Family Has a Concubine

Liang Wang took Zhao Yingqi directly out of Beijing through the secret road.

Since Emperor Zhengxuan and the crown prince were preparing to frame King Liang, everything was well arranged, so it was natural to find someone to watch every move of Prince Liang's mansion.

One day the spies went back to report that King Liang went to the restaurant to eat and drink as usual, then rode home and never went out again.

Early the next morning, the crown prince was still temporarily acting as the early court, but Liang Wang asked for leave and did not come to the early court.

When Cai Jie heard about this, he frowned and had no choice but to go to Emperor Zhengxuan's bedroom.

Emperor Zhengxuan's trip to Quanshan had no effect at all. After returning, he became even more seriously ill because of the bumps. He even felt chest pain when he was lying on the bed even panting.

Empress Zheng was sitting by the bed, wiping his sweat carefully with a light yellow dragon-patterned handkerchief.

"Your Majesty." Cai Jie walked to the bed.

I saw that Emperor Zhengxuan was a little out of shape due to illness, his old sagging face looked even more slack, and his face was also pale in waves, exuding the look of a dying person.

When Empress Zheng saw him coming in, she gave him a wink and told him to go out or be quiet.

Just as Cai Jie was about to leave, Emperor Zhengxuan's eyelids moved on the bed, and after a while they opened, his pale, peeling lips twitched.

"Your Majesty, please drink some water." Seeing this, Empress Zheng hurriedly walked to the side of the black lacquered and tinned dragon table, poured a glass of water for Emperor Zhengxuan, and fed him some with a spoon.

Emperor Zhengxuan drank two tablespoons and glanced at the cup. Empress Zheng had served him for many years, so she naturally knew what he meant, so she picked up the cup, gently supported his head, and fed him with the cup.

After drinking more than half of the cup, Emperor Zhengxuan let out a deep breath and looked at Cai Jie: "What's the matter?"

"This..." Cai Jie hesitated for a moment. After all, Emperor Zhengxuan was so sick that he really didn't want him to worry about it, but he knew the emperor's character, and he had to take care of everything himself, and this was the matter of King Liang. , can't hide it, and said: "Back to the emperor, Liang Wang is a little strange. Since returning to the house yesterday, he has never gone out, and he asked for leave early this morning and did not come to the court."

Emperor Zhengxuan listened, his old dim eyes sharpened, and he coughed a few times: "Is there... any other situation?"

"After King Liang's anomaly, the servants immediately sent people to investigate." Cai Jie said, "I found out that no one from Prince Liang's mansion has left the house since King Liang returned yesterday."

"Cough, cough..." Emperor Zhengxuan's eyes were painful and annoyed: "Well, well... What a Liang king... Sure enough, he has a heart of disobedience... Otherwise, why did he hear the news so quickly? And then ran away... I don't know how many people have infiltrated to my side... Cough cough, good good!"

"The emperor calms down." Empress Zheng patted his chest, "Cai Jie, quickly call Doctor Luo over."

However, Emperor Zhengxuan waved his hand, "Don't be too busy, call the prince...to me..."

"This..." Empress Zheng frowned lightly, "Cai Jie, go call Luo Yizheng first, and then someone will call the crown prince to greet the emperor."

"Yes." Cai Jie agreed, bent over and turned to leave.

When Emperor Zhengxuan saw that Empress Zheng put her body first, she felt a slight burn in her heart.

After a while, there was a rush of footsteps, and the prince in a luxurious python-patterned court robe came in. When he saw Emperor Zhengxuan on the bed, he knelt down with a plop: "I see my father."

Emperor Zhengxuan opened his lips, and saw the prince kneeling in front of him. This son was born under his own expectation. And he lived up to his expectations, he was respectful and filial since he was a child, although he would occasionally make some small mistakes, but in life, who wouldn't make some mistakes! What's more, no one is perfect.

Emperor Zhengxuan felt that his time was numbered.

This time the illness is not like before, the feeling now is hopeless and dark, lying on the bed tortured by the pain and going crazy, he just wants to get rid of it sooner. He finally figured out why "death" is called Zaodeng bliss, that is because, for a dying person who is suffering from illness, death is indeed bliss.

He felt that this time it was like this...

"Father, how are you recently?" The crown prince knelt on the ground, looking at Emperor Zhengxuan.

Emperor Zhengxuan nodded, and said: "The matter of King Liang... Since he ran away, let's just say that he was found poisoned and fled in fear of crime."

The prince was startled: "What are you talking about?" He still doesn't know what Emperor Zhengxuan is planning.

"Prince... I will teach you to be an emperor now." Emperor Zhengxuan continued to cough as he spoke.

Cai Jie hurriedly stepped forward and told Emperor Zhengxuan that he had set King Liang to poison him.

Hearing this, he was startled: "Father... how could he be a son..."

The crown prince started to cry as he said that. Seeing Emperor Zhengxuan's pale face, and thinking that Emperor Zhengxuan was about to die, he actually had to overcome all difficulties for himself and remove obstacles for himself, and he was deeply moved.

Emperor Zhengxuan was also very moved when he saw that he was crying so much that he couldn't help himself: "King Liang... I have loved him for nothing... Among the children, you are the most filial, and you are the prince. I am seriously ill, I don't know how long I can last. Prince...you are the orthodox of our Daqi, honest and intelligent since childhood, from now on..."

Emperor Zhengxuan and the crown prince are father and son, and they are deeply moved by each other, but when it comes to this, Emperor Zhengxuan paused, and originally wanted to say "I will leave this country to you", but for some reason, the words couldn't come out of my mouth At this moment, I still feel a little bit reluctant to part with this country.

He's only in his early sixties, so he's not considered old, most of them are in their seventies or eighties, why is he... oh...

Emperor Zhengxuan was extremely reluctant and sighed in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't make it through, so let the prince leave this country! This is also his wish.

Thinking about it, Emperor Zhengxuan coughed fiercely again, then leaned back, and passed out straight up.

"Father!" the prince exclaimed.

"Doctor Luo is coming." Cai Jie said anxiously.

The Crown Prince and Empress Zheng hurriedly stepped aside, Luo Yizheng had already walked in, and after saluting Emperor Zhengxuan, he checked his pulse.

The crown prince and Emperor Zheng stepped forward anxiously: "How?"

Doctor Luo shook his head: "Alas...it's true..." Seeing that Emperor Zhengxuan was in a coma, he said: "It's really hard to recover, unless there is a miracle. Now, let's raise it first, alas..."

"Father..." The prince fell on the dragon couch and began to cry.

He was really worried about this old father. He made him the prince since he was very young, taught him carefully, protected him no matter how many mistakes he made, and helped him to the throne all the way. Now before he died, he wanted to send himself the last A big gift - to get rid of the scourge of King Liang.

He was really moved and disappointed.

But I was a little excited when I thought that I was going to be the emperor soon.

Luo Yizheng gave Emperor Zhengxuan another injection, and after a while Cai Jie came back with the medicine, and the crown prince gave the medicine to Emperor Zhengxuan himself, and then left.

...

On the first day after King Liang left, concubine Lu and the others didn't know what was going on. At that time, King Liang suddenly picked up Zhao Yingqi and ran away. They kept guessing.

Early the next morning, Concubine Lu wanted to go out, but was stopped by the servant at home and was not allowed to go out.

When it was in the mansion, the atmosphere felt weird.

until……

In this calm, bustling and bustling capital city as always, a group of imperial guards suddenly flew out from the palace gate, and finally stopped at the big emperor's list to post the arrest document offering a reward. What does that mean——

Yesterday someone put medicine on the prince's food, but he was caught on the spot, and after tortured, he confessed that the medicine he put was chronic poison, and the instigator was King Liang.

Liang Wang knew that he was in a catastrophe, and he had the heart of rebellion, so he fled without doing anything.

The whole capital city was a sensation all of a sudden.

After a while, another wave of majestic imperial guards rushed to Liangwangfu, surrounded the whole Liangwangfu, and took all the family members and some managers inside into the prison for interrogation.

Only then did Concubine Lu and the others realize that this was the case. After the imperial guards rushed in and explained the reason, they all turned pale with fright.

Those women are going crazy, some are afraid, some are sad, some are helpless, some are desperate...

"It turned out to be such a thing..." Concubine Lu cried and knelt on the ground, "He ran away with only Zhao Yingqi!"

Those imperial guards stepped forward and tied them up one by one, and dragged them back to the prison.

This matter caused a great stir in the capital, and the common people would not talk about it after tea and dinner. It's all because Liang Wang is too rebellious. This is because he saw that the emperor was dying of illness. Once the emperor died, the prince would ascend the throne, so he killed the prince first. King Liang is also a legitimate son, and he has the greatest hope of succeeding to the throne.

When Emperor Zhengxuan was sober in the afternoon, he handed over the 3,000 battalion to the prince, and asked the prince to send someone to lead the 3,000 battalion to hunt down King Liang.

After this incident came out, the Prince and Empress Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, the throne is coming soon!

Emperor Zhengxuan saw that he was already dying. It would take one and a half months at a time, or three or five days at a time. At that time, he would be able to ascend the throne as soon as he died.

As for King Liang, although he is still fleeing, this happened before the crown prince ascended the throne, so the common people would not think that the prince could not tolerate his brothers after ascending the throne and deliberately killed him. This country is firmly in his hands. Liang Wang is just a grasshopper after autumn.

King Liang's concubines were imprisoned and interrogated for a while. Nothing was found at all, and nothing was found in the interrogation. After all, Emperor Zhengxuan thought of a little family affection, so he released them back and put them in Prince Liang's mansion.

Prince Liang's mansion remained intact, and no one was ordered to ransack the house. But it is always surrounded by the forbidden army.

The common people looked at it, and they all lamented that Emperor Zhengxuan still favored King Liang even now. He also praised the prince for his understanding of righteousness and his refusal to do anything wrong.

One day, it snowed again, covering the entire capital city in a vast expanse of whiteness. But it still couldn't offset the discussion and excitement about King Liang in the capital.

Ye Tangcai was sitting in the room, leaning against the window, staring at the snow outside in a daze.

Huiran held a small hand stove in his hand, and sighed deeply when he saw it: "Don't worry, third grandma, she will be fine." As she spoke, she stuffed the small hand stove into Ye Tangcai's hand.

"Yes." Ye Tangcai nodded.

"After the third master comes back, everything will be fine." Huiran said.

At this time, Qiuju came in, holding a tray with a small stew pot on it: "Hui Ran, what are you talking about? Why will the third master get better when he comes back?"

Hui Ran naturally did not dare to talk about King Liang, so she just chuckled: "The third grandma is always in a bad mood these days, and she doesn't sleep well, maybe she was too worried, so she comforted her."

"Didn't sleep well?" Qiu Ju's heart skipped a beat, could it be that she was pregnant? I heard that some people who are pregnant will suddenly suffer from insomnia.

But she had some selfishness in her heart, so it was not easy to ask, and she didn't have to be told that she was staring at Ye Tangcai's stomach and thinking about it.

She just put the stew pot on the kang table at the side: "This is blood swallow, third grandma, come and eat."

Ye Tangcai just glanced lightly: "I can't eat it. Why doesn't this snow stop?"

"It should be soon, it's been raining for a long time." Huiran said.

"Let the people below clean up the martial arts arena. I'll go there for activities tomorrow." Ye Tangcai said.

Huiran agreed and walked out.

...

When Liang Wang had an accident, the happiest thing was the prince and the prince's party.

Because the overall situation has been decided, the whole court is full of joy, the prince is in charge of the court affairs, and the courtiers are even more respectful to him.

Only some of the henchmen who were originally King Liang's henchmen were eliminated by the prince with various excuses.

Prince's Mansion, Miaoyan Residence——

Chu Miaoshu was leaning on the couch, Qin Shi leaned into her side, the mother and daughter dispatched the servants, and they were talking heartfelt words.

"Now look... Your Highness is about to ascend the throne." Chu Miaoshu said excitedly. "I...soon to..."

As she said that, Chu Miaoshu's face tensed up.

In the past, she always thought that when the prince came to the throne, she would be the queen.

I think the princess is easy to get rid of, but now I realize that it is really difficult to get rid of her because someone else is in that position.