Chapter 134 Counterattack
"Am I blaming my father? My third brother knows it in his heart, so why does he force me like this?"
As he spoke, Rong Que swept across the entire Golden Palace.
"You all know who served in my Prince's Mansion before.
A servant who manages horse grass can falsely accuse me of hiding Su Yunhe in my mansion. As a prince, how can I still have any dignity?
I am the crown prince, appointed by my father, but what kind of monsters and demons are there in my palace?
The people sent by the Empress Dowager, the people sent by the Second Imperial Brother, the people sent by the Third Imperial Brother, the people sent by the Fourth Imperial Brother, the people from the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion, the people from the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion..."
When he got excited, Rong Que raised his voice and pointed at everyone.
"The people who serve me are all your people. Is this how a prince is treated? Have I, Rong Que, ever placed spies in any of your houses?
I strictly abide by the duties of a prince and dare not make any mistakes, but how do you treat me? You send people to monitor me! "
With red eyes, Rong Que took off the golden crown on his head.
"My Crown Princess, the legitimate princess of Zhao State, since she married me, can I give her even the slightest bit of protection?
"Of you princes, whose princesses have ever suffered the insults that the Crown Princess has suffered? Is this an insult to the Crown Princess, or to me, or to my father?"
After saying this, Rong Que knelt down with red eyes, holding the golden crown in his hand, "Father, I am guilty of many crimes, and I know it is difficult for me to win the position of Crown Prince. I am willing to give up, and I only ask you to give me a way to live."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for the emperor's reaction, Rong Que put the golden crown on the ground, kowtowed three times, stood up and walked out.
His action frightened all the court officials in the Golden Palace into silence.
The Third Prince obviously didn't expect the Crown Prince to react like this. He just wanted to act nice in front of the Emperor and put some icy eyes on Rong Que. Now the Crown Prince forced him to take off the golden crown?
The third prince turned pale with fear and looked at the emperor.
The Duke of Zhenguo was stunned and looked at Rong Que's back in surprise. He did not expect Rong Que to react like this.
Ever since the assassination, Rong Que has been forbearing and giving in...
Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been able to sit firmly on the throne for so many years without any help from his mother, so how could he not have some tricks!
It was just a retreat strategy before!
Now is the time for him to strike back.
The Duke of Zhenguo realized in an instant that this was Rong Que's counterattack. In order to prevent Rong Que from taking the initiative, the Duke of Zhenguo hurriedly knelt down and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I know I am wrong."
The emperor didn't hear what the Duke of Zhenguo said at all.
Rong Que was angry as he made this call, and the emperor suddenly remembered the angry scene when Su Qingqing came to the imperial study a few days ago.
Su Qingqing is not a person who tolerates things. She will vent when she feels wronged, but Rong Que is different. As the crown prince, Rong Que has been in this position for several years. Over the years, he has always been gentle, kind, generous and tolerant. He rarely behaves like he did today...
He didn't even give him face.
Just make a fuss without caring about anything.
If you are not extremely aggrieved, how can you push others to this point?
Rong Que has suffered enough since the assassination. Before this, the emperor had been wondering whether Rong Que was hiding too deeply or he was framed. But at this moment, looking at Rong Que's red eyes due to anger, the emperor felt a thorn in his heart.
It is true that Su Qingqing was framed several times, and it is also true that all the people in the Prince's Mansion are spies sent by others.
He turned a blind eye to all these facts, but...
What did he do?
He became a knife in the hands of Rong Que's political enemies and stabbed his own son.
"My son, please stay." In a hurry, the emperor raised his hand and called Rong Que with a trembling voice.
Rong Que was about to step out of the threshold of the Golden Throne Hall when he paused suddenly, and his clenched fists relaxed a lot in an instant.
"My son, please stay." The emperor looked at Rong Que, his eyes full of love and guilt, "I have wronged you, my son."
Rong Que's shoulders trembled, and he turned around and knelt down, "Your Highness... Your Highness shouldn't have lost his temper with Father... Your Highness knows his crime."
The emperor's eyes turned red when he saw Rong Que kneeling at the gate.
The Duke of Zhenguo secretly said, "Oh no! Just as he was about to speak, he heard Rong Que speak first: "Father, if I hadn't felt really wronged, I would never have done this.
I don't care about those who say that I am disregarding human lives and occupying land. The only thing is that I went there to provide disaster relief a few years ago, and everyone who has followed me knows what kind of life I lived there.
Let’s not talk about anything else. There was a plague in Nanjun the year before last. I lived in the disaster area for two whole months. During that time, I was infected myself. What did I say after I returned to Beijing?
I am the Crown Prince of the Great Yan State, and I have the responsibility and obligation to do everything well, but that doesn't mean I can allow others to treat me so badly for what I risked my life to do."
When the prince mentioned this matter, the Duke of Zhenguo's heart skipped a beat, and the emperor's face turned pale.
In the year when the plague broke out in Nanjun, it was the Second Prince who instigated the Crown Prince to go to the disaster area to provide relief. The Crown Prince was infected with the plague because a person who served him was infected but did not report it, thus infecting the Crown Prince.
The emperor had someone investigate that person privately and found out that he was sent by the second prince.
The Crown Prince did not mention a word about this matter when he came back, but the Emperor could not pretend not to know, so he reprimanded the Second Prince at that time.
Now the prince mentioned this matter in public...
The emperor knew that unless he was extremely aggrieved, he would not bring up the past.
The prince is forcing him to give an explanation!
Since being imprisoned, the prince has been burdened with a lot of bad reputation. After the imprisonment was lifted, although the previous impeachment charges were not carried out, no one has explained them clearly either.
Originally, the emperor wanted to keep this fuse as a fuse between the crown prince and the second prince, so as to balance the crown prince and the second prince.
Now it seems that he was wrong. He ignored the grievances that the prince suffered in this process.
The Duke of Zhenguo was sweating profusely. He opened his mouth to speak, but was a step too slow.
The prince slowly raised his head and looked at the emperor, emphasizing each word, "I am still willing to go to provide disaster relief, but I have an unreasonable request."
The emperor choked up, "My son, please speak."
The prince said, "I am going to provide disaster relief, and I hope to take the princess with me."
Immediately, a courtier from the Second Prince's party said, "How can this be possible? How can the Crown Princess go to provide disaster relief?"
The prince glanced at him and kowtowed to the emperor, "I hope your Majesty will grant my wish. I don't want to have any worries."
This one sentence made the Duke of Zhenguo feel alarmed.
The prince first mentioned the anti-epidemic work that year, which reminded the emperor of what the second prince did to the prince, and then proposed to bring the crown princess...
I'm afraid that bringing the Crown Princess along is just a cover, and the real intention is to tell the Emperor that he's worried that the Crown Princess will have a hard time in Kyoto.
The second prince didn't gain anything from the assassination, and it was so hard to plant a thorn, but now it seems...
The prince easily defeated the enemy.
