RPAGF Chapter 448 It would be best if Emperor Fu could stay alive
Chapter 448 It would be best if Emperor Fu could stay alive
Emperor Fu turned around with difficulty and looked at Queen Ruan with sad and desperate eyes.
"You... you already knew that I had put you under house arrest and imprisoned Prince Chen and Ruan Xinglin in the Dali Temple, but you didn't say a word in defense. Why? Why?"
Queen Ruan's face was sullen, "You are too partial."
If Emperor Fu knew that it was He Zhiyuan who privately forged the weapons and implicated Concubine Liu and her son, he would definitely try to cover it up.
From the moment Fu Jinyuan got the list, every step was as they had anticipated.
"Why didn't you kill me in the hunting ground? This world would belong to your Ruan family. Why bother doing this again?" Emperor Fu sneered.
Queen Ruan waved her hand and asked Su Zhongcheng to leave.
She spoke slowly, "If you died in the hunting grounds, how would you recognize Madam Liu? Your Majesty, our Ruan family is loyal to you."
Emperor Fu laughed sarcastically upon hearing this, "You are so kind, you wish you could kill me with your own hands, you just want to see me deserted by my friends and relatives, you want me to suffer after knowing the truth, Ruan Danyang, after so many years, you are still so vicious."
Queen Ruan sneered. It was easy to kill him, but she didn't want the Southern Dynasty to be in turmoil. The military power in the hands of Queen Mother Mu and the Mu family was enough to fight against the Ruan family.
At least before taking over the military power of the Mu family, it would be better for Emperor Fu to be alive.
"Did I ask you to welcome a fake into the palace? Did I keep your lover a secret for so many years?" Queen Ruan asked back word by word.
"Why did He Zhiyuan forge weapons in Jiangbei? He and your beloved Second Prince may have known each other long ago. Your Majesty, while the Second Prince is still alive, you might as well go and ask him clearly."
It's really heartbreaking.
Emperor Fu felt a chill all over his body. Today he felt a sense of fear and terror towards Ruan Danyang.
"Your Majesty, won't you go and see the Second Prince's injuries?" asked Queen Ruan.
Only then did Emperor Fu remember the second prince whose life or death was uncertain.
He felt complicated and bitter. That was his most beloved son, and he favored him for so many years. Suddenly, he told him that this son might be a bastard. He hurt his own child for the sake of someone else's son...
Emperor Fu was both angry and hateful.
He walked unsteadily and heavily, and it was only because Su Zhongcheng supported him that he did not fall to the ground.
With every step, he found it difficult to walk and his head was splitting.
In the prince's residence, imperial doctors were coming in and out, delivering basin after basin of blood.
Concubine Liu was almost crying in despair. Early this morning, the Second Prince happily told her that everything would be fine after today and they would get what they wanted.
Why send the second prince back with his life or death in danger and covered in blood?
Prince Heng stood outside the prince's residence with a heavy face. No one expected such a thing to happen. He was thinking about how to explain to the emperor.
The evidence was conclusive, and he had no way of convicting Prince Chen and Ruan Xinglin. It was also not possible to send them back to the Dali Temple. He could only let the Imperial Guards bring them into the palace. Now they were waiting in the council hall.
Finally, he waited until the emperor's sedan chair appeared.
Prince Heng strode forward and said, "Your Majesty, I failed to live up to your trust and failed to convict Prince Chen and the others. The Second Prince was also seriously injured..."
Emperor Fu's face turned pale. He waved his hand, "Where's Prince Chen?"
"Your Majesty, Prince Chen is in the meeting hall."
"He Zhiyuan and the Second Prince were behind all this?" Emperor Fu's voice sounded sad and old.
Prince Heng lowered his head and said, "The evidence is irrefutable. The list submitted by Censor Hong was forged."
Emperor Fu closed his eyes and said, "Let Prince Chen and the others return home first. I will give them an explanation later."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Prince Heng noticed that Emperor Fu's condition seemed to be a little off, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
"How did Yu'er get injured?" Emperor Fu was helped down from the sedan chair by Su Zhongcheng.
Only then did Prince Heng realize that Emperor Fu had aged a lot without him noticing, and even his straight back had become hunched.
"The Second Prince wanted to assassinate Prince Chen, but his legs became weak and he fell to the ground, and the dagger in his hand pierced his abdomen." Prince Heng replied with his head down.
If Fu Yuxuan hadn't wanted to kill Prince Chen, he wouldn't have been injured at all.
Emperor Fu was not angry when he heard this, but walked towards the prince step by step.
Prince Heng was puzzled. How could the emperor be so calm and composed when he heard that the second prince was injured? It seemed that he didn't take the second prince as seriously as before.
Concubine Liu cried so hard that she was at a loss. When she saw Emperor Fu appear, she finally found her backbone and rushed over with a wail, "Your Majesty, please save our Yu'er."
Emperor Fu looked at Concubine Liu crying in his arms, and he felt no sympathy at all.
If it were in the past, he would have been so heartbroken.
"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for Yu'er. They want to harm Yu'er. Yu'er is already like this, why can't you tolerate him?"
Emperor Fu gently pushed Concubine Liu away and looked at her face carefully. After so many years of living a life of luxury, time had not left many traces on her.
She was as charming as when she first entered the palace.
"Why do you never wear the hairpin I gave you?" Emperor Fu suddenly asked.
Concubine Liu was stunned. She had no idea why the emperor suddenly brought up what happened back then.
She said perfunctorily, "I put the hairpin in my dressing table and couldn't bear to wear it."
Emperor Fu's eyes turned cold.
What hairpin? He had never given her a hairpin before.
She was indeed not the woman he met that year.
Emperor Fu wanted to laugh sadly, but he couldn't express any smile at all.
"Your Majesty..." Concubine Liu felt inexplicably panicked.
"Go see Yu'er." Emperor Fu walked into the prince's residence. The room was filled with the smell of blood.
If it were in the past, he would have walked quickly to the bed, but now his steps felt like they were filled with lead and he couldn't move even a step.
The imperial physician knelt before him and said, "Your Majesty, the Second Prince's dagger fortunately did not hit his vital parts. He just lost too much blood and will not wake up for a while."
Emperor Fu's eyes were dark, his face became increasingly darker, and there was an abnormal paleness to it.
Concubine Liu looked at Emperor Fu in confusion, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me?" Emperor Fu wanted to laugh, but found that the corners of his mouth were a little stiff.
He looked at Concubine Liu coldly, "Your son colluded with He Zhiyuan to frame and murder Prince Chen. The evidence is irrefutable. Are you aware of this?"
"..." Concubine Liu opened her mouth and moved her lips a few times, "That was all forced upon Yu'er, Your Majesty, if his legs had not been crippled by Prince Chen, how could he have done such a thing."
"Your Majesty, Yu'er is still young. Please teach him well in the future. He won't dare to do it again." Concubine Liu said with sobs.
A surge of anger rushed to my head, "You..."
puff!
As soon as Emperor Fu opened his mouth, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes turned black, and he fell straight down.
"Your Majesty!" The room was in chaos.
"Quick, help the emperor to the couch."
What's going on? The emperor is so worried about the second prince that he has made himself sick.