973 Guilty Edict (1 more)
The emperor rolled in pain and howled.
A palace servant outside the bedroom heard it, but did not take it seriously. He only thought that a palace servant had made a mistake and was being punished. He was afraid that he would be implicated accidentally, so he accelerated his pace and ran over.
The thousand archers hidden in the dark were stiff, and behind them were also a thousand imperial guards, holding bows and arrows towards them.
A quarter of an hour later, the pain disappeared, and the emperor lay on the ground with half breath. His clothes were already wrinkled and he didn't want to look like he was messy, his hair was covered in dust, and he no longer looked like an emperor.
"What does the emperor think?"
Concubine Xiao Xian squatted down, her voice as gentle as ever.
The emperor wanted to jump up and kill him, but he had no strength to do anything, so he could only glar in his eyes.
Concubine Xiao Xian took away his hair that was sticking to his face with pity and smiled.
"When I entered the palace eleven years ago, the emperor knew what I was thinking? At that time, you wanted me to take my life without knowing it. But you thought you were in control of everything and no one could escape your palm. So you not only did not neglect me, but on the contrary, you also favored me very much, allowing me to walk sideways in this harem and gave me a son. You don't know how grateful I am to you after I have a body, because with my son, what I have to do will be much simpler."
"You are smart but you are mistaken for being smart. You must regret it now, right? But don't worry, the emperor, we won't kill you."
"What do you... want to do?"
"It's very simple. The emperor issued an edict to tell the world what he did to my sister back then, and to serve the king's innocence."
"You guys... don't think about it!"
The emperor gasped, "I will not be at your mercy even if I die!"
Concubine Xiao Xian smiled and saw through everything, "You will not be willing to die."
The emperor is indeed reluctant to die.
If you die, you will have nothing. Only by living can you have hope. Only by killing these people who betray him and regaining his rights.
"I won't force the emperor. When will the emperor figure it out and tell me, just..."
Concubine Xiao Xian held a veil and gently helped the emperor wipe the cold sweat from his face. "This medicine will take place once in an hour, I don't know how long the emperor can last."
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Dingguo Duke's Mansion
Duke Dingguo and Xiao Zheng sat upright, looking at the direction of the palace at the same time.
There were two thousand people standing in the yard, all wearing strong clothes, holding weapons, ready to go.
Xu family.
The old man, Xu Yan and Mr. Xu Er sat in the flower hall and looked towards the palace together.
From morning to noon, and from noon to mid afternoon.
The bell came.
Xu Yan suddenly stood up, walked a few steps towards the door, and then turned around suddenly, "This is the bell that temporarily went to court, they, they..."
The old man closed his eyes, and his nerves that had been tense for a day slowly relaxed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Go."
Xu Yan quickly walked out.
Mr. Xu Er poured a glass of water and handed it to the old man. The old man took it with his hands tremblingly, "Don't worry, it's okay."
If Yue'er and the others were taken down, what they heard at this time should not be the bell of the court, but the imperial guards surrounded the Xu family.
Mr. Xu Er also thought of this and sat back on the chair.
...
Outside the palace gate, officials came hurriedly in sedan chairs or carriages.
The prefect of Jingzhao got off the carriage and saw Duke Ding, quickly caught up with him, and asked in a low voice, "Duke, do you know what happened? Why did you suddenly call us to court?"
Duke Ding shook his head.
"Is it possible that something happened to the emperor?
When the words came out, the prefect of Jingzhao realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly covered his mouth.
"It shouldn't be true. Didn't it mean that the emperor has improved in the past few days?"
Duke Zhen came forward and took a tacit look at Duke Ding.
He kept paying attention to Song Yin's movements, knew that he had gone outside the city, and knew that he might have disguised himself into the palace. When the bell of the court came out of time, he guessed something.
All civil and military officials entered the Golden Palace one by one. When they saw curtains hanging on the high position, they looked at each other with each other. They all knew that the emperor's illness should not be cured yet, otherwise they would not have been hung with curtains and would not let them see them.
Eunuch Huang walked over slowly, swung the whisk, and spoke in a sharp voice, "The Emperor is here!"
All the officials knelt down and shouted long live.
Two eunuchs helped the emperor walk behind the curtain and sat down, standing behind him one left and one right.
The prince came over and stood in front of all officials.
"Flat!"
The Emperor's weak voice has no longer the majesty of the past.
After saying this, he seemed to have a breath of breath, "Huang De."
Eunuch Huang slowly walked over, took a roll of things from the emperor's words, walked back and stood up, slowly opened, closed his eyes, and then recited, "The imperial edict of guilt."
The words come out of shock!
The civil and military officials looked up at Eunuch Huang in disbelief.
Eunuch Huang's hands were shaking with the imperial edict. He wanted to shout that the emperor was controlled by others and asked all civil and military officials to take down these traitors, but he was also fed pills. If he didn't do what they said, he would not live for a quarter of an hour.
It doesn't matter if he dies, he is afraid that they will attack the emperor. He has to ensure that the emperor will live and there will be hope for him only when he lives.
"Seventeen years ago, I asked the Imperial Concubine Yi to trick the then Princess into the palace by telling her about the past, defiling her..."
All the officials suspected that they had heard the wrong ears, and subconsciously looked at their colleagues around them. Seeing that their colleagues were also staring at them in amazement, both of them moved at the same time, but neither of them could make a sound.
Duke Dingguo slowly clenched his fists into fists.
"After finishing, I regretted and feared, so I fed her beautiful woman laughing with her. I thought she was unaware of it, but I knew that the King of Qin rushed back to the mansion at this time. After learning the truth, I rushed into the palace to kill me. So I slandered him and asked someone to take him down, and gave him the punishment of bone removal."
There was silence in the Golden Palace.
I was so quiet that I could only hear the emperor's heavy breathing.
All civil and military officials came back from the shock and could not come to their senses.
They could not believe that the rumors a few days ago were true. The emperor really defiled the Princess and killed his younger brother who had suppressed the palace chaos with his own strength in times of crisis and protected him to the throne.
"For more than ten years, I have been unable to sleep or eat. I always want to tell the truth to the world, but I am afraid that everyone in the world will be disappointed with me. Now, after a life and death, I am afraid that if I don't tell you again, I will have no chance in the future. I hope everyone will take me as an example."
"I have no face to sit on this throne again. I will abdicate from today and the crown prince will succeed me."
There was silence in the hall.
All the officials had not yet come back to their senses from the shock.
"My son received the order, long live the father and emperor."
The prince's voice sounded slightly tender.
Only then did the officials come back to their senses and kneel down in unison.
Behind the curtain, the emperor stood up, "I'm being..."
Chapter completed!