Chapter 2028: Fight for Position
The situation is becoming increasingly tense, the smell of gunpowder in the air is getting thicker and thicker, and it's ready to explode!
Everyone involved knows that no matter how much verbal battle there is, it will not produce a result. In the end, there will definitely be physical combat and a brutal fight.
This day has finally come...
The battle in the imperial city was brutal and brutal. The common people closed their doors and hid in their homes, trembling in fear. Shops and restaurants had long been closed and dared not open. Countless soldiers were running through the long streets. The sharp sounds of weapons clashing, the shouts and screams of the fighting soldiers made people tremble with fear all night long.
The probability of fire in the city has increased by who knows how many times. From time to time, you can see flames rising from one or several places!
People began to flee the imperial city, and those who had nowhere to escape to hid at home and prayed for blessings from God and their ancestors.
Every day feels like a year.
When the Crown Prince died suddenly and the Emperor passed away, the people in the Imperial City were in an uproar, and discussions were heated in teahouses, taverns, and on the streets.
Everyone was very concerned about state affairs. Some supported this prince, some thought that prince was better, and some even argued and quarreled about it.
By now, no one cares about this anymore, no one.
Even the most educated and talented people who love to discuss state affairs and give advice on the way forward have no such thoughts.
Everyone is thinking, let it end quickly!
As long as all this is over, it doesn't matter which prince succeeds to the throne. I just hope that this matter will be settled quickly so that everyone can have peace and tranquility.
This torment and fear lasted for seven days and seven nights.
Seven days later, there was finally a temporary result.
The reason why it is temporary is that there is no final winner.
The Fourth Prince and Concubine Mei won the victory in the Imperial City, but the Sun family took Concubine Sun De and the Second Prince away, broke out of the Imperial City, and quickly escaped.
Before leaving, Concubine Sun De set a huge fire in the palace. When General Sun was leaving the city, he sent people to set fire to the houses and commercial properties near the city gate, and left many spies in the imperial city to carry out assassinations and various sabotages.
The cruelty of the Sun family caused countless troubles to the Fourth Prince and Concubine Mei. When they were in a panic, the Third Prince also fled out of the imperial city with a group of cronies.
Empress Qi did not leave; she stayed behind voluntarily as a decoy.
It was because of her deception that Concubine Mei and the Fourth Prince were unaware that the Third Prince had escaped. By the time they noticed, the Third Prince had already gone far away.
The fourth prince did not dare to send people to hunt him down, for fear that he might fall into a trap to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
Anyway, it’s enough as long as Empress Qi is still in his hands.
As for the Second Prince and Concubine Sun De, they are neither the Empress nor the legitimate son, so they are of no importance. After everything in the capital is settled, we will send troops to suppress the rebels.
As for the Crown Princess and her family, they were also controlled by the Fourth Prince.
Now that there is no crown prince, they certainly can no longer live in the Eastern Palace.
The Fourth Prince ordered the Crown Princess and her family to be moved to the Beiyuan Palace and placed under house arrest.
As for the three sons of the Crown Prince, including the eldest grandson, they all died in the previous melee. None of them survived.
Now only a few of the prince’s grandchildren are left. There is no need to worry about these little children, so he was able to save his life.
The Crown Princess was completely devastated.
She had originally refused to move out of the Eastern Palace, but in the end she did not have the courage to commit suicide with her entire family.
(End of this chapter)
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