Dressed as a man with the eldest son

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"Your Highness——" Nan Ruo glanced at the prince and Xia Houpei, shocked and indignant, and was pushed back by Emperor Yongzhao, in a daze, "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Yongzhao's expression was calm, and he was not surprised at the situation in front of him. He seemed to have expected it a long time ago. He lifted the hand that had been covering his thigh, and saw nothing, no wound at all!

Chang Qing opened his mouth wide.

Suddenly, Nan Ruo looked at Emperor Yongzhao excitedly, and now he was saved.

Emperor Yongzhao looked calm, and raised his hand to ask him to help him to stand up and sit back on the throne: "King Heng plotted a rebellion. Although the chief culprit was punished, there is no forgiveness for the minor crime. The main offenders are the barbarians, and the soldiers were killed on the spot."

The thieves immediately rioted, some collapsed, some resigned to their fate, and some were evil out of courage, raising guns and knives, and some wanted to hijack Empress Zheng, but just as soon as they started, they were shot dead by the forbidden army who had already aimed at them, and surrounded them. The imperial guards swarmed up with knives.

In an instant, the ground was covered with corpses, and blood donations stained the floor tiles red.

With a wave of the prince's hand, the imperial army returned to their positions, holding bloody short knives and looking at the "reinforcement army" surrounded by Queen Zheng.

Empress Zheng was expressionless, showing no emotion.

Xia Houpei watched King Heng's subordinates being killed without batting an eyelid.

The crown prince looked at Emperor Yongzhao, and all the officials and palace people behind him looked over together.

The muscles on Emperor Yongzhao's face twitched slightly, and he asked, "What's your tolerance?"

The prince said: "Rong Xiang's legs were injured by the bandits, so he cannot walk, so he will stay in the imperial garden to recuperate."

Emperor Yongzhao closed his eyes: "Xia Houpei, the son of King Heng, pretended to be rebellious, but he was actually saving him from the crime of disrespect and attacking King Heng."

"Thank you, Uncle Huang." Xia Houpei took the order with a slash.

The prince withdrew his gaze, turned to Empress Zheng, and waved: "Show the empress a seat."

A palace lady with her head bowed came out from among the palace people, brought a chair and placed it in the middle of the hall, raised her head to reveal a familiar face, one of Empress Zheng's four brocades, Qian brocade!

She took a quick look at Empress Zheng, and lowered her eyes: "My lady, please."

Empress Zheng still didn't understand: "The prince has a good method."

The crown prince also sat down, right next to the throne, and Nan Ruo who was standing next to the throne happened to be side by side.

The prince clasped his hands in front of his abdomen, glanced at the chair in the center, and signaled to Empress Zheng: "Sit down."

Empress Zheng gave the bow and arrow in her hand to her subordinates, and stepped forward unhurriedly: "Qian Jin was the maid who was assigned to me by the Zhan Shifu when I first entered the palace. There were four of them with her. Later, only She was alone, His Highness was only a child at that time, Qian Jin had always had a superficial mind, presumably it had nothing to do with Sister Fu."

Qianjin's head was almost buried in her chest.

The prince said lightly: "It's not her."

The implication was that Empress Fu had indeed placed someone by her side back then.

Empress Zheng paused, pulled the chair towards her and sat down, saying, "Preparing for a rainy day is something that Sister Fu will do."

She probably guessed who was installed back then, but it was a pity that she bumped into her, a master who loves death, and there were many troubles at the beginning, except for Qian Jin who was not involved because of her young age, everything happened to her.

"What did His Highness promise her?" She asked curiously.

Qianjin was only twelve when she came to her side. Compared with other court ladies, she was still childish and innocent. She was able to stand by her side all the time, mostly because of good luck, and because she had no thoughts at first because she treated her like a little girl. Look, two points are partial, and then a little more is intentional.

The more she adapts to the life in the palace, the more she understands the horror of the world's dignity. She is pleased with the intelligence and dexterity of the court ladies, but she is repelled, because what they show to her is always what she wants to see and hear. Yes, she likes what Qian Jin has to say, she is willing to indulge her and make her speak up.

It was precisely because of this that she believed Qian Jin's report that the prince was dead, and she had no doubts.

The prince's eyes fell on Qian Jin.

Qian Jin flinched, summoned up her courage and said to Empress Zheng: "The crown prince will make slaves and maidservants concubines." After she realized that there was ambiguity in her words, she hurriedly added, "Your Majesty's."

Just for this?Empress Zheng was absurd for a moment: "Do you admire Your Majesty?"

"No." Qian Jin denied it almost immediately, glanced quickly at the throne, and saw that Emperor Yongzhao closed his eyes and seemed to be distracted, so he became bolder, "The servant just wants to be the master."

She has been a servant enough, even though she is a beautiful Sijin in front of the queen, but no matter how beautiful she is, she is still a slave, she doesn't want to serve people anymore, she doesn't want to stay up all night, she doesn't want to rack her brains to guess what the empress is thinking, she is not as smart as Tijin and the others Pan, every time I try to figure it out, it seems to peel off the skin.

"... Your Majesty once said that she treats a slave as a younger sister."

She seemed to have resentment in her heart, she opened her mouth, and said it all at once.

"The empress later returned to the palace but never mentioned this matter again. The servants only laughed as the empress and did not dare to mention it. They only wanted to serve the empress wholeheartedly, but the empress only believed in Tongjin these years..."

Empress Zheng raised her hand to stop her talking, she didn't want to listen any more, she endured it, but still couldn't hold it back, and asked her: "If it's me who wins? Why didn't you come to beg me?"

Qian Jin lowered her head and did not dare to look at her: "Prince Rong is not His Majesty's own, the crown prince has both ability and virtue."

The prince saw through the empress' plan early on. How the empress could win, not to mention how a woman could become an emperor, the empress was really whimsical.

Empress Zheng snorted, absurd and pathetic, not sure if it was for Qian Jin or herself.

"Who told you that King Rong is not His Majesty's own?" She asked, but fixed her eyes on Emperor Yong Zhao, "He is His Majesty's son! His own son!"

Emperor Yongzhao's drooping eyelids trembled slightly.

Empress Zheng's voice was cold and harsh: "I swear to the sky, I swear on my life, if King Rong is not His Majesty's own son, I will be struck with a thunderbolt, die a terrible death, and be a slave in the next life!"

She stood up abruptly, couldn't restrain her anger and went towards the prince: "His Royal Highness, King Rong and Chang Le are your biological siblings. It is not the actions of a gentleman to make such rumors for today's sake, Your Highness."

The prince said lightly: "Gu has never said that there is someone else that the queen should ask."

Empress Zheng snorted lightly: "Who else is there besides Your Highness? If I really did something wrong to His Majesty, wouldn't His Majesty know? Would you still make me Empress? What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Emperor Yongzhao seemed to have become a Buddha, motionless.

There was a sneer in Empress Zheng's eyes, she sat back again, and pointed out: "Your Majesty, be careful, even the court ladies who have been with me for 20 years can betray you when they say they are betrayed. If you want to come to Your Majesty's side, you will not be spared, but I don't know why. Which, is it in the palace, where is Eunuch Gao, why don’t you see Eunuch Gao?”

Nan Ruo's eyes were calm, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Chang Qing walked up to Emperor Yongzhao and kowtowed, anxious and panicked: "It's definitely not a slave, a slave is loyal to His Majesty, if a slave tells a lie, she will die..."

Emperor Yongzhao raised his eyelids: "The queen first explained to me why she colluded with King Heng?" His voice became sharper, "Could it be that the queen really wants to seize the throne as Xia Houpei said?!"

Empress Zheng was silent for a while, looked up at him, and said loudly, "So what?!"

A silence.

Except for what they had expected a long time ago, they were all shocked by Empress Zheng's rhetoric. They thought that she colluded with King Heng to push King Rong to the throne, but they never thought it was for themselves. It is absurd that the emperor's merits all come from the queen. If the emperor and the crown prince were not here, they would think the queen is crazy.

The prince waved his hand: "Everyone get out."

Empress Zheng: "Why, why are you so surprised, Your Highness, don't be in a hurry to chase people away. Anyway, you have already said what should be said a while ago, and I will say another one if I think about it."

She chuckled lightly, with a sickly madness in her eyes: "Even a lunatic suffering from hysteria can be the crown prince, so why can't I just think about the throne."

Nan Ruo's heart sank.

As soon as Empress Zheng raised her hand, several jingling bells rang outside.