Xia Tingzhen finally looked away from the Zen courtyard, and then looked at the crowd.
Ji Xiu, who was in a hurry and was only wearing regular clothes, was surrounded by several officials talking——
There was a sarcastic sneer in Xia Tingzhen's slightly narrowed eyes.
These officials considered themselves to be very good at assessing the situation, and believed that Ji Xiu had been particularly popular recently, so they sent another confidant to Zhongshu Province, and this confidant was highly valued by His Majesty...
In the final analysis, they are just a bunch of mindless idiots who think they are smart.
And during this period, the things Ji Xiu took away from him... it was time to return them.
…
In the Zen room, Emperor Qingming was looking coldly at King Xiang who kept arguing.
"There are no outsiders at this time, it's just you and me, brothers, and you still refuse to tell me the truth?"
"Brother Imperial, this matter really has nothing to do with my brother!" King Xiang was so worried that he was sweating profusely: "This must be someone who wants to drive a wedge between my brother and my brother!"
Emperor Qingming straightened his lips.
Estrange?
Who would choose to do this?
"... According to Brother Chen, it may not be that the second brother has spoken to the Queen Mother and staged such a drama to specifically slander my mother and concubine."
Regarding this speculation without evidence, King Xiang did not dare to be confident, and said in a weak tone: "It is obvious that he is estranged from what happened back then, but people can't see it at all. Who knows what he is planning all day long...
…Perhaps he just couldn’t see that the emperor’s brother trusted his younger brother alone, so he wanted to use a trick to get rid of his younger brother.”
Emperor Qingming sneered, wondering whether he believed it or not.
At this time, Han Yan walked in quickly.
"Your Majesty, I found this object in a locked box under the bed in Concubine Sun's room."
Han Yan held a porcelain bottle in his hand and said, "I have asked Dr. Zheng to examine it and confirm that the poison in this bottle is the same as the poison in the pear soup."
Looking at the porcelain vase, Concubine Sun's eyes were shocked, and the color on her face completely faded in an instant.
Don't blame her for not being cautious enough... She originally planned to go back to deal with the aftermath after delivering the pear soup!
But who knew that the damn maid would see through it on the spot!
She didn't have any time to cover up the evidence!
Seeing her reaction in his eyes, Emperor Qingming already made a decision in his mind.
He slowly looked at King Xiang who was standing there, and asked almost word by word: "Now, do you have anything else to say?"
King Xiang's expression changed, and he opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
"Your Majesty, I did this alone... Dingzhi didn't know about it!"
Concubine Sun suddenly knocked her head heavily on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "It's me who has always hated the Queen Mother because of trivial matters in the past years. I couldn't find a chance to do anything in the palace on weekdays... I thought that this time going out of the palace to offer sacrifices would be a rare and good opportunity.
, I was so obsessed that I did such a wrong thing!"
Emperor Qingming sneered and said nothing.
This mother is very competent at what she does.
It's a pity that he doesn't believe a word of these words!
"Mother and concubine, please stop covering up for your son..." King Xiang finally spoke and said in a hoarse voice: "It is your son who has caused trouble for you."
"... Stop it!" Concubine Sun's eyes were about to burst when she heard this, and she shook her head firmly at her son.
No, she only has one son, and nothing can happen to her son!
King Xiang had already knelt down, cold sweat dripping from his forehead: "Brother Emperor...this matter was indeed done by my younger brother..."
He knew very well the temperament of his eldest brother. At this time, if he continued to quibble, he would really be asking for death.
Emperor Qingming sneered: "This is an admission."
The next moment, the cold smile suddenly disappeared, and he suddenly raised his hand, sweeping his sleeves towards the tea sets on the table beside his elbow.
"Bang!"
The enamel-colored porcelain teapot fell to the ground, and broken porcelain flew everywhere.
"...I almost believed your lies just now!"
Facing the emperor's wrath, King Xiang fell to the ground, trembling, and said: "My brother is doing this... for the sake of my brother..."
"For me?" Emperor Qingming squeezed out a weird smile from between his teeth, and his eyes were extremely sinister: "Because of me, you want to poison the Queen Mother? I would like to hear how this will benefit me!"
In vain, he had always thought that even though his fourth brother had some small thoughts, he was still under his control.
Now it seems that there should be no so-called trust between people in this world...including these seemingly simple-minded idiots!
"Brother Imperial is kind-hearted. He knows that Second Brother has disloyal intentions, but he still only restrains..." King Xiang tried his best to make his voice less shaky. "Brother Imperial has always believed that as long as the Queen Mother is still in the capital, Second Brother will definitely
I don’t dare to act rashly, but in the long run, I am just raising a tiger to create trouble!”
"So, you are going to kill the Queen Mother on your own initiative?" Emperor Qingming's tone was extremely sarcastic: "Have you ever thought about the possible consequences of doing so?"
"Brother Chen...Brother Chen just wants the emperor to make up his mind and take this opportunity to get rid of the second brother!"
"When will it be your turn to arrange my affairs!" Emperor Qingming was furious: "What you do will only bring trouble to me and disrupt my original plan!"
How could getting rid of King Yan be such a simple thing?
If it was really so easy, why would he wait until today!
This idiot did this not so much to force him to get rid of King Yan, but rather to force King Yan to rebel as soon as possible...
In the current situation in Daqing, a single move can affect the whole body. Such an unprepared thing is equivalent to a sudden and major change. Once it happens, how will he deal with it?
Keeping the Queen Mother alive, even if it comes to that, she can at least be used as a hostage to make King Yan fearful——
And such an important chess piece was almost destroyed in the hands of this stupid thing tonight!
"Yes...it's my brother who is stupid. I don't dare to be smart anymore!" King Xiang quickly admitted his mistake.
"No, I have discovered now that you are not stupid at all..."
Sensing the emperor's scrutiny coming from above his head, King Xiang gradually stiffened as he lay prostrate there.
"For me? Or for your own dissatisfaction and personal grudge against King Yan, or for your own selfish interests? Only after he dies can you get more benefits and real power." Emperor Qingming's voice was slow and cold: "Fourth brother
, you actually learned how to kill someone with a borrowed knife, I am really impressed."
"Brother I don't dare..." King Xiang's voice was nervous and low.
Emperor Qingming closed his eyes: "I don't care what your purpose is, but once the disaster has occurred, you have to swallow the consequences yourself-"
"Brother Imperial, I have realized my mistake. I will no longer dare to make decisions without concealing the truth from my brother!" King Xiang kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy: "Brother, please consider that I have not made a big mistake yet."
...Give me another chance! In the future, I will serve my brother even more attentively!"
