Chapter 1993 Bringing Humiliation to Oneself

It's a nice and sunny day today, but very cold.

The people in the capital city were waiting to see Cheng Zheng off for the last time today. They all waited on the street for the funeral procession to come out of the palace. After waiting for a long time, they didn’t even know how long the time had passed. Instead of hearing the mourning song, they heard The sounds of war.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. It seems to have come from the palace."

"Go and find out what's going on."

"..." The people were talking a lot, speculating on the cause of the fighting sound.

Not long after, the person who went to investigate the cause came back. He looked panicked, and even his face turned pale. "The third princess and the third prince-in-law have led their troops to force the palace. Things are going to change."

These words immediately frightened everyone into silence.

The street, which was originally bustling with activity, suddenly heard a cry and everyone ran home.

In the palace, blood splashed all over the floor, and the originally white palace was stained with a shocking crimson.

There was almost no suspense. The overwhelming killing was just like Zhao Rao's order. Except for Zhao Lan, everyone else was killed on the spot.

Zhao Lan looked at Song Hongao coldly, "How will you face the late emperor after you die?"

"Face it openly and honestly," Song Hongao said, "I have not done anything to disgrace the late Emperor."

"By helping Zhao Rao seize the throne of the fifth prince, are you not sorry to my father?" Zhao Lan's voice was hoarse. She saw that her consort was stabbed several times, but she still struggled to support him.

Song Hongao said, "The fifth prince has betrayed his trust first. If the late emperor were alive and knew that he was such a person, he would definitely not give him the throne."

"Haha." Zhao Lan sneered, "If you don't give the throne to the fifth prince, is it possible that your father will pass the throne to Zhao Rao?"

"Maybe, but I will never give it to you." Song Hongao said.

Zhao Lan's eyes turned cold, "Can't I compare to Zhao Rao?"

"Why should the third princess ask such self-humiliating words?" Song Hongao said lightly. Zhao Lan's move of leading troops to force the palace today has proved that she is far inferior to Zhao Rao's intelligence.

"Song Hongao!" Zhao Lan was furious.

"Your Majesty has an order. We will not harm you. Third Princess, you have failed. You should come with me." Song Hongao said quietly.

Zhao Lan turned around suddenly and saw that almost all of their people had been massacred. Only a few people who chose to surrender survived, but what was the difference? "Aren't you afraid that my people will break into the city?"

"Third Princess, I have never had any of your people." Song Hongao said, "Everyone outside the royal capital is your Majesty's elite soldiers."

"You have known it for a long time..." Zhao Lan suddenly realized that her plan for today had been exposed long ago, otherwise Zhao Rao would not have been prepared.

Song Hongao said, "I don't know, but Your Majesty has known it for a long time. You underestimate Your Majesty. Your Majesty can become the Queen not only by relying on Cheng Zheng."

Zhao Lan glared at him resentfully, "Zhao Rao wants to torture me, and I won't let her succeed."

"Third princess, it's better not to do anything stupid." Song Hongao quickly grabbed Zhao Lan's hand to stop her from committing suicide. "It's better to wait for His Majesty to take action."

"I won't let her torture me." Zhao Lan shouted.

Song Hongao was afraid that she would hurt him, so he raised his hand and hit her on the back of the neck, and called Ling Jian over, "Send the third princess back to the princess's mansion, and find someone to keep an eye on her at all times to prevent her from committing suicide."

Ling Jian promised.

"Detain those who surrendered first and clean the ground immediately." Song Hongao ordered, "Detain the three princes in the dungeon and find the imperial doctor to treat his injuries."

"yes."

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…

In the main hall, Zhao Rao closed her eyes and rested, listening to the sounds of fighting and killing outside gradually subsided, without opening her eyes.

The only ones who were anxious were the ministers who were restless in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, the third sister is ignorant, don't argue with her." Zhao Xiang handed Zhao Rao a cup of hot tea and asked for Zhao Lan's favor.

"How can a person who is already a mother be ignorant?" Zhao Rao said lightly, "Can an ignorant person lead troops to force the palace?"

Zhao Xiang said, "Maybe she was bewitched."

"Whether she is bewitched or not, I have no intention of killing her, so you can rest assured." Zhao Rao looked at this as if he knew the reason why Zhao Xiang said so many words, wasn't he just trying to plead for Zhao Lan?

"Your Majesty, if Zhao Lan doesn't die, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles." A middle-aged man standing on the lower left side of Zhao Rao said.

Zhao Rao smiled lightly, "She can go so far by herself."

She has plenty of ways to make Zhao Lan's life worse than death.

At this time, Song Hongao strode in, knelt down on one knee and saluted Zhao Rao, "Your Majesty, the rebellious party has been suppressed, and the funeral ceremony can continue."

It's really neat!

Zhao Rao looked at Song Hongao with admiration and said, "Well done to the Marquis Zhenguo."

"The third princess has been imprisoned by the ministers and is only waiting for your Majesty's trial in the future." Song Hongao said.

"There's no rush, let's send Cheng Zheng to sleep first." Zhao Rao said, there is nothing more important now than sending Cheng Zheng to his grave.

The ground outside the palace gate is full of water, and the blood has just been washed away. If you look carefully, you can still see some blood stains in the corners.

Zhao Rao walked all the way to the city gate, but it was against the rules and was stopped by the minister of etiquette, otherwise she would have wanted to send Cheng Zheng to the imperial mausoleum.

"Go back to the palace." Zhao Rao said that she should make time to deal with those little people who wished that she would never recover from the fall, and even wanted to take the opportunity to seize the throne.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Xiang responded in a low voice. She wanted to plead for Zhao Lan, but knew that the more she pleaded, the less likely Zhao Rao would let Zhao Lan go.

"So many people saw Master Cheng off, which shows that he is already a god-like existence in the hearts of the people of Qi." Zhao Xiang said.

Zhao Rao smiled coldly, "I don't need him to be a god, as long as he can come back to me."

Back in the palace, everything had returned to calm. Just when Zhao Rao was about to ask someone to bring Zhao Lan into the palace, the envoy who went to Jin Kingdom to deliver a message came back.

"What did the Emperor of Jin say? Have you agreed to hand over Lu Yaoyao?" Zhao Rao asked the young man who came to write a letter.

The man hesitated for a moment, "Back to the emperor, the Emperor of Jin State sent someone to tell him that Lu Yaoyao is no longer the queen of Jin State. If your Majesty wants revenge, he should seek revenge from Yuan State. Lu Yaoyao is the queen of Yuan State." The Heavenly Concubine."

"..." Zhao Rao's face turned gloomy, and he asked the man to immediately hand the letter to her for review.

Seeing this letter, Zhao Rao was so angry that his face turned white and red, "Who is the person who wrote this letter?"

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Zhao Xiang asked in a low voice.

Zhao Rao threw the letter to Zhao Xiang, "It's all Murong Ke's excuse. He wants us to go to Yuan Guo to ask for someone."

"It seems that Jin Guo does not want to be our enemy." Zhao Xiang said.

"He wants to cut off the relationship!" Zhao Rao snorted, "It's not that easy!"