Emperor's Grace

Five days after the court stopped, the gate of the palace finally opened again, and all the courtiers who were lazy and often asked for leave for various reasons appeared at the court meeting. The crown prince wished Yunjing to be despicable, lawless, unfaithful, and unfilial to depose the prince and sue the world, the ancestral temple, and the community.

No one dared to persuade and no one wanted to persuade, but no one expected that the emperor would be so straightforward and directly decree to abolish the crown prince, but this was in line with the wishes of many people. Someone has come up to get close to He Huailing. After all, everyone knows that Zhu Yunjing has fallen, and the position of prince is in the pocket of the second prince Zhu Yunxun, who is also deeply favored. Naturally, the He family will follow Qingyun straight up.

He Huailing ignored him, he walked out of the main hall, stood on the steps and looked back in the direction of the East Palace, his deep eyes were full of worries that could not be concealed.

What happened in the palace in the past few days has spread to every mansion in central Beijing. The emperor ordered the Royal Palace Guards and Dali Temple to jointly try the East Palace witchcraft case. The eunuch Wang Jiuzhao, the chief eunuch next to Zhu Yunjing, had no choice but to commit suicide by biting his tongue in prison.And Zhu Yunjing was imprisoned in the East Palace, and no one was allowed to see her.

The imperial decree to abolish the crown prince had been issued, and the eunuch beside the emperor went to the East Palace to deliver the decree. Zhu Yunjing knelt on the ground with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.

The eunuch who delivered the decree was quite polite to him, and reminded him kindly: "Your Highness, please clean up briefly, and someone will come to help you move the palace in a while."

Zhu Yunjing raised her red eyes and looked at the other party: "Father really doesn't want to see me?"

"If you have anything to say, this servant can tell His Majesty for you."

Zhu Yunjing sneered: "That's all."

The eunuch who delivered the decree bent over and was about to leave, but Zhu Yunjing called him back: "What did Wang Jiu recruit in prison?"

"He didn't say anything, neither complained nor confessed, and later committed suicide in fear of crime."

"Suicide in fear of crime," Zhu Yunjing chewed on the four words, "Since he didn't do anything, why did he commit suicide in fear of crime? Who gave the definition?"

The eunuch stopped talking, and bowed to Zhu Yunjing again, and led the people back out.

Zhu Yunjing sat on the ground blankly, and after a while, closed her eyes and smiled ironically.

Even Wang Jiu betrayed him, and he was really defeated.

An hour later, Zhu Yunjing was escorted out of the East Palace without taking anything away. When he stepped out of the gate of the East Palace, he looked back for the last time at the magnificent palace behind him with carved beams and painted buildings. There was only numb indifference in his dark eyes.

The emperor gave Zhu Yunjing a new residence in a remote and desolate abandoned palace in the northwest corner of the palace. Zhu Yunjing was escorted by the imperial guards, and the passing palace people still knelt down subconsciously when they saw him. Zhu Yunjing did not look sideways. , Even if he is reduced to a prisoner, his back is still straight, and he does not want others to underestimate him.

On the way, Zhu Yunxuan suddenly appeared, knocked away the imperial guards who were trying to stop him, and threw himself in front of Zhu Yunjing with tears all over his face.

The imperial guards came up to pull them away, but Zhu Yunxuan kicked them away: "Don't go too far! Can't we just say a few words?! Even if the prince is deposed, he is still the emperor's son! You better show me respect point!"

The team leader hesitated for a moment, and left a sentence for Zhu Yunxuan, "Your Highness, please speak as soon as possible, and please don't embarrass us", and then led the people back a little distance, but still staring at them.

Zhu Yunjing raised her hand to wipe Zhu Yunxuan's face, comforting him: "Don't cry, I'm fine."

Zhu Yunxuan's tears fell even more fiercely: "You have changed into this look and you still say it's okay. I went to the East Palace several times, but they stopped me from going in. I wanted to ask my father, but he refused to see me..."

"Don't be stupid," Zhu Yunjing interrupted him, "I don't want my father to anger you, so don't come to me again in the future, just take care of yourself."

"Then what do you do!" Zhu Yunxuan was angry and anxious, "Is that kind of cold palace a place for people to stay?! Do you really think so?!"

"Otherwise, what else can I do?" Zhu Yunjing smiled wryly, "I said I hadn't done it, would Father believe it? The things were found in my bedroom, and I can't explain it at all."

"But……"

"Don't be so, you remember what I said to you when I was in the other palace that day. You are also a prince, so don't forget your identity."

Zhu Yunxuan cried and shook her head: "No, no, I really can't do it alone..."

"I said you can do it, and you will do it!" Zhu Yunjing lowered her voice, "Go away, and you will not have my brother in the future, remember, don't trust anyone casually, the only person you can trust is yourself. "

Zhu Yunxuan refused to move, stubbornly tugged on Zhu Yunjing's sleeve, looked at him with tears in her eyes, Zhu Yunjing sighed in her heart, raised her hand to hug Zhu Yunxuan's head, pressed him into her arms, and put it close to his ear Bian said in a deep voice: "Ah Xuan, you have to fight, Zhu Yunxun will never let you go, for me or for yourself, you have to fight, and don't be arrogant like me. You can only rely on yourself, be cautious and be careful in everything."

Zhu Yunjing backed away, pulled the sleeves out of Zhu Yunxuan's hands cruelly, and left with the imperial guards.

The place of Lenggong is remote and cold, because it has been in disrepair for a long time, there is wind leaking everywhere, ruined walls and overgrown weeds. Several young eunuchs hurriedly cleaned up and invited Zhu Yunjing in respectfully.

The door of the main hall was closed, and even the last ray of sunlight was cut off. The hall was gloomy and dark, exuding a musty smell. Zhu Yunjing suddenly wanted to laugh. He had spent 18 years in luxury, and never imagined that one day the sun would come here. In such a situation, he smiled and then his eyes were red again, and he sat down on the ground slumped while clutching his stomach.

He has been tortured all the time since he didn't have anti-fetal drugs for so many days after the accident, and he can only grit his teeth to hold on. Now that he has fallen to this point, what will he do when he really wants to give birth in a few months?Do you really want to wait for one dead body and two dead in this dark place?

Zhu Yunxun is very proud these days. Even though Emperor Zhaoyang has not made a statement yet, there are many courtiers and officials who have expressed goodwill to him overtly and secretly. He closed the door of the bedroom to thank the guests, with a low-key demeanor of not caring about world affairs.

But when He Huailing came to the door, he couldn't turn people away.

Zhu Yunxun asked someone to serve good tea, smiled and motioned for He Huailing to sit down, but He Huailing stood still, looking at him with heavy eyes.Zhu Yunxun frowned slightly: "What's the meaning of this, cousin?"

"There is an accident in the East Palace, did you know about it beforehand, Your Highness?"

Zhu Yunxun's expression turned cold: "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Too...Your Majesty, he will not do anything against your father. The witchcraft must be framed by someone."

Zhu Yunxun was not annoyed: "He won't, so is it possible that I will? My cousin is accusing me of framing him?"

He Huailing replied coldly: "The eunuch Wang Jiu, the leader next to His Royal Highness, once recognized an old eunuch whom he respected very much as his master, and received a lot of care and favor from him. The old eunuch had an adopted son outside the palace who passed on his family. The old eunuch passed away, and before he died, he asked Wang Jiu to take care of his adopted son, but the man was not a good person. He was lured into gambling addiction more than half a year ago, and then killed him by mistake because of a conflict with the owner of the gambling shop because of debts. The sentence should have been hanged, but in the end the sentence was changed to exile, which happened just over a month ago."

"What does this have to do with the Eastern Palace? What does it have to do with me?"

"The person who lured the adopted son of the old eunuch to gamble is the distant cousin of a servant in your private estate. That person got drunk and fell into the river and drowned. He cried out for injustice like a human being, and within a few days he chose to bite his tongue and commit suicide, which was more like acquiescing to the crime and then ending himself, so the officials investigating the case classified it as committing suicide in fear of crime."

"Don't my cousin think your words are ridiculous?" Zhu Yunxun disapproved, "What do you want to imply? Do you think I used the life of the old eunuch's adopted son to blackmail Wang Jiu to frame Zhu Yunjing? Just based on what you just said Those? Do you think it is tenable? Shouldn’t it be a matter of your Ministry of Criminal Justice whether to kill someone by hanging or exile? How can I intervene? In my opinion, maybe he didn’t intend to kill but defended himself properly. It’s not impossible, isn’t it? The rest are nothing but your assumptions from beginning to end. Who will believe what you say? Do you think the father will believe your words, or do you believe that the search in the East Palace is true? Is there any solid evidence? You have to know that if the parties involved are dead, there is no proof of death.”

He Huailing's eyes became darker: "Your Highness, if I had other evidence, I would not have come here today, but went to Xuande Hall to see Your Majesty."

Zhu Yunxun's face suddenly darkened: "He Huailing! Don't forget your surname is He! What kind of ecstasy soup did Zhu Yunjing give you? Are you going to help him against me like this?!"

"I'm not helping him deal with you, it's because you've done too much."

"I haven't done it," Zhu Yunxun sneered. "Even if I did, so what? If he loses, he loses. Blame him for being too arrogant and conceited. Senior, if he hadn't done too many wrong things before, the emperor wouldn't have dealt with him so easily, so what does it have to do with me?!"

Seeing that He Huailing's face was still cold and unmoved, Zhu Yunxun said bitterly: "I thought my cousin would think about me, but I misread you! Why don't you think about why my concubine mother and the Xie family entered the palace at the same time to thank you?" As a stepmother and concubine, you can only be a concubine? Is the He family inferior to the Xie family? Am I inferior to Zhu Yunjing?! Is there any point in his virtue that is worthy of being a prince of a country?! Why should I want Subdue him?!"

He Huailing didn't say any more, but cupped his hands, left a "resignation", and turned to leave.