Invincible son

Chapter 635 634 [Finally become empty]

The words have come to this point, and everything has come to light.

The assassination case that has caused a lot of trouble in the capital recently was actually planned by the fourth prince.

He first used Ning Fengzhi, a chess piece that had been buried for five years, to backstab the eldest prince, and then, through the network of civil servants he had made with Xianyunping over the years, he deliberately dug out the second chess piece, Qian Yong, at the Great Court Meeting, trying to The second prince was charged with the brother's quarrel.In this way, the reputations of the two princes who are most likely to become crown princes will suffer a heavy blow.

Mo Haoli sighed lightly: "Your Highness, they are your elder brothers."

The fourth prince smiled slightly and said, "So what?"

"boom!"

Emperor Kaiping suddenly slapped the imperial case, and said coldly: "Bastard!"

The fourth prince bowed his hands and said calmly, "Please calm down, Father."

Emperor Kaiping looked at his face, his chest heaved slightly, and said to the others: "You all go out!"

Mo Haoli stood up tremblingly, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, don't get angry and hurt yourself."

He is getting older and older now, especially after watching a series of big plays today, it is obvious that he can't hold on.Seeing this, Luo Ting stepped forward to hold his right arm, and then helped him walk out.Until they walked out of the imperial study, Emperor Kaiping did not respond to Mo Haoli's words of comfort.

"Pei Yue stay here and guard the gate for me." Emperor Kaiping said suddenly.

Pei Yue was startled for a moment, and then frowned. Everyone knew that the next conversation in the study would not be a secret that the courtiers could hear. He didn't want to bear too many emperor's secrets, which would easily kill people.However at this time Emperor Kaiping was in a fit of anger, obviously he couldn't tolerate his refusal, Gu Liang also said in a low voice: "Let's stay and protect Your Majesty."

Feeling helpless, Pei Yue walked to the gate and stopped.

Wang Pingzhang walked slowly, he did not intentionally get close to the other three princes who left the imperial study together, but instead looked back at the fourth prince Liu Zan with deep meaning.

The imperial guards in the palace escorted Ning Fengzhi to the imperial prison, while the four important ministers walked in the opposite direction. Everyone was preoccupied, and no one spoke along the way.

The three princes were left behind. Normally, the three of them would never walk together so peacefully.There is no need to talk too much between the first prince and the second prince, as they are rivals for the crown prince.Although the second prince and the sixth prince are siblings from the same mother, Empress Chen seems to prefer the sixth son, so the two brothers cannot be said to be close or acquainted.

After walking a certain distance, Liu Zhi, the sixth prince, suddenly looked up at the sky, and said intriguingly, "You two princes, what do you think the four princes are up to?"

No one answered.

Liu Zhi seemed to have expected such a reaction, smiled lightly and shook his head, and left quickly without looking back.

In the imperial study room, there was a dead silence.

Emperor Kaiping sat behind the imperial case, the fourth prince Liu Zan was about two feet away from him, and Pei Yue was at the gate five or six feet away.

After a long time, Emperor Kaiping said slowly: "Liu Zan, have I ever treated you badly in these years?"

The fourth prince thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said: "Father is very kind to my son. He not only used the money in the palace to help him set up a free commentary, but also never interfered with his communication with those literati, even if the father knew Most of them will go to court and become officials."

Emperor Kaiping's voice gradually increased: "Then that's how you repay me?"

The fourth prince replied calmly: "Father, my son never thought of putting the two brothers to death."

Emperor Kaiping sneered and said, "I still have to thank you for your mercy?"

The fourth prince turned his head and glanced at Pei Yue who was standing by the door, and said in a cold tone: "Father, in fact, I know that Ning Fengzhi is not dead. It's not because my father is so wise, how can I treat such a person like this?" Hasty execution of key characters? A dead Ning Fengzhi is worthless, not even qualified to bear the anger of his father, but as long as he is alive, his father can use this chess piece to test the minds of many people. Of course, this includes Son."

Emperor Kaiping stared fixedly at this son who usually didn't pay much attention.

Pei Yue in the distance suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, although you let go in the bamboo building and promised to help me find Ning Fengzhi's family, he did not betray you. In fact, the only people in the bamboo building that day were me, You also have Jing Chu, the head of the Kun Department of Taishitai Pavilion, and Ning Fengzhi is not there at all."

The fourth prince was slightly taken aback.

Pei Yue said calmly: "I didn't lie to you that day, Your Majesty doesn't want to see the tragedy of princes killing each other."

The Fourth Prince tilted his head slightly to think, and immediately said clearly: "You did say that."

Pei Yue asked: "Since you believe that Ning Fengzhi is not dead, why did you agree to my request? Why do you still refuse to let go? You must involve the Second Highness?"

The fourth prince smiled lightly and said: "Because I know all this can't be hidden from my father, since I can't hide it, why should I deceive myself? From the beginning to the end, I didn't expect to be able to hide it from my father."

Pei Yue looked at the unconvinced look in his eyebrows and eyes, and vaguely understood what this person was thinking.

Emperor Kaiping said: "Since we know that we can't do it, why do we insist on doing it?"

The fourth prince said softly: "Father, my son was detained by his mother and concubine when he was very young. He was not allowed to walk around in the palace, he was not allowed to talk and play with others, and he could only study in Changning Palace. I seldom saw my father. At that time, I was young, and I still couldn't understand why I couldn't do what I wanted to do freely like my elder brother and second brother. Later, I understood that the mother and concubine didn't want my son to have an accident. I hope my son-in-law can live this life in peace."

Emperor Kaiping was silent.

The fourth prince looked at him and said stubbornly: "Father, my son is not convinced."

Emperor Kaiping raised his head, looked at the pain gradually revealed in his own son's eyes, restrained his churning emotions and said, "This is your fate."

The fourth prince smiled miserably, his handsome face showed a bit of confusion, and asked slowly: "Fate? Does Father believe in fate?"

Emperor Kaiping frowned, of course he could hear the implication of this sentence.

The fourth prince lifted up his clothes, knelt down respectfully in front of Emperor Kaiping, and said with reverence in his eyes, firmly and earnestly: "I have tried my best to do these things. And the second brother is stronger and more suitable for that position!"

Hearing these undisguised words, Pei Yue couldn't help looking at Liu Zan in surprise.

He had known Liu Zan not long ago, but the other party gave him a bad impression.Back then in Xianyun Manor, this person appeared to be kind on the surface, but in fact he was digging holes everywhere, such as deliberately exacerbating the conflict between him and Princess Pingyang and even the eldest prince.Now it seems that Liu Zan's purpose of doing this is obviously to pave the way for the subsequent assassination.

In other words, Liu Zan invited him to the Huxin Pavilion to create conditions for Princess Pingyang to bully Pei Ning, otherwise the timing would not have been such a coincidence.If he hadn't used this opportunity to cause him to clash with Princess Pingyang, normally the two would not have had any intersection at all.Without this prerequisite, Ning Fengzhi would not be able to use Princess Pingyang to drag the eldest prince into the water later on.

Just now Liu praised Pei Yue for his good calculations, but in fact he himself is the one who is used to hiding in the dark and making up schemes.

Based on this, Pei Yue didn't have the slightest liking for him. If he hadn't wanted to strike while the iron was hot to create an image of a loyal minister in Emperor Kaiping's heart, he would never have persuaded Emperor Kaiping to let Liu Zan go.

However, listening to Liu Zan's straightforward words at this time, Pei Yue's thoughts were extremely complicated.

Emperor Kaiping was shocked even deeper than him.

He slowly got up and walked around the case to Liu Zan, and asked in a deep voice: "You did all this just to prove your ability to me?"

Liu Zan looked very calm, but there was excitement in his eyes, he nodded and said: "I didn't think of hurting the two imperial brothers, but my father also saw it, they have no chance to change, how can they replace my father?" The emperor guards the mountains and rivers of thousands of miles? Father emperor, son minister is just—"

"enough!"

Emperor Kaiping stopped drinking, and then said decisively: "Zhen will not give you this chance."

Liu Zan was taken aback, looked at Emperor Kaiping with a puzzled face, and asked, "Father, my son has always been in control, and didn't kill the two emperor brothers. I just want...just want my father to be able to see it." My son!"

Emperor Kaiping said word by word: "If you are allowed to become a great treasure, none of your brothers will survive."

He turned and walked.

Liu Zan stared at Emperor Kaiping's back, tremblingly said: "I don't accept it!"

Emperor Kaiping ignored it and walked towards the imperial case.

Liu Zan only felt that all hope turned into despair. He clenched his hands tightly into fists, his body trembling involuntarily, and shouted at Emperor Kaiping's back: "What can be done by the father, what can't be done by the son?!"

Pei Yue was startled, and immediately walked towards Liu Zan.

However, Emperor Kaiping was faster than him. Like a stabbed tiger, the emperor, who was nearly fifty years old, turned around and stepped forward, kicked Liu Zan on the shoulder, and said sharply, "Nizi!"

Liu Zan was kicked to the ground, then struggled to get up, his eyes were already red.

Pei Yue stopped and looked at the ruthless but extremely similar father and son, feeling mixed feelings for a moment.

Emperor Kaiping pointed at Liu Zan, his chest heaved violently, and after a long time, he only said four words: "Irredeemable!"

Liu Zan immediately knew that there was no chance of turning things around, so he laughed a few times, hung his head and said nothing.

Emperor Kaiping said: "Come here!"

A middle-aged man came out from behind the curtain on the right, about 30 years old, with an ordinary build and an ordinary appearance.

Pei Yue's eyes were fixed, and he looked at the man who seemed to come out of the shadows, but the man seemed to be unaware of it, and was only facing in the direction of Emperor Kaiping.

"Detain Liu Zan back to the Yan Palace, clean up the inside and outside of the palace, and don't leave the palace without purpose!"

"The minister obeys the order."

The middle-aged man bowed his hands in response, then stepped forward to support Liu Zan, and helped him walk out.

Emperor Kaiping didn't even deprive him of the title of prince, but Liu Zan knew very well what the outcome was waiting for him. If there were no accidents, he might be imprisoned in that magnificent palace for the rest of his life.He didn't struggle to resist, nor did he cry and beg for mercy, he calmly let the man of his age carry him out.

At the moment when he left the imperial study room, Liu Zan suddenly turned his head, looked at the father emperor whose memory was vague but clear, and showed a complicated smile.

Like mockery, like relief.

After a long time, Pei Yue bowed his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, I—"

Emperor Kaiping sat behind the imperial case, looked at the two stacks of memorials on the table, and asked dumbly: "Pei Yue, did I make a mistake?"

Pei Yue thought to himself that you did a lot of wrong things back then, I don't know which one to ask?
Before he could answer, Emperor Kaiping sneered, shook his head and said firmly, "I am not wrong."

He paused, and said slowly: "You can step back. Remember, as long as you manage the northern camp for me, no one in Daliang can bully you."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Pei Yue responded, then turned and left.

In the quiet imperial study room, Emperor Kaiping leaned on the back of his chair, watching the young figure disappear from his sight step by step, with deep and lonely eyes.

　Today, the [-] word was delivered, it collapsed, go to bed~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)