Chapter 167 - ring ban
Regarding this case, the eldest prince had collected almost all the evidence and evidence before he came to file a complaint. The third prince was sitting at home with the pot coming from the sky. He just recovered from the shock that his father was poisoned, and found that He was identified as the murderer by the first prince, and even among the group of people who accused him, there were people from his own mother’s family.
Empress Xu is having a hard time with my son, so don’t even think about living a relaxed life. In order to ensure the fairness of the case, she wants to make things bigger to the greatest extent possible. The third prince’s crime must be convicted. The prince’s reputation for being aggressive and intolerant of his younger brother cannot escape.
In the end, there was a fuss, and no one wanted to let the fourth prince sit on the sidelines alone. Unfortunately, the fourth prince, who had always been arrogant and unruly, came back from Jiangnan and seemed to have changed his personality. , and even Wang An repeatedly attacked, but failed to drag him out of the closed door to recuperate.
After Queen Xu watched the excitement, she followed the evidence provided by the eldest prince and convicted the third prince in a “disappointed” way. First, he was confined in the prince’s mansion, and then she took the testimony and evidence to the emperor.
It stands to reason that it should come to an end, but King An vaguely sensed something strange from this incident.
He was indeed seriously injured, and he knew that he was in someone else’s scheme. Who else could this “other” be except the king above the temple?
Although King An hated, he also had his heart dormant for a while, especially when he was away, there were rumors in the capital that he “can’t” and could not let women have children, any man would be furious when he heard such words, not to mention King An has a very high self-esteem. How can he stand the sight of those who think he is obscure, exploratory, curious, or sympathetic?
There were quite a few boudoir girls who had never heard or understood those rumors, and secretly sent him handkerchief love poems, but in the eyes of people like An Wang who only had grand plans and didn’t admire women’s lust, they let him go. He was more irritable.
As a last resort, he gave up this good opportunity to strengthen himself, and was forced to be trapped in the mansion and recuperate in a low-key way like the fourth prince.
An Wang himself knew that the best way to get rid of these rumors was to make Xu Huan and others pregnant, but firstly, this was not in line with his original plan, and secondly, since he came back, Xu Huan looked at him with the same eyes. Strangely, even when he went to Bai Yinhua all day long, he was not as jealous and irritable as he used to be, but instead revealed something inexplicable.
An Wang intuitively thought that what was in her head was not a good thing. In addition to being upset, she didn’t even want to see her people. Bai Yinhua was crying every day to see her child, which made him feel guilty.
In the end, Hu Manrou was cheaper, and King An almost stayed with her for the first month when he came back.
Until the matter between the first prince and the third prince broke out.
Even if this series of events were driven by King An, the eldest prince could actually think of himself reporting the third prince for murdering his father. This way of hurting the enemy 800 and losing 1000 is too stupid for him.
If he did this, even if the third prince was convicted in the end, half of the people would suspect that it was the first prince who had tricked the third prince. Otherwise, why would he be so active?
Although everyone is looking forward to the weaker the opponent, the better, but Wang An can’t help but feel a little complicated. Are things going too smoothly?
In addition, is it really just an accident that the emperor found out that he was poisoned?
Did he really get poisoned or did he deliberately take the bait and wait for him to take the bait?
After thinking about it, King An could only ask Empress Xu to find out what happened to the emperor.
But Queen Xu sent letters to him several times in succession, either not replying, or just a few perfunctory words.
This made An Wang’s anger and anxiety intensify, and there was always a trace of unease telling him that something was wrong, but he couldn’t catch it.
Just when he was restless, he suddenly received a secret letter from Queen Xu. There were only a few words on it, but the content revealed was enough to make the court and the opposition turbulent.
The emperor is very likely to be really sick.
When she saw him, the emperor was not only pale, as if his hands and feet were weak, but the whole person seemed to have suddenly aged ten years. Only a pair of deep eyes was still very energetic, but it was difficult to hide the haggard and fatigue in his expression. .
In addition, she mentioned Bai Chu.
Before, they all suspected that the emperor had a private relationship with Bai Chu, but if it was for no reason, why did he suddenly want to bring people close to the palace, even if it was not sick, there must be some kind of change on the emperor’s side.
An Wang looked at it with a solemn expression on his sharp eyebrows.
It seemed that he really underestimated Bai Chuhua, she was able to earn one-third of an acre of land from the unfathomable emperor’s heart.
I knew earlier…
An Wang’s eyes dimmed, he knew earlier that he should have been more serious about people.
Controlling one person can affect the emperor and the Shen family at the same time. Such a good thing, if Bai Chu is still outside the palace right now, even if he loses half of the manpower, he will also arrest them.
That’s all, of course, if you miss him, you don’t have to worry about it. If you plan carefully in the future, there will always be opportunities.
An Wangjing waited for the charges on the third prince to be settled, and planned to secretly send someone to cut off his hands and feet, or at least leave an obvious scar on his body that would prevent him from succeeding to the throne. The evidence that the eldest prince secretly poisoned the emperor was revealed.
Of course, he would not be as stupid as the eldest prince to frame an individual and even compensate himself. He used the Xu family, then turned a corner, contacted the Shi family, passed the Ministry of Punishment, and quietly led others to investigate.
Most people dare not take cases involving the two princes.
Prince An was originally thinking of the fourth prince, but the other party was too calm and would not move no matter what.
Shi Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was the grandfather of Princess An Xu Huan. After the second prince was destroyed, he was both lured and threatened by Prince An and tied to his own boat.
It’s a pity that Shi Shangshu was intimidated by Junwei and didn’t dare to come forward clearly, so he pushed out his servant, saying that he had discovered all these evidences. , or decided to report the truth to the emperor.
These words not only plucked himself out, but also showed his loyalty.
It is indeed an old fox who has been trained for many years in the court.
It’s just that the third prince didn’t succeed in a day, so Prince An didn’t dare to release the evidence against the eldest prince.
If the third prince is released and proves his innocence, it will not be so easy to think about it.
Therefore, the staggered two sides gave the eldest prince a lot of time to adjust.
Suddenly, the eldest prince, in front of civil and military officials, admitted that he had thought of poisoning the emperor early one day, but when he was about to do it, he still stopped the loss in time due to the love of father and son.
While everyone was in an uproar, the eldest prince burst into tears and said with remorse that all of this was because King An instigated him behind his back, which intensified the malice in his heart and almost committed such sins that the world cannot tolerate.
Prince An was recuperating in the palace and did not come to participate in the early court, but there were other people who invested in his command to help him. Prince An had been recovering in the palace when he returned from the south earlier, so how could he come to murder the saint?
Prince An had a hand, and the eldest prince was not alone. The two parties quarreled in the courtroom, and finally the emperor interrupted them impatiently.
Said that since the eldest prince has evidence, then according to the rules of the third prince, the eldest prince and Prince An will be imprisoned in the palace, relieved of all duties, and reflect on themselves. After a thorough investigation, they will be punished.
No one said anything now.
The third prince is still the son of the sage, and it was accused that he was imprisoned in the prince’s mansion in disguise for poisoning the sage, let alone Prince An.
With the decree, Prince An’s mansion was turned upside down.
Only then did King An understand what was wrong with him. The emperor had long hated and abandoned Empress Xu, and even the palace regulations were unwilling to let him take power. Why was he suddenly willing to hand over the life and death of his two sons to her?
I’m afraid it’s just waiting to use it to block the Xu family and others.
How did Empress Xu lock up the third prince to monitor and rectify it at that time? How does the emperor treat Prince An now? If you think it is not good and unfair, are you targeting the empress or me?
Otherwise, why didn’t you respond when the third prince was about to go to jail, but you came to plead for Prince An now?
An Wang was so angry that he almost smashed the study with a knife, but at this time, anger had no other use than swallowing reason and making people do stupid things.
He tried his best to calm himself down, and the ice knife in his eyes could instantly freeze the air around him.
“Night Owl!”
“The slave is here!”
“Call Nighthawk here.”
“Yes!”
Compared to the terrifyingly quiet atmosphere in An Wang’s courtyard, the backyard of the palace was much more lively.
Xu Huan and Bai Yinhua knew of King An’s plot, and subconsciously thought that it was a plot to be exposed, and the saint had to settle the account after the autumn, and they scared themselves to death.
Xu Huan hurriedly sent a letter to her mother’s house. The catastrophe was imminent. She suddenly discovered that she, who had given everything and even her life for King An, felt strange in retrospect. Good king.
But if King An really wants to lose, she won’t follow him in this quagmire.
When the disaster is imminent, they will fly separately. They are not a loving husband and wife. The big deal will be divorce. Anyway, isn’t he always thinking about letting that **** from the Bai family be his wife?
It just so happened that on the day when King An was defeated, she would definitely fulfill the two of them with sincerity.
At this time, the grandmother carefully held a swaddle in her arms, stepped forward with a sincere and flattering smile, and asked softly, “Princess, the young master is awake, would you like to take a look?”
Xu Yan squinted at her, the indifference in her eyes made the grandma shudder unconsciously, “What are you doing to carry the child out in such cold weather? In case of a cold, I will pay for your life. Go back soon!”
“Yes, yes…” Grandma was so frightened that she hurriedly withdrew.
She adopted this child, firstly to protect her, and secondly, to add to Bai Yinhua’s troubles. It was natural to take good care of her, but it was impossible for her to show any kindness or motherly love towards this child.
Who told his parents to be so annoying!