Shengshichun

I have to say that as soon as the prince's words came out, the hall fell silent.

The emperor and empress supported them all the way, and they had a deep affection for each other. Even after the founding of the country, they took in several concubines. However, firstly, the emperor only went there for routine business, and secondly, because of the weight of state affairs, he did not have much energy to go to the harem. Therefore, only in the early years did the queen give birth to the prince and the third prince. Later, the emperor was busy dealing with the Great Moon War, and because he was getting older, no more heirs were born.

For a country, it is enough to have two legitimate princes to support the country. Even though the third prince is weak, the prince is very healthy and has a grandson, which can make the great Zhou court feel at ease.

But when the prince committed the crime of killing his brother and was about to be deposed because of it——

If the prince is deposed, it is naturally impossible for his heir to take over. The only person left to take over is the third prince.

But after the third prince fell seriously ill when he was young, he has been lingering with him until now.

As a rule, he would marry a wife and have concubines when he turned fifteen, but now he was eighteen years old before he could prepare to discuss marriage.

The key is that according to the imperial doctor who has been treating him for many years, it is hard to say when the marriage will be consummated and the child will be born, even if the marriage is agreed upon and the marriage is completed.

Everyone didn't say it, but they all knew in their hearts that the emperor would not be able to survive for many years. Can the third prince be able to carry the great Zhou Dynasty, which is full of waste and waiting for prosperity?
If he falls ill every three days, can he be able to control the civil and military officials of the dynasty?
The palace of his closest relative, Prince Rong, has also collapsed. If he fails to give birth to an heir, even adopting the crown prince from the clan will be a problem!
The royal laws of the country need to be respected and maintained, but the inheritance of the throne cannot be messed up at all. Even the meritorious officials in the government cannot see the achievements that the monarchs and ministers worked hard to build!

The prince's words were completely confident.

The queen was the first to be furious. She raised her hand and the teacup flew down at the prince's feet: "Treason! Are you threatening us?

"The abacus is so clear, you must have thought carefully about it! Your father and I have never been willing to be coerced by others! Even if you are our biological child, so what? You are sure that you must be the one to do it. ?”

It turns out that the censors of the capital and the minister of Dali Temple were still worried about the queen's womanliness and had some soft-heartedness. Moreover, this queen was also respected by the people in the world. Even if she felt sorry for the sudden incident, she could understand it. , so they couldn’t bear to speak out.

At this time, hearing the Queen's statement, the Imperial Censor couldn't help it. He walked out and said: "The Crown Prince first behaved rudely towards the Emperor, and then falsely accused the ministers of the court. In this way, aside from the case of the murder of the Emperor's eldest son, , just based on your remarks, you are not worthy of the crown prince status!
"Your Majesty! I agree that the prince should be sent to the forbidden palace first. After the truth is found out, if the prince's crime of killing his brother is correct, he will be deposed immediately!"

The minister of Dali Temple also came out: "Your Majesty is wise! The prince has no regard for human ethics and knows the law and breaks the law. He should be severely punished!"

The voices of the two ministers became louder one after another. At the same time, the guards heard the queen's summons and had already come in!
The emperor and the empress joined forces to start a business, and of course they were not willing to be led by others. Although the prince's words touched everyone's pain, this move was too urgent. After all, the imperial power was still in the hands of the emperor. Even if the prince was already prepared, he would have to It is still difficult to counterattack the emperor.

Xu Yin watched this for half a day, and then he picked up his robe before the guards and knelt down in front of the emperor and empress: "Reporting to the emperor, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is suspected, the facts are not clear at the moment. The hasty abolition of the reserve will cause unrest in the world. Please think again, Your Majesty!”

The emperor turned his angry eyes to him: "You still dare to come up?"

Xu Yin raised his head: "I don't know what the emperor means by this, but I would like to ask the emperor to make it clear."

The emperor said: "Six years ago, Prince Rong and his son killed the eldest son of the emperor. What role did you play in it? What involvement did you have?
"Three days after the emperor's eldest son was killed, that is, on the night of August 16th, what did you do? How did your fiancée, Liang Ning, the sister of Fuguo General Liang Qin, die?

"How did Princess Rong die a few days ago?"

Xu Yin responded: "Your Majesty, please check! The above has nothing to do with me! I have always worked conscientiously for the country and the people, and I have never acted beyond the rules. Please don't accept the instigation of traitors!"

"Traitor?" The emperor stretched himself, "Who do you mean?"

Xu Yin said with a serious face: "Your Majesty! Although I don't know what General Pei wants to do this time, I heard something about what he just said to the Zhang family and his son. It seems that General Pei found out about the murder of Prince Rong and his son. Some clues about the eldest son were reported to the emperor, but the emperor, even if Prince Rong and his son assassinated the eldest son, it could not prove that these crimes were related to others, let alone that it was not the murderous intention of Prince Rong and his son, even if General Pei submitted it. Such a letter, as His Highness said, can also be forged. There is no witness here, who can prove that His Highness was involved, not to mention that General Pei actually falsely accused me and slapped me with so many hats!

"I know that General Pei has made great achievements in pacifying the northwest, but he can hardly be called a great hero by acting like this! As an important minister, he sows the relationship between the emperor and his highness, father and son. What is his intention? Is he trying to avenge the eldest son of the emperor and solve the problem? Are you still not satisfied with the reward given by the emperor about the mysterious case six years ago, and are you using it as an excuse to try to shake up the country?
"Your Majesty! Queen! Prince Rong and his son died so timely. It is still unknown whether Pei Zhan set up a trick to block the mouths of Prince Rong and his son in advance so that he could confuse right and wrong in front of the emperor and spit on them. It is still unknown!
"Pei Zhan can use the hands of the emperor to depose the crown prince today, and he will be able to control the government with one hand in the future. It is not impossible that he will have the ambition to usurp the country in the future!"

If he didn't know the secret behind Xu Yin's skin, Pei Zhan would have believed him to be able to sing this drama!
Where is the murderer carrying two lives?
Isn’t this a remonstrance from a loyal and loyal minister?
Pei Zhan looked at him deeply and didn't care how emotional he was. He only began to think about the question that had been lingering in his and Fuzhen's minds for a long time. What did Xu Yin want to do?
If what Tie Ying guessed is true, and Xu Yin, as the Wing King who was ambitious and wanted to be the King of the Moon, had inherited his grandfather's last wish, then it would make sense for him to want to bring down the Great Zhou Dynasty. The prince was immoral. , even if he becomes the emperor, he will not win the hearts of the people. The handle is in Xu Yin's hands. In the future, when the time comes, he will shake off all this. The throne of the prince will definitely not be secure. At that time, he secretly operated again and used the strength of Zhou Dynasty to regain the country. Yue, it is not impossible for him to rise to the top by himself.

But the key point is that Xu Yin is not stupid. The evidence is now placed in front of the emperor. Even if the emperor does not kill the prince, suspicion has been buried. How could the founding emperor who conquered the country with his own hands be willing to hand over the country that he finally won to someone? Such a cold and cruel person? No matter how they performed the play, the prince would definitely not be able to pull it off.

Moreover, Xu Yin must have guessed that Tieying fell into his hands. If he was alert enough, he should also be wary of Tanzhou. Now that he was almost sure to capture the two of them, he still stood firm. With the prince, if he wasn't busy looking for opportunities to escape before entering the palace, why did he enter the palace instead?

He doesn't think that he can help the prince secure his position in this situation, and that his own secret can be kept, right?

Taking a step back, if Xu Thief's move to seek refuge with the prince was to fulfill his ancestral ambition, how could the prince tolerate him after his identity as a Dayue man was revealed? Although the prince is vicious enough, he will not let an enemy emperor stay by his side for nothing. He will not allow Xu Yin to realize his ambition at all!
Also, if Xu Yin took root in the Great Zhou Dynasty because he had designs on Dayue, what else had he done over the years besides winning over He Qunying?
Tie Ying had been checking him for so long, and only then could he find out the power of at most a few hundred people around him.

Even if these hundreds of people were all Jingwei, they wouldn't be enough for him to fight back to Dayue. With Otsuki's current national situation in decline, so what if he becomes the king? It was just a small subsidiary country that was flattened by the iron hoof of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
He stayed in the Zhou Dynasty and became a powerful minister, and he will be respected by others and his name will go down in history. Isn't it better than this?
Why is he doing this? Why rush to give the emperor eye drops?

At this moment, Pei Zhan put aside Xu Yin's slander and focused entirely on the logic behind his words!
The Queen watched Pei Zhan grow up with a certain degree of trust. She couldn't bear to hear Xu Yin go crazy: "You are also full of talents. I thought you could use them in the right way. Unexpectedly, you turned out to be so eloquent. The physical evidence is there." You are still confusing right and wrong right now!"

As she spoke, she placed the folding fan and handkerchief in the eunuch's tray on the table, "Open your eyes and look carefully!

"What's this?
"Is it this fan that you instigated Yongping to look for in Prince Rong's Mansion? Prince Rong and his son are dead, but Yongping is not dead yet!

"Do you want to explain why you knew that King Rong had this fan? And do you want to explain why you worked so hard to get it?!"

This was the first time Xu Yin saw this fan. Earlier, he had just guessed that the fan had been taken away by Pei Zhan. Now it appeared in front of him, which strongly confirmed his guess, which made him pause.

He quickly handed over his hand again: "My Majesty, I have never been involved in these matters, and I have not been deeply involved in the affairs of Prince Rong's Mansion.

“Originally, family scandals should not be publicized, but since General Pei falsely accused me, I have to speak out.

"I was selected as my son-in-law by Prince Rong because of my humble family status. I have not been respected by Prince Rong and his wife for many years. Princess Rong even verbally humiliated me in many ways in private. I am not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the palace.

"The previous time Yongping committed an offense, I never showed up to avoid suspicion, and Yongping still hates me. A few days ago, I was publicly attacked by Princess Rong at the funeral hall.

"She is very resentful towards me now, and what she said cannot be used as evidence!

"I don't know how much General Pei worked behind the scenes to get these relics of the eldest son of the emperor. But since such important relics are on him, it shows that he took them from Prince Rong's Mansion. How can the murderer of Princess Rong be the one who killed Princess Rong? Isn't he more suspicious?

"I also ask Your Majesty to investigate clearly and never believe his words. No matter how much I am looked down upon by Prince Rong's palace, the princess is still my mother-in-law. How could I kill her?"

"That's impossible for Liang Ning. I love her deeply and there is absolutely no reason to attack her!"

After saying that, he lay on the ground and kowtowed several times.

If it weren't for the attitude of the emperor and the empress, his self-defense would have been enough to stop people's mouths!
After all, the current situation is that the only witnesses, Prince Rong and his son, are dead! Although the evidence is evidence, it can only prove that he was killed by Prince Rong and his son. At the same time, the existence of the letter can at best prove that Prince Rong and his son were ordered by others!
As for who instigated them, there is no strong evidence!
After hearing Xu Yin's rebuttal, Pei Zhan continued to purse his lips and remained silent.

He had long been aware of the degree of insidiousness and cunning of the man named Xu, which was why he chose to enter the palace early to explain the story to the emperor.

He was not sure whether the prince was the real culprit who ordered King Rong to kill before that. Even if it were, he was not sure whether the emperor and empress would seriously depose the prince.

But the main purpose of him and Fu Zhen has always been to pull off Xu Yin's skin, let the cunning and cunning person reveal his true face in front of the emperor, accept the emperor's severe punishment, and then use the sharp blade of Wang Fa to kill him and complete his revenge. .

Under this situation, Xu Yin and the prince were able to counterattack calmly because they were relying on the fact that Prince Rong and his son had committed suicide out of fear of crime!

The only person who can personally testify against the prince is the real murderer, and the only person who can possibly testify against Xu Yin for killing Liang Ning, apart from Prince Rong and his son, there is no one else! In other words, if the murderers, Prince Rong and his son, could not come forward to identify him in person, it would still seem a bit unconvincing to take down Prince Xu Yin like this.

The evidence is incomplete, and this is their biggest weakness!

However, it was Liang Zhi and Du Mingqian who went to capture Prince Rong and his son. There was no way the two serious generals in the court could not handle this matter well!

To put it bluntly, even if Prince Rong and his son received the news in advance, wouldn't Fu Zhen be outside the palace?
Pei Zhan remembered clearly that when he asked Fu Zhen to follow him into the palace, Fu Zhen refused, saying that she had other things to do outside the palace.

What is she going to do?
She is not an ordinary woman, she was once a female general who could go into battle and kill enemies. She knows the importance of Prince Rong and his son better than anyone else. Will she neglect this aspect?
So, are Prince Rong and his son really dead?

Pei Zhan's silence became an opportunity in the eyes of the prince. He did not give anyone a chance to think about it, and then Xu Yin's words went straight: "What Shilang Xu said is true!

"What Pei Zhan said just now is just one-sided words. Who can prove that what he said is true?
"Father, whether your sons and ministers will inherit the throne is another matter. Keeping ministers like the Pei family in the court is a disaster for the Great Zhou Dynasty!

"Especially when he and the other three generals conspired to frame his sons and loyal officials in the court, they are about to turn the world upside down!
"Shouldn't you bring him to justice immediately? Such indulgence will damage Chao Zuna!"

The prince's voice resounded in the hall, which was completely different from the gentle and honest image he usually presented in front of others. The emperor and the queen looked at him with complex eyes, and there was something unfathomable hidden under their calm and self-confident expressions. The power of the emperor. (End of chapter)