Chapter 2403 Don’t Leave
At this time, everyone in the palace seemed to have received the news, and panicked screams and hurried running footsteps could be faintly heard coming from outside.
The commander of the imperial guards, trusted ministers, including the former Empress Dowager Mei, now the Queen, and others, all came.
"Emperor, what should we do? Let's run away!"
"Your Majesty, how come the rebels broke in so quickly?"
"Damn Shao Yunduan! I shouldn't have spared his life in the first place. I should have killed him long ago!"
"Your Majesty, there is no time to lose. Let's go! No matter what, we must leave the capital first!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, let's go!"
The Fourth Prince's head was buzzing. The faces before him looked so familiar, yet they all had an expression of panic that was completely unfamiliar to him.
They were flustered and terrified, their mouths opening and closing as they spoke anxiously. He couldn't hear a word clearly, but he knew what they were saying without having to hear it.
Even at this moment, he still refused to believe it.
But so many people would not play such a joke on him at the same time!
The fourth prince suddenly smiled softly, his eyes slowly swept over the crowd, and said lightly: "If you want to leave, then go ahead. I won't leave."
"What!"
"emperor!"
"No way!"
The Queen Mother was furious. "Your Majesty, now is not the time for you to be willful. You should leave the capital first and gather the ministers and generals who are loyal to the Qin Dynasty. You will naturally be able to fight back one day. But if you fall into the hands of Shao Yunduan, it will be the end!"
The queen nodded repeatedly and wiped her tears from time to time.
She was really scared!
She had only been queen for a few years and hadn't even had a few days of comfortable life. She couldn't accept being a prisoner!
Especially, she had humiliated Qiao Xuan in public before. Now the situation has changed. Shao Yunduan has seized the capital. Can he spare her? No!
"Mother, there is no time to make a comeback," the fourth prince was extremely calm and sober at this moment, "Mother, you should know this very well! Where can we go? The south is Shao Yunduan's territory, most of the Central Plains belongs to the second brother, and in the northwest, there is the Northwest Army. Shuzhong and Nanyue are all occupied by rebels and bandits. Mother, if we lose the capital, we have lost all our capital!"
The Queen Mother felt dizzy, staggered, and shook her head hoarsely, "No! No way! The rebels, the rebels were able to attack the city, there must be a traitor! It's not that you, the Emperor, did a bad job, there is a traitor! There are still many ministers who are willing to follow the Emperor! Emperor, you can't give up so easily!"
We had finally captured the capital, how could we lose it so easily?
At the beginning, the three princes fought each other in chaos. In the end, the Fourth Prince won with the advantage, occupied the capital, and drove the Second and Third Princes out of the capital. How proud and glorious they were, mother and son, at that time!
Compared with today, how can I be willing!
The Empress, Eunuch Li, the commander of the Imperial Guards and other confidants urged her earnestly, and they all agreed with the Empress Dowager's opinion.
The Fourth Prince shook his head, his face indifferent and calm: "If you want to leave, go ahead. I won't leave. I will stay here and wait for Shao Yunduan!"
He wanted to see how powerful Shao Yunduan was now and how he would treat him!
"This—Your Majesty!"
"Emperor, if you stay like this, you will have no chance at all! Are you willing to accept this?"
The fourth prince simply closed his eyes and said nothing.
(End of this chapter)
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