I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

Butler Lu seemed to have used up all his strength to say these words, but Leng Yicheng realized at this moment that his life seemed to have come to an end.

All this happened for Concubine Rong to be unable to react for a moment. Although she had known that Leng Yicheng wanted to assassinate Leng Yiyan, she did not expect that Leng Yiyan would find out so quickly.

At this time, the emperor's face had turned blue and white with anger. He clenched his fists, and veins on his face were bulging with anger.

Leng Yicheng knew that it was useless for him to try to argue.

He immediately slammed his head heavily on the ground.

"Father, I was bewildered for a moment. Please forgive me. I know I was wrong."

"Humph!"

When the emperor uttered this word, Concubine Rong was so frightened that she fell off her chair and started to plead for Leng Yicheng with tears.

"Your Majesty, Cheng'er is unstable and made a mistake. I beg Your Majesty to give him another chance to mend his ways. I beg Your Majesty to forgive him for the sake of Cheng'er being the crown prince!"

Leng Yiyan half-closed his eyes and clasped his fists solemnly.

"Father, on the battlefield, Leng Yicheng disregarded the safety of Pingyang's millions of troops and the reputation of Pingyang, and sent people to injure me to vent his personal anger, which led to Pingyang's disastrous defeat. I have been paralyzed in bed for more than four months. Now that the matter has been investigated, I beg Your Majesty to make the decision for me, and severely punish Leng Yicheng, and get my public office back."

Leng Yiyan was filled with righteous indignation when he spoke, and Leng Jin also stepped forward to give him some advice.

"Your Majesty, Leng Yicheng is the crown prince, but he doesn't care about the country's worries, and only focuses on dealing with his brothers. Such a person is really unable to take on important responsibilities. Please issue an order to abolish his position as crown prince..."

Leng Jin's words made Concubine Rong's face change immediately, and Leng Yicheng was so scared that he fell to the ground, not daring to make a sound.

The emperor was extremely angry at this time. His eyes were as big as copper bells. He stared at Leng Yicheng with blazing eyes and questioned him angrily with gnashing teeth.

"At first, Yan'er told me that he suspected that it was one of his own people who hurt him. I hated that I, as a father, didn't believe him and even scolded him for not wanting to face reality. Now it seems that I was wrong, Leng Yicheng. As the crown prince of Pingyang State, you used despicable means to harm your own brothers and sisters on the battlefield for me. Your behavior is really intolerable and really disappoints me..."

After saying this, he suddenly picked up a book from the table in front of him and threw it at Leng Yicheng, saying angrily:

"Pass on my decree. Crown Prince Leng Yicheng has behaved improperly, has evil intentions, and has harmed his brothers and sisters, which has disappointed me extremely. I am now abolishing his position as crown prince, ordering him to move out of the East Palace immediately, and demoting him to a commoner..."

As soon as these words came out, Leng Yicheng knelt there with a pale face, and his expression suddenly became listless...

Concubine Rong crawled towards the emperor, crying and begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare Cheng'er. Please spare Cheng'er. He is the crown prince. How can he live the life of a commoner? Please spare him..."

The emperor looked at Concubine Rong and sighed in disappointment.

"Noble Concubine Rong failed to educate her son properly, causing him to commit a heinous crime. Her title of Noble Concubine is stripped away, and she is demoted to a concubine and moved out of Yong'an Palace..."

"emperor……"

When Concubine Rong heard the emperor's decree, she instantly realized that her world had fallen. Her son's position as crown prince was gone, and her position as imperial concubine was gone too.

She wanted to plead with the emperor again, but the emperor waved his hand impatiently.

"Come here, take the Crown Prince and Concubine Rong away. From now on, no one is allowed to hold on to the past. Eunuch Lin, immediately draft an imperial decree and announce it to the world."

When Leng Yicheng was dragged away, he looked like a lost soul, his legs were weak and he seemed to have lost the ability to walk.

Concubine Rong looked at Leng Yiyan hatefully with anger in her eyes, but she said nothing in the end. It seemed as if she kept all the hatred in her heart.

When everything calmed down, the emperor waved his hands helplessly as if he had experienced a serious illness.

"Yan'er, you choose someone to take Liang Shigao's position. Although this killer ghost was instructed by Leng Yicheng, he is the one who hurt you. You decide how to deal with him. And Steward Lu, he used to be your man, you go and deal with him! I am tired, and I am going back to the palace..."

The emperor wanted to say sorry to Leng Yiyan, but when the words came to his lips, he held them back. He was really tired, tired mentally, physically, and everywhere. He was so tired that he wanted to lie down right now.

Leng Yiyan knew what he was thinking. Deposing the crown prince was not a trivial matter. It would become a topic of conversation among the people of Pingyang State after dinner, and would also become a huge stain in the history of Pingyang State.

The emperor just mentioned it specifically and asked everyone not to bring up this matter again. In fact, he was warning him not to cause trouble for Leng Yicheng again and wanted him to forget the old grudge.

Although Leng Yicheng had hurt him greatly, everything was over now and he didn't want to pursue the matter any further.

In the afternoon, Prince Yan's Mansion returned to peace, but Leng Yiyan felt a little complicated.

He stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, staring at the lush sycamore tree in a daze.

Luo Nianxi stood beside him, followed his gaze, and asked softly:

"My husband, there is one thing I don't understand. How did you find that ghost? And how did you convince him to tell the truth?"

When mentioning this matter, Leng Yiyan's eyes flickered a few times, and he said softly:

"Do you remember telling me that you saw a scar on the murderer's forehead?"

"Remember, I saw twice that the person who hurt you had a scar on his forehead."

"Well, the person who hurt me on the battlefield of Northern Chu that day also had a scar on his forehead. From this, I can conclude that the person who sneaked into Prince Yan's Mansion and wanted to kill me is the same person who hurt me on the battlefield of Northern Chu. He is the ghost known as the killer. So I ordered people to investigate, but after searching most of Pingyang State, they couldn't find this person's whereabouts..."

At this point, Leng Yiyan sighed deeply.

"The night before yesterday, when Xu Mingjun appeared in front of me with wounds all over his body, I realized that I had neglected my precautions and forgot that someone would go find him to destroy the evidence, which nearly cost him his life. I learned from him that the person who hurt him was the one with the scar on his forehead, so I led people to look for him along the street, but before we found him, we saw a few men in black walking quickly on the street, so we followed them..."

At this point, he raised his hand, plucked a sycamore leaf, held it in his hand, and continued:

"We watched the men in black turn into an alley. When we rushed over, they were already fighting with a man in the yard. From time to time, a woman's cry for help could be heard from the house. I asked Ling Xiao to take people to the house to rescue the people, and I led people in the yard to help the man fight off the men in black..."

"and then?"

Seeing him stop, she asked curiously, "Who sent those men in black? Who are they going to kill?"

Leng Yiyan's eyes flashed with contempt, and then he sneered.

"Then... we beat back the men in black, and the man who was besieged was injured. However, he still pulled the two women and two children we rescued and knelt in front of me.

"Thank you so much for saving my life, Lord Yan."

"You recognize me?"

"Well, I've visited you so many times, how could I not recognize you?"