Shengshichun

Chapter 308 Yi'er!

Xu Yin lifted up his robe and lay low on the ground.

The prince's eyes stayed on his back for a long time, then moved to the window: "It's rare for Mr. Xu to be so sincere."

Xu Yin raised his head: "I will go through fire and water for His Highness, even to the death."

The prince raised his hand to signal him to get up, and then stepped out of the curtain and said, "I am very pleased that you are willing to treat me like this. You also know that what happened back then was not done intentionally by me, but that Prince Rong was not reliable in his work." . It caused all these troubles and gave me a headache.”

Xu Yin bowed deeply: "Fortunately, His Highness was wise and took action to suppress it in time, so that no one knew about it later."

"However, we still let Pei Zhan know." The prince looked at him, "And just now you said that the emperor arranged for Pei Zhan to be stationed at Prince Rong's Mansion because the emperor also began to suspect."

Xu Yin lowered his head.

"So, this matter was handled very unfairly by Prince Rong's Palace." The prince sat down, "Back then, out of his trust in Yang Zhan, Gu Gu asked him to handle the matter well. As a result, he not only messed up the matter, but also left With the handle in hand, what does King Rong want to do by hiding the fan? "

Xu Yin raised his hand and said: "Prince Rong's palace is so deep, it really shouldn't be."

"Since you don't think it should be done, do you know what to do?"

Xu Yin raised his head and met his cold gaze.

This pair of eyes suddenly revealed the humility and impatience that were different from what he had seen in the past. The clues of a prince who was carefully cultivated by the founding emperor who was civilized and military in governing the country suddenly appeared.

Xu Yin looked down at the ground: "I obey your order."

The prince put his hands behind his back and turned his face to the window. The morning sun shone in, and his face suddenly brightened. "I have always heard that Minister Xu is a rare talent with profound knowledge. After having two in-depth talks with you recently, I know that what outsiders say is true. I am relieved to leave the matter to you. I have already asked my mother to let you come to the East Palace and serve as the Chancellor. Within three days, I hope you will come to me with good news to receive the appointment order."

"I dare not make any mistakes." Xu Yin leaned forward again.

After standing up, he glanced at the prince and bowed again: "I take my leave."

The prince nodded and watched him go out.

As the figure went away, the prince's expression became gloomier little by little.

"Your Highness!"

Upon seeing this, Jinbao came over worriedly.

"Tell a few people to follow Xu Yin and see if he is honest."

Jin Bao said: "If he doesn't do it, what will happen?"

"If he doesn't do it, then do it for him." The prince glanced at him, "Since he chooses to swim in this water, then whether he does it or not, he has decided on this matter."

Jinbao understood and bowed his head. "How should Qianqing Palace deal with it?"

The prince straightened his robes and said slowly: "Why are you panicking? Didn't Gu already be prepared six years ago?"

……

The case in Baiyu Hutong was narrated by Liang Ning and Mrs. Ning, who were witnesses, and Zhang Shicheng's confession in Baihe Temple. It was very clear from beginning to end.

After Pei Zhan finished his statement, the emperor and the queen all responded in silence.

It wasn't until the air in the room seemed to have solidified that the Queen stood up slowly: "Will you ask someone to go back and bring me the blood-stained dagger?"

Pei Zhan lowered his head and said, "I have asked the guards to bring the dagger with them. They are waiting outside the palace at the moment. If you want to see me, you must ask me to send someone to get it from the guards at the gate of the palace."

"Come here! Go to the palace gate!"

The queen sternly sent people off, then walked up to Pei Zhan and the others: "You haven't said anything about Princess Rong's death yet!"

"Yes!" Pei Zhan bowed his head and told everything from when Chu Yu was injured to when he returned to Prince Rong's Mansion pretending to reconcile, and then what happened on the night Princess Rong was killed, "The reason why Princess Rong ended up like this This ended up all because Xu Yin instigated him to look for the fan.

"As for this fan, I guessed that it was closely related to the murder in Baiyu Hutong, so I paid close attention when I learned that Xu Yin had this intention.

"That night in the ancestral hall of Prince Rong's Mansion, I saw with my own eyes that Xu Yin pushed Princess Rong into the sword formation of the guards to escape. But when the lanterns of the guards of the Prince's Mansion who broke in were destroyed, I snatched this sword. fan!"

When Pei Zhan said this, he took out the jade bone fan from his arms and presented it to him.

The queen took it in her hand, and as soon as her eyes touched the phoenix pattern on the fan, her weathered face suddenly turned white, and then she opened the fan——

The emperor and the empress were a young couple who shared weal and woe for most of their lives. The emperor went from commanding an army, to an uprising, to gathering rebels from all over the country to fight in the north and south. There was never a day when the emperor was not by his side.

Except for not going into battle to kill the enemy personally like the emperor, she has faced all the other difficulties and obstacles.

The admiration of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty for the queen also came from his bravery and courage.

But now when she saw this fan, she showed unprecedented panic!
"Saburo!"

She handed the fan to the emperor with trembling hands. As her eyes raised, everyone realized that the emperor's eyes were already sparkling with light!

"This fan, this fan is definitely hidden in King Rong's hands?!"

"I dare not lie even half a word."

The murder case in Baiyu Hutong has been traced so far. Pei Zhan and the others have realized in their hearts that it is not an ordinary case. The purpose of going to the palace today to state everything before and after is mainly to expose Xu Yin. The emperor's reaction along the way was pretty good. Calm, but they didn't expect that when they saw this fan, they all became restless!

"Sure enough, the clue is with him!"

The queen's voice also trembled, and she grabbed the emperor's hand, "The information they tracked is correct. Yi'er has been looming for so many years, and she still doesn't know where she is. Prince Rong's palace did have an intervention!"

The emperor returned and held the queen's skinny hand. Tears filled the eyes of this man who had never flinched in the face of hardships and never surrendered in the face of the huge moon and thousands of troops. Among the people present, Pei Zhan and the Liang brothers were very confused. Du Mingqian, who didn't know the whole story until today, was even more shocked and indescribably shocked!
"May I ask, Madam, who is the 'Yi'er' you are talking about?"

When Pei Zhan and Liang Chen heard this, they suddenly looked at each other.

The queen stood up, her thin body hunched forward: "Yi'er, he is the eldest son of the emperor!"

The three words "Emperor's eldest son" exploded above several people's heads like a thunder!

Pei Zhan felt as if his voice was floating from the horizon: "The emperor's eldest son - hasn't he disappeared for many years?"

To say that it has disappeared for many years is a mild statement, because this was more than 20 years ago!

In fact, none of the people present had ever seen the emperor's eldest son. Over the years, everyone only knew that the emperor and empress had three sons together. The eldest son born before conquering the world was separated during the war and was never found again. And the emperor and empress had three sons. Never mentioned it.

Therefore, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty thought that the emperor's eldest son was no longer alive, or that the emperor had given up looking for him, and that the emperor's eldest son was just a vague symbol in the minds of everyone who knew about it.

Who would have thought that at the moment when they were exposing Xu Yin, the eldest son of the emperor, who had never been mentioned before, would spit out from the queen's mouth?

Moreover, the emperor’s eldest son’s nickname was actually “Yi”er!

"He was just separated from us, he didn't disappear!"

The queen stepped off the couch, and she, who was usually calm and graceful, tripped over herself as she stepped forward.

Pei Zhan and Liang Chen both stepped forward to support her, but she brushed them away and said: "After we separated from him, we fought for two years. After two years, the country was settled, and we immediately sent people I searched everywhere along the clues from back then. In the war-torn times, it was hard to find someone, but I was careful when we parted ways. I swore that mother and son would see each other again in the future, so the people I sent out were not counted! Headless fly.

“Throughout those years, progress was slow but continued to uncover the places where he had stopped.

"But just a few years ago, there was suddenly no news about him!"

Pei Zhan couldn't help but feel confused: "I wonder how many years this is?"

The emperor also stood up at this time: "Six years! To be precise, it should be nearly seven years!"

This age has set off huge waves in the hearts of Pei Zhan and Liang Chen!

Pei Zhan took out something from his sleeve and said, "I have two more things here. They were taken out from the secret compartment where King Rong hid the fan on the night of the incident. Please ask the emperor and the empress to see if they recognize it." Got it!”

The emperor looked over and saw a folded letter and a bloody handkerchief.

When she saw the words embroidered on the handkerchief and the content written on the letter paper, the queen immediately raised her head: "This is exactly the handkerchief I left for Yi'er! The words on it were embroidered by me myself. There’s no way I’m going to admit my mistake!”

The emperor nodded, and after reading the contents of the letter again and again, he said slowly: "Why didn't you take it out together just now?"

"It's my fault! I know the importance of the fan, so I took it out just now because I wanted to ask the emperor and empress to identify who might own this thing? I didn't expect..."

When all the evidence convinced everyone that the identity of the deceased in Baiyu Hutong was unique, everyone had a vague suspicion in their minds that even if this person was not a member of the royal family, he must be very important to the clan!

Because only in this way is it worthwhile for Prince Rong and his son to be so frightened and desperately try to hide it, so much so that even the corpse of the other party has been destroyed, but they still have to keep these pieces of evidence in hand to protect themselves in the future!
No one would have thought that the deceased was so important that he was the eldest son of the empress!

The emperor put the letter on the kang table. His voice, which was already hoarse, seemed to be even more difficult to speak now.

"This letter is clearly a letter secretly instructing others to target Yi'er. Since it is all in the hands of King Rong, do you mean that King Rong was once instructed to attack Yi'er? They killed him in Baiyu Hutong This person is my Yi'er?"

As the emperor, when referring to his children at this moment, he actually abandoned all titles that showed his status. The family relationship in the world obviously did not differ based on his status.

Pei Zhan leaned over and said, "According to what my mother-in-law saw, it was a father and son who were killed in Baiyue Hutong. But I don't know how old the eldest son of the emperor is? Does he have any heirs?"

The last time the emperor said that the eldest son had completely lost news coincided with the time when the murder in Baiyu Hutong occurred. It was almost certain that the deceased was the eldest son.

But when it comes to the blood of the royal family, one must be extremely cautious and cannot tolerate any mistakes.

"He was already ten years old when he was separated from us. It was on our way north, in Huzhou to be precise. We happened to be stationed in Huzhou City at that time. We encountered an enemy attack that night. He was originally following his father. In the military camp - he was very brave and smart. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child and read military books. When everyone discussed combat strategies, he would listen quietly and ask questions when they didn't understand, so everyone liked to teach him. He, his father also loves him the most!
"The fight broke out that night, and he was also there. He rushed in with a short sword to protect me, but there were too many of us, and he only brought a few guards with him, and finally started fighting with the enemy.

"I thought about the worst outcome, so I left a fan for him, this one! I thought about dividing my troops in several directions to avoid the enemy soldiers. If I die in the future, I will leave this fan for him to remember. . If I am still alive, we will meet again with this fan!

“I remember very clearly that when he saw me making the decision of life and death, he just quietly took out the handkerchief I embroidered for him from his sleeve, wiped away my tears, and then firmly told me that we would definitely meet again. Yes, he said none of us will die!"

"Later, Your Majesty and the others finally defeated and dispersed the enemy, but when we counted the number of people, we discovered that he was missing!

"You can't see people alive, but you can't see corpses after death!
"We searched for three days and three nights, turning over almost every inch of soil in the city. Finally, a veteran guarding the city gate at the foot of the city wall said that he saw him riding a pony that night, with two The guards are out of the city!
"We quickly counted the number of guards, and sure enough, two guards were also missing!"

The queen said it in one breath, her body still stooped.

The emperor put his hand on his arm and tried his best to keep his voice gentle: "Minzhi is asking Yi'er's age. You calm down first, and we will find out what is going on first."

The queen fell on the edge of the couch, tears suddenly rolling down her face.

"My Yi'er was only ten years old, and he wanted to protect his mother with all his life, but when he just disappeared, as his mother, I am the queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I already have countless manpower and resources. Conveniently, after so many years, we haven’t even found out where he is!
"For so many years, there has not been a day that I haven't felt guilty about this! You know, he is our first child, and he was the one who accompanied us through our most difficult years!"

When the emperor heard this, a flash of pain flashed in his eyes.

He turned to Pei Zhan: "Yi'er was ten years old when she disappeared. Two years later we entered the capital and ruled the world.

"According to what you said, when the murder in Baiyu Hutong occurred, he was already twenty-eight years old.

"At this age, it would be completely normal for me to have a grandson.

"Now -" He raised his eyes and looked at the young generals in front of him, and finally his eyes fell on Liang Zhi: "Liang Zhi and Du Mingqian heard the order, and I will take you two to Prince Rong's Mansion immediately to bring Prince Rong and his son Yang Zhan, Zhang Huan, and Zhang Shicheng were all brought to the imperial court! There must be no mistake!
"I'm sending an order to the Minister of Dali Temple, the Young Minister of Dali Temple, the Censor of the Imperial Palace, the Deputy Censor of the Capital, and the Crown Prince——"

At this point, his eyes suddenly became sharp: "Let them all come before me!"

(End of this chapter)