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"My lord, Aunt Qiu has restrained herself."

The candlelight flickered slightly, Zhao Jingyi didn't pause his pen, but ordered in a cold voice, "Prepare a coffin and send it to Qingci Temple."

"Yes."

After a while, Zhao Jingyi suddenly asked: "Did she leave anything behind?"

The door was pushed open, and Wei Jia walked in gently, and handed him a plain letter with flowers.

After the incident happened, Aunt Qiu dressed up and waited for Zhao Jingyi's return, just to take another look at this man, but her heart was as firm as iron, and her prince never took a step forward. In the end, she was desperate for beauty, the autumn flowers withered, and the dust turned into dust.

After all, she was a former woman, Wei Jia saw Zhao Jingyi took the letter and took out the envelope, knowing that even though his prince didn't say anything, he was unhappy after all.

The letter was not long, and it took less than a cup of tea to read it. After reading it, Zhao Jingyi folded the letter, put it in an envelope, and kept it by his hand. He looked up at Wei Jia, "Did Qingzhi Pavilion confess? "

"Recruited." Wei Jia took out the confession from his bosom, and respectfully handed it to Zhao Jingyi, "My lord, Zi Hong couldn't stand it anymore, and she has died. Here is her confession, which has been interrogated five times. There should be nothing to hide. As for Aunt Qing, if she uses the same method, she might not survive tonight."

For this woman, deep disgust flashed across Zhao Jingyi's brows, and he accepted the confession and placed it with Aunt Qiu's letter.

He waved his hand and let the guard back down.

Wei Jia hesitated for a moment, but did not move.

"Anything else?"

"Mother Gu's family..."

Zhao Jingyi looked at him, and Wei Jia said: "The prince ordered someone to give Gu Mama and his family a glass of poisoned wine, sold their daughter, Jasmine's family, and demoted the relevant people to the Zhuangzi."

Zhao Jingyi didn't say good or bad, just said "Let's do it like this, and enter the palace tomorrow."

The gate of the palace is closed tightly, the inside and the outside are blocked, and the news is always delayed.

When several corpses were sent out from the back door of Prince Rui's Mansion in the early morning, the King of Shu couldn't hold back any longer, rode his horse and hurried to Prince Rui's Mansion.

Compared with himself and the king of Liang, this cousin who is deserted and does not get in touch with others is more valued by the emperor, so he is different from other clans and does not need to buy their account.

Of course, Zhao Jingyi never neglected or hindered them. He was not on the same path, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. Naturally, he would not act according to their feelings.

Four years ago, the shocking news of the murder of the concubine by poison and the death of the concubine that caused a sensation in the entire capital was still a lingering shadow over Prince Rui's residence.Leaving aside the small role of Lin Xi now, Aunt Qiu, under the instigation of Aunt Qing, wanted to murder the eldest son again, even a sage couldn't bear it.

Behind the two incidents is the dispute in the harem, and the evidence points directly at the concubine Xian. When the king of Shu thought that Zhao Jingyi would be mercilessly laid out in front of Emperor Xia Jing, what would happen to his mother and concubine, he was flustered, and he felt the same way. It was even further away from that chair.

With a sullen face, the King of Shu quickly arrived at the gate of Prince Rui's mansion, got off his horse and walked in.

"This king wants to see your lord."

The porter was taken aback, and replied: "Your Highness, the prince has gone into the palace."

what!

The King of Shu's face suddenly became gloomy and terrifying, and after a daze, he asked angrily, "How long have you been away?"

The concierge flinched in fright, and whispered back: "It's time for a stick of incense..."

not late!

The king of Shu turned around immediately, the horse hadn't been fastened yet, so if he chased it up quickly, he should have time to stop him in front of the palace gate.

However, just as he touched the reins, King Liang rode towards him with a smile on his face, "Fifth brother, brother has something important to discuss with you, but let me find you."

With that elegant face, the King of Shu clenched his whip tightly and wanted to throw it away.

Emperor Xia Jing was rectifying the harem, and the various confessions presented by Eunuch Cui made him feel worse. He didn't even see the cabinet ministers very much, so naturally he didn't want to see Zhao Jingyi.

However, my father-in-law took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, the prince is kneeling outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and dare not lie to the Emperor if he has something important to say. Look at the look on this servant girl's face, it is really heavy, and a person standing within a radius of five miles will be frozen." stiff."

Zhao Jingyi seldom refused to listen to orders so stubbornly. Emperor Xia Jing frowned and asked, "Do you know what it is?"

"Hiss... the prince didn't say anything, but the slaves have vaguely heard that it's related to the young prince."

Emperor Xia Jing didn't want to hear any pleadings or insults, but when his father-in-law said this, he felt that it would be a good idea to meet him, so he nodded.

Zhao Jingyi followed the father-in-law into the main hall, and knelt down, "My nephew pays respects to the emperor's uncle, please interrupt me early in the morning, please ask the emperor's uncle to make amends, long live the emperor."

Emperor Xia Jing squinted his eyes, looking at his nephew kneeling straight with his head bowed, he couldn't help feeling a little strange.Zhao Jingyi, who had always been straightforward, even respectfully called the emperor in private, called him "Uncle Emperor" when he saw her today. It can be seen that what he played had nothing to do with the court, and was mostly "family affairs".

He waved his hand to make Zhao Jingyi flattened, and said in a gentle tone: "It is important to come to the palace early in the morning to see me. You and my uncle and nephew don't have to beat around the bush. I always favor you. Come on, Rong'er is a foreigner." What's the matter?"

Zhao Jingyi stood up and glanced at Eunuch Lai.

Eunuch Lai looked at Emperor Xia Jing again, who raised his eyebrows, looked suspiciously at Zhao Jingyi again, and finally nodded.

When the father-in-law came, he swept away the dust, retreated the maids and servants who were serving in the palace, and stood by the door himself.

Can we say it now?Emperor Xia Jing raised his chin as a signal.

Zhao Jingyi took out a stack of white paper and an envelope from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands, "Rong'er is fine, but he was a little frightened. My nephew ordered someone to torture me, and I got these. The matter is so important that I dare not hide it." , and there are so many involved, it is difficult to make a decision, after much deliberation, I still need to report to my uncle."

The white paper is not only the confession of Aunt Qing and Zihong, but also the servants who came and went in secret, and the nun Shan'an in Qingci nunnery couldn't hold back and confessed.As long as Emperor Xia Jing saw this, the anger in his heart had already been poured into flames, and when he saw the letter from Aunt Qiu who was sincere but also honestly explained how he was teased, his six-point confidence immediately became nine-point.

The veins on his forehead throbbed, and with a sound of "pa——", Emperor Xia Jing slapped the letter and paper on the table. The sound was so loud that the father-in-law who came by the door immediately knelt down in fright and called out: "The emperor calm down."

Zhao Jingyi also knelt down before standing for a long time, and then calmly reported: "Qiu family hanged himself, and Qing family and related people have been executed by nephew after confessing. Only the nun is in custody, please show uncle the emperor."

Emperor Xia Jing looked at Zhao Jingyi in surprise. He didn't care whether these sluts died or not, but Zhao Jingyi dealt with those who knew the matter and submitted a statement. He didn't even leave Qiu's letter before his death. Fair?

The sad events of four years ago are still vivid in my mind, so it’s okay if I don’t know about it, but now it’s found out that someone was behind it to cause such a tragedy, the death of a wife and son, who can resist this?What's more, four years later, he stretched out his poisonous claws again. If Zhao Yuanrong hadn't been clever, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Emperor Xia Jing's boundless anger was not only because the concubine dared to put her hand into the house of an important minister behind his back, but also used insidious means to interfere in his family affairs. The revelation of the conspiracy would have discredited the royal family. What a big debt!How can we appease the pillars of the country!

Zhao Jingyi is a super prince who has a lot of troops in his hands and is very important in the court. If Prince Rui's House has any inclination towards the position of heir, the consequences are simply uncontrollable.

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia Jing was furious again, he forced it down, showing regret, "Jingyi, I will give you and Rong'er an explanation! My good boy, get up quickly." No matter what, he in Prince Rui's mansion Must be appeased.

Zhao Jingyi didn't move, didn't even bend his back, still knelt on the ground, and said flatly: "Uncle Xie, but Rong'er is fine, so why bother Uncle? It's already out, I shouldn't have disturbed Uncle, but I just heard that Leng Mei in the palace is causing trouble again, thinking that maybe it has something to do with it, so I went to the palace to report."

Regardless of whether Zhao Jingyi is retreating to advance or is sincere, just these words made Emperor Xia Jing extremely ironic, and hurriedly leaned over to help his caring nephew up, "You understand me, I understand it in my heart, but my emperor's nephew accepts it." Even if I agree with such a big grievance, your imperial grandmother will not be able to explain it to you."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia Jing wanted to feel jealous of his younger brother who died early, and patted Zhao Jingyi on the shoulder, "Go back and comfort Rong'er for me, but at such a young age, you have suffered so much, alas! Fu, find the set of white jade chess pieces that were paid tribute to the south and send them to Prince Rui's residence, and you can figure out the rest."

Zhao Jingyi was meaningless, so Xie En withdrew.

The father-in-law sent it to the door, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I am afraid that the concubine Xian will not succeed."

Concubine Xian watched Emperor Xia Jing slowly walk in with his back to the light, with an indistinct expression, the golden dragon on the bright yellow dragon robe seemed to rush over and strangle her throat in the next moment, following the slow step by step The feeling of suffocation became more and more intense, oppressing her heart so hard to beat.

Finally—"Slap!" An extremely crisp slap resounded through Lizheng Palace.

Concubine Xian was thrown to the ground with great force, and even the loose hairpin on her head fell to the ground and slid far away.

Her face was burning hot, she didn't care about the rapidly red and swollen cheeks and the painful bumps, she hurriedly knelt down on the ground, her thin body trembling, "The concubine is guilty..."

"You are so courageous! 50 troops are fighting abroad, and you dare to plot against his family and heirs. Who will take your courage! Are you not afraid of the instability of the court, the instability of the family, and the defeat of the frontier? What a ruthless plan, how did you get the word "virtuous"?" Emperor Xia Jing was already furious on the way here, and slapped him directly and roared, "What's even more ridiculous is that you think he doesn't know, but after four years, he actually Repeat the old tricks, and even hit Concubine Shu's head, you really don't take me seriously! Do you think I'm so stupid and fooling around at will?"

Concubine Xian raised her head suddenly, looked at Emperor Xia Jing's dangerous gaze in horror, and shook her head fiercely, "I dare not, I dare not!"

"There are all the witnesses and material evidence, so why don't you dare now!"

The confession that belonged to Aunt Qing and Mrs. Shan'an was thrown in front of Concubine Xian. She widened her eyes and hurriedly took it over to read it. Then she crawled to Emperor Xia Jing's feet crying and grabbed his clothes, "Your Majesty The concubine was convicted, Qingzhi was indeed the concubine who hinted that she was sent to Prince Rui's mansion to serve the prince, and the concubine pointed at the Yao family, so the concubine had selfish intentions, but the concubine didn't know that she was so bold and dared to murder the prince! The frontier matter , Your lord is extremely important. Even though my concubine is a woman, I know that the emperor cares about the frontier and wants to share your worries. How dare I do such treasonous things secretly. But after the incident happened, my concubine heard about it and felt uneasy, but I really don’t know The truth is, the concubine really dare not lie to the emperor! This time the concubine was wronged even more. I really don't know that bitch would dare to stir up trouble and misunderstand the prince. The concubine is really suffering. There is no way to get it, Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Xia Jing drew back, but was hugged tightly by Concubine Xian, frowning and asked coldly: "You don't know? Then how did Lengmei come from in this confession?"

Concubine Xian was taken aback, clenched her fists, bit her lips, and shook her head, "That bastard Qing Zhi, how can you trust her biting before she died? The emperor is aware."

Emperor Xia Jing smiled coldly, the danger in his eyes was real, he lowered his head and stared closely at Concubine Xian's eyes, "My concubine, to be honest, I might still spare you. Otherwise, you can't save yourself, even the king of Shu can't escape." Lose."

Concubine Xian's heart tightened suddenly, her face was as white as a ghost, with her disheveled hair, there was a sense of sad beauty, she let go of Emperor Xia Jing, leaned down on the ground, and said firmly and slowly: "Your Majesty! This concubine dare not lie!"

"Okay! Very good!" Emperor Xia Jing nodded and smiled, "My beloved concubine, I really don't shed tears when I see the coffin. Do you still remember the old palace man in the Marquis of Anping's mansion?"

Immediately Concubine Xian was speechless, and if she continued to quibble, what would be involved would not be the 01:30 point.

So he cried and begged: "Your Majesty, my concubine knew it was wrong... I knew it was wrong, for the sake of the King of Shu, for the sake of the King of Shu..."

"Forgive you, I can't explain to Prince Rui's residence, I can't explain to the Empress Dowager, let alone face the frontier soldiers."

Emperor Xia Jing looked down at the miserable woman, the despair in his eyes made him suddenly unbearable, after following him for more than 20 years, once the anger of this day and night was gone, what was left behind was reluctance.

"From now on, I will go to the concubine position and be reduced to a beauty... For the sake of the King of Shu, I will temporarily live in Lizheng Palace and be confined for a year. No visits are allowed to see the aftermath."

After Xia Jingdi finished speaking, he took another look at her, "I hope you will take care of yourself."

Concubine Xian, no, the current beauty Zuo, with tears in her eyes, knelt down and thanked her tremblingly, "My concubine thanks the Lord for your kindness."

Emperor Xia Jing suddenly became dull and was about to leave, but he saw a servant rushing in, knelt down, raised his hands above his head and presented a white rice paper, "Your Majesty, this is Cui Zhang's order to present it to His Majesty immediately." Watch."

Eunuch Cui...

Zuo Meiren suddenly stared at the paper with palpitations, watching Emperor Xia Jing take it and open it, she moved her lips, but she couldn't move her whole body.

Then she saw that Emperor Xia Jing's face changed suddenly, and he turned to look at her, that strange gaze made her whole body cold, as if she had fallen into eighteen layers of hell.

Suddenly, her eyes were bright red, and the warm liquid was on her face. When she looked again, Xia Jingdi's body shook, and he was slowly falling backwards.

"Your Majesty—" a scream came out of her chest, Zuo Meiren got up in a panic and ran towards the emperor. Lai Gonggong threw away the whisk in fright, barely helped the fallen emperor, and then rushed into the imperial army.