Empty White
Seeing the miserable state of Prince Anle, Empress Dowager Feng questioned him several times.
Prince Anle concealed the truth again and again, and after much deliberation, he was "forced" to tell the truth to his dearest aunt.
That day, in Xingqing Palace, the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
The Queen Mother, the Saint, and I are all here together.
There is no King Anle.
Although I am extremely favored by the emperor, I dare not really kill King Li in Taiji Palace.
"This is all done by me alone."
The saint accepted his sins and punishment.
There is no actual evidence that the ministers of King Anle were plotting rebellion.
I injured King Li and disfigured him, and the saint took all the blame for me.
King Anle was a vicious villain. To deal with a villain, you have to yell at him, make things clear, and tear off his hypocritical face.
I can only refuse to appreciate the kindness of the saint and the care of my brother.
That day, I was in Taiji Palace, shouting angrily.
"No son shall resemble my brother, and no minister shall resemble the emperor!"
"The Queen Mother allows it, but I do not. The Queen Mother allows it, but I do not."
"You...are fooling around!" Empress Dowager Feng was extremely angry.
She wanted to hit me, and she actually reached out and hit me.
It's just a slap, I'm not afraid.
That time, the Empress Dowager slapped the Saint in the face, and I was forced to hide in the Saint's arms. The Emperor used his face to block the Empress Dowager's anger for me.
King Anle was the first to file a complaint against a wicked person. Unfortunately, the people he filed the complaint against were the two most evil people in the world.
"Empress Dowager, Prince Anle is the Prince of Ping in Qianzhou, and also the Prince of Qi in Tonghuamen."
The slaps may be in chaos, but my heart is not.
"If he dares to make me perform the ritual today, he will dare to wear the sage's attire, wear the emperor's crown, and favor the concubines in the six palaces tomorrow..."
I risked my life to give advice.
"I am thinking of my brother, the Emperor, and my mother. This is a matter concerning the Emperor, so I am not making any noise or talking nonsense."
He Nu and I are tyrannical and do whatever we want, and we each have a bad reputation. Prince Anle is not in Chang'an, not with the Queen Mother, so naturally he has a very good reputation, both a good name and a good reputation.
The Queen Mother only thought that He Nu and I were wantonly killing Prince Anle.
His own nephew also became a plaything fought over by the emperor and princes.
Empress Dowager Feng would never allow it.
"Brother, you've been reading Taoist scriptures until you fainted. Does King Anle have any faith in Taoism?"
I questioned the saint.
"Mother, you are dazzled by the memorial. Do you see the presumptuous intentions of Prince Anle?"
I interrogated the Queen Mother.
Treason is a serious crime. King Anle never staged a palace coup or a military rebellion, nor did he station troops or hide bows. I have no evidence whatsoever and have slandered him based on just a few words.
"Prince Anle wants to seize the throne from the emperor, mother, and replace my brother. He is an outsider, but he has deceived me, mother, and my brother... If my father were still alive, he would definitely not suspect me."
I say everything in my heart.
"Prince Anle boasted shamelessly, telling the entire city of Chang'an and Luoyang that he loved me, but he actually had ulterior motives. I only scratched his face, and he wanted to kill me. He wanted to kill people in the Taiji Palace... Today, if my brother hadn't saved me, how could I have defeated the king? I'm afraid I would have died in a breath, buried in the East China Sea Lake..."
My voice is crying.
"That's right, Li'er is right. I've seen it with my own eyes. King Anle is definitely not a good person."
The saint protected me and he supported me.
"He knew that the sages loved Taoism, so he catered to their interests. Upon arriving in Chang'an, he took up residence in the Taiqing Palace, hoping to lure His Majesty into inviting him to study Taoism. He accompanied His Majesty day and night, studying his brother's every word and action, waiting for an opportunity to act, hoping to pass himself off as the real one..."
The sage remained silent for a long time, and the empress dowager was half-believing and half-doubting.
I was furious and bit He Nu's arm. One bite didn't wake the saint up, so I bit him again.
"How many gentlemen are there in this world? Do you really think that King Anle is so loyal and affectionate?"
I asked the emperor in a resounding voice.
"I thought he was going to rob me. This thief...has evil ambitions...I lost my composure and was deceived by this villain!"
The saint felt no pain, he just kept muttering to himself.
The Empress Dowager's most beloved nephew, who has never done anything wrong in the past, has come all the way here to celebrate her birthday. The Empress Dowager Feng does not disbelieve me, but she does not believe that Prince Anle is unfaithful or unfilial.
"He has always been filial, how could he be such an evil person with evil intentions?" Empress Dowager Feng gradually turned to my side.
Even if it's unbelievable, I have to make the Queen Mother believe it.
"Mother, today, even I can hardly tell the difference between my brother and Prince Anle..."
As soon as I said this, the Queen Mother felt exhausted all over and turned her back.
"Yes, even you can't recognize him... Erlang, how much effort did he put into this? He Nu, if he is the son of the late emperor, and Li Nu, if he is the son of the Xue family, how can my mother and I survive in this Taiji Palace?"
Empress Dowager Feng sighed with gratitude, easily rescued me, and nailed Prince Anle to the Heavenly Prison.
Sanlang rebelled, and the Queen Mother was sad, after all, she had been on guard against him.
Prince Anle had been rebellious for many years, and the Queen Mother could not tolerate him for a while.
The saint is in poor health, and the oppression of the emperor covers my entire body.
The Lord suddenly understood.
He seemed to be being played around by King Anle, and he wanted to cut the King into pieces and execute him on the spot.
"Prince Anle attempted to impersonate the emperor, using someone else's power to replace him. My hairpin should have penetrated his neck several inches lower. The scar left on his face today is only a minor punishment."
If King Anle were to kill the king and take the throne, I would be the first to die in Chang'an City. He would never let me go, and I could not let him live.
After seeing through Prince Anle's evil ambitions, Queen Mother Feng sighed a few times and slowly became a loving mother again.
"Did it hurt you?"
My mother asked me softly.
Empress Dowager Feng looked dazed, as if she had forgotten that the person who was beaten was not me, but her own son.
In her eyes, King Wu'an and King Anle were just like King Yue, and they had no intention of being disloyal.
"It doesn't hurt, son."
I answered.
The sage could not stop laughing at himself and kept saying, "How dare he play tricks on me... I fell into his trap and was fooled by him."
Prince Anle deceived Chang'an and Luoyang, used me, played tricks on the saints, and deceived the queen mother.
His heart is evil and he deserves the death penalty.
"Spare his life, let him go. After spring, let him return to Luoyang quickly, and never allow him to enter Chang'an again in his lifetime."
Empress Dowager Feng issued an oral order, and the Saint and I had no choice but to obey.
The Princess of Yan was frail and she loved her youngest son, Prince Anle, the most. She was very tolerant and concerned about the royal family of Luoyang and Empress Dowager Feng.
At the Taiji Palace on the winter solstice, not only did the two eldest princesses Huayang and An come to pay their respects, but all the royal family children with names were present at the Taiji Palace that day.
To save the face of Prince Anle, to appease the Princess of Yan in Luoyang, and to restore the reputation of the emperor and the princes that was beyond salvation, I was punished together with the saint.
The Empress Dowager punished us by making us kneel in the Sanqing Temple for a whole night.
Empress Dowager Feng specifically ordered Tang Gong to keep watch nearby.
She was afraid that the saint and I would kill each other, but she also didn't want me to conspire with the saint to assassinate King Anle.
As for King Anle.
He was sent back to Taiqing Palace in Daningfang by Empress Dowager Feng, ostensibly to recuperate, but in reality to be driven away.
That day, the night was long and cold.
Tang Gong was being tricked out of the Sanqing Hall by a little palace maid, and Princess Li Ajiang of Leyang secretly brought hot tea and cakes to me and Your Majesty.
"What are you thinking about, sister?"
Seeing that I was lost in thought, the princess asked me.
"King Anle."
"What are you thinking about, brother?"
The princess asked the saint the same question.
"It's also the King of Anle."
The saint answered her.
"Prince Anle has already left the palace, why are you still thinking about him, brother and sister?"
The princess was very puzzled.
"Prince Anle is the most treacherous, and I have to think about it," I said.
"King Anle is very scheming, brother must be on guard," said the sage.
"Of course I want him to die."
He Nu and I said in unison.
Oaths cannot be trusted, and even an oath taken by a king cannot be trusted.
Killing someone means losing one's life. Anyone who has a connection with the imperial throne, anyone who has ambitions for the throne, the saint would rather kill him than let him go.
From the saint's reply, from that moment on, I knew that His Majesty the Emperor would never let King Anle go.
King Anle will never be able to return to Luoyang in this life. He will die miserably in Chang'an, the Jingzhao city he has always longed for.
Unfortunately, I didn't realize that because of him, I would never be able to return to Luoyang in this life...
On the day of the winter solstice, the saint was slapped in the face, and I knelt all night. King Anle completely lost the favor of Xingqing Palace.
The Prince of Luoyang has been in Chang'an for less than three months, but he has already offended both me and the Saint. I have to say that he is an outstanding figure in both civil and military affairs.
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