The Prince of Yan smiled smugly and said, "Brother, your health has been failing in recent years. It would be better for you to abdicate early. If you pass the throne to me quickly, you can still leave a decent impression. Otherwise..."
He didn't say the rest of the words, but all the civil and military officials in the court already knew the hidden meaning of his words.
"Prince Yan, don't be so arrogant! Although the Imperial Guards are in your hands, the Forbidden Army still belongs to Your Majesty!" A court official loyal to Emperor Wen pointed at Prince Yan's nose and cursed.
"How dare you! The Prince of Yan is the popular choice. Now we are just following the will of heaven. Why don't you quickly pay homage to the new emperor!" Prime Minister Lin stepped forward and scolded the courtier.
"Prime Minister Lin, it turns out that you have already submitted to the King of Yan!"
"That's right! Good birds choose trees to rest on. For the prosperity of our Tianqi country, you should surrender quickly!"
"You are shameless!"
All of a sudden, as if the fuse had been lit, all the civil and military factions in the court began to retort.
King Yan stared at Luo Fanjin and Murong Yanche.
Emperor Wen had long been insignificant to him, but the imperial guards under Murong Yanche's command still posed a certain threat. And Luo Fanjin's military strength was also a problem.
"Your Highness, please quickly send the imperial guards to capture all these traitors!" A minister knelt on the ground with a thud.
Emperor Wen looked at Murong Yanche who was standing on the high platform, his lips moving, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Luo Fanjin looked at Murong Yanche. He was still as calm as before, but his eyes had become dangerous.
"I want to hear the truth from your own mouth. How did my mother die?" Murong Yanche ignored everyone else and walked up to the platform step by step.
His momentum was so powerful that no one could stop him.
Emperor Wen, who was hiding behind the guards, suddenly panicked.
For so many years, he always believed that Murong Yanche had an unlucky fate. When the queen's family was powerful, he thought of a way to get rid of the queen, and then pinned the incident on the young Murong Yanche. After many years, even he himself believed that it was Murong Yanche who killed the queen.
Now that the Prince of Yan has exposed the matter, Emperor Wen wants to make excuses, but when he sees that the prince looks so much like the late queen, he doesn't know how to start.
"Prince, I will investigate the cause of your mother's death and give you an explanation in the future! The most important thing now is to eliminate the traitor!" Emperor Wen had no choice but to delay.
"Your Majesty, do you think I am still a three-year-old child? I'm afraid you will find a scapegoat to deceive me in the future!" Murong Yanche sneered.
"Then what will you do? Are you going to just watch me being forced to abdicate? Don't forget that this country is mine, and it will be yours in the future! If it is taken away by Prince of Yan, you will no longer be the crown prince!" Emperor Wen said angrily.
These words seemed to touch Murong Yanche. He frowned, then turned around and glanced at the person in the hall.
Almost half of the civil and military officials surrendered to Prince Yan, including some people he once trusted. When Murong Yanche glanced over them, these people all lowered their heads.
"Okay, then I'll get rid of these ghosts and monsters first!"
Before he finished speaking, Murong Yanche clapped his hands, and immediately groups of imperial guards rushed in from outside and surrounded everyone.
Emperor Wen was overjoyed and excitedly said, "Quick, throw the Prince of Yan and his followers who betrayed me into the Heavenly Prison!"
However, no one in the imperial guards obeyed, and the commander, General Ma, raised his head and looked at Murong Yanche.
Only then did Emperor Wen truly realize that his blind pursuit of power over the years had only made power further and further away from him.
The scene was very awkward for a while. Luo Fanjin felt a little embarrassed for Emperor Wen.
As an emperor, the Imperial Guards are in the hands of Prince of Yan, and the Forbidden Army is in the hands of the Crown Prince. How did he get himself into this situation?
"Hahahaha! Prince, do you think that you can make me surrender just because you have the imperial guards?" King Yan laughed wantonly.
"What else? Do you have any other trump cards?" Murong Yanche said.
"Oh! Of course! Even if the imperial guards of the capital can besiege me, you can't imagine that if something happens to me today, the 200,000 soldiers at the border will turn against me!"
"What do you mean?" Emperor Wen was horrified and his ministers also widened their eyes.
Border! Isn't that General Zhao Heng guarding it?
Could it be that...
They were all smart people, and at once, everyone looked towards where the Zhao family was.
I saw a woman standing up with a smile on her face and walking to the side of King Yan. King Yan looked at her affectionately and their hands naturally held together.
"Rongrong, I'm sorry that you have suffered all these years!" King Yan said softly.
"No, I don't feel wronged. This is for the prince's great cause! Everything I do is worth it!" Zhao Rong's face was full of tenderness.
The conversation between the two of them made everyone suddenly realize.
"Zhao Rong, it turns out that you and Prince Yan have been in cahoots for a long time!" a female member of the family shouted.
Zhao Rong frowned and said unhappily, "What do you mean by collusion? The prince and I love each other, but the prince didn't reveal my identity in order to keep a low profile!"
Ming Yi walked out of the imperial guards, pointed at the position of the Zhao family, and cursed, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince admired Zhao Heng's ability, so he promoted your Zhao family. I didn't expect that you would betray His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the court!"
Zhao Heng was not there. At this moment, a person in charge of the Zhao family came out. His cunning smile made Ming Yi and Ming Er even angrier.
"His Royal Highness Prince Yan promised that our Rong'er would be the head of the imperial palace in the future. Zhao Heng had fought bravely at the frontier and was at best a general. However, as the mother's family of the future queen, I believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be able to tell the difference between the two."
Murong Yanche looked at the head of the Zhao family, still with that indifferent look, and said lightly, "Does Zhao Heng know about this?"
The head of the Zhao family smiled slightly, "I don't know yet. He is naturally loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. However, Rong'er is pregnant with a child. Heng'er has loved her sister since she was a child. If he succeeds today, he will become the uncle of the emperor. How can he not agree?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood that it was the Prince of Yan who was in collusion with the Zhao family. Zhao Heng did not know about this. However, many people agreed with the statement of the head of the Zhao family. If this matter happened to them, they might be willing to exchange it for greater wealth and glory.
"Okay, I'm about to die, so it doesn't hurt to let you know some truth. My ministers, if there are still people willing to surrender to me now, you can come over! Otherwise, there will be no chance of this opportunity again if you miss this opportunity!" King Yan raised the corner of his lips, looking confident of victory.
Before long, more than seventy of the one hundred court officials had come behind Prince Yan.
Luo Fanjin looked carefully and saw that the highest-ranking official among them was Prime Minister Lin.
With Prime Minister Lin as the civil support and the Imperial Guards and border troops as the military support, in the eyes of many people, Emperor Wen's side has no chance of winning!
"Jin'er, come here quickly. When your father becomes emperor, you will be a princess!" Prince Yan stretched out his hand and looked at Luo Fanjin with expectant eyes.
Everyone, including Murong Yanche, looked at Luo Fanjin.