Chapter 1428 Justified
"Don't worry!" Liu Rushi patted Fan Yugan's hand gently, "If this is really the case, Liu Rushi will not let himself become a drag on Da Zhou!"
Fan Yugan immediately understood that Liu Rushi was determined to die. Just as he was about to speak out to persuade him, he saw Liu Rushi raising his head and looking at his long follower who was stunned at the door: "What are you doing standing there? Take Mr. Fan away!"
Liu Rushi was the chief envoy among the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he stayed, he might be able to mediate with the second prince who ascended the throne. But if they all left the Great Zhou Dynasty, Feng Guo and Yan Guo would be allowed to instigate the second prince that day, saying There is no chance that Dazhou and Dongyi will really fight. It will be of no benefit to Dazhou who is gambling on the country. He will also be betraying Bai Qingyan's trust.
Furthermore, Liu Rushi was also worried about what kind of conspiracy this might be. If he stayed... he would also be able to stabilize the heart of the new king of Dongyi Kingdom.
"Sir!" Fan Yugan was inexplicably flustered.
"This is your fate!" Liu Rushi said with a determined expression, looking down at the seriously injured person who came to report the news, "You stay too!"
If this matter is really some kind of conspiracy, Liu Rushi will tie up this person and hand him over when the time comes!
"Send someone to treat his injuries and keep an eye on him...don't make any mistakes!" Liu Rushi told the guards.
Fan Yugan was taken away by Liu Rushi's long entourage, wrapped in a cloak and the group left in a hurry.
After Fan Yugan, Lu Fenglang and a group of sixteen people boarded the ship, Lu Fenglang took the time to ask: "Why did you let us leave Dongyi overnight?"
"The Second Prince knew about our Dazhou alliance with the Queen of Dongyi, intending to push the Seventh Prince to the throne! I guess... the old emperor was afraid that he would die, and wanted to change the throne to the Seventh Prince, so the Second Prince did this It's time to start trouble!" Fan Yugan said in a low voice as he looked at Dongyi Kingdom, which was getting further and further away from him.
Lu Fenglang's expression suddenly changed. It wasn't that the old emperor wanted to change the throne to the seventh prince after his death, but that Lu Fenglang learned from the Queen of Dongyi Kingdom... that the old emperor couldn't hold on any longer within three days, so he gave the queen an idea. !
She asked the queen to stay by the old emperor's side day and night. When the old emperor was in a daze, she stamped the imperial seal on the written edict. When it was determined that the old emperor was dying, she pretended that the old emperor had something to say and read it from the old emperor's pillow. I will take out the edict. At that time... the seventh prince will be the legitimate son again, and he will be justified.
I'm afraid that something went wrong somewhere in the middle, and the second prince would cause trouble and force the palace.
Lu Fenglang originally thought that she was just giving ideas. As for whether the seventh prince could ascend the throne in the end, it all depended on whether God would favor him. Moreover, even if the seventh prince could not ascend to the throne, they still had an eldest prince and a second prince in the Zhou Dynasty. , but she didn’t expect that she would actually force the madman, the Second Prince, to rebel directly.
What about the eldest prince? Didn't the eldest prince react at all?
The eldest prince of the Dongyi Kingdom had no chance to react. When the old emperor could only breathe out but not in, the queen hurriedly hid the imperial edict under the old emperor's pillow, and then had people rush to convey that the prince and important officials of the court had entered the palace. .
The eldest prince was afraid that something might happen to the second prince when the old emperor died, so he rushed to the palace in a hurry.
The queen's original intention was to present the imperial edict in front of the important ministers and the prince while the old emperor was still angry... to pave the way for her son to ascend to the throne in good faith.
In order to show the authenticity of the imperial edict, she also followed Lu Fenglang's suggestion... and added that after the Queen Mother raised the seventh prince to adulthood, she would have to go to the imperial mausoleum to be buried and accompany the emperor. However, she did not expect that the second prince would be prepared. After coming, he quietly replaced all the imperial guards and guards in the palace with his people.
The second prince is a lunatic. He rebels and forces the palace... and seeks to usurp the throne. He is not afraid of being remembered in history books for thousands of years.
Therefore, when the queen took out the imperial edict under the old emperor's pillow and asked the important officials to read it in front of everyone, the second prince said that he wanted to check the authenticity of the imperial edict. After receiving the imperial edict respectfully, he actually read it directly.
The second prince looked at the queen with a sneer: "The queen is really willing to sacrifice everything. In order to make the seventh brother's name justifiable, she even risked her own life! Where is the seventh brother?"
All the ministers were in panic. The eldest prince stood up and reprimanded. There was a sound of armor and swords clashing outside the palace. Soon the imperial army rushed into the palace. The leader of the imperial army, covered in blood in his uniform, respectfully saluted the second prince and said that all the defense changes had been completed.
Only then did the eldest prince understand that at this moment when they were all gathered in the palace, the second prince happened to be making dumplings.
"Are you crazy! My father is still here...are you planning to rebel and force the palace?" The eldest prince's eyes were splitting.
The second prince didn't say much. He sneered and drew his sword directly. The blade of the sword was pressed against the eldest prince's neck. He forced the eldest prince to kneel down. He looked at the limp and kneeling eldest prince with disdain.
When the queen acted tonight, she did not dare to keep her son by her side. She was also afraid of what might happen. If the old emperor came back to his glory, her treasonous act would harm her son, so she entrusted her son to her loyal servant. It was agreed that if she could succeed, she would ask her loyal servant to send her son back to the palace to inherit the throne. If she failed...she would take her son and flee to Dazhou.
In the hall where the lights flickered, the old emperor exhaled rapidly and his chest was buzzing with phlegm. He seemed to have heard this mess and was so angry that he wanted to get up from the bed.
One layer of gold and one layer of crimson bed curtains were hooked by auspicious animal gold on both sides of the emperor's bed. The queen sat on the edge of the bed, wearing a dark green begonia gold brocade blouse with auspicious clouds embroidered with rouge-colored gold threads. Her lower skirt was elegant and dignified, not showing any fear like the eldest prince, and she looked very majestic as a queen.
The ministers all followed the sawed gourd without saying a word.
The queen lowered her eyes and said with a smile: "Your brother is young and has already rested at this hour. Fortunately, your brother has not come, because there is an imperial edict to pass the throne... His brother will have to wield his sword against his siblings. If he I don’t know how scared I should be when I see it.”
The second prince smiled and said: "The queen doesn't care whether the seventh brother's life can be saved now, but she actually cares whether the seventh brother is afraid or not."
"The Second Prince's imperial edict was burned well!" The Queen looked at the Second Prince who was holding a sword against the First Prince's neck, "I didn't expect that when I was with Your Majesty as a couple, even though I didn't dare to say that I could get past the First Queen, I still abide by my duty. , I never thought... Your Majesty would actually let me be buried when Xiao Qi came of age! Since I became the Queen of Dongyi Kingdom, I have never spent a day with Your Majesty. I have been working hard in the harem all day long, and now... Your Majesty still wants to Make the best use of everything and let me raise Xiao Qi to adulthood and then die!"
The second prince looked at the empress acting seriously, and the smile on his lips grew wider.
"I don't want to die. With the current situation, Xiao Qi won't be able to become the emperor! If the second prince ascends the throne... he can do whatever he wants!"