Emperor's Grace

"Originally, there was no need to attack the city in such a hurry, because something happened here at Qiongguan, and the general wanted to come back to rescue him quickly, so he launched the attack earlier. If the original plan had been followed, he could have wiped out the real Yuren in one go, but because of the haste Let their coach escape, and the general lost his trace in the fight with others, and his whereabouts are unknown."

Ding Yang reported in a deep voice: "When I was cleaning the battlefield, I had someone search it carefully, but I didn't find the general's... body. He must indeed be missing. I have left someone there to inquire. As soon as there is any news, I will contact you." Flying pigeon sent a message back."

He Huailing disappeared, Zhu Yunjing was stunned for a moment before accepting the fact, missing...better than dead.

"I see. Come and tell me immediately if you have any news."

No one expected that Zhu Yunjing would be so calm. Compared to the last time when the ingot was stolen, this time he was indeed too calm.

It's been half a month, but He Huailing has never heard from him. Zhu Yunjing arranged the affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner, and asked people to prepare things for the trip. It was only later that the housekeeper saw his plan: " Ma'am, do you want to find someone in person?"

Zhu Yunjing nodded lightly: "You have to try."

"But Beiyi is so big, where are you going to find it?"

Zhu Yunjing thought about it seriously, and said, "Let's go to Yuzhen Kingdom first."

The people Ding Yang stayed in the border city over there looking for He Huailing hadn't gained anything. It is very likely that He Huailing is no longer in Dayan.Zhu Yunjing thought, he would never disappear for no reason, most likely he was robbed by the escaped Jade Master, so he had to look for it no matter what.

"Then... what about the young master?"

Zhu Yunjing looked at his son who always looked cheerful. Yuan Bao was holding a half-eaten snack in his hand. Seeing that Zhu Yunjing had been looking at him, he raised his hand generously and brought the snack to Zhu Yunjing's mouth :"Da da."

Zhu Yunjing smiled, took Yuan Bao's hand and bit the remaining half of the dim sum into her mouth, and patted her son's head: "Good boy."

He said: "If I haven't come back after two months, you should take the young master to the south of the Yangtze River and send him to Lord Hou's grandfather's house."

In two months, if no one is found, the imperial court may also acquiesce that He Huailing is no longer there, and will definitely send a new general to take over at that time.

The steward had no choice but to agree: "Then I will arrange a few times to go with you."

Zhu Yunjing said: "Four people are enough, too many people will be distracting."

The day before the trip, a new letter from Zhu Yunxuan was sent to Zhu Yunjing. The matter in Beijing had been settled. Zhu Yunxun was given to death by a cup of poisoned wine. , Concubine Tai, Marquis of Huai'an, Princess Shulan and others were also hanged for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, treason and treason.

But there was one thing that was beyond Zhu Yunjing's expectation.

After Zhu Yunxun's rebellion failed and was taken down, the wife of Huai'an Hou Shizi suddenly begged to see Emperor Zhaoyang and reported something, saying that she had overheard the relationship between her mother-in-law, Princess Shulan, and the brothers and sisters of King Qi. According to the conversation, Zhu Yunxun is not the emperor's son, but the bastard born of Concubine He Guihong's affair with King Qi and Chen Cang secretly!

Mrs. Hou Shizi of Huai'an was Zhao Xiuzhi who made the good things happen between He Huailing and Zhu Yunjing at the beginning. Later, she was forced to marry the Huai'an Hou Shizi whose tongue was cut because of Zhu Yunjing's design. The family is not harmonious and the house is restless, and troubles have occurred several times.This time the matter of King Qi and his wife's collusion with the enemy and traitorous country came to light. Princess Shulan and the Marquis of Huai'an were not implicated. This Zhao Xiuzhi did not know what kind of madness she had, but she desperately wanted to expose this scandal. The Huai'an Hou Mansion was dragged into the abyss together.

Sure enough, Emperor Zhaoyang was furious when he knew the truth, and interrogated a group of people himself. It turned out that Zhu Yunxun also knew that he was not the prince. The Yang Chamber of Commerce snatched a lot of ill-gotten wealth from the barbarians, secretly formed cliques everywhere to buy people's hearts, and even kept killers in captivity to assassinate the crown prince.But Zhu Yunxun didn't accept his favor, Zhu Yunxun pretended to be false with King Qi, only the He family really trusted him, but Concubine He was devoted to King Qi, even the famous family who begged for Zhu Yunxun before she died The families of the wives who were born were in collusion with King Qi. Zhu Yunxun was controlled by King Qi everywhere and worried that his background would be exposed, so this time the cut off of food and pay was placed on King Qi. It was originally to take the opportunity to get rid of King Qi. In vain, when the food cutoff happened, he had no choice but to jump over the wall and choose to rebel against the palace, but finally failed.

This series of events all touched Emperor Zhaoyang's bottom line and Ni Lin. The emperor was so angry that he laid down millions of corpses, and tens of thousands of people were implicated in it and ransacked their homes and beheaded them.

Zhu Yunjing's thoughts sank. Last time, he was framed by someone to curse his father with witchcraft to conspire against him. At that time, Emperor Zhaoyang didn't deal with so many people, just because he did something like this this time. The person who did it was Zhu Yunxun, a bastard, and is he related to King Qi?

On the last page of the letter, Zhu Yunxuan said that His Majesty already knew the truth of what happened back then, that it was Zhu Yunxun who bribed Wang Jiu to place the puppet in the East Palace, and that it was Huai'an Hou Shizi and the concubine who took away his blood letter and framed him for treason .When writing these, Zhu Yunxuan seemed to be very entangled, and there was a pause when writing, Zhu Yunjing's eyes gradually cooled down, and after a long time, he stretched the letter paper over the candlestick, and the flames quickly shot up, and the fire light was reflected in his deep black pupils , bright and extinguished, bottomless.

Imperial City, Royal Study Room.

Zhu Yunxuan had knelt on the ground for a long time, while Emperor Zhaoyang leaned on the couch, silently examining his son who was prostrate on the ground with his head bowed.

This son is not outstanding. In the past, with Zhu Yunjing and Zhu Yunxun Zhuyu in front, he rarely gave his thoughts to other sons. That time he wanted to deal with Zhu Yunjing. This son who had always been low-key and inconspicuous suddenly suddenly He came running, knelt outside the hall until his head was covered in blood, and begged him to save Yunjing's life. It was at that time that he realized that Zhu Yunxuan was also his son.

but……

"He was already dead, but now you come to tell me that you rescued him, he is still alive, and you want me to pick him up?"

Emperor Zhaoyang's voice was faint, without any ups and downs, Zhu Yunxuan gradually clenched his hands hidden under the wide sleeves: "Father, brother, he was wronged, you know that he didn't do those things..."

"People cannot be resurrected after death," Emperor Zhaoyang interrupted him coldly, "If he comes back, how do you want me to explain it to the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty, and to the subjects of the world?"

"Can……"

"Do you think that the boy from the Dingyuan Hou's Mansion will really be able to extract the entire Hou's Mansion if he comes here to sue his grandfather?"

Zhu Yunxuan raised his head abruptly, and looked at Emperor Zhaoyang in disbelief. Emperor Zhaoyang's expression was still calm: "Xie Xique, does he really think that I don't even remember, or did he do it on purpose?"

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes suddenly turned red, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Emperor Zhaoyang said again: "After going to the border gate, he is more promising than before. This time, he did a good job defending the gate alone."

"Father..." Zhu Yunxuan burst into tears, "Why do you want to do this?"

The sound of the Western clock swinging was clearly audible. After a lengthy silence, Emperor Zhaoyang lowered his voice: "I still have many sons, and it's the same if anyone is missing. You are, and so is he."

Walking out of the imperial study room, Zhu Yunxuan was in a trance for a moment due to the glare of the sun. He stopped, raised his eyes to look at the birds flying across the sky in the distance, and stared at the endless blue sky for a long time.

Maybe... Zhu Yunjing's failure to come back is a good thing for him after all.

A chuckle burst into his ears, Zhu Yunxuan came back to his senses and looked over, Liang Zhen was standing at the foot of the steps two steps away, looking at him with a smile.

"Why is Your Highness in such high spirits today that you stand outside this imperial study and look at the scenery?"

Zhu Yunxuan slightly narrowed his eyes, staring silently at the person in front of him, Liang Zhen always looked back at him calmly with a smile on his lips.

When did it start... Zhu Yunxuan was thinking silently in his heart, yes, since the time when the prince was abolished, this person appeared at that time, and since then he has replaced Zhu Yunjing's position in the emperor's heart ... No, maybe that position was reserved for the person in front of him from the beginning, and Zhu Yunjing took it, so do I have to return it?

Abolishing the crown prince, putting him in limbo, and putting him to death, behind this series of vigorous actions is not the emperor's indiscrimination of right and wrong, it's just that he is clearing the way for the people in front of him.That's why the emperor didn't start a killing spree that time. From the very beginning, he didn't take it seriously, but he followed suit to dispose of Zhu Yunjing, just to make room for others.

Zhu Yunxun was nothing but a target, a self-righteous clown who was pushed to the cusp of the storm.What are the nine princes? A suckling doll is nothing more than a puppet prepared by the emperor for the person in front of him.He himself is even more insignificant. He has never been in the eyes of the emperor.

For Zhu Yunjing, the emperor probably still feels a little bit guilty, but this guilt can only allow him to live in the world as Mrs. Dingyuanhou at most. The emperor can keep the Dingyuanhou mansion for him, but it is absolutely impossible for him to let him live again. return.

There are many sons of the emperor, and it is the same if anyone is missing. This is the case for Zhu Yunxuan, and the same is true for Zhu Yunjing. The only thing that cannot be missing is...the one in front of you.

Liang Zhen took a step forward and stood in front of Zhu Yunxuan, with the distance of one step, their eyes were almost at the same level.Zhu Yunxuan didn't move, he saw Liang Zhen leaning over slightly, and whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, why are your eyes red? But Your Majesty bullied you?"

Zhu Yunxuan's gaze slowly moved over, and fell on the smile on Liang Zhen's mouth, and paused: "How are you doing?"

Light laughter rang in my ears again: "If it is true that His Majesty bullied you, I will help you to bully you back, okay?"