The halls of Yufu Palace were enveloped in a strange and depressing atmosphere following Yu Yecheng's announcement.
All the officials were muttering in their hearts. It turned out that the emperor had been delaying in appointing the crown prince.
With this establishment, two people were established
Now, they finally understand.
It turned out that after Yu Yecheng, the commander of the imperial army, just entered the palace, he bowed respectfully and called "His Royal Highness" towards Xiao Zimu, not Xiao Yanjun.
Lu Hong Temple Minister Yu Bangzhen stood up and walked to Yu Yecheng, covered his unfolded edict with both hands, and said quickly and urgently: "Yecheng, if the trouble continues, I won't be able to protect you."
Yu Yecheng felt chilled in his heart when he saw how stubborn he was: "If you still refuse to look back, I can't protect you."
Concubine Li was too lazy to watch them perform a scene of deep brotherhood, and looked disdainfully at Yu Yecheng: "You are the one who is pretending to pass the imperial edict and intending to rebel! I have Eunuch Li announcing the edict, what do you have?"
Yu Yecheng gouged out Yu Bangzhen's eyes, shook off his hand that was blocking the edict, and faced Concubine Li and retorted: "Is the edict announced by Eunuch Li written by the emperor himself?"
Xiao Yanjun's expression changed and he couldn't help but lean back. If Li Fei hadn't put her hand on his back, he would have taken a step back immediately.
"The edict in my hand was written by the emperor himself." Yu Yecheng shook the edict in his hand, took a step closer to Concubine Li and Xiao Yanjun, and then asked: "Is your edict stamped with a jade seal? ?”
"Is it possible that the edict in your hand is stamped with a jade seal?" Li Fei sneered coldly.
She doesn't believe it!
That day, she dug into the ground and searched for jade seals in various palaces. How could Xiao Zimu cooperate obediently if he was holding the imperial edict covering the seals
"Exactly." After Yu Yecheng finished speaking, he unfolded the edict with both hands. The emperor's personal edict, covered with a jade seal, was clearly displayed in front of them.
There was a depressing and gloomy atmosphere in Yufu Palace. The answer was ready to be revealed, but no one was able or afraid to reveal it.
Concubine Li suddenly chuckled in this tense atmosphere: "Your Majesty the Seventh Highness is really good at hiding."
When she said this, her eyebrows raised slightly: "If His Highness the Seventh Prince hands over the jade seal, I will not embarrass the Ju family, how about that?"
Yu Yecheng looked at Yu Bangzhen and angrily said, "Concubine Li is openly rebelling, why don't you abandon the secret and turn to the bright side?"
"I am Ming, and the one who should abandon Dark... is you." Concubine Li's eyebrows tightened, and her eyes turned cold: "But I have already given you a chance."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Yu Bangzhen with a stern look: "Your brother doesn't know how to praise, don't blame me for being merciless."
"Empress!" Yu Bangzhen only had time to call out. Concubine Li had already ordered to Yu Yingbo: "Take down Yu Yecheng and tear up the edict in his hand."
At this time, all the officials did not care to kneel down and retreated to the side.
Although Yu Yecheng led a small number of people, they were all elite forbidden troops. A small-scale fight was inevitable, which would inevitably affect Chi Yu, so they quickly retreated to protect themselves.
Yu Yingbo responded and drew his sword forward, but where the tip of the sword was pointing was actually Concubine Li and Xiao Yanjun!
The ministers in Xiao Yanjun's camp were dumbfounded. What was going on
"Your Majesty, my subordinates have always been the Emperor's servants." Yu Yingbo looked at Yu Yecheng, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "The so-called disagreement is just for you to see."
Yu Yecheng looked startled, then laughed and scolded: "What a good boy, you even hid it from me."
Xiao Yanjun looked at where the tip of the sword was pointing, his pupils tightening like a cat: "You Yu Yingbo, you have wasted your mother and concubine's trust in you, and betrayed your trust!"
A sneer sounded from behind Yu Yecheng and Yu Yingbo. Xiao Zimu, who had a long body and a tall body, raised his head and looked at them with lowered eyebrows: "Cheating inside and outside, betraying your trust? How can the fourth brother have the nerve to say these eight words to others?"
Only then did Xiao Yanjun realize that Xiao Zimu, who had been silent all this time, had planned all of this a long time ago. No wonder he had been ill these days, but he brought Taifu Wu and Prime Minister Ju to court today!
"Concubine Li, if you were to commit suicide right now, I would also beg my father to spare the lives of you, mother and son, how about that?" Xiao Zimu smiled warmly and returned the original words.
"Please, Your Majesty?" Concubine Li covered her mouth and kept laughing, as if he had told a big joke: "He himself can't survive, so he comes to spare the lives of my mother and son?"
Xiao Zimu smiled warmly and looked calm, as if he had not heard her words and was unwavering.
Li Fei's eyes darkened: "Even if he survives his injuries, he is too poisoned to recover."
All the officials were in an uproar. Min Zhisong frowned and asked Concubine Xiang Li: "Severely injured? Poisoned? Isn't the Emperor seriously ill?"
Jie Jiming glanced at him: "Master Min, can't you figure out what's going on right now?"
Min Zhisong looked shocked. Although he had always been in Xiao Yanjun's camp, he was not a regicide and treason...
He studied under Du Hanfei and has been following him ever since.
Du Hanfei chose to marry Li Fei, so he could only side with her.
He did not object to taking sides. The world of Xiao Kingdom would always be in the hands of the prince. Xiao Yanjun had always been good. Although there were some things that he did not want to agree with, he thought that a king should be bold. Since he stood Yes, naturally I tried my best to plan for him.
But he never thought that one day, mother and son would seek to conquer the world in this way.
After hearing Ji Ming's words, all the officials came back to their senses. When they looked at Concubine Li and Xiao Yanjun, their expressions of submission turned into disdain. They completely forgot that just now they were kneeling down and willing to serve. .
Now, Yu Yingbo said that he had always been the emperor's man, and that he had turned against Yu Yecheng just to win Concubine Li's trust. The emperor must have known about this for a long time, and he could secretly plan and stage this good show.
Just now, Concubine Li was a sure winner, but in the blink of an eye, she was at a disadvantage. The Imperial Guards surrounding the palace instantly became Xiao Zimu's subordinates.
When they thought of this, thin cold sweat broke out on their backs.
The emperor's acting was so real that they couldn't see clearly the situation and were on the wrong team. They vaguely recalled what Xiao Zimu had said to them before: "Kneel down now and you will be loyal to them in the future." But he is no longer the emperor of Xiao Kingdom."
Although they didn't look up at him at that time, the sharp eyes on their backs made them anxious.
At this time, the courtiers who had knelt on the ground had large beads of sweat shaking off their foreheads. General Secretary Si Bai Rongxing took the lead in speaking to Xiao Zimu to express his loyalty: "Your Highness, the ministers have also suffered the consequences of their mother and son. It’s too late to regret being deceived by people…”
Someone started this idea, and immediately there was a shout of approval, and everyone agreed.
Min Zhisong was filled with emotion. Fortunately, he did not kneel down completely. He was pulled back a little by the sound outside the palace by Yu Yecheng. He could barely say that his legs were weak at that time...
Those neutral people who were entangled in their hearts and bowed but never knelt down, straightened their backs and were extremely proud at this moment.
As for those who had really stood up, they glanced at the people on the wall who were responding to each other, with extremely indignant expressions on their faces and disdain in their eyes.
Xiao Zimu walked towards the mother and son like a spring breeze. There was no arrogance or pride on his graceful and gentle face, but he just said softly: "You guys have lost."
(End of chapter)