Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life

Chapter 1046 - 1035: The Invincible General

Ye Qiu was right, sometimes you shouldn’t overcomplicate things. At this point, as long as the Prime Minister falls, what else does the Crown Prince have to rely on?

However, the Prime Minister is no pushover. By this time, he naturally knew whose fist was stronger and who could hold out to the end. So when he sensed that he and the Crown Prince might be assassinated, he sent a letter to his brother-in-law.

The Princess’s five thousand elite soldiers, along with the twenty thousand elite soldiers deployed by Noble Consort Zhang’s family, besieged the Imperial Palace and the Prime Minister’s Mansion. The Imperial Army fought desperately to resist, yet they still reached the hall front.

"This is treason and rebellion. If Father Emperor wakes up, he will not forgive you," the Crown Prince shouted sternly.

"Crown Prince, you better surrender obediently. Who in all over the city doesn’t know that you’ve cursed Father Emperor into a slumber?" The Second Prince looked at him as if he were a dead man.

"All of this is your nonsense. Governor Zhou will arrive shortly. If you confess now, I can still spare your lives," the Crown Prince warned sharply.

"Crown Prince, there’s no need to frighten us. Even if the governor arrives with troops, so what? By then, I will have ascended to the throne. Can he commit regicide?" Although the Second Prince said this, he was still apprehensive. Coldly, he ordered, "Capture the Crown Prince, rescue Your Majesty!"

"How dare you?" The Crown Prince held a longsword, with Crown Princess Consort Shang Wenjun anxiously standing behind him, unable to help.

At this moment, the Crown Prince thought of Ye Qiu. If she were here, they surely wouldn’t be in such a passive situation, and he wouldn’t be threatened by these people.

But he loved Wenjun after all, and the support from the Wenjun family during this period had been substantial. He couldn’t just abandon them like that.

However, at a time of crisis, one could not help but think for themselves.

"Kill!"

At this moment, inside Yangxin Hall, a little eunuch secretly fed an elixir to the unconscious Emperor, then pretended as if nothing had happened, standing by to serve.

"Your Highness!" When the old Emperor awoke, the first thing he heard was a heart-wrenching scream.

"Whose voice is that? Why does it sound like the Crown Princess Consort?" he asked tremblingly.

The little eunuch knelt down, trembling and not daring to speak.

"I ask you, what’s happening outside?" The old Emperor struggled to get up.

"Your Majesty, you’re still not well, please rest first!"

"Get out of the way, let me go out. What happened to my son?"

"You killed him!" Tong Yingxin, who rushed in, questioned the Second Prince, "Didn’t I tell you to spare his life?"

"At this point, who cares about the life of a man," the Second Prince gave her a blank look, ignored him, and walked inside, bumping into the old Emperor who was struggling to come out.

The Second Prince, Third Prince, Noble Consort Zhang, and the Princess were all shocked. They didn’t expect the Emperor to wake up at this moment.

"You rebels, what are you doing?" The old Emperor trembled, pointing his fingers at them.

The Second Prince narrowed his eyes and smiled, stepping forward to support him: "Father Emperor, you are weak. Please go back and rest. Let your son handle these rebels."

"Rebels?"

"Father Emperor, you might not know yet. Minister Shang took advantage of your rest to coerce the Crown Prince into rebellion. You’ve been in a coma because of the poison Minister Shang gave you."

"The Crown Prince, where is he?" The old Emperor looked around frantically, failing to find the one he wanted to see, panic-stricken.

"Father Emperor, it’s all because your son was late," the Second Prince suddenly knelt down. "Minister Shang coerced the Crown Prince, and in the process of saving you, I made a wrong decision. The Crown Prince, he... was killed by Minister Shang’s people."

"What did you say?" The old Emperor’s eyes were bloodshot as he grabbed the Second Prince’s collar to question him.

The Second Prince said nothing more, only bowed his head in sorrow.

The old Emperor let go of him, staggered back, and in that moment, he seemed to have aged twenty years.

"Gone? My son is gone?"

"You liar! Clearly, you killed the Crown Prince. You shameless scoundrel, stop twisting the truth," Crown Princess Consort Shang Wenjun shouted, having somehow broken free from captivity, crying and yelling grievances.

"Crown Princess Consort, you are confused. It was your father who betrayed. Guards, arrest the Crown Princess Consort," the Second Prince said coldly.

"Hold on." The old Emperor stared at the Second Prince and the others with red eyes.

The Second Prince, however, ignored him, continuing to say to himself, "Father Emperor is tired. We’ll handle this here. Father-in-law, take Father Emperor back to rest."

"How dare you, even to disobey my orders?" The Emperor scolded him angrily.

The Second Prince was unafraid: "Father Emperor is tired. Your son also wants to take care of you."

However, just when the old Emperor and the Crown Princess Consort were in despair, the clashing of swords could be heard from outside, and everyone looked towards the direction of the sound.

"Your Majesty, this old minister is late to the rescue, please forgive me." Kneeling was Governor Zhou Quan of Dengyun State, accompanied by Minister Shang.

Seeing him, the Second Prince and others were taken aback, looking incredulously outside.

"Second Young Master, there’s no need to look. The rebels have all bowed their heads," Minister Shang declared sternly.

The Second Prince and his company turned pale, unable to understand why, despite having everything arranged, Minister Shang remained unharmed. How could the governor have arrived so quickly?

Yet they would never know there was a mastermind behind it all, merely waiting for the Crown Prince’s death as the moment they would be captured.

The most disappointed was not the Second Prince but the Third Prince lurking behind him. He had planned to justify avenging the Crown Prince and rescuing Father Emperor, thus killing the Second Prince.

At that time, he would be the only adult prince, and his advisors would find a suitable reason for every suspicion, allowing him to reap the rewards and prepare to ascend the throne.

But now, are you telling him Father Emperor regained consciousness before any action began? That Minister Shang led troops to slay Second Brother’s rebels? What can he do next?

The Crown Prince is dead. Father Emperor will surely be furious, and with the military support from Dengyun State, what benefit can they reap?

The Third Prince suddenly knelt down: "Father Emperor, your son was only misled by Second Brother’s slander, saying the Crown Prince harmed you. Your son never intended to rebel."

"You..." The Second Prince and others looked at him with sour faces.

"Zhou Aiqing, Shang Aiqing, capture these rebels," the old Emperor ordered, coughing fiercely.

"Father Emperor, your son was deceived by Second Imperial Brother. Please see clearly, Father Emperor." Before being taken away, the Third Prince continued to plead, "Haven’t you always been aware of your son’s conduct?"

"You traitor!" The Second Prince cursed repeatedly, "Father Emperor, do you still intend to kill me? I am your son! You pretended to love me for so many years. Can’t you truly love me just once? Father Emperor, you are so biased! So biased!"

"Take them away!" The old Emperor coughed incessantly and needed the little eunuch’s support to stand, showing the great impact of this event on him!