Chapter 169
When these words came out, not only the Emperor, even Duan Fei’s hairs were counting down when he heard them.
They coincidentally thought of Shi Feng’s eldest son, the thousand husband commander who died tragically in Western Qin.
Duan Fei as a soldier, deeply resentful, in the side can not help but say straight: “actually use a soldier who died for the country dynasty, in order to achieve their own purposes, is simply heartless madness. Fortunately, your majesty is clear-sighted, otherwise the Shi family father and son are also too wronged.”
The emperor’s face was gloomy: “No wonder Shi Feng would say that he saw his son at the scene and went berserk to avenge him. From placing a concubine beside him, to An Ning incense inducement, to the school field intentionally mimic his son’s death, stimulate his onset of illness, this whole thing layout, I’m afraid that from last year’s reform of the Ministry of the Army, the preparation of the school field martial arts has already buried the ambush. I estimate that Shi Feng went to trial crossbow, may be even crossbow battalion have the heart of the people to encourage him to go.”
Thinking of the previous Qi old general said, Shi Feng since the idle post, follow the instructions of the doctor, long time not touch sharp weapons. This time, but was used as a pawn to drive, this behind the scenes of the person’s mind is really vicious.
The emperor immediately ordered, ordered the Department of Criminal Justice to release Shi Feng, so that his son to bring people back, send doctors. Although this matter is not yet finalized, but it can be confirmed that he is innocent.
Shi Wei suspense for a few days, at this moment looking at the body like a bloody man like father, cried out in pain, begged Qi old general: “to be father’s injury is well, we or go back to Yangzhou to go …… the capital city than the battlefield dangerous, we can not stay down.”
Elder General Qi was speechless: “Let’s wait until your father and King Yuh are better.”
Zhou Xian Yang had a very long dream.
The story in the dream was not a good one; after his mother was deposed, he denounced his father’s father as a dimwit, severed the father-son relationship, and asked for himself to be deposed, accompanying his mother in the body of a concubine, and together they were secluded in the imperial tomb.
Until one day, the news of the late emperor’s death came, he and his mother were briefly released, was escorted far toward the late emperor’s tomb, kneeling once.
Then …… his mother was ordered by Empress Zhang, no, by Empress Dowager Chong Qing’s palace people, to give the late emperor martyrdom.
When he broke free from the escort of the palace people and went to save his mother, he was pierced through the heart by the guards behind him with □□□.
Usually, if the nightmare was even more painful, as long as he woke up from the dream, the pain in his heart would be relieved, but this time when he opened his eyes, what he got was ten thousand times more painful than in the dream.
He gasped a breath of cold air and slowed down for a while before regaining consciousness.
Xiao Bei immediately realized that he was awake and stood beside the bed, a smile on her face.
Zhou Xian Yang also struggled to return a smile to him.
Normally at this time, Xiao Bei would have yelled, but this time, he softly walked outside.
It was only then that he noticed Rong Xiangmian lying on the side of the bed.
Her hair was loosely pulled up in a bun behind her head, and she only used a plain jade hairpin to hold it in place, thinking that she was too busy these days to bother with her makeup.
With one hand under her face and the other holding his left hand, she fell asleep like this.
However, it could be seen that she was not sleeping peacefully, and was in a state of alertness, half-asleep, half-awake, with slight movements.
Zhou Xian Yang made an effort to lift his left hand and touched her face.
Rong Xiangshi’s entire body was startled, and she woke up in a whirlwind.
Seeing Zhou Xian Yang’s pale, reluctant smile, her eyes instantly reddened, unable to say a word, just grasping his hand and silently weeping.
Only after a while did she manage to squeeze out a sentence, “Does it hurt?”
Zhou Xian Yang also struggled to squeeze out two words, “It doesn’t hurt.”
He still remembers when he drew the arrow and woke up in pain. Wangfei hugged him and cried her eyes out, whispering words like that in his ear.
He tried to raise his hand, wanting to wipe her tears, but he couldn’t lift it at all, the pulling wound hurt too much.
Immediately, Sagami leaned down and put her face into his hands, allowing him to dry her tears effortlessly.
Rong Xiangmian knew that he was lying, but it didn’t matter, it was good that he could wake up and talk to her again.
Imperial Doctor Sun is quickly called in by Xiao Bei to check Yu Wang’s pulse.
His entire face is beaming with joy, knowing that if King Yu’s life is saved, his son’s life will be saved as well.
Taking advantage of the time when the eunuchs go to report back to the Emperor, Xiang Xiang tells Xian Yang briefly about the events of the past few days, not hiding even those things that would have chilled him to the bone.
Zhou Xian Yang listened quietly, without the slightest fluctuation of emotions, and at the end only said, “It was really hard on you.”
Rong Xiangyang shook his head, “This is nothing, you are the one who has worked the hardest.”
After saying this, he sent the palace staff to Ci Ning Palace to tell the Empress Dowager the good news.
Only then did Zhou Xian Yang realize that he was recuperating from his injuries in the Chong Hua Palace.
Seeing that there were only Wangfei and Xiao Bei and Lin Lang in the four corners of the room, Zhou Xian Yang quietly made a gesture towards them. Xiao Bei and Lin Lang understood and immediately walked outside the screen to stand guard.
Rong Xiangxian sat on the bed and leaned against Zhou Xianyang, listening to him speak.
“Big brother …… is big brother.”
“Is it really King Kai?” Rong Xiangshi had originally guessed here as well, but hearing him say this, he was even more certain.
Zhou Xian Yang nodded and recalled the moment of the accident.
“At that time, I swooped over and tried to use the gold silk soft armor on my back to ward off the cold arrows, just in time to see King Kai standing in the corner, staring at us. He didn’t have the slightest bit of fear and panic in his eyes, instead, he looked like a maniac with a great revenge. Now that I think about it, he stood with Duan Fei, who was guarding the periphery of the high platform, intentionally avoiding the cold arrows.”
“But now the people in the schoolyard, have already killed themselves and died …… only to die without evidence. The emperor’s side has not been moving, it is estimated that he can not be investigated.”
Zhou Xian Yang said, “Then let him …… jump out by himself.”
The news that King Yu woke up quickly spread throughout the harem.
However, when the Emperor and Empress Dowager arrived again, Zhou Xian Yang fell asleep again.
The Imperial Doctor hurriedly pacified, “Your Highness’s high fever has subsided, this time it’s not a fainting spell, it’s just being too tired and passing out. King Yu has lost too much blood and hasn’t eaten for a few days, so his energy is low. Just now, Your Highness fed him some liquid food, and when he replenishes a little bit of his energy, he will definitely be able to recover well enough to speak to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty.”
Hearing the eunuch say this, they let their hearts go.
When Rong Xiangmian saw the salute to send the elders out, his eyes flickered, as if he had something difficult to say, and he was very uneasy.
The empress dowager and the emperor found out early in the morning, supporting all the people, and only asked her words alone. Rong Xiangmian was horrified, kneeling on the ground and said, “When His Highness woke up just now, he told me that he saw who plotted against His Majesty to assassinate him.”
“Who?”
Rong Xiangmei made a difficult look, “I don t dare to say, I am afraid that the Empress Dowager and His Majesty feel that I am provoking the harmony of the heavenly family …… then I deserve to die.”
The empress dowager snapped, “Confused ah, the emperor and Xian Yang’s lives are about to be hurt, what do you still care about the harmony of the heavenly family! You just tell the truth and I and His Majesty will definitely not blame you!”
Only then did Rong Xiangshi see this and spoke with deliberation, “His Highness said that when he saw King Kai during the incident, he was not panicked, his eyes were full of indignation, and he stood by coldly. And at that time, King Kai broke away from the crowd and stood alone beside Duan Fei, avoiding the cold arrows, as if he had prepared for it.”
“How could it be him?” The empress dowager is very puzzled, Rong Xiangmian busy: “Kai Wang brother is the most filial, gentle nature, according to reason can not do such a ruthless thing ah, so Xiangmian hesitated, afraid that your highness looked at the wrong …… This is no solid evidence of the matter, said there is a suspicion of moving the tongue of the right and wrong, however, and do not dare to hide the empress dowager and your majesty ……”
“Good child,” the empress dowager signaled vice governor Tang to help her up, “you just take good care of Xian Yang, the rest of the matter, have the emperor make the decision!”
Seeing that he agreed, Rong Xiang carefully watched the Emperor’s face and retreated.
Only then did the Empress Dowager stare at the Emperor, “King Kai grew up in your vassal land, I have never had any grandparent-grandson relationship with him, and I don’t understand him. Do you think that it will be King Kai who will conspire to commit an assassination?”
The emperor’s face was cloudy, and he seemed to be weighing something. After a while, he remembers something and raises his hand to recruit Duan Fei: “That day when the assassination took place, where did King Kai stand, do you still remember.”
Duan Fei was unaware of this and answered back truthfully, “Of course, King Kai was by my side at that time and has been talking to me.”
“How did he, for good reason, run to your side. At that time, you were leading the Feather Forest Guards escorting the side of the high platform, and were not amongst the princes.”
Duan Fei was confused, “This minister doesn’t know. At that time, the martial arts performance was warming up, and King Kai came over and chatted with the minister.”
“Chatting about what?”
“It was all unimportant topics …… I was busy checking out the surrounding situation and didn’t listen carefully ……”
Duan Fei said here before reacting, “Could it be that …… King Kai was intentionally distracting me?”
As soon as he thought of this, Duan Fei immediately knelt down, “I have failed in my duty, please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
The Empress Dowager saw the Emperor’s eyes grow colder and colder, so she said, “Since the Emperor is suspicious, why don’t we set up a game and tell him to reveal his true colors.”
On the third day after Zhou Xian Yang was injured, everyone was worried. According to the Imperial Doctor, if the fever did not subside and get better today, the situation would be difficult.
Even the grounded Li Wang couple asked for an order to go into the palace to visit him.
After all the princes asked for peace, they went to the Chonghua Hall together.
Qi Wang was the most angry and couldn’t help but discuss, “Have you heard? This schoolyard was not an accident, but a premeditated assassination. Yesterday, Fourth Brother briefly woke up once and wanted to tell Wangfei who the murderer was, but he fainted again before he could finish his sentence.”
King Yun immediately said, “How can you not know? Yesterday, Consort Yun and I personally heard from Fourth Sister-in-law …… that Fourth Brother saw the mastermind behind the curtain at that time.”
King Li hurriedly asked, “Saw? That means it was in the schoolyard, amongst the princes and dignitaries?”
“It should be.”
When the Royal Academy and the Supervisory Academy were involved, King Li had already suspected that Marquis Yong An had done something behind his back, and although the people they had arranged for these two places had lost some of their lives, they still had power.
King Li was afraid that he would be implicated in this, so he said, “This matter has caused a lot of panic, I hope that fourth brother will be lucky enough to have the murderer fall into the net as soon as possible.”
“Who says otherwise?” King Qing sighed, “Originally, someone from the Royal Historian’s Office actually led the way, insisting that Fourth Brother manipulated the entire incident in order to compete for Father’s favor! The intention is really malicious, if we let this person make waves, the consequences will be endless.”
All of us spoke to each other and arrived at the Chong Hua Palace.
Zhou Xian Yang has not yet woken up, so all of His Highnesses’ condolences have to be directed towards Princess Yu.
Rong Xiangmian has been guarding the hospital bed for three days, and at this moment, her entire body has lost a circle of weight, and her eye sockets are sunken in.
Princess Kai, who has never been kind to her, advised, “Consort Yuh, even though you are deeply attached to King Yuh, you can’t not take care of your own body, if you’re like this in the future, when fourth brother sees it, won’t he be heartbroken?”
Sun Mingyue busily followed and advised again, “Xiangmian, just listen to your sister-in-law’s words and go to Fu Ning Palace to take a nap. I’ll take care of this for you, are you still not at ease?”
Rong Xiangmian was already very weak, her heart was in the right place but her body just couldn’t support it, so she had no choice but to agree.
Lin Lang immediately supported her and went to the harem.
All the imperial sons sat around in front of Yu Wang’s hospital bed, asking the eunuchs about the situation. I heard, he has fever, just too weak, these two days should be able to wake up, are relaxed.
After sitting for a while, someone from the Chengqian Palace came and summoned King Li and his wife. Subsequently, King Qing’s couple and King Qi also each went to greet Imperial Concubine and Consort Xian.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the palace, King Qi said to King Yun, “Fifth brother, aren’t you going to go greet Noble Consort Jia?”