novelraw Chapter 258
Chapter 258
The emperor was held hostage by the eighth prince, and everyone was shocked, and they all stepped forward to rescue him.
The eighth prince yelled, "Whoever dares to step forward, I will do it." He said and immediately cut Emperor Xingde on the neck.
Feeling the tingling pain from his neck, Emperor Xingde quickly shouted, "Stand still, don't move."
Everyone in the hall immediately stopped, "Eighth Prince, don't act recklessly."
"Don't hurt royal father." The third prince looked anxious.
"Old Ba, stop quickly." The fourth prince also had a serious expression.
The eighth prince sneered, "Why are you acting as a good person now? If you hadn't framed me for rebellion, I would have been cornered? It's all your fault."
The third and fourth princes immediately denied it, "Nonsense, I don't."
"not me."
The eighth prince didn't believe it, "Who else is there besides you? Or, it's the good thing you did, father, and I'm your son, so why don't you see me well, huh?"
Emperor Xingde frowned, and immediately retorted, "It's not me, you are my son, how could I do such a thing."
"Who is that, tell me, who wants me to die!" The eighth prince gritted his teeth, his nerves were so tense, he didn't notice that the eldest prince appeared behind him.
"It's me!" As the words fell, a sharp sword slashed fiercely on the Eighth Prince's right arm, cutting off a good arm in one fell swoop.
"Ahhh——" the eighth prince screamed in pain, and fell to the ground, his whole body twitching.
Emperor Xingde was startled and turned around, facing the eldest prince.
The eldest prince pointed the tip of his sword at Emperor Xingde, with a sneer on his face, "Father, write the imperial edict, or you won't survive tonight."
Emperor Xingde retreated again and again, dodging the first prince's sword, "Come on, come on, Imperial Guards! Take down this traitor."
However, after shouting several times, no one in the hall moved.
Emperor Xingde turned around and saw that other people in the hall had been controlled, the third prince, fourth prince, Anxi, ministers, and part of the imperial guards were all tied up.
And the people standing behind them, although they were also wearing the clothes of the imperial guards, but Emperor Xingde glanced at them, and they were basically unfamiliar faces.
"You, when did you replace my imperial guards?" Emperor Xingde looked flustered, originally thinking that only Lao Ba was the one who rebelled, and he was already under his control.
Unexpectedly, the boss also saved a hand, and even replaced the guards in the palace. How did he do it?
The eldest prince sneered, "Whoever told you to choose someone to be the commander of the imperial guards is not good, but you chose Mr. Xing, he is mine."
"Nonsense, Xing Xiyang is loyal, definitely not betraying me." Emperor Xingde didn't believe it, Xing Xiyang was his companion, and he couldn't be more loyal to him, that's why he trusted him so much.
"Hehe, Mr. Xing, come and pay your respects to your master. He doesn't believe that you will betray me, and I don't believe it either. How about you tell me, why did you trust me, eh?"
A man in armor stepped out from the crowd. Due to the cover of the helmet, he looked down on his expression. He walked slowly in front of the two of them, then knelt down heavily, and kowtowed to Emperor Xingde.
"My humble minister... has failed the emperor's trust... my minister... I will die!" She didn't say a word of superfluous words.
The eldest prince didn't care, "Since he doesn't say anything, why don't I say it for him. Although he is loyal to you, he can't help but have only one son. His son is a useless idiot. Since it was in my hands, I would be sorry if I didn’t take advantage of it. And your good servant betrayed you for the sake of his own flesh and blood, isn’t it very exciting?”
Emperor Xingde looked at Xing Xiyang in disbelief, it's that simple?Betrayed himself so easily?
Doesn't he know that he has Jin Yiwei?With Jin Yiwei around, who can't be rescued?
The eldest prince seemed to understand what Emperor Xingde was thinking, "Hehe, do you know what his son did? That boy Xingwu fell in love with the fourth son's side concubine, and when he hooked up with that woman, I caught him straight. Tell me, how dare he ask Jin Yiwei to investigate."
"Who?" Emperor Xingde didn't seem to understand, the fourth son's side concubine?
The fourth prince also raised his head in astonishment, he didn't expect that he still had his own business in the middle.
"It's the one called Li Yunluan or Li Yunfeng, Miss Li's concubine."
"Impossible," the fourth prince denied sharply, "She has been staying in the mansion honestly and has never gone out. Brother, how can you slander a woman's innocence at will."
No matter whether this is true or not, the fourth prince must deny that for a man, being cuckolded by his wife and concubine is more than a shame.
The eldest prince didn't care what the fourth prince said, seeing a few eunuchs hurrying in carrying things, he said in a good mood, "Father, the jade seal and imperial decree have been brought, let's write the imperial edict!"
"Don't even think about it, I won't let you succeed!" Emperor Xingde's face was livid, and he made up his mind that no matter how intimidating the eldest prince was, he would not let him succeed.
The eldest prince's smiling face drooped, and his face was covered with clouds, "You are my royal father, I will not do anything to you, but other people may not be sure. For example——"
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and immediately there was a sound of a knife cutting into the flesh in the hall, followed by a scream.
Emperor Xingde quickly turned his head to look, and was shocked to see that the third child had followed in the footsteps of the eighth prince and had his arm chopped off by a guard.
Emperor Xingde's face flushed with anger, "You, you dare, he is your brother."
The eldest prince sneered, "What kind of brother, where did the royal family come from? It's just a winner and a loser."
Seeing that Emperor Xingde was trembling with anger, he didn't move his pen, "Whose turn is it now? Oh, it's time for the fourth child."
The fourth prince was shocked, and immediately wanted to kneel down to beg for mercy, but before he could move, a sword with a cold light came in front of him, this time it didn't cut at the arm, but went straight to the door.
The fourth prince tried to hide in a hurry, but he was pressed by two people, unable to struggle at all, and could only watch the sword attack.
Anxi's eyes are not good, if he doesn't do anything, the fourth prince will really die.He crushed the wine glass in his hand, and at the same time channeled his internal force, a piece of debris popped out, directly deflecting the edge of the sword.
Everyone only heard a "ding--", the blade brushed past the fourth prince's face, and went straight into the body of the imperial guard behind him.
The eldest prince raised his eyebrows coldly, "Who is it? Stand up and show your tail what are you doing."
Anxi mobilized his internal strength, bounced off the person behind him who was pressing down on him, and broke free from the rope that bound him with his hands.Then Shi Shiran stood up.
The eldest prince was slightly surprised, and then suddenly realized, "I didn't expect it to be you, seventh child, you hid it really deep enough. I thought of many people, third child, fourth child, Prince Rui, but I forgot you alone."
Anxi chuckled, "Oh? Why did you ignore me? Haven't I been very high-profile these years?"
"Yeah, you are high-profile enough. You are so high-profile that you appear on everyone's lips every day, people talk about it, and people judge you. Therefore, you have no chance and no ambition, so you are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. And I was really attracted by it." You were lied to." The First Prince couldn't help but smile wryly.
He himself is a person who is good at disguising, and has always been mistaken for a martial artist, so as to deceive everyone.
But this old seven is even more deceptive than him, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, so when did you start deceiving us? You didn't leak any flaws."
"Just returned to the capital." Anxi said casually, arranging his clothes.
"Impossible..." The eldest prince blurted out, "If you started to make arrangements at that time, how could you have such a powerful force? Even I have used it."
"But in fact, in the past five years, I have emptied all the previous forces." Anxi explained, "This is the only way to convince you that I really have no ambitions."
The eldest prince suddenly realized, yes, he would firmly believe this at the beginning, that is, Lao Qi disbanded all his forces, and since he has made a fortune from it.
"It's so courageous!"
Anxi shook his head and laughed, it had nothing to do with courage or not, but purely Zhao Tan's people, he just didn't believe it, rather than worrying about using it, he might as well just throw it away and start cultivating by himself.
But the facts proved that his decision was correct, only the talents cultivated by himself can be really used by him.
The eldest prince's tone was complicated, "I'm not as good as you, but don't forget to promise me."
"Of course! I won't go back on my word." Anxi said firmly.
After the two talked, they turned to Emperor Xingde who was in doubt.The eldest prince said lightly, "Don't dawdle, anyway, you don't have a few days to live, write the imperial decree now, and pass it on to Zhao Tan!"
Everyone in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why such a scene happened, the eldest prince conspired against him, but instead asked the emperor to be in King An, what is going on?
Emperor Xingde's eyes turned back and forth between the two, as if he wanted to see through them.
An Xi laughed, "Father, you don't have to be like this. The eldest brother just knows that his life is not long, and he also knows that the poison on his body was caused by you."
Emperor Xingde's face changed drastically, and he looked at the First Prince uncertainly.
The eldest prince's expression was light, "At first I also thought I was poisoned by Prince Rui, but unfortunately, you didn't hide your tail well and let me catch you. Father, am I really your child? I poisoned?"
Emperor Xingde's face suddenly darkened, "You might as well ask your good mother and concubine what shameful things she has done."
The eldest prince sneered, "So, you just believe it, believe that my mother and concubine cheated on me, and believe that I am not your child? For this reason, you did not hesitate to starve to death my mother and concubine while you were in confinement, and then gave me the Poison? You don’t know, is this just a harem woman’s means? No, you know it, but your face is more important. It’s better to kill by mistake than let it go! Hehe, hehe, you are really my good father ah!"
Emperor Xingde was silent, obviously the eldest prince had hit the mark.
The eldest prince covered his face with his hands, covering the unstoppable tears in his eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Then do you know that I poisoned you too, and it was also Prince Rui's poison."
Emperor Xingde was shocked, "Prince doctor, call the doctor quickly!"
"It's too late." The eldest prince wiped away the tears from his eyes, and said in a flat tone, "Now the poison has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and you only have two days to live."
After finishing speaking, he slowly left the hall. He hadn't been here for a few days, and he still wanted to say goodbye to his wife and children.
After the eldest prince left, Emperor Xingde's hatred suddenly shifted to Anxi, "It's all you, you are the mastermind behind the scenes, right?"
Anxi shook his head, his tone was very soft, but everyone in the hall could hear, "No, I knew that when you were poisoned, someone went to investigate and found out that you killed Concubine Xian for an unfounded crime. The eldest prince's mansion was poisoned, and even his newborn daughter was not spared. That's why I made a deal with my elder brother. He avenged himself and at the same time gave me the throne, and the condition I agreed to him was, The heirs of Prince Bao Da grew up safely."
Emperor Xingde looked innocent and wanted to refute Anxi's words, but he also understood that it was too late to say anything now.
Everyone in the hall buried their heads firmly on the ground, fearing that their heads would fall to the ground the next moment they heard the royal secret.
Anxi was no longer interested in chatting, and said lightly, "Let's write the imperial decree."
Emperor Xingde was not reconciled, "I can still say that you are the fourth child. You and the boss colluded in rebellion. What qualifications do you have to be emperor!"
Anxi ignored him, and glanced at the fourth prince lightly.
The fourth prince trembled all over, and immediately knelt down, "My son is incompetent, please pass on the king of Qi...an king."
Anxi's gaze swept across the other people in the hall, and everyone knelt down one after another, "King An has both ability and political integrity, please upload to King An."
Emperor Xingde's whole body went limp, the situation is over!
In the 32nd year of Xingde, the emperor fell ill, and it was said that Zhao Tan, the seventh prince, died in Taiji Palace three days later.
In the same year, the Seventh Prince ascended the throne and changed his reign name to Qiming.
In the first year of Qiming, the emperor conferred the title of concubine Shu, his biological mother, as empress dowager. After three months, the empress dowager went to Wutai Mountain to pray for blessings. She did not return for five years until she died of illness.
In the first year of Qiming, the emperor decreed that Li Yunqian, the concubine of Princess An, be made the empress, and the dragon and phoenix twin born by the empress will be the crown prince and eldest princess.The third prince and the fourth prince were named county kings.
Emperor Qiming reigned for 30 years. During this period, he made great efforts to govern and seek innovation and reform. With the assistance of Empress Li Yunqian, he pushed forward the historical change and stepped forward several steps.
After the death of Emperor Qiming, the prince inherited his behest, and with the assistance of the queen mother, he completely established the path of the scientific development of Dachu as the primary productive force.
With the efforts of two generations of father and son, Da Chu became a bright pearl that cannot be ignored in the feudal dynasty.
At the same time, it also laid a solid foundation for Huaxia to stand on top of the world.