Crossing the East Palace

Emperor Tianyuan's unexpected move frightened everyone.

However, the Second Prince was indeed at fault, being punished by Emperor Tianyuan and even ordered to commit suicide, although it was unbelievable to everyone, it was not incomprehensible.

but--

The thing that puzzled everyone the most was why Emperor Tianyuan opened his mouth to dispose of the empress and the twelfth prince after disposing of the second prince.

Look, the dignified empress, even if her body is really weak, she can rest in Qingning Palace, but why move to Mingshui Palace?

As the name suggests, Mingshui Palace is surrounded by people. The so-called palace is actually an island in the lake.Pretty is beautiful, delicate is superb.However, a small island surrounded by water is doomed to be inconvenient to enter and exit; and surrounded by water, the island will inevitably be cold, especially in winter if there are no special palace workers to dig ice, the lake will be covered with layers of roaring ice. , such a place is really suitable for recuperating?

Besides the Twelve Princes, it wouldn't be surprising if Emperor Tian Yuan coveted the throne to prevent the remaining one of his sons, or if he really wanted him to pray for the Empress.However, what made everyone doubtful and afraid to think about it was Emperor Tianyuan's will - "shave his head, practice on behalf of his brother, pray for his brother, the crown prince, and the queen."

Shaved, practiced on behalf of his brother, and prayed for the queen instead of the prince.

This also means that no matter how much the Twelve Princes have paid to go to the Hundred Buddha Temple in Fujian, and how many years they will be monks, he will not go there for himself, but to pray for the prince.

All the merits of the twelve princes will fall on the prince.

Thinking of this, many princes all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

The Ninth Prince, who had been signaled by the prince, lowered his gaze.

The other princes may not understand the meaning behind Emperor Tianyuan's will, but the Ninth Prince, who is only nine years old now, suddenly understands.

Even if the empress admits that the prince is her own son, even if the "evidence" given by the second prince cannot prove that the prince has blood from the Shen family at all, but just because the prince has signaled him before, let him be in front of everyone. The source of his meddling in the dead man was the twelve princes, and the nine princes knew in their hearts that the prince must not be the blood of the queen Ning.

As for this matter, Emperor Tianyuan knew about it, and so did the crown prince.

That's why the prince wanted to expose the ambitions of the twelve princes without any scruples, so he said that to him.

It was only later that the father was furious and ordered the killing of the second prince. His elder brother might be surprised, or maybe he couldn't bear it, so he suppressed his idea of ​​revealing the thoughts of the twelve princes.

And their father...

The Ninth Prince couldn't help showing a little sarcasm, but their father was so partial to the prince. Even though he didn't say anything, the father still helped the prince deal with the queen and the twelve princes, so that the prince would sit on the throne more and more securely .

The nine-year-old Ninth Prince felt chills in his heart.

His mother, concubine and grandfather's family have always said that he is young and intelligent, and his mother's family is strong. He is more qualified to be the crown prince than the prince supported by the Ning family who holds military power.The Ninth Prince was ignorant at first, but he also doubted himself.When the news came that the crown prince was not his son, the Ninth Prince slowly started to fight for the position of crown prince.

But now...

The Ninth Prince lowered his head lower and lower.He doesn't want to fight anymore.

The mother concubine and grandfather praised him as a young and intelligent boy, but the prince was only smarter than him; they praised his mother's family for being powerful, and behind the prince was the support of the eldest princess's mansion, the Ning family, the Shen family, and many people who supported orthodoxy; The mother concubine and the grandfather said that the prince is not a legitimate son and should not sit firmly on the throne.But what is a son-in-law?Since the father recognized the crown prince as a legitimate son, the queen dared not deny it at all, and everyone couldn't produce any evidence that the prince was not a legitimate son. So, who will prove that the prince is not a legitimate son?

Under all these circumstances, the Ninth Prince deeply realized that no matter what the prince's life experience was, he could not beat the prince.

Leaving aside what the Ninth Princes were thinking, the Empress and the Twelfth Princes immediately collapsed upon hearing Emperor Tianyuan's will.

Among the two, it was the twelve princes who came to their senses first, knelt down on both knees, and said, "Father wants his son to go to Baifo Temple to pray for his mother instead of Seventh Emperor, and the son can't ask for it. But the mother's body is weak, and the Mingshui Palace is not for recuperation." If there is no place, I also ask the father to take back his order and let the mother stay in Qingning Palace to recuperate."

Emperor Tianyuan was silent.

The twelve princes looked at Tang Luojin again: "Brother Seventh Emperor, how bad is the empress mother's health? Others don't know, but Brother Seventh Emperor doesn't know? Is it true that Brother Seventh Emperor really wants to watch my younger brother shave and practice on your behalf? Pray for blessings, do you want your mother to go to the Mingshui Palace, which has been uninhabited for 30 years, to recuperate?"

The queen looked at the twelve princes who begged for her, and her eyes were dim with tears.

Tang Luojin just said with a blank face: "Min'er's heart is for the queen mother, so it is naturally good. However, the father is wise, and I believe that the father made this order with careful consideration, for the mother's and Min'er's sake, and there is no need for others to be presumptuous." discuss."

The twelve princes turned pale.

Only then did Emperor Tianyuan laugh twice, and said: "Xiao Qi understands my heart best. Let the king go with peace of mind. You can be ordained and practice in Fujian with peace of mind. In the future, Zhen will leave a will for the crown prince to take you back. As for the queen..." He looked at the queen beside him with a slight chill in his eyes, "The queen told me before that if what happened today, she might as well live in the quiet Mingshui Palace. An order is not a punishment, but the Queen's will."

Emperor Tianyuan put more emphasis on the last few words, "Zi Tong, that's how you begged me that day? I asked you to move to Mingshui Palace today. Is it your wish, or is it my anger? Hmm——"

The queen suddenly thought of the year when Emperor Tianyuan sought her out and told her not to tell the story of the prince's life experience, otherwise, if someone else found out about this matter, she would... lose even the most basic honor of a queen.

And moving to Mingshui Palace was not what she wanted.But looking at it today, even if it wasn't what she asked for, she had no choice but to go.

"This matter is naturally requested by the concubine." The queen knelt and thanked, "Concubine, thank the emperor for fulfilling the concubine."

The twelve princes were stunned.

The queen's kneeling body was precarious.

Seeing the little eunuch at the door, Xu Youwei went out hurriedly, then came back, stood behind Emperor Tianyuan in a low voice, and said, "Report to the emperor, the second prince... chose poisonous wine. Now his body is already cold. "

Emperor Tianyuan closed his eyes slightly.

"The second prince wants to assassinate the crown prince, so he doesn't need to be buried with princely ceremonies. He can just be buried with ordinary princely ceremonies. Let's all step down."

Naturally, everyone was unwilling to touch Emperor Tianyuan's brow at this time, and they all backed away without mentioning it.

The queen and the twelve princes held hands together and walked out.

Tang Luojin followed behind the two of them.

When they reached a sparsely populated place, the twelve princes waved away the palace attendants and turned to look at Tang Luojin bitterly.

"Why are you still following us? Isn't it enough for you to harm us?"

The queen also looked at Tang Luojin with a dark look.

Tang Luojin glanced at him, frowned slightly, and spoke after a long time: "Gu Lai, I'm the last one to tell you two. If you do too much unrighteousness, you will kill yourself. Gu knows that you two still have the power of the Ning family. Those powers For the sake of the Ning family, I left it to the two of you because I was afraid that I would not leave you two in the future. If the two of you do something wrong again... the father can see it for the sake of the Ning family. , bypassing you and so on. Gu, but not."

Tang Luojin stood where she was, saw Ning Junchi walking towards him from afar, and said word by word: "Not now, nor in the future."

Then he turned and left.

He thought, although Ning Junchi likes him, if he knows what he just said to the defeated and obviously hopeless queen and twelve princes, maybe...Ning Junchi won't like him anymore .

Although, it will be a pity.

However, for the two of them, is there a better ending than this?

Empress Ning had tried to kill him several times. When he was young, in order to protect himself, he had to pretend to be a fool for a whole year.Afterwards, he was sent to Fujian by Emperor Tianyuan, but he didn't dare to recover his sanity immediately, but could only calculate bit by bit, speculate bit by bit, and gradually recover his sanity, so that he would not be regarded as a monster.

Tang Luojin couldn't forget the suffering of that year and the danger of Concubine Xin giving birth.

As for Ning Junchi, no matter how good he is, and no matter how much he wants to live a life of "a couple for life", he is the prince and the empress Ning's hate. How can there be any result for the two of them?

Thinking of the matter that his father and grandmother had mentioned in his ear several times before to send someone to the East Palace, although Tang Luojin was disappointed, he also understood that he was the crown prince and he could not be willful.

Step by step, he walked towards the East Palace firmly.

In the head of the young man, the man who had promised to "look for a man of one mind and stay together with both sides" had long been forgotten. What he had to think about now was whether he really wanted to take a concubine, and why his father would put ten The matter of the second prince being sent to the Baifo Temple in Fujian.

When he left Baifo Temple that day, what Master Baiye said to him, the younger brother of Master Bailin, the abbot of Baifo Temple, has already reached the ears of the emperor?

The alien star came to the world, the emperor died early, and the prince's dragon spirit was more powerful, and he would ascend the throne early.

Has such news really reached the ears of the royal father?

Tang Luojin frowned slightly, and when he recovered, he had already arrived at the East Palace.