King Duan knew the news of King Kang's assassination last night, but what this brought him was not a surprise, but a sleepless night.
Everyone knows who the most hopes something will happen to King Kang and who most wants King Kang to die. But what happened last night was not done by him at all!
Although he wanted to resolve all future troubles once and for all, he was not so courageous at the feet of the emperor of the capital.
The problem is that others don't believe it.
Rumors have spread in Beijing that he secretly instigated the assassination of King Kang. It is easy to prove a person's guilt, but it is more difficult than climbing to the sky to prove his innocence.
Prince Duan was pacing in the palace, and a man stepped forward and said, "This matter has touched His Majesty's bottom line. No matter what happens, Your Highness must not admit it!"
"What do I admit?" King Duan looked at him and said angrily: "I did not instigate this matter. What do I need to admit?"
The counselor looked at him with admiration and said: "Yes, that's it. Even if you do it, you can't admit it. Your Highness must behave like this in front of His Majesty!"
Even his own advisers didn't believe him. King Duan gave him a cold look and said angrily: "Get out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a eunuch's voice came from outside the door, "His Royal Highness Duan Wang, Your Majesty has summoned..."
King Duan's face turned pale, and he finally gritted his teeth and strode out.
In the imperial study, Prince Duan walked into the main hall, looked at Emperor Chen who was standing in the hall, bowed and said: "My son, please see your father."
Chen Huang turned to look at him and asked, "Have you heard about the assassination of King Kang?"
"I heard about it." King Duan raised his head and said seriously: "This thief is so bold and his crimes are so heinous. My father will never tolerate him. Unless Lingchi can't restore the dignity of the royal family..."
"Do you really think so?" Chen Huang looked at him and said, "I have heard some rumors..."
King Duan's expression changed and he said: "Father is the king of a country and must not be used by some rumors with ulterior motives!"
Emperor Chen glanced at him and asked, "What if it was King Kang who said it?"
King Duan's expression changed drastically, and he immediately said: "Father, Brother Kang Wang may have some misunderstandings with Er Chen. I hope Father will believe that this matter was definitely not done by Er Chen!"
Chen Huang walked up and said: "Kang Wang didn't say who did this, nor did he doubt you. Why are you so nervous?"
He turned back, glanced at King Duan again, and said: "I told you that an emperor must learn to be ruthless, but that is for outsiders. To be an emperor, you must first learn to be a human being..."
When he said the latter sentence, his expression became stern.
King Duan lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "My son, please remember your father's teachings!"
After a while, King Duan exited the imperial study. The moment he turned around, his face completely darkened.
Although there was no storm in the royal study room just now, he felt that this incident would definitely cause him to suffer losses again.
Obviously, his father had already blamed him for the assassination of King Kang. If King Kang was not the heir, his status would be extraordinary. He would never have been so peaceful in the palace just now.
This situation of being passively affected without doing anything made him extremely depressed and angry.
He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes almost bursting with fire, and hissed: "Who is harming me?"
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Two days have passed since King Kang was assassinated, and there are still no clues at all.
During the Great Court Meeting, the court had many things to deal with, and it was impossible for Emperor Chen to focus all his energy on Prince Kang.
This matter seemed to have disappeared without any news, but in fact, someone still smelled something unusual from the clues.
Emperor Chen originally assigned the provincial examination to Prince Duan, but the examiner was quietly replaced by Fang Hong, the Minister of Civil Service. Prince Duan was relegated to the cold palace just a few days after he was proud.
On the contrary, the seriously injured King Kang was left in the palace, and King Kang's palace received many rewards. In addition, Emperor Chen also selected a hundred elite soldiers from the Yulin Guards to be responsible for King Kang's safety...
It has to be said that the misfortune was everything in the end. King Kang relied on selling misfortune, except that he did not regain the position of the prince. At present, the degree of favor in front of Emperor Chen is no less than that of Prince Duan, and even temporarily exceeds it.
Of course, it was only temporary. Emperor Chen was just dissatisfied with Wang Duan's approach of attacking his brothers. He seemed to be very sensitive to this kind of thing, and he didn't know if he had any psychological shadow about it. Last time when King Kang knelt down, King Duan sat down for a full time.
After three months of being on the bench, King Kang was stabbed directly this time. He didn't know how long he would be relegated to the cold palace.
Tang Ning didn't know whether this was King Kang's plan to embarrass his family or King Duan's plan to wipe out his family. The Ping'an County Government seemed to have found something. The court searched for a person with such a big fanfare, but finally found some clues.
When the government officials followed the clues to arrest people, they found that the target of their trip, a rogue idler from the capital, had his neck hanged in his own home.
He may also know that if he falls into the hands of the imperial court, death will become a luxury for him. Not everyone can bear the feeling of having his body cut with 3,600 knives and not being allowed to die.
The clues were completely cut off at this point. No one knew who was instigating this rogue. The Ping An County Government handed over these clues, and no further information came from it.
Tang family.
In the past few months, King Kang was defeated, King Duan was favored, King Duan was ignored, King Duan was favored again, and then ignored...
The Tang family has experienced ups and downs several times with King Duan, and by now, it has become somewhat numb.
King Kang was injured, and King Duan was once again thrown into the cold palace by His Majesty. He didn't know when he would be reinstated. In the study of the Tang Mansion, Tang Huai drank tea unhurriedly, not in any hurry.
Tang Qi sat aside, was silent for a long time, and said: "Prince Kang could not have come up with such an idea himself. I am afraid that the person named Xu cannot be trusted."
Tang Huai put down his tea cup and said: "The same trick is done once or twice, but not a third time."
Tang Qi nodded and said: "Your Majesty is still thinking about Prince Duan, otherwise, this matter would not be so lighthearted."
Tang Huai asked: "I heard that someone found clues?"
"A scoundrel who committed suicide out of fear of crime." Tang Qi shook his head and said, "What a pity. If we continue the investigation, His Highness's suspicions may be cleared."
Tang Huai asked: "Do you think a person named Xu would leave such obvious flaws?"
Tang Qi raised his head and asked: "Brother, what do you mean..."
Tang Huai stood up and said slowly: "I always feel a little uneasy."
Tang Qi asked: "Where are you uneasy?"
Tang Huai looked at him and asked, "Have you found out the details of that rogue?"
"We've already sent people to investigate." As soon as Tang Qi finished speaking, a servant walked in, looked at him with a pale face, and said, "Master, I have found out some details about that rogue..."
Tang Qi stared at him and asked, "What's the details?"
The servant glanced at him and whispered: "Well, that rogue once lived under the young master for a while..."
After hearing this, Tang Huai and Tang Qi both changed their expressions at the same time.
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In Tang Zhao's room, Tang Zhao was about to go out when he saw his father and uncle walking in from outside at the same time, staring at him, his body couldn't help but tremble, and he asked anxiously: "What are you looking at me for?"
