Crowned with Pearls

   Chapter 445 Chapter 44 · Dawn

  It was late at night, Eunuch Xia crept in, and boldly called out to Sage. Seeing Emperor Yuanfeng looking up, he asked softly, "Sage, it's already three watch."

  It is still early in the morning.

  Emperor Yuanfeng raised his head, clearly only one day had passed, and the night was not over yet, but he seemed to have spent half his life.

   He stood up and instructed Eunuch Xia lightly, "Place the Kunning Palace."

  Eunuch Xia changed slightly, but respectfully went to prepare immediately.

  The Kunning Palace is still the same as when Empress Hu was alive, the only difference is that there is now a portrait of Empress Xiaoci hanging in the main hall.

   On the portrait, Queen Xiaoci is wearing a queen dress, dignified and self-controlled, and looks amiable.

  Emperor Yuanfeng waved his hand, and Eunuch Xia voluntarily retreated with all the people who were serving him, leaving Emperor Yuanfeng alone in the empty main hall.

  Everything is new, only the old will never come back.

   He thought about it, and suddenly felt a little sad. Those who accompanied him all the way through the suppression of the abolition of the emperor and won the supreme position died and scattered, and now he is the only one.

   The moonlight shone softly in this hall, and he did not shy away from its brilliance. Under the moonlight, Emperor Yuanfeng looked at the portrait of Empress Xiaoci, and suddenly took two steps and knelt on the futon in front of him.

   Then he reached out his hand to touch the portrait of Empress Xiaoci, and sighed inaudibly: "Mingzi, you must be very disappointed with me, right?"

The topic that has been untouchable for all these years has begun, and the next words seem to be not so difficult. Emperor Yuanfeng's voice was a little choked: "Mingzi, I'm sorry for you, obviously you are for my sake. I can’t bear children anymore. When I raised Pei’er to you, I swore to you that Pei’er is your child, and I will treat him as my heir.”

   But he didn't do it.

  When Empress Hu was alive, their father-son relationship was still very good, but as soon as Empress Hu died, he felt that the prince was inappropriate.

   In addition, at that time, the second and third were ambitious and constantly designing, and he was finally completely disappointed with the prince, especially after the paddock incident, and even the Su family and the He family were suspicious.

   But he never thought that the prince would die in Shandong and never come back.

   In fact, the moment he learned the news of the prince's death, he already regretted it.

   But he can comfort himself by the guilt of the prince himself.

   But since last year, the assassination of the prince began to show that something was wrong.

   Until now, the evidence was clearly in front of him, and he finally could no longer lie to himself and Queen Hu.

  The prince did not die at the hands of Japanese pirates, but was strangled by the second prince and the third prince.

   The child he raised with Empress Hu alone could not even defend himself and died.

  The candle has been burning for a long time, making a crackling sound. Emperor Yuanfeng sat on the futon for a long time, like a stone statue.

  I don't know how long it took, but he raised his hand and wiped it from the corner of his eyes. He regained his calmness and looked at the portrait of Empress Xiaoci, and said softly, "Fortunately, there is Ah Heng."

The moonlight was deep, and the silver-white light fell on the bamboo chair through the gaps in the leaves. Mother Shen quickly walked down the steps to the bottom of the tree, covered Su Yao with a thin blanket, and shouted worriedly: " girl."

  Su Yao was looking at the stars in the sky through the gaps in the leaves, and when she heard Mama Shen shout, she asked softly, "Mom, what time is it?"

  Mother Shen was a little worried. After all, Mrs. He has been in the palace for so long, and there is still no news.

   But she still tried her best to answer Su Yao calmly: "It's already three watch, girl, the night is dewy, go in and sleep."

   Even if there is something, she will leave it to worry about tomorrow. She feels that Su Yao is too tired.

  Su Yao smiled and shook his head, straightened up and pulled the thin blanket up: "Wait a minute."

Everyone thinks she is the backbone. Old Mrs. Su and the Wang family are so worried that they can't sleep at night. She can't show any weakness. At this most critical moment, if she can't bear to show her traces, then she will give up all her efforts. .

   But she is not really as fearless as she appears on the face.

   Relying on some information from the previous life, she could barely piece together the general thoughts of Emperor Yuanfeng, but if she wanted to be able to speculate accurately, she asked herself that she did not have the ability.

  Everything has been done as perfect as possible. She has discussed and discussed with Song Heng, Su Rong and Guang Ping Hou again and again on any details, and strives to leave no flaws.

   But nothing in this world is completely accurate.

   She couldn't guarantee that Emperor Yuanfeng would go as they planned.

   I don't know if Yuanfeng Emperor can accept the version that Chen Haohui had dropped.

   This is the key to whether Song Heng's life experience can be resolved smoothly.

Mother Shen couldn't help sighing, feeling a little distressed that she stayed up late for several days, but she also knew that something big was happening, so she had to endure it and ordered Yancao to prepare some stomach-warming porridge: "How many If you want to eat a little, how can your stomach take it in such a cold weather?"

  Su Yao agreed, just when he heard Yancao softly calling out the eldest young master, he hurriedly stood up.

  Su Rong has already walked in from the outside. Seeing Su Yao and Bamboo Chair, is there anything else you don't understand? I couldn't help but frowned slightly: "It's cold, why don't you pay attention, it's not for playing when it's freezing."

Although she has been used to it for a long time, every time she sees Su Rong walking, Su Yao always feels joy in her heart. She followed Su Rong into the main room, and when she saw people serving tea, she asked Su Rong: "During the day At that time, I had heard Xiao Jiu come back and said that you accompanied Mrs. Wang Wu into the palace, why did you come back so late?"

Su Rong took a sip of hot tea and said bluntly: "Mrs. Wang Wu was with him, but she encountered assassins on the street and almost had an accident. Those assassins were clearly sent by the clan of King Zhuang, and as soon as Mrs. Wang Wu died, Song Heng died. I became the biggest suspect, how could I not know? I just followed along and sent Mrs. Wang Wu to Xihuamen to stop, and then waited outside the palace for a while."

  Su Yao nodded: "What's going on in the palace?"

   They have nothing to do in the palace, and there is no channel to know the news. Su Rong is guarding outside the palace gate, at least he can feel at ease-no matter which side loses, there will always be big news.

   "Princess Zhuang and Mrs. Qin were summoned to the palace." Su Rong said concisely, seeing Su Yao's hand paused, and continued: "Not long after, Jin Wuwei commander Zheng Tao left the palace, it should be to Zhuangwang's mansion."

   That is to say, these actions are all aimed at Zhuang Wangfu.

   If Zhuangwang's mansion succeeded in making a false accusation, these people should all come to Song's or Su's house.

   (end of this chapter)