For example, the prince is too weak to live for long, His Majesty has no children, and there are no concubines in the harem for many years. In order to stabilize the government and the people, one of the descendants of the clan should be adopted as the crown prince in the future...
In terms of closeness, King Jing and His Majesty are the children of the same mother, so Prince Jing’s son may be one of the candidates.
Although these are statements that cannot be based on the obvious, they are not entirely impossible.
Could it be that the recent news that Concubine Rong was pregnant made Prince Jing, who originally had such hope, lose his mind in a drunken state and do something impulsive?
The officials were thinking like this. Just as the prince passed away suddenly, and seeing Prince Jing looking uneasy and flustered, some sad and angry ministers spoke out their thoughts speculatively.
Prince Jing became even more panicked upon hearing this.
He admitted that... he had really hoped that the prince would die soon and cleanly!
The prince is dead, and he may not really have a chance to replace him...
But this kind of hope is only limited to murmuring a few words in the heart. If you are bolder, you can burn incense and so on... but you have never thought about actually murdering the prince for this!
After all, who doesn’t have a dream in this world?
Just like everyone hopes to find gold, but if you really can't find it, you can't just think about killing people and grabbing it!
God knows, he is really just an ordinary person who has a dream, but does not intend to take risks for this dream. He just waits for the pie to fall from the sky, which is simply called daydreaming——
Under the gaze of many eyes, Crown Prince Jing defended himself hurriedly.
At this time, a forbidden soldier walked quickly.
"I found this jade pendant beside Fuyun Pond!"
Li Ji quickly took the jade pendant and presented it to Emperor Qingming.
Emperor Qingming's expression changed after just one glance.
The sample of this jade pendant can only be used by the descendants of the Xie family——
Emperor Qingming looked at Prince Jing's empty waist, with restrained anger in his voice: "Shengchang, where is your jade pendant?"
Prince Jing subconsciously reached towards his waist——
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
There was no trace of drunkenness or color on Prince Jing's face anymore. He knelt down with a plop and said in great panic: "Your Majesty, someone must be trying to frame my nephew!"
Now, no matter how dull he is, he realizes that someone has set up a trap for him, to make him bear the death penalty for murdering the prince!
"Framing and framing..."
Emperor Qingming held on to the relief on the chair handle, stood up slowly, pursed his lips for a moment, and said in a concentrated voice: "Of course I hope so too!"
"...I hope your majesty will find out the truth and restore my nephew's innocence!" Crown Prince Jing cried out with no manners, and said without hesitation: "Before entering the capital, my father gave many instructions to let my nephew live in peace and conduct himself.
Don't cause trouble to His Majesty, my nephew has always kept it in mind, so how dare he do such a treasonous thing!"
He didn't dare to hide anything anymore and said: "My nephew left the banquet just because he saw the beauty of the palace maid who poured wine for my nephew, and she frequently made secret glances at my nephew... My nephew was drunk and confused for a while, so he followed the palace maid.
I went to the garden...but I never saw His Highness at all!"
Now that he thinks about it, the jade pendant may not have been stolen by the palace maid while he was not prepared!
At first, he didn't tell the matter, just for the sake of face and reputation. Now that his life is about to be lost, he doesn't care about face!
But with all the personal and material evidence available, this statement now seems like a sophistry lie.
Emperor Qingming didn't know how much he believed it, so he looked at him and said: "If you didn't do it, I will never allow anyone to slander and provoke. If you did it, I won't be soft-hearted and merciless! Someone, take Prince Jing down and severely punish him."
Under extra supervision, you are not allowed to leave the palace even half a step until the matter is found out——"
Xu Mingyi looked at this scene, his eyes changing.
The previous prince, Crown Prince Jing, must have been under strict surveillance for this reason, and within a few days, news came out that the other party had confessed to the murder of the prince...
Now that he has ‘personally confessed’, all subsequent actions are naturally natural.
However, now she gradually felt that Prince Jing, who had seemed guilty of committing crimes before, was just a scapegoat for others.
In other words, the Crown Prince and Crown Prince Jing were both involved in the calculations of the people behind them from the very beginning.
If the prince is really dead, all this will undoubtedly become an intractable mystery.
But things are destined to be different now——
Xu Mingyi seemed to have given up and pulled out the silver needles that had penetrated the boy's body one by one.
After she pulled out the last silver needle, a moment later, the boy's eyelashes trembled slightly and he made a very weak cough.
The Imperial Guards came forward to take Prince Jing off, but everyone who was paying attention here did not notice this subtle sound.
But he couldn't bear it. Duke Zhenguo said in surprise: "Your Highness the Crown Prince?!"
Everyone immediately focused their attention.
The prince opened his eyes with difficulty and weakness, and looked at the old face that came forward with a surprised expression, feeling briefly at a loss.
"Xu...General Xu?"
"Your Highness is alive!"
The Duke of Zhenguo shouted excitedly at the top of his voice.
"What……"
"The prince is awake?!"
The palace officials were all shocked. Emperor Qingming's pupils tightened, his expression refreshed, and he strode over.
"Sheng'er!"
Several imperial doctors stepped forward in disbelief, carefully checked the prince's pulse again, and slowly helped him sit up.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Prince Jing broke free from the clutches of the imperial guards, staggered forward, and cried with joy when he saw the prince who had been "resurrected from the dead."
The prince looked at his cousin who was crying with tears and runny nose, and fell into confusion again - when did his relationship with his cousin become so good?
At this time, the cousin looked at him excitedly and eagerly and said: "Your Highness, now that you are awake, please explain it clearly to His Majesty as soon as possible, so as to restore my innocence!"
The prince was confused.
Li Ji recounted the general process on the sidelines.
"..." As the prince listened to these words, the scenes before the accident gradually came back to his mind. As he recalled it, his face gradually became paler and more frightening, and his hands could not stop trembling.
Emperor Qingming looked at his son and asked: "Sheng'er, tell me, father, who harmed you? Can you see clearly——"
Facing those loving yet angry and majestic eyes, the boy's trembling fingers tightened slightly, opened his mouth, and after a while he said: "Father...it was not my cousin who pushed Erchen into the water... Erchen
I haven’t seen my cousin tonight…”
There was an uproar everywhere.
...It’s not the respect for the prince!
Hearing these words, Crown Prince Jing's tense body suddenly softened, and his already weak legs suddenly lost any strength and fell to the ground, truly crying for joy again.
Woohoo, his life was saved!
If the atmosphere didn't allow it, he really wanted to kowtow to the prince's cousin on the spot! - This was so timely!
No, that's not right...
The prince's cousin just told the truth, and the person he should thank more was the girl who saved him!
Prince Jing looked at Xu Mingyi, and when he saw the girl's appearance clearly, he felt grateful from the bottom of his heart - the fairy is reincarnated!
"If he's not Shangchang, then who is he?" Here, Emperor Qingming continued to ask.
The prince held the queen's sleeve tightly and slowly turned his head to look.
