Funing Hall

The Fifth Palace is really close, after the Empress Dowager Sun and Zhao Congde fell into the water together, the maids and the "Second Housekeeper" screamed in panic, naturally more guards and eunuchs gathered there.Many guards jumped into the water to save people, Zhao Congde was easy to save, they were all men.

Empress Dowager Sun——

She is still the queen mother!

The grand lady of the Baoci Palace cried: "What time is it, hurry up and save our lady!"

The guards didn't hesitate any more, they gritted their teeth and rescued the Queen Mother together, besides, he was saved even if he didn't, the Queen Mother Sun and Zhao Congde had a belt loosely connected to each other.The guards blushed when they saw it, and said in their hearts that they are really shameless!If you dare to do such a thing in the Fifth Palace, you are so anxious that you don't even untie your belt!

This is something that a discerning eye can see at a glance.

There were also many people watching the battle not far away. Originally, their attention was all on the boat and the sailors, but now they all looked at the five halls.Especially the maid's cry was so loud that they could hear it clearly.

In the crowd, someone said: "Be good! Empress Dowager Sun has an affair with Prince Wei's son!"

Someone even continued: "That's not true! In broad daylight, the royal garden, His Majesty is still here, they actually—"

"I'm afraid I was too happy, so I fell into the water! Look, there is a window next to the place where I fell into the water!"

In the crowd, people don't know who is talking, but they ask and answer.The rest of the people waited to look there one after another, and the short ones had to stand on tiptoe to look, and it was incredible to see that it was by the window!Looking again, the guards have rescued the people!Someone panicked: "The belt has not been untied in the future!"

"The clothes are all soaked!"

"Coax—" It was completely lively now, everyone rushed to look at the Fifth Hall, even the sailors became curious.

Zhao Cong stood upstairs, his face turned red, but he didn't feel ashamed.

Anyway, the ones who lost it were the people from Weijun Wangfu and Sun Dowager, everyone knew that he didn't like Weijun Wangfu and Sun Dowager.It's just that Zhao Congde is Zhao Shiqi's father in name anyway!Zhao Shiqi is his appointed heir!Although Zhao Shiqi said that he would not accept the imperial edict, Zhao Cong would like to live a few more years, but he must die earlier than Zhao Shiqi, and he was already older than Zhao Shiqi.And his body, he himself knows.

Zhao Shiqi will succeed sooner or later, but Zhao Congde, who is uneasy, wants to hold Zhao Shiqi back!

On such an important day, Zhao Congde dared to do such a thing with Queen Mother Sun in such a place!No wonder after seeing Zhao Congde for a long time, Empress Dowager Sun also said that she was not feeling well.If Zhao Shiqi's reputation is tarnished, ten lives are not enough for him!

Zhao Cong was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to think about it for a while, he said angrily: "Why don't you go and see?!"

"Yes!" Surprised, Fu Lu immediately turned around and went downstairs, followed by Ji Xiang and Ji Li.

Seeing that Zhao Cong was angry, Zhao Shiqi immediately lost his original joy, and immediately put away the smile on his lips, wanting to talk to Zhao Cong.Zhao Cong turned his head ruthlessly, and looked at Prince Wei's family.

Wei Junwang's old leg trembled, and he knelt directly on the ground, his voice was extremely loud.

Zhao Shiyuan and his younger brothers also knelt down together, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

The common people below were excited to watch the excitement, but they were full of voices, and they were still crowded towards the fifth hall. Fortunately, the guards had stepped forward to stop them.

Under such bustle, Baojin Tower seemed to be getting more and more silent.

The concubine Jiang Shi was about to kneel down, but suddenly her body went limp and she fell directly to the ground.After all, there is not enough space upstairs in Baojin Tower, and it is impossible for Jiang to bring a female envoy up.She fell to the ground, and there was no one to help her, and the sisters-in-law did not dare to go forward.

Zhao Cong took a deep breath, feeling that she was a little pitiful.

Zhao Shiqi told him that the imperial concubine was good to him, and the concubine's daughter, Zhao Shiqing, was also very kind to him, and Zhao Shiqing's husband, Si Lang, was even more kind.Zhao Cong said to Rantao and Piaoshu, "Help the concubine to the side of the high chair."

The two of them stepped forward, carefully lifted Jiang Shi up, and helped her onto the chair.

Zhao Cong looked at Duke Wei, Zhao Shiyuan and the others again. He squinted his eyes, but he didn't have time to think about them. What he thought in his heart was that Zhao Congde must not be a burden on Xiao Shiyi.However, the people downstairs have sharp eyes and have already started to shout that the man is the prince of Weijun.

Zhao Cong withdrew his gaze, took a few steps forward, and said to Lu Yuan, "Come here."

"Your Majesty." Lu Yuan came to him immediately, Zhao Shiqi also wanted to go this way, Zhao Cong glared at him: "Stand there honestly!"

The rest of the people in Baojin Tower couldn't help thinking, could it be that His Majesty is a good nephew who already hates him? !

Zhao Cong whispered to Lu Yuan: "Go down and order the competition to start immediately, then you go and tell Fulu to hide Zhao Congde, no matter what method you use, find someone to stand up to Zhao Congde."

"...Yes!" Lu Yuan's mind turned quickly, His Majesty wanted to protect Eleven Lord!He agreed, turned around and ran downstairs.

As soon as Lu Yuan arrived at the lower end, he conveyed His Majesty's meaning, and the horn sounded immediately, and the water battle began.

The common people want to see the excitement of the two places, but when the horn is blown, it is accompanied by the sound of drums, the sound of boatmen paddling water, and the roar of their mouths. Most of the men are shirtless, sweat and pool water Shine brightly.The excitement was close to them, and it was real, very impactful and contagious. After a while, they watched the water battle carefully, followed by shouting and cheering, and the atmosphere was extremely hot for a while.

The crisis downstairs was temporarily resolved, but it was even quieter upstairs.

Duke Wei's beard was shaking. He hadn't been in good health for the past few years, and he was ready to go anytime, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen to him in his lifetime!

The face of their Weijun Wang family!

This is Taizu's face lost!He scolded Zhao Congde in his heart, and many doubts from the past could not help flashing. More than 20 years ago, he felt that there was something wrong between his son and Queen Mother Sun.Later, his son tried his best to marry Jiang Siniang, so he forgot about it, but unexpectedly...

In their lineage, a prince was not easy to come by at the beginning. Taizu loved his grandson, so he made his father a prince. Otherwise, his grandmother was just a Zhaoyi, how could he earn a prince for them?Now he is afraid that he will no longer be able to keep the prince given by Taizu!

At this time, Duke Wei just felt ashamed, ashamed of his father, and even more ashamed of his great ancestor who loved him so much.If he knew what his good son had done behind his back, he might be so angry that he vomited blood and died.

But at this time he didn't know.

His brow was covered with sweat, and he was already prepared for the worst that His Majesty would downgrade his title to Duke.

The rest of the clan and ministers kept silent, only to see how His Majesty would deal with it.

His Majesty remained calm, standing alone at the front, looking out of the building without making a sound.Even Eleven Lord, His Majesty ignored him.

The people watched more and more lively, shouting louder and louder, but they became more and more uncomfortable standing behind His Majesty, Your Majesty is too silent!Finally someone couldn't bear it and secretly pushed the money merchant.The money merchant came out and said, "Your Majesty—"

Before he finished speaking, Fu Lu ran up, knelt down in front of Zhao Cong, and said loudly: "Your Majesty! I took someone to find out! The person who fell into the water with the Queen Mother was not the prince of Wei County, but a guard. !"

Zhao Shiqi frowned, and he immediately understood Zhao Cong's intention, and he planned to speak.

Zhao Cong said, "Did you look carefully this time?"

"Look carefully, Shizi is not well today, he entered from the west gate of Jinming Pool, and the guard at the gate testified. That, that guard is about the same size as Shizi, fished it out, and looked carefully, it is not Shizi at all! Another place to rest!"

The guard who came to report hurriedly before was also a member of the family, and everyone present recognized him, how could he be mistaken, and how could he say the wrong thing?Who dares to talk nonsense about such a thing?

Your Majesty is trying to silence everyone, to save face for that Eleven Lord!Just now they thought that His Majesty despised this person, but they love him so much!

Talking about such things not only embarrasses the royal family, but also the courtiers feel ashamed.

Immediately, someone laughed and said, "So I made a mistake!"

After he finished laughing, the others stared at him, and the smile on his face froze.

The prince of Weijun was temporarily taken out, and there is also a queen mother inside!

When the empress dowager is still the empress dowager of the Sun family, her father and brother were about to be executed, and she did something like this again...

With a cold face, Zhao Cong said to Fu Lu: "Since you admit your mistake, go and tell Shizi, tell him not to worry, and rest well. Today is a big day, let's watch the water battle first."

"Yes." Fulu agreed.

Zhao Congang let out a sigh of relief for Zhao Shiqi.

Lu Yuan ran over in a panic again, he looked at His Majesty, hesitant to speak.

Zhao Cong said in a deep voice, "Say."

Lu Yuan walked up to him and said in a low voice, "The prince is awake and going crazy..."

Zhao Cong was almost not laughed at, he was here to clean up the mess for Zhao Congde, how dare Zhao Congde go crazy? !He narrowed his eyes and said, "Go and tie him up!"

And because Zhao Congde went crazy and yelled indiscriminately, the five halls were full of people, which attracted the attention of the people, and no matter how difficult it was to take it back, the bottom was a mess, and Zhao Cong couldn't go down in person.

Zhao Cong wanted to send someone down.

Zhao Shiqi spoke out first: "Your Majesty, I'll go."

"You wait for me!" Zhao Cong was angry.

Zhao Shiqi was also angry, angry with himself.In this matter, he only thought of embarrassing Empress Dowager Sun and Zhao Congde, so that even if they died, they would die without face.I want to simply ruin my reputation so that I can no longer be an heir.He thought that this good show would make Zhao Cong happy too, but unexpectedly Zhao Cong's reaction was so intense, and it was completely different from what he had imagined.

Although he had achieved his goal, he never regretted it, but he felt very uncomfortable seeing Zhao Cong like this.

"Your Majesty, let me go!"

"Just stay here!"

"Your Majesty—" Zhao Shiqi's real nature was not that white-haired cat, and now he only wanted to make up for it, and he was a little stubborn to do something for Zhao Cong.

The relationship between the two was very tense, Qian Shang quickly said kindly: "Your Majesty, if you don't worry, let me take a look at it?"

Zhao Shiqi turned to look at him, let the money merchant go?He immediately said: "Don't bother me, my lord."

"This—" Qian Shang showed hesitation.

Zhao Cong made a final decision: "Go to the money merchant."

"Yes." The money merchant agreed.

Zhao Shiqi said again: "Your Majesty!"

"If you say another word, I will ask someone to tie you up too!"

"Your Majesty..." Zhao Shiqi said, kneeling on the ground as well, "Let me go."

This is actually a silent contest, but Zhao Cong is determined not to let Zhao Shiqi go. Once he goes, it is confirmed that the person is indeed Zhao Congde.He must not stand by and watch Zhao Shiqi's reputation be damaged like this.

"Kneel down." Zhao Cong was extremely cruel, turned his head with his hands behind his back, and continued to look downstairs in silence.

Zhao Shiqi took a deep breath, and cast his eyes on Qian Shang's back, his eyes became deeper and deeper.

Qian Shang turned back and went downstairs. He also brought a housekeeper and guards with him when he went out. Like other people, they all stood downstairs.When he saw the money merchant coming down, he wanted to come and salute.

Qian Shang glanced at him lightly and looked at Wudianyan again and again, he was slightly taken aback, then bowed his head.

At the Fifth Hall, Zhao Congde and Queen Mother Sun were fished out of the water, and Zhao Congde was still in shock at first.

From the moment he entered Jinmingchi, he couldn't help himself anymore, including being forced into the fifth hall, being gagged, holding a knife against him, and then tied him with Queen Mother Sun with a belt, and then thrown into the in the water.

When he fell into the water, he thought he was bound to die, but he didn't die!

He immediately didn't care about losing face, he was ecstatic, but before he was overjoyed, he saw people coming in one after another, and his brain gradually became clear.

He knew that he was really screwed this time.

At this time, in this place, he was murdered by someone, and he was going to die!

Zhao Cong really knew what he did, and he really wanted to kill him!He thought that he was exhausted, but unexpectedly, he still ended up like this.He was a bit decadent, and when he saw the Empress Dowager Sun who was lying with him in an even more embarrassing situation, he not only did not sympathize, but was even more afraid.

What kind of punishment should be sentenced for having an affair with the Queen Mother?After all, their family is a county king, so there is probably no death penalty, right?He was thinking wildly.

And more guards rushed in, suddenly a drenched guard and Fu Lu who was in front of His Majesty came in, Fu Lu said indifferently: "Your Majesty, you and the younger one go to other places to rest for a while."

"I'm not going!" Zhao Congde yelled, "Someone hurt me, someone forced me with a knife, I have injuries, injuries! I want to see Your Majesty, I am His Majesty's fourth brother, Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Fu Lu sneered: "My son, if you don't go with the little one, everyone in the world will know that you have a private meeting with the queen mother. At that time, if you don't die, you will die."

Zhao Congde was very afraid of the word "death", upon hearing it, he immediately asked: "I am not dead? Your Majesty won't let me die?"

Fu Lu pointed to the wet and obscene guards beside him and showed him: "What do you think?"

Zhao Congde suddenly came to his senses, so he was looking for someone to replace him!He can't die!He laughed "hahaha" and stood up, wanting to leave with Fulu, but suddenly thought of Empress Dowager Sun.He turned around and looked, Empress Dowager Sun was pale, she hadn't woken up yet, her hair was already messed up, and her face was wet, she looked a bit like a water ghost.

He shook, and immediately ran away with Fu Lu.

Fu Lu threw a piece of clothes to put on him, and led him to walk back in a hurry, when someone outside shouted loudly: "The son who had an affair with the empress dowager came out!!!"

Fu Lu frowned, and pulled Zhao Congde to speed up his pace. Zhao Congde was so panicked that he was dragged away by Fu Lu.After walking a few steps, a group of people behind them were pushed by someone, and suddenly they all broke through the guards' block and rushed towards the two of them.There were so many people, it was a mess at the moment, the crowd rushed in, and Fu Lu and Zhao Congde were immediately dispersed.

Zhao Congde was a little confused, and turned back to look for Fulu, but suddenly someone came forward and pulled him and whispered: "Your Majesty, run away! Your Majesty is going to trick you into killing you!"

"Who?!" Zhao Congde turned his head sharply, but he couldn't find anyone talking to him at all. He thought he had heard wrong, so he asked loudly again, "Who the hell?!"

But there were too many people and too many human voices, and he couldn't distinguish them at all.He was even more flustered, until someone behind him said the same thing as him: "Your Majesty, run away!!" That person also stuffed a knife into his hand.

The blood all over Zhao Congde's body was cold at first, and then hot, he pushed people away regardless, and ran desperately towards the east gate of Jinming Pool.The water of Jinming Pool flows out from under the bridge at the east gate, and then flows into the Bian River.At this time, the sailors were rowing to the vicinity, and the waterside was full of people, but there was a shortage of guards.Zhao Congde ran in a panic, but also quickly, taking advantage of the cover of the crowd, pushing people indiscriminately, and just ran out of Jinming Pool, falling behind him.

The guards at the east gate didn't know what was going on inside. When they saw him coming out, they were curious: "My son—" Before he finished speaking, Zhao Congde put on a stern face, then unexpectedly stretched out his hands and stabbed the two of them several times , the two fell down, and he ran out quickly.

After running for dozens of steps, a carriage suddenly came from behind, and the groom shouted, "Your Majesty! I'm here to save you!"

Zhao Congde's feet softened, he was afraid that this was another person sent by Zhao Cong to kill him, so he didn't dare to turn his head back, but he was carried into the carriage like a chicken.He wanted to resist at first, but was slapped from the back of the head again, and he passed out again.

Before Qian Shang reached the fifth hall, he was stopped by the crowd. When he finally got there, Fu Lu, who was also squeezed into the water, had just climbed onto the bank, and he immediately went to see it.

Only then did I realize that Zhao Congde had disappeared.

"Why disappeared?!" Zhao Cong was very angry.

Qian Shang reported: "Your Majesty, when the minister went down, before the fifth hall, the crowd suddenly surged and blocked the way. Even the senior officials Fu were squeezed into the water. When the crowd cleared, the prince disappeared."

Fu Lu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the little one has ordered someone to look for it! The time is short, and the prince is shocked again. He must be still in the garden!"

After he finished speaking, another person came to report: "Your Majesty! The prince escaped from the east gate of Jinming Pool, and injured two guards! Guards, you are already out of breath."

When King Wei Jun heard this, he couldn't stand it any longer. He shook his body and immediately passed out and fell to the ground.

Zhao Shiyuan walked up to him on his knees, choked up and called him: "Daddy." But he dared not intercede, and begged His Majesty to let the imperial doctor take a look.

Zhao Cong's eyes became darker and darker, why should Zhao Congde be so afraid?How could Zhao Congde escape like this?Why did the crowd start to be in turmoil at that time? With so many guards and eunuchs in Jin Mingchi, they couldn't stop him alone?

Zhao Congde may have done more than private meetings with Queen Mother Sun!

He reached out and grabbed the wooden railing, and said word by word: "Close the city gate, search, search."

The guards took orders, turned around and went downstairs.

But at this time, someone came to report: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has woken up and said she has something to say to you."

"I have no time."

The little eunuch trembled a little, lowered his head, crawled forward, and said in a voice that only His Majesty could hear: "Your Majesty said, it's about, about the real cause of death of Prince Anding and Princess Princess..."