Wishful Things

However, Emperor Qingming seemed to have never heard his words at all, and just said to himself——

"My business went smoothly, but it's a pity that my fourth brother's plan to poison the queen mother didn't come true... After my fourth brother returns to Dianzhou this time, I don't know if I have to bother explaining the failure of this plan to King Dongwu, and think of other ways to provoke King Yan to rebel against me as soon as possible?"

King Xiang's figure suddenly became stiff, and the blood on his face faded.

"Emperor...Emperor brother..." He raised his head in surprise and fear: "...What does the emperor mean by this?"

"What do you mean?" Emperor Qingming laughed, looking straight into King Xiang's eyes, and tried his best to restrain the coldness in his voice: "Li Ji, show the things to my fourth brother so that he can recall them well..."

Li Ji responded, and came to King Xiang with the bamboo tube in his hand.

"Please take a look, my lord."

The moment the King of Xiang saw the bamboo tube clearly, he suddenly felt that he was suddenly on the edge of the abyss, and if he moved slightly, he was about to fall into a catastrophe.

He forced himself to take the bamboo tube calmly, took out the letter paper and unfolded it...

When he saw the visible brown handwriting, it seemed as if a thunderbolt exploded in his mind—how... how could this be possible? !

It is strange enough for this secret letter to be in the hands of the emperor...

He wasn't completely defenseless about it either...

But how was the handwriting that should have been hidden on this half face discovered? !

At this moment, he didn't have time to think too much.

"thump!"

The King of Xiang suddenly knelt down, the letter paper was barely pressed under the palm of his hand, and the bamboo tube had fallen and rolled away: "Brother Emperor, I don't know what this letter is about!...I have never written this letter! There must be someone...someone imitated my handwriting, and wanted to deliberately frame and slander me!"

"Imitation?" Emperor Qingming sneered, "Framed?"

Holding the dragon case with both hands, he stood up slowly: "With such irrefutable evidence, do you still want to act with me?"

"Brother Huang, it's really not my brother..."

When the King of Xiang was about to speak further, Emperor Qingming grabbed the stack of memorials at hand and threw them out viciously.

A letter memorial was scattered under the imperial steps, and the king of Xiang looked tremblingly.

"These are all the reports you wrote to me in your own handwriting due to the war with Dongwu in recent years... Dongwu's intrusion and troubles are unbearable. They need military funds, food and grass..."

Emperor Qingming's voice was extremely cold, he almost gritted his teeth and said, "You might as well tell me right now, how much of these things you have used, and how much you have stored up! Will these things that I set aside one day break through my city gates, force them into my palace, and become a sharp sword on my neck?!"

"I should have noticed the strangeness in this long ago. It is only because of you that I am so careless and negligent... Only when you have repeatedly repelled Dongwu, the credit is indispensable, and you deserve my attention!"

King Xiang, who was prostrate on the ground, shook his head with a snow-white face, sweating and tearing, his tone of fear and sorrow——

"Brother Huang said these words... It is tantamount to condemning Brother Chen's heart! Brother Huang's loyalty to Brother Huang has never changed at all... Is it true that Brother Huang really can't see it clearly? If Brother Huang thinks that he has mistrusted Brother because of others' instigation today, and wants to kill Brother, the only way for Brother to die is to make Brother Huang feel at ease! But if Brother should admit that he has never done something, he will never do it!"

After hearing these sincere words, Emperor Qingming suddenly laughed.

"In the past, I really underestimated you. I didn't expect my fourth brother, who has always written his likes and dislikes on his face, to be so good at acting and pretending... How many things do you have on you that I don't know?"

"I dare to swear to the sky that I have never betrayed the emperor's brother. If this statement is false, I dare to make the sky strike me with lightning!"

Thunder strikes...

Li Ji silently glanced at Emperor Qingming.

It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered the matter of the lightning strike Fengtian Temple...

So, is His Royal Highness Xiang taking an oath, or is he connoting the emperor?

At this time, an inner eunuch came forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, Commander Han is seeking an audience outside, saying that he has something to report."

Emperor Qingming still stood there with his hands supporting the dragon case: "Let him in."

The inner prisoner silently withdrew and communicated.

Han Yan came in and saluted: "Your Majesty, my subordinates found a messenger pigeon outside Xiangwang's mansion. Here is the secret letter. Please take a look at it."

secret letter? !

King Xiang, who bowed his head and knelt there, once again set off waves in his eyes.

The inner eunuch quickly presented the things to Emperor Qingming.

Emperor Qingming unfolded it to read it, and threw it on the dragon case. Although his tone was sarcastic, his eyes were extremely cold: "How dare you say that the letter was not written by you. The hidden piles under your hands have not received the letter, and they have already come to your house for questioning... Fourth brother, the hidden piles you raised are also cautious in handling things, but I don’t know how many you have raised inside and outside the capital? Why don’t you tell me to open my eyes?"

King Xiang's face was covered with cold sweat: "...Brother Huang, this must be part of the other party's plan. It is King Yan...he must be trying to frame my younger brother!"

"Enough! You really think I'm a fool!" Emperor Qing Ming suddenly raised his voice and shouted angrily.

Cold sweat dripped on the gold bricks in front of him, and King Xiang saw his frightened and embarrassed face through the bright gold bricks.

He slowly closed his eyes, sweat soaked into the trembling eyelashes and spread, making his eyes hurt.

At this moment, his mind was buzzing violently, and from the buzzing, he had clearly seen his fate.

Ending with no room for change...

The carrier pigeons were all intercepted by the police...

Presumably his not-so-clean mansion will soon be turned upside down...

No.

There's even no need for these at all.

From the moment the secret letter he sent out appeared in the hands of the emperor, the result was already doomed.

His imperial brother can even kill the people around him just because of his own suspicion because of something that doesn't exist, let alone the current situation...

"Over the years, haven't I given you enough?!" Emperor Qingming asked, "Dingzhi...you are the only person I can trust!"

"Give?"

The King of Xiang opened his red eyes and raised his head slowly. The fear and cowardice at the beginning was no longer on his face, and there was even some mockery on his embarrassed face: "Brother Emperor, why do you think that I will gladly accept your charity and be willing to be your watchdog for the rest of my life?"

As he said that, he suddenly laughed, and his prostrate upper body gradually straightened up: "If you can really see it, I won't talk about it... But what is the situation in Daqing now, can't you really not see clearly? Do you know how the people outside the capital are secretly cursing you, the so-called benevolent monarch?

I did this because I didn't want to deceive myself and others with you, just sit and wait for death! In the current situation, this is the only way to save yourself! "

This is an admission!

Thank you Qinghan for your reward.

Thank you for your monthly pass, it will be late, I will ask you for a monthly pass~

Good night.