Chapter 38

"Perhaps something has delayed." the queen said, "why don't my concubine send someone to have a look?"

Emperor Qingming nodded, slightly frowned and said, "this child is still so confused..."

His aptitude and temperament may be natural. For his only son, he has exhausted his efforts to cultivate and guide. However, at the age of three, kaimeng is now ten. Let's not mention his political views. Even a very simple poem yesterday was stumbling

However, compared with qualification, what is more worrying is the weak body.

"Maybe it's really delayed." the queen didn't want him to add more worries. She took up a glass of wine and said with a smile, "my concubine, respect your majesty."

Emperor Qingming's eyes softened slightly and took the wine cup.

However, as soon as he put down the half empty glass, he saw a palace man running into the hall in a panic.

The palace man knelt down with a "plop", his face like earth, and his voice trembled: "your... Your majesty!"

"Why are you so panicked?" emperor Qingming's face was a little cold.

The officials sitting on both sides also put away their smiles and looked at the eunuch kneeling on the ground.

This is the Queen's birthday banquet, and there are envoys from other countries. It will hurt Daqing's face if the palace people lose their appearance like this.

I just don't know why?

However, under the gaze of many eyes, the eunuch not only didn't calm down, but cold sweat hit the ground along his cheek, but he hesitated: "tell your majesty, it's the prince... His highness..."

Emperor Qingming's eyes changed slightly and his voice was intimidating: "let's be clear, how's the prince --"

The palace man dared not hesitate any longer and hit his head heavily on the gold brick: "... His Highness the prince fell into the Fuyun pool... Drowned and unconscious!"

"What!"

Emperor Qingming's face changed greatly and stood up immediately.

The queen is also slightly trembling.

In a short moment, the atmosphere in the hall was earth shaking. The musicians and dancers knelt on one side with their breath held. All officials looked shocked. There were some women's family members who had not heard clearly during the banquet. They secretly asked the people around them with their eyes.

Emperor Qingming had already stepped down the jade steps, and the queen followed her with a dignified face.

As soon as the empress left, there was chaos in the hall.

"What's the matter? This is..."

"How could the prince drown!"

Such a big event happened at the Queen's birthday banquet!

Xia Tingzhen, Xu Qiwei and other important officials left the table, and the other officials either followed closely, or chose to stay in the hall and wait for news.

Among the women's dependents, few followed.

"Mother, I'll have a look." Xu Mingyi whispered to Cui.

Cui subconsciously wanted to object. The crown prince is a prince, which is related to the affairs of the country. It is understandable for officials to follow the past. The women in the back house should stay away——

But before she could speak, she saw that the girl had left the table quickly with her skirt!

"Zhaozhao -"

Cui quickly shouted, but this one couldn't stop, and Cui Yunwei ran away!

It's like watching the sheep run out one by one without closing the fence.

Cui and Wen looked at each other, but they had no choice but to catch up.

Other women's families were surprised to see this scene. After a moment of surprise, they followed up one after another - who doesn't want to go around and have a look at such a thing? It's not too much for them to go and have a look together?

Fuyun pool is in the garden behind Jiaotai hall. The party hurried under their feet and arrived soon.

Several imperial doctors have rushed over. At this time, they are trying to rescue the rescued prince.

"There is a lot of water in the abdomen!"

"... go to the temple and get the bench and quilt and pillow! Come on!"

"Apply the needle first..."

This place is close to the Taidian hall. What you need will soon be picked up by the bodyguards and eunuchs.

In the crowd, Xu Mingyi looked at the child with water on the bench folded with soft pillows, and unconsciously clenched his fingers in his sleeves.

In the last life, the prince drowned today.

This is not an accidental accident, but someone deliberately inflicted harm.

The murderer was Jing Shizi, who went to Beijing to celebrate the Queen's birthday——

King Jing's son was therefore sentenced to death. King Jing, who was far away in the feudal cold state, only relegated him to common people because his majesty still cares about brotherhood.

King Jing, who lost his son and lost his throne, became insane. It is said that one day he ran into the street with his hair on and shouted in public that the death of the crown prince a year ago was encouraged by the Duke of Zhenguo——

How can a madman's words be regarded as evidence if they are transmitted from a cold state thousands of miles away?

It is said that your majesty will not believe it at all.

The emperor had no choice but to find out in order to appease the officials and the people and prove the innocence of the government.

As a result of this investigation, the evidence of the collusion between the town government and King Jing was found.

Even more than that, there is also the heinous crime of having too close contacts with enemy countries and divulging Daqing secrets——

Under the mountain of irrefutable evidence, the town government was copied and beheaded by the whole family.

In those years in Yangzhou, she always wondered whether there was a necessary connection between the town government and King Jing's father and son in murdering the crown prince?

She had no answer to this question before, but since she learned that her grandfather had the idea of handing over military power, she roughly concluded that it should be irrelevant.

Because even if there is no drowning of the prince, the town government that handed over the military power is still a lamb to be slaughtered - they have not participated in the murder of the prince, and they also have the responsibility of having an affair with the enemy country.

But the people behind are careful. In order to make things look more logical, they are very good at using everything they can. To put it bluntly, the charge of murdering the crown prince was probably just carried by their town government at that time.

Therefore, she is more inclined to the latter on the balance of whether to intervene in this matter these days.

She entered the palace today in order to get a closer understanding of the truth.

As for preventing the prince from being killed, she didn't think about it——

However, even if she tries to save the prince from death this time, she can't guarantee what will happen after tonight.

Because no matter who is behind the scenes, since he is determined to kill the crown prince, if he is only secretly disrupted this time's plan, rather than the plot is pierced and exposed, and he can't start again, then the other party will have another action.

This is in the palace. She is the daughter of a foreign minister. It is very inconvenient for her to act, and even her every move will be seen in the eyes of others. She is not sure whether the person who is critical to the crown prince is Jing Shizi. If she rashly intervenes in this matter, she will not mention whether she can protect the crown prince, and she may even cause immeasurable trouble to herself.

Reason told her that she should not take such risks for a matter that had no direct interest in the town government for the time being.

She did choose to listen to reason.

For her, there is nothing difficult to choose.

But at this moment, she saw the child lying there with her own eyes. A child with a small time difference between Ming and Qing Dynasty, with bright eyes, told her that she admired General Xu very much at most three quarters of an hour ago——