Ever since Aunt Lin made a scene in the street that day, there have been rumors about the prime minister's mansion. Sheng Qingyun has been an official for many years, has many disciples, and naturally has many political enemies. People who are interested have made several articles about this matter. Sheng Qingsong had a ghost in his heart, but he had to pretend that he was being wronged. After all, Emperor Zhengkang was behind the scenes and there were very few people who really knew the truth. But even so, it exhausted him physically and mentally. Within a few days, he said he was sick.

The court is also full of turbulence, the fifth prince is full of ambitions, the fourth prince is pressing each other tightly, and the rest of the princes are sharpening their heads to climb up, one by one, all waiting to kill their brothers. Drag down the abyss.

A few days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival came.

According to the usual practice, there will be a family banquet in the palace on this day, and colorful lights are hung everywhere in the palace. The whole palace seems to be made of fireflies, which looks beautiful from a distance.

In the main hall, Emperor Zhengkang sat in the first place. Next to him was the noble concubine Duan, who was supposed to be sitting with the highest status in the harem, but the noble concubine felt cold, and was afraid that the emperor would get sick, so she refused to invite her. Before asking too much, concubine Shu was handpicked to take the position, which made Concubine Zhen and the others red-eyed with hatred. They were also testing medicine for the emperor, so why did Concubine Shu fall into the emperor's favor?

The princes and princesses sat down with their families, and there was a symphony in the hall, and graceful dancers danced gracefully. Xia Tian was not used to being liked by Emperor Kang. Although he was a prince, he was placed in a corner far away. He was enjoying himself, after all, the imperial palace was not good in every way, but the craftsmanship in the imperial dining room was good, he tasted the dishes on the table little by little, and pushed all the dishes that he thought were delicious to Sheng Li.

Sheng Li spread the dishes for him with silver chopsticks, and said in a low voice: "You don't have to eat all these dishes, just be careful." This is not in the palace, because little foxes don't like wasting food, they serve three meals a day The dishes are all rationed, and every plate of Xia Tian must be eaten clean; today's palace banquet has a full ninety-nine and 81 dishes, which means "long and long time", if the little fox eats them all, Then Sheng Li might have to carry the little fox back home with the little fox who couldn't walk anymore.

Xia Tian was eating a dish of cold shredded chicken, when he heard the words he said vaguely, "Maybe the dish...well...there's no end to it."

Sheng Li chuckled, "That's true."

The two of them were sitting in a corner, not being noticed by others, but there were a few princes and princesses nearby who wanted to make friends and exchanged a few words with them.

Just when the party was enjoying themselves, the fourth prince suddenly stood up, and said to Emperor Zhengkang, "I would like to tell my father, today is a good day for family reunion, and I shouldn't disturb my father's interest, it's just..."

"Since you know it's not right, let's back down." Emperor Zhengkang was drinking a glass of fine wine from Concubine Shu's hand, when he heard this he waved his hand without even raising his eyelids.

Concubine Shu glanced at the fourth prince proudly, and said softly to Emperor Zhengkang: "Your Majesty, look, this wine has added crystal stones, so it can sparkle under the candlelight, like a galaxy falling into the cup, which is a symbol of the emperor's wine. Swallowing mountains and rivers, can bring the world into one's arms."

Emperor Zhengkang smiled and nodded, "My concubine has a heart."

The fourth prince paused, and said: "Father, this matter is related to the body of the father's dragon. My son has found out that the Daoist Ling Yun of the Changsheng Pavilion..."

Emperor Zhengkang was furious, he picked up a copper cup and threw it at the fourth prince, "Who gave you the courage to investigate the head of the Tao? Come and take down the fourth prince!"

"Because of a Daoist priest, father wants to take down son-in-law?" The fourth prince turned his head to avoid the copper lamp, and brushed off his robe. "In this case, father don't blame son-in-law."

Emperor Zhengkang's face turned serious, and he was about to speak, but suddenly his throat became sweet, he vomited blood in public, and his body limp and fell on the dragon chair.

Concubine Shu was right next to him, her face was sprayed with warm black blood, she forgot to scream and dodge in panic, only the hand holding the wine cup couldn't help shaking, and the little maid who was waiting on the side With a cry of surprise, he shook his body and said, "Your Majesty! The emperor drank the wine you served..."

"Presumptuous!" Concubine Shu slapped the maid on the face, but she couldn't stop others from looking at her. Wang Jinzhong shouted "Prince Xuan", the drums stopped suddenly, and the hall was in chaos for a while. His Royal Highness, the prince and daughter looked at each other. At least everyone knew that Emperor Zhengkang had been taking medicine since it was difficult for his body to last any longer, but no one thought that he would pass out at the royal family banquet during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The fourth prince said loudly: "Concubine Shu intends to plot rebellion and poison the emperor, come here! Take her down!"

The fifth prince suddenly stood up and cursed angrily: "Fourth, what are you, you dare to ask someone to touch my mother and concubine?"

The fourth prince laughed loudly, "I forgot, Concubine Shu is the mother concubine of the fifth prince..." He glanced coldly at everyone in the hall, "If Concubine Shu poisoned her, it must be because of my good brother, right?"

Before he finished speaking, all the dancers in red dresses in the hall pulled out soft swords disguised as waist ornaments from their waists, and stopped a group of princes and princesses. Xia Tian and the others stood in front of one, but the two of them didn't even look at it. Xia Tian even scooped up a spoonful of soup and fed it to Sheng Li's mouth.

"Brother Huang... You, you want to rebel?" The ninth princess looked at the fourth prince in disbelief, her voice trembling.

"My sister's words are wrong. The fifth prince intends to murder the father. I am killing my relatives righteously." The fourth prince said, nodding to the dancers, and immediately one of them pierced the fifth prince's chest with a sword. He didn't even realize that he had been stabbed, and he kept cursing the fourth prince, until the moment he fell to the ground, he stared blankly at the blood gurgling from his chest.

The soft sword was poisoned, and the fourth prince's lips turned black and died a moment after he fell down. Concubine Shu was so shocked by this accident that she cried again and again. She hurriedly climbed down from the throne, hugged the fifth prince and cried: "The emperor Son, emperor, wake up, look at Concubine Mother, don't sleep, Concubine Mother begs you to look at Concubine Mother!"

His mourning sounded like weeping blood, but no one in the hall was moved. The fourth prince raised his chin towards Concubine Shu again, "Concubine Shu poisoned her, so naturally she can't stay."

Everyone watched as the fourth prince easily killed Concubine Shu and the fifth prince with just a few words, and kept silent. A little eunuch wanted to go out to report the news, but was also stabbed to death with a sword. Seeing this, several princesses fainted from fright .

The hall that was singing and dancing just now was filled with disgusting bloody smell. Several princes who were fighting with the fourth prince clenched their fists, wanting to rise up and kill him, but afraid of the peachy plums in front of them but with murderous intent in their eyes. dancer.The fourth prince walked towards Emperor Zhengkang step by step as if no one was around. Wang Jinzhong stood in front of Emperor Zhengkang, swung his whisk, and put on a full guard posture.

"Don't be afraid, my lord. This king will not hurt you. Tomorrow, you have to deliver an orality to your father in the court hall, and you will personally make this king the regent." The fourth prince sneered, and said: "This king can I don't want to cause too many murders, lest my father, Huangquan, know and be unhappy after seeing it."

At this moment, the commotion outside the palace and the sound of gold and stones being handed over from weapons came. Everyone in the palace looked at the fourth prince who was confident in his chest, and felt a chill in his heart. There were changes in the palace, and the fourth prince would not be so stupid as to rely on a few dancers. As for rebellion, his rebels may have started a scuffle with the palace guards right now.

The fourth prince was obviously also a little nervous, he walked quickly to the front of the palace gate, and saw a beam of fire rising from the northwest direction, he was immediately relieved, he looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and took out a dagger from his bosom.

Except for the guards and the generals allowed by the emperor himself, no one in the palace can wear sharp weapons at such banquets. No one knows how the fourth prince hid this dagger in. He touched an opal on the handle , sighed: "Speaking of which, it was given to me by my father when I practiced martial arts for the first time." Now, he is going to use this dagger to take the life of Emperor Zhengkang.

The prince's bark-like old face showed a look of astonishment. He threw down the whisk, and without hesitation to hide it, he took out a pill from his sleeve and stuffed it into Emperor Zhengkang's mouth. The dancer at the side quickly swung his sword, but After all, it was a step too late, the elixir was forced down by the prince, he opened his mouth and breathed the air with difficulty, seeing Zhengkang Emperor's fingers dangling slightly, he just closed his eyes with a smile.

Seeing this, Xia Tian whispered to Sheng Li, "I didn't live long, but now I'm going to die sooner..."

Emperor Zhengkang's toxin has entered the body and there is no cure for medicine and stones. Originally, if he cut off the pill and raised it carefully, it might last ten days and a half. The elixir, even if you open your eyes, it will only return to the light.

Sheng Li pinched the tip of his nose, "Go."

Xia Tian glanced at the person on the dragon chair, then gently hooked Gou Shengli's fingertips with his little finger, and said, "Be careful." Then he stood up reluctantly, and his expression was cold when he spoke again , actually five points similar to Sheng Li in the past.

"Brother Sihuang, if you plead guilty now, you may leave your whole body behind."

Because he sits the farthest, he is obviously the least favored prince, and the guards here are also the weakest. The fourth prince didn't even notice this brother at first, and he didn't notice him until now, and said with a smile: "Why? Ten Third brother still wants to share a piece of the pie?"

Xia Tian pinched his palm lightly with his fingers hidden under the sleeves of the wide robe, and then said: "Brother Sihuang, Father is the Son of a True Dragon, who gave you the courage to do something to Father at a family banquet? Doing something in the palace is already treasonous, how dare you go against the destiny!"

No one noticed that Emperor Zhengkang on the dragon chair slightly opened his eyes and was staring at his son motionless.

The fourth prince didn't put Xia Tian in his eyes at all. He knew about this younger brother. Because of his father's deliberate arrangement, he was able to accomplish everything from literary to martial arts. How can a three-point countryman achieve great things?

"Since the thirteenth brother is so filial, why don't you try it for the father first, whether this dagger can seal the throat with blood as the rumors say."

Sheng Li's eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand to make a gesture. The dancer standing in front realized something was wrong, and was about to make a move, but was hit by a feathered arrow in the center of her forehead. She closed her eyes and fell down without saying a word. on the ground.

It wasn't just her, many figures suddenly appeared on the beams in the hall. These people were originally the most secretive guards in the imperial guards, and they silently eliminated all the dancers with their sleeve arrows.

"Brother Sihuang, let me advise you one more thing. As long as the father is still alive, he will always be the emperor of the world. Don't do anything wrong again." Xia Tian didn't look at the group of dancers who collapsed. , only said to the fourth prince with a serious expression.

The fourth prince gritted his teeth, and it was hard to get off now. Anyway, the imperial guards in the palace were under control. These dancers died as soon as they died, and they were no hindrance to him. He sneered, "The thirteenth brother is so filial, treat me In the future, the regent will let you go underground to be filial to your father."

"Fourth...you are so courageous!"

No matter how hard Emperor Zhengkang was to hide his anger, when he saw the hidden guards making a move, he didn't even care to think about why they were used by King An, so his veins burst out of anger, and he stared at the fourth prince viciously.

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