Chapter 609: Struggle

"Hmph, that sounds nice. You are criticizing my achievements here with a righteous attitude, but it's just because you want to cover up your own ambitions. When you come to power, I'm afraid you will be more afraid than me. Gu Shaoyu can help me to the throne, and then turn to you. If he thinks a more suitable candidate appears in the future, I'm afraid he will leave more decisively than today!"

"Just wait! Hahahahaha, he's just a puppet. It won't take long for you to see his true face!"

The emperor became more and more excited, and pointed at Gu Shaoyu and shouted.

"I understand! What Prince Yin, what Prince Rong, what abdication edict, it's nothing more than creating an internal fight in our Xie family. When the time comes, he will come to reap the fruits of his labor. The world will belong to him!"

For a moment, some pity flashed in Gu Shaoyu's eyes.

He once thought that with the support of Prime Minister Guo, the emperor in front of him could achieve some political achievements, so that his running back and forth and guarding would not be in vain.

But now, the grateful, modest and cautious prince has long become a thing of the past, and the one standing in front of him is just a madman who has lost his normal thinking due to the erosion of imperial power, so he doesn't want to talk nonsense anymore.

He turned to the prince and asked a question.

"Since your majesty is unwilling to write an abdication edict, then the prince will decide."

Hearing this, the prince nodded without hesitation, looked at the emperor with compassion and said.

"Concubine Jia poisoned the current emperor and deserves death. Everyone in Dingping Marquis's mansion is a traitor. Fortunately, General Gu discovered it in time and has already punished them all. All the people in the Jia family are in prison and awaiting punishment!"

"Yes!"

When the emperor heard these words, he gradually woke up from his crazy laughter and looked at the two people in front of him, feeling quite lonely.

"At the beginning, we forced my father to abdicate. Now it's my turn. Haha, I'll watch from the bottom of the ground. Let's see how long you can hold on to this throne?"

The prince glanced at the emperor and didn't say much. He put on a black cloak and left the palace.

When he left, Gu Shaoyu naturally had to leave as well, but what the emperor didn't expect was that it was Eunuch Liu who came in. He was still humble and low-key as always, but the seven or eight eunuchs behind him didn't look like someone who was easy to mess with.

"I am here to see your majesty off. I hope your majesty can ascend to heaven soon."

"It turned out to be you, this old cunning slave! I am really blind. My father was killed by you! Now you are trying to kill me again?"

Eunuch Liu was as calm as ever. He was not moved at all by these words. He had an unfathomable smile on his lips and then said.

"Your majesty, you are too kind to me. I am just a eunuch who follows orders. How could I kill the emperor who holds the power of the world?"

"Who are you? Are you from the Guo family? Or the Gu family?"

"I have always been a member of the Daxing Dynasty. There is no doubt about that."

Eunuch Liu did not directly answer the emperor's question, but he did not want to say more, so he waved his whisk and said.

"Send our emperor to his death."

"Yes, godfather."

After that, several young eunuchs walked over, and their movements were very swift. Some pressed his hands, some pressed his feet. Even though the emperor struggled hard, he was still forced to drink poison in the end.

The wine passed through his intestines, and soon he rolled over in pain.

Eunuch Liu quietly looked at the emperor's miserable appearance, without any guilt or tension. It was not until the struggling emperor in front of him gradually regained his composure that the young eunuch stepped forward and turned him over.

His lips were dark purple, and blood was flowing from all seven orifices. He died miserably.

"Go, tell General Gu that the emperor has passed away, and all those who should be dealt with should be dealt with."

"Yes, godfather."

The snow fell all night, and when the sky was a little bright, the news of the death of the emperor, Jia Guipin, the imperial concubine and the seventh prince came out one after another, causing shocks in the former court and the harem.

In Changchun Palace, Queen Yan sat quietly all night.

They had been sealed off by Gu Shaoyu's orders, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, so she had no idea what was going on outside. When she heard the news, she was surprised and excited.

"His Majesty is dead, the Imperial Concubine and the Seventh Prince are also dead, and no one will compete with my son for the throne! Hahahaha, I finally made it!"

She was not sad at all about the emperor's death. The years of affection between husband and wife had long since vanished. If there was still a trace of friendship, it was for the sake of her son's reputation. She would definitely handle the national funeral properly.

"Come here, tell my father that the outside momentum can be arranged. Now that His Majesty has passed away and no imperial edict has been left, my Prince Rong is the eldest and the legitimate son, and he should inherit the throne! By the way, quickly call my third brother back to the capital. Only with him, I can feel at ease!"

"Empress, what about General Gu..."

"General Gu has worked hard and made great contributions, so he should be given a higher title. However, it is not a good thing to rely too much on him. After all, this person is ruthless. My Changchun Palace was also given a title. If he is too powerful in the future, I am afraid it will affect the imperial power."

Empress Yan sat in the bedroom and thought about everything.

But she didn't expect that the other princes outside the palace were now "forced" to hand over their power and quietly waited for disposal.

Prince Rong's Mansion.

When Prince Rong saw that the visitors were Prince of Yinzhou and Gu Shaoyu, he already understood. He was not as crazy as the emperor, nor as whimsical as Queen Yan. He seemed very calm.

He just looked at Gu Shaoyu silently and said softly.

"What is the reason why General Gu did not choose me?"

He believed that he also put the people in his heart. Although he was not very old, he was also a person who tried to make achievements. He imagined many things, especially after he ascended the throne, how he would change the style of government and bring Daxing to a more complete and outstanding situation.

But now, the appearance of the two of them basically announced the end of his life, so he wanted to ask clearly before his death why Gu Shaoyu would rather choose Prince Yin and bear the crime of treason than directly assist him, the legitimate Prince Rong, to ascend the throne!

Gu Shaoyu stepped forward and answered with clear and firm eyes.

"Prince Rong is kind, which is a good thing, but if you can't even protect your own child, how can you protect the people?"

This sentence made Prince Rong completely lose hope.

Yes, his only child, who had the opportunity to see everything in this world, died just like that when he was just born, and he couldn't even find the murderer, so what else can he talk about? (End of this chapter)