Queen is the top

The matter of He Mingfeng was settled smoothly, because of the queen's protection, Cheng Yingzong also felt that it was due to his own negligence, and did not punish him, but He Mingfeng was still ashamed, and his face was always gloomy.

He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing comforted Cheng Yingzong and the empress, and they left with peace of mind when they heard the imperial physician who had been sent to say that the empress was in good health.

The two finished their dinner affectionately. He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing were about to go to the Changchun Garden to digest food. Just as they stepped out of the entrance of the hall, a purple figure came into sight, and they were greeted by Qiu Zhi Su Jin.

He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing stopped in their tracks, watching Su Jinchao's slight blessing, they hurriedly raised their hands to excuse themselves.

"Aunt Su, why did you come here in person?" He Jingyi looked at Su Jin and asked in a hurry. Because of the deep master-servant relationship between Su Jin and the queen, and because Su Jin had been raised by He Jingyi since he was a child, he was very concerned about Su Jin. Her love is not inferior to that of the queen, so He Jingyi respects her as an elder and respects her a lot.

Su Jin saw that beside him were all loyal attendants like Yun Donghai, Lu Fu, Zhutong and Qiu Zhi, so he didn't refuse, with a worried face, stepped forward and whispered directly: "Go back to His Royal Highness, The eldest prince clamored to see His Majesty, and Her Royal Highness was worried that the First Prince would harm His Majesty, so she asked you to go and have a look."

He Jingyi frowned when he heard this, and nodded, "Okay, I'll go over right away."

Seeing that he agreed, Su Jin was blessed, "His Royal Highness still needs servants to serve her, so the servants will leave first."

"Zhutong, Qiuzhi, I wish I could send Aunt Su off."

As soon as He Jingyi's words fell, Zhutong and Qiu Zhi quickly took over the order.

Zhu Tong is the highest-ranking female official in charge around the prince. Although Qiu Zhi's status is slightly inferior, no one is second. Letting the two of them send Su Jin out of the palace also shows He Jingyi's respect for her. Su Jin's heart is ironed, After blessing the body again, he left with Zhutong and Qiuzhi.

He Mingcheng had the idea of ​​killing his father, and this person usually looks peaceful, but his heart is very violent. Cheng Yingzong went to see him alone, which made them quite worried.

Shi Yuqing turned around and asked He Jingyi worriedly, "Where is He Mingcheng being held?"

"It's locked in the night court, let's go there quickly." He Jingyi's voice was hurried, obviously very worried, he held his hand and walked out of the hall.

Yun Donghai ordered people to prepare the sedan chair, but Yeting was far away from the East Palace in Xiyuan, so He Jingyi ordered people to bring Hei Xiao to him, and Hei Xiao ran towards Xiyuan with Shi Yuqing in his arms.

It stands to reason that the prince should be imprisoned in the Yeyu Palace, but since the crown prince committed suicide there, Cheng Yingzong no longer allowed others to enter at will, so this time He Mingcheng was locked in the night court of Xiyuan, located in the hunting ground. A remote palace in the back was originally a hunting and resting palace for the princes, but because it was seldom used for a long time, it was abandoned there.

Xiyuan is located on the west side of the Imperial Palace, opposite to the Eastern Palace. It occupies a large area, covering almost two-thirds of Changping Capital, and is a leisure place for royal members.

He Jingyi led Shi Yuqing from the nearest road to the gate of the night court. Guards stood on both sides of the gate. Seeing the two of them, they immediately knelt down to salute.

He Jingyi hurriedly asked everyone to get up, jumped off Hei Xiao with Shi Yuqing in his arms, and walked in directly.

The two walked to the courtyard gate of a side hall, and saw that the gate was full of inner prisons, while Xu Tinglu, who was closest to the gate, had a worried expression on his face, shaking Fuchen's hand from time to time, facing the direction of the gate. The footsteps moved slightly, and then retreated, as if he wanted to step in but hesitated.

Dozens of inner eunuchs around were standing at the entrance of the courtyard, seeing He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing hurriedly bowing and saluting, everyone's greetings alarmed Xu Tinglu, who was in the courtyard wholeheartedly, he hurriedly turned around and saw the two of them, and immediately stepped forward a few Bu bowed to salute the two.

He Jingyi quickly asked him to stand up, looked into the courtyard, and asked, "Father is in there?"

Xu Tinglu hurriedly said, "It's inside, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Crown Princess, you two came just in time. Your Majesty has been in for some time, but he hasn't come out yet. This old slave is a little worried about Your Majesty."

He Jingyi nodded, "Don't worry, Ah Weng, let's go in and see Father."

Xu Tinglu had already seen He Jingyi's ability during the last time when the chaos was quelled, and he expected that with him, Cheng Yingzong would not be hurt, so he was slightly relieved, and moved away to send He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing into the courtyard respectfully.

Before he entered the entrance of the hall, He Jingyi's hearing was quite good, and he heard a crisp and loud sound from inside, apparently the sound of broken porcelain, he frowned, and looked at Shi Yuqing, each other's eyes were filled with worry, the two He immediately quickened his pace and quickly walked into the hall.

"You blame me for being biased. I admit that I really value Yi'er more, but you have to understand that the throne should belong to him!"

As soon as they stepped into the hall, He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing heard Cheng Yingzong's voice, they paused, and heaved a sigh of relief when they heard the loud and imposing voice. It sounds like Cheng Yingzong should be safe and sound.

The two exchanged glances with each other, and decided not to disturb Cheng Yingzong with a tacit understanding, but stopped behind the wooden pillar and watched the changes.

"The Crown Prince Shengzun has saved my life and brought me up, and besides, this world should belong to him! What's wrong with me passing the throne to his son!"

The last two words Cheng Yingzong almost yelled out, his voice was trembling, and the lingering sound was not noticed for a long time, which shows the excitement in his heart.

"Then what about me!" He Mingcheng rushed out with a strong voice of grievance in his rage, "I'm your own son! You treat your own son like this for an outsider! What right do you have to call me rebellious? Trying to kill my father in vain! You are not worthy to be my father at all!"

These words greatly angered He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing, He Jingyi's face sank immediately, and he raised his fingers slightly, as if he wanted to throw a burst of true energy at He Mingcheng in the next second to knock him out.

Shi Yuqing and his heart had already been completely connected, and held his fingers almost at the same time, stopped his action, and gave him a look of "the father has not finished speaking, it is not suitable to act at this time".

He Jingyi watched him relax a lot, nodded to him, and held his hand instead to warm it in his palm.

Over there, the confrontation between Cheng Yingzong and He Mingcheng was still going on, only hearing that Cheng Yingzong hated iron for not becoming a steel road, "I taught you so hard to teach you to repay your kindness and be a kind person, why did you follow you?" My mother, you are so vicious!"

When Cheng Yingzong talked about his anger, he vented his anger all at once, his eyes stared like copper bells, pointed at him and reprimanded: "If you keep yourself safe, let alone you, even your mother who has done all kinds of wrong things will be safe Enjoy the glory and spend your life, but you are not greedy enough, I am tolerant to you and your mother, no matter how many wrong things you have done, you will bear it again and again, and you still don't think it is enough! Overstepping my bottom line again and again!"

He said with a long sigh, "Even if it ends today, I have never thought of killing you. Am I not good enough to you as a royal father! No matter how much you hate me, I have a clear conscience! "

"Why can't the throne be passed on to me!" He Mingcheng roared, "All I want is the throne!"

"This throne does not belong to me. If the Crown Prince Shengzun hadn't been killed, this world should have belonged to him!" Cheng Yingzong seemed extremely dissatisfied with his words, and his voice sounded unusually angry.

"But he is already dead! My grandfather took the throne, why can't I inherit it!" He Mingcheng's words made Cheng Yingzong quiet for a while.

After a while, he was extremely disappointed, and said in a loud voice, "Your grandfather did make a lot of contributions back then, but your grandfather is not the only one who can do his best for the throne! It is the remnants of many holy crown princes. If it weren't for them, you would think Only your grandfather can fight it? Even the scar behind me was left in that war! Many heroes who died in the battle won the throne not for me, but for my elder brother. Gao, but took the remnants of the generals who died in battle and stationed in the north. They have been oppressing me with the army for so many years. I once made a solemn oath to save my elder brother and let him become the emperor. Even after his death, I also promised those generals to let Yier succeed to the throne. How can I have the face to let you inherit the throne instead of Yier? I can't do that!"

He Mingcheng didn't know there was such a story in it, so he couldn't find a word to confront him on the spot.

He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing's eyes were slightly sad, they had also heard that many loyal generals and officials in the court died in the chaos of the three kings, most of them were ministers of the crown prince, their loyalty could not help but move people.

"It doesn't matter if you say I'm stubborn or stupid. My elder brother saved my life. I lost my father's love and my mother when I was young. He raised me up. For me, my elder brother is more my father. I have nothing to ask for in this life, but I only hope that he can ascend the throne and assist him in establishing the Spring and Autumn Period." When Cheng Yingzong said this, his voice suddenly rose, and he said through gritted teeth, "It was He Yuanji who ruined all of this! You still want to be with him! Do you know that he tried to kill me several times back then, and it was the Crown Prince Shengzun who saved me from danger, if it wasn't for him, there would be no you in this world!"

He Mingcheng was stunned by him and was speechless for a while. He had been fascinated by it since he was a child. He often heard Concubine Hui nagging that his uncle died in battle for Cheng Yingzong. The country was brought down by Jiang Sheng. He favored the empress and He Jingyi, etc., but did not know that the ministers of the crown prince had put in a lot of hard work.

But if He Mingcheng could be persuaded by Cheng Yingzong's few words and could understand him at all, he wouldn't end up today.

He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing looked at each other with mixed feelings in their hearts, they were moved by Cheng Yingzong's loyalty.

Cheng Yingzong watched him knelt down on the ground with his head down, and sighed faintly, "You are my flesh and blood after all, I can't bear to kill you, the emperor will not short you, but if you think of this Ye Ting, I’m afraid it won’t be possible in this life, your concubines are all placed in the Night Ting, you can do it for yourself and live here well.”

After finishing speaking, he looked at He Mingcheng who seemed to have suffered a heavy blow, sighed heavily, shook his head slightly, closed his still loving eyes fiercely, turned around and wanted to walk away.

And the moment he turned around, He Mingcheng raised his sinister eyes slightly, revealing a murderous intent and anger, the hand hidden in his sleeve shook slightly and a dagger slipped into his palm.

It turned out that his slump just now was not only because of shock, but more because he wanted to lower Cheng Yingzong's vigilance.

He Mingcheng's eyes with deep hatred were like a knife, ready to tear Cheng Yingzong apart at any moment. After Cheng Yingzong took the first step, his slightly crazy face instantly lifted up, mobilizing all the strength in his body, Raising the dagger with lightning speed, it will be inserted into Yingzong's deadly stamina in the next second, killing him in an instant.

Seeing that the knife was about to be inserted into Cheng Yingzong's body, he had a distorted and crazy smile on his face. He couldn't help but imagine that Cheng Yingzong's blood was sprayed on his face, and the joyful feeling instantly made his blood boil.

Cheng Yingzong was originally a man of martial arts, but he was filled with melancholy thoughts at this time, and he didn't notice it. Suddenly, a strong air pierced through the gauze tent in the distance with a sound of "swish". Forced behind Yingzong.

Cheng Yingzong's heart tightened suddenly, and before he could stop, he heard a scream behind him, which made him turn around immediately, and saw He Mingcheng lying on the ground with his right hand holding his left wrist, unable to stop. He was gasping for air, and thick sweat gradually overflowed from his forehead, and beside his left hand, a dagger was lying quietly on the ground with a sharp tip glowing.

Cheng Yingzong saw this scene in his heart at a glance. He pointed at him with trembling fingers and said in a trembling voice, "No matter how much I have raised you for more than 20 years, you really want to kill me!"

He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing hurriedly bypassed the wooden pillar and stepped forward to check if Cheng Yingzong was injured.

"Father!"

Hearing the voices of He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing, Cheng Yingzong suddenly came back to his senses. After seeing the two, his original expression of anger turned into surprise, but soon he realized that the strong internal force just now must have been generated by He Jingyi .

Seeing that he hadn't recovered yet, Shi Yuqing was a little worried, and cupped her hands and said, "Father, are you all right?"

Cheng Yingzong was taken aback for a moment, blinked his eyes, his thoughts came back, and he hurriedly said, "It's okay, why are you here?"

He Jingyi said solemnly, "The queen mother is worried about you, let us come and have a look."

Cheng Yingzong nodded, feeling warm in his heart because of the concern of the empress, He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing, especially compared with He Mingcheng who almost killed him at his feet.

"I made your mother worry." Cheng Yingzong sighed, "If you hadn't come in time, I'd be afraid of my life..."

With lingering fear in his heart, he lowered his head and looked at He Mingcheng who was still twitching on the ground due to the pain in his wrist. The remaining love for him in his heart was completely wiped out by the attack, replaced by a deep sternness, and he looked at him coldly and said, "I will bear with you forever. Since you are so stubborn, I don't have to care about the relationship between father and son. This will fulfill you."

As he spoke, he finally looked at He Mingcheng with cold eyes without the slightest nostalgia, and turned to leave.

He Jingyi and Shi Yuqing followed closely behind, a person who had never given an extra look to the person lying on the ground with a distorted expression.

"I am the emperor of Dacheng! I am the emperor of Dacheng!"

His crazy roar did not attract the attention of the three of them, as if everything was a fleeting cloud of smoke, which had been completely wiped away in the lives of the three of them.

Xu Tinglu was holding the lamp, when he saw someone approaching from a distance, he quickly took the glazed lamp from the young eunuch behind him and went forward to meet him, other eunuchs followed suit.

Xu Tinglu didn't feel relieved until he saw the imposing and mighty Ming Huang walking towards him, and hurried forward a few steps, seeing Cheng Yingzong's icy face paused, and the next moment he heard Cheng Yingzong's cold voice : "Pass down my order, demote He Ming to become a commoner, give a cup of poisoned wine, and give Yeting death."

Xu Tinglu shook his hand holding the glazed lamp, his eyes sparkled with disbelief, but when he looked up and saw Cheng Yingzong's face sinking like water, he understood instantly.

"Yes! Your Majesty."