As a prince, riding and shooting are basic skills, and the Prince of Qi does have some reaction ability to do so.
He quickly dodged to the side, and the white object flew past his cheek, hit the wall with a bang, and then broke into pieces.
The back of the King of Qi was instantly soaked with cold sweat, and his cheeks were not injured, but he felt a burning pain.
Heart-wrenching.
Prince Qi knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Father, please calm down. I don't know how I have made you angry. Please don't let your anger get you in trouble."
Thinking about the moment that just happened, his heart fell into an icy hole.
If it had hit his face just now and disfigured him, the King of Qi would have shuddered.
What happened to make my father, who is known for his good temper, so angry?
"Don't you know what you did to make me angry?" Emperor Jingming walked around the dragon table and rushed to the front of Prince Qi. He kicked him and cursed him as he kicked him. "You plotted against the Queen Mother, plotted against your brothers, and plotted against me... Yu Zhang, you are really my good son!"
The King of Qi did not dare to hide, let alone hide. He was already gripped by great fear and could not move.
His mind was buzzing and blank.
What did the emperor say?
The scheming Queen Mother - Could it be that my father has seen through the inside story of today's events?
The Prince of Qi endured a brutal beating from Emperor Jingming, and his mind was almost frozen in shock.
Pan Hai, who was hiding in the corner, couldn't bear to watch it, and Han Ran, who was also hiding in the corner, couldn't bear to watch it either.
Tsk tsk, King Qi is in such a miserable state.
Pan Hai and Han Ran looked at each other, each with their own thoughts.
Pan Hai thought to himself that he was right. The Prince of Yan was not a weakling, but an eagle. The Prince of Qi was not just trying to steal a chicken but also losing the rice. He just didn't realize that his brother was a big-tailed eagle.
His eyesight was so poor that he failed miserably before he had the chance to enjoy the joy of victory.
Han Ran silently made up his mind: if he showed up here today, King Qi would definitely hate him. In that case, he might as well go all out and follow King Yan to trample King Qi so hard that he couldn't stand up. That would be the responsibility for himself and his family.
The only two onlookers were distracted for a moment, and the beating continued.
The King of Qi slowed down a little and cried, "Father, please calm down, Father, please calm down..."
Emperor Jingming finally got tired of fighting, and asked breathlessly: "Yu Zhang, it's okay for you to have some small thoughts, but have you ever been worried about the Queen Mother's health?"
The King of Qi finally had a chance to speak properly, and he lay on the ground crying, "Father, I really don't understand what you are talking about—"
Emperor Jingming sneered: "Don't understand? Do you know Zhao Tiju of the Ministry of Personnel and Zhang Zhubu of the Honglu Temple?"
Prince Hun of Qi froze and couldn't help but look at Han Ran standing in the corner.
Han Ran looked at the nose and the heart, and did not make eye contact with the King of Qi.
The King of Qi felt cold all over immediately.
Has Jin Linwei noticed today's incident?
"Father, I have no connection with such a petty official..." King Qi decided to deny it to the end.
He couldn't admit it. Once he did, there would be no way he could recover.
Emperor Jingming stared at Prince Qi with deep disappointment in his eyes.
"You have no connection with the petty officials? Then you have no connection with Li Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel and Chen Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple?"
King Qi was shocked.
Emperor Jingming's voice was filled with anger and disappointment: "Yu Zhang, do you think that my Jinlin Guards are all good-for-nothings and can't find out about your evil deeds?"
Han Ran in the corner: "..." So, he really has to thank Prince Yan's men for impersonating their Jinlin Guard?
Han Ran was originally furious when thinking of Yu Jin's threat, but at this moment he inexplicably felt a sense of gratitude.
No, even if what the other party did was beneficial to him, it would be too insulting to threaten him like this.
He can't be that mean!
Han Ran reminded himself secretly to resist the inexplicable gratitude that arose in his heart.
When the King of Qi heard what Emperor Jingming said, he finally gave up his excuses and collapsed to the ground to plead guilty: "I was confused for a moment, please forgive me, father..."
Pan Hai couldn't help shaking his head.
Prince Qi's mentality is not good, he is too fragile. In fact, the emperor has not even asked Minister Li and Shaoqing Chen, but he has already admitted it.
If it was King Yan——
Thinking of that face that always had a casual smile on it, Pan Hai twitched his lips.
Prince Yan must be the kind of person who wouldn't cry even if he saw a coffin, so there is no way he could be frightened by the emperor.
When Emperor Jingming heard Prince Qi's personal admission, his heart turned cold.
Although his outburst just now was due to anger, he also wanted to deceive the fourth brother. If the fourth brother would rather die than admit it, he might be moved.
I didn’t expect that it was really the fourth brother who did it.
These crap things never let him down!
The more Emperor Jingming thought about it, the more chilled he became. His face was shrouded in coldness. "Why did you do this?"
The King of Qi fell to the ground, trembling, and said, "My seventh brother has repeatedly offended me, but I was just angry for a moment—"
"You used the Queen Mother's body as an excuse because you were angry for a moment. Have all your benevolence, righteousness and filial piety been eaten by dogs?" Emperor Jingming asked loudly before Prince Qi could finish.
If it was any other son, Emperor Jingming would not be extremely angry, but it was different with Prince Qi.
Over the years, Prince Qi has always been humble, polite and well-behaved. Although Emperor Jingming is not very close to this son, he feels that he is a worry-free person when he thinks about him.
But now, he felt deeply fooled.
This feeling, combined with the Queen Mother's annoyance at being plotted against, doubled her anger.
"My son was wrong. I was confused for a moment..." The King of Qi apologized again and again, his heart filled with despair.
Although Jinlinwei will monitor the words and deeds of all officials, it is not the same as weaving a net to drag everyone down. The Jinlinwei in charge of Fude Temple was clearly slacking off today, so how could he have been caught?
The King of Qi couldn't understand why. He felt that God was unfair and would never let good fortune fall on his side.
Emperor Jingming glanced at Prince Qi, turned his back, and said coldly: "Yu Zhang, from now on, unless summoned, you should not come to the palace. Stay in the palace and reflect on your mistakes."
King Qi was shocked and cried out: "Father——"
"Why, giving you face is not enough, do you want me to announce your actions to the world?"
The Prince of Qi's face turned pale and he dared not say another word. He allowed the eunuchs to send him out and left the palace in a daze.
The people of Suzakufang were in a panic for a while.
What's going on? First, the seventh child was summoned into the palace, and there was a rumor that he was reprimanded by his father. Then the fourth child was summoned into the palace again, and when he came back, it was as if he had lost 12,000 taels of silver.
The various royal palaces were making guesses, but none of them knew the true situation.
A few days later, Chen Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple was impeached by the historian Yu for favoring his concubine and killing his wife, and was dismissed from office.
Not long after this incident, Li Duolai, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was imprisoned for accepting bribes to obtain a job for someone else.
Chen Shaoqing and Li Shilang met with accidents one after another. When thinking about the fact that Prince Qi left the palace in a daze not long ago, people in the court began to speculate silently.
For a while, all the ministers who originally supported King Qi became as honest as quails. None of them dared to be high-profile. Some even secretly changed their minds and decided to stay away from King Qi.
The King of Qi had won the hearts of the people for many years, but in the blink of an eye, most of it was lost.