Everyone says that women have the most poisonous hearts.
Concubine Duan's words today made many people agree with her words.
The fourth prince could not die without knowing why. If Chen Changfeng really killed the fourth prince for no reason, she would still be willing to take the blame on Chen Changfeng's behalf.
She really sang all the yin and yang faces by herself.
Concubine Duan had already taken a preemptive strike. Obviously, if Chen Changfeng didn't give a reasonable explanation today, he wouldn't be able to get out of here safely.
Yao Xiaoren was secretly annoyed, but there was nothing he could do at this moment.
I even thought in my mind that if Chen Changfeng couldn't explain the reason later, would he take all the responsibility on himself? Otherwise, how could Chen Changfeng escape?
"Prince." Chen Qingzhi stood behind and shouted softly, but Chen Changfeng didn't hear it.
The third prince looked at Chen Changfeng with cold eyes.
Chen Changfeng is in great glory today, but he killed the fourth prince himself, how can he still quibble?
The second prince was secretly happy. He was also worried that he would not be able to bring Chen Changfeng to justice today. He did not expect that Concubine Duan, the only woman in the harem who could talk to him, would take the initiative to fight against Chen Changfeng for the sake of the third prince.
This saved the second prince a lot of risks.
Now we just wait to see how Chen Changfeng wants to argue.
Chen Changfeng's eyes fell on Concubine Duan. In his memory, Concubine Duan was not a good person.
Many people said that their mother, Empress Xu, passed away, including Concubine Duan, because at that time the emperor only favored Empress Xu.
Even Concubine Jing, the mother of the second prince, is far behind.
Empress Xu and Concubine Jing died one after another, and Concubine Duan was the biggest beneficiary.
Otherwise, there would be no place for Concubine Jing in the imperial court.
Chen Changfeng didn't know whether the matter was true or not, but Concubine Duan and himself were basically at odds today.
Since Concubine Duan is shameless, why should I pamper her?
"Father, regarding Erchen's killing of his fourth brother, Erchen did mean it." After Chen Changfeng finished speaking, Yao Xiaoren swayed.
He even suspected that he had heard wrongly.
What nonsense is Chen Changfeng talking about? What does it mean that he really meant it?
Self-destruct?
No matter what achievements Chen Changfeng made, as long as he killed the fourth prince intentionally, the emperor would definitely be furious.
Chen Changfeng's position as prince is definitely not guaranteed.
Tang Mingren also looked stunned and asked in confusion: "Prince, what are you talking about?"
The faces of the officials suddenly changed.
They thought that Chen Changfeng would at least make some excuses, and then they brought out the evidence to discredit Chen Changfeng.
But Chen Changfeng admitted it directly.
What kind of operation is this?
The second prince and the third prince both had a flash of surprise in their hearts.
After fighting with Chen Changfeng for so long, their intuition told them that what Chen Changfeng said was definitely not as simple as they thought.
Concubine Duan was also stunned and was about to speak when she saw the emperor suddenly getting up in anger.
"You'd better give me an explanation, otherwise..." The emperor made fists with his hands, his face full of anger.
He really couldn't figure out why Chen Changfeng wanted to kill the fourth prince.
He had promised himself in the study that he would not kill brothers.
But how did he do it.
"Father, do you still remember Huo Qubing's 50,000-strong army?" Chen Changfeng looked directly at the emperor.
The emperor frowned.
Of course he remembered Huo Qubing's 50,000-strong army. When the Third Prince, the Minister of War, failed to raise an army, Yao Xiaoren said that Huo Qubing, the military god of the Ming Dynasty, did not die in the battle.
The emperor asked Chen Changfeng and the third prince to ask Huo Qubing to come out.
In the end, Huo Qubing led 50,000 veterans and agreed to go to the front line.
But what does this matter have to do with the death of the fourth prince?
"Father, Huo Qubing led 50,000 veterans, and even when he arrived at Jiangling City, he saw no weapons or armor, and no supplies of food and grass."
"I don't know how the Ministry of War operates, and I don't have time to send a letter to question the Ministry of War. I think the third brother must know what happened at that time." Chen Changfeng's voice sounded, and the third prince's expression changed slightly, and he did not dare to respond in any way.
The second prince also did not dare to speak. They were the ones who had discussed delaying Huo Qubing's supply of 50,000 troops.
"Jiangling City has a branch of the Ministry of War's Ordnance Supervision. For some reason, my fourth brother came to Jiangling City and prevented me, the black-armored guard, from entering the city without an official letter. Who doesn't know that my son is leading the black-armored guard to go on an expedition?"
"My Ming Dynasty's army cannot even get supplies on the road, so we really can't shed tears of blood on the battlefield." Chen Changfeng said again.
The emperor's face was slightly cold, and he looked at the second prince with cold eyes.
The fourth prince and the second prince have a very good relationship, but the fourth prince appears in Jiangling City for no reason?
"Father, I really don't know why the fourth brother went to Jiangling City." The second prince quickly explained.
The emperor ignored the second prince and still stared at Chen Changfeng.
Just like that, Chen Changfeng killed the fourth prince?
This is also an unforgivable mistake.
"Let's put this matter aside for now. I asked the then-governor of Jiangling for food, grass and weapons. The governor of Jiangling refused again. In front of everyone, the fourth brother threw a set of armor to my son and threatened: Huo Qubing wants weapons and armor.
Let him kneel down to receive food supplies."
"Huo Qubing is such a person. Huo Qubing has never forgotten what happened back then."
"I don't have to worry about this matter. Huo Qubing, in the eyes of all of you, is just a declining warrior. I can tolerate it."
"But what about Huo Qubing?"
"How important was an army of fifty thousand at that time?"
"It was enough to change the war situation at that time. Moreover, we invited Huo Qubing to come out, and we treated them like this?"
"Just because of this, you killed your fourth brother?" The third prince couldn't hold it back anymore and interrupted Chen Changfeng.
The emperor did not speak. Even if the fourth prince was at fault, these were not the reasons for Chen Changfeng to kill him.
If the fourth prince made a mistake, he could wait until he, the emperor, was punished. How could Chen Changfeng, a prince, use the death penalty arbitrarily?
Chen Changfeng smiled slightly, he was waiting for the third prince to say this.
"Of course my father and I will not kill the fourth brother because of these things, but what if the fourth brother colludes with the Chu Empire?" Chen Changfeng said slowly.
He took out something wrapped in cloth from his arms.
The emperor's attention was not on Chen Changfeng's hands, but on what Chen Changfeng had just said.
The fourth prince colluded with the Chu Empire?
How can this be?
"Sixth brother, what are you talking about? How could the fourth brother collude with the Chu Empire? You are obviously incompetent and want to frame the fourth brother." The second prince shouted loudly.
The second prince knows best who the fourth prince is.
Even when he helped him find Qisha to deal with Chen Changfeng, he went there after giving him enough benefits.
The fourth prince colluded with the Chu Empire. What did he do for that?
"Father, the evidence is here. Father, do you want to take a look?" Chen Changfeng remained unmoved.
The officials even dared not speak.
They also didn't understand why the fourth prince would collude with the Chu Empire, but Chen Changfeng looked confident.
This makes them completely confused!
The emperor was also stunned, wondering if the fourth prince really had colluded with the Chu Empire, so he was killed by Chen Changfeng!
If this were the case, not only would the emperor not blame Chen Changfeng, he would even say that he killed well.
But the emperor also knew the fourth prince and definitely did not dare to have such thoughts.
Just this evidence.
"Liu Xi." The emperor looked at the eunuch Liu Xi.
Liu Xi walked up to Chen Changfeng, took it and returned it to the emperor.
The emperor unfolded the cloth and found a blood letter inside.
The emperor frowned and opened the blood book, only to find that it was not a secret letter from the four princes colluding with the Chu Empire.
It was a blood letter written by the third prince in collusion with Li Fengxian in an attempt to murder Chen Changfeng.
He even promised that once he took over the Ming Dynasty's frontier army again, the Ming Dynasty frontier army would retreat a hundred miles and give Li Fengxian a hundred miles of territory.