Death Princess

On the dragon chair, He Kunzhe's complexion was even more haggard compared to a few days ago.He was covering his lips with a handkerchief, propping his head with one hand, looking gloomy at the two people standing and kneeling below.The one standing there with a look of asking for credit was Prince He Yuxi; while the one kneeling and trembling beside him was Prince Ping's personal bodyguard.

"Yijiao." Squeezing the handkerchief to death in the palm of his hand, He Kunju whispered these words with his pale lips, "Are you serious?"

"Thousands, it's absolutely true. Small, small, damn, damn!" The guard knocked his head on the ground, "Small, small... Your Highness, Your Highness King Ping..." He secretly glanced at the prince, "Those Yi cultists usually Scattered all over, usually obeying orders, in... Jiang, Jianghu, a person who was called "Third Uncle" by King Ping, but...but in fact, he was doing things for... palace... King Ping..."

"Third Uncle?" He Kunju frowned.

"Little... I don't know, every time King Ping meets with that person, he will send everyone... away..."

"Oh?" Turning to look at He Yuxi, "Prince, did you come here on purpose to let me listen to this string of groundless nonsense? 'Third Uncle'? Why don't I remember, King Ping still has me?" A third uncle? My younger brother, Kun Jin, eight years ago..." He narrowed his eyes and stopped talking.

"Father," He Yuxi hurriedly said, as if he was afraid of what He Kunju would say next, "My son thinks that if there is such a person, the 'third uncle' mentioned by the emperor may not be Uncle Ji. , but..." Paused deliberately, "The third son of King Sui whose whereabouts were unknown back then."

"Oh?"

"What this servant said is not without evidence. My minister has ordered Feng Yuwei to arrest all those Yi sects scattered all over the place, and they are currently being held in Dali Temple, waiting for the emperor to find out."

"The prince is really considerate in doing things." He Kunju said this a little absent-mindedly.

"Father Huang praised it, my son is just... just my son's job."

"A matter of duty? Including slandering your imperial brother?"

"My son is not..." In the middle of speaking, He Yuxi stopped suddenly as if suddenly enlightened, plopped down on his knees, and said, "The evil sect of the Yi sect is cunning and possesses sorcery to deceive people. Brother Huang was just confused by the cult for a while." Said. My son did not have any other intentions in this move, but just hoped to help the emperor get rid of the control of the evil race. I hope," kowtowed, "I hope that the father will not blame the emperor too much." Then, he lay on the ground without Moved.

For a long time, there was no sound on the high platform.

He Yuxi knelt down a little anxiously and his legs were sore, and the guards beside him were already shaking so much that they were about to lose control.

A sigh came from above. "Come on," He Kunju rubbed the center of his brows wearily, covered his cough with a handkerchief, and continued after his breathing calmed down, "Press this traitor down." Then he said to the servant next to him, "You all step back, I want to have a chat with Xi'er alone."

This is a rare occasion where He Kunju didn't call him "Prince", but called him "Xi'er".He Yuxi was a little surprised, but also a little happy.But after these emotions passed, what stayed in my heart was a long time of uneasiness.

Everyone retreated, and the huge room was filled with silence, so quiet that He Yuxi dared not breathe.

"Xi'er, get up and cough, cough, cough." He Kunju came down from above.

He Yuxi stood up tremblingly, feeling more and more uneasy.

"Cough, cough, cough." Wiping his mouth, He Kunzhe threw the handkerchief aside, "What do you think of the rumors circulating inside and outside the palace?"

rumor.Six-fingered princess, civet cat for prince.

He Yuxi was so frightened that he was unable to speak for a long time. He would never have thought that this knot that had been hidden in his heart for many years would be raised by the person in front of him whom he called "Father Emperor".

Rumors spread, and he knew that it must be King Ping who did it.But it was not without his own credit that the rumor spread so quickly.King Ping thought that he would be able to push him down from the position of prince, but he thought he knew his father's temperament better, so he was willing to take a gamble.

Father has always been tolerant of being seen by others for the fault of the emperor, to expose his fault is to touch the scales.What's more, in such a well-known way, the rumors about the heirs were released.Even if the rumors were true, how could he admit it?Therefore, it is not the person in the rumor that is dangerous, but the person who spread the rumor.

Of course, such a move would be tantamount to tearing up the only remaining fig leaf between the father and son. If he did it, no matter what the facts were, there would be no room for maneuver.But so what?With a fig leaf, can facts cease to exist?Can this thorn choked in the throat be ignored?

For so many years, he only wanted an answer.

Now, everything is ready, and it depends on the words of the person on the dragon chair.

However, He Yuxi did not expect that He Kunju would raise the matter in this way.Looking at the father who had already walked in front of him, was half a head shorter than him, staggered a little, and his face was extremely pale, the uneasiness in He Yuxi's heart turned into an unspeakable guilt.

"They said, you are not my son." The dry and pale lips said the words that had been hidden between the two for a long time, "Xi'er, do you feel the same way? That's why you have always been with me and your mother." Are you not close? You came to see me for business, and you just stepped on the point of etiquette when you went to see your mother?" He Kunju gently pinched He Yuxi's shoulder.

"Erchen..." The hand on the shoulder was very light, but He Yuxi felt it.He couldn't say anything.

"I'm the one who's sorry for you, and even more so for your mother." He Kunju sighed deeply, withdrew his hand, and changed his name, "The story about the six-fingered princess is indeed true." He Yuxi shivered in fright. "But the truth is not what you hear in the rumors."

He Kunzhe turned his back and walked to a corner of the study alone, like an ordinary old father, with a hunched back, "Although our He family is a royal family, the branches and leaves have always been sparse. Either he died early or he was seriously ill. The emperor's elder brother only got a daughter in his [-]s, and the third younger brother was even more miserable. He died before he had a son and a half daughter. Although I am the emperor, it is not good Where are you going?"

"There are many concubines in the harem, but from beginning to end, only the empress has conceived a son of mine once, and that was 20 years ago." Putting her hands behind her back, "the empress is pregnant with a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, you and your sister."

He Yuxi was startled, his mind went blank.

"I still remember that when you were born, you were a red and fat boy, very healthy," but He Kunzhe continued, "but your sister is shriveled, not only not half your size, but also... Six fingers."

"I was still the crown prince at the time. Before your mother conceived you, the late emperor made a plan to find someone. I don't remember the specific content of the hexagram, but I only remember it." He Yuxi, "The six fingers are unknown, keep them, and within 20 years, the He family will be destroyed."

"So," there was another cough, "cough, cough, cough, so, your sister was ordered to be kept private by the first emperor... I couldn't bear it, so I secretly asked someone to send her away overnight. The queen didn't know about this, and thought that I really killed her with my own hands. My daughter, so I have always held a grudge in my heart. I was afraid that the Queen's anger would involve you, so I handed you over to Concubine Yang."

"But now that 20 years have passed and the world is at peace, I'm just thinking about it..." I walked back to He Yuxi, "I want to find your poor little sister back. But who knows, people don't know whether they live or die. The rumors are already... I am old, and I don't ask for anything else. I just want to be under my knees and spend my life in peace. I don't want to care about the He family and the throne. I just want to... But you are one by one Cough, cough, cough..." He coughed heart-piercingly, his face flushed, and he couldn't even stand still.

The cough that resounded throughout the study awakened He Yuxi from the shock. He was about to reach out to help He Kunju in a panic, but he saw the blood on the corner of the other's mouth out of the corner of his eye.He froze.

"Forget it, cough cough cough, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, if you like to toss cough cough cough, love siblings, then go cough cough cough, I can't control you anymore cough cough cough..." Congratulations While dodging He Yuxi's helping hand, Kun Ju coughed and made movements to chase people away.

He Yuxi's heart was wrenched by what he thought was "father's unfeeling". This time, he was wrenched by what he did.

. . .

Half an hour later, the crown prince He Yuxi had left the study, and He Kunju was sitting weakly on the dragon chair.A figure came out from the back of the study, it was He Yupeng.

"Father." He Yupeng knelt on the ground firmly.

"Have you heard it all?" He Kunju's voice was very low, but He Yupeng could hear it clearly.

"Listen... I heard it. My son," He Yupeng slammed his head on the ground with red eyes, "My son deserves death!"

"The crime deserves death. Death," biting the word heavily, "is that the answer you gave me?"

"My son is obsessed with ghosts, colluded with Yijiao, and framed His Royal Highness, my son..."

"I didn't ask you these things!! Cough, cough, cough..." After roaring, He Kunju made a gesture to stand up, but his legs gave way and he fell back on the chair.He leaned back on the chair weakly, "I just want to ask you, you have been under my knees since you were a baby. In the past 20 years, have you, the queen, and the royal concubine ever treated you badly?"

"...never."

"Then," He Kunju's panting voice became a little heavy, "Have you... all these years, have you ever really regarded me as your father?"

He Yupeng bit his lips tightly, and pressed his head tightly on the cold floor.

"Do you know why I prefer Yi'er?" Before He Yupeng could answer, He Kunju said to himself again, "Although I only knew her uncle and nephew for three years, within these three years However, she is the only one who will act like a baby to me, who will greet me with care, and who will tell me what is in her heart, even though she calls 'uncle' in her mouth, she treats me as a close relative in her words and deeds."

"And what about you? What about you who keep calling me 'Father Emperor'? I'm afraid it's just this cold chair that you're looking at?!" Crack!He slapped the dragon chair with a slap.

"His Majesty!!"

"Wang Guifei asks to see—"

The two voices appeared almost simultaneously.Immediately afterwards, a woman dressed as a noble concubine lifted the corner of her skirt, got rid of the obstruction of the guards and internal servants, and rushed all the way into the study.

"Your Majesty!" Before she could stop, Wang Guifei had already knelt on the ground, and her inertia made her slide forward several inches, "Peng'er was young and ignorant, and he was bewitched by courtiers and evil clans, so he committed a heinous crime." Big mistake. But thousands of mistakes are due to the lack of teaching by the concubine, if your majesty wants to blame, then blame the concubine, the concubine is willing to die in place of Penger!" Kowtow.

"Father!" He Yupeng finally spoke out, "This matter has nothing to do with the mother and concubine! It was all done by the minister alone! Although the concubine mother is not the biological mother of the minister, she has the grace of nurturing the minister, the minister... "

"That's enough!! Kekeke——"

There was sudden silence.

"Prince Ping, did I say how to deal with you? Concubine Wang, when did I say that Peng'er was going to be executed? All of you are afraid that I will cough, cough, cough... Get out, get out of here," coughed While waving it, "Go back to the mansion, go back to the bedroom, don't let me see you again, it's annoying!"

"Come here!" He said again, "I will press these two people back separately! I will escort the two close servants and Prince Ping's personal guards to Dali Temple, and send five hundred imperial forest troops to the Prince Ping's mansion to guard day and night. According to my edict, don't let me release half of the mosquitoes!"

"Yes!"

Is this... banned?Colluding with the evil clan and slandering the prince, but in the end he only ended up being imprisoned, which is not considered...a loss.He Yupeng smiled wryly and was escorted away.

A quarter of an hour later, at the gate of the palace, the unrelated mother and son were about to part.

"Peng'er," Wang Guifei suddenly called out, "Do you know that when His Majesty was still the crown prince, there were many wives and concubines in the mansion, why did I choose me to adopt you?"

"Because..." He Yupeng looked at the Imperial Forest Army beside him with some scruples, but saw the other party take a few steps back knowingly, "Because your mother and concubine came from a poor family..."

The noble concubine Wang nodded again, "Then you also know how I, a poor girl with no power, no power and no support, can live in peace and harmony with the empress and other noble concubines who are born in noble families. ?"

"My son... I don't know."

"Because," Wang Guifei paused deliberately, as if she was afraid that He Yupeng would not listen, "I know how to advance and retreat. There are some things that I can't get and can't get, I won't get my hands on them at all. Why bother? It was doomed from the very beginning that it would not belong to him, and he earned his head and blood? To be a happy concubine, to enjoy the bliss of the world in this huge palace, isn't it good?" The words closed, regardless of what He Yupeng said. Responding, he turned and left.

But He Yupeng froze in place for a long time.

. . .

The location returned to the imperial study room, and Empress Liu appeared next to He Kunju at some point.

"His Majesty."

"I... I know." He Kunju changed his weakness just now, stood up steadily, and held Queen Liu's hand, "Over the years, I have promised you things, but none of them have really been fulfilled. You and I are married wives, but I don't even have our only flesh and blood...I'm sorry for you."

Empress Liu avoided He Kunju's gaze, did not answer, but did not withdraw her tightly held hand.

"But only this time, you will trust me again," squeezed your hands tightly, "I will fulfill this promise no matter what. Tonger is the only child between you and me, and the only princess in this country. I will find her and give her everything that belongs to her."

Queen Liu still did not answer.

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La la la, Leng Tong will soon know what is hidden under her vest

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