Turbulent Times Chapter 837: Lonely Yang Guang

The second son sent someone to assassinate the eldest son. As a mother, Empress Xiao felt the pain and anger in her heart. of.

Yang Guang had his own thoughts, he shook his head and said, "I know this matter well."

He glanced at Yang Hao and said, "Come here, bring the witness Zhou Cheng in."

A moment later, several guards brought Zhou Cheng, who was still half alive, into the imperial study room, and Zhou Cheng knelt down on the ground when he entered, without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, who is this person?" Empress Xiao asked suspiciously.

"This person is Zhou Cheng, the captain of the City Guard Army. He also participated in the assassination of Zhao'er the day before yesterday." Willing to believe that such a thing can happen to two sons.

"Zhou Cheng, if I ask you a question, if you answer truthfully, I will let your relatives go, otherwise I will kill your three clans." Yang Guang said coldly.

Zhou Cheng said in a hoarse voice, "Excuse me, Your Majesty."

Yang Guang asked: "I ask you, who instructed you to assassinate the prince?"

Zhou Cheng said: "The guilty minister was ordered by King Qi to assassinate the prince. King Qi said that as long as the prince dies, he is His Majesty's only son, and he will definitely become the prince. In the future, he will become the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. General, that's why the guilty minister took the risk and went to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince, begging His Majesty to spare the life of the criminal minister's relatives."

"You are talking nonsense!"

Yang Hao suddenly yelled hysterically. When had he been wronged so much, he yelled angrily: "I didn't, I didn't tell him these things, and I don't know him either!"

Pointing at Zhou Cheng, he roared angrily, "Did I bribe you?"

Zhou Cheng lowered his head deeply, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness... I have no choice but to recruit for the sake of my relatives. Please don't take revenge on my relatives, otherwise I will not let you off even if I am a ghost."

"Nonsense!"

Yang Hao was so angry that he went mad. He suddenly pulled out the dagger from his boots, rushed towards Zhou Cheng, and roared, "How dare you wrong me so much, I'm going to kill you bastard!"

The sudden change caused the inner hall to exclaim, only the immediate royal family did not need to be searched to see the emperor, but no one thought that King Qi had a dagger on him, and several guards wanted to pounce on it, but it was too late , he stabbed Zhou Cheng in the chest with a knife. The latter was seriously injured. With a thump, he fell directly into a pool of blood and died on the spot.

Yang Hao suddenly woke up, and he actually used a knife to kill people in front of his father and mother. He was terrified in his heart, let go of the dagger, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Yang Guang walked up to Yang Hao with a livid face, raised his hand and slapped Yang Hao hard, knocking Yang Hao to the ground.

"Nizi, how dare you kill someone in front of me!"

Yang Hao fell to the ground and shivered, Yang Guang said coldly: "In addition to witness witnesses, other evidence was also found in Zhou Cheng's house."

Yang Guang opened a box presented by the Lanyiwei Mansion, and took out a letter and a few notes from it, and shouted: "This was found in Zhou Cheng's house, and you wrote him an order. Let this person read it and burn it, but unexpectedly this person stayed, and I have personally compared the handwriting of you, a rebellious son, and it is the same as yours, so what do you have to say."

As Yang Guang spoke, he looked at Yang Hao angrily, and his teeth clucked.

Yang Hao was completely stunned, his eyes showed fear, he suddenly burst into tears, knelt on the ground, knocked his head loudly, his heart was so sad and wronged that he was dying, and he cried: "Father , my son was really wronged, my father clearly checked, my son was really wronged."

He suddenly knelt and climbed in front of Empress Xiao, hugged his mother's leg and cried loudly: "Mother, the child has been wronged, please save the child!"

With tears in Empress Xiao's eyes, she gritted her teeth and said, "Who in the world instigated you to send someone to assassinate your brother? All the younger generations will be hacked into pieces."

Yang Guang ignored Yang Hao and Empress Xiao, and let the mother and son talk. He got up and left the imperial study room with his hands behind his back. The scenery of the lake, thinking about the open and secret struggle between myself and my brothers when I was a prince, and thinking about my two sons killing each other, at this moment, Yang Guang's lonely figure, in this vast palace, in this Under heaven and earth, it seemed so small and so desolate.

At this moment, footsteps sounded behind him, and Yang Guang said displeasedly, "You still have to intercede for this wicked son."

Queen Xiao said: "The concubine is indeed here to intercede for Wu'er. He is the child of the concubine, and after all he is His Majesty's son. I hope His Majesty will not punish him too severely."

Yang Guang sighed and nodded, "Don't worry! He is my son. If I get angry with him, I won't kill him. A tiger doesn't eat its own child. I have my own measure."

Empress Xiao slowly walked behind Yang Guang, and asked in a pleading voice, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do with my son?"

Yang Guang didn't answer her directly, but turned around and asked lightly: "You hate Wang Junlin very much, don't you?"

"It's not enough to hate him, but I just don't like him very much. I don't like outsiders getting involved in our family affairs."

"What about Zhao'er? I feel that you hate him too. If he died, you wouldn't take it seriously, is that so?" Yang Guang still asked calmly.

Empress Xiao was astonished, she knelt down in front of Yang Guang slowly, opened her eyes wide, and said with tears: "Your Majesty, how can you say that, although I prefer Zhao'er, but Zhao'er is my flesh and blood, It is also my heart, how could I want him to die, Your Majesty, how can there be a mother who does not take her son to heart?"

"That's right, now that Wang Junlin saved Zhao'er's life, shouldn't parents be grateful to him? Since you don't like him, I won't reward him, but you still have respect for him." Prejudice?"

"The concubine knows." Empress Xiao said with her head down.

Yang Guang sighed, and said: "If I made Wu'er the crown prince at the beginning, and Wu'er came to the throne in the future, with his heart, I would definitely kill Zhao'er, and I would not keep any of the grandson Zhao'er gave birth to me. Although it is related to Wu'er's character, it is also because Zhao'er is the eldest son. On the contrary, I made Zhao'er the crown prince at the beginning. With Zhao'er's kindness, after a hundred years, he will not kill his brother, and will Make him a prince, and live a life of glory and wealth."

Speaking of this, Yang Guang let out a long sigh and continued: "If I set up the eldest son, the second son will live forever. If I set up the second son, I will surely kill each other. This is what I never want to see, so I I would rather let Zhao'er inherit the Datong in the future."

Empress Xiao suddenly felt very tired. She admitted that Yang Guang was right. With Qi Wang Yang's disposition, he would kill his elder brother if he got the throne.

Yang Guang turned his head at last, looked deeply at Empress Xiao, and said in a deep voice, "I don't want to make Wu'er think that he still has a chance because of you, so that he can assassinate Zhao'er again."

"The concubine understands what your Majesty means." Empress Xiao said solemnly.

Yang Guang sighed, and said: "Zhao'er is the eldest son, generous and benevolent. I believe that he will be a benevolent king in the future. As for his body, I will announce it to the world soon, so that all counties and counties will be in the world." Find a famous doctor and let the states and counties offer the best elixir to take care of Zhao'er's body."

Empress Xiao hesitated for a while, and said: "But Wang Junlin is extremely vicious, and his methods are extremely powerful. My concubine is worried that he will attack Wu'er, causing Wu'er to die in a daze."

Yang Guang said: "Queen, don't worry, there will be another year at most. After I have completely cleared away the obstacles that hinder my prosperity, I will release Wang Junlin so that he will not return to the capital easily."

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