As soon as Zhou Rui's words came out of his mouth, not only Concubine Xian felt that he was mentally ill, but everyone present, especially those who supported Zhou Rui's faction, thought that he was going crazy, otherwise how could he say such a thing.

The current situation is obviously quite unfavorable to him. Regardless of whether An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang are innocent or not, shouldn't he immediately insist that An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang are setting him up?

Concubine Xian's broken pot and broken words just now have almost spread the problem under the sun. Even if the things she gave Zhou Kang are fine today, there was no guarantee before. collapsed under the action.

Now Zhou Rui should be thinking about how to become a prince and become an emperor in the future, or how to help the concubine Xian quickly, so as not to let the concubine suffer.

Fortunately, Zhou Rui didn't want to think about exonerating the concubine Xian. After all, she admitted in full view that the concubine Xian couldn't get away with the crime of mutilating the prince.

This is a deadly sin.

On the contrary, Zhou Rui was still saying that Zhou Kang didn't know about it. Wasn't he accusing Concubine Xian of being too vicious in her words, so that she wanted to fully confirm the crime of Concubine Xian?

If this is the case, even if Zhou Rui really becomes the emperor in the future, what will happen to the concubine Xian? Will the world tolerate such a vicious person as the queen mother?

At that time, even if the emperor does not issue an order to deal with the concubine, the civil and military officials will probably force the new emperor to kill his mother.In this way, how will the new emperor be evaluated in the history books?

This is simply an unsolvable problem.

When everyone was silent, Old Master Wen's expression darkened. Recently, he always felt that Zhou Rui's actions were stupid and absurd, but he didn't expect that it was Concubine Xian who was even more stupid, absurd and impatient.

Even if she really hurt Zhou Kang with medicine, how could she speak out on this occasion?When other people did this kind of thing, it was too late to hide it, but she was lucky, she didn't know that there was something wrong with her head because she was angry, or she felt that she had a chance to win, so she could say whatever she wanted.

Where does she want to put Zhou Rui, and where does she want to put herself?

Is it necessary to kill those who don't listen to them? Thinking of the follow-up problems brought about by Xianfei's words, Mrs. Wen only feels a headache.Becoming in-laws with Concubine Xian, pushing Zhou Rui to inherit the throne, was perhaps the most stupid and difficult thing he did in his life.

It is no easier than rebellion and overthrow.

Under the weird atmosphere, Qin Nan took the opportunity to speak. He actually didn't expect to hear such explosive news from Concubine Xian.Shocked, he was in a daze for quite a while, before he said loudly: "Your Majesty, since Concubine Xian has confessed to her crime, I would like to ask His Majesty to come down."

With a mother who murdered the prince, the possibility of Zhou Rui becoming the prince has dropped again.

Lin Jinwen looked at Concubine Xian, he always felt that Concubine Xian regretted to death now.When she spoke like that just now, she probably didn't expect An Zhaoyi to make such a sudden move.

The little sparrow that has been kept under my nose all the time even eats and drinks by looking at my face, is about to step on her head and fly up to the branches to become a phoenix. Concubine Xian must have lost her head when she said that.

It was also Fu Xiaoyi that An Zhaoyi had always flattered in front of Concubine Xian, and Zhou Kang was even a little baby this time, who would have thought that the two would give her and Zhou Ruilai such a blow in the end.

Especially Zhou Kang, what he said pierced people's heart and lungs, and made people feel pain.

It is reasonable for Concubine Xian to say something when she is angry. People's tolerance is different, but it's just not worthy of sympathy.People always have to take responsibility for what they do, and no one can escape.

Concubine Xian naturally understood that she had said the wrong thing, but in the current situation, she admitted that what she said just now was a lie. Not only was it too late, but she was also suspected of shirking responsibility.

Concubine Xian quickly calmed down, she looked at the emperor and then at An Zhaoyi.

She closed her eyes and then opened them suddenly, with disappointment and determination on her face, she whispered word by word: "An Zhaoyi, you don't care if you believe what I just said, but my son still needs to be cared for by me." , You know in your heart what you gave the Fifth Prince, if you persist like this, the Fifth Prince's life may be in your hands."

An Zhaoyi raised her head and looked at Concubine Xian in shock. There were still tears on her face, and she looked very pitiful.

Her eyes numbly passed across Concubine Xian's face and landed on Zhou Kang.

Wang Zhong was giving Zhou Kang an emergency injection. Zhou Kang closed his eyes tightly, and his face was so pale that people dare not take a closer look.

An Zhaoyi was a little at a loss, she wondered how could this happen.

She has been cautious in front of Concubine Xian all these years. She thought she was a fisherman, but she did not expect Concubine Xian to be fully prepared.She did feed Zhou Kang some medicine, which was a very common medicine. As long as the imperial doctor treated him in time, Zhou Kang's life would definitely be safe.

But she never expected that the medicine she gave would collide with the medicine given by Concubine Xian, which almost endangered Zhou Kang's life.Her medicine was like a primer, triggering the poison in Zhou Kang's body.

It's not that she didn't ask the imperial doctor to take Zhou Kang's pulse these years, but she didn't find any problems, which is why she dared to put Zhou Kang to eat with Concubine Xian.

Now that I think about it, she was so naive.Concubine Xian never thought of killing Zhou Kang all at once. She poisoned her little by little, so how could it be easily discovered by others?

What's more, she still has a guard of honor in her heart, relying on this guard of honor, she thought that Concubine Xian would not do anything.

Wang Zhong said at this moment: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince's poison can't be cured for a while. I need to study carefully what kind of poison the fifth prince has, but the fifth prince is too young, and if there is no antidote, I'm afraid he will suffer. of."

An Zhaoyi wailed when she heard this, she crawled to Zhou Kang's side, cried and begged the emperor, "Your Majesty, please save Kang'er." It doesn't matter if you take the medicine yourself.

Zhou Kang's current situation was not caused by her little medicine, and it was useless for her to take out the antidote. Now she will firmly pin the blame on Concubine Xian.

Thinking of this, An Zhaoyi suppressed the resentment in her heart, she looked back at Concubine Xian, her expression became numb and filled with endless resentment, with tears in her eyes, she said in a faint tone: "It's all my fault, when the I shouldn't have believed you, it was my fault that I killed my own son."

When everyone heard An Zhaoyi's words, they all knew that she was mad, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have said "I" in front of him.But it is also understandable that she is a mother, and she naturally feels distressed when her son becomes like this in front of her.

Up to now, the emperor only thinks that this is a ridiculous farce, which makes him feel absurd and powerless.

He believed what Concubine Xian said, she must have taken action against Zhou Kang, but at the same time, he also believed that An Zhaoyi was not the pitiful appearance she is now in private.

She is also very ambitious, and she also wants her son to become the emperor. She restrains all her sharpness and hides herself behind the concubine Xian, making people think that everything she does is for the concubine Xian.

The emperor thought that maybe this woman didn't show much on the surface, but she was secretly happy in her heart.When you look at things from the perspective of a bystander, you can always see things differently.

The emperor looked coldly at An Zhaoyi who was crying silently, and he thought that if Zhou Kang was to become emperor, An Zhaoyi would definitely be buried with him.Such a woman is smart and cruel, and staying is a disaster.

Concubine Xian said loudly: "Qin Yushi keeps saying that the eldest prince has a mother concubine like Ben Gong and is not worthy of being a prince. Now that the fifth prince has a mother concubine like An Zhaoyi, can he be worthy of being a prince? Can he be worthy of becoming the future emperor? Five The prince's body has become like this, it is thanks to him having a good mother."

Old Mrs. Wen looked at the domineering concubine Xian with a complicated mood.In the final analysis, Concubine Xian and Zhou Rui are still somewhat different. Zhou Rui tends to panic, shrink back and be at a loss when encountering a little difficulty, and then he will do more wrong things.

Concubine Xian is different. When she does something wrong, it depends on the occasion.If you can find an excuse to avoid it, avoid it. Like the current situation, if you can't avoid it, then pull more people into the water.

Everyone understands what the emperor wants to do now. Concubine Xian told everyone clearly that I am not a good person, and neither is An Zhaoyi.

The mothers of the two princes are like this, and the two princes are not worthy of being kings.

Even the fifth prince was poisoned, whether the body can hold on now is still a problem, and Zhou Rui is an adult prince.

Qin Nan has a lot of money in his stomach. He can find allusions to talk about right and wrong, otherwise the emperor would not let him start this matter.But now when he suddenly heard Concubine Xian's questioning like this, he was dumb for a moment and didn't know how to speak.

When Qin Nan was thinking about what to say, the emperor spoke up. He first asked Wang Zhong to take Zhou Kang down to treat him.Xiao Rugui followed He Fan, who originally wanted to go forward and take Zhou Kang away.

Xiao Rugui walked over one step ahead, and He Fan saw Xiao Rugui's face was very dark and ugly, so he moved his mouth and didn't speak.

Wang Zhong and Xiao Rugui, who was holding Zhou Kang, quickly retreated. The emperor looked at Concubine Xian fixedly in a blink of an eye and said, "Concubine Xian is pushing her faults on others? Has An Zhaoyi ever murdered the prince?" ? Has Zhou Kang ever acted unfilial to his brother?"

Concubine Xian didn't say a word, Zhou Rui's face was ugly, his lips were trembling all the time.He looked at Concubine Xian with complicated eyes, as if he was blaming Concubine Xian for doing this.

Without this, there would be no deadlock.

The emperor continued in a cold voice: "Concubine Xian, you know my temper. I will give you a chance at last. Tell me what kind of poison Zhou Kang has suffered. Bring the antidote. I can leave you a whole body."

Concubine Xian turned cold from the emperor's gaze, she naturally understood the emperor's temper, she was the oldest person in the harem, no one knew the emperor's temper better than her.

But while she was afraid, there was also a hint of disdain in her heart. What she said just now was a bit easy for people to catch, but they were already prepared.

Wen Shijing is in the Ministry of War. Although his official position is a servant, he can do much more than the Minister of the Ministry of War.

The emperor watched the concubine Xian's expression change back and forth, and finally turned silent. He said casually: "You don't need to say anything, even if Zhou Kang's body is a little weaker, I can still let the imperial doctor cure him, just suffer a little more. It's a bitter thing. But Xianfei, you murdering the prince is a serious crime that affects the whole family, and I will never forgive you lightly."

After saying this, he said in a gloomy voice: "Come here, take down Concubine Xian."

When He Fan was about to make a move, Old Master Wen finally spoke. He stood up and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, there are still many suspicions in this matter. Concubine Xian was just deceived by a villain just now, and she spoke nonsense in a moment of impatience. Please be careful. .”

As soon as Mrs. Wen finished speaking, more than half of the officials on the field stood up and begged the emperor for clarification.

This is simply a blatant threat. They stood there as if they were telling the emperor that if concubine Xian and Zhou Rui were punished now, they would quit the court and let the emperor choose another wise man. There is no official under the hall to be promoted.

Gu Qinglin has been watching this farce with cold eyes. Now, he finally saw Zhou Rui's power and supporters hidden behind the Wen family.What made him feel weird was that Lin Songren sat there without moving even though so many people got up.

A thought came to Gu Qinglin's mind, and he couldn't help but look at Lin Jinwen.

Lin Jinwen's expression was very calm, there was no expression between his brows and eyes, and he was extremely indifferent.It seems that everything is in the eyes, and it seems that nothing is in the heart.

Gu Qinglin thought in a daze, maybe this is Lin Jinwen's true face.Lin Jinwen, who was in front of him in the past, just restrained his indifference and made himself look more kind.

Sensing Gu Qinglin's gaze, Lin Jinwen turned his head slightly, and the moment he met Gu Qinglin's eyes, all the coldness on his face suddenly dissipated, and he became gentle.

The scene was so silent at this time that they could not speak.

Lin Jinwen squeezed Gu Qinglin's hand tightly under the table, with a smile in his eyes, he said silently, don't worry.

Gu Qinglin was not worried, he just felt that Lin Jinwen was far away from him just now, and now this person fell from a distance and landed beside him.

Gu Qinglin shook Lin Jinwen's hand and told him with actions that he was not worried.

Lin Songren naturally knew that someone was looking at him, but he still sat there motionless with a calm expression.

When Lin Wenjuan saw Lin Songren's appearance, he moved his body a little uneasy.

The emperor didn't care about the Lin family. He looked at old Mrs. Wen and the tall and low crowd standing behind him, and said in a low voice, "Why, Prime Minister Wen is threatening me?"

Old Mrs. Wen said sincerely: "I don't dare, I just ask the emperor to find evidence that the virtuous concubine murdered the prince, so as to reassure the people."

The emperor didn't speak, at this time Xiao Rugui came back without a sound, and he told the emperor that Wang Zhong was investigating what kind of poison Zhou Kang had been poisoned by, and was trying his best to heal him.

The emperor nodded to show that he understood, Xiao Rugui paused and said with some hesitation: "Your majesty, when I went out just now, I found that there was a change in the patrol personnel in the palace city. Just in case, I ordered someone to It's all taken."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, then he smiled. He looked at Old Master Wen and Zhou Rui and said, "Wen Aiqing and Zhou Rui, are you planning to force the palace?"

Zhou Rui didn't know what he was thinking, he was a little distracted, his first reaction was surprise when he heard this, he said: "Father, my son would not dare without my son."

The emperor looked at Mrs. Wen and said, "Wen Aiqing, do you really think I'm not prepared at all? Don't tell me I haven't even thought about forcing the palace to rebel?"

The emperor has always regarded the imperial forest army as his own private army, which is entirely for himself. There are so many people in the imperial forest army in the palace city, and he can't guarantee that everyone is facing him. How could he be unprepared for this matter? .

Xiao Rugui personally inspected the palace gate today. Apart from paying attention to this birthday banquet, the most important thing is to let him close the palace gate as soon as the time comes to prevent accidents.Unexpectedly, someone from the Imperial Forest Army actually sneaked in. Fortunately, Xiao Rugui found out in time.

Old Mrs. Wen's expression remained unchanged, the emperor ignored him, but looked at Zhou Rui, with obvious sarcasm in his eyes.

When the emperor was about to speak, Qi Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War, suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

The emperor frowned, it was completely unexpected for Qi Yong to stand up, according to his plan, there should be nothing about Qi Yong here.

Qi Yong lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground and said loudly: "I want to sue Wen Shijing, the servant of the Ministry of War, for dispatching Dongshan Habayashi Army to Beijing to escort him without authorization in the name of the Ministry of War. His wolfish ambitions are clearly revealed, and the Wen family and the eldest prince are afraid that there is conspiracy against him." Suspect."

Qi Yong has always given people the impression that he is a good old man. He doesn't care about anything in the Ministry of War, and it is Wen Shijing who handles the affairs of the Ministry of War.At this time, when he spoke in such a loud voice, he was not as confused as usual, but he was clear, bright and shrewd.

Old Mrs. Wen's face twitched, but Wen Shijing stood up and said with a serious face, "You are framing me." He did send a letter to Dongshan, but he did not use the military order at all, he sent a private letter.

Qi Yong is framing them, but Qi Yong said so, he is afraid that he is ready to trap them.The most important thing is that Dongshan Yulin has already arrived at the designated place. Qi Yong suddenly said that he has already taken Dongshan Yulin. How can he have such great power?

What Wen Shijing is thinking now is whether this is the emperor's intention or someone wants to be an oriole.

But looking at the emperor's face, he couldn't hide his surprise and suspicion, and he didn't know there was such a thing.Who was Qi Yong instructed by?

Qi Yong didn't look at Wen Shijing at all, but watched the emperor take out an item from his arms and said: "Your Majesty, I have intercepted Wen Shilang's transfer order, please take a look at it. I didn't find it in time, but I have I ordered people to prevent Dongshan Yulin from entering the palace, and I hope the emperor will be relieved."

The emperor put away the shock on his face, and the things were presented quickly. The emperor opened it and looked at it. The handwriting inside was indeed Wen Shijing's, and the content was indeed that Tiaodongshan Yulin would enter Beijing immediately.

The emperor threw the transfer order on the ground. Old Master Wen and Wen Shijing never thought that this matter would be discovered. Old Master Wen faintly felt that things were a little out of control.

The emperor looked at Qi Yong, and wanted to ask Qi Yong how he stopped Dongshan Yulin. Although he was the Minister of the Ministry of War, the soldiers in the distance would not be dispatched at will without his military talisman and will.

Qi Yong also came back from the border and climbed up to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War step by step. Qi Yong was so low-key that the emperor suddenly couldn't figure out who he was following.

While thinking about this, the emperor ordered: "Since the eldest prince wants to rebel, then stay in the prison and react carefully."

After saying this, the emperor looked at the crowd and said: "I intended to appoint the eldest prince Zhou Rui as the crown prince today, but I never thought that Zhou Rui is really useless, really unworthy of being a crown prince."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused for a moment. Logically speaking, his next words should be to make Zhou Kang the crown prince.This was his purpose today, but for some reason, at this moment, he couldn't say anything.

When the emperor hesitated and struggled, Concubine Qi got up and knelt down, she said: "Your Majesty, this concubine has something to say."

When Concubine Qi left, the eyes of Concubine Xian, An Zhaoyi and Zhou Rui all fell on her face.

Looking at Concubine Qi's old face, the emperor vaguely remembered that Qi Yong seemed to be a soldier under the command of Duke Zhen at that time.Duke Zhen is Concubine Qi's natal family, gradually lost in Duke Zhen's mansion, and the second prince followed behind.

Those who followed Lord Zhen became silent, and the emperor had forgotten who they followed for many years.

Seeing Concubine Qi's determined face, she said: "The concubine wanted to ask the emperor to make the decision today. At the beginning, everyone said that the second prince had a high fever and became a fool, but the concubine wanted to say that someone deliberately wanted to kill the second prince." The prince, the second prince became like this."

The emperor looked at Concubine Qi, at this moment he felt the same as Old Master Wen, the situation in the palace seemed to be out of his control.

Concubine Qi turned her head and Zhou Rui said word by word: "The one who will harm the second prince is the first prince."

"You're talking nonsense." Zhou Rui said with panic on his face, "Second brother, he obviously has a high fever and is confused by fever, why is he relying on me?"

"That's because he accidentally saw a big secret." Concubine Qi stared at him viciously and continued: "Back then, the first prince and An Zhaoyi were having a private meeting in the Imperial Garden, and the second prince saw it, so the big The prince wanted to kill people to silence the rumors. The poor second prince was still young and didn't know what happened between you, but the first prince and An Zhaoyi were guilty of treachery, so you wanted to kill the second prince."

As soon as Concubine Qi said this, the emperor's breathing became short of breath.

Concubine Xian looked at An Zhaoyi with a look of disbelief. At this moment, An Zhaoyi's whole body softened, and she knelt on the ground with a blue face.Old Mrs. Wen's originally straight body suddenly bent down, and he suddenly understood why he always felt powerless recently.

It turned out that the person behind this was not An Zhaoyi, the fifth prince, and even Lin Jinwen, who was so arrogant and domineering that he was disgusted by others, but the second prince Zhou An who had been ignored all the time.

Who would have imagined that, in the name of being stupid, Zhou An stared at them behind their backs.Their every move is under Zhou An's nose.

Concubine Xian suddenly remembered that Zhou Rui had always been very worried about Zhou An. She always felt that Zhou An was deliberately pretending to be stupid, and found various opportunities to test it out, and even ordered someone to push Zhou An into the water.

She couldn't figure out why Zhou Rui had such great hostility towards Zhou An. After she tested Zhou An's stupidity, she didn't take it to heart.

Now she figured it out, no wonder Zhou Rui was always by her side to help An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang talk.Now that I think about it, when An Zhaoyi stepped on her to give birth to Zhou Kang, she was extremely angry. Zhou Rui had excused An Zhaoyi many times in front of her.

Zhou Rui said that Zhou Kang was too young to be an enemy, and An Zhaoyi looked like she was the master, so she was relieved.

As a result, Concubine Xian naturally hated Zhou Rui and An Zhaoyi to death.If Zhou Rui had told her about this earlier, she would never have spared Zhou An's life.

In the end, Zhou Rui knew everything in his heart, but he didn't tell her about it.

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