The prince does not fight for the heir

It will take six days to arrive at the place where Empress Xiangchu's natal family is located, and there will be a short stop at two county government offices on the way.

It is said that being close to the hometown is more timid, and the queen has been away from her hometown for more than ten years.

The closer she was to her hometown, the more complicated her mood was. She couldn't even sleep well. She always tossed and turned and woke up early. The first sentence she asked was: "Are you there?"

"It's coming soon!" Madam Su comforted the Queen as she personally took care of the Queen's grooming.

Looking at the mirror on the dowry, the queen sighed with emotion: "The young man left home and the boss returned, and there are silver threads in my hair before I know it. Time flies so fast!"

Mother Su didn't know why, she was older than the queen, she was more than ten years older than the queen!
Fortunately, the queen quickly changed the subject: "How is the girl from the Fu family?"

Su Momo knew what she wanted to ask, so she forced a smile, and said, "This... maybe the crisis is not enough, the Fu family girl didn't have any special affection for His Highness, I heard that the Fu family girl herself also took action to greet him. The enemy..."

The queen gave a "tsk" sound: "Yunzhen, you bastard! You only suffered such a small injury, and your chances are gone for nothing!"

Madam Su was a little dumbfounded: "I forgot, the Fu family is a family of martial arts, and the girls of the Fu family have also practiced since they were young. They are not the kind of ordinary women who are weak and weak and will only turn pale in panic when they are attacked."

The queen smiled: "I didn't expect that there are also women who are both civil and military. I love this little girl from the Fu family more and more. Let it be that Yunzhen is unreliable! When I return to the capital, I will think of a way to help you. Yunzhen married her as Ben Gong's daughter-in-law."

While speaking, he suddenly felt a slight tremor in the hull of the boat. Looking out the window, the boat had gradually landed and stopped.

"Huh? Where is this? Why don't you go forward?" The queen was surprised.

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, this servant will go and ask."

Madam Su went out of the cabin door, caught the little eunuch outside the door for questioning, and came back soon, reporting to the queen with a little uneasiness: "Your Majesty! It is said that we have arrived at a county called Fengli, and your Majesty is temporarily stopping. The reason for staying here is because I received a message from Feige, and there is an urgent report from the rear, and I need to board the ship to report to His Majesty."

The queen frowned, very dissatisfied, it was only two or three days away from home, and she was delayed on the way, but there was no way, the only one who could send a direct message to Emperor Yuan'an was Heiwei.

It is a special institution directly under the emperor, which integrates investigation, arrest, and trial. It is no wonder that Emperor Yuan'an had to temporarily stop the ship to wait for the urgent report.

The queen and Nanny Su looked at each other, and could only wait patiently in the cabin.

At the same time, Yan Siyun also received news.

Fu Xuechen and Princess Zhiling, who came to visit again, exchanged glances. Princess Zhiling muttered in a low voice, "What kind of urgent report is it? Did the black guards catch all the rebel leaders who ordered their subordinates to attack us?"

"Maybe." Fu Xuechen wondered in his heart, always felt that even if the black guard caught the traitor behind the attack, he would not rush to report it, and he could wait for Emperor Yuan'an to arrive at the destination before reporting.

Not long after, a servant suddenly came to communicate, and Emperor Yuan'an ordered everyone to come to the deck.

Yan Siyun was the first to jump up and walk out, Fu Xuechen and Princess Zhiling hurriedly followed behind.

On the deck of the huge dragon boat, with its back to the cabin, almost all the accompanying civil and military officials gathered, lined up on both sides of Emperor Yuan'an who sat on the throne, and the fourth prince Yunzhen, the fifth prince Yunqi, and the seventh prince Yunyou Standing in a row behind him, beside Emperor Yuan'an is the queen's phoenix seat.

This battle...?
To the left of Emperor Yuan'an is the Queen's Seat, beyond that is Concubine Yi, on the right is Concubine De, and beyond that is Concubine Yue.

Seeing this, Princess Zhiling hurriedly dragged Fu Xuechen to stand behind Concubine Yi, and Yan Siyun took advantage of the opportunity to stand behind the queen's seat, which happened to be beside Fu Xuechen.

None of the three women dared to speak out to meet the emperor and the concubines. At this moment, a middle-aged man who looked like the leader of the black guard was bowing down to talk to Emperor Yuan'an. Prelude to.

"...After verification, this matter was all done by the remnants of Bailian. Here are the criminals and crimes!" The man said, and presented several rolls of confession with bloody fingerprints on them. Emperor Yuan'an.

Emperor Yuan'an unfolded the confession and read it one by one, his expression sank instantly, and he signaled Zheng Ze to pass the confession to the civil and military ministers on both sides to read.

I don't know what was written in those confessions, and the faces of all the ministers who saw the confession changed.

Ji Ze's hand holding the crime book trembled slightly: "Your Majesty! How...how is this possible?!" He didn't dare to accuse the crime book of being all nonsense, but turned his shocked eyes towards the queen. .

The queen noticed that many ministers were looking at her, and she couldn't help but startled, with a puzzled look on her face.

Emperor Yuan'an answered her doubts: "Queen, in the confessions of these gangsters, your confidant guard Jiang Qizhen was mentioned. It was this person who colluded with the Bailianhui rebels and launched the Yuhuangshan attack."

The queen was shocked: "Your Majesty! How is this possible?!"

Emperor Yuan'an didn't say much, he only ordered the leader of the black guard: "Bring the criminal up!"

The leader of the black guard waved his hand, and immediately four black guards escorted two blood-stained men with disheveled clothes and hair onto the dragon boat, and pressed the two criminals, whose hands and feet were chained, to kneel on the deck.

Emperor Yuan'an scolded in a cold voice: "True it! Look up, let your master recognize it!"

One of the prisoners tried to raise his head, his bloodshot eyes turned dully, and soon saw the Queen, he became excited immediately, struggled desperately, knelt down several steps towards her, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, save me!" ! Seeing that my subordinate has served you for 22 years, please save this subordinate...save..."

His injuries were extremely serious, and he fainted on the spot due to this excitement.

"Your majesty..." The queen looked at Emperor Yuan'an dumbfounded.

Emperor Yuan'an pointed to another prisoner, and said: "This person's nickname is Sweeping Chen Xiandao, and his lay name is Zhang Jiu. He is one of the four great protectors in the Bailianhui. It was because of the benefit of 3000 taels of silver from the truth that he planned the attack just now, with the intention of arresting the prince, princess and county master as hostages."

Emperor Yuan'an pointed out the truth again: "Jiang Qizhen confessed that he was ordered by the empress to join hands with Bailianhui to betray the whereabouts of the prince, princess and county master. Bailian will deal with the rebels, assassinate them on the spot, or take them as hostages!"

"Queen, I would like to ask you, what is your intention in colluding with rebels and murdering the descendants of the royal family?" Emperor Yuan'an's tone was not excited, but anyone could hear the anger suppressed in his chest.

"Your majesty!" The queen became excited, stood up suddenly from her seat, breathed heavily, and said angrily, "The concubine only has one sentence, which is all a false accusation! What colluding with rebels! What murdering the descendants of the royal family! How could the concubine do that?" Such a thing?! Jiang Qi is really the bodyguard of the concubine! But the concubine has never given him such a secret order!"

This is a complete denial!The queen is so strong, but it makes many people suspicious.

Emperor Yuan'an's voice was stern: "Queen! You have underestimated my black guards. Do you know that they have replayed the whole incident more than once?"

"All kinds of evidence show that from the moment Siyun decided to visit Yuhuang Mountain according to your suggestion, the Bailianhui would not be able to launch an attack when they arrived at the destination. The only possibility to do this is , It is to get the news a few hours in advance and arrange an ambush overnight."

"In fact, Jiang Qizhen has already confessed that he conspired with the Bailianhui, as early as the night before Siyun and the others decided to go to Jade Emperor Mountain for a tour! Then tell me, how did Jiang Qizhen know in advance that Siyun and the others would go to Yuhuang Mountain next time? How about visiting Jade Emperor Mountain today?"

The queen was stunned, and Emperor Yuan'an pressed on step by step: "Siyun! Tell me, why do you want to go to Yuhuang Mountain?"

Yan Siyun contemplated Ai Ai, looked at the Queen, and then at Emperor Yuan'an: "I...I..."

Emperor Yuan'an shouted: "Tell the truth!"

Yan Siyun was taken aback, Fang said nervously: "I, I went because I heard the empress's suggestion that Yuhuang Mountain is very good and there are many places worth visiting."

Emperor Yuan'an nodded, and looked at the queen with a dark face: "So, you are the one who came up with the idea of ​​letting Si Yun and the others go to Yuhuang Mountain! Only you can know it one night in advance, and Si Yun and the others will listen to you the next day. If you want to visit Yuhuang Mountain, only you can tell Jiang Qizhen to set up an ambush attack location with Bailianhui!"

"So, what else do you have to argue about?"

The queen was angry and anxious: "Your Majesty! How can you be so arbitrary that you must wrong the concubine? Do you know that the concubine will mention Yuhuang Mountain, and it is from Jiang Qizhen?!"

"The concubine understands! I understand! It's Jiang Qizhen! He was instigated by others to deliberately brag about the benefits of Yuhuang Mountain in the concubine's ears, which made the concubine fall for his evil tricks and introduce Yuhuang mountain to the concubine. After killing Si Yun, he happened to plan to ambush Si Yun and the others in Yuhuang Mountain! That's how it is! Your Majesty, you must be careful!"

Emperor Yuan'an watched the queen turn his head and pointed at Jiang Qizhen angrily, but he sneered and said: "Jiang Qizhen has followed you since the beginning of the fight, and has protected you loyally for 22 years. He is your confidant and beloved general. Who else can be instigated? You can tell me?"

The empress looked horrified and angry: "Your Majesty! Who is the real master behind Jiang Qizhen? Shouldn't His Majesty send someone to investigate? This person has been lurking by my concubine's side for 22 years, and I'm afraid it's just to give my concubine a fatal blow today! Who is the master behind him, and how does the concubine know as the victim?!"

"Also!" The queen looked at Yunzhen and the others: "Yunzhen! Yunqi! Zhiling! Siyun! Fu Xuechen! You are all witnesses to the incident, but you are talking about this attack. Who do you want to arrest? Who do you want to kill? Tell me!"

Yun Zhen took a few steps, lifted his robe and knelt in front of Emperor Yuan'an, with a solemn expression, and calmly said: "Father, please calm down! As far as I can see, the gangsters have no definite target, and even my son is within the attack range of the gangsters." Among them, the queen mother should not harm the children, there is still something strange behind this matter!"

Princess Zhiling also hurried out and knelt down: "Father! Fourth Brother is right!"

Yun Qi hesitated, knelt down but said: "I don't know, I don't see much in the chaos, not as clear as fourth brother."

Yan Siyun muttered: "I... I believe in the empress and cousin!"

Fu Xuechen was very sure: "Your servant can be sure, the gangster has no intention of killing, only of arrest."

The queen glanced at Fu Xuechen approvingly, and said to Emperor Yuan'an: "Did you hear that, Your Majesty? Yunzhen is the only child of my concubine. Which mother in the world would put her child in danger?!"

"Besides, Yunzhen came back with an injury that time, but the other children are fine. This is not enough to show that the person behind the scenes is really hurting Yunzhen? This is a poisonous plan to kill the concubine, mother and child. ah!"

Yun Zhen also chimed in: "I beg my father to continue to investigate! Return the children and ministers to the mother to be innocent!"

Emperor Yuan'an looked at Yunzhen, then at the other children, nodded and said: "Okay! Since there is still something suspicious about this matter, and the queen has repeatedly argued and refused to plead guilty, then I will ask someone to continue the investigation, you guys Get up!"

He changed the subject, looked at the Queen coldly again, and said, "Before the truth of the matter is found out, Queen, I have wronged you in the confinement cabin, don't come out! Someone, send the Queen back to the cabin!"

The queen took a deep breath, suppressed her anger and glanced at the unconscious Jiang Qizhen, and without waiting for anyone to invite, she saluted Yuan'an Emperor Fu: "Since that is the case, the concubine will leave and wait for the emperor to find out the truth."

After that, he turned and left.

"It's all gone!" Emperor Yuan'an waved his hand and left the deck with a calm face.

Concubine De, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Yue watched the excitement, but they didn't dare to show any other expressions. They returned to the cabin one after another with tense faces. The black guards took away the criminals, and the accompanying officials lived in another boat , At this time, they all disembarked.

Zhiling walked in front of Yunzhen, and called out with concern: "Fourth brother!"

Yun Zhen comforted her and said, "I'm fine."

Yan Siyun also came over and said: "Cousin! I believe the empress will be fine."

Yoon Zhen nodded his thanks: "I would like to borrow your good words."

Yun Qi accompanied Yan Siyun, but remained silent.

Fu Xuechen's eyes fell on Yunzhen's injured arm. Although there was a lot of blood that day, the injury was not too deep. After taking the medicine, it took only a few days and there was no need to bandage there. Judging by the flexibility, it has recovered a lot .

Yun Zhen took the initiative to look at her and thanked her gratefully: "Thank you Miss Fu for speaking justice for my mother!"

Fu Xuechen didn't expect him to thank him, so he hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you don't have to be polite! I'm just speaking from the facts!"

"That's enough!" Yoon Zhen didn't expect anything else. He knew that most of the time, telling the truth and telling the truth is already a very rare character for a person, and it is very important for those who handle the case. .

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