[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

The prince made mistakes one after another, and the emperor had lost patience with him, and after reprimanding him, he asked him to go back and stop his feet to think about his mistakes.

Now is the time when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming and the scenery is pleasant, but in the eyes of the prince, it is full of desolation.

He walked slowly back to the prince's mansion, once the door was closed, the imperial guards stood guard at the door, as if guarding the deposed prince, in fact, in the eyes of the prince, there was not much difference between him and the deposed one.

The concubines in the prince's mansion didn't really like him, but now they saw the prince's mansion surrounded by the forbidden army, they were only concerned about panic, they couldn't care about the prince.Even if someone went to see the prince, it was not because he cared about the prince, but because he was worried that he would be implicated by the prince and lose his life like the concubine Ji who abolished the prince.

The more the prince watched, the more upset he became, and he ordered people to drive them away and got bored in the room.Seeing that the prince did not eat or drink for a few days, Xiao Chengzi felt anxious, so he could only invite the princess.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness has been bored in the room and doesn't need to eat. If this continues, it will damage your body. I beg your Majesty to persuade Your Highness."

The princess said calmly: "I have advised him several times before, but has he ever listened to me? Now that I persuade him, will he listen?"

Xiao Chengzi said: "But it's not an option to go on like this. I beg you, please go and see Your Highness."

The Crown Princess didn't have much worry on her face, she didn't know what to think of, she showed a relieved smile, "Forget it, a husband and wife, His Highness has fallen into such a situation, I should go to comfort him."

Xiao Chengzi only thought that the Crown Princess still couldn't let go of the Crown Prince, so he hurriedly said, "I will take the Empress to see Your Highness."

The prince's residence is not far from the prince's concubine, but they don't like to communicate with each other on weekdays. Now that the prince's concubine and the prince are separated, their yards seem to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

After a while, the princess arrived at the door, Xiao Chengzi opened the door and retreated.

The prince was originally sitting in a corner with his head buried, but he didn't raise his head when he heard the door being pushed open, "Didn't I just say, don't bother me..."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of footsteps came in front of him, "Your Highness."

The prince naturally heard the voice of the princess, raised his head, and looked at her in astonishment.

"What are you doing here?" The prince's voice was hoarse.

"Of course I came to visit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The Crown Princess' tone was full of sympathy, "You have a noble status and a proud temperament. How can you give up on yourself to such an extent? This is not at all like the Crown Prince I know."

After not going out for a few days, the prince couldn't adapt to the glare of the light for a while, so he subconsciously squinted his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him.

The prince laughed at himself, "Don't call me the prince, my father has long planned to abolish me."

"Your Highness has just accepted his fate, isn't there still the queen and the Xu family?"

The crown prince stood up and brushed his messy hair, "The Xu family can't protect themselves, can they still take care of me? You should know that since the death of your grandmother, the Xu family has been worried, and the emperor is going to attack the Xu family."

The prince only thought that the princess was still worried about him as always, and didn't notice the coldness in her eyes.

"So, is His Royal Highness waiting to die here?"

The prince was slightly taken aback, the princess seldom spoke so bluntly.But at this time, he didn't care about these anymore, and sighed, "Although the father didn't directly say that he wanted to abolish me, I know it's just that the time has not come. As far as I am concerned, I would rather my father abolish me as soon as possible." , I would rather be a commoner than be afraid. This feeling is like a knife hanging from my neck, ready to fall at any moment. Those who once flattered me and flattered me, saw that I was losing power, and turned their backs one by one, even the government The concubine Ji who was here also thought about how to save her life, no one cares about my life, only you are willing to come and see me."

The Crown Princess looked at the mediocre and incompetent man in front of her, and smiled mockingly, "Has your Highness ever regretted it?"

The prince covered his face with his hands, and looked very remorseful, "I... I do regret it, I regret not listening to your advice, regretting being against Gu Xingchi, regretting neglecting you and pampering that bitch Gu Zhaoyu, and letting myself down To such a miserable point. I thought I had a lot, but in fact they were all fake, they all came for my status, only Xuan'er, you are really good for me."

Hearing this, the Crown Princess felt a bit bitter in her heart, "Did Your Highness know now?"

The prince hugged the princess in his arms all of a sudden, like a wronged child, "I was wrong, I shouldn't have treated you that way, please forgive me, I only have you now."

The crown princess let the prince hold her, looking far away, "Yes, I have always been like this in the past, no matter what you did wrong, no matter how you treat me, I will choose to forgive you and plan for you everywhere."

But you broke my heart again and again, abandoned my love for you like a shoestring, and finally connived at Gu Chaoyu killing my child, how can I forgive you?

The prince's voice was earnest, "Xuan'er, can you help me one more time? You ask my father-in-law to intercede for me in front of my father, and I am willing to resign from the position of prince on my own initiative and just be a commoner. Please ask my father-in-law to help me, okay?" good?"

The princess laughed softly, "It's too late, everything is too late."

The prince colluded with officials and businessmen to sell illicit salt just after the curtain fell, another incident shocked the government and the public.

It turned out that the emperor's condition worsened, and he called the prince and concubines to attend to the illness. Cui Meiren took advantage of the chaos to poison the emperor. The imperial physician Xia simply checked carefully and found out in time.

The emperor was furious and asked people to conduct a thorough investigation. They searched Cui Meiren's palace first, and sure enough, poison and medicine were found. Not only that, but also several small wooden figures with dense needles on them, and the emperor's birth date. .

This is obviously the art of witchcraft!

In many dynasties, the art of witchcraft was strictly prohibited. Once it was discovered, it would be in danger of confiscating the family and exterminating the family. What's more, Cui Meiren cursed His Majesty today.

How dare a little beauty murder the emperor?Therefore, the emperor asked for strict interrogation, and finally Cui Meiren confessed.

It turned out that Cui Meiren had been bribed by the prince long ago, intending to seek rebellion.First, he practiced witchcraft secretly, but seeing that the emperor was still alive, he wanted to poison the emperor to death.Once the emperor dies, it will be justifiable for the prince to ascend the throne, and there is no need to worry that he will be abolished.

No one interceded for the prince, because they already knew that the prince was dead.

The prince was under confinement and didn't know what happened in the court hall, so when he saw the imperial army rushing into the prince's mansion to search randomly, he panicked.

The concubines and servants in the prince's mansion screamed in fright and ran away one after another.

The emperor sent Wang Ziteng to lead an army to search the Prince's Mansion. He said to everyone: "Secure all the people in the mansion, and no one is allowed to escape. Search carefully, and no corner is allowed to be let go!"

The prince didn't even put on his clothes, so he ran outside with his shoes on. All the concubines shouted when they saw the prince, "Your Highness, they dare to break into the prince's mansion and do anything wrong. Please save me."

The prince watched the people in the prince's mansion turn their backs on their backs, and felt dizzy for a while.He walked up to Wang Ziteng and said angrily, "Master Wang, what are you doing?"

Wang Ziteng said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude. I also searched the Prince's Mansion under the order of Your Majesty."

After saying that, he ignored the prince and said loudly: "Search quickly, search carefully!"

Even though it was extremely warm weather, the prince felt chills. He was panicked and anxious, so he could only keep circling in circles.

Not long after, someone said: "My lord, I found it."

Many big families will dig secret passages in their own mansions, and the Prince's Mansion naturally has secret passages and underground secret rooms, and the things found are stored in the secret rooms.

I saw weapons and armor hoarded in several secret rooms, the most eye-catching one was the bright yellow dragon robe!

Wang Ziteng said: "Your Highness, hiding weapons and dragon robes is a serious crime. What are you going to do?"

The prince was shocked, "No, I didn't do it, I didn't do it!"

The prince felt that he was really wronged, how could he have the guts to do such a big thing to punish the nine clans?Although he is the crown prince, he will not be punished by the nine clans, but for him, this is a catastrophe.

Who on earth hid these things in the secret room, and who wanted to frame him?

After a while, the forbidden army said again: "My lord, I will go down and have a look. This secret road leads to the outside of the city."

Wang Ziteng looked at the prince, "His Royal Highness, there are weapons and iron armor, and there are secret passages leading to the outside of the city. You can explain it to Your Majesty."

As he said that, he waved his hand, and several soldiers restrained the prince, and dragged him out of the mansion.

Seeing the prince being taken away, concubine Ji in the mansion cried with her head in her arms.

Only the Crown Princess didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and she didn't panic or fear, she just looked at the things in the secret room thoughtfully.

To be able to hide these things in the Prince's Mansion quietly, naturally there is an internal response in the Prince's Mansion, and the Crown Princess is that internal response.

Cursing His Majesty, intending to treason and usurp the throne, the crown prince's crime has been confirmed, and he will not live.

When the prince was escorted into the palace, all the ministers arrived.

In the main hall was the calm before the storm, everyone stood with their heads bowed, holding their breath, waiting for the emperor to announce a major event that shocked the government and the public.

The emperor sat on the throne supporting his sick body, looked at the prince kneeling below, and said sharply: "Prince, look at the good deeds you have done!"

The weather was warm, but the prince felt like he was in mid-winter. He was so frightened that his teeth were shaking, and he grabbed the ground with his head, "Father, my son was wronged, my son was wronged, even if I gave my son a hundred courage, my son I don’t dare to do such a treasonous thing.”

He dare not?If he even dared to sleep with Cui Meiren, what else would he not dare to do?

The emperor sneered: "I'm wronged. How dare you call me wronged? When you did something wrong, didn't you always say that you were wronged? Under the watchful eyes of everyone, how can I deliberately wrong you?"

With that said, Eunuch Zhang threw a package at the prince's feet.The little wooden man with countless thin needles and the emperor's birthday rolled to the ground.

The prince suddenly collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down his face, "Father..."

The emperor said: "These were all found in Cui Meiren's palace. Many people have seen it. She also confessed that you ordered her to do it, and she also intended to poison me so that you can ascend the throne! Prince, you Are you so impatient, you are really my good son!"

The crown prince walked up to the emperor on his knees, weeping bitterly, "Father, although I have done many things wrong before, I was indeed wronged in this matter. Someone must have bribed Cui Meiren to frame my minister! Since my son was appointed The crown prince is being coveted by all parties. Those people want to make my father dislike me and make me lose the position of prince. I know that my qualifications are mediocre, so it's okay if I don't want this position. I don't want my father to listen to slander and misunderstand my ministers."

The emperor was furious and threw the dragon robe in the prince's face.

"Do you think I will still believe you? Even if someone can bribe Cui Meiren to frame you, how do you explain those armored weapons and dragon robes? If you didn't instigate them, who would hide them in the secret room of your prince's mansion!"

Now the prince really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash himself away, he could only cry: "I don't know, I really don't know."

Standing in the crowd, King Ning looked at the trembling prince, with a faint sneer on his lips, his eyes swept over some ministers, and immediately someone came forward to impeach the prince and listed the prince's crimes. Committed several serious crimes.Including fish and meat common people, colluding with cliques, bullying others... Even spoiling concubines and destroying wives, condoning concubines and killing the princess's children have also been brought out, and the crimes committed are too numerous to list.

The more the emperor heard it, the more dignified his expression became, "I know you are incompetent, but I didn't expect you to be so bold and do everything for this dragon chair, which really chills me. You have done so many evil things, and you still have the face Live to enjoy the glory and wealth?"

All explanations pale in the face of evidence.The prince had a sad face, he was stunned on the ground, his lips trembled and he couldn't utter a word.

The emperor glanced at the crown prince, and said coldly: "The crown prince is incompetent, trying to murder his father and seek rebellion. I really don't want the great scenery and mountains to be handed over to such a rebellious son. Pass on my will and abolish As the crown prince, he is imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple, waiting to be released. He will also investigate the case of the crown prince's treason, and all the party members involved will be severely punished."

The prince fell to the ground with a thud, and passed out suddenly.

Soon this matter was announced to the world, and the matter of the prince's rebellion became very popular, but after thinking about it carefully, they were not surprised. They had not forgotten that the Xu family wanted to rebel.

Immediately afterwards, the feathers were cleaned, and for a while there was a bloody storm in the capital, and there was turmoil inside and outside the court.

The cleaning was almost done, and the emperor issued another imperial decree to kill the deposed prince!The Crown Princess has always been virtuous and virtuous, after interrogation, the Chen family and the Crown Princess were unaware of the Crown Prince's treason, and considering that she was the daughter of Taifu Chen, they did not implicate her, but demoted her to a commoner.

The emperor acted very quickly, from convicting the prince to abolishing the prince and giving the prince to death, he did not inform the queen at all.

The queen was still thinking about how to save the prince's life, when she got the news that the prince was dead.

"Okay, you did a great job, they all joined hands and forced my son to death!" The queen overturned several cases at once.

Although she always disliked the prince's incompetence and held her back, it was her own after all, and she never thought of letting him lose his life.

But the emperor was too ruthless, knowing that the prince was being framed, he went ahead and killed the prince. Didn't he feel unbearable for a moment when he made the decree? Didn't he think that this was also his son?

Nv Sang said: "Your Majesty, calm down, the body of the phoenix is ​​important."

"How can I appease my anger? He killed my son."

After hesitating for a while, Nv Sang said: "Your Majesty has sent the crown prince, so it will be the Xu family's turn soon?"

The queen pursed her lips and smiled mockingly, "Do you think I will give him this chance?"

At such a time of turmoil in the court, another major event happened. The Xu family fled to the south of the Yangtze River to unite the Zhen family and the married family.

After Xu Lingwei married the daughter of the Zhen family, the Zhen family secretly recruited soldiers when they returned to Jiangnan.The Zhen family was not short of money, and was far away from the capital. With the help of the Xu family, they did these things to deceive others.

After Cheng Jia was relegated, he felt resentful towards the emperor.Marquis Wu Ding was originally a general and had led troops to fight, so he instigated the rebellion of the soldiers guarding the border and followed the Xu family to rebel.

When something like this happened, it was natural to send troops to quell the rebellion.Above the court, everyone expressed their opinions one after another.Unexpectedly, the loudest voice was Wang Ziteng.

The emperor knew that there were still many empresses in the court, and there were also people who were jealous of the Wang family who wanted to get rid of Prince Teng.

But at this time, you can't think about it, otherwise you will be disregarding the righteousness of the country.

The emperor glanced at the ministers below with a half-smile, "What does Wang Qing think?"

Wang Ziteng stepped forward and said, "I am willing to go."

When Sister Feng learned about this, she and Gu Xingchi went to Wang's house immediately. As soon as they arrived at Mrs. Jiang's yard, she saw Mrs. Jiang wiping tears while packing things for Wang Ziteng.

"Leaving so soon?" Sister Feng said.

Mrs. Jiang wiped away her tears, "I'm leaving tomorrow. Your uncle has only come back soon, why is he leaving again?"

Sister Feng comforted: "It's not like my uncle hasn't come back for several years this time, and the family will be reunited when the rebellion is put down. With God's blessing, I believe that uncle will return safely."

Sister Feng comforted Mrs. Jiang a few more words, and Mrs. Jiang's mood finally eased, and she smiled embarrassedly, "Look at me, you are not as calm as you are at such an advanced age."

Sister Feng embraced Mrs. Jiang and said, "Where, Auntie is still very young."

I don't know what Gu Xingchi and Wang Ziteng talked about. When they came out of Mrs. Jiang's yard, Wang Ziteng looked at Sister Feng and said, "In the days when I'm not here, take care of Madam more."

Sister Feng smiled faintly, "It's only natural."

Thinking of what happened recently, Sister Feng felt that something was wrong, as if she had overlooked something, but she couldn't figure it out all the way.

After returning home, I saw Nanny, Ping'er, and Yingzhu waiting at the door with Sister Qiao. Ping'er stepped forward to lift the curtain for Sister Feng, "Madam is back, the girl has been arguing to see you since she woke up." .”

Sure enough, when Sister Feng got out of the carriage, she saw Sister Qiao running towards her on short legs, and the nanny was nervously protecting her.

Sister Feng bent down, waited for her to come over, hugged her in her arms, and kissed her on the cheek, "Isn't it okay to just pester mother like this and leave for a while?"

Gu Xingchi smiled and said, "Let me hug you."

Sister Qiao put her arms around Sister Feng's neck, not wanting to let go.

Sister Feng picked her up and said: "Forget it, she is still young anyway, even if the road is far away, she is not very tired."

Gu Xingchi poked Sister Qiao's face, "You dote on her like this, even I feel a little jealous."

Sister Feng said: "She's only a little older, so why not pamper her a little more?"

Gu Xingchi knew that he couldn't compete, so he could only say: "Okay, okay, I know your daughter is your most precious, as long as you have extra time to think about me, that's fine."

The people behind all secretly laughed.

Sister Feng turned to look at him and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of so many people."

Back at Yusheng Residence, Sister Feng put Qiao Jieer down, Gu Xingchi rubbed her arm, "Are you sour?"

Sister Feng leaned on the couch, "It's okay."

Ping'er served tea and said, "Is there something that Madam doesn't know?"

"What happened again?" Sister Feng said.

Ping'er handed the teacup to her, "It's not a big deal, His Majesty spared the life of the Crown Princess, and the Crown Princess returned to the Chen family, but this morning there was news that the Crown Princess became a monk."

Sister Feng was very surprised, "A monk?"

Ping'er sighed: "Isn't that right, the princess finally escaped with her life, how could she become a monk? With the Chen family here, she naturally has a place to settle down, why is it so hard to think about it? I heard that Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Lin tried their best to persuade her She gave up on this idea, but she insisted on refusing to pack a small package and left."

"I can understand her." Sister Feng said, "Marrying the prince ruined her life, and then she lost two children one after another. Her status is also very embarrassing, maybe shaving off three thousand threads of affliction and practicing in front of the Bodhisattva will broaden her mind a lot."

"It's a pity that the princess is such a good person."

It's a pity that it's not only the concubine, but also Cheng Wan. It's just that Marquis Wu Ding conspired against the Xu family and the Zhen family, making life even more difficult for Mrs. Cheng and Cheng Wan.

The mother and daughter were imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Ministry, and the child was quietly sent back to his hometown by Mrs. Cheng.I heard that when the Cheng family had an accident, Mrs. Lu sent someone to the Cheng family to ask for a child, but Mrs. Cheng refused to give it.The angry Mrs. Lu has been cursing her family, ransacking her family and exterminating her family, and she will never stand up again.

"I still can't figure out why the Cheng family rebelled with the Xu family." Sister Feng said to Gu Xingchi, "Marquis Wu Ding cares so much about his wife and loves his daughter, he doesn't know what will happen to his family after he rebelled , why does he still do this?"

Gu Xingchi smiled and said: "Don't think about things you don't understand. The capital is in turmoil recently, so don't leave the house if you have nothing to do."

I thought the matter had come to an end, but unexpectedly, King Ning was assassinated in the street and lost his life.

"Prince Ning is dead, so he died like this?" Sister Feng felt uneasy, "Is it His Majesty or the Empress?"