In fact, if the Emperor of Beimo could curb his arrogance and ambition a little bit, and fool and deceive Qin Zhou a little bit, then he could still be the emperor safely.
It's a pity that he really misjudged Qin Zhou. He thought that Qin Zhou's low-key and submissive behavior over the years was her nature. Little did he know that behind her submissive and low-key appearance, there was a wild horse without a bridle in its mouth.
The Beimo Emperor's policy of trusting people when he employs them and not employing people he doubts has completely failed with Qin Zhou.
He touched Qin Zhou's bottom line.
He never saw Qin Zhou clearly, thinking that she was like him, willing to pay any price, including the people, to expand the territory.
The rumors in the capital took a turn for the worse on the fifteenth day.
The Prince of Zhenguo officially became the focus of the crusade.
His atrocities against the people over the years were completely exposed, and it was even said that the emperor's policies towards the victims were all his ideas.
In this way, the emperor and the prince who ruled the country became bad guys, and all officials and people were looking forward to a clear stream that could disintegrate the dark forces.
Qingliu appeared. On the evening of July 16, when the scorching heat was raging, the Qin army returned to the capital and surrounded Kyoto tightly. Prince Chuyue and Qin Zhou led their troops into the palace.
That night, Zi'an and Murong Jie were drinking tea in the yard. This was Beimo's business and had nothing to do with them. They were now just waiting for Prince Chuyue to ascend the throne. After that, they would become heroes of Beimo and Da Zhou, and return to Da Zhou to become heroes with a written covenant of non-war for a hundred years.
There was the sound of loud war drums outside. In less than two hours, bells were heard from the palace, announcing the victory of Qin Zhou and Prince Chu Yue.
Not to mention Zi'an, even Murong Jie had never seen a palace coup so quick and efficient, and Qin Zhou was facing two enemies.
"Qin Zhou won." Zi'an said.
Murong Jie turned the glass cup in his hand, his eyes sparkling as the cup turned, "Those who go against Qin Zhou will end up in a miserable situation."
This is why he tried every means to avoid the battle with Bei Mo this time.
The news kept coming back.
First, it was the Prince of Zhenguo who killed the Emperor of Beimo in the palace and attempted to ascend the throne.
Secondly, it was Qin Zhou and Prince Chu Yue who led people into the palace to capture Prince Zhenguo and saved the body of Emperor Beimo... Keeping his body intact was also a merit.
Afterwards, Queen Cao was injured in the chaos of fighting and her life was hanging by a thread. Prince Chuyue was also injured by Prince Zhenguo's men while trying to save his stepmother. His filial piety is commendable.
After that, it was Queen Cao who brought out the late emperor's last will. It turned out that the late emperor liked Prince Chu Yue very much when he was just born. He asked the imperial master to calculate and felt that this child would have great potential in the future, so he left a copy of the last will, stating that if anything happened in Beimo in the future, Prince Chu Yue would be appointed as the crown prince.
Not many people believe in this will, but the late emperor's seal and handwriting are there, who dares to question it
Qin Zhou came out at the right time and said that whoever had doubts could go down and ask the late emperor in person.
Therefore, those who questioned the emperor said that their fate with him had ended and they would never see each other again, whether in death or not.
Thus, everything went smoothly and Prince Chu Yue became the emperor.
Everything was as expected, but there were two scenes that Zian felt needed to be mentioned solemnly.
The first scene is the death of the Emperor of Beimo.
In fact, before Qin Zhou forced his way into the palace, the emperor had been killed by the Prince of Zhenguo.
Of course, Qin Zhou also knew this. She was a general promoted by the emperor, so she would not kill the emperor. Prince Chu Yue was the emperor's biological son, so he did not kill his father. Therefore, both of them occupied the highest moral point and could point the red tassel spear in their hands at the prince who killed the emperor and his brother.
Prince Zhenguo's forcing the emperor to abdicate was quick and accurate.
When he entered the palace, he exchanged a few words with the imperial guards guarding the palace gates, then gave them some good wine and said some words like "thank you for your hard work, comrades" to boost morale.
Because Prince Zhenguo and the emperor were good brothers and stood on the same political front, he never revealed any of his little thoughts, so no one, including the emperor, was on guard against him.
The wine he gave became the death-death wine for the imperial guards. They got drunk to the end of the world and died.
When the gatekeeper dies, the palace gates are thrown wide open, and his men can stroll in at leisure.
This lesson teaches future generations not to trust too much those who always bow down to you. If they are willing to bow down to you, they must have some ulterior motive.
Prince Zhenguo led his men into the palace calmly and first engaged in a fight with the imperial guards.
Then, they broke into the room and caught the emperor red-handed.
The emperor spoke harshly to him. After all, his younger brother had always been in awe of him. He was far superior to him in both appearance and aura.
However, this little brother who used to be like a good little cat in front of him suddenly turned into a big tiger with bared teeth, and more than a dozen swords were placed on the emperor's neck.
The emperor was worthy of being the emperor. He remained calm and spoke a lot of reasoning in the face of Prince Zhenguo, saying that I am your brother and I am also the CEO of this country. If you kill me and seize power, you are a traitor and everyone will kill you and you will be infamous for eternity.
The Prince Zhenguo was no less outdone. He slapped the emperor in the face with his anger and gave him a long lecture, which was nothing more than how emperors, dukes, generals, and ministers were all born with different blood. He also said that we were all sons of the late emperor, and you were not as good-looking as me, nor as talented as me, and even when we were a child, you were not as good as me at stealing chickens.
The emperor was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood. He looked up to the sky and howled, saying that he had thought of anyone rebelling except him, and that Qin Zhou would bring people to protect him.
Prince Zhenguo naturally revealed the person behind him, saying, "It was Qin Zhou who asked me to kill you. Your little brother has rebelled against you. Do you accept it?"
It is said that the emperor fell to the ground on the spot and scolded Qin Zhou for his shortsightedness, saying, "I am the emperor, but you don't follow me, but instead follow this scoundrel."
Of course, the Prince Zhenguo, a scoundrel, was also very affectionate to his younger brother and gave the emperor two choices.
The first option is that you write an edict to abdicate, and I will leave your body intact.
The second option is that I will leave your body intact and you write an edict to abdicate.
The emperor was stubborn and unwilling to issue an edict to abdicate before his death. Prince Zhenguo picked up a sword to scare him, but the emperor finally lost his temper and raised his neck to hit the sword and died.
Prince Zhenguo burst into tears and cried, "Brother, you are so heartless. You are about to die, but you still don't give me the throne. This is very inconsistent with your character. Since childhood, you have given me everything you didn't want, but this time you didn't give it to me. You can't be so inconsistent in life."
So, in grief, they sang loudly, brandished swords and hacked the emperor's body into pieces.
He killed people wantonly in the palace. He killed all the emperor's loyal supporters with swords and spears. The palace was a river of blood.
Queen Cao wanted to disguise herself as a palace maid and slip away, but her old face could be concealed if she wanted to disguise herself as an old maid, but she refused to accept her age and insisted on pretending to be a palace maid, which attracted attention.
Prince Zhenguo couldn't pretend not to see it, he was caught with one hand.
(End of this chapter)