Chapter 609 Palace Coup 2
Her eyes were full of anxiety and her voice was a little flustered. When she felt the warmth coming from Emperor Tianyuan, Concubine De felt a little relieved and then leaned her head on Emperor Tianyuan's chest.
"Your Majesty, wake up, I'm here to see you."
Hearing the heartbeat of Emperor Tianyuan, Concubine De finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was still alive, she was glad.
Hua Lingyi looked at Concubine De's anxious look and spoke with a smile.
"Don't worry, the emperor is still alive. If you don't know, you might think Concubine De is mourning the emperor in advance because of her current appearance."
Concubine De suddenly turned around and shot a sharp gaze at Hua Lingyi who was standing at the door, her voice mixed with anger and questioning.
"Hua Lingyi, what on earth did you do to the Emperor?"
Hua Lingyi still had that faint smile on her face, as if everything was under control.
"Noble Concubine De, you are too kind. Imperial Physician Zhou has just examined the Emperor. He is simply overworked and needs rest. I am simply following the doctor's advice to ensure the Emperor gets the best rest possible. The Emperor is in poor health and needs rest. Isn't this for the good of the Yuan Dynasty?"
"Stop pretending here!" Concubine De was furious. She knew Hua Lingyi's ambitions and methods very well and would never believe her words easily.
"What you did tonight was clearly an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to control the Emperor and plot something bad!"
"Someone, go get Doctor Hu. I want to see him diagnose the emperor with my own eyes."
Hua Lingyi's tone was filled with disdain when she heard this.
"Noble Concubine De, you are truly smart all your life but foolish for a moment. Why do you think I dare to let you in?"
At this time, a guard came in dragging a palace maid.
"Your Majesty, there is a palace maid here holding the badge of Consort De and trying to leave the palace."
Upon hearing this, Hua Lingyi glanced at the little palace maid.
"Leaving the palace in the middle of the night with ill intentions, take him away and kill him."
Upon hearing this, the little palace maid hurriedly looked at Concubine De for help.
"Your Majesty, please save me, Your Majesty, I can't get out of the palace gate at all. The guards are all different."
Upon hearing this, Concubine De looked at Hua Lingyi sharply.
“You dare…”
Hua Lingyi glanced at her with disdain.
"Why wouldn't I dare? Liang Xihuan, as smart as you are, haven't you realized the reality yet?"
Only then did Concubine De realize that there were already many figures outside the Yangxin Palace, and they were holding swords.
"Hua Lingyi, do you want to rebel?"
Hua Lingyi's eyes swept across the faces of the palace maids and eunuchs in the room.
"I know you are all loyal to Consort De, so from now on, if you want to live, you should kneel down outside. If you don't want to live, the same fate will befall you as the maid who was just dragged out and beaten to death."
The palace maids and eunuchs brought by Concubine De all knelt down. Concubine De looked at everything in front of her. What was there that she didn't understand? Hua Lingyi was going to launch a coup. It was because of her negligence that she let him take advantage of the opportunity. It seemed that the guards in the palace had been bribed or replaced by her a long time ago.
"Hua Lingyi, do you think you can cover the sky with one hand? The Tianyuan Dynasty cannot be shaken by your own strength!"
Although Concubine De's voice was trembling, it was firm and unyielding.
Hua Lingyi sneered and slowly approached Concubine De, with a gleam of victory in her eyes.
"Noble Consort De, you are wrong. In this arena of power, there is no such thing as absolute justice or evil, only winners and losers. And you are destined to be the loser today."
At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, breaking the tense atmosphere in the room.
A eunuch rushed in and knelt in front of Hua Lingyi.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu has arrived."
As soon as the young eunuch finished speaking, King Wu strode over, followed by guards with considerable martial arts skills.
He called out to Hua Lingyi respectfully.
"Mother."
Then he turned his gaze to Concubine Shu.
"Mother."
Hua Lingyi looked at King Wu and spoke.
"Prince Wu, the Emperor is now weak from overseeing state affairs. This is when he needs you, his son, to serve and care for him. This is also when he needs you to manage state affairs and share his worries. Please do not let your father down."
King Wu has matured a lot now, and he no longer speaks impulsively without thinking as before.
"Your Majesty is right. I will certainly stay by your side, Father, and will diligently handle state affairs to relieve your father's worries."
Then he gave the order.
"Come here, drive out all the irrelevant people in the room, don't disturb my father's rest."
Upon seeing this, Concubine De looked at King Wu and spoke.
"Your Highness, Prince Wu, do you know what you are doing? Are you going to rebel with Hua Lingyi?"
Upon hearing this, King Wu looked at Concubine De without any respect in his eyes and spoke.
"What are you talking about, Concubine? My mother and my father are married, and husband and wife are one. Naturally, my mother has the final say on my father's affairs. Now that my father is tired and weak, I naturally have to show my filial respect to him and share his worries."
Hua Lingyi looked at Concubine De and spoke.
"Noble Concubine De, don't worry. I know you are worried about the emperor, so I will let you stay here and watch him wake up."
Upon hearing this, Concubine De looked at Hua Lingyi.
"Your Majesty, when will you wake up? What exactly do you want to do?"
Upon hearing this, Hua Lingyi looked up at the sky outside the door.
"When the time comes for the Emperor to wake up, he will naturally wake up."
Concubine De looked at Hua Lingyi and spoke in a hurried voice.
"Hua Lingyi, I now understand what you want to do. You want to help King Wu ascend the throne, right? Unfortunately, although King Wu is good at martial arts, he is still lacking in governing the country. No one in the court will agree to this. Do you think that if you use these two bitches to drain the emperor's body, you can get what you want?"
Upon hearing this, Hua Lingyi looked at Concubine De, then looked at the sky outside the door.
"Noble Consort De, look at the weather. It's almost time for the civil and military officials to attend court."
When Concubine De heard this, a hint of panic flashed in her eyes.
"Hua Lingyi, you are absolutely crazy. You actually want to imprison all the civil and military officials in the court?"
Hua Lingyi smiled proudly when she heard that.
"Hahaha, Liang Xihuan, how could I be crazy? I'm just taking back what belongs to me. I've supported the emperor for so many years, so why do you think you can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor?"
Then he raised his hand and waved his sleeves domineeringly, walked to the seat where Emperor Tianyuan usually sat and sat down.
"Those who obey me will prosper, those who defy me will perish. I want to see what choice those ministers you and King Yao have won over will make when faced with life or death."
Seeing this, Liang Ruxia felt that she couldn't get a word in at all under the current circumstances, but seeing Concubine De's anxious look, she gritted her teeth and spoke to comfort her.
"Aunt, don't worry. We still have the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards. Once they find out something's wrong, they'll definitely..."
Upon hearing this, Hua Lingyi glanced at Liang Ruxia with disdain.
"How naive and ridiculous."
The day dawned gray.
Zhai Yu walked in and bowed respectfully to Hua Lingyi and King Wu.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu, the Taiji Palace has been taken under control."
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