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Chapter 18 Chapter Seventeen

The prince is actually a murderer?Why did he kill King Ning? Everyone present had this doubt in their minds, but they dared not ask.Of course, the less you know about these things, the better. The prince's face was pale, his brows were frowned, and he was speechless for a while.No one knew whether he was shocked by the assassination of King Ning, or whether he lost his behavior after being exposed the truth. The King of Han kept staring at the prince, and finally said: "Don't you have anything to say, Prince?" Princess Yunmeng was a little annoyed, she was about to speak when one of them suddenly said: "The crown prince should not be the mastermind behind the assassination of King Ning."

Everyone was startled, and couldn't help but look at the person who spoke.Even King Han couldn't help being stunned, his eyes fell on Ye Yuhe. It was Ye Yuhe who spoke. The King of Han suddenly smiled, but didn't speak.He didn't even bother to speak, but naturally someone would speak out for him. Jing Zhe roared angrily, and shouted: "The King of Han is here, there is no room for you to speak. Get out!" He sounded so loud that he stretched out his big palm-leaf fan and grabbed Ye Yuhe. Ye Yuhe was annoyed when he saw that Hanwang's subordinates were so brutal, before he drew his sword...

Princess Yunmeng suddenly changed her face and shouted: "No!" She knew that the second elder brother had a rule, if anyone dared to show his sword in front of the King of Han, he would be killed without mercy!If Ye Yuhe dared to draw her sword in front of her second brother and was charged with assassination by her second brother, she would not be able to save Ye Yuhe. But Ye Yuhe didn't know it, and he was unwilling to be humiliated. The long sword was about to come out... A hand suddenly pressed gently on the back of Ye Yuhe's slender hand.That hand was slender, powerful, slightly warm, and somewhat pale, just like the master's face.

The person who made the move was Qiu Changfeng. Ye Yuhe was stunned, but he didn't pull out the long sword after all, but his hands were a little cold, seeing the terrifying faces around him, he understood something, and his heart suddenly thumped violently.When she drew the sword, she didn't think about the consequences of the sword, but thinking about it now, she couldn't help being shocked. Qiu Changfeng put his hand on Ye Yuhe's slightly cold back, but looked at King Han.Jingzhe's big hand reached Qiu Changfeng's chest and stopped suddenly. Qiu Changfeng ignored the giant palm that was close at hand and killed people, and just said to the King of Han: "Your Highness, it is wrong to be rude to the King of Han. But there is never a law in Ming Dynasty that it is also wrong to speak in front of the King of Han. "

The King of Han looked at Qiu Changfeng. The four eyes meet, there is persistence, fierceness, persistence, and sophistication... Ye Yuhe looked sideways at that pale, slightly persistent face, feeling suddenly bewildered.Just now she hated Qiu Changfeng for being unreasonable and rigid.But if there was no Qiu Changfeng's rigidity at this moment, wouldn't she have caused a catastrophe? What kind of person is Qiu Changfeng?He is not fake to the prince, but he is also business-like to the King of Han. What is he thinking?Seeing Princess Yunmeng, she felt a little bit astonished.The courtyard was calm. After a long time, King Han finally nodded and said: "You are right. This king also wants to hear... what this person... has to say." He flicked his fingers, and Jing Zhe immediately backed away.

The prince looked a little strange, and looked at Qiu Changfeng in surprise, as if he didn't expect that the King of Han would actually listen to Qiu Changfeng's suggestion. Ye Yuhe's heart was beating loudly, and she also took a step back.Not for the majesty of the King of Han, he just wanted to get rid of the hand on the back of his hand without showing any trace. After calming down, Ye Yuhe said, "Although I don't know what happened in Prince Ning's mansion, I know that there must be a reason for the murder. Firstly, the prince has no reason to assassinate King Ning. Secondly, even if the prince wanted to assassinate King Ning, how could he kill King Ning?" The assassin is arranged in the troupe you invited?"

The King of Han smiled and said nothing, Gu Yu came out from behind the King of Han and said, "King Ning and King Han had a very happy talk recently...so King Ning was assassinated, His Highness King Han was naturally nervous." Princess Yunmeng and the others had unnatural expressions on their faces. Although what Gu Yu said was normal, the implication was very vicious.Now that the king of Han wants to seize the crown prince, everyone knows that since King Ning is close to the king of Han, he will definitely support the king of Han.The worst thing is that Gu Yu's facts are obvious, which makes the faction of Prince Yong helpless.

Gu Yu smiled slightly, and said again: "The art of war is said to be unexpected, false and true. Common sense, if you want to send someone to assassinate, you will first put aside your relationship, but a really smart person will deliberately choose the most unlikely because he knows that someone will use that to defend him." What he said was even more obvious, pointing out that the crown prince had installed assassins in the theater troupe with falsehood and truth, but it made people not believe that the crown prince would do such a stupid thing. Ye Yuhe was also a little dazed when he heard this.Although what Gu Yu said was a bit unreasonable, it was not impossible.She has only just arrived in Jinling, so she is not familiar with the Crown Prince or the King of Han, so how would she know if the Crown Prince would do what Gu Yu said?

Princess Yunmeng couldn't hold back anymore and shouted: "Gu Yu, shut up. My elder brother is not as sinister as you." Gu Yu immediately stopped talking, King Han's face darkened, and the atmosphere was as frozen as ice. The crown prince laughed suddenly, and said, "Don't be angry, Yunmeng, and don't think too much, Gao Xu is just a nervous uncle." Turning to King Han, he said, "Gao Xu, King Ning was assassinated, and the assassin was hiding in the scene I sent. In the team, no matter what, I have the fault of negligence and negligence. You came to me, of course you want to go with me to meet the father and talk about this matter? I will go with you. "

Princess Yunmeng said anxiously: "Brother..." The prince looked at Princess Yunmeng with a smile, shook his head and said, "Yunmeng, what are you worried about? We have been brothers and sisters for many years, what can we not trust? If you have anything to say, just go and speak in front of the emperor." On his fat face, there was nothing wrong. Panicked, but with a sense of calmness. Seeing Ye Yuhe, he suddenly felt that the prince looked a bit like a prince, at least he was calm. When the King of Han heard the word brother and sister, there was something strange in his sharp and gloomy eyes.Finally turned around, the guards made way for the King of Han to go first.

The prince smiled wryly, and the two guards, tall and short, stepped forward quickly to help him go forward. Only then did Ye Yuhe realize that the prince's legs and feet were also a bit uneasy.Looking at the chubby back, moving with some difficulty, Ye Yuhe suddenly felt sad for some reason. The prince didn't seem to mind other people's opinions, reluctantly followed in Hanwang's footsteps, panting: "Second brother, the rainy day is coming, are you okay?" The King of Han's figure was slightly condensed, and he said indifferently: "What can I do if it's not good?" In the battle at Puzikou, he was hit by nine arrows and almost died.Although the arrow was pulled out a long time ago, the arrow wound lingered on him all year round, and it hurt every time it was rainy. The prince looked at the lonely back of the King of Han, and said with a smile: "I asked someone to buy some bear tendon and tiger bone paste from Changbai Mountain. I will send it to you, but since you are here, why don’t you use it.” The king of Han stopped, looked back at the prince coldly, and said coldly: "I will get what I want in this life by myself! Don't bother you." Although Princess Yunmeng wanted to bear it, she could see that the enthusiastic elder brother was still angry with the cold second elder brother, and said dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, why don't you know what is good or bad. Eldest brother cares about you, don't you appreciate it at all?" The King of Han smiled coldly, "Why should I appreciate it?" Yunmeng was stuck, she could lose her temper in front of anyone, but she couldn't lose her temper in front of these two elder brothers. Seeing that the two elder brothers were in such a desperate situation, she felt unspeakable sadness in her heart. Seeing this, the crown prince said bitterly: "Yunmeng, it's elder brother who is busy. Don't be angry." He glanced at the next room and murmured: "The plaster is in that room." Seeing that the King of Han was unmoved, the prince shook his head and said, "Let's go." He was about to take a step, but Hanwang's expression changed, he looked at the wooden house, and just waved his hands, two people came to the wooden house. Autumn equinox and frost. Both of those two were experts beside the King of Han, and they were staring at the wooden house with serious faces at the moment. Not far from the door in front of the wooden house, there is a soft-soled cloth shoe.The cloth shoes have a pointed toe like a bow and are red in color, they are obviously the theater shoes worn by actors. Qiu Changfeng's face turned pale, and his expression became serious.He had already recognized that it was the shoe worn by the man pretending to be a monkey! Sure enough, the assassin has arrived here, and the assassin is in the wooden house? Why didn't the assassin go to other places, but came here? Could it be that the assassin really has something to do with the prince? As soon as the autumnal equinox and the fall of the frost moved, all the men under the King of Han were at war with swords drawn, each holding their hands on the hilt of their sabers, with terrified expressions on their faces.Shen Ning was only for a moment, when the autumnal equinox suddenly moved, he stretched out and floated to the window like a fallen leaf. Click, bang. The window was smashed by the autumnal equinox, and the door panel was cracked by Shuang Jiang's kick. The two broke through the door and window in no particular order, and looked around. The wooden house was clean and dry, with hanging calligraphy and paintings, and two rows of bookshelves. There was a table by the window with the Four Treasures of Study on it, which seemed to be the prince's study. As the supervisor of Nanjing, the prince lives in the East Palace, but sometimes he goes out of the palace to relax. This is the place where the prince often lives. Although it is simple, there must be a study.Because the prince likes crickets and also likes to read, it is normal to set up a study here. But right now the study room is full of crackling noises, calligraphy and paintings are torn off, tables and chairs are overturned, the study room will become not much different from a firewood room after a while. Anger appeared in the eyes of the prince's subordinates. Relying on the favor of the emperor, the king of Han never put the prince in his eyes. This is a fact.However, it is a little too much for Hanwang's subordinates to treat the prince's study like this. The prince watched the painting and calligraphy being destroyed outside the room, his eyes were full of sadness, but he didn't stop him. Instead, he looked at Princess Yunmeng and said with a smile: "Yunmeng, do you still remember? When you were young, you loved to come to your eldest brother's study room. I also like to rummage through boxes and cabinets, painting my brother's favorite calligraphy and paintings in a mess..." With tears in her eyes, Princess Yunmeng couldn't help rushing to the King of Han, and shouted: "Stop, what are you doing? That's Big Brother's study, do you think there will be a thief hiding?" The King of Han looked at the tears in Yunmeng's eyes, then squinted at the prince, and flicked his little finger with bloody nails. Gu Yu immediately understood King Han's intentions and shouted, "Let's go!" The King of Han's orders have always been ordered, but I don't want to issue them this time, but they are somewhat ineffective.Frost's Descent and Autumnal Equinox were still in the wooden house, and they didn't leave the study immediately. The King of Han didn't wait to say more, Gu Yu noticed something strange and jumped into the wooden house, but he didn't leave the wooden house for a while. Looking from a distance, Gu Yu, Shuang Jiang, and Autumn Equinox are all standing in the room, like puppets.Those soldiers and guards in the wooden house were also staring at the corner of the room blankly. In the room, there seemed to be demons and ghosts protruding, and in an instant, everyone was immobilized.Otherwise, why would these elite soldiers who have experienced many battles not listen to the orders of the King of Han? Ye Yuhe just waited to see, when he felt his arm being ripped off, and a figure beside him flashed and floated into the wooden house.Ye Yuhe saw that it was Qiu Changfeng, and knew that it was Qiu Changfeng who blocked him. The autumn wave was slightly cold, but he looked at his arm, and for some reason, he didn't enter the wooden house again. She guessed that Qiu Changfeng didn't want her to enter, just because the things here were too involved, and it was not a good thing for her to participate in it.She suddenly guessed like this, and suddenly felt uneasy in her heart. Because of some past events, she has always hated Jin Yiwei very much, and even felt that Jin Yiwei was more hateful than criminals.But why does she treat Qiu Changfeng differently?Thinking of this, she suddenly clenched her sword tightly, with a vigilant look on her face. No one paid attention to Ye Yuhe's face, neither did Qiu Changfeng.When he arrived in the wooden house, he looked in the direction of everyone's attention, and a look of horror suddenly flashed in his eyes. The desk in the wooden house had been overturned a long time ago, and a few green bricks on the floor of the wooden house were inadvertently shifted. The blue bricks that pave the floor can be moved, which shows that it is not sealed and is often moved by people. Now the blue brick has been lifted aside, exposing a hole underneath.The hole is not too big, but about a foot or so square. Blue bricks and holes are common, but a tray in the hole is unusual. The tray was made of bronze with a dark color. On the tray was a wooden figure, naked and painted with oil paint, which was quite weird.But what was even more strange was that there were seven iron needles nailed to the wooden man's body. The horror in Qiu Changfeng's eyes was even stronger, and he was like Gu Yu and the others, unable to move for a while.He had keen eyesight, and had seen clearly earlier that the wooden man's face was 80% similar to that of the King of Han. Holes, wooden figures, and silver needles...bring the coldness of ice and snow to this quiet wooden house.Everyone stood in shock, as if under a spell, making the wooden house even more gloomy. A hand reached out, gently picked up the puppet on the tray, and watched it quietly. That hand was as stable as an iron cast stone, and there was no emotion after it was stretched out, but in the eyes of the owner of that hand, a coldness like eternal ice suddenly appeared. Holding the puppet, the King of Han turned to look at the crown prince who came in with a startled expression, and said slowly, "This is your study?" He had been calling Zhu Gaochi the prince many years ago—not the elder brother, and he rarely addressed him directly as "you" when. The prince looked at the needled puppet, and his eyes showed surprise and inexplicable, as if he didn't hear what the King of Han was saying. The king of Han didn't need the prince to answer. What he asked was nonsense, and he just asked questions to calm his mind.After a long while, he said: "I know that there is a curse method that has been passed down since ancient times, called the victory of disgust..." He looked at the puppet, with disgust and hatred in his eyes, "This method is to use spells to curse people who hate them to die." Princess Yunmeng had followed in earlier, and when she heard what the King of Han said, she looked at the puppet with a horrified look in her eyes. The King of Han breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Bronze plates are made, wooden dolls are made, seven needles pierce the three channels and four wheels of the human body, and they are buried underground. The whole body is sore, and in severe cases, the meridians are blocked, the pain is so painful that he vomits blood and dies." The prince's face turned pale, and he suddenly said: "Gao Xu, I didn't do this." The King of Han stood up slowly, looked at the prince and said, "This is your study. The hole is well dug. It must have been a while." Many people present were all staring. Of course, they saw that the hole was smooth and clean, and it was by no means dug hastily. The King of Han said again: "If it wasn't for King Ning's business, I would never have come here, and I would not have discovered the secret here. Don't tell me that someone else made this puppet for fun, buried it in the ground, and put it under your feet. !" The hole is in the ground under the desk. When the prince reads, doesn't he step on it every time? The puppet is very similar to the king of Han. Every time the prince came here, he would step on the puppet under his feet. When everyone thought of this, they all looked at the prince very differently, even Yunmeng was a little bit surprised. The prince's fat body trembled a little, and he suddenly said in a trembling voice: "Gao Xu, we are brothers." Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said, "Yes, we are brothers. That's why you worked so hard to buy bear tendon and tiger bone paste for me. Where is it? I want to see it." Hearing this, the prince staggered to the desk and turned over the broken desk.Seeing that the prince was struggling, two of his subordinates hurried over to help. It's just a mess all over the place, pen and ink scattered, the prince searched for a while, but found nothing. The prince wiped the sweat from his face, looked anxious, and said in a daze: "It was originally placed here, why is it not there?" Princess Yunmeng also became anxious, jumped over and said, "No, I'll help you find it." She was about to bend down to look for it, when she heard King Han's voice coming from the cold sky, "No need to look for it." .” The voice floated in the wooden house, with an indescribably cruel mockery, "You know, you can't find it at all, don't you?" The prince took a while to say: "Gao Xu, why do you say that?" The corner of King Han's mouth suddenly showed a smile, "We have been brothers for many years, brothers for many years. I know you, and of course you know me. You know that I will not take anything you give me. But you still have to give it to me. , send something you didn’t buy at all, you know I won’t accept it, you want everyone to feel... I’m not human, right?” The prince's complexion changed drastically, and sweat kept flowing. When everyone looked at the prince again, their expressions were quite different. The prince is very pitiful, he was forced to retreat by the King of Han, and the three Yang under his command relieved the dead and imprisoned, and the civil and military under him walked and scattered, but the emperor seemed to be indifferent to all these. Many people felt that the emperor had the idea of ​​abolishing the prince, so they acquiesced in Hanwang's excessive behavior.Except for Yang Shiqi who is still struggling to support him, many civil servants have long respected the prince. The prince still looked the same as before, fond of reading, fond of fighting crickets, tolerant everywhere, friendly to everyone, even being kicked in the face by Ye Yuhe, he was not angry. But the prince is also a person, and the prince will hate it too! King Ning helped King Han, and the crown prince was dissatisfied, would he find someone to kill him?The king of Han is aggressive and the prince is dissatisfied. Will he curse the king of Han with the method of disgusting victory? No one is sure, even Yunmeng hesitates. Seeing everyone's expressions, the prince looked miserable, and said to the King of Han, "Gao Xu, I know you won't believe me no matter what I say now...but..." The King of Han looked at the prince and cut off every word: "If you were me, would you believe it or not?" The prince was silent. Everyone was silent, and then the King of Han said leisurely: "You are the crown prince, but you don't need to tell me anything. If you want to say it, tell your father!" Of course, the father is the emperor of Ming Dynasty——Zhu Di. Zhu Di was not in Shuntian Mansion, but in Nanjing City.He had just returned from the Northern Expedition to Tatar Arutai, and instead of recuperating in Shuntian Mansion, he went south non-stop and arrived in Nanjing City. Everyone knows that Zhu Di actually hates Nanjing. Although the acquisition of Nanjing City officially announced that Zhu Di replaced Zhu Yunqi as the Son of Heaven, Zhu Di has always hated the imperial capital built by his father Zhu Yuanzhang himself. If he hadn't hated it, he wouldn't have buried the queen in Shuntian Mansion after her death.The person who had been with him and shared weal and woe would of course be buried with him when he died. By doing this, Zhu Di obviously planned to be buried with the queen in Shuntian Mansion instead of Nanjing after his death. Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, where gold and powder gather, and the south of the Yangtze River is full of prosperity, gathers here. I don’t know how many people think of it as a paradise. But Zhu Di didn't like it. The quality of a place depends not on Fengyue, but on state of mind. But since Zhu Di doesn't like Nanjing, what is he doing in Nanjing?No one knows, no one dares to ask.Zhu Di doesn't need to ask other people's thoughts when he acts. Right now Zhu Di is in the Nanjing City Palace. The prince smiled wryly when he heard the words, before he nodded his head, suddenly there were rapid footsteps, and someone came to the wooden house again. The King of Han's eyes sharpened, his expression displeased.Although this is the crown prince's place, with his guards, it is virtually his territory, who else would dare to come here without a pass? Gu Yu stopped him early and shouted: "The King of Han is here, which one is here, why not..." He was about to let the person come to report his name, but suddenly his face changed drastically. Just because the visitor stretched out his hand, unfolded a piece of paper and said, "The imperial decree has arrived." Gu Yu immediately knelt down, and all the soldiers guarding the sky fell to their knees in unison. Even the King of Han and the crown prince were surprised. When they left the wooden house, they saw that the eunuch holding the imperial decree was actually the eunuch in charge of the palace, so they could only kneel Downside: "The minister accepts the order." There are twenty-four yamen in the Inner Palace of the Ming Dynasty, with twelve prisons, four divisions, and eight bureaus. Among the twenty-four yamen, the two prisons of the twelve prisons, Si Li and Yuma, are the most important.Zhu Di stipulated that as long as people from the two prisons are dispatched to read the imperial decree, there must be no violation, and those who disobey will be executed without pardon. The supervisor of ceremonies conveyed the order, which was undoubtedly the most urgent one. Even the crown prince and the king of Han could only listen and not ask. I heard the eunuch read aloud: "By heaven's blessing, the emperor has an edict: Prince Xuan, King Han, Princess Yunmeng, Zuochunfang University scholar Yang Shiqi, and Jinyiwei Qianhu Qiuchangfeng five people will have an audience at the Huagai Palace immediately. Here it is!" Huagai Hall, just behind the Golden Luan Hall, has a gold dome, and on the dome, there is a huge golden ball.Looking from a distance, the golden light is dazzling and the atmosphere is magnificent, but it also makes people a little strange-what does the golden ball on the strange dome mean? Among the palace buildings with double eaves and flying ridges, carved beams and painted buildings, the Huagai Hall looks very abrupt and unique, and it is out of the ordinary. Although this hall is strange, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di like to sit in this hall when they have nothing to do, instead of going to the Fengtian Jinluan Hall in the south and the Jinshen Hall in the north for self-cultivation. Although the two main halls are magnificent, with glazed gold tiles, shining under the sunlight, Zhu Di chose to meet people in the slightly bleak Huagai Hall between the two halls. Everyone was puzzled, but no one asked questions, and when they entered the hall through the middle left door, they saw only one person standing facing the window painted with gold and flowers. The man was lightly dressed and did not sit on the most majestic and desolate dragon chair in the palace. He just stood quietly in front of the inconspicuous window, as if looking at the scenery outside the window... Outside the window was also resplendent and resplendent, with the setting sun setting in the west, bloody red rushed into the hall, secretly dyed the man's very gray hair, leaving behind a slender figure quietly, soundlessly. His hair was graying early, but his body was not bent at all. Time can whiten his black hair, but it can't break his ambition.He stood there casually, and when everyone looked at him, they suddenly felt that the golden palace was pale and the setting sun was dim. It was because the majesty of the golden palace, the brilliance of the setting sun, and the murderous aura of the soldiers in the palace all gathered on that person. That man didn't need a golden chair and dragon robe to set off his identity, and he didn't need iron armored soldiers to show his majesty. He just stood there. "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." The five people knelt down and bowed in unison, with respect in their hearts... Because that person is worthy of their respect, because this person in front of him is Zhu Di—— Zhu Di, the son of tomorrow who laughs at the world proudly and dominates the world! That touch of setting sun is still nostalgic for the sunset, struggling to support the sky. It was evening. Autumn is approaching, and the Huagai Palace is already a bit chilly.Zhu Di was still looking at the setting sun in the sky, without turning around, he said slowly: "Scholar Yang, I heard that the crown prince and the King of Han are arguing again?" His voice was low and hoarse, and he didn't deliberately raise his tone, but everyone could hear him clearly.A truly majestic person will never have a louder voice than a shrew scolding the street. Yang Shiqi was startled, he didn't want the emperor to ask him if he opened his mouth.He was not in the vortex of the quarrel between the King of Han and the prince just now, but the emperor Xuanzhao, on the way he rushed here, he had already inquired about the matter clearly. But there are princes, kings of Han and princesses here. Yang Shiqi originally thought that the son of heaven came to Nanjing from Shuntian mansion, and he would first talk about family happiness with princes, kings of Han and princesses, but Zhu Di closed the door for two days without seeing anyone. The prince and the king of Han are also missing! After Zhu Di started to meet people, he saw five people at the first sight. He didn't ask the prince or the King of Han, but asked him Yang Shiqi first. Although he hesitated, but he didn't hesitate anymore, Yang Shiqi immediately said: "Yes." He only said this word, but it seemed that he had used all his strength, and sweat flowed from his vest. Zhu Di was silent for a moment, without turning around, he said, "Qiu Changfeng, please tell me the way..." Everyone was shocked again, even the crown prince and the King of Han couldn't help being surprised.Summoned by Zhu Di, the two of them had already prepared a lot of speeches along the way. They thought that the palace would fight with each other, but they didn't expect to say a word at all. Up to now, the fate of the crown prince and King of Han is actually in the hands of a mere Jin Yiwei Qianhu? When the Son of Heaven called him back then, none of them thought that Qiu Changfeng would have the honor of meeting the Son of Heaven. Even now, they never thought that the second person the Son of Heaven asked was Qiu Changfeng. Could it be that...Zhu Di knew Qiu Changfeng a long time ago.Or is it because Qiu Changfeng is someone Yao Guangxiao valued, so Zhu Di also valued him? Although Qiu Changfeng is wise and has character, in the eyes of the prince and the king of Han, he is just a thousand households and a fifth-rank official residence. How can he speak here? But Zhu Di thought that the swing family could speak, and no one dared to object, not even the King of Han. Qiu Changfeng looked serious and did not hesitate, and immediately explained in detail everything from entering the Prince Ning's mansion, to celebrating his birthday, from King Ning's assassination, to tracking down the enemy, to meeting the prince, and the coming of the King of Han. He spoke concisely, but to the point; swiftly, but without missing a thing.He did not forget to report the names of Yun Qin'er and Tian Sisi, and he also reported the name of the prince's cricket as Lang Kang. Jin Yiwei was originally the eyes and ears of the emperor, and both the prince and the king of Han knew it.But they also did not expect that Jin Yiwei's report would be so detailed - detailed and accurate! The King of Han frowned, the Crown Prince was sweating, and although Princess Yunmeng had always been dissatisfied with Qiu Changfeng, she had to admit that what Qiu Changfeng said was completely in line with the facts, without any partiality, and even the words were not mixed with the slightest personal emotion. The setting sun has sunk, leaving only a smear of red in the sky. Some swallows came back, and the swallows lingered in front of the Huagai hall, slowly staying away, chirping and chirping. Other than that, there was no sound. After a long time, Zhu Di said: "Chi'er, I know that you also have dissatisfaction in your heart." Prince Zhu Gaochi's face was full of fear and emotion. He hadn't heard that "Chi'er" for a long time, but how would he answer the following sentence? Zhu Di said again: "When people are dissatisfied, there will always be hatred. It is human nature, so it is not surprising. Therefore, I will not blame you for doing things that have gone too far." The prince's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "Father, do you really think that it is the minister who wants to kill King Ning and curse the second brother?" He couldn't help but argue, he was really dissatisfied in his heart, and all the grievances were written on his face. Still looking at Yu Hui outside the window, Zhu Di said, "If you admit it, I won't pursue this matter." The prince stood on the spot in shock, not knowing how to answer for a moment. "I won't pursue it anymore." There are too many meanings in just six words. If the crown prince really did these two things, he could completely trust Zhu Di's words—there was never a time when Zhu Di's words were not counted. But what if the prince did not do these two things? Based on Qiu Changfeng's narration, Zhu Di seems to have identified the prince as the mastermind behind the two incidents of assassination and disgust. If the prince denies it, will it touch Zhu Di's rebellion and cause Zhu Di's wrath instead? The king of Han has been aggressive towards the crown prince recently, but Zhu Di turned a blind eye to it. Everyone thought that Zhu Di still favored the king of Han and favored the king of Han in the matter of inheriting the great unification. When Zhu Di said this at this time, did he really want the crown prince to plead guilty and abolish the crown prince with an excuse? The last ray of sunlight has gone. The Huagai Palace indifferently sank into the twilight, and soon became dark.The lamp was not lit, and everyone was shrouded in darkness, including the prince. The prince was silent, and Zhu Di didn't ask any further questions.Zhu Di would never repeat what he said a second time. After a long time, the crown prince was dripping with sweat. Seeing Princess Yunmeng, she felt uncomfortable for a while, no longer afraid of Zhu Di's majesty, and shouted: "Father, this is not fair!" Yang Shiqi was also sweating, trying to stop Yunmeng, but he didn't dare. Zhu Di said "oh", and looked at a pair of flying swallows outside the hall falling on the branches, and said softly, "I didn't ask you." If it wasn't for Yunmeng, who would dare to do this? It was pushed out and beheaded long ago. Looking at Zhu Di's majestic back, Princess Yunmeng gritted her teeth and said, "These things are very strange. The person who assassinated King Ning was in the theater troupe invited by elder brother. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is simply blaming elder brother. Besides Eldest brother has a kind heart, so how could he use the nasty method of detesting victory? The second brother’s assassination of King Ning and his discovery of detesting the murderer is too coincidental, my daughter is afraid... these things..." Finally, there was a moment of pause. In the twilight, Zhu Di's back looks chilling and solemn. Looking at the tall and indifferent back, Princess Yunmeng felt apprehensive, but she glanced at her elder brother, and finally said, "I'm afraid this is what Second Brother did!" As soon as the words came out, the heartbeat could be heard in the gloomy and cold Huagai Palace. The flying swallow on that branch fluttered its wings and flew away into the misty night. King Han's complexion, in an instant, was as dark as the setting sun falling into the clouds, no red blood, only Xiao Su!
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