"Is that so?"
It was the third watch at night, and the emperor was listening to Shaoqing's report in the imperial study.
Then, he ordered an eunuch beside him, saying: "Pass in my oral order to call General Liu into the palace."
"Your majesty... you?" Shaoqing had already guessed what he was going to do.
"Let the forbidden army surround the entire palace, and no one is allowed to enter or leave! Immediately... this palace has entered the highest alert state! Including the troops guarding everywhere... send as many soldiers as you want! This is my country, how can these ghosts be tolerated?" Something is causing trouble!"
The emperor at this moment is already extremely furious, far more than when he knew about the changes in the prince.
"Where is the prince now?" The current emperor is most concerned about this question.
"The prince is currently unconscious, and I have temporarily placed him in Prince Huanzhen's bedroom."
After hearing this, the emperor sat down, thought for a while, and finally made up his mind.
"I delegate some powers to you. You can mobilize a part of the forbidden army and put the prince... to death! As for the reason, you can think of any reason, and you don't need to report it to me."
At this moment in the imperial study room, there are only the emperor and Shaoqing, and the eunuch who was accompanying him just now has gone out to pass on the emperor's oral order.
Even though he had expected the emperor to say that, Shaoqing still felt dizzy after hearing him say it himself.
Moreover, the emperor asked himself to execute the prince himself!
"Your majesty... even if the prince is really going to be executed, according to the law, the Ministry of Punishments should..."
"I drafted the imperial decree and personally bestowed the crown prince's death. Does he still dare to disobey the order?"
The emperor said these words loudly, and he had already spread out the imperial decree on the table, ready to write it.
Shaoqing immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty! My minister risked his life to admonish... Please think twice, Your Majesty! At present, the palace is full of blood and rain, and the ministers are panic-stricken. It is inevitable that the crown prince will be killed at this time. People doubt... ”
"Shut up! Shaoqing, do you want to rebel? This is my order. If you disobey, you will know the consequences, right?"
At this moment, Shaoqing was more afraid of the emperor in front of him than those foreign objects in Luoying Pavilion.
Only the prince, he can't do it.
The prince, who is almost the same age as himself, has always trusted himself and regarded himself as a close friend. But now, he will be completely abandoned by the emperor, and even his life will be taken away...
"The emperor... the minister... dare not."
"It's fine if you don't dare! This time you go with my imperial decree. The charge is that you intend to assassinate me. The death of those guards and the previous eunuch should be blamed on the crown prince. If the crown prince disobeys orders, you will execute him yourself! do you understand?"
As he said that, the emperor had already begun to write the imperial decree.
After a while, he had finished writing and sealed the jade seal.
The moment the jade seal is covered, it also means... everything has become a definite number.
There is no turning point.
Shaoqing stood up and took the imperial edict.
"I... take orders."
The hand that received the imperial decree was trembling all the time.
Want to kill... the prince
Shaoqing knew that what he was holding now was a weapon that could make the crown prince irreversible. He will become the executioner who personally ruined the prince's life.
However, he was powerless to resist.
This is my own destiny.
He is a minister. And it was Jun who gave him the order to kill the prince. The king is the guide for the ministers, this is a matter of course.
Therefore, he must kill the prince.
must!
In less than half an hour, the entire imperial palace was surrounded by soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and the entire capital's army basically came here on guard.
In the palace, everyone was in danger, knowing that... something big was going to happen.
In Huanzhen's palace.
The prince is still in a deep sleep and still hasn't woken up. Huan Zhen was by the side of the emperor, not knowing what was going to happen next.
Suddenly, someone shouted outside: "The imperial decree has arrived!"
When Huan Zhen heard the "imperial decree", he ran outside immediately.
Above the lobby, Shaoqing had already entered with a group of Imperial Guard soldiers, Concubine Liu and many court ladies and eunuchs had already knelt on the ground.
"Concubine Liu, please let His Royal Highness come out to receive the order."
Even the soldiers of the Forbidden Army behind Shaoqing didn't know the content of this imperial decree. And the content of the imperial decree is enough to shake the country completely.
"Yes." Concubine Liu saw Huan Zhen coming out at this moment, and hurriedly said, "Zhen'er, go and ask your imperial brother to come out to receive the order."
At this moment, Shaoqing's heart was beating wildly.
He knew that as long as the prince came out and he read the imperial decree, he would definitely kill the prince himself today.
He and the prince are close friends.
The prince has a cheerful temperament, treats people kindly, and gets along well with everyone. The officials took advantage of the prince's personality and wanted to get close to him, so that they could benefit from him after he ascended the throne in the future. But Shaoqing is different, he really regards the prince as a friend.
So he always felt guilty in front of the prince.
strong guilt...
And almost at this moment, the prince woke up.
He touched the dagger hidden in his underwear.
"Finally... here?"
At this time, Huan Zhen entered the house, saw that the prince was awake, and immediately ran over and said, "Brother Huang... are you awake? That's great. Yi Shangshu is here to pass on the imperial edict of the father, you can wash up a little and go out to receive the edict."
"Imperial decree?" The crown prince sneered, and said, "Huan Zhen, you go out first, and tell them, I'll change clothes and go out right away."
Huan Zhen nodded and walked away.
After Huan Zhen went out, the prince locked the door immediately, then opened the window in the room and stepped out.
In the current imperial palace, there are already troops from the Imperial Army all over the place. The prince also roughly estimated this point, his purpose is very simple, he must find a way to enter Luoying Pavilion. And there are countless people guarding there.
If you want to find a way to get in, you will definitely not be able to use Ming. The guards on guard might have all been replaced by members of the imperial army at this moment. Although the prince's martial arts skills are formidable, he is totally uncertain against them.
Just take one step at a time.
After waiting for the prince to come out for a long time, Shaoqing began to feel something.
He immediately ordered the guards to say: "Go into the room and have a look! Don't be rude to His Royal Highness, remember?"
After the soldiers entered, they immediately came out and said, "Prince...His Royal Highness is gone!"
Shaoqing was shocked.
Has the prince noticed it
Shaoqing immediately ordered: "Hurry up! Go and inform General Liu, pass the order down, and be sure to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Remember, don't hurt him, and bring him to me unscathed!"
The prince knew that the imperial decree was mostly not good for him. But he never dared to imagine that his father would issue such an order.
Even if you are a prince, you can't escape punishment for disobeying the imperial decree.
But the prince hopes to find out the truth earlier.
Before arriving at Luoying Pavilion, he hoped that the guards hadn't received the order yet, so he walked over graciously. Anyway, there is no chance of winning if you try hard.
Only desperate.
Luoying Pavilion is the bedroom where the empress Huang, the queen of the father and mother, lived. This bedroom is very large, and there are about thirty people guarding the periphery. And these people are all masters who are one in a thousand.
Walking in front of Luoying Pavilion, he already felt a bleak atmosphere.
Outside the gate, several guards also noticed the prince.
Looking at the words "Luoying Pavilion" on the plaque, he had already made up his mind.
The leader of these guards quickly walked up to the prince, knelt down and said: "See Your Highness the Prince! Your Highness, this is the forbidden area of the palace, please return quickly."
"Father sent me an oral order, asking me to come to Luoying Pavilion to check it out. Please make it easier for me."
The prince said nonsense casually. Of course, it will be sooner or later that this lie will be exposed, but the prince has already spared no expense in order to know the secret of Luoying Pavilion.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness. Without the emperor's imperial decree or the pass jade token, the subordinates cannot allow His Highness the Crown Prince to enter the Luoying Pavilion."
Luoying Pavilion is just around the corner.
but...
"Bold!" The prince said angrily, "How dare you disobey orders?"
"How dare my subordinates! It's just that the emperor ordered me to guard this place, and strictly ordered that no one can enter except those who have passed the jade card or the imperial decree... Please don't make things difficult for the prince. As long as the prince brings the jade card, how dare the subordinate not Let go."
It seemed that it was no longer possible to enter the Luoying Pavilion as a prince.
The prince slowly pulled out the dagger from his arms, and immediately put it on the neck of the head of the guards!
The guards next to him were also shocked, but it was too late to react. The prince held a dagger and shouted to the guards: "Get out of the way!"
The prince also put in everything. He knew that if the mystery of Luoying Pavilion was not solved, terrifying phenomena would continue to spread in the palace.
No matter what, he must know what is hidden in Luoying Pavilion!
The leader of the guards was also greatly astonished. Originally, if someone else attacked him, he would definitely be able to respond in time, and he would definitely not let the prince put a knife on his neck. But the prince's action was so unexpected that he didn't even have time to react.
The head of the guards decided to see the right moment, and grabbed His Highness the hand holding the knife to get out of trouble. While he was looking for an opportunity, suddenly there was the sound of a large number of people stepping behind him.
The prince quickly turned around to see that countless soldiers were coming from all directions.
They followed the trail all the way, after all, the prince was too conspicuous walking around in the palace.
And the leader is Shaoqing.
"Your Highness! What are you doing?" Shaoqing was stunned by the scene in front of him, and quickly said: "Let go of Chief Wei! Your Highness... please accept the emperor's imperial edict!"
"Shaoqing... I have to go in! I want to know the secrets of Luoying Pavilion!"
Shaoqing was startled when he heard this, but at this moment, the head of the guards immediately grabbed the prince's hand and slashed, and the prince put down the knife because of the pain in his arm. Then, the guards rushed up and grabbed the prince.
"His Royal Highness... Please accept the order!" Then, Shaoqing opened the silk in his hand and began to read.
"Follow the heavens, the emperor ordered..."
When Shaoqing read out the imperial decree and announced the prince's "crime" and the order to execute him on the spot, everyone present was stunned.
Especially the prince.
He was paralyzed on the ground, and he couldn't believe what Shaoqing said was true.
He originally thought that the imperial decree was at most to deprive him of his position as crown prince, but... it actually wanted to kill him
"I want to see my father! Are you kidding me that I want to seize the throne? I am the prince! Why should I do that? Shaoqing, I must have made a mistake! Someone set me up!"
"Sorry, Your Highness, this is an imperial decree. Please accept the decree..."
At this time, the guards who caught the prince did not catch the prince because the content of the imperial decree was too shocking.
At this moment, the prince suddenly grabbed the dagger on the ground and rushed towards Shaoqing like flying...