This disease cannot be cured, it must be cured

King Li entered the palace.

Crying into the royal study.

After entering the door, he threw himself on the ground, crying heartbroken: "I beg the emperor to be the master for my younger brother—"

The emperor covered his mouth and coughed twice, "Get up and talk."

King Li couldn't afford it, and complained in tears, "The younger brother is trying the case, the prince suddenly broke in and killed the execution guard with a sword, took away the suspected criminal, and even killed the younger brother—"

He shook his hands, pointing to a piece of hair missing from his temple and the blood on the side of his face.

"The prince is so disrespectful of etiquette and law! Contempt for the imperial power! Disregard human life!" King Li opened his mouth, and three serious crimes should be charged to the prince, "Where do you put the emperor's order! Where do you put the people in the world! Where do you put the ancestor's foundation? ?!"

After King Li shouted, he raised his face covered with tears and snot, and looked at the emperor with aggrieved eyes.

Although he is quite old, he has grown fatter and looks younger, but he is still a fat old man.

The eunuch on duty outside the study couldn't help but suppressed a smile.

The emperor did not comment.

"Brother Huang!" Li Wang continued to cry and said: "My brother is dedicated to help you! The crown prince is in all kinds of troubles, how can I feel so embarrassed!"

"Get up and talk," the emperor said in a deep tone this time, "give me a seat."

The eunuch personally moved the seat and put it aside.

King Li rolled his eyes, was helped up by someone, and sat on the chair with a slight movement.

He sat down.

The emperor clicked on a playlist on the desk.

King Li stretched his neck to see that it was the memorandum written by the servant for the assassination case of Suduan Hunting Ground a few days ago.

"That day, I went to Xianshu Hall and confronted Concubine Shu, whether she was responsible for the assassination in the hunting ground." The emperor spoke slowly, as if it involved an old person, very sad, "Concubine Shu denied it in a flash."

King Li looked at the watch, then at the emperor, and knelt down on the ground again.

"Brother Huang is clear, the murderer will never say that he is the murderer!"

"That's not bad," the emperor said sadly, propping his head, "but although Concubine Shu is a bit savage and domineering, her heart is not vicious, and she can't do anything that kills people, let alone murder the prince to interfere with the crown prince's affairs. know her."

Concubine Shu is dead, and the emperor recalled that it was all for her benefit.

"Even if she wants a child, it's understandable," he asked back. "In the harem, who doesn't want a child?"

"I want it too," he said.

"I want..." he repeated.

"But……"

Thinking of this, this lofty Ninth Five-Year Lord seemed to be thinking of the woman and child who had just passed away, his eyes seemed to be filled with mist, and the thickness and thickness flickered indistinctly, "...I can't keep it."

He is used to watching the parting in the court hall on the battlefield, controlling the life and death of countless people, so he is just a mortal at this moment.

A mortal who has just lost a woman and a child.

Even if there are still more women, the baby has not yet been born.

But the bond of blood kinship began to ferment from the moment she first found out she was pregnant.

For the emperor with few heirs, three months has already brewed his father's affection strong enough.

King Li listened silently, not daring to interrupt.

Concubine Shu is dead, and the emperor is at a sad moment.

At this time, if he said anything about the murderer without winking, wouldn't it be stabbing at the emperor's heart?

The eunuchs and maids who can serve around the emperor are extremely sensitive.

During the silence, the emperor's excessively sad emotions continued to ferment and expand, and a group of people knelt down quietly around him.

After a moment.

The emperor finally restrained his emotions.

He became that emperor again, with a face as deep as water, who didn't listen to happiness or anger and only looked at state affairs.

He took down the playlist, revealing another letter underneath.

I pinched it in my hand, and fell down on the table twice in heartache and helplessness.

"The assassin is a member of your family, but he is carrying valuables from the harem on him. It stands to reason that both you and Concubine Shu are suspected..."

"It's absolutely impossible to be my brother!" King Li immediately shouted that he was wronged.

The emperor waved his hand, signaling to be safe and not to be impatient, "Now that Concubine Shu is gone, the only witness, Song Chunjing, you still have to deal with it and abuse lynching!"

"King Li," the emperor asked back, "what is your intention?"

The emperor asked this question, apparently saying that he was tolerant of the assassin, and even the murderer behind the scenes, and that he had bad intentions in assassinating the prince.

Li Wang has been with the king for many years, but read a deeper meaning:

Maybe Shupin's death is also related to you.

Concubine Shu is also a pregnant concubine, involving the emperor's heir.

Maybe the royal family is not prosperous and has very few descendants, so you can do something about it!

The emperor's paranoia is fatal.

King Li can't stop crying now!

He slipped from the chair, threw himself on the ground and took two steps on his knees, crying bitterly on the ground: "The conscience of heaven and earth! How could it be the younger brother, the younger brother has been conscientious and dare not go beyond the slightest! This...really, this...God..."

He cried miserably, but the emperor couldn't hear him at all.

It seems that as long as Shu Concubine is mentioned, I will think of a very sad thing.

"That day..." the emperor let out a deep breath, his brows were full of sorrow, and the bitter tears gathered in his eyes again, "I shouldn't have questioned her, she was in a bad mood and hurt her fetus, and it was also my fault .”

"I really regret it." He frowned, and his words were full of self-blame.

After finishing speaking, he coughed violently. The eunuch held water and handed it to his mouth to moisten his throat.

Only then did the coughing stop.

King Li heard with sharp ears that the emperor had already called himself "I" and said such words as regret.

You know, if the king promises, he will never regret it.

Even if he really did something wrong, no matter how outrageously wrong, someone will bear the consequences for him and sacrifice his life.

In any case, there should be no regrets.

"Brother Huang..." King Li tried his best to empathize with him, and said lonely, "My condolences..."

The emperor wiped his blurry eyes.

He waved his hand wearily, this simple action seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

"I'll ask you again, is it you who wants to kill the prince?"

King Li shook his head vigorously, "No!"

"Where is the Song imperial physician?" The emperor asked again, "Is it you who wants to kill the Song imperial physician?"

King Li was caught in a dilemma. If he answered yes, he would definitely attract suspicion. If he answered no, he didn't know whether the emperor had already held the handle and evidence, and he would inevitably take risks again.

He hesitated for a moment and fell silent.

"I despise my brothers from the previous dynasty, and I don't want my children and grandchildren to be cut off when I grow old. Whether it's you or not, you should go back and reflect on it."

The emperor said with difficulty: "Go back and think about where you went wrong."

King Li knew that he failed to kill Song Chunjing... No, he wanted to be the first to attack Song Chunjing, which would be his biggest failure.

He knelt on the ground for a long time without moving.

The body trembled slightly.

The eunuch stepped forward to help him up, and King Li opened his mouth and said, "Brother Huang! My brother is really wronged..."

"Let's go!" The emperor raised his voice, interrupting the noisy crying.

He turned his head and fell on the mountain of folds.

Li Wang pursed his lips.

Knowing that the emperor has confirmed the result, he can no longer listen to anything.

Saving his life at this moment is already the best result, so he has no choice but to resign first.

Li Yuankun went to the Ministry of Punishments first, and was told that King Li had already entered the palace to face the saint.

Then he turned his horse's head and went to the palace.

After finally waiting for someone to come out, King Li's face looked as if someone had wiped the bottom of the pan black.

Li Yuankun supported him worriedly, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

King Li trembled all over, he didn't know whether it was from fright or anger.

It took a long time to catch my breath: "If he lives for a day, it is a guarantee for the prince. Only when he dies can we attack the prince!"

"Who?" Li Yuankun asked.

"Song Chunjing!" King Li said bitterly.

Li Yuankun raised his eyebrows twice after listening.

"No," Li Yuankun thought there was something wrong with his ears: "Who are you going to attack?"

King Li: "...Prince!"

Li Yuankun looked around and dragged Li Wang out in a hurry.

After leaving the palace gate, he asked, "Why did you attack the prince?"

A long-unsolved mystery surfaced, and he seemed to understand, "You were also the one who assassinated the prince in the hunting ground?"

King Li nodded, then shook his head again.

"Father," Li Yuankun said in shock, "You're crazy!"

"I didn't send anyone to kill him!" Li Wang said hoarsely, his eyes cracked, "I just want to kill his imperial physician first! It's for convenience in the future!"

"But he beat me up, causing the emperor to doubt me!"

King Li panted heavily, his former kind face was completely gone, "I know he is good at strategy, but I don't know he has such ability! He mixed a jar of muddy water into a mess, and finally poured it all on me. !"

***

Before a stick of incense.

The prince took the lead to enter the palace and swallowed the emperor's thunderous anger.

After the emperor got angry, the father and son looked at each other without speaking for a long time.

The young man is slender, with a strong back.

Drawing a bow and archery, and diligently exercising, did not make him a hunchback. On the contrary, his muscles are very well-proportioned and smooth.

Every inch of the body contains a gushing sense of strength.

Not too heavy, but very strong.

And he is old.

The soaring rage took his breath away.

His heart was beating too fast because of his excitement, causing his hands to tremble uncontrollably.

Finally, the emperor's shoulders loosened, and his whole body shrank.

"Tell the truth to Father, what's going on?"

His eyes and nose were sour, and he was breathless.

The prince hesitated.

After a moment, he lowered his head.

"My son committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, please forgive me." He knelt down on the ground.

"Get up and speak," said the emperor.

The prince got up.

"The assassin was going to kill Song Taiyi that day, not Er Chen."

The emperor looked as usual, as if he had predicted it long ago.

The crown prince took out a letter of appeal and handed it to the table, "This is drawn up by the Minister of Dali Temple, and all the evidence points directly to King Li, Father, please have a look."

After a brief silence, the emperor picked up the document and went through it at a glance.

"My son guessed that it was because Song Taiyi often went to the East Palace for a walk, that's why he provoked King Li to kill him." The prince said.

"Also," he continued, "before the assassin died, he identified Empress Shu, not King Li."

The emperor gave an "um" and waited for him to continue.

"Because of this, Erchen wanted to test whether King Li had any intention of disobedience. When he heard Erchen say that in the tent in the hunting ground, he panicked, wondering if it was because of the discrepancy with the plan. .”

"Secondly, King Li is used to pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. This time, my son went south for a long time and traveled a long distance. He left my father's side for fear that he would harm you."

"My son knows that the father values ​​brotherhood, but people are separated from each other. Does King Li value the relationship with you?"

"He's thinking too much." The emperor responded.

Prince: "No matter what crimes King Li charged his sons and ministers, they all confessed and were willing to be punished. It's just that he privately supported the guards, formed a faction, framed the concubine Shu, and relied on his title to cover the sky with one hand in the Ministry of Punishment. He abused lynching and colluded with officials. , Severe torture to extract random testimony, my son is really worried for the father."

He finished counting in one breath, and committed six serious crimes to King Li.

If all the articles are taken out, they are all serious crimes of confiscation and exile!

In the end, he said without the slightest hesitation: "What does the Criminal Department look like now? It's full of flattery and flattery, and doesn't think about business!"

"I've heard about it." The emperor nodded.

Immediately afterwards, he sighed again, and said very sadly: "Because I only have such a younger brother, I don't want to pursue many things..."

He might be so sad suddenly because he thought of Concubine Shu.

But then, he forcibly ignored the tingling feeling and continued:

"But I, in my heart, still want to give him a chance to see what he says and how he does it."

The prince was silent.

"After all, the person he wants to kill is not you, even if," the emperor paused, and said, "You attach great importance to Song imperial physician, but he is just an imperial physician."

"That's right, the Imperial Physician of Song Dynasty is soft-spoken and unremarkable, but," the prince turned, "this time it's the little imperial physician, next time it's the little butler, and then it's just the head of the bodyguard, and maybe even the big eunuch who serves you. "

"Didn't the father and emperor pursue it?" The crown prince asked, "Have you ever thought about what he wants to do to kill the Song imperial doctor?"

The emperor was silent, as if he was thinking about it.

"Song Tai Physician's medical skills are excellent, and he will put it aside while walking in the Eastern Palace. He is responsible for the health of the empress mother and the health of the concubine Shu."

When it came to "Concubine Shu", the emperor obviously paused, showing a trace of loneliness.

The prince's words refer to the empress and Shu concubine who both had heirs. One gave birth to the prince, and the other died while pregnant with the unborn child. This matter even involved the prince himself.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he frowned, and his face slowly sank.

He stared blankly at the prince.

At this moment, the eunuch announced: King Li is here.

The father and son looked at each other, and the prince understood, and consciously walked into the compartment.