The Devil's Coming [Quick Transmigration]

The bizarre fire in the Second Prince's Mansion alarmed the capital within a day.

The Second Prince's wife was burned to death by the strange sea of ​​fire, while others escaped in time and saved their lives. The Second Prince, who was awakened by his confidant in the middle of the night and fled for his life, only hated that his mansion was too big. If he hadn't run fast, he would have been left in the sea of ​​fire.

Until the strange sea of ​​fire was extinguished, the Second Prince was still afraid when he recalled the strangeness of the sea of ​​fire. After asking other people, he was even more dissatisfied with the Second Prince's wife, who was suspected to be the culprit. He had no sadness for his wife's death, but secretly hated this woman for causing trouble for him after her death.

Although the fire had subsided, the real trouble had just begun.

The Second Prince's premonition was not wrong at all. He was tired and sleepy and was about to move to another house temporarily, but he was sent to the palace by an imperial edict, and then Emperor Huiming scolded him.

On this day, impeachment memorials flew into the court like snowflakes, and without exception, all of them were impeachment of the second prince. Obviously, the second prince's mansion was hit by a fire, and the second prince's wife died tragically because of it. This is really a matter worthy of sympathy. But the fire started strangely, and it was also strangely extinguished. Moreover, it was limited to the scope of the second prince's mansion, and it could not be extinguished no matter how hard it tried. When these news came out, the situation was very different.

Many people said that the second prince did not cultivate virtue and did evil things, so he was punished by heaven and the divine fire was sent down. Some people also said that it was the second prince's wife who harmed people so much that the vengeful evil ghosts crawled back from hell to the world and brought the flames of hell up. But whether it was the former or the latter, the second prince was responsible.

Among countless speculations, everyone agreed that the flames were definitely not ordinary fires, but ghost fires, demon fires, and divine fires. The second prince's mansion, which was destroyed by the sea of ​​fire, was undoubtedly punished by ghosts and gods. How could the second prince himself stay out of it?

Whether it was the royalist party, the parties of the other two princes, or the neutral ministers who did not participate in the dispute over the succession, or even the common people who heard the news, at this moment, they all unanimously determined the "guilt" of the second prince.

Even the ministers who had stood on the side of the second prince in the past were strongly shaken and fell into a silence of doubting their lives. Only a few were still speaking for him, but it was useless.

"The second prince has committed many evil deeds and has been punished by heaven. If he is not punished, is he going against the will of heaven?"

At such a good opportunity, the supporters of the other two princes launched a fierce offensive without hesitation, and were about to beat the second prince down in one fell swoop. Once such questions were raised, even those who spoke for him were speechless.

They could only defend themselves like this: "Last night, the fire was so big, but only the second prince's wife was burned to death, which means that the one who was punished by heaven was the second prince's wife. The second prince survived the fire, but it was not intentional by heaven, so that he would know his mistakes and correct them, and from then on, he would strictly guard his inner veil and make up for his previous negligence?"

It must be said that this defense is also clever. The second prince's wife was blamed for the fire, and the second prince just failed to supervise, which is consistent with the fact that he survived the fire.

If it were an emperor who really loved the second prince, he would definitely take the opportunity to let go of it, put everything on the second prince's wife, and give the second prince a small punishment and a big warning.

But Emperor Huiming did not love the second prince at all. On the contrary, he hated the three princes who had to compromise under the pressure of the officials. He often used the right to inherit the throne as bait, and let out some words, watching the three princes fight for it, so that he could vent his anger.

He has been doing this for the past few years.

By balancing the power among the officials in the court, letting the party struggles from time to time, letting the three princes and the officials in the court fight for interests, and then intervening at the end to achieve a new balance... In this balance that is constantly destroyed and established, the emperor's desire for power to control everything is satisfied.

Just like a bird keeper who casually sprinkles a handful of beans to attract a flock of sparrows to scramble for them, he looks down on everyone.

As for the unjust, false and wrong cases created by many parties in this process to overthrow each other, the actions of officials of varying quality absorbed by the princes in order to strengthen themselves, the corrupt officials who are mixed in and unscrupulously squeeze the people's fat and blood, and the small people who are affected... Even the officials in the court and the three princes are just birds fighting for food in the eyes of Emperor Huiming, how can he take the others seriously?

Just like this time, the first thing he thought of was not to thoroughly investigate the Second Prince's wife's actions, nor to seek justice for the victims who were killed by her and make the truth known to the world, but -

"Hahaha." After driving away the eunuchs around him, Emperor Huiming laughed loudly in the empty inner hall, "Officials forced me to adopt a prince, is this what you want? A sinner, a sinner who is punished by heaven!"

There was no lack of pleasure in his voice.

Anyway, it's not his own son who is punished by heaven! If someone really wants to accuse him, it's the fault of the traitor king!

But think about it carefully, now the Second Prince is nominally his son, and it's hard to guarantee that some old people who have read too much will report to the emperor and drag him into the water.

After all, there has always been such a tradition in every dynasty. If something unlucky happens, or a major disaster happens, it's the emperor's fault and the emperor is unrighteous!

"No!" Thinking of this, Emperor Huiming's heart tightened, "——I can't let them slander me without reason!"

The emperor couldn't accept the grievance of throwing dirty water on a son who had nothing to do with him when something happened.

Driven by such an urgent mentality, the first thing Emperor Huiming did after receiving the impeachment from the officials was to throw the second prince back to the name of his biological father, which was to tell everyone: This child has nothing to do with me.

As if this was not enough, he issued another imperial edict, which roughly said: The second prince has no morals and is despicable and difficult to tame. He is the son of a rebel king. The rebel king rebelled against his king and father, was unfaithful and unfilial, and the second prince has the blood of a rebel king in his body. He is also an unfaithful and unfilial person. He appears to be respectful and filial, but in fact he covets the throne. The emperor was generous and pardoned the death penalty of the rebel king, and adopted the second prince under his name. He was trying to teach him to be good. Now that God has sent down a punishment from heaven, it can be seen that the second prince is unbearable to be educated and is really unworthy of continuing to be the emperor's son. He is only worthy of returning to his biological father. At the same time, the rebel king's family was demoted to commoners and exiled thousands of miles away.

This imperial edict was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

The second prince, who was still standing in the court trying to explain himself, was stunned on the spot. He looked at the emperor sitting on the steps in disbelief: "No, this is not true..."

But no matter how he refused to accept the reality, the emperor's words were golden and could not be changed. Even the officials did not object.

Looking at the distraught second prince, Emperor Huiming was calm, with a regretful expression on his face, but he was sarcastic in his heart: If he did not get rid of this scourge from his name, I am afraid that the next person those old-fashioned people would impeach would be him, the emperor. In the next step, would he be asked to confess his own sins?

Although the sky fire came strangely this time, it did not have much impact on the emperor. Although it disrupted the balance of the three princes, it was not bad to abolish the second prince.

For a long time, this son who was adopted under his name had no other bad deeds except for being romantic, but for Emperor Huiming, he was an eyesore. The other two were also an eyesore.

Emperor Huiming, who was over 40, had not given up the idea of ​​having his own son inherit the throne, and had been working hard in the harem over the years. Although there was still no sign of his own son, no matter how he thought about it, the three princes under his name were still too annoying. If one day a concubine in the harem gave birth to a prince, he would definitely abolish these three people at the first opportunity.

——When he adopted the son of the rebel king instead of other royal family members with a more innocent background, many ministers thought that the emperor was angry with them, but in fact, Emperor Huiming had a deeper consideration. He deliberately chose a prince with an unclear identity to adopt for the sake of his biological son who might be born in the future. Once he wanted to make his own son the crown prince in the future, it would undoubtedly be much easier to abolish the son of the rebel king whose background was not innocent.

But the emperor did not notice that after the second prince left in a daze, the eldest prince and the third prince, who should have been overjoyed, had a faint shadow on their faces.

The emperor's decree to abolish the second prince just now was too cruel!

The two who had eliminated a competitor, after a very short surprise, were filled with grief.

Because they were also the sons of the traitor king, those vicious words against the second prince could also affect them!

It seemed that at this moment, the two finally realized the emperor's true attitude towards them that had been hidden deep in his heart, and also realized their own shaky position.

All along, the emperor's attitude seemed to be to let the princes fight and choose the best one as the heir, but now they found that the emperor might never want to choose an heir from them. In his heart, didn't he regard them as clowns who "flowed with the blood of the traitor king, but coveted the throne without knowing the height of the world"?

The two princes, who were worried, returned to their own mansion.

At this time, they learned a piece of news.

——The emperor may have had a biological son long ago!

"How is it possible? Are you sure this is true?" The two princes asked the subordinates who brought the news at the same time.

After getting a positive answer, they gnashed their teeth even more: "——Who is it? Who is that person?!"

"It's Xu Mingjin, the former prince of the Duke of Wei's mansion!"

The subordinate who sent back the news was originally sent to the Duke of Wei's mansion. Because the Duke of Wei's mansion has been so active during this period, all the officials in the court have been in the storybook. The followers of the two princes are of course no exception. They are full of resentment, so they naturally have to do something for their subordinates.

Considering that the Duke of Wei is deeply trusted by the emperor, targeting the Duke of Wei's mansion like those officials who have been exposed will inevitably be reprimanded by the emperor. They spontaneously sent people to approach the people in the Duke of Wei's mansion, especially the prince of the Duke of Wei. Whether it is to find out the handle to control it, or to privately win over the other party to become their own people, it is a good choice.

Who knew that such a shocking secret could be discovered? !

"Xu Mingjin? What a Xu Mingjin!"

If it was before, they would still be skeptical about this news, but now, putting all the things that happened during this period together, the two of them suddenly understood everything.

No wonder the emperor trusted the Duke of Wei's mansion so much, no wonder the inexplicable Duke of Wei's son suddenly went crazy against the civil and military officials in the court, and the emperor was so indulgent...

Given the relationship between the emperor and the Duke of Wei, it was not surprising that he raised an illegitimate child in the Duke of Wei's mansion. Considering Xu Mingjin's age, if he was in the prince's mansion at that time, he probably would not have had the chance to be born. After all, the prince at that time still had to rely on the support of the Yu family. On the surface, he was deeply in love with the crown princess and did not accept two women. It was reasonable for him to give the illegitimate child born from the affair to Xu Qian to help raise.

As for being imprisoned? It was just a trick for the illegitimate son to give up his original identity and then change his appearance. Maybe it was to protect him during this period of turmoil in the court.

The two people followed this line of thought and inferred that the emperor had no idea of ​​recognizing his illegitimate son before. He might have thought that the concubines in the palace could give birth to sons again, and the illegitimate son's birth was a stain after all. But as the emperor got older and older, several sons he gave birth to died one after another. Now he finally gave up and wanted to bring the illegitimate son back to the palace to inherit the throne.

So there was such a farce.

The three princes have been adopted for several years. Most of the officials in the court have inextricable ties with them. If the biological son is to take the throne, they will undoubtedly be obstacles.

Xu Mingjue, who was taken back, said that he had been raised in the countryside. Who knows whether it is true or not? As soon as he came back, he went crazy against the officials. Most of them were instructed by the emperor to solve the trouble for his biological son in advance and let him take over the clean court.

And after the officials, it was their turn.

Now, the second prince is out, what about the other two?

The two princes' inferences seem to be very correct. The second prince just got into trouble, and the new issue of Shangjing Secret Report is selling like crazy again.

And the protagonist of this issue is the second prince.

Of course, the author is writing about a prince of a fictitious dynasty, although all his deeds are the same as the second prince. The story is not as realistic as before, but involves supernatural elements, such as the revenge of the wronged souls who were killed.

The most outrageous thing is that this story also interacts with the story of the fake prince. The villain, the real prince, appears in this story and becomes the one who controls hundreds of ghosts and clarifies everything.

Looking at the miserable end of the second prince in the story, the two princes felt a chill at the same time. They seemed to see the dark words on the scroll in front of them twisted and turned into a sentence: It's your turn next!