On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

"Your Majesty, I do not accept this."

Shen Zhiwei never expected that this would be the result he got after he went into the palace to testify against Su Qishun despite the obstruction of the "noble lady".

Thinking of how he had promised that man not long ago that even if the emperor revealed the person behind Su Qishun, he would still give him the truth and an explanation, Shen Zhiwei felt like a joke.

"Su Qishun tortured and killed my son. This is a fact, and behind him..."

"Somebody come!"

Emperor Mingqing obviously didn't want to hear any more from Shen Zhiwei.

The two royal guards guarding outside the door walked in in unison.

"emperor."

"Yong'an Earl lost his beloved son and was deeply worried. He was sent back to Yong'an Earl's Mansion."

"Yes."

After the two royal guards saluted, they apologized to Shen Zhiwei. Regardless of Shen Zhiwei's resistance, they took his hands on the left and right and carried him away.

"Zhao Chuan."

The eunuch who was serving beside Emperor Mingqing immediately stepped forward and said, "Your servant is here."

"Send someone to have the imperial physician come and treat Earl Yong'an properly."

"Yes."

A few commands went down.

In the huge Yangxin Palace, only Emperor Mingqing and Prince Yun were left.

Looking at Prince Yun who was kneeling on the ground and looking at him expectantly, Emperor Ming Qing felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Even so, Emperor Mingqing still asked Prince Yun without giving up.

"Are you going to protect Su Qishun?"

His attitude was strong, as if saying, "Su Qishun can no longer be saved. If you insist on saving him, I will have no choice but to give up on you as well."

Prince Yun shook his head and smiled helplessly, "I would like to thank Your Majesty for preserving my dignity at this time."

"In fact, I should have realized it long ago. When Su Kang returned safely with the King of Dingbei, I should have made plans for Su Qishun and even returned the title of Marquis of Changping to Su Kang. But what can I do? No matter how bad Su Qishun is, he is still my child after all."

Emperor Ming Qing snorted coldly, "I knew you were absurd, but I didn't expect you to be so absurd. Fortunately, Su Qishun is not a good candidate for support. This time, we can uproot that lineage and put things right. It all depends on your choice."

Prince Yun pursed his lips and said nothing.

It seems like he is making a difficult decision.

Emperor Ming Qing was frightened by his appearance and asked uncertainly, "Are you sure that you have concealed from me the fact that Su Qishun is your biological son?"

Prince Yun never hesitated to make this promise. "I am sure."

"That's fine." Emperor Mingqing nodded.

Prince Yun hesitated for a moment, but finally bowed down to Emperor Mingqing and said, "Your Majesty is so considerate of me. I am flattered. If Your Majesty needs me to serve you wholeheartedly in the future, I will serve you without hesitation."

After nodding his head for a long time, Prince Yun straightened his back again and said softly with a guilty tone, "Actually, this matter is also my fault for being too absurd when I was young. I am sorry to Mr. Su."

Emperor Mingqing said, "Hmm," "You know is the best."

In other words, Emperor Mingqing planned to use Su Qishun's death to preserve Prince Yun's Mansion.

But how can this be enough?

If you cut the weeds without eradicating the roots, they will grow again when the spring breeze blows.

Prince Yun sighed unintentionally, "Over the years, I have actually been more suspicious than happy about this 'son' that I suddenly found. So when the Emperor wanted to find Su Qishun to set up a trap for Su Kang, I was worried and even sent someone to Yumen City..."

As he said this, he smiled bitterly, "My original intention was just to be on the safe side, but I didn't expect that I would actually find out something."

thing?

An ominous premonition quickly spread from the bottom of Emperor Ming Qing's heart.

He frowned as he watched Prince Yun take out a piece of dirty, bloodstained cloth from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Emperor Mingqing.

Emperor Mingqing took a closer look and it took him a while to recognize that it was a letter written in blood.

Prince Yun held up the blood letter with both hands, his eyes drooping. "Zhao Kun, the deputy general under Su Kang, was my subordinate. According to Zhao Kun, Su Qishun had already contacted the tribes in the Juebei area when he sent people to set up a trap in Yumen City. Several times the enemy attacked because the news of Yumen City was leaked. It seems that Deputy General Zhao died in a surprise attack to save Su Kang, but in fact, Deputy General Zhao had already been poisoned by Su Qishun's people before he went into battle. I have been investigating what happened these days, including whether Deputy General Zhao's daughter really arrived in Beijing safely. I didn't expect..."

As he spoke, a tear rolled down from the corner of Prince Yun's eye, "I didn't expect that the beast would even replace Deputy General Zhao's daughter with his own daughter..."

"absurd."

Prince Yun's words successfully aroused the anger of Emperor Mingqing, "Why did you tell me such a big thing now?"

The daughter of a martyr asked Su Qishun to be replaced by her own daughter. If this were spread out, it would be a huge joke! !

Prince Yun shrank back and stammered, "I only learned about these things not long ago, but considering the seriousness of this matter, if it weren't for the incident with Earl Yong'an, I'm afraid I wouldn't know how to tell the emperor about this matter, because I really don't have the face to do it."

"Su Qishun is really..." Emperor Mingqing sighed helplessly and as if he was disappointed with his son, then he turned around and stopped looking at Prince Yun, "He brought this upon himself, he deserves to die."

When he closed his eyes, he saw the blood letter in Prince Yun's hand. Emperor Mingqing slowly closed his eyes and spoke softly, "Okay, I have my own arrangements for this matter. You should take good care of yourself first. It's best not to go out without permission."

This is a disguised form of house arrest.

Prince Yun lowered his head to hide the resentment in his eyes, but he still responded to Emperor Mingqing eagerly.

"Weak minister, I obey the order."

...

Fu Huai, Fu Jingrong and Gu Xiuyan walked out of the palace like strangers.

Gu Xiuyan was the first to get on the carriage and leave with the help of servants.

Fu Huai took a deep look at the direction where Gu Xiuyan left, then jumped into the carriage behind Fu Jingrong.

"When did you start hanging out with the Gu family kid?"

Fu Huai looked at Fu Jingrong with a scrutinizing look.

He seemed to strongly disapprove of Fu Jingrong's approach.

"Some things become more dangerous the more people know about them..."

"Children understand the truth."

Before Fu Huai could finish, Fu Jingrong interrupted calmly, "But I don't want the people in the Su Mansion to fall into danger, and Gu Xiuyan thinks the same way."

Fu Huai did not comment on Fu Jingrong's subsequent words.

He had already heard about the initial dispute between Fu Jingrong and Su Sui'an.

At first, the girl pursued the boy, but for some unknown reason, Gu Xiuyan broke off the engagement. Later, Gu Xiuyan regretted it and is still coveting Su Sui'an.

Such people actively seek cooperation...

"Aren't you afraid that after this is done, that Gu guy will go back on his word?"

Fu Jingrong glanced at Fu Jingrong with a half-smile, then slowly took out the tea set from the low cabinet in the carriage, lit a small stove, and brewed a pot of tea smoothly.

Even inside the carriage, not a single drop of tea spilled out.

Fu Jingrong first pushed one of the cups of tea in front of Fu Huai, and then he picked up a cup and tasted it carefully.

With this attitude, Fu Jingrong's behavior is even more like a father than Fu Huai.

"If he wants to go back on his word, he has to have the capital to do so, right?"

Fu Huai snorted coldly.

Drink the slightly cooled tea in one gulp.

He is a rough man and does not understand the elegant art of tasting tea.

However, he could see clearly the undercurrents in the palace.

"The Emperor wanted to use the incident at the Marquis of Changping's Mansion to instigate a fight between Prince Yun's Mansion, Earl Yong'an's Mansion, Duke Gu's Mansion and my Prince Ding's Mansion. Your performance today was too much."

"What's wrong?" Fu Jingrong put down the teacup and asked casually.

He has the courage of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.

Fu Huai sighed, leaned back again, folded his arms across his chest and glanced at Fu Jingrong, his dissatisfaction evident in his attitude.

"Some things, if said too much, will only make them more obvious."

Fu Jingrong still went his own way. "It's all over. Those people won't be able to jump around for long. Why should I make myself so upset? If he wants to guess, let him guess as much as he wants."

It's not like he's alive today just by virtue of his kindness.

Do the math carefully.

It’s about time, the stuff should be delivered soon.

...

Prince Yun left not long ago.

The files from the Ministry of Justice have been sent to the imperial desk of Emperor Mingqing.

"Your Majesty, it's time to drink ginseng tea."

Zhao Chuan smiled and placed the ginseng tea next to Emperor Ming Qing's hand.

Emperor Mingqing put the file aside, picked up the ginseng tea, took a sip and put it down again.