emperor becomes prince

Today's Qianqing Palace is extraordinarily solemn and solemn. The golden sun shines on the roof of the hall with double eaves and yellow glazed tiles, reflecting infinite splendor.

Swan geese fly high, as Emperor Kangxi said in the edict, today is a good day, Zhu Di thought.

It was extremely quiet and deserted outside the Qianqing Palace, and the surrounding palace people all retreated in panic when they saw Zhu Di, without saying a word, the sound of the clashing and rubbing of the pearls and hairpin skirts was so clear in this eerie silence.

A depressive air hanging over the head enveloped the entire Qianqing Palace.

"His Royal Highness is here—"

Before Zhu Di could say anything more, the sharp notification sound had already entered the palace, and the new face standing beside him with his head bowed showed no emotion, and saluted Zhu Di as a routine, and said, "Please, Your Highness the Prince."

A newcomer promoted by Xuan Ye?Zhu Di couldn't help but glanced at him a few more times, and then thought, this man is not bad, he is a shrewd and capable person, and what is rare is that he can still gain Xuan Ye's trust, and he was immediately promoted to the position second only to Wei Zhu.

However, none of this matters now.

On the way, Li Jinchao led a group of imperial guards and ran past panting, the new face stopped him, frowned and said: "The banquet set up by the emperor is about to begin, what is Eunuch Li doing?"

Xu Shi didn't exercise all year round, Li Jinchao bowed his body as soon as he stopped, panting with his hands on his knees: "Don't you know? Many adults were killed today, and some adults just got off the court and were about to return. mansion...some are at home...staying, and when others find out, the adults and the servants around them have all died, and no one survived..."

"There is such a thing?" The man suddenly changed his face, and immediately asked: "Does the emperor know about this?"

Li Jinchao had already regained his composure at this time, he only breathed and breathed lightly and heavily, and the violent ups and downs of his chest showed that his heart was not calm.

"How wise is your majesty? The old man knew about it a few hours ago, and now he is afraid that something will happen at the banquet, so he specially ordered me to wait outside the palace gate to escort him at any time, and to ensure the safety of all adults when he leaves."

It was a perfect statement, but the new face always felt that there was something very weird. He raised his head and looked at Li Jinchao, and asked hesitantly: "What you just said is true? Why am I always by the emperor's side? Unaware?"

"Oh, how do you know, isn't it just an hour ago that the emperor ordered you to meet the prince?"

At this time, the new face just noticed that Zhu Di, who had been standing aside and watching the conversation between the two of them in silence, showed no fear on his face, but kept aloof and politely said: "Damn you, you made His Highness wait here. It's been so long. Your Highness has clearly learned that the safety in the Qianqing Palace cannot be sloppy, and we are also afraid of sudden changes..."

"It doesn't matter," Zhu Di interrupted him coldly, "Emperor and Gu both know about the 'loyalty' of the father-in-law. If he is kind at this time, I am afraid that the 'emperor' will also give the father-in-law a reward. However, since this matter has The explanation is clear, please hurry up and lead the way, so as not to delay the time to participate in the banquet and make the emperor Longyan furious."

The emperor who sits on the jade throne today, and the "emperor" in Zhu Di's mouth, who is the real emperor?Let's see the outcome today!

While speaking, Li Jinchao and his group had flocked to the main hall of Qianqing Palace, and they were distributed around, enclosing the small palace airtightly.

Seeing this, the new face frowned even more, and the corners of his lips twitched, but he didn't say anything after all.

"Prince, this servant will send you here. Further on is the place where the emperor and all the adults are celebrating the palace. Because the emperor has ordered that no one should come near him without his order, this servant will leave first." The face is neither humble nor overbearing to salute.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and the new face retreated.

The vermilion door opened with a creak, as if opening an unknown door.

The golden and green radiance in the main hall, although it was not Zhu Di's first visit, made him dazzled for a while.The emperor's throne is like a huge group, occupying the most important position in the hall, and four vermilion pillars made of golden nanmu hold the sky.

A screen was set between the two gold pillars on the back eaves, and a throne was set in front of the screen. On the throne sat a man in neat imperial attire, surrounded by a crowd of courtiers—about a dozen or so.

Zhu Di paused for a moment, and then walked forward slowly. The surrounding ministers had already stopped talking, and their eyes followed Zhu Di's movements.

One step at a time, stepping on the three-foot-square collaged seamless brick surface, the bluestone bricks have been polished extremely brightly, and at a glance, the shadow of a person can be vaguely seen.

Zhu Di held the gift box in his hand, and put his sword on his waist. He came to the throne, saluted Kangxi, and said, "I respectfully invite the emperor's father to be safe."

"Just now the emperor was still talking about His Highness the Crown Prince. I didn't want His Highness to come here. From this point of view, the Emperor will talk about it a lot in the future." A minister who had chatted with Kangxi first joked about Kangxi, but his eyes were fixed. Staring at Zhu Di's body, he never left for a moment.

"Where do you dare to talk about him? Every time you talk about it in the past, it caused him a lot of anger. Now if you talk about it again, don't you want to go against me?" Although Kangxi was smiling, there was no smile in his dark eyes. meaning.

"According to my servant, the crown prince and the leading Zhijun king are both heroes and warriors, and they have made great achievements. They are a little arrogant and don't take others seriously." Someone at the side saw the crown prince, and his face was not happy. Words are also bad.

Kangxi glanced at the man, smiling unabated: "Now my son is also on the battlefield, but I still need you veterans to give you good advice."

"What the emperor said is true." Everyone was a little absent-minded, and it was obvious that they didn't mean what they said.

An old official who had followed Kangxi for many years silently looked at the calm emperor, and remembered what the emperor said to them in private, but secretly became anxious in his heart, and couldn't help stomping his feet: Your majesty, since you have predicted the prince's rebellion, why did you still Do not act sooner?It should be noted that if it is too late, things will change!

Zhu Di quickly looked around the hall, and then he seemed slightly surprised: "Why is the eighth brother here? I didn't know it when I was alone!"

At this time, the eighth elder brother Yinhu was huddled in a corner on one side, his once gentle and jade-like face was now pale, with a forced smile on his mouth.

He got up, bowed to Zhu Di and said: "My brother has seen the prince, and he didn't greet the prince in time before, the prince won't blame him, right?"

"Eighth brother is worrying too much." Zhu Di glanced at the eighth elder brother who was clearly out of place in front of him, his voice softened uncommonly, and he stretched out his hand to give him a hand, and said, "Why are you and my brother so alienated? What's more, today But the 'good day' of the emperor and the adults, how can such a trivial matter spoil everyone's mood?"

Hearing the words, the eighth elder brother took a deep look at Zhu Di, and there were thousands of words of complicated emotions in his eyes, but they were all interrupted by Kangxi's gaze with a hint of warning.

Standing up straight according to the words, the eighth elder brother cleared his throat, pressed his chapped lips, and said: "Prince, although my younger brother respected you very much in the past, treating you like a king and brother, but today there is something that my younger brother can't complain about. "

"What's the matter?" Zhu Di's indifferent voice hit the stone bricks, but inexplicably made all the courtiers around Kangxi angry.

"What's the matter? How dare you ask what's the matter?" An upright military general who always followed Kangxi's lead angrily swung his weapon, pointed at Zhu Di angrily, and said, "Murdering your own father is disloyal and unfilial, but the emperor still values ​​you so much! "

Sure enough, something was wrong, Zhu Di calmly took in all the expressions of the people in the hall.Most of these people are military generals who have been on the battlefield. Some of them were extremely angry, staring straight at Zhu Di with murderous eyes, and some of them stood calmly beside Kangxi, and did not react as aggressively as the former. , just accidentally cast Zhu Di's eyes, but they were full of condemnation.

What right do they have to condemn him?despise him?The monstrous anger rose from his chest, and it became more and more intense.

Zhu Di laughed back angrily, "I didn't know that when I murdered the king of a country, someone else would remind me!!! Eighth brother, Yinhu Baylor, what do you know? Don't take more money!" Suspicious things to slander Gu's reputation!"

Unexpectedly, the eighth elder brother shook his head uncharacteristically and firmly said: "No, Your Highness, it's not that I want to slander your reputation. After all, you are my brother, so why don't I want to believe you? It's just... "Ba Prince bent down and took out something from under the huanghuali chair, but it was one of the four gilt incense burners that were originally placed on the spacious platform in front of the hall.He pointed to the incense burner and said, "Your Highness, the sandalwood in this burner must have been sent by you to the emperor?"

So, it is actually a problem with the incense burner?

Zhu Di replied in a deep voice: "Yes. Before sending it, I checked it repeatedly with celebrities to ensure that there is no abnormality. Sandalwood is the best in its class, and it is most suitable for soothing the emperor."

"But, do you know that after burning this incense in the furnace, it can kill people?" Eighth Prince's voice became sharper, with a heartbroken look, as if looking at Zhu Di in disbelief, and said: " If it weren't for the investigation by the imperial physician, I am afraid that my younger brother still can't believe that this life-threatening thing has been visiting the emperor's palace for half a month, and it is actually from your hands, the prince!!!"

"Good acting skills!" Zhu Di sneered, gritted his teeth and said, "What's even rarer is the scriptwriter of this play, don't you think so, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Di's eyes were always calm in the past, either as silent as an unfathomable ocean, or as lonely as frozen time, or filled with nostalgia, but never filled with anger like today.

He stared at Kangxi firmly, and said word by word: "For this drama, you have really worked so hard!"

"Zhuzi... so, it's really you?" At that moment, for no reason, Zhu Di felt obvious tremors in Kangxi's words.

"Prince, you have disappointed me so much. I wanted to give you a chance to admit your mistakes, but I didn't want you, but I didn't cherish it at all..."

I love you so much, but you are watching me from the sidelines, trying to put me to death! ! ! ! ! !

"In order to eradicate your opponents, you are really unscrupulous. The celebration banquet... the eighth brother... you generals... you really think highly of me!" Zhu Di's eyebrows were full of ridicule, he raised his jaw proudly, and smiled contemptuously and desperately. "Do you know? You should have killed me the moment I entered this palace! Because of your useless pity and fearless hesitation, today, here, in this golden palace, you will lose completely!! !"

He raised his right hand and shook it slightly, "I originally wanted to give you this special gift later. But now that the matter has come to an end, then..."

His bony hands quickly untied the rope tied to the huge gift box. At the moment when the box was completely taken away, everyone in the hall involuntarily let out an exclamation, and Emperor Kangxi even stood up involuntarily, in disbelief. Looking at the bloody thing, he lost his voice: "Wei...Wei Zhu!!!!!!!"