Darkness of Rebirth

Seeing that none of the three princes answered his own words, Emperor Qianwen shook his head without a trace, lamenting in his heart, the eldest prince is gone, and the remaining few princes are not people who are greedy for power. , I'm afraid it's going to decline.

Worrying eyes swept over Dongfang Du, Dongfang Xu, Dongfang Jin one by one, and finally landed on Dongfang Xu.Among the three, Dongfang Xu was the only one who had ever shown a hint of wanting to be the crown prince. Coupled with what Empress Song had mentioned in his ear, he felt that maybe Dongfang Xu should be given a chance. If not, We can only follow the ancestral precepts and appoint Dongfang Du, the oldest of the three, as the new crown prince.

Emperor Qianwen was worried above, and the people in the center of the hall were also worried.

Dongfangdu didn't want the throne, but he also knew that he couldn't just leave like this. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Dongfang Xu and Dongfang Jin, thinking about what to do next.Dongfang Xu absolutely cannot allow him to become the prince, not to mention that he is Dongfang Xi's own younger brother, even the little things he did secretly will never allow him to become the future emperor.Looking back on Dongfang Jin's details, it seems that she is the most suitable to be a prince, but one is the youngest, and the other is that she doesn't know what the real Dongfang Jin is like.

People who seem to be pure and virtuous are often the most hidden villains, and Dongfang Jin is the one who acts the most low-key and shows the most kindness and humility among the princes.If it is true, he is the most suitable prince. If everything is just an illusion, I am afraid that he who controls half of the court now will be in danger and eventually lose his life.

It is difficult to paint a tiger with painted skin and bones, and the human heart is the most unpredictable.

The hall, which had been silent for a long time, was finally broken by Dongfang Du's words.After Dongfang Du thought about it, he got up and cupped his hands and said, "Father, the case of poisoning was originally handed over to the Minister of Criminal Affairs and the Minister of Dali Temple for investigation. The three-day period is too short, and it is reasonable to have no investigation results. They have a chance, if they still can't investigate, it won't be too late to demote them from the capital."

What you said is reasonable, and in addition, the ministers of the Ministry of punishment and the ministers of Dali Temple are not low in rank. They can be regarded as ministers in the court. If they really want to resign, they will not be removed from the official ranks so quickly. The opportunity can just reflect the kindness of Emperor Qianwen to his ministers.

The emperor's kindness is so great that all civil and military officials will repay it with their own bodies. If Zhao Hezhang and Xuan Qiuyu can't investigate again, even if their heads are chopped off, others will have nothing to say.Besides, this time, they will definitely find out the results of the investigation, and this is also a good time for the official to return to his original post.

Dongfang Xu frowned. He didn't know what Dongfangdu meant by saying this. Just as he was thinking about what to say, Dongfangdu continued: "As for the matter of the emperor's brother, although Imperial Doctor Chen said that the emperor's brother went Calm, and it has nothing to do with the poisoning, but it is inevitable that someone will use some colorless and tasteless poison to poison the emperor."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Dongfang Xu from the corner of his eye, saw his hands trembling slightly on his lap, understood it, and continued: "My son's master, Wu Yazi, knows all kinds of poisons in the world, and is currently in the capital If the father believed in the master, why not ask him to cooperate with the two adults to investigate the poisoning on the night of the third year of junior high school and the sudden death of the emperor's brother."

That said, I just want to trick Dongfang Xu into showing off. Dongfang Xi has already been buried in the imperial mausoleum. Even if Wu Yazi knows all kinds of poisons in the world, he will not have the opportunity to check it himself. to assist them.

After Dongfang Du finished speaking, Dongfang Xu became even more nervous.It seems that the chief culprit of Dongfang Xi's sudden death was really him.I just don't understand why Dongfang Xu would do such a thing at this time?Even if Dongfang Xi wanted to deal with him, he wouldn't kill his own brother, would he?At most, it just abolished him.But looking at what Dongfang Xu did, he killed Dongfang Xi directly and silently.

The most ruthless emperor's family, not to mention half-fathers, even half-mothers, would fight each other because of certain interests.Dongfang Xi and Dongfang Xu are the best examples.

The expressions and actions of the three of them were naturally clear to Emperor Qianwen who was sitting above.Princes have been competing for power since ancient times, and there are not a few people who kill their fathers and brothers to ascend to the throne.Emperor Ganwen sighed helplessly, and said: "Just listen to Du'er today, and let Zhao Hezhang and Xuan Qiuyu continue to investigate the poisoning incident and Xi'er incident. Master Wu Yazi, please help them both." He waved his hands and said to them: "Okay, you all go back to your own palace first."

Emperor Ganwen didn't want to say any more, and waved away the people, but when Dongfang Du was about to leave the door, he shouted: "Du'er, you stay here for now, don't leave yet."

Dongfang Xu and Dongfangjin looked at Dongfangdu at the same time, and then turned their heads to look at each other, thinking that Emperor Qianwen left her because he wanted to tell her about the crown prince.

The door of the Cultivation Hall was closed again. At this moment, only Dongfang Du and Emperor Qianwen were in the huge hall.Dongfang Du turned back and walked back to the center of the hall, cupped his hands and asked, "Father, do you have other matters to explain to the sons?" She also felt a little uneasy, not because of anything else, just because she killed him. Dark wind.

If there is a guilty conscience, there is only the matter of killing An Feng.But if Anfeng wanted to touch her Yun'er, he deserved to die.In that case, why should she feel guilty and uneasy?

Emperor Ganwen walked up to Dongfang Du slowly, patted her on the shoulder, and sighed quietly: "If Du'er wants to be the crown prince and heir, it would be great to succeed me as the great treasure in the future!" But he knew Dongfang Du He doesn't want his throne, but just wants to leave the capital and live a free life with Anyun.

Dongfangdu didn't know what to answer, so he could only continue to lower his head.

Seeing this, Emperor Qianwen said helplessly: "If Du'er doesn't want the throne, what about Xu'er?" This is asking Dongfang Du's opinion on the new crown prince alone.

After pondering for a moment, Dongfangdu asked: "Father, do you really not consider Huangjie? Huangjie is not as weak as we see. She has her strength, she has her intelligence, and at the same time she has the compassion of a woman." Benevolent, if the imperial sister is the empress, she will surely be famous forever, and the empress of Nanchi country will never be as good as her."

Dongfangdu praised Dongfang Lingwu without blushing, as if Emperor Qianwen did not allow Dongfang Lingwu to become the crown prince, it would be a great loss to the Donggan Kingdom, and it was even more so that Emperor Qianwen could not allow an eternally famous emperor to ascend to the throne. The fault of the top dragon.

Emperor Qianwen nodded thoughtfully, and said, "I will consider it, and Du'er can go back." He stayed Dongfangdu, and he just wanted to ask the crown prince about it. Now that Dongfangdu has already said it, naturally Or let her go.

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In Fengqing Palace, An Yun, Dongfang Lingwu, Chu Mi and Wu Yazi sat around a table, waiting for Dongfang Du to return from the Hall of Cultivation, while chatting about what happened in the past few days.

Dongfang Lingwu only had good friends with Dongfang Du, but after all Dongfang Xi was also her imperial brother. Although she didn’t feel much uncomfortable in her heart, her mood was always low. You could hear a needle drop to the ground.

Ban Lan has been waiting outside the Hall of Self-cultivation, seeing that Dongfang Xu and Dongfang Jin have both come out, but her second prince has not come out for a long time, she is very anxious, afraid that Emperor Qianwen will know about An Feng, so she will keep Dongfang Du behind.

After waiting anxiously for a long time, he finally got his second prince out, but he didn't want Dongfangdu to say something frightening when he saw her: "Banlan, I killed the emperor..."

She is pushing Dongfang Lingwu into the fire pit!She didn't want to be emperor, and Dongfang Lingwu didn't want to be even more.At the beginning, she also said that she would take Dongfang Lingwu to leave the palace together, but she didn't expect to turn around and sell her.

When Ban Lan heard this, her heart beat wildly, and she hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, why did you harm Your Highness the Princess?"

"Hey, let's go back to Fengqing Palace first." Dongfang Du frowned, "I really don't know if my father really listens to my opinion, will Miss Huang want to kill me..." Thinking about going back to Fengqing Palace first Jing, hiding from Dongfang Lingwu by the way, but she didn't know that everyone was waiting for her in Fengqing Palace at this moment.