Chapter 411 Well-designed traps
"You are here." The woman in front of her said softly.
The prince reached out to stroke her face and stroked her inch by inch, as if he had poured out all the longings for so many years. Suddenly, he hugged her with tears in his face, "I thought you were dead..."
He had always felt guilty that if he hadn't been so despicable, she would have been alive instead of being a cold corpse.
The woman gently patted his back and silently sootheed his emotions. All movements and forms were the same as before.
The prince in it would not feel something was wrong, but Feng Shuangbao, who was beside him, opened his eyes wide. He had seen Concubine Rou, and the woman in front of him was exactly the same as Concubine Rou, and even her voice and movements were like that. It was really a ghost. How could this be possible?
He wanted to speak out to remind his master, but the woman suddenly tilted her head and smiled at him. He suddenly felt creepy and his back was full of chills. Could this person be a ghost, right?
Now he didn't dare to hesitate anymore and quickly spoke, "Your Highness, this is not a human being, please stay away from her..."
The prince turned a deaf ear. At this moment, his eyes were filled with the woman in front of him, as if she would disappear if she didn't even look at Feng Shuangbao, so he directly scolded, "Nonsense, look, she has a shadow, she is a human..."
Feng Shuangbao really saw the shadow on the ground. He said that the woman who looked like Concubine Rou was really a human being? But how could there be exactly the same person in this world?
He had seen it when Concubine Rou was buried, and it was definitely not a fake one. If Concubine Rou was still alive, how could she not take care of Zhao Yu at all?
But for so many years, the prince has been taking care of Zhao Yu. Whether out of guilt or brotherly love, the prince is really speechless and treats Zhao Yu like a son.
After being in the harem for many years, he felt that there must be something wrong with it. Such a person appeared in the palace and appeared at this time. This may be a trap, so he reached out to pull the prince, "Your Highness, let's go quickly. No matter whether she is a human or a ghost, she is not you..." Can Xiao Xiang think of someone?
But before he finished speaking, the prince was thrown away by the way. The prince was still staring at the woman in a daze and reached out to carry her into his arms again.
Feng Shuangbao took a breath of cold air, and the bad feeling jumped into his heart. He was about to persuade him again when he heard a sound coming from a distance, and then the big inner guard who rushed over with a torch. Everything happened so suddenly.
Before he could react, the emperor wearing a cloak was hurriedly walking with Xia Wei. When the emperor saw the woman the prince was holding, he looked furious and pulled out the knife from the waist of the guard next to him and slashed directly at the prince, "Illegal son--"
"His Majesty--"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince—"
Xia Wei and Feng Shuangbao all spoke out to stop him, but they were both one step late. The sword in the emperor's hand cut the prince's shoulder, and blood suddenly gushed out. The woman held by the prince screamed in fear, "Ah--"
This chaos was particularly invasive on this cold night. The emperor was still unhappy after slashing his sword, and then raised his sword to slash at the prince again. Xia Wei hugged the emperor tightly, "Your Majesty, let's listen to the explanation of His Highness the Crown Prince first. He did not hold Ru Ping on purpose..."
"Ru Prince?" The prince looked at the angry emperor as if he had woken up. When was there such a person in the palace?
Feng Shuangbao was also shocked. He had never heard of any additional concubines in the harem recently. If it were such a concubine who looked so similar to Concubine Rou, it would definitely be extremely eye-catching.
However, the emperor still stared at the prince tightly, his eyes as if he was looking at a dead person. He knew very well that the prince was attached to the dead concubine Rou, not the Ruxian in front of him.
I interrogated Concubine Shu this night and only learned about the inside story of why Concubine Rou went to the Emperor's Bedroom back then.
No matter how he asked Concubine Rou back then, Rou just cried and refused to say anything. Only then did he ignore her in anger. Only he knew what he was jealous of.
It turns out that Concubine Rou has always protected this little beast.
I don’t think about it. When I think about it, I want to really kill this son.
"Let me go, I will kill him now so that he can't be angry."
Xia Wei refused to let go, "Your Majesty, the crown prince is the crown prince of a country. You can't just kill him like this. Please calm down..." Then he said to the crown prince and Rupin, "Are you all talking?"
Rupin just cried blindly and couldn't say anything.
However, the prince looked at the ground in a daze, as if he didn't care about being hacked to death by the emperor on the spot.
"What else does he have to say in this evil beast?" Do you want him to hear this son say how he misses his concubine's mother?
Xia Wei had no choice but to wink at Feng Shuangbao and asked him to pull the prince away first. Now he can only wait for the emperor to relieve himself before he can persuade him. If he really wants to kill the prince, he cannot be in a hurry.
Feng Shuangbao understood and gritted his teeth and forced the stunned prince away regardless of the emperor's life.
Xia Wei winked at her confidant palace maid again, and the palace maid also went to help Ru Ping, who was dumbfounded, and then helped her leave.
"What are you doing?" The emperor turned his head and spread his anger on Xia Wei.
Xia Wei hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't want Your Majesty to be a child with a reputation for killing her son. I'm still trying to do this because of this reason. I just want to preserve Your Majesty's reputation, but I don't want Your Majesty to be criticized by others."
These words seemed familiar. The emperor closed his eyes and echoed in his ears that Concubine Rou prevented him from killing his father many years ago. The reasons were exactly the same. Whether it was Concubine Rou or Concubine Xia in front of him, they were all standing in his position for him. If he blamed them, what would be different from a foolish monarch?
Finally, the emperor's rationality was restored. He threw away the big knife in his hand and reached out to help Xia Wei up, "I worry about my beloved concubine."
"Your Majesty." Xia Wei suddenly called affectionately, then held the emperor's hand, "I think this is a conspiracy, how could I accidentally let Your Majesty know at this time? The prince may be innocent..."
"You don't have to excuse that evil beast. I know what he is thinking." The emperor said with a gloomy face. The prince's behavior and thoughts violated him as a prince and father. With his fear of the prince for many years, he would not objectively evaluate the prince's behavior at this time.
Xia Wei saw the emperor's expression, afraid that he would be angry, so she stopped talking, but a gleam flashed in her eyes where the emperor could not see.
Late at night, Zhao Yu woke up in a dream and looked at Rong Jingqiu next to him. He might have gotten up and changed the diapers for the little guy. At this time, she was sleeping very well, but his movements of getting up still woke her up. She didn't open her eyes and murmured, "When is it time? Are you going to change the diapers for Youyou again?"
He tucked her quilt and patted her twice, "It's still early, you go to bed first, I'll go see the child."
Upon hearing this, Rong Jingqiu turned over and fell asleep again. Since she insisted on feeding the child herself, she has never slept peacefully. Fortunately, Zhao Yu had no complaints, otherwise the couple would have to have a dispute.
Zhao Yu put on his clothes and got out of bed. He went to the side of the small bed to take a look at the child. The child was sleeping very well. He wanted to pinch it. Since he was born, he hasn't slept well. If he hadn't seen Rong Jingqiu feel insecure, he would have kicked the child out for the nurse to take care of him.
Zhao Youyou seemed to feel the malice from his father, and pouted his mouth and seemed to be about to wake up and cry.
Zhao Yu was afraid that he would affect Rong Jingqiu's sleep, so he quickly patted him a few times, and then he was so relieved that he could coax the child to sleep again.
He then pushed the door open with confidence, but when he saw Feng Debao outside the door, he immediately knew that his premonition was right. He didn't say anything and walked out first.
Seeing this, the maid who was watching the night outside hurriedly stepped aside and did not dare to disturb his master's words.
When he got outside, the cold air invaded his body, Zhao Yu was not at all sleepy and looked at the hazy morning light in the distance, "Tell me."
"Your Highness, Concubine Xia just heard news that the plan was going well, and Your Majesty did not arouse doubts." Feng Debao bowed and said.
Zhao Yu was not happy when he heard this, but his eyes became darker. Although he had already guessed the prince's hidden thoughts, it was really confirmed at this time that he was still as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly. The prince's kindness to him over the years has become a great irony.
"Your Highness." Feng Debao saw Zhao Yu's expression and knew that he was uncomfortable, so he called out softly.
"I'm fine." Zhao Yu quickly hid the exposed emotions.
The prince's mind is dirty, but his biological mother may not be completely innocent. What the half-aged young man cannot withstand the most is teasing, but she regards such a young man as a child. Who will happen if she doesn't have any trouble?
Feng Debao said nothing more, and he felt a little worried about his brother Feng Shuangbao. After this, the collapse of the prince was almost foreseeable, and the emperor would definitely not tolerate such a cuckold.
Zhao Yu just stood for a while at night. When he was about to turn back, he saw Rong Jingqiu standing behind him. He hurriedly reached out and pulled her into his arms, wrapped her with his cloak, and said unhappily, "Why are you out? Be careful."
"I'm fine." Rong Jingqiu reached out and stroked his face, feeling that he was not very happy, but she didn't ask too much, but said attachedly: "I can't sleep without you by my side."
Although she is now full of her heart and soul, she never thought of ignoring Zhao Yu, men are as important as their son.
Such a sentence soothed Zhao Yu's heart, and all kinds of emotions instantly faded away. He still had his wife and children, and the past could not be pursued, but the future could still be held in his hands. He still had to fight for them.
"Then let's go back to sleep." He picked her up like a child, then wrapped her cloak and walked into the inner room.
Rong Jingqiu reached out to his neck and snuggled with him.
The couple went back to sleep, but the people in the palace couldn't sleep all night.
Such a situation is not clever, but it calculates people's hearts to the extreme and arranges the time very cleverly. After the prince was pulled back by Feng Shuangpao, his mind calmed down. What else can he not understand? He fell into a trap carefully designed by others.
"Your Highness, I'll explain to Your Majesty tomorrow. What other misunderstandings between the father and son cannot be explained?" Feng Shuangbao persuaded carefully.
The prince said, "The emperor and the emperor and his grandfather were also father and son. The conflict between them will never be resolved in their lifetime. Do you think that the lone and the emperor can still explain it?"
Feng Shuangbao immediately didn't know what to say. Anyone with discerning eyes knew that this could not be explained. After all, the fact that the prince and Na Rubin were holding each other was a stubborn fact. Even if this explanation was reasonable, what about the dead Concubine Rou? It was a bad debt.
The prince sighed long, and he knew that he was the prince, "I will write a letter to resign from the position of this prince tomorrow."
"Your Highness, no—" Feng Shuangbao hurriedly advised, "If you really resign as the crown prince, how will your highness deal with yourself in the future? How can you meet the new emperor? What should you do if the emperor grandson?"
After all, he was a prince, how can the new emperor tolerate the future? The emperor's grandson is afraid that he will also be defeated by the emperor.
"In addition, can you have a better way?" the prince said calmly, "There is only one way left to go. In this way, the future of the emperor's grandson may be preserved."
"Your Highness..." Feng Shuangbao felt sad for a moment and couldn't help crying.
"Don't cry, look, I don't cry." The prince spread his hands and said.
He was glad that he sent Rong Jingji away, and even more glad that he no longer hugged her in his arms as willfully as he was when he was a teenager. He was not worthy of the happiness that a flower girl would destroy for the rest of her life by his side.
If he had the rest of his life, he was only worthy of atonement for Concubine Rou, and if he died there, there would be no complaints.
However, the incident here quickly reached the queen's ears. Before the queen could think of a way to protect herself, she heard such bad news and suddenly fainted.
The confidant pinched her hard, and then he woke her up.
The queen who woke up had not yet awakened for a while. After a while, her brain started to work. After being dominated by this harem for decades, she suddenly saw the flaw, "It's someone who is harming the prince."
Anyone with discerning eyes can see that the prince was trapped, but so what? The prince hugged the emperor's woman. This is an indisputable fact, and it cannot be explained no matter how he explains it.
"Damn Concubine Rou, I knew that she would kill the prince. I should have whipped her body back then so that she could no longer act evil." The queen said angrily.
Back then, she discovered that her son was not simple about Concubine Rou, so after her son took the action, she used the trick to get rid of Concubine Rou. Unfortunately, Zhao Yu was not removed, otherwise this little bastard would not have left her to confuse her son.
The confidants didn't dare to speak anymore. After all, Concubine Rou had already passed away. Ru Ping was just sent to the palace by someone else to please the emperor. She was just a fake with a very similarity.
As soon as the sky was dawn, the prince wrote a memorial to resign from the position of prince.
Feng Shuangbao brought a bowl of soup to the prince, "Your Highness, let's drink a bowl of soup."
The prince had no appetite, but when he saw Feng Shuangbao's face that seemed several years old, he sighed, took the bowl of soup and started drinking it.
Before he could finish a bowl of soup, he suddenly fell aside, obviously fainting.
Feng Shuangbao hurriedly helped the prince's body and said to the little eunuch who was following him, "Go back and report to the queen, the matter has been done."
He stretched out his other hand and threw the memorial to resign from the position of Prince into the brazier. Seeing the fire ignited and turned the memorial into ashes, he closed his eyes and asked himself that he was wrong to do so. If the prince was not the prince, it would be the beginning of the endless doom.
Chapter completed!