Solitary pet

Chapter 260

The sage sits on a high seat and looks down.His eyes touched the crown prince on the far left, his pupils tightened, as if he was probing.

He called out, "Prince?"

The crown prince raised his head suddenly, and came out from the desk, "My son is here."

Before leaving the East Palace, he changed his clothes again and washed his face, applied hot water to his swollen eyes from crying, and lightly dabbed with white powder, which could cover seventy to eighty percent of the eyes.

Pointing to the ongoing singing and dancing, the sage asked, "How about this song and this dance?"

The prince buried his head low, his voice was not hoarse at all, and he answered cleanly and resolutely: "The song and dance from Gongyufang is naturally the best in the world."

The sage nodded without saying anything, stroked his sleeves, and signaled the prince to sit back.

The prince took his seat again, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Dong Jiling Wang Ling who was sitting across from him to raise his glass as a signal. Wang Ling winked and signaled the prince to find a chance to toast.

Everything is ready, and everything will be logical when the sage drinks the poisoned wine.When the crown prince ascends the throne, they can also survive the disaster, and get their wish to become important ministers who support the emperor.

The prince avoided his gaze and pretended not to see it.

You can hide for a while, but you can't hide for a lifetime.Wang Ling clasped his hands on the jade that matched his waist.It was predicted in advance that if the prince was still unwilling to act, then they had no choice but to plan for the worst.Yu Jue buckled three times, then threw Jue, imprisoning the saint on the pretext of catching the assassin.

The prince's heart was almost hanging in his throat, and when Wang Ling clasped his hand for the third time, the prince stood up, raised his glass and said in a pilgrimage, "Father, this wine is very good, and I would like to toast you. "

The sage stared at him thoughtfully, then looked away, and said, "Okay."

The prince wanted to ask the sage to end the banquet early, so as to avoid hurting the innocent in case of accidents later.Difficult to find a legitimate reason to speak, but the sage took the lead and said: "The banquet is over, everyone should leave, the prince stays with me to pour wine and drink."

So I got my wish.The crown prince heaved a sigh of relief, not daring to look towards Wang Ling.

There were only two saints and princes left in the hall, and the saint ordered someone to take another jug, and the little eunuch who served the wine respectfully brought the drinking utensils, and looked at the prince with a thunderous momentum.

The prince instantly understood that this little eunuch must be their insider.He fixed his eyes on the delicate wine jug in front of the desk, turning left for wine and turning right for poison, they prepared it.

The sage looked at him with a smile, as if waiting for him to pour the wine.The prince hesitated for half a second, then reached for the flagon.

Once poured into the cup noodles, it almost overflowed.The sage was not in a hurry to drink, looked at the prince with a smile, and asked, "Thinking about the three months, I think you have made great progress."

The prince humbly said: "My son knows his mistake."

The corner of the saint's mouth twitched, and for a moment, a contemptuous and helpless smile flashed across his face.This son is indeed too mediocre, and he can't even hear the meaning behind what he said.

This improvement is not about the false flattery that the prince is now pretending to be.

Forget it, since the opportunity has been given, the next thing is destined to be destiny.

The sage didn't say much, he raised his glass and touched the prince's glass.Perhaps because of the undying love for flesh and blood, the sage asked: "The prince wants to toast today, but what do you want to say to the emperor?"

Such a gentle tone reminds me of yesterday, like the prince's childhood full of jealousy and annoyance.The crown prince shook his head, "What I want to say, I have already said."

A blunt and stubborn response.The sage snorted softly, turned the wine glass that was dangling to his mouth, and handed it to the prince, "The prince is so filial, why don't you drink this glass for the emperor?"

As soon as he said this, the prince understood almost immediately that the Eastern Palace Party's plan had failed.Saint, he has been on guard for a long time, today's banquet is just a catch in a urn.

For some reason, the prince suddenly felt relieved, the $E6AC should be resolved by him alone, but after all, he was pushed forward again, the order of the sage, as always, he just had to follow it.

At that moment, the prince remembered the trembling and uneasiness when he was lying in Chen An's arms this morning, yes, he was not afraid of treason, not afraid of death, but afraid of failure.For the first time in his life, he made up his mind in front of a saint, and he was worried that something would go wrong.

Oh, now that I think about it, there is nothing to be afraid of.Look, the emperor asked him to drink, it was supposed to be the glass of wine that he made up his own mind to drink, but in the end it was the emperor who made the decision.

This time, the prince didn't tremble, he obediently took the glass of wine from the saint's hand, just like he had done many times before, and drank it without any hesitation.

The sage sneered, he was about to expose this stupid treason and the prince's clumsy tricks, and when he laughed at the prince who couldn't even do a treason, the prince snatched the jug on the case, pressed the top of the jug, and put it inside Splash something, then pour it down in one breath.

This series of actions only happened within a few seconds.The movement was fast enough for the sage to blink, but the sage was stunned. There was poison in the jug.

And the cup handed to the prince from his hand was actually not poisonous.Although treason is a serious crime, blood is thicker than water.

The saint stepped forward to snatch it, with a panicked look on his face.The prince vomited blood, grabbed the sage's sleeve, and said to him comfortingly: "Aye, don't worry, I added some arsenic, and I will surely die." Only after he died, the matter could be truly resolved.The son that Aye disliked the most, will never be an eyesore again.

The sage was startled, and he wanted to call the imperial doctor, but the prince hugged his legs.

The sage turned his head, lowered his body slowly, and supported the prince, his voice trembling, "You don't have to do this."

The prince stretched out his hand with the last bit of strength, gesturing in the air, "Aye, I just want to be your good son, the best one. I... I have never..." The breath became weaker and weaker, and the saint had to I lowered my head to listen, and heard him struggling to squeeze out a few words: "...No betrayal...Aye...you have to believe me..."

And then, never again.

The prince stared, breathless.But his hands were still tightly clenched, with four fingers clenched tightly and his thumb protruding, which was a gesture of praise.

When the princes were young, every time the sage praised him, he would make this gesture and praise him loudly: "My good son!"

The sage turned his eyes away and leaned forward, without any tears, his throat itched, and he vomited blood violently.

According to official historian records, in June of the 24th year of Mingqing, Crown Prince Renxiao Shen Mo suddenly fell ill and collapsed in Qiantian Palace at the age of 30.At that time, the Crown Princess Wang committed suicide by hanging herself, and was buried in the cemetery with Crown Prince Renxiao.In August of the 25th year of Mingqing, Empress Zhaoxian Sizi became ill and died in Chengtian Palace at the age of 46.

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