Chapter 496 Imperial Edict
Murong Chen suddenly smiled, showing eight teeth, "Thank you Fourth Sister-in-law for your concern. The children became noisy after staying in the palace for a while. The concubine had to take the children back to the house first. It was originally agreed that she would go in after the children were settled. "Miya, if you haven't come over now, you are most likely entangled. I will apologize to the royal grandmother, father, and queen later."
When the child was mentioned, the fourth prince's smile became a little forced, and she had no intention of continuing to care about Shen Tian.
Everyone has different thoughts.
In this case, the emperor entered the main hall with an expressionless face, surrounded by palace people.
The voices suddenly stopped, and everyone stood up and knelt down.
The emperor waved his hand and asked Zhou Song to read the imperial edict.
Zhou Song took a step forward and shouted loudly: "By God's decree, the emperor ordered that the sixth-rank patrol guard Cen Yingfan formed a secret party, relied on power, cheated, and deceived the emperor. He was immediately imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked to be executed after the fall. , All the property of the Cen family will be confiscated from now on. Cen Yingfan, the official of the nine clans in the court, will be deposed. This is your honor!"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they knelt on the ground wishing that their heads were touching the ground.
The imperial edict listed Cen Yingfan's various serious crimes, but did not point out in detail what he had done. He had his house confiscated and beheaded, and he also implicated nine clans. This meant that Cen Yingfan would be infamy for the rest of his life and would not be able to rest in peace after his death!
Such a cruel punishment is not like Renjun's style at all, so what exactly did Cen Yingfan do?
The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
At the emperor's signal, Zhou Song read out the second imperial edict, "By God's decree, the emperor decreed that the second prince Murong Xu had formed a secret party, relied on power, cheated, deceived the emperor, was dissolute and unfilial, and was unfilial and disloyal." That is to say, he will be deprived of his status as a prince, demoted to a commoner, and removed from the royal family tree. This is what I do! ”
"Your Majesty!" Several humerus ministers could not sit still, and came out one after another, preparing to give advice.
The emperor waved his hand, and his words were like big rocks, hitting the hearts of the civil and military officials one by one.
"The things Murong Xu did, one after another, are too numerous to describe. Such a cold-blooded and vicious person does not deserve the surname Murong! If anyone dares to intercede for Xu, a common man, he will be treated as a partisan!"
Taifu Zhao swayed and fainted immediately.
The surrounding ministers were all startled and stepped forward to help him.
The emperor took a deep look at Taifu Zhao who had fainted, but did not say any caring words.
All the courtiers who followed Taifu Zhao felt chilled and panicked.
The third prince and the fourth prince were overjoyed and wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
As soon as the emperor left, they immediately started drinking and talking.
Those ministers who were optimistic about the third and fourth princes immediately and openly went over to propose a toast and say some flattering words.
Murong Chen shook his head, left the table and went to the Queen's Palace.
The queen's bedroom was brightly lit with candles late at night.
The queen took off her rich brocade clothes and precious jewelry, put on plain clothes, and knelt in the Buddhist hall to chant sutras.
Murong Chen saluted, stepped forward with light steps, and knelt down together with the Queen, "Mother, you are more exposed. You are not going to the palace banquet, and you are not resting. Why are you kneeling here?"
The queen slowly opened her red and swollen eyes, turned her head to look at Murong Chen, who was a head taller than her, with tears in her eyes, "Chen'er, my mother is useless and she has no way to teach her son. I have invited you to worship Buddha here for half a year. You and Shen Side Concubine, live a good life, don’t imitate your second brother!”
"Mother, what did the second brother do? My father just issued an order to deal with Cen Yingfan and the Cen family at the palace banquet, and also demoted the second brother to a commoner." Murong Chen asked bluntly, expressing the confusion in his heart.
The palace maids and eunuchs guarding the Buddhist hall withdrew at the queen's signal. Without the servants around, the queen didn't have to hold it up. Her whole body went limp, and she held on to the futon and gasped, "Jing'er witnessed the second son and Chuntao talking privately, and was almost beaten to death by the second son. Concubine Li was implicated. If it hadn't been for today Your imperial grandmother forced you to see them, mother and daughter, for fear that Concubine Li and Jing'er would die in the next year
Also, the second child and Cen Mingzhu did have a child, a daughter raised by the concubine Cen, but Cen Mingzhu was kept in the dark. For the sake of glory and wealth, Cen Yingfan chose to sacrifice his daughter to protect the second child. .
No matter which of these two things, your father and grandmother cannot tolerate, the second child will cut off his own livelihood.
The Queen Mother is really scared. Son, you must listen to the Queen Mother and do your duty honestly. You must not interfere in political affairs, let alone have too much contact with the courtiers. Do you hear me? ”
Murong Chen nodded heavily, "Mother, I have always been like this. Just as it was before, it will be the same in the future. I will also remind Concubine Shen to try not to go out to socialize."
The Queen breathed a long sigh of relief, "Concubine Shen is a smart person, and her background is too low. Your father is not afraid of her. In addition, due to the previous targeting of the second son's family, your father knows her situation well, even if he doesn't go out. Understandable.
Okay, you go to see the Queen Mother first, and then leave the palace. The lower profile the better. ”
Murong Chen carefully wrote down the queen's words and left soon.
Although the Queen Mother did not invite herself to pay homage to the Buddha, she could not sleep because of Murong Xu's incident.
Murong Chen came over with a cane, and immediately felt extremely distressed, "Grandma Imperial, your grandson just went to see his mother and already knows about the second brother. Don't be sad. The second brother is not here. You still have the third brother, fourth brother and grandson." .
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Your grandson will come to the palace from time to time to relieve your boredom. ”
The Queen Mother looked at Murong Chen happily, with some regrets, "You are a good child, and the Imperial Grandmother knows it! The Imperial Grandmother is fine, please go back quickly. The concubine will take care of the two children alone, I'm afraid she will have a big head." ”
Murong Chen nodded obediently, "Then the royal grandmother should rest early, and my grandson will leave now."
After Murong Chen left, Aunt Gui stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "Queen Mother, after the imperial edict was issued, the sixth prince immediately went to the Queen's Palace to pay his respects. After asking about the second prince, he immediately came to your place. Now he is going to Gone outside the palace
The third and fourth princes haven't left the table yet, and they are probably going to be very drunk. ”
The more the Queen Mother listened, the darker her face became.
At the same time, the emperor also received news about his sons.
Knowing that only the sixth prince went to visit the Queen Mother immediately and left the palace early, he was somewhat relieved and did not comment on the behavior of the third and fourth princes.
When he stepped into the Buddhist hall, what he saw was the queen kneeling in the Buddhist hall, dressed plainly.
Somewhat disappointed, "Zitong, why do you need to do this! I have already said that the matter of the second child has nothing to do with you."
The queen shed two lines of tears and said, "Your Majesty, I know that you love me, but it is precisely because I have protected you over and over again that my second son has become more and more wanton. Now he has committed an unforgivable act. I cannot escape the blame for this sin!”
The emperor stepped forward, helped the queen up without any explanation, and said sincerely: "You raised the second and sixth children. It seems that you are really dedicated to the second child and have high hopes for the second child. Instead, you pamper and indulge the sixth child. It is reasonable to say that you will grow up." The sixth child was crooked, but he turned out to be a kind-hearted, respectful and filial son.
On the other hand, the second child is selfish, vicious, and unscrupulous, even cruel to young children. Is there anything he can't do?
The ancients said that 'human beings are inherently good by nature', but here in Lao Er, I only see that human nature is inherently evil! He is hopeless. If it were not for the sake of father and son, I would have killed him long ago!
Queen, please remember that from now on you only have one son, the sixth, and the second has nothing to do with you! ”