Fragrance Returned

The gate of a courtyard in Prince Duan's Mansion was closed, and except for the rustle of leaves in the wind, it was eerily quiet.

Since knowing that incident, no outsiders have come into this courtyard.

This is the outer study room, where King Duan usually reads and handles official duties.

Gao Dezhu knocked on the courtyard door again, and finally heard a "creak" and the courtyard door opened a small crack.

A eunuch inside took a look outside.

Under the autumn sun, only the princess stood outside the door, holding a tray in her hand.

Gao Dezhu said softly, "Eunuch, my mother and concubine are not here, I am the only one."

Eunuch He was King Duan's personal eunuch and served him for more than twenty years.

He opened the door after hearing this.

After Gao Dezhu entered, he locked the courtyard door again.

For so many days, there were only two people in the yard, Prince Duan and Eunuch He.

Princess Duan, Gao Dezhu, and Gao Zhen came over in turn without opening the door.

How many meals were brought in and brought out almost intact.

Eunuch He said softly, "The prince only drinks a little porridge every day, and repeatedly says that he is a sinner, as bad as old Su and Liang Tu... I feel heartbroken when I see the prince like this. The princess persuades him, at any rate Have something to eat."

My voice choked up after I spoke.

Gao Dezhu also lost a lot of weight, and tears welled up in his eyes.

In the west room, King Duan was sitting cross-legged on the couch, his eyes were distracted, his hair was messy, and his clothes were wrinkled.

Before the fall of Concubine Su and Liang Tu, King Duan had been pretending to be crazy and acted like a fool, not daring to reveal his true nature. After they fell, that man came to the door again and said that he had a way to help King Duan ascend the Dabao...

The person also said that Queen Mother Su grew up watching King Duan. In her eyes, Gao Feng ranked first, and Gao Ming ranked second.

It is said that there is a Jingci nunnery in Jincheng, and the abbot inside it, Master Kongjing, has special abilities and can use the "mind-connecting technique" to make blood relatives sick, disabled or even dead.

As long as the obstacles in front of King Duan are eliminated, the emperor will have no choice, and King Duan will be the only candidate for the throne...

King Duan knew that he was a chess piece in the hands of the old Su family. If Liang Tu or Gao Feng can successfully ascend to Dabao, he will be an abandoned son.

If they fail to seize the throne, he will come in handy.

Therefore, those people instilled in him the idea of ​​hating everyone in the Gao family since he was a child, and wanted to use his hatred to kill the Gao family...

For this reason, the old Su family left two capable people for him.

One is the famous person next to the emperor, and the other is Master Kongjing who has special abilities.

Fortunately, Aunt Mu taught him how to recognize people and let him know from an early age that Old Su was even worse. The suffering he suffered was actually caused by Old Su intentionally.

He also knew that it turned out that Gao Feng was not the emperor's biological son, otherwise he and the other princes would have been killed by this trick.

King Duan thought of his bitter past and was unwilling to let his children be bullied and looked down upon anymore. Of course, there was also the charm of that position, so he agreed to work together with the world.

They could use him, and he could use them.

Even if the pain he endures is no less than those of those with bloodline...

Over the past few years, Kong Jinglian's "Lian Xin San" was successively delivered to him through the Pan family, and he gave it to his brothers and nephews on different occasions and at different times - except for the Eighth Emperor brother who had not yet returned to the palace.

As for the emperor, Prince Duan has no chance. That person did not dare to do this for his own safety.

I gave Dongyang and Xunxiang beads with "Lianxin Powder" added in them, hoping that Xunxiang would be filial to the emperor.

The purpose of sending those female relatives is to send female blood relatives through their hands, so that if anything happens, they can handle it.

A blood relative who wears this kind of bead string will feel as much pain as the person casting the spell. If you don't cast the spell, nothing will happen, and you won't be disabled or dead unless you chop off the arm of the caster.

It's a pity that King Duan had a nightmare and mutilated himself that time, forgetting that Dongyang was wearing the string of beads.

When only the Lianxin powder was prepared for Lao Ba's highlight, the empty mirror was accidentally discovered...

The big case was exposed, and King Duan also learned that the "Lianxin Powder" made by Kong Jing was made from the blood of children's chests, and they actually killed more than a hundred children.

If I use this evil magic to achieve my goal, wouldn't I be as bad as Old Su and Liang Tu? In his heart, he hated old Su more than he hated the people who bullied him.

Conquering the world and seizing the throne will cause many people to die, and there is nothing we can do about it. To kill so many children with this kind of evil magic is a violation of one's moral character, and even God will not let him go...

The head of the Pan family must know about using children to make medicine, and the Pan family also knows about it, only he and De Zhu are kept secret.

That stupid woman!

King Duan was angry and conflicted.

If he had known how to use this method, he might as well have been a wealthy prince, and he would have had a prosperous destiny.

Keep doing it, it's totally unconscionable. Don't do it, most of it has been done, and those children are dead. If he doesn't ascend to the big position, the whole family will be in trouble if this matter is found out in the future. He will die if he dies, but the children...

In fact, he had already made a decision in his heart, and he was just punishing himself in this way.

Gao Dezhu's voice sounded outside the door, "Father..."

King Duan looked towards the door and said, "Come in."

The voice is hoarse and weak.

Seeing her extremely thin father, Gao Dezhu burst into tears.

She put the tray on the table, went over and pulled his sleeve and said, "Father, why are you so thin? After drinking the ginseng soup, I was in the mood to think about what to do next."

King Duan nodded, took the ginseng soup from his daughter and drank it in several sips.

Gao Dezhu added, "I have been copying scriptures in the house these days, and that thing... makes me scared when I think about it, and I have nightmares every day. Father, what should we do?"

King Duan let out a long sigh, "The arrow is on the string, no... we have to shoot it. If we don't do it, that man and Kong Jing will expose this matter, and our... family will be finished."

"You must not let your two younger brothers know about this and this, and you can't deal with that kind of thing again. If God wants to punish, then punish me... and your mother. This is retribution."

Gao Dezhu felt very sad. She had touched that thing many times before. If God wanted to punish her, how could she be punished?

Not wanting her father to feel sad, she nodded.

As long as her father can successfully ascend the throne and successfully pass it on to her younger brother, she is willing to die.

At this time, the courtyard door outside rang again, and Eunuch He hurried over.

He whispered, "Your Majesty, you don't see anyone."

Princess Duan's voice said, "Your Majesty, you haven't eaten well for so many days, your body must not be able to bear it. I stewed ten tonic soup, at least I asked Your Majesty to take a sip."

She saw her daughter coming in and hurried over again.

Eunuch He said hurriedly, "Princess, please wait a moment while I go to ask the prince for instructions."

He trotted back again, bowed outside the door and said, "My lord, the princess has brought ten tonic soup."

Prince Duan's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Let her go."

Of course Eunuch He didn't dare to tell the truth, so he went back and said, "Your Majesty said, Princess, please come back. Your Majesty doesn't want to drink soup today. Princess, don't worry, Princess Mingde has brought ginseng soup." (End of Chapter)