auspicious time has come

Chapter 197

Looking at the dagger brought up by the eunuch, the emperor's face darkened: "How do you explain it?"

The drenched King Hedong knelt there with black lips, no more arrogance on his face, he kowtowed his head and said: "...It was Jin's carelessness! I was in a hurry to enter the palace this morning to pay my respects to Uncle Huang. I still have this thing on my body! Please forgive me, Uncle Huang!"

"Forgive me? You didn't know your mistake, why did you ask me to forgive you? I just heard that when you insulted Dingbeihou, you claimed that the rules were used to restrain outsiders—" Looking at the kneeling nephew, the emperor The light and shade in the eyes are uncertain.

Does his nephew think that he is the master of this imperial city?

Hearing the words, King Hedong turned pale, and immediately said: "My nephew was provoked by Xiao Mu, so he made a slip of the tongue for a while! There is absolutely no intention of underestimating the palace rules!"

He raised his head and said: "Uncle Huang didn't know something, that Xiao Mu was extremely arrogant, he didn't pay attention to the dignity of his nephew and the royal family at all, not only hurt his guard, but even drowned his nephew in the water !"

When the emperor heard the words, he looked at the eunuch and the female envoy of the East Palace: "Is what he said true?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing..." The eunuch said in a low voice, "But the Marquis of Dingbei did this for a reason..."

Hearing this, King Hedong suddenly turned his head to look at the eunuch.

"There's a reason for everything!" King Hedong said angrily, "It's a fact that he hurt me!"

As he said that, he kowtowed to the emperor and said, "I also ask the uncle of the emperor to make the decision for my nephew!"

"..." The inner prisoner lowered his head.

The matter of the dagger is of great importance, and there is no room for concealment, and he dare not conceal it.

As for Ding Beihou's move, he should state the facts clearly, but if His Majesty has no intention of going into details, he also... has no reason to insist on offending King Hedong.

After all, this matter is considered His Majesty's "family matter".

"See you in the moon, were you there at that time?" the prince asked, looking at the envoy of the Eastern Palace.

"Yes." The female envoy said: "The maidservant has been there from the beginning to the end, and the cause and effect can't be seen more clearly."

"Then let's talk about it." The prince looked at Hedong King, who was begging the emperor to be the master, and said, "Speak clearly, so that the father can uphold justice for Brother Jin."

Hearing this, King Hedong's complexion changed for a while.

The female envoy answered "Yes" and said, "The reason why the Marquis of Dingbei attacked the guards of the King of Hedong was because when the servant girl sent Lady Ji out of the palace, the King of Hedong tried to stop the frivolous lady halfway and failed, so he made the guards fight against Lady Ji. And the handmaid's move——Dingbei Hou's move is to save Ji Niangzi and the maidservant."

"What—" Princess Yongyang, who had never spoken, changed her expression and looked at King Hedong who was kneeling there.

The King of Hedong immediately retorted: "Nonsense! It is clear that Ji Hengyu seduced me first! I failed to flatter you with me, but when I was bumped into, I wanted to slander me for being contemptuous of her!"

Princess Yongyang looked at him amusedly: "You mean, the wife of the Ji family flattered you?"

Hearing the sound, King Hedong subconsciously looked at Princess Yongyang, who had made military exploits in the past and was respected by the clan's children, and said with confidence: "...that's exactly it!"

Princess Yongyang looked at him as if she was looking at a joke: "Could it be that you haven't sobered up yet, are you still dreaming of something big?"

King Hedong's face froze, and when he was about to refute, the female envoy continued: "The King of Hedong has been coveting Lady Ji for a long time, and he has made verbal disturbances before. The servant girl and the other female envoys in the East Palace can all prove this. thing."

"Do you need others to prove it?" Princess Yongyang looked down at King Hedong: "Li Jin is addicted to wine and sex, even if I have lived in the mansion for a long time, but it is also like thunder-it's okay to speak and behave indiscriminately on weekdays, but that's all. Who on earth gave you the guts to do something frivolous to the lady of the Ji family in the palace?"

Being reprimanded by a woman like this, King Hedong was very ashamed and annoyed. However, the other party was an elder and had some prestige. He suppressed the disrespectful words that came to his lips. He still wanted to quibble, but he heard the emperor speak——

"You really let me down."

The emperor's voice was not high, but it made the King of Hedong froze.

"Your Majesty..." He didn't even dare to call him Uncle Huang for a moment.

"You act like this, how can I entrust you with a heavy responsibility?" The emperor glanced at the dagger again, and said slowly: "You have made a big mistake first, and Dingbei Hou's visit is not considered an offense to you—— "

Hearing the word "big mistake", King Hedong's face turned pale.

He no longer dared to make any sophistry: "Yes...it was my nephew who drank half a jug of wine too much and became obsessed with sex for a while, so...that's why I said a few frivolous words! But my nephew is only inappropriate, It really has never been too much!"

Princess Yongyang sneered: "Is there never been, or will there be in the future—"

"..." King Hedong's complexion changed again and again: "My nephew has already realized his mistake, and he must be cautious in his words and deeds from now on! I swear that I will never drink again!"

Princess Yongyang's eyes were full of disgust.

What did Jiu do wrong to take the blame for him?

"As for this dagger... my nephew really didn't bring it into the palace on purpose!" King Hedong said, "Yes... it was the captain of the prison gate who didn't remind my nephew! My nephew accidentally brought it in by mistake!"

Although this remark is suspected of shirking responsibility, it is also part of the truth.

It is within the responsibility of the captain of the prison gate to check whether the person entering the palace has unloaded his blade.

The emperor has a discerning heart——

He still understands how much Li Jin is. If it is said that the other party deliberately brought a knife into the palace and plotted something wrong, it would not be so.

But it is a fact that he despises the palace rules, is arrogant and confident.

As for the captain of the prison gate, there are many foreign envoys entering the palace for a banquet today, and that is the focus of their inspection.As for Li Jin, most of them were watching people's orders, and relaxed the inspection, which is why they made such an omission.

But an omission is an omission—

He never thought that one day, someone would have the opportunity to stab him with this dagger because of this omission!
The emperor clenched his fingers and told the eunuch in charge beside him: "Liu Qian, pass on my oral order that everyone who is on duty at the gate of the palace today will be dealt with according to the palace rules."

Liu Qian responded, and silently exited the bedroom.

For a moment, King Hedong's voice of admitting his mistake became lowered: "Your Majesty, Jin knew that he was wrong..."

"Even if it is unintentional, it is not without fault." The emperor looked at him and said: "In addition, you lost your temper after drinking tonight and behaved disorderly. You will be punished for both, and you will be fined for three years. , before the Qianqiu Festival, you can't leave the palace for half a step—"

"His Majesty……"

The emperor's eyes sank slightly: "Why, do you still have any objections?"

"My nephew dare not..." King Hedong kowtowed his head, "Thank you for your forgiveness... my nephew is willing to accept the punishment."

Until he exited the emperor's bedroom, King Hedong's legs were still weak.

He raised his hand and wiped his face, but he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or water.

The two guards who were waiting outside the palace went forward and supported King Hedong who was walking weakly.

King Hedong glanced over the two of them, gritted his teeth, and held back his anger, not attacking it yet.

He fell into the water after drinking, and because of the fright of kneeling for a long time just now, he almost couldn't stand still at this moment. With the support of two guards, King Hedong with a tense face went to the side corridor to sit and rest for a while.

In the hall, the inner eunuch has wiped clean the place where King Hedong had knelt just now.

"Father, Brother Jin has an impetuous temperament, and the Northern Marquis already has hostile intentions. I am afraid that there will be disputes in the future when we get along with each other... Therefore, I think that he should reconsider the fact that he is also the censor of Yingzhou Fang." said the prince.

"I have my own discretion in this matter, so you don't need to ask." The emperor coughed a few times, without any wavering in his tone.

Prince: "But the matter of setting up the defense envoy, whether..."

"What?" the emperor interrupted the prince, and said in a calm voice: "Chang'er, don't you think I shouldn't be on guard against Ding Beihou? If he is really as quiet and loyal as he appears on the surface, I don't have to kill him, but We have to guard against him..."

The prince respectfully said: "Brother Jin has such a temperament, if you fail to properly handle the relationship with Dingbeihou and Lu Longjun in the future, I'm afraid it will backfire in the end—"

"You mean, Li Jin will force him to rebel?" The emperor's expression changed: "Or do you want to say that it is I who will force him to rebel?"

"My son has no such intention."

"It's not that I treat these military generals who are arrogant!" The emperor's expression gradually became agitated: "I have also given them unreserved trust, and even regarded them as friends and brothers... But the result? You have seen the result!"

When the prince wanted to speak again, Princess Yongyang shook her head slightly remindingly.

The prince lowered his eyes and said, "I also ask Father to calm down, and take care of the dragon's body first."

"I know that both of you aunts and nephews... have always felt that I did something wrong, didn't you?" The emperor closed his eyes with uneven breathing, and his tone fluctuated: "If you are sitting in my position, you may not With my generosity... I have no shame, no shame to the ancestors of the Li family, no shame to anyone..."

Seeing that he was caught in the old affairs again, the prince remained silent.

Princess Yongyang also lowered her eyes quietly.

In the hall, there were only the sound of the emperor's uneven breathing and those fragmentary and incomplete soliloquies.

"I've done my best..."

Not long after, Liu Qian, the eunuch in charge, returned.

Princess Yongyang got up and told Liu Qian: "Since your majesty has taken the medicine, let's wait and rest earlier."

Liu Qian responded, saluted and sent off Princess Yongyang.

The prince served beside him, and together with Liu Qian helped the emperor to the side of the couch until the emperor gradually calmed down and took off his clothes to rest under the service of the palace servants.

Seeing that the palace servants had burnt the tranquilizing incense, the prince confessed to him before leaving.

……

Princess Hedong who was waiting anxiously outside the palace gate saw Hedong King come out, and immediately went up to meet him: "My lord, are you alright?"

When she heard that something happened to the prince, she was taken to the saint. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to inquire about the news rashly, so she could only wait here.

He Dong Wang Tieqing, who was being supported by the guards, had a pale face and didn't stop on his feet, as if he didn't see her.

"My lord..."

Princess Hedong could only follow her with her envoys.

The guards helped King Hedong into the carriage, Princess Hedong hurriedly followed, and asked uneasily: "My lord, are you injured in any way, my concubine..."

"Snapped!"

King Hedong slapped her hard on the face.

"Trash! You can't even do this little thing well!"

He scolded angrily: "If it weren't for you being useless, how could this king have come forward in person to provoke such a show, not to mention losing face, and even being reprimanded and punished by the emperor!"

"My lord, I'm a concubine..." Princess Hedong lowered her head tremblingly, "It's all because of my concubine's fault... My lord calm down."

She has been married to her husband for eight years, and she has long been used to the other party's frequent beatings and scolding. It is a safe "solution" for her to bow her head and admit her mistakes at this time.

The female envoy on the side also lowered her head firmly and remained silent.

"Calm down?" King Hedong sneered heavily, "Could it be that you are blind, didn't you see the humiliation of this king at this time? How do you want this king to calm down!"

Hearing this, Princess Hedong timidly raised her eyes and looked over.

The husband was completely soaked, his clothes were stained with mud, his hair was in a messy bun, his eyes were red and swollen, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

Princess Hedong couldn't help but take another look at her husband's toad-like eyes.

I don't know who did it?
Is that Mrs. Ji's family?
how does it feel to...

Why do you feel a little relieved?
Seeing her husband's gaze sweeping over, Princess Hedong quickly lowered her head: "There are clothes in the car, I will change your clothes for you..."

King Hedong didn't speak, he closed his eyes to suppress his anger.

Princess Hedong took the robe and carefully changed it for him.

"...It's just a worthless slut, I think this king really praised her! The next time I bump into this king's hands, this king will tell her not to live but to die!" King Hedong said with dark eyes.

When Princess Hedong lowered her head to help him take off her robe, he suddenly raised her hand and threw it away heavily: "Clumsy trash! I touched my king's wound!"

He gritted his teeth in pain, looked down at his bruised wrist, thought of the scene where he was dragged and thrown into the pond, wished he could crush his back teeth, and said word by word: "Xiao Mu... this king will sooner or later... You cut it into pieces, chop it up and feed it to the dogs!"

How dare a dog bark its teeth at him!

Seeing his hideous expression, Princess He Dong didn't dare to approach him for a moment.

This actually annoyed King Hedong again: "Idiot, what are you still doing!"

Princess Hedong had no choice but to stretch out her hand to continue changing clothes.

After changing his robe with trepidation, Princess Hedong poured a cup of hot tea and held it in front of him.

Just as King Hedong took it with a sullen face, the carriage that was running smoothly stopped suddenly, causing him to hit the wall of the carriage, and the hot tea in his hand splashed on him.

The King of Hedong was very annoyed, smashed the teacup with a "slap", and cursed angrily through the curtain of the car: "The car can't even drive well, this king sees that you are all tired of working!"

Princess Hedong hurriedly signaled the envoy to check and inquire.

The female envoy hurriedly raised the curtain of the car, and asked the guard driving the car, "Why did you stop... ah!"

Before she finished her question, the female envoy screamed with a pale face, her hands trembled in horror, and the car curtain fell again.

King Hedong couldn't bear it anymore: "You're all bewitched by his mother!"

He was immersed in anger and couldn't calm down, but Princess Hedong felt something strange, when she stretched out her hand to open the car curtain again, her lips trembled: "My lord, my lord..."

King Hedong glanced over with angry eyes, only to see that a sharp arrow pierced through the back of the guard, and the bloody arrow shone coldly under the light of the wind lamp in front of the car.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a monthly ticket, there will be a small explosion in two days~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)