The county horse is a medicine jar

The Fengyi Palace, which was full of people, was silent at this time, and everyone dared not breathe, and stared blankly at the people behind Wen Xingren.

I saw that the old emperor who was held hostage by the fourth prince was leaning lazily on the dragon that was carried by several people, with his hands resting on the corner of his forehead, his eyes were slightly opened, and he glanced at the people in front of him, although he didn't speak. , but invisibly, there was a suffocating sense of oppression.

The old emperor's eyes paused slightly on General Lin and Lin Sishen, and finally he glanced lightly at the pale and dumbfounded fourth prince in the crowd, and asked with great interest, "Why is it that I have only been away for a few days, and there is no one in this palace?" become so lively?"

The old emperor in front of him looked exactly the same as the person held by the fourth prince, which made everyone doubt their own eyes. They really couldn't figure out what the current situation was, so no one asked the old emperor Han for a while. Dare to answer, Fengyi Palace fell into a long dead silence.

It was Lin Sishen who was the first to react. She pulled the stunned General Lin beside her, then gave him a wink, before everyone knelt down on one knee and cupped her hands and shouted respectfully: "Your Majesty, I welcome you back to the palace."

Afterwards, General Lin also knelt down, and Habayashi guards knelt down in unison when seeing this. The sound of armor rubbing and putting down weapons woke up all the civil and military officials. Shout hello.

"The ministers welcome His Majesty back to the palace, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Only the people headed by the fourth prince stood there at a loss, and looked at the fourth prince together, but the fourth prince still had the arrogance just now. From the moment the old emperor appeared, he was like Being slapped in the face, my mind went blank.

He didn't understand why there was such a situation, his plan was obviously flawless, why would there be a person exactly like the old emperor, could it be that the person he held hostage was just the old emperor's substitute?

If this is the case, when did the old emperor leave the palace?How did he know his plan early in the morning?

Thinking of this, the fourth prince looked at Shen Qingwan not far away in disbelief. Shen Qingwan was still standing with Shi Shiran's hands behind her back. She didn't kneel down to greet the old emperor like everyone else, but As if, with an incomprehensible smile on his face, he stared at him quietly without saying a word.

Only this time, the fourth prince clearly saw a trace of sarcasm in her eyes.

Unwillingness and humiliation hit the fourth prince's heart together, his eyes turned blood red in an instant, the knife in his hand was strangled into the neck of the person in front of him, he pointed at the old emperor who was on the way, and shouted angrily at everyone He shouted: "You dog slaves open your dog eyes and take a good look, he is a fake!"

The words fell, but everyone still knelt in front of the old emperor respectfully, no one paid any attention to him at all, even Wen Xingren didn't raise his eyes to look at him, but closed his eyes in great annoyance.

Only the "Old Emperor", held hostage by the Fourth Prince, suddenly sneered weirdly, coughed undisguised and lowered his voice deliberately, his voice suddenly became thinner, like... an eunuch.

It was clear at a glance who was real and who was fake, the fourth prince's heart sank to the bottom, Wen Xingren sighed silently when he saw this.

The original plan of the fourth prince was indeed flawless, as long as he successfully hijacked the old emperor in the palace and got the abdication edict, when Wen Xingren led the army to arrive first, he would be able to stabilize the situation for him and threaten all the officials to raise their arms— Call for the establishment of the four princes as emperors.By then, it would be too late even if the other armies who came to rescue him arrived at the capital.

Wen Xingren really planned to do this, until the day when the rebels began to attack the palace, he led the army to the capital day and night, and accidentally bumped into the old emperor who should not have been there, and Shen Qingwan.

Wen Xingren didn't know what went wrong with the fourth prince. The old emperor would appear outside the capital. He planned to be ruthless and take Shen Qingwan and the old emperor back to Beijing to hand over to the fourth prince.

But when the old emperor and Shen Qingwan appeared, he was not the only one who saw it with his own eyes. Many people under his command saw the old emperor, and many of them had the honor to face the saint. Not all of them were as familiar with it. Ren Ban was loyal to the fourth prince, and those people also had their own plans, so they hesitated and never dared to act.

What surprised and frightened Wen Xingren even more was that there seemed to be people placed by Shen Qingwan under his command, and some even were brothers who had followed him for many years as brothers and sisters. They had clearly never met Shen Qingwan before. Not even the slightest sign of collusion with her, or even any strange behavior, is enough to make Wen Xingren feel uneasy and terrified to this day.

Yes, they didn't do anything, they just treated Shen Qingwan with respect and fear since she appeared.

Back then, under the favor of the fourth prince, Wen Xingren checked all his close subordinates, and only kept a few reliable cronies by his side, in order to prevent Shen Qingwan from placing people by his side and ruin the fourth prince's life. It's a big plan, but after all the calculations, I didn't expect it to be negligent.

Thinking of this, Wen Xingren quietly raised his eyes to look at the untainted white shadow not far away, and in a trance, a soft whisper came from Shen Qingwan's ears, from that day on, he The chill that ran down his spine never dissipated.

"General Wen, every step you have taken so far is not because you want to, but...I allow you to go."

Wen Xingren didn't dare to think about how terrifying Shen Qingwan's intentions were. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the old emperor who was looking down on everyone, and a thought that made him even more terrified suddenly appeared in his mind.

If every step he and the fourth prince took was under Shen Qingwan's careful calculation, then... what about Your Majesty?

If everything is as he imagined, then this world is probably also a chess game in Shen Qingwan's hands, and the people who live on the chessboard without knowing it are her chess pieces, and who can be spared.

"Wen Xingren, you still don't do anything!"

Wen Xingren was thinking in panic, when the fourth prince suddenly roared in anger, he sighed secretly without even looking at the fourth prince, turned around and bowed respectfully to the old emperor: "Your Majesty, you must be humiliated... "

"Humph."

The old emperor just snorted coldly, and when he heard Xingren, he immediately kept silent and didn't dare to speak, until the old emperor slowly raised his hand, he understood it, stepped forward quickly and carefully helped the old emperor down.

The old emperor walked past the civil and military officials who were prostrate under him, walked straight to General Lin, and leaned over to help General Lin up in full view, with a gratifying smile on his face: "Lin Aiqing, get up quickly!" .”

"Thank you Your Majesty."

General Lin was also in a cold sweat. He was extremely thankful that Lin Sishen had held him back just now, otherwise if he was bewitched by the fourth prince and really made a wrong step, he might be in danger.

The old emperor lightly patted General Lin on the shoulder, then lowered his eyes to look at Lin Sishen who was still kneeling on the ground, ignored the fourth prince who was still clamoring, and started awarding him: "From now on, Lin Aiqing is my... Not only that, but I want Lin Aiqing's descendants to inherit the position of Duke Protector of Jin."

General Lin was a little confused: "...the old minister, how can He De..."

The old emperor gave Shen Qingwan a meaningful look, then waved his hand and interrupted General Lin: "There is no need to say more, Lin Aiqing, I have seen all your achievements, and I will reward what should be rewarded today, and I will punish you." Yes... I will also be severely punished."

In the last sentence, the old emperor's voice became much colder, and his eyes then swept across the civil and military officials who were kneeling on the ground playfully, many of them were ashamed and ashamed at this moment.

The fourth prince has nowhere to go, in front of him is the army brought by Habayashi Wei and the betrayed Wen Xingren, and behind him is the imperial army who is staring at him. end.

The second prince probably would not have expected that the ridicule he said earlier would come true so soon.

No matter what the fourth prince said, no one paid attention to him, so he gradually calmed down, his eyes were still flickering, as if he was still thinking about how to escape, he refused to admit defeat just like the second prince, but he But he claims to be much smarter than the second prince.

Since there is no chance of winning, it would be better to honestly confess the crime. If the old emperor really wanted to make Shen Lingyu the crown prince, he would spare Shen Lingyu's life for the sake of Shen Lingyu's sake, maybe just put him under house arrest like a prince.

As long as he survives by luck, he will be able to make a comeback one day, just like he endured in the bitter cold places in Lingnan back then.

When the old emperor returns to the west and Shen Lingyu takes the throne, then he will try to regain the throne from Shen Lingyu. He hasn't lost yet, only if he dies can he really lose. He won't be as stupid as the second prince.

Thinking of this, the fourth prince let go of his hand as if he had lost all his strength, and the long knife in his hand fell to the ground, attracting everyone's inquiring eyes.

The fourth prince knelt down on the ground, he buried his head in pain and his shoulders kept shaking, the moment the old emperor's eyes fell on him, he suddenly raised his head, tears were streaming down his face, he was ashamed He kowtowed heavily to the old emperor, and then admitted his mistake with tears: "Father, my son is wrong, and my son knows his mistake."

Again and again, the old emperor didn't make a sound, and the fourth prince just kowtowed his head and admitted his mistakes, until his forehead was dripping with blood, then he raised his head, and just knelt and crawled towards the old man in front of everyone, with blood and tears all over his face. The emperor begged desolately.

"Father, my son deserves to die for his crimes, I will never dare again, I beg my father to forgive me this time."

The old emperor looked at the fourth prince who was crawling over, raised his hand to stop Wen Xingren who wanted to stop the fourth prince, but stared at him without moving, until the fourth prince crawled to his feet and humbly begged for his help. forgive.

Shen Qingwan seemed to have already understood what the fourth prince was thinking. She watched with great interest as the fourth prince crawled at the feet of the old emperor like a dog. The second prince seemed to have a bit of backbone.

The old emperor also seemed to dislike the fourth prince, and didn't want to take another look at him, so he turned his head coldly, looked at the devastated Fengyi Palace, frowned and ordered: "Come on, first put this traitorous son into the prison, After finding out the henchmen who conspired with him and convicting them together, the rest of the people will follow me to Zhengde Hall."

The rebellion has not subsided, and the next few days will be another bloody storm in the capital.

A group of people followed behind the old emperor and walked towards the Zhengde Hall. The rest of the army, under the orders of General Lin and Wen Xingren, led the army out of the city to station in the main camp.The unrelated people were temporarily imprisoned together by the imperial army, and the eunuch and maid who had been hiding early in the morning finally appeared at this time and began to clean up the bloody corpses all over the floor.

Lin Sishen went to the Zhengde Hall together with all the civil and military officials. When she turned around, she raised her eyes to look at Shen Qingwan, but saw Shen Qingwan still standing there, staring at her silently, with a hint of sadness and sadness in her eyes, like that The affection is so complex, as if silently speaking thousands of words.

Her thin lips moved slightly, and she seemed to say two words softly. Although Lin Sishen didn't hear clearly, she instantly understood Shen Qingwan's meaning.

"wait for me."

Lin Sishen withdrew his gaze expressionlessly, curled his lips into a sarcastic smile, then turned around and strode away.

wait?She has been waiting, and has been waiting... She is about to give up.