, several teams of cavalry quietly broke into the city gate.
The people on the street were caught off guard and were suddenly scattered by the intruding horses. They were still in shock and had no idea what was happening.
By the time the commander of the gate received the news, the cavalry had already split into two groups, one heading towards Prince Jing's Mansion, and the other reaching the inner city gate at the foot of the imperial city.
"Report--" A shout woke up the soldiers guarding the city.
At the same time, the silence of the sleeping inner city gate was broken by the deafening sound of horse hooves.
The cavalry came with great force and arrived at the Old Song Gate with familiarity. They quickly set up a ladder and when they were halfway up, they suddenly saw densely packed torches lit up above the dark city gate. The bright light of the flames clearly illuminated the astonished expressions of the people below.
This also includes the prince's hideous face.
Before he could figure out what went wrong, a cavalryman from the Cavalry Division came charging from both sides at lightning speed and surrounded him in the middle.
The sounds of fighting, accompanied by the smell of blood, did not stop until midnight.
Wen Shuse sat under the lamp and waited for half the night, but this time not only did her husband not come back, but even Min Zhang did not return to the house.
It doesn't seem like he's mad at her.
If he was angry, he wouldn't have come back last night.
Unfortunately, she didn't seize the opportunity last night. She knew that she had behaved immorally after drinking and didn't have the face to go to his house again. She wanted to wait until he came back today and ask him if he had any ideas about the upcoming Qiqiao Festival.
I waited until midnight and still hadn't seen him. I thought he probably wouldn't come back. I turned off the lights and was about to fall asleep when I heard Aunt Qing's voice outside the door, "Madam..."
Wen Shuse got up and opened the door. Aunt Qing was standing outside the door holding a gauze lantern, looking anxious. "Uncle Wen came just now and said that the prince is rebelling tonight. There is almost a river of blood at the inner city gate. People from the Ma Junsi are also inside..." Before Aunt Qing mentioned the word "son-in-law", Wen Shuse's face turned pale.
He returned to the house, hurriedly put on his coat, and without caring about anything else, he got on Uncle Wen's carriage and rushed to the Ma Junsi.
The Ma Junsi was brightly lit.
The wounded were constantly being carried in from the inner city gate. When Zhao Huai and Min Zhang lifted the people off the horses, a pool of wet blood was dripping down the horses' backs.
"Quick, Xuan the military doctor!"
The two men carried the man into the house, and the military doctor quickly came forward to check. He saw an iron arrowhead piercing through the shoulder blade of the man on the couch. The man was conscious, but his face was pale. "I'm fine."
Zhao Huai's eyelids twitched.
I have been in the Ma Junsi for two or three years. I have seen people who are willing to risk their lives, but I have never seen anyone as desperate as Xie Duyu.
Tonight he called all the troops together and ambushed them at the inner city gate, saying only one sentence, "If you want to make a contribution, be alert."
No one knew what had happened, and no one expected the prince to rebel.
When the Ma Junsi team saw the rebels, everyone was very excited, and their leader went crazy. He broke into the encirclement alone and captured the prince alive under the swords and guns of the cavalry. If he had been slower, he would have been dead by now.
The treasures are here~ (The prince is finally going to die, don’t worry, the rest of the story is almost all about love scenes.)
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