I originally thought that Song Yan had come, and Song Yan had indeed come.
But standing in front of the formation with Song Yan was Xiahou Chongyuan, who was supposed to be lying in the coffin!
Not only was he not dead, but his legs...were not disabled either!
Xiahou Chun was shocked, but pretended to be calm.
"I didn't expect that you would trick me!" After he said this, he didn't say anything more.
Since Xiahou Chongyuan is not dead, Xiahou Le must still be alive and well.
From childhood to adulthood, the two of them were like a family, but he, who also had the blood of the previous emperor, was always excluded.
Although they are of similar age, Xiahou Chongyuan has disliked him since childhood.
At that time, his mother was not favored. In order to survive in the palace, a place like that, he could only pretend to be a stupid fool.
Xiahou Chongyuan looked down on him, but he didn't care.
Because his mother had told him that those who achieve great things are strong people who can endure loneliness. So he never spent time trying to please anyone, and everything he did had only one purpose.
That is to make him stronger and make the power in his hands greater!
But he didn't expect that after keeping a low profile for so many years, he would still be tricked at the last moment!
"Uncle, you really hid it so well!"
The crime of treason has been established, and Xiahou Jun has no reason to argue.
But he was waiting, waiting for his men to arrive.
However, Xiahou Chongyuan had already seen through his plan and asked solemnly, "Do you still want to wait for Meng He to help you rebel?"
After hearing what he said, Xiahou Chun became really panicked.
The next moment, he heard Xiahou Chongyuan say again: "You don't have to wait, he and his 100,000 soldiers have already surrendered."
"Impossible!" Xiahou Chun refused to believe him.
Meng He brought a full 100,000 elite soldiers with him this time, how could he surrender so easily! Moreover, even if Xiahou Chongyuan had extraordinary abilities, it was impossible for him to see through all his plans in such a short time!
He was very secretive in many things, how could Xiahou Chongyuan know!
"Why is it impossible?" Xiahou Chongyuan didn't waste any more words with him. He raised his hand and made a gesture. The soldiers behind him immediately understood what he meant.
The soldiers rushed forward with spears in hand, trying to capture Xiahou Chun.
But Xiahou Jun still struggled desperately, relying only on the 10,000 soldiers who remained in the palace and tried to fight his way out among so many soldiers.
Although this idea was just wishful thinking, Xiahou Chongyuan was unwilling to lose too many soldiers because of this matter, so he directly sent his secret guards to capture Xiahou Chun, the thief king.
He just stood there without any movement, but just standing there, he exuded a murderous aura.
Some people are born with an evil spirit.
Even if he doesn't speak or move, he can make people feel submissive when they see him.
Xiahou Chongyuan is such a person, but such temperament only adds icing on the cake for his outstanding means.
Once the secret guard took action, Xiahou Chun naturally had no chance to escape.
Xiahou Chun was successfully arrested, and Xiahou Le also returned to the court after his arrest.
At the morning court the next day, Xiahou Chongyuan handed over all the evidence he had collected.
Xiahou Le was furious in the palace, and finally he ruthlessly convicted Xiahou Chun and Shangshu Zhao's family, and he did not let any other officials involved in the matter go.
Xiahou Chun and Zhao Wanqiu were both sentenced to death by slicing, while a dozen officials who participated in the whole process, led by Shangshu Zhao, were sentenced to the execution of nine generations of their clan. Those with less serious circumstances could not escape responsibility and were sentenced to dethronement and exile.
After dealing with the matter of Xiahou Chun and others colluding with the enemy, Xiahou Chongyuan took this opportunity to hand over the military command and return power to him.
After this incident, Xiahou Le quickly established his prestige in the court, and Xiahou Chongyuan asked to resign from the position of regent when Xiahou Le proposed to reward him.
Xiahou Le was very surprised, and all the officials in the court were also surprised.
"Uncle, are you really going to resign?"
"Yes." Xiahou Chongyuan answered without any hesitation.
"Then I agree." Xiahou Le paused, then continued, "I cannot but agree to your resignation, but I cannot but give you the proper rewards. You have made an indelible contribution to this matter, so I will confer you the title of Prince, and give you the title of Ping, which means peace. I will also reward you with ten thousand taels of gold and three thousand pieces of silk..."
Xiahou Le recited a bunch of words quickly, and only the historical officials took notes with their pens in hand, while the others were unable to listen to it.
Because they were really shocked.
Since ancient times, those who have made contributions have mostly been promoted to higher positions. Even if their status is very high and they cannot go any higher, they will still be rewarded with double the gold, silver and jewelry.
This is the first time I've seen someone requesting for demotion after having made great contributions.
Although he was demoted from Regent to Prince, which was only a downgrade of one rank, his status was still above all other officials, but the actual power he held was vastly different.
Moreover, he returned all the power that the late emperor had personally handed over to him back to Xiahou Le.
To be honest, they have been officials for so many years and have read countless history books, but this is the first time they have seen such a situation.
However, no matter how surprised everyone was, they could only think about this kind of thing in their hearts and could never bring it up in public.
Those who should be sentenced have been sentenced, those who should be rewarded have been rewarded, and the matter has finally come to an end.
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Xiahou Chun and Zhao Wanqiu's death by slicing will be carried out three days later, and they are temporarily detained in prison for the next few days.
Now, all those in the court who could help them have been thrown into prison with them, waiting for their impending death.
When Song Qingxue and Xiahou Chongyuan saw the two of them, Zhao Wanqiu was pulling Xiahou Chun's hair, beating and scolding him like a madman.
Xiahou Chun no longer had the energy to argue with her. He just let her do whatever she wanted, neither fighting back nor saying anything back, and he was even too lazy to pay any attention to her.
"I told you that you would be punished for being so ruthless and heartless. Hahaha! You deserve it!"
"You can just die yourself, why do you have to drag me into this?"
"I have been devoted to you in this life, but you treated me like that. I promise that I will never let you live in peace in the next life!!"
Song Qingxue stood outside the prison door, silently watching Zhao Wanqiu unilaterally beating and scolding him. There was no pity or sympathy in his heart, only gleeful ridicule and sarcasm.
Feeling that his eyes were covered by a shadow, Xiahou Jun raised his head.
He stared at the two of them but said nothing.
"Hey, Xiahou Chun, weren't you very proud a few days ago? Why are you silent today?"
As Song Qingxue spoke, a sarcastic smile appeared on her face.
"Don't be so proud, you bitch! Even if we die, do you think Xiahou Chongyuan will still want you after you've been touched by another man? You bitch!"
The person who spoke was Zhao Wanqiu, whose emotions always fluctuated greatly.
Song Qingxue was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect Zhao Wanqiu to say such words to slander her.
However, this is not surprising. After all, Zhao Wanqiu hated her to the core, so it was not surprising that she would throw dirty water on her.
What's more, she was indeed imprisoned in Zhaohua Palace two days ago. At that time, everyone inside and outside the palace, except Liu Huan and Pin'er, were Xiahou Chun's people.
If those people insisted on accusing her of being touched by Xiahou Jun, she would have no way to prove anything.
However, what she didn't do, she didn't do. Even if Zhao Wanqiu threw more dirty water on her, she would remain innocent.
But she was still a little worried.
She was worried that Xiahou Chongyuan would believe what Zhao Wanqiu said, and would believe that Xiahou Chun had really touched her, and would no longer want to like her.
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