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Xie Yu was still imprisoned in the dungeon, and Concubine Xian never seemed to give up the idea of ​​saving him, even if he couldn't be let out, it would be fine if he was spared the death penalty.

Wang Youzhi and Queen Wang were also imprisoned.The Wang family has long lost power, and there is no one who can help them.Even if there were Wang Youzhi's disciples in the court, they all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Concubine Xian begged to see Emperor Xihe several times, trying to find a way out for Xie Yu, but Emperor Xihe either excused her busy government affairs or ordered someone to stop her outside and refused to meet.He even specially ordered someone to go to the prison to say hello, ordering the prison boss not to take special care of Xie Yu.

The queen mother also came to speak for Xie Yu once, but Emperor Xihe still did not let go, insisting on dealing with Xie Yu.

It's not that Emperor Xihe doesn't love Xie Yu, but he loves his son more than himself.

He has long passed the age of being afraid of the queen mother, and now that Wang Youzhi is about to fall, he doesn't have to be afraid of anything.He can be merciful in front of others, but behind others, facing the son who tried to kill him to replace the emperor, Emperor Xihe only wanted Xie Yu to pay for what he had done.

After all, even if he is willing to keep Xie Yu, Xie Chen may not be able to keep this younger brother who may kill him at any time in the future.

Emperor Xihe did not prevent Concubine Xian from going in and out of the prison to visit Xie Yu.

Xie Yu stayed in prison for a few days. At first, he trembled, he dared not eat or drink, and he trembled and dared not speak to anyone who asked him.At the end, Xie Yu began to repeatedly ask the concubine Xi and the emperor's plan, whether to kill or stay.

Concubine Xian couldn't give any definite answer, and Xie Yu quickly became anxious. After several times of begging but no response, he could no longer stand the life in the prison, and started shouting, cursing his father and brother, saying that Xi and Emperor Eccentric, Xie Chen forgot that he was still his son when he came back, saying that if Xihe Emperor hadn't been partial to Xie Zhang at the beginning, he would not have gone astray and raised his troops to rebel.

Concubine Xian could bear her temper before, but Xie Yu became more and more irritable. After smashing bowls in prison several times and hurting people with a kettle, Concubine Xian's heart died, and she stopped looking for Xihe Emperor several times for him. plead.

Without anyone to visit, Xie Yu's temper became more and more difficult to control.

The boy in his teens was beaten and smashed in the cell, making a fuss for quite a few days.

Wang Youzhi and Queen Wang were sentenced to death by Emperor Xihe in the name of causing chaos in the Forbidden Palace.Before the two died, they were escorted past Xie Yu's cell.

The young man in a mess was sitting in the cell, his eyes were indifferent, watching the two pass by.Wang Youzhi, who was once energetic, seemed to have aged dozens of years overnight, with white hair climbing to his temples, sunken eye sockets, sunken cheeks, and even his back was no longer straight.

As for the queen who was chained behind and walking behind, she had long since lost the honor of a queen of a country.Those usually sharp eyes were at a loss.

"How will they die?"

Xie Chen came to see Xie Yu.

The first question Xie Yu asked had nothing to do with himself, he only asked about the fate of Wang Youzhi and Queen Wang.

"Hanging." Sun Peng said.

Based on Wang Youzhi's crime, he should be beheaded in public.But the fire in Emperor Xihe's heart has been difficult to calm down, and so many people in the court were implicated in this incident, Emperor Xihe hardly thought about it, and directly ordered people to execute the two of them to death.

"Then how will I die?" Xie Yu asked again.

Sun Peng couldn't say anything about Xie Yu, so he looked up at Xie Chen.

Xie Chen had no other expression on his face, and said lightly: "Maybe we can leave a whole body."

Xie Yu seemed to have heard a big joke, and raised his head, laughing until tears came out: "Is the emperor so intolerable? When the father ascended the throne, didn't he leave behind a few uncles... Could it be Brother Huang can't follow the example of Emperor Father, if you keep me, you can gain a good reputation of kindness in the future..."

Xie Chen nodded lightly: "It is possible to have a good reputation. The emperor relied on this to gain a reputation of kindness back then, and he is still kind all these years. But this time, the emperor made up his mind to deal with you. "

Xie Yu had bulging veins on his forehead.His age is no longer considered "very young", and he can be ruthless in the world, but mixed with an unbearable youthfulness.Facing Xie Chen's words, he rushed over, grabbed the cage, and roared in a low voice: "Father won't let me go! It's you, because you're back! Why did you come back, why did you come back and take everything from me?" ?!"

Xie Chen looked at him coldly: "Everything about you? You are the same as me, but they are all existences that can be discarded by him at will. He doesn't love anyone, and he doesn't love anyone. All he wants is his own dragon chair." Can you sit still?"

Xie Yu was short of breath: "But as soon as you come back, the Second Emperor's crown prince will be gone..."

"But you killed him."

Xie Chen was too lazy to say anything else, Xie Yu's eyes were wide open, he still had a lot to say, but he didn't know what to say, he just opened his mouth and gritted his teeth.

"You were the ones who forced me to kill him... If Emperor Father was not partial, I wouldn't... wouldn't think about it..."

Xie Chen looked at Xie Yu firmly, and said in a low voice: "When you blame others, have you ever thought about your own problems... When A Niang was pregnant with you, my uncle was framed and the Pei family was exiled in Xizhou. After she became useless, she was imprisoned in the cold palace. During those days, no one took care of her, and even the matter of her body was hidden until you were born. Auntie hurt her body in order to give birth to you, and the imperial grandmother ordered her father to give birth to her. Take you out of the cold palace and entrust the Queen to raise you. Have you visited her once in these years?"

"I have!"

"you have not."

Xie Chen raised his eyes and looked at Xie Yu: "You didn't finally realize that the woman who conceived and gave birth to you in October has been living alone in the cold palace until your father became angry. In fact, you, like your father, are afraid of everyone .You and Queen Wang and Wang Yuzhi are using each other, and you are also using your aunt, and you are trying to use A Niang."

Xie Yu burst out laughing, in a low voice, and then gradually went mad.

Xie Chen didn't change his face, turned his head to look around the prison, left the prison without saying a word, and left the prison.

He said: "A Niang can open her eyes and talk recently. Even for A Niang, Father will not touch you for the time being."

He walked out of the dungeon slowly, behind him was the darkness where the sun never shines all day long.

Sun Peng walked out of the dungeon behind him: "Go back to Sixiang Palace?"

"Ah."

"I heard that the empress has been able to drink a bowl of millet porridge this morning. If you raise it again, maybe you can raise it back."

"Ah."

"You... just said that His Majesty will not touch the Third Highness for the time being... because you want to accumulate blessings for your empress?"

Xie Chen stopped and turned to look at Sun Peng.

"Aniang's illness can't last long. Xie Yu can't stay, but whether it's the father's intention or my intention, we will deal with him after Aniang passes away."

"My lady's illness..."

"Qilang," Xie Chen sighed, "A Niang's life can be lived for a day, it is a day."

*****

Wang Youzhi and Queen Wang died.

Xie Yu's coercion of the palace was defined as treason, and all those involved in it were dead, exiled, and many others were sent to prison without a result.

Seeing that Xi and Di were determined to deal with them cruelly, the begging people in the court stopped thinking, for fear that they would end up in an unpleasant end.

The Empress Dowager was angry at Emperor Xihe's cruelty, claimed to be sick and went on a hunger strike, and forced him to withdraw his will.

But people still died after all, only Xie Yu was delayed because of the health of Empress Yuan.The Empress Dowager tried several times to break into the palace, and Emperor Xihe couldn't bear the disturbance, so he ordered the Empress Dowager to be sent to the palace to recuperate.

Concubine Xian also took this opportunity to take off her hairpin to plead guilty, and asked Emperor Xihe to allow her to leave the palace with the Queen Mother to recuperate.

Concubine Xian has been in the palace for so many years, in Emperor Xihe's heart, she has always been the shadow of Empress Yuan.After entering the palace, she has never made any major mistakes, but behind Xie Yu's forced palace, there is no lack of her help.

Xihe Emperor Gu Nianyuan had few relatives around him, so he lenient her, did not send her to the prison to question her crimes, and did not allow her to go out of the palace with the Queen Mother to recuperate, but directly deprived her of her identity and sent her She was reduced to a commoner, and she was allowed to stay in Sixiang Palace to take care of the Empress Yuan as a court lady.

Pei Xu was very savvy, and when she learned that she had recovered her life, she knelt down to thank Xi Xi and Di Daen, and became a court lady next to the Empress Yuan.

Sun Peng murmured about this for a long time.

After all, Concubine Xian was the most favored concubine in the palace back then. Now, if she made a wrong move, she would be degraded to a commoner and expelled from the palace. It's a place where the highs are pushed down, how can such a person stand it.

"you do not need to worry."

Compared with Sun Peng's worries, Xie Chen obviously understands the thoughts of those people in the palace better.

"My aunt entered the palace when she was more than ten years old. If she left the palace, she might not be able to live in a few days. Staying in the palace, even as a palace maid, is better for her than going out of the palace alone."

Women who can be favored in the harem and survive are undoubtedly smart.

Sun Peng instantly understood what Xie Chen meant, touched the tip of his nose, clicked his tongue and said, "I forgot about it."

He paused, thinking of Sun Xian, and asked again: "Brother Pei..."

Xie Chen nodded: "The matter of the Pei family has come to light, and the emperor has arranged for Pei Chu to be included in the Imperial Army."

"...Your Majesty is still on guard against the Pei family."

"The Pei family has been exiled in Xizhou for many years. On the surface, they don't have much support in the capital. Pei Chu was arranged to join the Imperial Army as soon as he came back. It will only make him a thorn in the side of his colleagues."

After Xie Chen finished speaking, he and Sun Peng had approached the Xuanzheng Hall.

The sky was not yet bright, and the wind was blowing, and the civil servants and military generals who were discussing the affairs of the court bowed their heads and walked into the hall.From time to time, someone stopped and bowed to Xie Chen.Even with Sun Peng, many people gave him gifts.

In the early morning after winter, other things are easy to talk about, but there is only one thing that has not been decided.

"Your Majesty, Zongzheng Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple have all sentenced the three princes to murder the king. Why hasn't Your Majesty made a decree? Could it be shelving it..."

On the dragon chair in the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Xihe sat on it with a sullen face.Standing behind Doctor Yushi, Sun Peng raised his eyes and saw the speaker who came out of the queue and clapped his hands to speak, with a righteous expression on his face, "Your Majesty should execute His Highness the Third Highness according to the warning instructions. Death, the treacherous minister Wang Youzhi instigated His Royal Highness to conspire against and kill the king, the Wang family will be implicated in the nine clans, adults will be executed, those under the age of 14 will enter the palace as slaves, and all girls will be sent to the teaching workshop..."

"Empress Wang and Wang Youzhi are dead, Your Highness... I have already made arrangements, so there is no need to say more." Emperor Xihe said lightly.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that Emperor Xihe didn't want to kill his son, for fear that he would let the tiger go back to the mountain in the future.A spokesperson came out and said: "Your Majesty, although the Third Highness is young, he has such thoughts at such a young age. It is really hard to guarantee that nothing will happen again in the future, is it..."

"Whether I want to kill him or keep him, what does it have to do with you!" Emperor Xihe slapped his hands heavily, and the officials lowered their heads in fear, "The queen is still ill, so I will leave the third one alone for the time being." Is it not possible to ask him to die for the queen?"

Everyone bowed their heads and said they dare not.

Sun Peng glanced at his colleagues around him.

These people have undergone a major purge, most of them are new faces, and they dare not challenge the authority of Emperor Xihe in the court.

He couldn't help sighing.

He wished Xie Yu's death more than anyone else.In terms of enmity, they didn't have any, but Xie Yu forced Xie Chen to death at the beginning, and even intercepted and killed them on the road several times before... He can't feel at ease if Xie Yu is not dead.

He closed his eyes, and the angry voices of Xi and Di kept raising their voices, arguing with the officials.If it weren't for the fact that the officials could not be killed, today's morning court would probably be blood splattered three feet...

The morning court ended in a hurry amid Emperor Xihe's furious roar. Sun Peng looked up at Xie Chen, saw him shaking his head slightly at him, and knew that he wanted to leave first.

Sun Peng nodded, turned around and followed the ministers out of the Xuanzheng Hall.

Outside the palace, there were servants and maids with pale faces who came in a hurry.

Sun Peng subconsciously stopped in his tracks, and followed the extremely familiar court lady into the Xuanzheng Hall.

Standing outside the hall, he vaguely heard the crying voice of the maid.

"His Majesty."

The palace maid cried: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty has gone!"