There was an oppressive atmosphere in the imperial city that had been blocked since last night.
Like a dark cloud.
The entire Forbidden Palace has been controlled by Yuan Zhong, a general under the Sixth Prince's banner.
The commander of the army and horses in the inner city was captured, and the sixth prince was already sitting in the Hall of Peoples.
Behind the Wanmin Hall is the sleeping hall where Emperor Taiping recuperated.
Concubine Wei, the sixth prince and others sat beside the bedside of Emperor Taiping who was in danger.
Before Xiao Bojian brought Chu Lian to Wanmin Hall, Concubine Wei Gui had already begun to comfort her with "worse words".
"Your Majesty, it's already this time, you have no choice!"
As soon as Concubine Wei waved her hand, the young servant walked to the dragon bed with a tray in which was an opened bright yellow imperial decree.
The content of the imperial decree has been drawn up, passed on to the sixth prince, the only thing missing from this imperial decree to be effective is the seal of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.
Emperor Taiping, who was lying straight on the bed, looked haggard and pale, and his eyes, which were originally as sharp as eagles, also lost their former brilliance.
He stared at the mature woman with a false smile in front of him, as if with endless resentment.
In the past, one look from Emperor Taiping could make Concubine Wei tremble, but now Concubine Wei seemed to be unaware of it, her smile became brighter, and there was even a bit of joy in her eyes.
She said softly: "If the Holy Majesty doesn't have the strength to cover the jade seal, you can tell my concubine where the jade seal is, and my concubine will help you get it and cover it."
Emperor Taiping seemed unwilling to see Wei Guifei's false face again, he closed his eyes and tilted his head.
The moment Emperor Taiping closed his eyes, the faces of Concubine Wei Gui and the Sixth Prince were as dark as ink.
The sixth prince shook his sleeve robe vigorously, turned around and left the inner hall with a dark face, the subordinates waiting outside saw the expression on the master's face and knew that the matter had not been completed.
If the Great Wu Dynasty wants to officially succeed to the throne and become orthodox, it must have two things, one is the edict, and the other is the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.
Edicts can be counterfeited, but the Jade Seal of Chuanguo cannot.
He controlled the imperial palace, but he was unable to kill the king for a long time, precisely because he had not yet obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo!
"Xiao Wujing is here?" the sixth prince asked with a cold face.
Although he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he is already ambitious.
The subordinate had just received the news and was thinking of reporting to the sixth prince, so he came to ask in person.
"Return to Your Highness, Lord Xiao has already arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and will go to the Hall of Wanmin from time to time."
Hearing the news, the sixth prince was excited, "Is the matter done?"
"Master Xiao has sent news that everything is going well, please don't worry Your Highness."
The sixth prince couldn't help laughing heartily, because of this news, the depression in his heart disappeared immediately.
"I knew Wujing wouldn't disappoint me."
In order to meet Xiao Bojian earlier, the sixth prince personally went to the front of the Wanmin Hall and waited.
Xiao Bojian, who led a group of people to the Hall of People, saw the urgent figure of the six princes in front of the hall who hadn't fully developed yet, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a cold smile.
In the back hall, Concubine Wei Gui, who was sitting beside Emperor Taiping's bed, suddenly showed a strange smile. She leaned slightly, approached Emperor Taiping, and whispered in Emperor Taiping's ear: "It doesn't matter if the Holy Majesty doesn't want to take out the jade seal now, there will be one in a while." It’s a good gift for the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty will exchange it with a jade seal! Otherwise, Sister Ye will never forgive the Holy Majesty.”
Although Wei Guifei's voice was soft and waxy, it was as terrifying as the letter spit out by a poisonous snake.
This sentence made Emperor Taiping unable to pretend anymore.
He suddenly opened his majestic eyes and stared at Concubine Wei. At this moment, there was still a little sickness in his eyes, and he was clearly an angry and tyrannical lion.
"What did you say!"
Concubine Wei Gui, who was still arrogant, suddenly seemed to be choked by someone, and she dared not say a word.
It took a while to react, she stared at Emperor Taiping's ugly face, and then remembered that the man lying on the bed at this moment was no longer the most noble emperor in the world, but a terminally ill man who had been poisoned by chronic poison.
The fear that had been frightened just now dissipated immediately.
She giggled, "My concubine advises the sage to save some strength, otherwise it will be a good thing if I don't see the flesh and blood between you and Sister Ye!"
In a short time, Emperor Taiping had readjusted his mentality. After acting for so long, if he was exposed at this time, it would not be a failure. After calming down, Emperor Taiping became a critically ill and weak emperor again.
Sure enough, not long after, Chu Lian was pushed in by the sixth prince and Xiao Bojian.
When Emperor Taiping saw Chu Lian who was being escorted, his "eyes were about to burst".
Chu Lian had already learned about the hidden identity of her body from He Changdi.
Like He Changdi, she never wanted to do anything with this hidden emperor-daughter status, but those who cared didn't think so.
Facing the current situation, she was not much surprised, not even the way she looked at Emperor Taiping.
The sixth prince was very satisfied with his father's attitude.
He snatched Chu Lian from Xiao Bojian's hand and restrained him in front of him, then held a dagger in his right hand against Chu Lian's slender and fair neck.
"Father, if you don't want the imperial sister to die at such a young age, you should hand over the jade seal!"
Emperor Taiping was trembling with anger. If he hadn't been coerced and threatened, Chu Lian would have laughed out loud.
Emperor Taiping was not poisoned at all. Doctor Miao told the couple in private about Emperor Taiping's situation back then, and the chronic toxins accumulated in his body had been eliminated.
The Sixth Prince and Xiao Bojian stared fixedly at Emperor Taiping.
Emperor Taiping struggled with his eyes for a long time, finally heaved a long sigh, closed his eyes, opened them with difficulty, waved to Eunuch Wei who had been standing by the side, and said in a hoarse voice: "Take it out..."
Eunuch Wei was shocked and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to dissuade Emperor Taiping, but he retreated under his firm gaze. He sighed helplessly, turned around and went to a hidden place in the hall, and touched a switch. Take out a delicate bright yellow scene box from the hidden mechanism.
The sixth prince's face turned red with excitement, and even Chu Lian couldn't control it. He let go and walked in front of Eunuch Wei, grabbed the box from Eunuch Wei's hand, and opened it impatiently. Everyone trembled with excitement.
It is the jade seal, the real imperial jade seal!
Because it is the blood of the royal family, every prince can distinguish the authenticity of the jade seal.
The sixth prince is no exception.
Just when the sixth prince was overjoyed, imagining that he could reach the position that thousands of people dreamed of, suddenly the object he held in his hand disappeared, and his people were also restrained.
He couldn't believe what happened just now.
A pair of eyes are about to bulge out.
When he found out that the person who gave the order to restrain him was his most trusted Xiao Bojian, he was furious like a wild dog going mad.
"Xiao Bojian, what do you want to do! Have you forgotten your identity!"
The sixth prince almost roared out. He shouted for his guards to come and save them, but no one moved.
He lost his mind and shouted like a madman.
Chu Lian was also surprised by the sudden change.
But she didn't stay in a daze for a long time, looked around, and quickly found a place with little presence and moved over.
Although the entire apse was surrounded by Xiao Bojian's people at this time, she knew that she would not be able to escape at this time, but she could still reduce the risk and make herself safer.
Xiao Bojian pinched the brocade box containing the Jade Seal of Chuanguo handed over by the guard in his hand, smiled coldly, and picked his ears, as if he disliked the sixth prince's noise, and gave a look to the man in black who was restraining the sixth prince.
The man in black stabbed his hand, and the sixth prince fainted and fell to the ground.
When Emperor Taiping found out that Chu Lian was not in danger for the time being, he felt relieved, but he didn't show it on his face, but was still as weak as before.
He stared at Xiao Bojian, as if he couldn't believe it.
Xiao Bojian seemed very satisfied with the terrified and awe-inspiring eyes of Emperor Taiping, and he took two steps towards Emperor Taiping with the corners of his mouth raised.
"My lord, did you not expect all of this?"
Emperor Taiping coughed and asked resentfully: "Who are you and what is your purpose!"
Xiao Bojian laughed loudly, "Of course His Majesty doesn't know who I am, but His Majesty Xiao Rong certainly won't forget!"
Emperor Taiping's expression changed suddenly, this time he was not pretending, but really surprised.
Xiao Rong!
A name so familiar in memory.
His best brother in the past was his right-hand man in the fight for the throne in Nine Dragons. When he came to the throne, he was his most trusted commander of Jinyiwei. Unfortunately, what happened later! However, this all-powerful man was ransacked and exterminated, and disappeared forever in the dust of history.
"You...you are Xiao Rong's son!"
Once the truth was revealed, Emperor Taiping found that the beautiful man in front of him did indeed have a little shadow of Xiao Rong.
"Your Majesty has a good eye! As expected, I have worked hard for so long, and I am finally going to avenge the murder of my father and my family!"
Emperor Taiping suddenly coughed violently.
Chu Lian watched the situation from the side, her eyebrows frowned, she didn't know about the original text and later text, so Xiao Bojian's other life experience was also kept in the dark, she didn't expect the relationship between him and Emperor Taiping There is such a grievance.
"Did you never think that there will be such a day? Hahaha, today you will not only use your life and the world to be buried with my father and family, but also your most beloved daughter. Are you right now? Very happy! Don't worry, you won't be in pain for long, and you will see my father soon."
Xiao Bojian happily said these words.
He took a short sword from Wei Jia and was about to stab Emperor Taiping on the dragon bed.
Chu Lian was taken aback, but she was powerless at this angle, but even if she was close, she still couldn't save Emperor Taiping.
Just when Xiao Bo briefly started to move, Wei Jia suddenly moved his ears, and immediately stopped Xiao Bojian, and said with a serious face: "Master, there are people outside."
As soon as Wei Jia's voice fell, black-clothed guards rushed from all directions in the apse, and in the blink of an eye, Xiao Bojian, Wei Jia and the rebels were completely surrounded!
As soon as Chu Lian took a step back, she was hugged into a familiar, firm and safe embrace.
It wasn't until He Changdi hugged Chu Lian in his arms that his heart finally fell into place. God knows, his heartbeat almost stopped due to nervousness on the way here.
He reached out and touched Chu Lian's cold hand, and took off the black cloak on his body to wrap around Chu Lian's cold body.
"Lian'er." He Changdi called out in a low voice.
Chu Lian pressed his warm palm and responded in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
With He Changdi by his side, Chu Lian is not afraid of anything at this moment.
After confirming that Chu Lian was safe, He Changdi handed over his daughter-in-law to Lai Yue to take care of him, and he followed the fourth prince, King Jin, to the bedside of Emperor Taiping, knelt down to pay his respects and pleaded guilty.
"Wei Chen/Er Chen came late to save me, and I hope the Holy One will forgive me."
Xiao Bojian looked at King Jin and He Changdi's people in the palace, and couldn't believe such a shocking reversal.
He pointed at He Changdi and King Jin with shaking fingers, "You...you!"
Before Xiao Bojian could be surprised enough, Emperor Taiping, who was supposed to be terminally ill, sat up from the dragon bed safely.
Moreover, his eyes are clear and his speech is full of air, not like a weak old man who is critically ill.
Xiao Bojian's eyes widened again, "Lu Luan, you're fine! You're just pretending!"
Lu Luan was the name of Emperor Taiping, and no one dared to call him that for many years since he took the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord.
Xiao Bojian is really courageous!
Wei Jia's horizontal sword stood in front of Xiao Bojian, trying his best to protect him.
Emperor Taiping helped the king of Jin and He Changdi on the ground, snorted coldly, and said loudly: "Take down the traitors and traitors!"
Immediately the guards attacked Wei Jia and Xiao Bojian.
The guard's kung fu is superb, even though he is still protecting Xiao Bojian, the guards still can't get close to him.
He Changdi raised his sword and went out in person, and after a quarter of an hour, he finally killed Wei Jia and captured Xiao Bojian.
At this time, Xiao Bojian didn't look like a romantic champion. He was embarrassed and his hair was disheveled. He stared at Emperor Taiping angrily, and angrily said: "Lu Luan, you treacherous person, my father was so sincere. As for you, you actually destroyed my family because you were afraid of his ability! You stupid king!"
He Changdi has returned to Chu Lian's side, hugging her lightly and watching the farce.
Emperor Taiping walked up to Xiao Bojian who was pressed down by the guards, looked down at him condescendingly, and then let out a cold snort.
"Didn't your father tell you the truth?"
Xiao Rong's death was purely self-inflicted.
He and Emperor Taiping are indeed good brothers, but brothers and wives should not be bullied. At that time, he fell in love with Ye Xun and became interested in Ye Xun. Later, he separated the relationship between Emperor Taiping and the late emperor many times. If Emperor Taiping hadn't been prepared , she might have been assassinated by Xiao Rong.
Xiao Bojian who learned the truth from Emperor Taiping didn't believe it, but all this is not important anymore.
Emperor Taiping first glanced in Chu Lian's direction.
Seeing Chu Lian's unfriendly eyes towards him, he felt a sense of loss, and finally he looked at Concubine Wei Gui who had already shrunk in a corner and wished she could become an invisible person.
Concubine Wei Gui trembled as soon as she met Emperor Taiping's eyes.
Then he prostrated himself on the ground, walked up to Emperor Taiping on his knees, and begged, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, my concubine was persecuted by Lord Xiao and the Sixth Prince!"
Emperor Taiping sneered.
Concubine Wei trembled all over, "Your Majesty, even if you dislike your concubine, you still have to spare your life for Princess Le Yao's sake!"
"Drag it down."
In the eyes of Emperor Taiping, there was no longer a woman kneeling and begging in front of him. Concubine Wei Gui was quickly gagged with a cloth and dragged down.
The imperial city, which was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, receded within half an hour.
The mighty forced palace is like a joke.
Although Emperor Taiping tried to persuade him to stay, Chu Lian went out of the palace and returned to Anyuanhou's mansion.
After all, she had just given birth not long ago, and her body had already been exhausted after experiencing all these changes.
Little Stone was taken back to the mansion immediately.
No matter if it was Jing An Bo and his wife from the Jing An Bo mansion, the old matriarch, or Wei Wang and his wife and Princess Duanjia, they all came to Anyuan Hou's mansion to visit Chu Lian and the newborn little Shitou.
The first great-grandson of the He family, the older generation can't wait to hold the little stone in their hands.
The name of the small stone was finally bestowed by Emperor Taiping, He Yan, Songhe Yannian, which means longevity.
The sixth prince intended to force the palace to rebel, so he gave poisoned wine, and Concubine Wei gave white silk.
Xiao Bojian conspired to seize the throne, and at the same time colluded with foreign tribes, and beheaded immediately at the Meridian Gate.
The British government and Concubine Wei's sister, Wei Fengzi, sat together. The British government confiscated the title and the iron certificate of the book of pills, demoted them to commoners, and distributed them to the frontiers.
Two days later, He Changdi's subordinates found the bodies of Chu Yuan and her maid Xiaoqin in a remote farmhouse. After investigation, they found out that Xiao Bojian's people did it.
As soon as Xiao Shitou was full moon, he was sealed as the heir. After a hundred days passed, the old matriarch of Jing'an Mansion's health would deteriorate day by day.
In the late spring of the next year, the old lady passed away.
The mother and daughter He Ying, who were far away in Zhuangzi, finally had to go back to Shengjing. After finishing the funeral of the old matriarch, the mother and daughter He Ying were sent back to Siyang by Jing Anbo.
In May of this year, the fourth prince, King Jin, was named the crown prince, and the wedding was scheduled for August. The crown princess was Sima Hui from a wealthy family in Shandong.
In June, Emperor Taiping bestowed a marriage on Princess Duanjia and He Erlang.
Three months after the concubine passed, Emperor Taiping announced his abdication. Before he abdicated, he wanted to make Chu Lian the princess, but Chu Lian refused.
In Chu Lian's mind, she was just Emperor Taiping's entrustment to Ye Xun, and she was indeed not the real daughter of Emperor Taiping. She deserved such honor and favor.
Two years after King Jin ascended the throne, He Changdi entered the cabinet at the age of twenty-five and became the youngest cabinet minister in the court.
This year, Chu Lian became pregnant again.
In Shengjing City's life, Chu Lian has a lover, delicious food and friends, and the time goes on plainly and beautifully...
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