Although most of the rebels had been subdued and the rest had surrendered, Ye Qingshan did not relax at all.
He divided the current personnel into three teams.
One team stayed behind to deal with the scene of the fight, treat the wounded, and escort the surrendering rebels.
A team continued to patrol along the foot of the mountain, not letting go of any suspicious persons.
He led a team from here all the way to the capital to deal with any possible escapees along the way.
Although the rebel leader has not been captured yet, the main force of the rebels has been eliminated, and this should not affect the capital and the palace.
But Ye Qingshan could never have imagined that after Qin Songyin and Prince Rui received his news and immediately ordered the closure of the city gates and palace gates, sudden changes occurred in the palace and the city.
At this time, the emperor was entertaining his ministers in the palace. Unexpectedly, a group of guards suddenly caused trouble and surrounded the banquet square.
Officials entering the palace to attend banquets were not allowed to bring guards with them, and even military officers were not allowed to carry weapons.
So when the guards who were supposed to protect them suddenly turned their weapons on them, everyone was stunned.
Until the knife was at their necks, they still didn't understand whether someone was rebelling or the emperor wanted to deal with them.
Only those at the table closest to the emperor could see that the guards around the emperor also turned their swords, and only Wang Wei risked his life to protect the emperor.
In the silence all around, the eldest princess suddenly appeared, walked slowly through the crowd of ministers and headed towards the emperor.
She was followed by a dozen girls in military uniforms, who also held the empress and two legitimate princes hostage.
The moment the Grand Princess appeared, there was a commotion at the banquet, but it was quickly suppressed.
In the silence, only the sound of her footsteps could be heard.
The soles of her shoes seemed to have something embedded in them, and each time she tapped the ground, it seemed like she was tapping into everyone's hearts.
"Aunt, I don't understand." The emperor sat on the dragon throne and spoke slowly, "My father, my mother, and I have always respected and treated you with favor."
The eldest princess smiled slightly upon hearing this, raised her hand to stroke her temples, and slowly said, "No one else can have it as good as me, right?
"Don't worry, as long as you are obedient, your aunt will have others treat you well in the future."
The emperor now had an idea in his mind. Why so many questions? It was the highest position in the world, and who wouldn’t want to sit on it if possible?
I just didn't expect that the eldest princess, at her age, still had such a heart.
The emperor sighed and said, "Aunt, you should have been able to live out your life in peace and contentment. Why did you do this..."
"Okay, it's already come to this point, what's the point of saying this!"
The eldest princess spoke in a tough tone, but a sinister premonition flashed through her mind.
The emperor was clearly surrounded by people, so how could he still speak to me so calmly?
Her heart suddenly tightened, and she quickly turned her head to look at the table closest to the dragon throne, but as expected, she did not see Prince Rui.
The eldest princess said with all her might, "Don't think that the Seventh Old Man can come to save you. Even if he's not under control, he can't turn the tables on everyone..."
Before she finished speaking, she heard a sound of breaking air.
A feathered arrow flew past her cheek and shot directly through the head of a female general behind her.
At the moment when the dozen or so female generals were stunned, the guards who had originally put their swords on the necks of the ministers suddenly turned their spears around, rushed forward and killed them one by one, and then protected the queen and the two princes in three layers inside and outside, and quickly retreated to a safe place.
The guards who originally seemed to have trapped the emperor quickly turned around, with their weapons facing outward, and became the emperor's close guards.
The situation changed dramatically in the blink of an eye.
Before the eldest princess could come to her senses, she saw Prince Rui coming out from behind the pillar of the hall with a bow and arrow in his hand.
"Aunt, I'm so sorry to disappoint you.
"It seems that it's not me who can't turn the world upside down, but you, right?"
After Prince Rui finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it. All the guards immediately removed their weapons from the ministers' necks, facing the eldest princess and surrounding her.
What was there for the Grand Princess to not understand at this point? It turned out that all her arrangements had been discovered long ago. The scene just now was just a trick to confuse her and make her come forward on her own initiative.
The eldest princess looked as pale as death, but she really couldn't cause any bigger waves.
But she quickly gathered herself together, looked up at the Emperor and Prince Rui, and asked, "Where did I give myself away?"
Prince Rui said, "I went to Rongxi Village to pick up Qingtian and bring him back to the capital. My men discovered the rebels in the mountains and found a headscarf embroidered with the word 'Ping'.
"And this character 'Ping' is exactly the same as the character 'Ping' that my aunt likes to embroider on her handkerchiefs and clothes.
"So, my aunt has already made an irreparable mistake since she entered the palace today."
Prince Rui deliberately concealed the fact that it was Qingtian who discovered this matter, and took all the responsibility on himself to prevent anyone from escaping the net and attempting to take revenge.
The eldest princess turned pale when she heard this. She never expected that after planning for so many years and even bribing the palace guards, the reason for her failure in the end was just because Prince Rui went to pick up Qingtian.
Sunny! Sunny again!
Starting from the girls' school, it was because of her that the emperor ordered people to investigate the eldest princess.
Because she was worried about being discovered, the Grand Princess moved the date of the uprising forward from New Year's Eve to Mid-Autumn Festival.
She originally thought that although her preparations were not thorough enough, she should be able to catch the emperor off guard.
Unexpectedly, a trap had already been set here, just waiting for her to fall into it.
The eldest princess smiled helplessly: "I really didn't expect that you would discover it in advance.
"It seems that I really don't have this fate!"
Although Prince Rui appeared very calm on the surface, he was actually very scared in his heart.
If Qingtian had not discovered the embroidered words on the Grand Princess's body as soon as he entered the palace, he would not be able to see the Grand Princess until at least the afternoon. By then, it would be too late.
"I never thought that after years of planning, I would fail in the end because of an embroidery."
After the eldest princess finished speaking, she suddenly bit her teeth hard.
"Not good!" Prince Rui shouted.
But when he rushed over, the eldest princess' lips had turned from red to black, and dark purple blood was flowing from the corners of her lips.
Prince Rui only had time to catch the eldest princess's limp body.
The emperor glanced at her and said, "That's good. It saves a lot of trouble."
Before Prince Rui could say anything, someone came running in and reported, "Your Majesty, there's a group of people setting fires and causing trouble in the capital."
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