He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

King Cheng disappeared.

No one knows where he went.

The emperor ordered a search for King Cheng, and notices were posted in all the states and counties of Da Chu, so that everyone knew about it.

This is what happened in public. As for whether anyone was sent to look for him privately, no one knew, but all the civil and military officials sensed that something was unusual.

Prince Cheng is the emperor's younger brother. How could he disappear for no reason right under the emperor's nose?

The assassins from Xiliang broke into Prince Cheng's mansion and captured substitutes. It is very likely that Prince Cheng had left the capital and left on his own.

As for what he did after leaving Beijing, it is unknown.

But walking so furtively is definitely not a good thing.

The disappearance of King Cheng was discussed in the streets and teahouses for a whole day, but then it was replaced by another incident.

The emperor ordered the execution of all members of the Zuo Xiangfu family.

Those who were close to Zuo Xiang were all implicated without exception.

The lighter punishment would be demotion, the heavier punishment would be confiscation of property and exile, and the more serious punishment would be execution along with the left prime minister's family.

The eldest prince was dazed by the severity of the emperor's punishment of the left prime minister.

He and Xie Jingyin fought for the crown prince and were bloody. Xie Jingyin tried to murder him and he almost died at Xie Jingyin's hands. Not to mention that the Left Prime Minister and Queen Song were not implicated, even Xie Jingyin's life was saved by the Queen Mother with a golden medal of immunity from death.

When it comes to the emperor, Queen Song was banished to the cold palace and her mother's family was brought into trouble just because she stabbed the emperor with the golden hairpin on her head?

No, it's not even about harming the maternal clan. It's simply about catching all of King Jin's former followers, some of whom have even defected to him.

It can be said that except for those who had resigned and returned home before, anyone who the emperor knew was the Left Prime Minister was not spared and was all uprooted.

Not only the officials in Beijing, but also the officials recommended and promoted by Zuo Xiang and Xie Jingyin were more or less implicated.

Xie Jingyin had the strength to compete with the eldest prince for the position of crown prince, and even surpassed the eldest prince at one point. This shows his influence in the court. With this removal, many positions were vacant in the court. However, because of fraud in the spring examination, forty more people were selected in the autumn examination, and many people were still waiting for vacancies. Now this matter was solved at once.

These days, the eldest prince has been very busy and happy. He thinks about how he and Xie Jingyin would fight over every vacant official position in the past. Now, no one is competing with him for it, and so many positions have been vacated. He doesn't have enough subordinates, so he has to start being picky.

There is also the newly crowned top scholar Zhou Yuanzhi, who had just taken office in the Ministry of Personnel. Unfortunately, he had just learned the procedure of promoting officials in the Ministry of Personnel. Then facts told him that the procedure only worked in normal times. When many positions suddenly became vacant like this one, the procedure was just a decoration.

Important positions were usually appointed and transferred directly by the emperor without going through the Ministry of Personnel. Only officials below the fourth rank would be examined and considered by the Ministry of Personnel, and then a memorial would be submitted to the emperor for his final decision.

The case of Queen Song's "assassination" of the Emperor caused a bloody storm in Kyoto for half a month before it gradually calmed down.

On the day of the execution at the Zuo Xiangfu, the emperor called Xie Jingyan into the palace and asked him, "Why did you save the queen's life?"

All those implicated were dealt with, but the main culprit, Queen Song, was still locked up in the cold palace. Even though the emperor had never seen her again, whenever he thought of this incident, he wished he could have Queen Song executed by slicing.

He needed a reason not to kill Queen Song right now.

Because it was Xie Jingyan who uncovered the affair between Queen Song and Prince Cheng, and Xie Jingyan wanted to save Queen Song's life, the emperor tolerated her living until now, and the emperor can no longer tolerate it.

Well, this was unbearable and the emperor almost chopped off Eunuch Yuan’s head.

When the news of the execution of the Left Prime Minister reached Queen Song, she was heartbroken. In addition, she had been banished to the cold palace for so many days, and she couldn't eat or sleep well. She was tortured both physically and mentally. She was already in labor, and after receiving such sad news, Queen Song knew that she had lost her child.

The nanny who was guarding the cold palace didn't know that Queen Song was pregnant. She was really scared when she saw so much blood. She didn't know what to do. The emperor chopped off the heads of all the members of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion and would not let Queen Song live. But he didn't kill Queen Song, he just locked her up. He probably didn't want her to die now. The nanny was afraid that Queen Song would die, and she was anxious.

The shadow guard reported this to the emperor, who looked unhappy. When Eunuch Yuan heard the shadow guard say that Queen Song might die, he thought of Xie Jingyan's words about saving Queen Song's life, so he asked cautiously, "How about letting Zhao Yuanzheng take a look at the queen?"

Yuanzheng Zhao was usually only responsible for treating the emperor and the empress dowager. Before the empress was banished to the cold palace, she was qualified. Now she has been banished to the cold palace, and she is pregnant with the illegitimate child of the king. Now that the child is gone, we still need to hire an imperial physician for her? !

The emperor cast a knife-like gaze at Eunuch Yuan.

Eunuch Yuan is feeling very miserable.

He also kept Prince Ling's instructions in mind. If he could invite another imperial physician, he would not let Zhao Yuanzheng go. Zhao Yuanzheng knew about this, and the less people who knew about it, the better.

It was good enough that the emperor did not kill Queen Song, he even hired an imperial physician for her. The person who thought of sparing Queen Song's life was Xie Jingyan. Until now, the emperor still doesn't know why he spared Queen Song's life.

The emperor called Xie Jingyan into the palace.

The emperor still remembered that his son knew a lot of things. He also remembered that what his son told him was only a part of it, and there were still some things that were hidden from him.

The emperor still remembered that when Xie Jingyan was little, he sat on the dragon throne and held him in his arms. When he taught him the ways of an emperor, he said that the easiest person to deceive in the world was the emperor.

As an emperor, he was not allowed to leave the palace easily, so everything he saw and heard was told to him by others. As long as it came from someone else's mouth, there was a possibility of deception.

In order to prevent this possibility, the emperor must have checks and balances, have more eyes and ears, and let others know what the price will be for deceiving him...

Thinking of this, the emperor found it ridiculous.

The emperor's eyes were determined, and he must know the reason why Xie Jingyan wanted to keep Queen Song alive.

There was no reason that could not be given to save Queen Song's life, so Xie Jingyan told the emperor, "Before Prince Jin left the capital, he once tried to sow discord between me and the eldest prince, asking me if I knew what he had written in the letter that day to ask the eldest prince to see him. Afterwards, I tested the eldest prince, and he seemed very afraid that he would know."

"I suspect that my mother's death is related to the queen."

"Even if it's unrelated, she must know something."

Since this is a case concerning Concubine Chen, the life of Queen Song, who might be an insider, must be saved.

But how could the eldest prince be involved in this matter?

When Concubine Chen got into trouble, the eldest prince was only thirteen years old. Even if the eldest prince had the scheming and means to plot against Concubine Chen, it would be impossible for him to be forced into a state of suffocation by Prince Jin given his status as the eldest son.

Could it be the work of the late queen?

If it was really the late queen who did it, it is normal for the eldest prince to be afraid of being found out by Prince Ling.

A son pays for his mother’s debt.

The late queen was dead, but the eldest prince was still alive. Prince Ling couldn't find the late queen to take revenge on, so he could vent his anger on the eldest prince.

But the problem is that the late queen was not a very smart person. Concubine Chen had an accident in Yan Mansion. Could the late queen really reach into Yan Mansion?

It's not that Eunuch Yuan looked down on the late queen or was disrespectful to a dead person, it's just that he had so much contact with her. If it weren't for the protection of the empress dowager and the fact that she was the emperor's cousin, the late queen would have had to move to the cold palace to live out the rest of her life the same month she entered the palace.

However, the fact that the eldest prince was almost killed when he went to see Prince Jin and that he was afraid Prince Ling would know something must be unusual. It is normal for Prince Ling to suspect that it is related to Concubine Chen.

Xie Jingyan told the emperor the truth, and then asked, "What happened to the queen?"

I have to say that Prince Ling is incredibly smart.

When the emperor asked him why he spared the queen's life, he guessed that something had happened to the queen.

The emperor did not speak, and Eunuch Yuan replied, "The queen has lost her child and is very sick. She is dying..."

Xie Jingyan frowned, looked at the emperor and said, "I want my mother to be alive until her case is investigated."

The emperor asked, "What if we still can't find out?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Then let her live until father captures King Cheng."

Eunuch Yuan, "..."

When it comes to stabbing the emperor in the heart, no one is better than Prince Ling.

The emperor was so angry that his face turned green, but he had nothing to say.

Adulterers and adulteresses should be executed together.

Then Zhao Yuanzheng wanted to die again.

Queen Song committed adultery and got pregnant, but the emperor spared her life. Now that the child is gone, the emperor still asked him to treat Queen Song. What exactly did the emperor want to do?

Zhao Yuanzheng resigned himself to going to the cold palace to feel Queen Song's pulse, prescribe medicine, and even boil the medicine himself before sending it to Queen Song.

When watching the medicine being boiled, no one dared to leave for fear that someone might open the jar and find out what disease the medicine was used to treat.

torment.

It's more decocted than the medicine in the medicine jar.

When Xie Jingyan returned to Prince Ling's Mansion from the palace, Shen Wan was standing on the corridor teasing a thrush. Xie Jingyan saw her and said, "It's so cold, why don't you stay in the house?"

Shen Wan said, "I'm wearing a cloak, so I'm not cold."

Xie Jingyan held Shen Wan's hand, which was indeed very warm.

He helped Shen Wan back to the house. Just as he turned around, a maid ran over from outside the courtyard, panting and saying, "Prince, Princess, Princess Cheng has shaved her head at Jingci Temple..."