Raise a wolf cub to be a minister

Chapter 695 Chapter 696, Palace Banquet and Theater

This is really incest!

Before everyone could explore it, another piece of news blew up the court, and the crown prince was killed.

It is well known that the crown prince has been in poor health, but there is no need to die so suddenly.

Especially at this juncture when it was reported that the emperor and the eldest princess were suspected of incest, it really looked like they were pulled out to divert attention.

The officials thought of this, and the emperor of course also thought of it. If it was really him who did it, then forget it, but he didn't need that. After all, the crown prince is also his son. To kill him, Gong Bian found an excuse to kill him that day, so there is no need to wait until now.

At the moment, the emperor was furious, and ordered the Department of Penalties to cooperate with Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the sudden sudden death of the prince, and it was imperative to find out why.

The prince of a country died so suddenly within a few days of the beginning of the year. This was challenging the majesty of the emperor, and it was also touching the emperor's bad luck. It was really unlucky that the prince died at the beginning of the year.

I don't know where the rumors started, but they just ran around so quietly, and by the time they were noticed, they had spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital city. The content was even more taboo. By the time of the palace change 21 years ago, the night sky full of fires lit up the entire night sky of Kyoto.

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but recall that night full of fire, and the prince Zhao Yun who was forgotten by time, that Zhilanyushu who was gentle and elegant, Zhao Yun who was praised by everyone, the eldest son of the first emperor, and the outstanding prince in the eyes of the people.

The death of the crown prince can be investigated in a legitimate way, but he dare not reveal the rumors about Zhao Yun, because if he is angry or suppresses, he will appear very guilty. After all, he is a brother who lost his brother, isn't he? A younger brother who killed his older brother.

But that doesn't mean you can't investigate secretly.

At the same time, the emperor's feeling of having a hand secretly controlling it became stronger.

After several days of investigation, the result of the sudden death of the prince finally came out, it was the Seventh Prince's manipulation before he left.

The Seventh Prince has already been exiled, and there is no point in adding an imperial edict at this moment.

Besides, the prince is not in good health, so he can't last for a few days.

This can be regarded as the emperor favoring the seventh prince, and the day of the palace change was not the emperor favoring the prince.

They are all sons of the emperor, and one has already died. It is not easy to kill another one. However, although the emperor did not add an imperial decree to grant death, he moved the fiefdom of the seventh prince to a barren place. It can be regarded as an explanation to the courtiers.

And some princelings didn't say anything on the surface, but they wouldn't be so ambiguous in private. After all, although the emperor didn't kill the seventh prince, the meaning of not caring was already obvious, so they would have to do something. Much more convenient.

The prince's sudden death was settled, and the prince's funeral was also settled.

In order to appease the prince's family, the emperor rewarded the grandsons and continued to let them live in the East Palace. This can be regarded as giving hope to the princelings, and at the same time setting a target for other princes, even though those princes are about the same age as the emperor's grandchildren.

The prince's matter was pressed, and the topics about Zhao Yun dissipated inexplicably, as if it was really only because of the prince's matter that it was brought up for discussion.

And the matter of the eldest princess's incest with the emperor disappeared just like that, and no one ever mentioned it again.

For a while, the entire capital city returned to calm, but this calm looked like the calm before the storm. It seemed calm, but the dark tide was raging, and it was full of suffocation. I tried to find out what was wrong, but I was stunned. Can't find it.

This kind of atmosphere has been maintained for nearly two months, and nothing happened. The emperor felt that he might have thought too much, probably because he had been in a high position for a long time, and people could not help but think too much.

Just when the emperor was relaxing, a concubine had a miscarriage in the palace. This is normal. The emperor never took the methods of the women in the harem to heart. If he couldn't survive, it was because of his own incompetence.

After some time, the prince died suddenly. The emperor couldn't bear it anymore. After all, he was already several years old. This challenged his authority.

Immediately ordered a thorough investigation, and in the end it was still attributed to the struggle between the concubines, which was well-founded. This kind of incident was not unheard of in the harem. The emperor was a little uncomfortable but he didn't think it was wrong.

It is a serious crime to mutilate the emperor's heir, not only the concubines are capital crimes, but their families are also affected.

When a prince died, the emperor thought it was okay, but when accidents happened one after another, the emperor couldn't sit still, and ordered Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate thoroughly.

After this tossing, the time unknowingly arrived in May.

In recent days, the whole Chaotian seems to be full of smog, and a festive atmosphere is needed to dilute the smog.

So a palace banquet was held in the palace to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

This was the first time that the palace held a banquet for the Dragon Boat Festival to invite all officials, but it was not different, that is, the theme was the Dragon Boat Festival, and it was no different from the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet and New Year's Eve Banquet.

The eldest princess Zhao Qianhe, who had been imprisoned for half a year, reappeared in front of everyone after half a year. When they saw her suddenly, they realized that half a year had passed unknowingly.

Zhao Congxuan, the owner of Minghui County, came with him, but Zhao Congxuan is no longer as noble as before. After all, she is a widow of a dead man. The princess's hands and feet are said to be having an affair with the eldest princess.

No, it should be that the eldest princess is having an affair with His Majesty.

As soon as they saw Zhao Qianhe, the hearts of gossip that had been extinguished because of the prince's sudden death were rekindled.

But no one dared to say anything directly, they just murmured in their hearts, after all, when it came to the emperor, it wasn't that they didn't want to live anymore, and no matter how miserable Zhao Qianhe was, she was always the royal princess, and courtiers and wives like them couldn't talk about it.

The emperor simply said a few official words, and the banquet began.

The banquet is still the same old style, with singing and dancing to add to the fun.

Just in the middle of the process, the whole hall suddenly went dark.

To this, everyone didn't react much, and some performances had this atmosphere.

Sure enough, the center of the hall suddenly lit up.

The light around it was dim, and the light in the middle was bright, which inevitably focused everyone's attention on it.

"Congratulations brother, the number one scholar in high school." There were two people standing in the middle of the field, one congratulating the other happily.

"Thank you brother." The other person was very humble.

"Brother has been extremely outstanding since he was a child, and he deserves the title of champion..."

Everyone listened to the younger brother's compliments to his elder brother, and it was just a play, but they really didn't see what kind of play it was.

Immediately afterwards, the elder brother was promoted all the way to the top rank. During this promotion, the elder brother took good care of the younger brother, and the younger brother also got fame and fortune.

The whole process showed brotherhood and respect, which made people feel warm and affectionate.

(End of this chapter)