Yinzhen recited the name silently in his heart, his eyes quickly turned red, and he said in a dumb voice to the spy leader and Sixi: "You all step back, I want to be alone for a while."
After the spy leader put the jade ring on the ground, he followed Sixi out. He was the only one left in the hall. Yinzhen stood up holding on to the handrail, walked down the steps with difficulty, and looked at the jade ring lying on the ground.
, tears burst out of my eyes, falling drop by drop on the jade ring finger, washing away the scorch marks caused by the fire.
He was wrong, he was wrong! If he hadn't used Hongli as a bait to cause things like sinking food shipments, Hongli would not have been surrounded by those crazy villagers and would not have died. It was his
Wrong, everything is his fault. He killed Hongli and his most cherished son!
Yinzhen covered his face, but the transparent liquid continued to seep out from between his fingers and never stopped.
If he had not been so stubborn and tough, Hongli would not have died. He regretted it very much, but no matter how much he regretted it, the dead would not be resurrected.
Over the years, although he did not make Hongli the prince, he has been cultivating him as a prince, letting him review memorials with him, and letting him work as an errand in the Ministry of Household Affairs. But now because of his self-righteousness, Hongli is dead and is being
Those crazy people were burned alive in a foreign land!
How should he tell Ling Ruo about this? Ling Ruo loved Hongli so much, and he was afraid that Ling Ruo would not be able to bear the blow of Hongli's sudden death!
On this day, Yinzhen kept himself locked in the inner hall of the Yangxin Hall and did not even go to the morning court on the next day. Since he succeeded to the throne, he has been diligent and caring for the people. It is rare that he fails to go to the morning court.
The ministers secretly guessed what happened. Only Yunxiang guessed to some extent. After the officials dispersed, he grabbed Si Xi and whispered: "Eunuch Xi, is there any result from that matter?"
Already?"
Si Xi nodded with difficulty and whispered: "The emperor has locked himself in the inner palace for a day without eating or drinking. This servant is very worried."
Si Xi's words made Yunxiang's mood suddenly sink. With the emperor like this, could it be that Hongli really...
Thinking of this, Yunxiang said quickly: "Eunuch Xi, please take me to the inner hall. I want to see the emperor."
Si Xi sighed and said: "I will send a message to you. I hope the Emperor is willing to see you, Your Majesty, so that you can help persuade the Emperor."
Yunxiang nodded silently and went to the inner hall with Sixi. Sixi went in to report, while he stood outside. After waiting for a while, he saw Sixi coming out and said quickly: "How about it, will the emperor see me?"
"Yes, your Majesty, please come in." As soon as Si Xi finished speaking, Yunxiang couldn't wait to walk in. Su Peisheng happened to see this scene, and Su Peisheng walked over and said casually: "Isn't it true that the Emperor doesn't want to see people? Why?
The prince has gone in, what happened to the emperor?"
Because of the incident last time, there was a gap between Sixi and Su Peisheng. In addition, this time the matter was of great importance. Yinzhen had told him not to tell anyone, so regarding Su Peisheng's question, Sixi just said lightly: "We are
Slave, how can a slave inquire about his master's affairs?"
Seeing that he refused to speak, Su Peisheng felt angry and snorted coldly and stopped talking. However, he became more and more dissatisfied with Sixi.
It is said that after Yunxiang entered the inner hall, he found that all the windows were closed, making the light in the hall extremely dim. He could only vaguely see someone sitting behind the imperial desk.
Yunxiang clapped his sleeves and knelt down and said, "My dear brother, I bow to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
After a while, a voice that sounded extremely haggard came, "Get up."
Just hearing this voice, Yunxiang knew that Yinzhen's current situation was extremely bad. He stood up and walked forward to count the steps: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is news from Fuzhou. I wonder if it's okay?"
Yinzhen stood up and came to Yunxiang with heavy steps. He spread his hands and revealed a burnt jade ring finger, "Do you remember this? During the Bingxi competition, I rewarded Hongli in front of everyone."
of."
"My brother, I remember." Seeing the jade wrench finger appear in Yinzhen's hand, Yunxiang's sense of ominousness became stronger and stronger, "Your Majesty, has something happened to the fourth elder brother?"
In the dimness, Yinzhen's expression could not be seen, and only his choked voice could be heard in the inner hall, "Hongli died and was burned alive. This jade ring was taken from his hand."
of."
Yunxiang was shocked by the news and took a few steps back. He knew that in that case, Hongli would probably die, but secretly he didn't want to think about it. He hoped it was just a false alarm. Unexpectedly...
Yunxiang said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, Fourth Brother is really..."
Yinzhen took a deep breath, tried hard to hold back his tears, raised his head and said: "Since I gave the jade ring to Hongli, he has been wearing it on his hand and has never taken it off. Yunxiang, Hongli is dead.
, is really dead, it was me who killed him, it was me!" At this point, Yinzhen punched the vermilion column angrily, and kept saying: "It was me, it was me who killed him.
Hongli!
Upon seeing this, Yunxiang quickly grabbed him and said: "The death of Fourth Brother was an accident. No one expected it. It has nothing to do with the Emperor!"
"It doesn't matter?" Yinzhen laughed sadly, "If I didn't let him go to Fuzhou and be used as bait, how could he die?"
Yunxiang felt hot moisture dripping on the back of his hand, and choked up: "Yes, the emperor does think so, but at the same time, the emperor also took great pains to send several groups of people to protect the fourth brother overtly or covertly. If he hadn't gone
The bridge in Lianjiang County happened to be broken, and the fourth elder brother would not go out at all.
It's all an accident." Seeing that Yinzhen didn't speak, he added: "And I know that the emperor has another purpose in sending the fourth elder brother this time, which is to make the fourth elder brother faster through this matter.
Grow better and become a successor that meets the emperor's requirements earlier."
"It's too late to say anything now, Hongli..." Afterwards, Yinzhen was choked with sobs and could not continue. After a while, he said: "Old Thirteen, what did you say I did wrong? Why are my sons one after another?"
Earth died, first Hongsheng, then Hongxun, and now it’s Hongli’s turn!”
Yunxiang quickly shook his head and said: "No, the emperor has always been diligent and caring for the people, and he is considerate of the people of the world. How could he be wrong? It's because God was too cruel to the emperor and wanted to take away the emperor's child."
In the past few decades, he had witnessed with his own eyes Yinzhen's contribution to the Qing Dynasty. Whether it was for his elder brother or for the emperor, he tried his best to live up to Emperor Ama's expectations. And the facts have proved that
He did indeed do it, making this
The empire is more prosperous than before; but God seems to be blind and is extremely cruel to the fourth brother, taking away his children one after another, making it difficult for the fourth brother to have children for so many years, and now it has also taken away Hongli.