Three days passed.
Tianzi Mountain Palace.
Crown Prince Yinzhao once again requested to see Emperor Yongchang, but was again blocked outside by Lu Chunfang: "Your Highness, His Majesty is not feeling well. He just took medicine and went to bed. It is really inconvenient for him to see you."
After being rejected for several days, the prince's anxiety and doubts reached a peak.
Father has been avoiding me repeatedly, this is definitely not a good sign!
He secretly asked Concubine Xiao, but the latter was also unaware of the situation, and Emperor Yongchang had also refused to let her in.
Yin Zhao had no choice but to return to his residence. Just as he was getting anxious, a trusted guard hurried over and whispered something quickly in his ear.
The prince's face turned pale as paper in an instant, and he said in a lost voice:
"What?! Prince Jin...how could he...have already crossed the river and appeared at Mengjin Ferry, a hundred miles north of the capital?"
Prince Yinxi of Jin actually approached the capital city quietly and rapidly at this critical moment!
What does this mean? It goes without saying!
My father secretly summoned Prince Jin!
The emperor wants to depose the eldest son and enthrone the youngest!
The prince was instantly gripped by great fear and an unprecedented sense of crisis.
Thirty years of cautious career as a crown prince is about to go to waste in the last step!
He can never accept it!
A desperate dog will jump over the wall, and a desperate rabbit will bite!
A desperate ruthlessness burst out from the prince's eyes.
"Call all of us! Take control of the palace immediately!"
The prince gritted his teeth and ordered Chen Xiong beside him, his voice trembling with determination, "We have come to this point. There is no retreat! Success or failure depends on this one move!"
Chen Xiong's eyes suddenly lit up.
These people have been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Soon, the prince's many years of planning and hidden forces all emerged.
That night, Crown Prince Yin Zhao brazenly launched a coup in the Tianzi Mountain Palace!
He summoned the Eastern Palace guards who had been prepared long ago and some of the imperial guards in the capital that he controlled, totaling more than 3,000 people.
First, they tricked out the leader of the thousand guards, disarmed him and took him under control, and then they surrounded the main hall of the palace where Emperor Yongchang lived.
Dozens of important civil and military officials who had defected to the prince, including Gu Dingming, Lu Bingjun, Shi Kaitai, etc., followed closely behind, and the atmosphere was grim!
Some of the resisting guards were killed on the spot, and their blood was splattered everywhere.
When the other guards saw that it was the prince with so many court officials, they quickly moved away.
"Father! Your Majesty! Your son, Yin Zhao, requests an audience! For the sake of our country and our people, please issue an edict of succession immediately!"
The prince stood outside the palace, his voice sounding unusually sharp in the night wind.
"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to pass on the throne!"
All the ministers shouted in unison, and the sound made the hall tremble.
Inside the palace, Emperor Yongchang had already been startled by the noise outside.
He didn't expect the prince's actions to be so fast and so ruthless!
Listening to the prince's words, which were almost tantamount to forcing the emperor to abdicate, and hearing that all the ministers stood on the prince's side, the emperor was so angry that he trembled all over and felt a deep sadness.
"Unfilial son! This unfilial son!"
He coughed violently, his eyes bloodshot and filled with despair.
He knew very well that since the prince dared to surround the palace with his troops, he would never return empty-handed.
This is a matter of life and death!
He forced himself to stay healthy and quickly wrote a blood edict, clearly passing the throne to Prince Jin Yinxi, and listing the prince's crimes of forcing the emperor to abdicate and committing adultery in the harem.
"Chen Hong!"
He thrust the imperial edict into the loyal young eunuch beside him, "Change into servant's clothes and go through the secret passage in the back mountain! You must...you must hand this edict to the Prince of Jin! Quick!"
Chen Hong kowtowed with tears in his eyes, hid the imperial edict close to his body, and hurriedly disappeared into the darkness behind the hall.
Emperor Yongchang took a deep breath, pulled out the emperor's sword hanging beside the bed, and although he was staggering, he forced himself to walk towards the palace door. He wanted to face that unfilial son in person!
The palace door was forced open, and the father and son faced each other with swords drawn.
"Where is the imperial seal? Hand it over!"
The prince shouted sternly, with no trace of father-son affection in his eyes, only a crazy desire for power.
"Evil creature! Even if I die, I will never hand over the country to a traitor like you!"
Emperor Yongchang leaned his sword against the ground and cursed angrily.
"you!"
The prince was furious and almost ordered a violent attack.
"Your Highness, you can't!" Gu Dingming quickly grabbed the prince and whispered, "Your Majesty must not be killed! He who kills the king and the father will be condemned by the whole world!"
"The most urgent task is to control the capital and capture and kill the King of Jin!"
"As long as Prince Jin dies, Your Majesty... Your Majesty will naturally have no choice but to obey Your Highness!"
The prince suddenly woke up and suppressed his murderous intent.
What Gu Dingming said makes sense!
He glared at the emperor angrily and ordered, "Please invite His Majesty back to the palace in the capital! Serve him well!"
"Chen Xiong, immediately take over the nine gates of the capital and the imperial palace guards. Replace all key departments with our men!"
"Block all news and strictly check entry and exit!"
"The rest of you, follow me to deploy defenses and wait for my 'good brother' to fall into your trap!"
The palace suddenly changed and became a mess, and Concubine Xiao was extremely upset.
It turned out that she had gotten in touch with the prince, helped him pass on messages, and ruined the old emperor's health, just for the prince to promise her that he would still make her his concubine in the future.
However, she has another identity: she is the sister of Xiao Cheyun, a close confidant of King Jin.
The brother and sister were bribed by King Jin very early on and worked for him.
Apart from Prince Jin, no one knew that she and Xiao Cheyun were siblings.
However, tonight, she witnessed the prince's madness and power, and knew that Prince Jin was on his way.
She originally wanted to try to convey the news to Prince Jin that the crown prince had imprisoned the old emperor, so that Prince Jin would respond quickly to avoid being thrown into a fire.
But she hesitated again and again, thinking that her affair with the prince had been exposed. If the prince failed, she would have no good ending.
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