After finishing the important matters, the eunuch sent a message to the princes and princesses to come and pay their respects.
Emperor Ningkang then remembered that he did not even care about the other princes during this incident, so he let them in.
Seeing the young princes and princesses standing in front of him safe and sound, Emperor Ning Kang finally felt a little comforted.
Turning his head, Emperor Ning Kang looked at the third prince and asked, "How are the funeral arrangements for your brother and sister-in-law?"
The third prince said: "My son originally took care of the funeral affairs of the emperor brother and the emperor's wife, but the father also needed someone to take care of him. At this time, the second emperor sister said that she could help take care of the funeral affairs of the emperor brother and the emperor's wife.
I entrusted these matters to her."
Of course, the third prince wanted to maintain his reputation as a wise king, but at this time, compared to the tedious matters of pleasing Emperor Ning Kang, taking the opportunity to gather some forces around him for his own use, and taking care of the funeral affairs of his brother and sister-in-law, they seemed less important.
Already.
And Princess Zhaoyang lamented that the disgusting Crown Princess had such a heroic ending. She also saw that the third prince was obsessed with other things and neglected the funeral affairs of her brother and sister-in-law. She really wanted to find something to occupy her boredom.
I just took over this matter from the third prince.
In fact, there is nothing much to do. It is just to build two temporary coffins and set up a temporary mourning hall for people who are interested to come and worship. In fact, there are not many people coming to worship. There are so many people who have died on the mountain.
At this time, who would have the thought to pay homage to the fugitive prince and concubine who had lost their power?
Seeing Emperor Ningkang looking over, Princess Zhaoyang explained the situation.
After hearing this, Emperor Ningkang didn't say much and looked at the other younger children.
He ignored the fourth prince, who seemed to have something to say, and waved to the fifth prince and fourth princess, motioning for them to come forward.
But the fourth prince was a man who couldn't hold back what he said, and Emperor Ning Kang didn't want him to say it, so he insisted on saying it.
He shamelessly squeezed in front of Emperor Ning Kang and complained: "Father, it's time for you to take care of my sister!
She is too overbearing. When the incident first started, I was worried about her and kindly led people to protect her, but she backhandedly put me under house arrest, and she even called it protecting me.
What about herself? But she runs around with her bodyguards of men and women.
A daughter's family does not have any elegance of a daughter's family and only knows how to wield swords and guns."
After that, he said in a complaining tone: "Also, Father, you are too partial.
I didn't realize it before, but you only gave me a few small palaces, and the output was barely enough for the hundred or ten people in my house.
Unlike the imperial sister, her princess palace is much larger than my palace, and the palace is more than ten times larger than mine. Otherwise, how could she have so much money and food to support so many guards, so that she could survive this rebellion?
In order to help my father, I could only be locked in her yard and watch her steal the show.
This is so unfair!"
After hearing the third prince's words, Princess Zhaoyang glanced at him.
If it were anyone else, she would have thought that this was an eye-opener for her, saying that she supported too many private soldiers. But if it were her silly brother, she knew that the other party was really jealous of her and wanted to ask for favors from her father.
.
Thinking of the benefits, she couldn't help but think of what Jia Lian said to her, and felt that this was also a good sign. At least this idiot brother knew how to attract resources for herself.
Emperor Ningkang ignored the chattering fourth prince, but looked down at the two young children in his arms and asked with a smile: "What about you, are you scared this time?"
The two little guys shook their heads, and the fourth princess Wei Qingning said cutely: "Sister Huang took us to her villa very early and asked many people to protect us, so we were not afraid at all and were not scared.
"
Hearing what the fourth princess said, Emperor Ningkang didn't say anything, but after releasing the fourth princess and the fifth prince, he looked at his second daughter, who had always made him happy and guilty.
He is happy because this daughter has always been sensible and reasonable, which makes him very satisfied.
Naturally, she felt guilty because she had asked her to get married in the first place, but later she was deprived of her position as the eldest princess by the Supreme Emperor to compensate her. Her father, the Emperor, could not say anything more.
But now it's better. From now on, no one can tell him what to do, and he can make it up to his daughter.
It's a pity that she is only a girl.
Thinking about it, Emperor Ning Kang glanced at the third prince beside him and tried not to express his thoughts.
Just when Emperor Ningkang had a rare family reunion with his children, a military general came to disturb him.
"What's the matter?" Emperor Ning Kang's voice was a little unhappy.
"Your Majesty, Tian Liang, the younger brother of Deputy Commander Tian Qutian and the sixth-rank commander, came to see you outside the palace gate and claimed that there were serious grievances and asked your Majesty to decide."
Listening to the announcement from the general outside the door, the third prince's expression changed and he immediately scolded: "You idiot, you don't know that His Majesty needs to recuperate after recovering from a serious illness, so you disturb him with these trivial matters.
Since he is a small sixth-grade official, he has grievances, so he should go to his superiors to complain, and even if it doesn't work, he should go to the Third Division to file a complaint. How could he go directly to cause trouble in front of His Majesty's palace? This is a crime of great disrespect."
The general outside the door was so scolded by the third prince that he did not dare to speak.
Princess Zhaoyang felt cold in her heart when she saw this.
Even after examining Tian Qu and even the prince's body based on the testimony of Tian Liang and others, she still only had 80% or 90% doubt that the prince was murdered by the third prince.
But now seeing the third prince's reaction, she understood that it was 100% certain.
So when the third prince finished scolding him, she stood up and said to Emperor Ningkang: "Father, after all, Tian Qu was also a meritorious minister this time, and he died in the fight against the rebellion. Now, since his brother risked his life late at night,
Come and see me, maybe you are really aggrieved."
The third prince scolded: "Why did the imperial sister say this? Let's not say that my father is ill. Even if he is not, shouldn't everyone in the world have to come to my father to redress their grievances?"
Princess Zhaoyang also said coldly: "Why not? All people in the world are the subjects of the emperor father, and everyone in the world calls the emperor father the emperor. In this case, if the people of the world have grievances, why can't they ask the emperor father to defend them?
Call the shots?"
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Emperor Ning Kang waved his hand to stop the two arguing, and asked aloud: "Did he say what the injustice was?"
"Yes. He said that his brother did not die in suppressing the rebellion, but was murdered. Moreover, the person who murdered his brother was of high status, and only Your Majesty could make the decision for him!
He is now kowtowing non-stop outside the palace gate, his head is broken, attracting many people to watch."
Emperor Ning Kang was silent for a moment and said, "In that case, let him come in."
"Father..."
The third prince was anxious and wanted to say something else, but Emperor Ning Kang waved his hand: "Tian Qu has done a great job in suppressing the rebellion. Now that his younger brother has complained to the emperor about his grievances, if I ignore him, I may cause others to criticize him."
"But Father..."
Emperor Ning Kang suddenly turned his head, looked at the third prince, and said surreptitiously: "Are you so obstructive because you are afraid that he will see me?"
The third prince was so frightened by Emperor Ning Kang's sudden change of expression that he almost collapsed, and said weakly: "No, I am just worried about my father's health..."
Emperor Ning Kang regained his composure, "My health is fine."
Then he said to Princess Zhaoyang and others: "Let's go, you all follow me out and take a look."
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Tian Liang faced countless eyes and walked in the palace with his head held high.
He knew that if he didn't succeed this time, he would become a benevolent person.
He was asking himself, are you afraid?
Afraid, a little bit afraid.
After all, the person he wants to sue is the prince Longsun, or the prince Longsun who is most likely to inherit the throne under the current situation.
But he is not afraid either.
The moment he decided to avenge his brother and knelt down in front of the palace gate, he had already put his own life and death aside.
It's not that he doesn't know that as long as he gives up defending his brother's justice, he can rest on his brother's credit book and live a life of glory and wealth.
But he can't do it.
He was raised by his elder brother, and everything he had was given by his elder brother. He could not bury the thorn in his heart that his elder brother was innocently killed and he chose to live an ignoble life.
He was even ashamed that he had ever had such shameless thoughts.
But it's different now.
He was proud of himself. He thought that even if he could not defeat the third prince this time, at least he could proudly brag in front of his brother that he was indeed a man with eggs.
Before arriving at Emperor Ningkang's chamber, he didn't expect that the aloof emperor was already sitting on the corridor. On the left and right, there were many important people standing on the corridors that he rarely saw.
"Tian Liang, who is in a humble position, bows to my emperor, long live him!"
"Keep your head up."
The emperor's voice was calmer and weaker than he imagined, but it made him infinitely excited.
He raised his head in response and looked directly at the supreme being in the world whom he had only seen from a distance before.
"Tell me, what are your grievances?"
When Tian Liang heard this, he immediately glared at the three princes on Emperor Ningkang's side and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I want to sue King Yun. My brother did not die to put down the rebellion, but was killed by King Yun!"
As soon as he said these words, whether it was the nobles on the stage, the guardsmen who were on guard around them, or even the eunuchs and maids, they couldn't help but take a breath and secretly praise:
So brave!
Also, everyone knows now that the third prince, Prince Yun, will be the next prince, or even the future emperor.
To jump out and sue him at this time is to either seek death or to seek death deliberately.
Emperor Ning Kang was also quite surprised. He looked at the third prince next to him. Unfortunately, the third prince seemed to have calmed down at this time, and just stared at Tian Liang coldly with his eyes narrowed.
"Since you want to sue King Yun, saying that he killed your brother, why did he kill your brother?"
"Because my brother, who was in a humble position, stumbled upon the truth about his murder of the prince, so he brutally silenced him along with his personal guards."
Tian Liang said loudly.
He still remembered Jia Lian's instructions: in front of Emperor Ning Kang, be straightforward and don't talk nonsense.
Because if the other party wants to hear, he will take the initiative to ask. If he doesn’t want to hear, it’s useless no matter how much you say.
Therefore, in just one encounter, he threw both bombs directly, and it was obvious that the second one was much heavier than the first one.
Its weight even directly broke through the psychological defense of most people present.