Chapter 729 Rescuing the Emperor
"It was Zhao Shu who plotted rebellion. It was also Zhao Shu who drugged His Majesty and held Him hostage!" Concubine Liang, who was standing beside Wei Qing, shouted.
Zhao Shu looked at Concubine Liang with a look of sudden enlightenment. "I was just explaining how Zhao Duan was plotting a rebellion. It turns out he was under the Sixth Prince's orders. The Sixth Prince attacked from outside the palace, and Zhao Duan held Your Majesty hostage, collaborating from both inside and outside! He's truly audacious!"
"You are confusing right and wrong and slandering me!" Concubine Liang pointed at Zhao Shu and said, she was almost angry to death.
Zhao Shu ignored Concubine Liang and said to the imperial guards, "Imperial guards, follow my orders! Capture the rebels and let bygones be bygones!"
The swords of the imperial guards were all pointed at Wei Qing and Zhao Duan, clearly having made their choice.
Zhao Shu was riding on his horse, watching the scene with great pleasure.
Zhao Jingxuan broke into the palace so easily, he felt something was wrong and guessed that something had happened to Zhao Duan.
Therefore, while sending more people to stop Zhao Jingxuan, he also brought people here.
Then he discovered that Zhao Duan had betrayed him.
He was a little surprised.
However, even if Zhao Jingxuan and Zhao Duan worked together, they could not make any waves!
Everything is still under his control.
Zhao Duan's face was covered with sweat, and he looked at Wei Qing anxiously.
Are we just going to surrender like this?
Are they finished like this?!
Wei Qing pursed his lips and said nothing. Now there was only one way...
Wei Qing stretched out his hand and pinched the emperor's thigh hard from behind.
Wei Qing felt that the medicine for Zhao Duan's son was the same as the medicine the emperor took, so he took Zhao Duan's son's medicine and fed it to the emperor when he saw him.
The emperor, who was originally visibly grimacing and in pain, fell asleep immediately after taking the medicine.
Wei Qing now hoped that the emperor had really fallen asleep, and that he could wake him up by pinching him.
I hope his wife's koi luck can protect him...
Wei Qing prayed silently in his heart and pinched the flesh on the emperor's thigh even harder.
Finally, a muffled groan was heard from behind.
Just when the imperial guards were about to attack Zhao Duan and his group, an old and weak voice was heard.
"stop!"
"The one who held me hostage... and attempted rebellion was Zhao Shu!"
"Imperial Guards, listen to my orders! Kill the traitor Zhao Shu!"
When the emperor said the last sentence, he suddenly raised his voice and all the imperial guards heard it.
Zhao Shu's expression suddenly changed.
He never thought that the emperor would regain consciousness!
The imperial guards pointed their swords at Zhao Shu and rushed towards him.
Zhao Shu gritted his teeth and decided to fight head-on at this point.
Kill them all! Kill the Emperor! This is a last-ditch battle!
"Kill!" Zhao Shu ordered.
Soon, the two groups of people fought again.
Baoqing Gate.
The fighting here also continues.
Zhao Jingxuan was covered in blood, looking like a bloody man.
He can't stop, he wants to save his mother and father, he wants to avenge his second uncle!
Outside the palace.
A huge group of court officials.
At the front was the weak Prime Minister Duan.
Prime Minister Duan is seriously ill.
Since his last entry into the palace, he woke up intermittently, thinking intermittently about what happened that day and the emperor's reaction.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Just then, a message from Wu Yu arrived, saying that the emperor was under house arrest by Zhao Shu. Wu Yu said that he would enter the palace to rescue His Majesty and asked him to gather all the ministers here.
Prime Minister Duan had his doubts, and since he trusted Wu Yu very much, he agreed.
He couldn't walk, so he was carried here.
Prime Minister Duan felt that he was having difficulty breathing and might faint at any time. Now he was relying entirely on his willpower to hold on.
Many other court officials were full of doubts.
"We've been standing here for most of the day. What on earth did Prime Minister Duan summon us here for?"
"I don't know. I'm almost sunburned."
"It's almost noon now. When can we go back?"
"Prime Minister Duan summoned us here, it must be something important, so just wait patiently."
The court officials were talking in low voices.
When the sun was high in the sky, the palace gate finally opened.
Several people with blood on their bodies walked out.
The court officials suddenly became panicked.
Why is there blood?
Is there any sudden change in the palace?
"Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty!" a court official shouted.
The emperor came out supported by two people.
Except for Prime Minister Duan and a few others, the rest of the court officials had met the emperor during his last court session.
At that time, the emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, looking energetic, but now, he has a hunched back, white hair, skinny body, and listless spirit. The change is too great.
The court officials took one look and immediately knelt down.
The emperor was helped to sit down and briefly recounted what had happened during this period.
"The traitor Zhao Shu poisoned me and placed me under house arrest, then falsely passed on the imperial edict and appointed a crown prince... The traitor has defected, so pass on my edict and capture him!" The emperor said these words as if he had used up all his strength.
At the same time, I breathed a sigh of relief.
When he was locked in that room, neither human nor ghost, he had a moment of clarity.
How dare Zhao Shu?!
The emperor's dignity was trampled underfoot. He was filled with anger and wished he could grind this rebellious son into ashes.
However, he was imprisoned and drugged, unable to break free, and could only rage helplessly.
Now, he has finally escaped from the cage.
Zhao Shu's conspiracy was finally exposed.
This rebellious son will never succeed!
I was able to foil my rebellious son's plot thanks to...
The emperor's gaze fell on the person next to him. Although it was a strange face, the emperor felt familiar with it.
Changed appearance?
"Are you... Wu Yu?" the emperor said weakly.
"Yes, I." Wei Qing said.
"Good, very good." said the emperor, his voice full of praise.
Wu Yu is a very good person and has lived up to my trust and trust.
He risked his life to save the king and remained loyal to him.
Okay, that’s great.
The emperor was relying on his willpower to do this, and he was so exhausted that he fainted.
…
Baoqing Gate.
There were corpses all over the ground, with only a few figures standing.
Zhao Jingxuan was also among them, holding a sword in his hand, with blood dripping from the tip of the sword.
There was a lot of red in Zhao Jingxuan's eyes.
This was actually his first time killing someone.
When he was in the capital, he was a playboy, idle and well protected.
Later, when I went to suppress bandits, I witnessed the killing. Those bandits were inhumane and their methods of killing were extremely cruel.
Later, after being exiled to the Wu clan and escaping death, Zhao Jingxuan became much stronger mentally.
Thanks to that experience, he was able to calm down before this major incident.
When necessary, he can also pick up a sword and fight with others.
"Your Highness, His Majesty has been rescued." Someone reported.
After hearing this, Zhao Jingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, his body swayed, and he fell to the ground.
"Your Highness!"
…
In the dim hall.
Tang Li took Xu Jue and Wei Ziang to hide in the cabinet, listening to the hurried footsteps coming.
"His Highness orders, take the person away!"
"Where are the people? Why are they gone?"
"Find it quickly!"
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, stopping not far from where they were hiding.
"Oh no! Someone escaped from the window!"
"Do you want to chase?"
The voices outside paused for a moment, and someone said, "Don't chase! Retreat!"
After the footsteps faded away, Tangli and the other two climbed out of the cabinet one after another.
The three of them quietly walked to the door, opened it, and saw that it was empty outside, without a single person.
"Everyone has evacuated." Wei Ziang said, "Mom, did Dad succeed?"
Tang Li also breathed a sigh of relief. The guards had just retreated in a hurry, and it seemed that the emperor had been successfully rescued.
Her husband didn't know what had happened.
Tang Li was thinking about her husband in her heart, and then she saw a tall figure walking towards her.
The man was covered in wounds, but he moved quickly and arrived in front of Tang Li in a flash.
Tang Li felt a lump in his throat and suddenly threw himself into Wei Qing's arms.
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