Chapter 395 The whole story
Chapter 395 The whole story
When Shen Ningyue arrived with the concubines, Qin Zhi had already aborted the child.
The seven princes, whose ages were ranked from one to eight, and Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue were kneeling in front of the Zhaozheng Palace in a panic. In addition to the slap marks on each of their faces and a few whip marks on their bodies, the eldest prince Qin Mingyu and the fifth prince Qin Mingzhang also had kicking marks on their bodies.
"Who among you will speak?"
Shen Ningyue sighed softly, "Mingyu, you are the eldest brother, you speak."
"Thirteenth brother drowned." The eldest prince Qin Mingyu said with a dejected face.
"We'll find out on the way." Concubine Yu Sheyue retorted impatiently.
Although she looked down on Alanruo, she was quite fond of the little Persian cat born to Alanruo.
Compared to the Third Prince Qin Mingjin, who was assigned to her at the age of six and had a mother-son relationship with her, the Thirteenth Prince Qin Minghu, who was held around by His Majesty and often sat between her and His Majesty and acted coquettishly, was more like her and His Majesty's child, and made her feel softer.
Looking at the princes and princesses kneeling on the ground with sad faces and in a miserable state, their biological mothers might feel distressed and unable to bear it, but Yu Sheyue felt only anger in her heart.
Although she still didn't know whether the Thirteenth Prince's death was an accidental negligence or someone else's doing, she still couldn't help but want to kick them or whip them.
The eldest prince Qin Mingyu took a deep breath, lowered his head slightly, and his heart trembled.
It would be best if Thirteenth Brother’s death was man-made. If there is a culprit, he will feel much better.
If it was just an accident, my father would not blame my thirteenth brother for being disobedient and naughty, and all the responsibility would be on the living people.
"This morning, I sent someone to invite my brothers who were assigned to different houses to come to my house to discuss presenting gifts to our father at tonight's reunion dinner. Unexpectedly, my fifth brother came with my thirteenth brother.
When I was talking about business, Thirteenth Brother kept interrupting me. I couldn't hold back my temper and scolded him. Thirteenth Brother also had a bad temper and left angrily with his men.
There was no such thing as the prince presenting gifts at the reunion dinner on the Mid-Autumn Festival night of August 15th. He temporarily took the lead in organizing this gift presentation. In addition to pleasing his father and showing his filial piety, it was also to highlight his status and authority as the eldest son of the emperor.
His father was about to make his ninth brother, who was a legitimate son, the crown prince, and the crown prince would soon move into the East Palace. As the eldest son and the eldest brother of all the princes, it was not impossible for him to unite with several of his illegitimate brothers who had built houses outside the palace to suppress his ninth brother who would become the crown prince.
The second emperor's sister, Princess Hengshan, heard the news that he invited all his brothers to present gifts to their father, so she came uninvited and wanted to join in. She was fine with joining, as she was a princess and a legitimate daughter, but Qin Mingyue wanted to represent her underage ninth brother and try to seize the initiative from him, which was not allowed.
It was already annoying enough. When his Thirteenth Brother, a little brat who sat on his father's lap every day and stuck to his father and acted like a spoiled brat, came to interrupt, he scolded him and sent him away.
There were so many people following the Thirteenth Brother, and he drowned in the Sixth Brother's house. How can we blame him?
He shouldn't have let his Thirteenth Brother go alone.
"I thought that since there were so many people following my thirteenth brother, I didn't care what could happen. Who knows, who knows,"
The eldest prince Qin Mingyue burst into tears as he spoke, his voice filled with regret.
"As the eldest son of the emperor and the elder brother of all the other princes, I was at fault for quarreling with my younger brother and not taking good care of him. "
After saying that, he slapped himself twice.
"It has come to this. If you have done something wrong, you must admit it. It is useless to shirk responsibility on your father. Don't even think that I and your mother will plead for you. You deserve it."
"Did you slap yourself on the face?"
"My eldest brother and fifth brother were hit on the face by our father, but we hit ourselves."
Princess Qin Mingyue of Hengshan was wearing a lavender Liuxian dress, her hair was slightly disheveled, her hairpins were scattered on the ground, her eyes were filled with tears, and she spoke while sobbing softly.
The scene was too chaotic at the time. They were beaten by their father and ran around everywhere. They did not dare to run out of the whip range. They could only move stealthily in the crowd and use their brothers and sisters' bodies to shield themselves.
There is really no brother who protects her. I am really impressed.
She felt that she had suffered an unprovoked disaster. If she had known earlier, she should not have gone to her eldest brother's house to join in the fun.
"What happened to the Thirteenth Prince after he left the First Prince's Palace? How did he end up in the Sixth Prince's Palace?"
"In reply to the Queen Mother, my Thirteenth Brother originally returned to my Fifth Brother's residence.
I heard from the servants that after Thirteenth Brother returned to Fifth Brother's house, he released all the animals raised in the house. However, because Fifth Brother was not there, the animals did not listen to the trainer and walked around the house.
In the chaos, Thirteenth Brother was chased out of the house by a leopard cat, leaving only two people with him. He took the two people to the residence of his son."
"I am at my eldest brother's house. The Sixth Prince's wife went to Madam Yi's place this morning and is not at home either.
I heard from the steward of the mansion that after the Thirteenth Brother came to my mansion, he did not allow my people to follow him, and played in the garden by himself. He also sent the only two servants left with him to get cakes and fish food. When he was found, he was already drowned.
The Sixth Prince Qin Mingjun had red eyes and tears were falling.
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