After I was reborn, I was scumbag

Chapter 53

The only answer to him was the dead silence in Shao Guan's dark eyes that could not see a trace of light.

Emperor Liang finally lost all his patience. An old man's instinctive fear of death and an emperor's superstitious awe of the destiny of gods and Buddhas made him completely forget the blood-linked father-son relationship.

"I have already given you a chance, since you refuse to say it, then don't blame me for not remembering the old friendship!"

"Come here! To declare my will, the crown prince Shaoguan secretly used witchcraft in the East Palace in an attempt to murder the emperor! Such disloyal and unfilial people are unbearable to be the crown prince of the East Palace. Autumn asks to cut—"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Guan Er is innocent. Everything is the idea of ​​my concubine. I beg Your Majesty to investigate clearly!"

The Emperor Liang paused when he proclaimed an edict, looked gloomyly at the woman in palace costume who stumbled towards the dungeon, and scolded sharply: "Who allowed you to come to the clan's mansion—where are the guards outside? What! When will I allow you to let the queen in?!"

The empress of Daliang, Zhen Zhiyan, was in her early forties. Although she had given birth to a child, she still looked like a delicate Jiangnan woman, with creamy skin, a little makeup, and soft and delicate eyebrows.

It's just that she was pale and haggard because of her frailty and sickness, and when she heard about Shaoguan's accident, she was so anxious that she couldn't care about any etiquette.

"Your Majesty! I beg you to listen to my concubine's words. The puppet was ordered by my concubine to be made. The prince doesn't know about it! It is the concubine who wants to curse His Majesty, and it has nothing to do with the prince! Please be aware of it!"

Emperor Daliang pulled out the sword from the waist of the guard beside him, and pointed at his first wife: "You did it? I think you are trying to save your son's life. Come and lie to me! It is a serious crime to deceive the emperor. Do you know that you want to kill the Nine Races!"

Zhen Zhiyan's eyes were red, and the teardrops reflected the blood on the corner of Shao Guan's mouth, but there was no look of fear on her face.

"The concubine dare not lie to His Majesty. It is the concubine who is dissatisfied with the importance His Majesty attaches to the other princes. She is afraid that Guan Er will not be able to succeed to the throne smoothly, so she invited a wizard to make this witch puppet."

"At the last family banquet, Guan'er stayed in the palace. The concubine's maid didn't notice, and the prince noticed something strange. The prince advised the concubine to stop in time, and took the puppet away and wanted to destroy it."

"Your Majesty! Although Guan Er did not inform His Majesty of his concubine's crimes in time, he did so out of filial piety. You watched him grow up. Don't His Majesty know his conduct?"

"Your Majesty wants to question the crime, so behead your ministers and concubines! I only hope that your Majesty will keep Guan'er alive for the sake of past love!"

After Zhen Zhiyan finished speaking, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed, the sound was muffled, and blood oozed from her forehead in the blink of an eye.

Queen Mother... Queen Mother!

Shao Guan looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief. His blurred vision made him unable to see his mother's face clearly. He could only see a figure kneeling on the ground, without the grace and luxury of a mother of a country, only a mother who wanted to protect her son. fragility and strength.

The young man struggled desperately, but the Gu poison was like an unsolvable cage, firmly imprisoning him in place.

He could only tighten the iron chain desperately, trying to use the sound of the chains colliding to tell his mother to leave here quickly, and stop doing anything stupid for him...

Perhaps Zhen Zhiyan's actions were too crazy, the hand of Emperor Liang trembling with the sword, and just confronted her in such a silent manner, the prison fell into a strange silence like a quagmire for a while.

"The empress said just now that the witch puppet was made by the empress."

A faint low laugh came from the shadows, the cold voice sounded careless, but it was like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, hitting the vital point with one blow.

"Then please explain to me why the puppet's spell is written in the handwriting of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The tall and slender young man was dressed in black clothes, with handsome features like crown jade, like a judge who commanded orders, holding a judge pen, who could send people into hell at any time.

Emperor Daliang suddenly changed color, sneered, put away the long sword in his hand, and pushed Zhen Zhiyan away.

"Murong Aiqing is very right, please ask the empress to explain my confusion! Why is the handwriting on this puppet belonged to the prince?"

"Do you think you lied to me that you made this witchcraft puppet, and that if you took the blame for the prince, I would spare the prince?!"

Emperor Liang stared at his wife who was kneeling on the ground and weeping softly. He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and his voice was hoarse.

"The crime of killing is too heavy, and I am afraid that my life will be ruined! According to my will, Shao Guan will be imprisoned in Chang'an Prince Jing's Mansion. Without my order, no one is allowed to visit him!"

"Come here, take the queen back to Kunning Palace, and imprison her for three months, and don't allow her to see the prince again!"

As the emperor and empress left, Murong Xing ordered the surrounding guards to retreat, leaving only Murong Xing and Shao Guan in the dungeon.

Shao Guan looked at him so coldly, it was no longer resentment or hatred, but a kind of bone-chilling coldness.

King Jing's Mansion in Chang'an was the old mansion of the rebellious prince of the previous dynasty. After King Jing's mutiny failed and he was hacked to pieces, the former emperor did not destroy his mansion, but rebuilt it into a place where the guilty royal family was imprisoned.

It was as if Shao Guan had been marked with treason. Everyone who saw King Jing's mansion would remember what a rebellious sinner was imprisoned inside. This was far more cruel than killing him.

"I know that His Highness is speechless now. But it doesn't matter, His Highness just listen to what I say."

"I ordered someone to inform the empress about what happened to your highness. I also sent someone to teach your empress the excuse to take the blame for your highness."

Murong Xing's voice still had no ups and downs, like a chat after dinner, calm and gentle.

"Your Majesty is merciful, at least His Highness's life was spared. In the days to come, His Highness will stay in King Jing's Mansion well. When the time comes, I will naturally go to visit His Highness."

Shao Guan raised his face, the line of his jaw was tense due to the severe pain and anger, his dark eyes like abyss were nailed to Murong Xing's face like nails, and the ends of his eyes were flushed.

What do you want, what do you want!

It is not enough to frame me for treason and treason, but also to involve my mother and queen!

She used to be so kind to you, pitied you for losing your mother when you were young, and never forgot to prepare gifts for you every birthday... You said that you would serve my queen mother as if you were your own mother. Now, what is it for? You want to do this Do!

The bony hand approached slowly, and slowly and gently wiped away the blood from the corners of Shao Guan's lips, as if treating a toy that was once beloved but has been disliked.

Murong Xing didn't look into Shao Guan's eyes. After withdrawing his hand, he took out the handkerchief and quickly wiped off the dirt on his fingertips, his thin lips curled slightly.

"I have other things to deal with, so I won't be here to accompany His Highness for the time being...Your Highness, please rest well."

Immediately after Murong Xing left the clan's mansion, Emperor Liang's personal eunuch came to deliver an order, saying that His Majesty had a headache again, and he will be summoned another day.

"Your Majesty has worked hard these past few days. His Majesty has ordered the chariots and horses arranged to send you back to Pingxihou Mansion."

The gorgeous morning sun broke through the dark sky, reflecting the light golden morning light on Murong Xing's face.

The young man squinted his phoenix eyes, was silent for a while, and replied lightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It's just that someone from the Hou's residence has already come to pick me up outside the palace, so I won't bother you."

Outside the palace gate was Xia Tong waiting in his carriage, and when he saw Murong Xing coming out, he was overjoyed.

"Sir!"

"Let's talk in the car."

Murong Xing stepped onto the carriage in two steps, and when the curtain of the carriage blocked everything, he finally seemed to relax, and slowly took out the handkerchief in his cuff that had just wiped the blood.

"Take this veil and go to Miaojiang, find the most powerful Miao doctor, and make sure to find out what kind of Gu insect poison is in this blood."

Xia Tong hurriedly took the handkerchief, and hurriedly replied: "My subordinates will immediately send someone to investigate—Your Majesty, what happened to His Royal Highness? Lord Hou knew that you returned to Beijing privately, and he was going crazy. You... "

The young man who hadn't had a good rest for many days pressed his eyebrows, half closed his eyes, and his Adam's apple moved slightly.

"I will explain these things to my father. Remember to tell Dr. Miao that in the early stages of the onset of this poison, people will be unable to speak, feel weak, and have impaired hearing and vision."

"Also remember to hide your whereabouts, and don't let Yuan Qiong's people find out that we are investigating this matter."

"Okay, don't worry, my son, this subordinate will definitely take care of this matter."

"The things I asked you to check before...how did the check go?"

"Reporting to my son, I went to the south of the Yangtze River to check Qi Yuanxiu's background and family carefully. He was indeed taken over by Yuan Qiong long ago, and has always existed as Yuan Qiong's substitute."

"But what is suspicious is that according to a neighbor, he has never been married, but has brought an eight or nine-year-old boy home late at night several times."

"It's just that Yuan Qiong's appearance is too similar to the real Qi Yuanxiu, so I don't know who is leading that child."

Hearing this, Murong Xing slowly lowered his hands, but his tired eyes remained sharp.

"Where is the neighbor who saw the child now?"

"The subordinates were frightening, so they didn't touch him. They just asked him to write a detailed document and brought it back to Chang'an."

"Well done. With Yuan Qiong's status and methods, he will never do useless things. That child... must have a great connection with him. Continue to order the dark guard to investigate, and it is best... to tie the child here , and take it to Chang'an."

"My subordinates understand!"

"How's the situation in Lingnan?"

"...The Lingnan Army retreated steadily and retreated to the Miaojiang jungle. Yang Ling ordered to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but several lieutenants thought it was too aggressive, and Yang Ling was arguing with them."

Murong Xing nodded: "In this way, Yuan Qiong's plan is coming soon... Do you have to find out about the poisonous poison as soon as possible? I will write a letter in a while, and you can take it to some lieutenants .”

"Yes."

Murong Xing let out a breath slowly, pulled himself together, and ordered softly: "You drive back to the mansion first, and then prepare a fast horse for me in the backyard of the Hou mansion. I'm going out of the city."

"promise!"