C94

The rain in the capital was too heavy, as if it was going to flood the entire Imperial Palace. Yesterday's bloody rain and fishy winds had all been washed away, adding to it the eerie and ever-changing aura of the wind and clouds. Even if he rode on the palanquin, half of Chu Zongge's clothes would be completely drenched by the time he arrived.

The competition with Prince Jin yesterday seemed to be right in front of his eyes. As expected, Prince Chen had other plans, he did not give Prince Jin too many soldiers and horses and ordered him to rush into the palace, causing Chu Zongge to suppress him with his numbers.

Amidst the mess, Chu Zongge rode his horse and looked down at the Prince Jin, who was already a loser, condescendingly. Just as he was about to start ridiculing him, he never expected him to start laughing first.

"I know what you are going to say. Are you trying to say that Prince Chen is only using me to seize the throne and did not want me to become the Emperor?"

Chu Zongge was startled, he sized him up with interest, "You know this in your heart."

"The General Lin is someone from the Prince Chen, and the troops that were brought in are all from the Prince Chen. How could he let me become the emperor? Prince Jin smiled lightly. His eyes suddenly became wet.

Looking at his haggard and desperate face, Chu Zongge guessed that his situation was no longer good and he couldn't play any tricks.

"That's an old saying," Prince Jin's eyes flashed with tears, "The one who succeeds is the king, the one who loses is the bandit, if you want to kill, you just have to listen."

Chu Zongge was silent for a moment, and felt that he still had to clear things up, "Why do you want to be the emperor so much, is it because of that Yu Zhu?"

Prince Jin pursed his lips into a smile: "Indeed, it's because of her. I wanted to be Crown Prince, just so that I could protect the woman I love.

"Your idea is not bad too," Chu Zongge sighed. "It's just that why do you have to scheme against me all the time? If you can help me fight against the crown prince with all my heart, I will take good care of you and your son."

"Ever since Yu Zhu was forced to death by the crown prince, I no longer trust anyone else. You are the same as the crown prince, except you are smarter," Prince Jin lifted a strand of hair that fell to the side of his face and laughed. "Furthermore, I like Xue Ronghua.

Chu Zongge squinted his eyes dangerously and smiled, "Then I can only apologize."

"I guess so," Prince Jin's smile became wider and wider, "Then why does Prince Duan want to be the crown prince?"

Chu Zongge looked at him confidently, "To establish the heart of heaven and earth, to make a life for the people, to accept the sacred art, to open peace for all generations."

Prince Jin was startled, and only after a long while did he reveal a smile, "Prince Duan is truly wise, and indeed the person who will immediately attack with a blade today was me, not you."

"The reason why you ended up like this today has nothing to do with anyone," Chu Zongge said with a sneer. "When Kang Zhiming was executed, you clearly could have become a casual prince, but you just had to wade through the muddy waters of the Prince Chen. You are good at scheming, but you must know that the devil is one foot higher than the devil."

"In any case, you and the crown prince became the emperor, so I won't have a good ending," Prince Jin shrugged helplessly.

"Fine, what do you want to do as an emperor?"

"Me?" The Prince Jin's eyes flashed with a sinister light, "Empress Chen and Crown Prince, one killed my mother, and the other killed my woman.

"If you really want to take revenge for your mother and Yu Zhu, then you should have been saving up your energy and energy, and not have been urged to rebel by others."

"I can't wait that long, I don't want to wait that long," the Prince Jin laughed sadly. "Even an emperor like the crown prince can't bear to give up his position, so how long will it take for me to take revenge?"

"Then, you don't even care about the ethics of the father and son duo?"

The subject in his eyes is me, and so is my son. It's the same for my mother, the reason why the Emperor married her is because he wants to make use of his uncle's family's wealth, "the Prince Jin said with extreme disgust." This is the point that I feel disgusted about, as the Emperor only people that are good at making use of people's hearts.

Chu Zongge glared at him coldly, "But what you and Prince Chen want to do is precisely this lowly person's seat."

It doesn't matter, since we have already reached the end of the mountain, "Prince Jin supported the remains of the rebel army and stood up slowly." You are merely wasting your breath talking with me here, why don't you go to the Xuanwu Sect to meet the General Lin and the Prince Chen?

"There's no need to worry about Prince Chen," Chu Zongge smiled proudly, "Someone is there to welcome the battle."

"Who is it," the Prince Jin asked curiously. "If you were to dig out the coffin of the previous Empress Mu Langhua, you would still be able to fend it off."

Chu Zongge smiled but did not speak. Forget about the coffin, he directly invited Mu Langhua's soul onto the battlefield.

"Your Majesty," Prince Jin lowered his eyelids, "will you chop my head off?"

"Of course," Chu Zongge said as he raised his head. "Do you still expect the Royal Father to forgive you for doing such a thing?"

The Prince Jin said with a faint smile, "Fortunately I'm not like the Prince Duan. What kind of would-be wangfei do I have, I'm alone and I won't have to worry about anything even if I go."

"You …" Chu Zongge probed, "Before Noble Consort Kang left, did she tell you anything?"

Prince Jin was at a loss: "What? Oh, mother told me to take good care of myself, don't catch a cold. "

Chu Zongge's gaze stayed on his calm face for a moment, he raised his battle robe and smiled, "Fine, someone come, take Prince Jin away, and wait for the Emperor's orders."

Prince Jin laughed softly behind him, "Prince Duan, this is the last time we will meet. Are you going to finish saying what you want to say?"

Chu Zongge replied without even turning his head, "I really hope that this will be the last time I see you."

"Prince Duan?" The eunuch waved his hands in front of Chu Zongge's eyes.

"Oh …" He finally snapped out of his reminiscence and said embarrassedly, "I was distracted just now. What did you say?"

"The servant said that Prince Jin bit his tongue and committed suicide."

"What?" Chu Zongge was panicking at the bottom of his heart, and almost knocked over the lantern, "Why did Prince Jin bite his tongue to commit suicide?"

"This was discovered by the guards this morning. This servant was also shocked."

Chu Zongge tried his best to calm down. This was impossible, it was impossible for the Prince Jin to commit suicide because he still had many questions to verify with the Prince Jin.

"This servant will now bring Prince Duan to meet his corpse," the eunuch sighed, "After all, this is a matter of helping the Prince Chen rebel, it would be difficult for me to not do so."

Chu Zongge followed the eunuch to the innermost cell of the Sky Prison. It was pitch black in front and he couldn't see anything, as if he was deliberately using the darkness to hide something that he did not know.

The two guards opened the door and lit up the candles inside the cell. Chu Zongge told them to guard outside.

"I have already invited people to take a look at the Prince Duan. The eunuch gave a few words of warning and immediately retreated.

Chu Zongge suspiciously took a step forward. Seeing Prince Jin's stiff and pale face, he wrapped his handkerchief around himself and extended his hand out a few steps. His heart was sinking, he had indeed bit his tongue and committed suicide.

However, no matter where the Prince Jin was, he could not tell that the person he was planning to kill himself. Chu Zongge sat beside the corpse with a serious expression on his face.

Someone must have gotten there first. Chu Zongge sighed in distress. Since the Emperor had already forgiven him, he would no longer send anyone to assassinate him, so only the Empress Chen would interfere. As expected, she had some information in his hands that the Noble Consort Kang had told his.

He thought for a moment, this secret should be related to the Mrs. Heyi, since the Empress Chen was so cautious, then she must be the real culprit behind the poison killing of the Mrs. Heyi. It was a pity that the Prince Jin had already been killed, and she wouldn't speak of this secret after biting to death, causing the matter to be in such an awkward situation.

Chu Zongge carefully searched through the Prince Jin's corpse again, but didn't find anything. He felt even more disappointed, and could only choose to give up.

"You guys can come in and clean up."

The rain outside the window drummed against the green tiles, crackling incessantly. Xue Ronghua closed her eyes drowsily, but was woken up by the sound of rain falling. She had no choice but to force herself to read the history book in her hands.

"Miss," Little Zhui said as she brought over a cup of jasmine tea. "You just did a big thing and came back, why don't you lie down and rest for a while?"

"No, no," Xue Ronghua sniffed the fragrance in the cup with all her might, "I haven't finished reading the history book, I don't want to drag it out until summer. Furthermore, the rain outside is really annoying, so I won't be able to sleep either."

"The rain continued for several days without stopping. Young miss, aren't you unable to sleep even after a few days?"

"That's fine too." Xue Ronghua lightly took a sip, "When I'm exhausted, I will naturally be able to sleep."

"Miss should just light up a lamp. There's not a single ray of light in this pitch black sky, so please carefully injure your eyes." Little Zhui took out two red candles from the drawer.

"Wait a minute," Xue Ronghua said as she took off the Liluan pendant from her waist, "Put this in the drawer too.

Little Zhui carefully kept the imperial jade pendant into the embroidered box, "Miss has performed a great deed, the Emperor has bestowed a lot of things."

Xue Ronghua laughed as she raised his eyelids, "What did you reward them with?"

"There's always gold, silver, and jewelry, and there's even a Jade Guanyin Lotus Statue inside. It's carved from Xiuyan Jade, and should be the best item ever bestowed upon," Little Zhui said with a smile. "Also, the Emperor has bestowed upon the Old Master many acres of fertile land."

"Just having the last one is enough," Xue Ronghua smiled, "I don't care about gold and silver, Jade Guan Yin can enjoy it outside, the main thing is that Master is happy."

"Old master is naturally very happy," Little Zhui covered her mouth and secretly laughed, "In the past few days, Old master has been smiling."

Xue Ronghua stretched her waist, "Then, did Zhu Tong return to Xinyang Hall?"

"Yes," Little Zhui said, "Miss, are you going to let her go back just like that?"

"It's not like I have anything to do for her to busy herself with. She has already played with the places outside the palace for a few more times, so I'll call her back to the palace to enjoy a few more times."

"Zhu Tong this girl is very meticulous and has a lot of skills, just that she has a bit of a curiosity, like a cat, and wants to run around everywhere."

"She comes from the Chiron, so she naturally has not seen many beautiful scenery in the Central Plains."

"Oh, Miss, Zhu Tong still wanted me to tell him something," Little Zhui said as she moved closer to her ear. "That Prince Jin is the one that was close to Eldest Miss, the one that rebelled later on, he bit his tongue and committed suicide yesterday morning."