Prosperous Concubine

Chapter 470
Seeing him being silent for a long time, the emperor said with a gloomy face, "Zhao Hai, undress the prince, and examine the wound..."

Seeing that Zhao Hai received the order and was about to walk in front of him and take off his clothes, Duan Zixi raised his head high and said proudly: "There is no need to examine, I have injuries on my chest and back, because I was shot when I ran out of the dark room." In an ambush, I was stabbed several times by those powerful killers and almost died, but I definitely did not assassinate my father..."

The emperor's sharp gaze was like a sharp arrow, and he shot at Duan Zixi: "How can there be such a coincidence in the world?"

Duan Zixi smiled wryly. He didn't know how such a coincidence happened. He was injured on his chest and back, and the assassin was also injured in a similar position. This must be a trap deliberately set by Concubine Ye Gui and Prime Minister Ye!
"I punished you to kneel in the dark room, but you were not convinced, and hated me so much that you ran out to assassinate me?" The emperor looked at Duan Zixi coldly, with two clusters of anger burning in his eyes.

Duan Zixi gritted his teeth secretly: "Duan Zicong plotted against my son, and caused him to be punished in a dark room. What I hate is that he is not the emperor..."

"Stop sophistry!" The emperor interrupted him sharply, his pupils full of storms: "If you didn't assassinate me, why would you have an assassin's red spider on your wrist? If you didn't assassinate me, how could you have the scars that an assassin should have? ?”

"I gave you a supreme status, a respected status, and endless glory and wealth. I even promised you the position of prince. After a hundred years from now, all the great rivers and mountains of the White Tiger Kingdom will be yours. Why are you in such a hurry? Want to grab it?"

Duan Zixi looked at the emperor's furious expression, and knew that he had identified himself as an assassin, no matter what he said, he would think it was sophistry.

"Father, your son is more than one son. You have given all the most beautiful and best things to this son. Your other sons will be jealous. It is not surprising that you framed Erchen and robbed this great river and mountain." .”

Simply arguing that the emperor would not listen, Duan Zixi did the opposite, and analyzed the various interest relationships among the royal heirs to him. The clear and light voice pointed out the most important point, and also extinguished the emperor's a little bit. Anger: He is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and he is used to all kinds of open and secret fights, conspiracies, and Zixi's affairs. It is not ruled out that someone deliberately plotted...

Seeing the emperor's eyelids drooping, Prime Minister Ye stared thoughtfully, and said casually: "Princes are mostly children around ten years old, and they only want to have fun, so they shouldn't have such heavy thoughts... ..."

Duan Zixi sneered disdainfully: "Prime Minister Ye is not a prince, how do you know they don't have such ambitions?"

"If His Royal Highness can explain the origin of the red spider on his wrist and the scars on his body, the princes are indeed doubtful..." Prime Minister Ye said in a low voice, smiling maliciously.

"You put the red spider on Bengong's body, and the scar is the masterpiece of your daughter Ye Yuan. Bengong explained it clearly enough!" Duan Zixi smiled slightly, with an indescribable irony and coldness in his smile.

Prime Minister Ye's face darkened in an instant: "The integrity of the old minister can be shown by the sun and the moon, please don't spray blood on others..."

"Stop arguing." The emperor sternly interrupted the two of them, and a dark light flashed in his sharp eyes: "There are many doubts about Zixi's assassination, and I will investigate carefully before making a decision. However, Zixi is now Are you convinced that the suspect will be locked up in a prison until the matter is found out?"

"Father is wise, and my son has no objection." Duan Zixi said leisurely, looking up at Prime Minister Ye, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: it is a fox that will show its tail one day, as long as father investigates carefully, he will be able to find out Find out the truth, return his innocence, and bring the real assassin to justice!

"The emperor is wise." Prime Minister Ye said in a low voice, with a meaningful smile curled up at the corner of his mouth: things are developing in the direction he expected.

The news that the prince is an assassin spread, and there was an uproar in the court. Some people doubted, some waited and watched, and some believed in the prince, and pleaded for him: "Your Majesty, the prince is only fifteen years old, and he is an upright man. He has no so-called wolf ambition, let alone cruelty." To assassinate my own father, I thought that he must have been set up by someone."

"Your majesty, I also feel that the crown prince would not do such a rebellious thing..."

"The prince must have fallen for the villain's tricks, please the emperor to investigate clearly..."

Sentences of sincere and good words lingered in his ears, the emperor's sharp eyes were filled with black mist, and he glanced lightly at the ministers kneeling on the ground: General Jiang, Li Shangshu, Wang Taiwei, Qi Taifu...

They are all founding fathers, brothers who fought side by side with him and Ye Ge on the battlefield, brothers who have lived and died together, they are eager to intercede for Zixi, because they trust Zixi, and they deeply believe in Ye Ge, As for him, the Ninth Five-Year Master, they were respectful, careful, and prudent, but they lacked that important trust.

A deep melancholy welled up in my heart: "I also believe that the prince was wronged, but he has the red spiders and scars that only assassins have on him, so he is the most serious suspect. If I let him go like this, the court will Many people inside and outside the hall will be dissatisfied, and if you want to return Zixi's innocence, you must thoroughly find out the truth..."

The officials looked at each other. They thought that it would take a lot of words to convince the emperor, but the emperor had already figured it out.

He is an emperor with extraordinary abilities, so naturally he will not be easily deceived by falsehoods, but all the evidence points to His Royal Highness, the situation is not good for him, and it is not easy for him to get rid of the suspicion.

"Your Majesty, I would like to investigate this matter and restore His Highness the Crown Prince's innocence." General Jiang asked for his order.

"General Jiang has a heart. I have sent the leader of the secret guard to investigate personally. I believe the truth will be found out soon, and the prince will be innocent." The emperor glanced at him, and his indifferent voice revealed indescribable majesty.

General Jiang has a lot of contact with the hidden guards of the palace. He knows that they are the elite of the elite, and the leader of the dark guards is the head of the elite. The prince is still a child, so he can't stay in prison for long, the sooner he gets out of prison, the better.

"Your Majesty, I know that the secret guards like to investigate things in secret. I can start from the bright side and cooperate with the leader of the secret guards. Wouldn't it be possible to find out the truth faster."

"The person who framed the prince is very smart. If there are too many people investigating, they may startle the snake and make them aware. If the evidence is destroyed, it will be difficult to clear up the suspicion of the prince killing his father." The emperor's sharp eyes darkened. The light flashed.

General Jiang lowered his head and remained silent, with a hint of meaning in his pupils.

Seeing that the ministers no longer had any objections, the emperor's eyes darkened: "I'm a little tired, all the loves should step down." The deep voice revealed indescribable exhaustion.

It is very painful to be assassinated by the parent and child whom I have given high hopes for, even if he was framed by someone, as a father, he would feel very uncomfortable, the ministers looked at the emperor's ugly face, and saluted wisely: "The humble minister resigns. "

(End of this chapter)