The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

The Empress Dowager suddenly heard the bad news, stepped forward and slapped the nanny's mouth so bloody, her voice was broken and shrill, "You are talking nonsense! The little prince is obviously fine! How is that possible!"

The other nurse came out tremblingly holding the baby, kneeling on the ground shaking uncontrollably.

Shen Qing stepped forward in two steps and lifted the swaddling clothes, the baby didn't have a trace of breathing or pulse.

The Empress Dowager's knees gave way and she fell to the ground.

For a moment Shen Qing didn't know whether to rejoice or suffer.

"Hurry up and see the imperial doctor, you have to know the reason." He ordered in a deep voice, "Be quiet until you find out. In addition, the old ministers will deal with it early, the queen mother..."

Before he finished speaking, a maid from outside came in to spread the word that Empress Shuyuan's maid had arrived.

Shen Qing hurriedly let her in, but saw that she was also holding a swaddling baby, knelt down with red eyes and said: "Queen Mother, my lord, the little prince born by Empress Shuyuan died young."

Shen Qing was shocked suddenly, even though he had experienced countless storms and waves, his face was pale and dizzy for a while.

The queen mother stood up with difficulty, but she regained her spirits. She rushed over and saw that the baby in the maid's hand was also motionless.

She was stunned for a while, really at a loss, turned her head to look at Shen Qing, "What to do, the two princes are gone, the late emperor has no heirs! Prime Minister Shen, we..."

But Shen Qing was a little confused, Empress Shuyuan was pregnant with two, why is there only one now?Where did the other one go?

His voice was hoarse, "Impossible, this..."

At this moment, a small cry came suddenly, which broke everyone's bewilderment.

The queen mother got close, she shook suddenly, and subconsciously took two steps back.

The baby in the arms of Empress Shuyuan's maid is not dead!

Shen Qing was overjoyed, and quickly stepped forward to hug the child. The cry of the child was very low, as soft as a ball of cotton.

Shen Qing laughed loudly, staring at the queen mother firmly, "Your Majesty the queen mother, it's time for us to bring the little prince to court."

The Empress Dowager's eyes were complicated, full of hatred and resentment, and deep helplessness.She suddenly called out to stop Shen Qing from leaving, "Master Shen! The Ai family has a question for you."

"Please speak, Queen Mother."

"Why did the first emperor die suddenly?" The Queen Mother's voice approached like a ghost.

Shen Qing frowned, but didn't speak.

The Queen Mother walked up to him and stood in front of him, and said coldly: "Don't think that Aijia is a fool, Aijia knows everything! Why do you think that child died? Who told his biological mother to be disrespectful and do shameless things?" , harmed the child in vain!"

"Then the Queen Mother admits that she has not given birth?" Shen Qing asked her back.

"Yes, he was not born in the Ai family." The Queen Mother said calmly, "Whether it is or not, it is gone now. But Mr. Shen, you have to remember that the Ai family is the former emperor's main palace and the mother of a country. You are just There is only an oral order, who can testify? Now that the eldest son of the Ai family has died, and the children born in the concubine's room are all children of the Ai family, do you think it is better to make his life experience public, or give him the title of the eldest son? Under the protection of the Ai family, is it justifiable to ascend the throne?"

Shen Qing was unmoved, "The veteran thinks the former is better. Empress Shuyuan gave birth to the only heir of the late emperor, and she is a hero of the Great Zhou."

The queen mother sneered slightly, and said contemptuously: "Lord Shen, this is against his will. We all know that the concubine's room is just a tool for the wife and husband to prolong the offspring. When it comes to this child, it's also for the family, but it's just for her belly. Master Shen, ask yourself, and to be fair, if these things get out, do you really think it's glorious?"

The queen mother took a step closer, and said in a low voice: "There are two ways in front of Mr. Shen. One is to give this child to the Ai family, let him replace the eldest son, and legitimately inherit the Datong. The second is that the Ai family has no Counting on it, it’s better to kill the net with you, and let the people in the world know why the late emperor died! If they know the disease that the late emperor contracted, will the children born to Wusun be spared? The dignified emperor Zhou, actually Born with a disease of willows and willows?! Master Shen! Are you going to destroy Da Zhou?"

Probably because Empress Shuyuan was weak after giving birth, and she couldn't bear to do anything, so she just held the child's breath for a while, thinking that he was dead.

Shen Qing watched helplessly as the Empress Dowager ordered Empress Shuyuan to be buried with the late Emperor in the name of "no heir".She didn't even know why she died.

At this time, Fu Meng reprimanded the news of Na's death, Shen Qing fell ill and went to Haiwei to express his condolences.

He originally planned to come back soon, but he used his last time to try his best to suppress the influence of the Cen family, so that the little prince could truly take power when he grew up, and would not be controlled by his relatives.Second, he also needs to take good care of the prince who is living abroad, and bring him back to Beijing when the time is right.

Unexpectedly, it took him 21 years to return to his hometown after he left.

When Shen Qing said this, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, held Bai Yu's hand, and looked at him lovingly, "King Liang, good boy, you look so much like Empress Shuyuan. Very guilty."

Bai Yu shook his head, and said, "No, Prime Minister Shen was also forced to do nothing."

"In this way, the emperor and the king of Liang were born of the same mother?" Grand Master Yin was shocked from ear to ear.

Shen Qing said: "Exactly."

Bai Yu looked up at the emperor, showing a gentle smile.

There were tears in the emperor's eyes, he turned his head to cover it up, breathed slowly and said, "It's so. Zhen..."

For a moment he didn't know what to say.

At this time Zong Zhengqing suddenly said: "But if this is the case, then who was the one who was stabbed by the general when it came to pity the king?"

"Of course it's me." Bai Yu immediately said, "There has never been any King of Compassion, only me. King of Compassion was fabricated by this fake Prime Minister Shen, in order to push the charge of rebellion to others."

"Then it was His Royal Highness Liang who still ordered the attack on the city when General Yan's sister was taken hostage?"

"Yes."

Grand Master Yin asked: "Since Your Highness was stabbed by the General - I believe that the General wanted to kill His Highness at that time - how could Your Highness reconcile with the General?"

Bai Yu hardened her heart, forced a disdainful smile, "That's to use him. Don't Master Yin understand this?"

Under the cover of the sleeves of his robe, he pinched his palm until the blood came out, using the pain to suppress the insincere heartache.He didn't dare to look back at Yan Xun's expression, and even wished that he suddenly disappeared like a puff of dust at this moment, rather than suffering invisible suffering here.

The tip of his nose was a little sore, but he held back his tears well, only then remembered that he hadn't cried for a long time.

Everyone was also silent. They didn't know whether they should be grateful to Bai Yu for rescuing Shen Xiang and destroying the conspiracy, or whether they should seek justice for Yan.Bai Yu's appearance has always been very attractive, not only good-looking, but also beautiful but not sharp, stunning but not aggressive, making people look very comfortable.This kind of appearance is the most deceptive, because when everyone sees him, they will not think that he can do any bad things, unlike those bright poisonous snakes and colorful poisonous mushrooms.

But at this moment, Bai Yu suddenly subverted all his pitiful and harmless, that little bit of carefulness turned into an unfathomable city, and people couldn't help but stay away from him.They clearly felt that Bai Yu had changed into a different person.

Yan Xun felt the deepest.

He knew that Bai Yu didn't mean it out of sincerity, but he was still surprised that Bai Yu was able to have a thunderbolt in his chest and a face as flat as a lake. He grew up so fast, it seemed that overnight, he could turn his fingers into a hundred-strength steel.

At the same time, there are some unspeakable sadness and disappointment.Bai Yu can do his best to protect others, but he is always in the position of being sacrificed, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to know in advance.

Yan Xun couldn't help laughing at himself, logically speaking, he was ten years older than Bai Yu, so he should be the one who doesn't care about feelings so much, but Bai Yu is more ruthless than him.I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

At this moment, Shen Qing stood up, and said to his younger brother who had already been in complete despair: "The matter has come to this, what else do you have to say?"

Husband Meng Qingtai raised his eyes and stared at him, his canthus tearing apart.

"Back then, I went to Haiwei to visit a teacher because I knew that I had a twin brother in Haiwei. At that time, I thought that I could make up for your shortcomings and make your life better. But I didn't expect that the only thing I got in exchange was yours. Hate."

Husband Meng Qingtai was still struggling, "Make up? Why do you say these two words? Why do you think that little favor of yours can make up for my life's pain?!"

"But your pain was not caused by me." Shen Qing was not guilty, and looked back calmly, "I shouldn't be the target of your revenge. What's more, the one you want to take revenge is not me alone, but the whole Da Zhou. "

Fu Meng Qingtai looked up to the sky and laughed until his chest heaved violently. In his octogenarian years, he could no longer bear such agitated emotions. He gradually felt out of breath and trembled violently all over his body.

No one cared about him, everyone watched coldly to see what he could do.

Fu Meng Qingtai made a sudden stride, and with all his strength he slammed into a beam not far away. With a "bang", blood spattered three feet.

Shen Qing closed his eyes all of a sudden, the corner of his clothes was stained with a drop of bright red blood.The silence brought by death made the hall seem to be frozen, and everyone could not move for a long time.

"Let someone come in and collect the corpse." Bai Yu was the first to break the silence, "Bury it well, after all, it has exactly the same face as Shen Xiang."

Zhang Lan agreed to go out quickly.

Bai Yu's voice was devoid of any emotion, "Everyone who heard and saw today, you'd better forget about it when you leave this hall, lest you memorize too many things and cause yourself troubles. Prime Minister Shen has always been in court, who There is no conspiracy, it is just that Prime Minister Shen is old and weak, now that he has resigned from office, he can return to his hometown to spend his old age in peace."

Everyone said, "Yes."

It was dark at this time, they spent a whole day here hungry from the morning, the emperor waved his hand to announce that they would go to court, they ran away in a hurry, only the emperor, Shen Qing, Bai Yu and Yan Xun were left.

"Shen Quite really wants to resign?" the emperor asked.

Shen Qing nodded, "Veterans are too old to be useful, and after experiencing these things, they don't have the face to stay in the court. Now the younger generation of civil and military people are very good, it's time for them to emerge."

"Then, whether you go back to your hometown to live in peace, travel around the world, or do anything, all expenses will be covered by the treasury."

Shen Qing did not refuse, but thanked with a smile.

"I have another question." The emperor said again, "Is the emperor's grandfather's edict true?"

Shen Qing glanced at Bai Yu, and Bai Yu said: "No, it was Fu Meng Qingtai who forged it a long time ago in order to slander the emperor. King Dingshun originally had a birthmark on his body, but my brother cut off that piece of skin. As for this on my body, it is a burnt scar, and with a little modification, as long as you don't look closely, it is no different from a birthmark. I can't prove that the will is false, so I can only follow the trend."

The emperor said distressedly: "Then how much you are hurting."

"King Dingshun didn't feel it at that time." Bai Yu smiled, deliberately ignoring himself, and then said, "However, I have another request, I hope that the emperor will show mercy and let my husband Meng Renta and his family leave. , let them live in peace.”

Naturally, the emperor did not refuse, and he said to Shen Qing: "Before Shen Xianglin leaves, I still want to talk to you more, and ask some questions about governing the country, is that okay?"

Shen Qing said: "The old minister obeys the order."

After all the dust settled, Bai Yu mustered up the courage to look at Yan Xun.

Yan Xun's eyes were cold like he had never seen before, really never seen before.If he can still get angry, it means there is still room for redemption, but he doesn't even bother to get angry, he is just as indifferent as stagnant water.

Bai Yu's heart sank to the bottom.