Ten thousand people think gloom is reborn

When I arrived at the Imperial Palace, I found that the eunuch who used to stand guard outside the palace gate, and even the eunuch who always served in front of the emperor, was now several feet away from the palace gate.

The great eunuch saw me coming, and greeted me with a smile, "Why is the Ninth Prince here now? Your Majesty is talking inside, I'm afraid I don't have time to see the Ninth Prince. Why don't the Ninth Prince go to the side hall to have a drink first?" Hot tea?"

I glanced at the main hall, the door of the hall was tightly closed, and no sound came out.

"Father-in-law, I need to find my father in a hurry, and I hope my father-in-law will pass it on to me."

The chief eunuch showed a troubled expression, "This... this... the Ninth Prince, it's not that the slaves don't want to pass it on, but it's because His Majesty doesn't allow the slaves to disturb him. How can a slave dare to provoke His Majesty's temper."

What he said is reasonable, he has his considerations, but I also have my worries, "Eunuch, please pass it on to me, if the emperor is responsible, I will bear it alone."

"How can a master take care of a slave, ouch, Ninth Prince, don't worry, the slave will accompany you to the side hall to have a chat..."

"Jiang Zhongcai, let him in."

The voice from the hall made me pause. The last time the emperor spoke so harshly was when I confessed to him that I liked a man.

The premonition in my heart was not wrong, as soon as I entered, the emperor gave me a gouged look, "What's the matter in such a hurry to see me?"

"My son..." As I replied, I consciously looked at Lin Chongtan, who was kneeling in the hall, with a straight back and slightly lowered head. I don't know how long he had been kneeling.

"My son would like to report to the emperor about the recent repairs to the temples and huts, and... about the rewards for the envoys to the North Kingdom this time."

The emperor looked at me coldly, "Since repairing the temple and other matters have been entrusted to you, you don't need to report to me. As for the reward, hasn't this been discussed? When you become queen, we will discuss the reward together."

When I was in a hurry, my mind tended to go blank, and I actually brought up the things discussed before.I hesitated, and the emperor waved his hand as if he had lost his patience, "If you have nothing to say, then step back."

"I have!" I panicked, "I want to ask my father if I will go to Huayang Palace for dinner tonight, and I want to cook a dish myself."

The emperor simply stopped talking, and looked at me with deep eyes, as if he wanted to see what other nonsense I could say.I couldn't help but glanced at Lin Chongtan again, he turned his face slightly, and shook his head lightly at me.

He meant not to let me intervene, but the matter must have been exposed, otherwise the emperor would not have such an attitude.

I thought for a moment, and finally knelt down.

But my knees just touched the floor tiles, and the emperor said: "Why are you kneeling? Stand aside."

I didn't dare to make the emperor even more angry, so I stood up with my head drooping, and stepped aside.

At this time, the emperor's eyes fell on Lin Chongtan, and King Kong's eyes could not be looked directly at, "You heard it just now, my incompetent little son can't hide anything, but you are so easy-going and calculating. All the way from the northern country to the capital, what do you want to do next? Lin Chongtan."

When the emperor said Lin Chongtan's name, although I guessed it in my heart, I still couldn't help breathing.

How to do?

This is the worst kind of situation, neither voluntary confession, nor after reversal of the case.Lin Chongtan still bears the identity of Young Master Xiao Yu, and he enters the palace in disguise, which will undoubtedly arouse the emperor's suspicion of him even more.

I wanted to speak for Lin Chongtan, but just before me, Lin Chongtan spoke first.

"Back to Your Majesty, I want to clear myself of my grievances and my teacher's reputation, and I also want to ask Your Majesty to allow me to stay with the Ninth Prince."

"You're dreaming!" Almost as soon as Lin Chongtan finished speaking, the emperor grabbed the teacup in front of him and threw it fiercely, "What are you, you are worthy of Xiao Xiangzhen's son. You were born in the countryside and have ambitions like a wolf. All these years hiding under the name of the Northern Kingdom, if you dare to come back now, is it because you are going to avenge your imprisonment and exile?"

The emperor's anger this time is far more serious than the anger he did to me last time. If you compare it with wind and rain, it was a mild wind and light rain that time, but this is a violent storm.

When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses. This statement is true.

The porcelain teacup shattered in front of Lin Chongtan, and one of them flew past his cheek, scratching blood.

Scarlet blood oozed from the wound, but Lin Chongtan didn't seem to notice it, and calmly said: "Your Majesty should understand, if I really think so, the Bei Dynasty is not the Bei Dynasty of today, and Mongolia is not the Mongolia of today. , the Northern Kingdom can also join forces with Mongolia."

"Are you threatening me?" The emperor narrowed his eyes sharply.

"There is no separation between the heart and the heart, and the body and the body are uninhibited. My words are really a frank confession to Your Majesty. Now that I am returning to Beijing alone, I have nothing to do with the North Kingdom. If Your Majesty doubts my heart, you can kill him, but I There is one more thing that must be reported to His Majesty. Anhua Station Chancellor Chai Yihui has been an official for 20 years.

Chai Yihui is not only corrupt and perverting the law, using his power for personal gain, but also disregarding human life. No fewer than hundreds of people have died in his hands over the years.The Anhua epidemic a few years ago was not an epidemic, but Chai Yihui forced people to mine copper at night. As a result, the mine collapsed, killing dozens of people. He later lied about the epidemic to cover up his crimes. "

When I heard this, I immediately realized that copper mines have always been controlled by the imperial court, and copper is an extremely precious thing, and the copper coins used by the common people are smelted from it.This Chai Yihui forced people to mine the mine at night, so that he could hide it from the court.

He was afraid that he had embezzled a lot of money from it.

The most terrifying thing is that if he smelts the mined copper himself, forges fake copper coins, mixes them with official silver, and exchanges the fake for the real.

I immediately looked at the emperor, and sure enough, the emperor also thought of this, his face was several times uglier than before.The silver collected from various places is filled into the national treasury, and then used in various places. If Chai Yihui is really so courageous, the fake money may have been circulated to various places.

The emperor folded his hands on the desk, and looked stern, "You told me this to tell me that the Bei Dynasty is about to collapse, and it is at the end of its strength. If you want to take revenge, you have already found a way, right?"

Lin Chongtan didn't reply, he just looked at the emperor with no fear.

But just looking at the head is extremely offensive.

"Well, you Lin Chongtan, I should have executed you in the first place." The emperor smiled angrily, "It's not like you, a yellow-mouthed kid, are here to negotiate terms with me today, do you think I dare not kill you? Come on. People, drag him down and put him in prison!"

"Father!" I wanted to dissuade the emperor, but he didn't listen to me at all, and even asked Niu Xi to come in and take me back to Huayang Palace.

Niu Xi got the emperor's order and immediately disobeyed me.I can only watch Lin Chongtan go to prison again, and this time I was also locked up. The outside of Huayang Palace was surrounded by imperial soldiers, and all the dog holes were blocked. Can't get in.

This is also the first time, no matter how much I acted like a baby with Concubine Zhuang, she always stood on the same front with the emperor and thought that Lin Chongtan was not a good thing.

This time I couldn't get any news from outside, so I could only wait in Huayang Palace.The emperor is not coming to Huayang Palace anymore. Although Concubine Zhuang Gui will go to the Imperial Palace, she will not reveal any news.

It was not until the eve of the Lantern Festival that my confinement was lifted.As soon as the seal was released, I wanted to go to the emperor to intercede with Lin Chongtan, but when I arrived at the imperial court, I learned about another important event.

The Queen, the Twelve Princesses, and the Eldest Princess, whom I have never met, have been escorted to the capital. The people in front of the imperial court were about to invite me when they saw me coming.

"What a coincidence, Your Majesty is about to invite the Ninth Prince to come here." The eunuch said as he escorted me in, "These criminal women are in a mess, don't be too surprised when you see them later."

After entering the palace, I found that apart from the emperor, my brothers were all there.Seeing me, the Fourth Prince secretly blinked at me.

There were still a few people kneeling in the hall, and I was the first to recognize the queen.

She seemed to be more than ten years old, and her hair was all white.There was another person in her arms, and it took me a long time to recognize that it was the Twelve Princesses.

The twelve princesses are not there, her face is as thin as a palm, and she is huddled in her mother's arms, but when she saw me, her eyes seemed to be poisoned, "It's you! I hate you so much! It's you!" You killed the prince brother!"

She roared and wanted to pounce on me, but the queen couldn't hold her back, and just as the palace attendant was about to step forward, one hand clasped Princess Twelve's arm.

"Song Song."

The twelve princesses who had glared at me just now burst into tears under this call, and she threw herself into the arms of the person next to her, "Eldest sister, woo, woo... the prince brother was killed by him... the prince brother has always been very kind to him... Well, he was even better than me, but he killed the prince's brother... woo woo..."