Chapter 724 Unpredictable
Concubine Shu shook like a sieve and knelt down with a straight face, only two words in her heart: It's over.
The Sixth Prince looked at Emperor Jing Hong blankly. His mind was blank at this time and he didn't know what to do.
Emperor Jing Hong walked to the sixth prince with his hands behind his back, looked at the young man with his eyes down, and the emotions in his eyes were extremely complicated, as if he had known him for the first time.
"Father, Father..." The sixth prince's legs and feet were weak, and he knelt down with a plop.
"Old Six." Emperor Jing Hong crossed the sixth prince, sat down at the head, lazily raised his legs and smiled, "I just heard what you meant, are you still resentful about this?"
"Son minister, son minister is just..."
The sixth prince had a knot on his tongue and didn't even know what to say for a moment that was the most helpful to him. Wang Shitong was dead, and he was indeed sad. He hated his mother for giving Wang Shitong to his father, and also hated his father for taking over Wang Shitong, and even hated Wang Shitong's use of him, deception and betrayal.
Wang Shitong was already dead, and she had to vent her hatred on her mother whom she could afford, but she did not dare to show any strangeness in front of Emperor Jing Hong.
He was not the biological son of Emperor Jinghong, and Emperor Jinghong had ordered people to investigate Ye Zhao's past. I don't know when the scandal between Concubine Shu and Ye Zhao would be placed in front of Emperor Jinghong. Now he is still the established candidate for the crown prince. What can you do?
The Sixth Prince thought a lot at this moment, his mind was tossed and turned, and his mind was full of thoughts, but in fact it was just a blink of an eye.
Emperor Jing Hong raised his chin and leaned comfortably on the back of the chair: "Tell me, what's going on between you and Wang? I originally thought that taking such a woman would be like giving her a support, and it was not considered cold to Wang's loyal heart, but I didn't expect that things would end up in this way. Today, I came here to ask your mother clearly, but I happened to hear these things."
The Sixth Prince blinked his eyes quickly, as if he wanted to come up with a perfect statement.
Emperor Jing Hong's eyes became even colder. He suddenly sneered and slapped the table: "Xiao Lu, do you really think I have no other way, so you can only ask the answer here?"
"Father, my son is not afraid!" The sixth prince kowtowed quickly, full of anxiety, "I just don't know how to speak..."
"I am willing to ask you now, just give you a chance. If you still have other intentions to fool me, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Concubine Shu was shaking like a sieve of bran when she heard it, her body was so soft that it seemed to turn into a pool of mud, and she stuttered: "Your Majesty, Lu'er is young, and she was bewitched by Wang Cairen, so..."
"Shut up." Emperor Jing Hong scolded in a deep voice, "I will ask you later. Now, Lao Liu, you said."
"Yes." The sixth prince had no choice but to choose to tell the truth. Emperor Jing Hong had Jinyiwei and a spy under him. It was easy to find out how things were going. His answers should be selective, and he should try to tell the truth as much as possible.
The Sixth Prince's mind has never turned so quickly. He kowtowed and said respectfully: "By the father, Erchen grew up with Wang Shitong since childhood. He really has feelings for her. He didn't understand it earlier, but he just felt happy when he saw her. Later, when he grew up, he understood some things about men and women, and realized that he liked it. Erchen originally wanted to marry her as the official concubine, but she never agreed."
"Oh?" Emperor Jing Hong raised his eyebrows, "Then why didn't she agree?"
"She, she always likes the third brother." The sixth prince spoke carefully, thought for a while, but did not tell the story of the King of Qin rejecting Wang Shitong.
Emperor Jing Hong smiled playfully: "This is really interesting. Why? I have taken a woman and have something to do with my two sons?"
Looking at Concubine Shu, Emperor Jing Hong asked with a smile: "Beloved concubine, do you know about this?"
Concubine Shu was shocked and said quickly: "When I returned to the emperor, I only knew that when Lu'er was young, she told Sister Wang all day long, but when the child grew up, I thought that it was just a young man's thoughts, and it would be fine if he gradually faded. Later, I heard that Wang Cairen seemed to have thoughts about the Third Prince, but the Third Prince did not come back often, so he delayed it until now."
"This time it was Wang Cairen. She found me and told me about my intention to serve the emperor. I thought that the people in the Wang family were gone, and Wang Cairen grew up in the palace again. His character is the most reliable and his life experience is clean. Moreover, the third prince must have no intention of Wang Cairen. If he really had the intention, he would have asked the emperor for an order to marry him. I mentioned this matter to you. But I never thought that she would seduce Lu'er."
Concubine Shu said everything in a strict manner and took both herself and her son clean.
Emperor Jing Hong sneered, shook his head and said, "The beloved concubine is not honest."
"emperor……"
"Where is Wang Shitong seducing Lu'er? It is clearly Lu'er who forced Wang Shitong." Emperor Jing Hong stood up and walked to the sixth prince and looked down at him, shook his head and said, "I know that Wang Shitong's thoughts are just like most women in the harem. They have no feelings for me, but they have ambitions for power and position. She serves me carefully, just to climb up. I am happy to give her some of what she wants and get what she needs.
"Since she was deliberately climbing up her mind, she would not do anything undecisive and cause fearless trouble for herself. This time, it was clear that Lu'er had eaten too much wine and was doing things wrong by the alcohol. Besides, many people saw the scene at that time."
Emperor Jing Hong kicked the sixth prince in the knee with his student: "You said, do you resent your mother to let Wang Shitong enter the palace, and you resent me for killing him?"
"Father, my son is not afraid!" The sixth prince kowtowed repeatedly.
Emperor Jing Hong shook his head and continued, "Actually, it is you who killed him. I killed her just to keep you face."
The sixth prince's kowtow became stiff.
He killed Wang Shitong?
How could it be that he liked her so much? He once followed her and wanted to give her everything in the world, but in the end he lost his life because of him?
Emperor Jing Hong looked at the figure of the sixth prince kneeling on the ground and said, "I always thought that you have grown up and become sensible. You can tell what matters and know what you should do as a prince. But I didn't expect you to be so confused. You don't count on doing things recklessly, and you dare to disobey and be unfilial."
A disobedience and unfilial sentence scared the Sixth Prince and Concubine Shu.
If a family member goes to the yamen to sue his son for being disobedient and unfilial, there is no need to interrogate him. The county magistrate will first give the unfilial son a blow on the spot and say that he will not be beaten to death, so that he will have his life to defend himself.
Now Emperor Jing Hong put the hat of "disobedience and unfiliality" on the Sixth Prince, which really scared the Sixth Prince and Concubine Shu.
"Father, my son is not afraid, my son is not afraid!" The Sixth Prince turned into a kowtow worm and kept saying that he didn't dare. He was a person who was agile in his daily life, but now he became dull and only had the idea of apologizing for guilt.
Emperor Jing Hong looked at the Sixth Prince and sighed.
"I will not mention today's affairs, but I cannot tempt you to your mother. You will go outside and kneel for three hours before you can leave the palace."
The Sixth Prince was stunned for a moment, was he just punished to kneel?
The father didn't pursue the rest of his affairs, that is, the father hadn't found any questions about his life experience yet? He no longer cared about the woman who almost forced the father?
The sixth prince raised his head gratefully and looked at Emperor Jing Hong: "Father, my son knows that he is wrong. My son should not act irresponsible, and my son will not do this again in the future."
As he said that, he walked to Concubine Shu again: "Mother, my son is confused for a moment, but he is so depressed that he speaks without saying anything when he gets angry. Please forgive my son."
Concubine Shu had tears in her eyes. Although she wanted to forgive the Sixth Prince, she knew in her heart that Emperor Jing Hong was not completely disregarding the Sixth Prince's mistakes, but just letting it go for the time being.
Will Emperor Jinghong make him the crown prince if he has the habit of torture and killing behind his back and rob a woman with his father?
"Okay, go and kneel outside." Concubine Shu ordered.
The Sixth Prince originally hoped that Concubine Shu would say something nice to give him a step, and that he could perform a kind mother and filial son in front of Emperor Jing Hong, but Concubine Shu's response was so cold.
"Yes, my son is leaving." When the sixth prince kowtowed, the hatred in his eyes flashed away. After saluting respectfully, he retreated and knelt down in front of the main hall of Yong'an Palace.
Emperor Jing Hong looked at Concubine Shu with a smile and said, "Beloved concubine, get up."
Concubine Shu was nervous, but she became more and more afraid to relax. She stood up with a bit of tenderness in her dignity and walked to Emperor Jing Hong with a gentle look.
"The emperor calmed down, I was stupid, and I mistrust Wang Cairen, and did not teach Lu'er well. I beg the emperor to punish him. I am willing to take all the responsibility."
Speaking of the last sentence, Concubine Shu raised her head and looked at Emperor Jing Hong with tears in her eyes. She looked like an iron tree that was about to bloom.
Emperor Jing Hong's eyes were not fluctuating, but he stretched out his hand and held Concubine Shu's soft and boneless hand in the palm of his hand and smiled: "You and I have been married for many years. I understand your temperament. Although I am arrogant, I am not without being kind and cute. I can't blame you for this incident."
When Concubine Shu heard this, her heart suddenly relaxed and shed tears: "Your Majesty, I know I am wrong."
As he said that, he knelt in front of Emperor Jing Hong, his cheeks resting on Emperor Jing Hong’s knees, and he started to cry.
At an angle that Concubine Shu could not see, Emperor Jing Hong looked thoughtful, but his hands gently stroked Concubine Shu's back.
The news that the Sixth Prince was punished to kneel in Yong'an Palace seemed to have grown wings and would fly, spread throughout the palace overnight.
The next morning, Chu Junlan had dinner and fed the child. When he was walking in the yard with Rusheng in his arms, he heard Haitang follow her like a storyteller and telling her about the events of Yong'an Palace last night in a vivid way.
"...I heard that the emperor got so angry that the sixth prince had to kneel down obediently."
Chapter completed!