The second prince wanted to kick them all to death, but he held back.
Consort Jing said from the side, "Alright, Qi'er, calm down. Your mother knows you're upset and eager to know what happened, but this can't be rushed. We can only wait for Princess Taiping to wake up and then see what to do..."
They won't leave.
The eldest prince and his entourage naturally didn't leave either.
They all stood guard here.
They waited for about half an hour before Princess Taiping woke up.
"Your Majesty, you're awake."
Princess Taiping's nannies and maids all gathered around her; they were all brought from the Great Qi.
Of course he cares about her.
The second prince also stepped forward: "Consort Yan, I have a question for you. Did you have anything to do with my father's death?"
Upon hearing this...
Princess Taiping burst into tears, crying as she said, "From the day I got married, my father instructed me to serve the Holy Emperor well. How could I possibly do such a thing to him?"
Consort Yue glared at Princess Taiping and said, "If you didn't do such a thing, how come the Emperor died as soon as he left your palace? And his body was dumped in the lake!"
Hearing her say that...
Princess Taiping wiped away her tears and said, "Sister Consort Yue, what evidence do you have to say this? Everyone saw the Emperor leave, so why is it being blamed on me? You insist that I did it. What do you mean? Are you trying to sow discord between our country and the Great Holy Dynasty? You said the Emperor died as soon as he left my palace, but who saw that?"
Consort Yue paused for a moment.
She originally thought that Princess Taiping looked weak and was easy to bully.
As it turns out, things aren't going as she expected at all.
"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't mean that!"
Princess Taiping replied to Consort Yue, "You know you shouldn't talk nonsense. Since that's the case, without evidence, what makes you claim that I killed the Emperor?"
"Sister Yanfei is right..."
After Consort Jing finished speaking, she added, "This matter concerns the Emperor's death, so it must be thoroughly investigated. Otherwise, what security can we expect in this vast palace?"
She had barely finished speaking.
The Queen said, "Investigate, of course we must investigate."
The eldest prince is already eager to become emperor.
He said in a deep voice, "A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. My father passed the throne to me, and I will certainly live up to his expectations. Once I ascend the throne, I will send people to thoroughly investigate the cause of my father's death..."
"Wait!"
The second prince sneered, "Even Father's death was questionable, let alone an imperial edict. Just because you say an imperial edict is real doesn't mean it is."
The third, fourth, and sixth princes all echoed this sentiment.
Only the Fifth Prince stood on the First Prince's side.
The eldest prince glared at the second prince and said, "Could Father's will be fake?"
Did they think that having a will secured their throne?
The second prince asked the eldest prince firmly, "You discovered Father's will after he died. Who told you about it?"
The eldest prince casually pointed to the chief eunuch.
The chief eunuch was one of their men, so he wasn't worried about not being on their side.
As expected.
When the second prince asked, the chief eunuch told him that the emperor had told him about the will.
"You're a eunuch, how could the Emperor possibly tell you his will?"
Princess Taiping seized the opportunity to say, "Eunuch Wang, I have a question for you: when was the imperial edict written?"
Eunuch Wang looked up at the eldest prince and his companions.
The second prince stepped forward to block him.
Feeling guilty under his gaze, Eunuch Wang blurted out without thinking, "It's been quite some time, how could I possibly remember..."
"Yeah?"
Princess Taiping bluntly stated that she could have someone look at the imperial edict, as a newly written edict is different from one that has been written for some time.
You can also check the handwriting.
She naturally had no idea about these things; Song Xia had told her all of this before.
The eldest prince snorted and said, "What do you mean that what I wrote over a period of time is different from what I just wrote? Do you have any evidence to prove that they are different?"
"You'll know once you write it down."
"If you want to know, you can make a comparison in just a few days."
Princess Taiping returned to the eldest prince.
The eldest prince: "..."
You bastard, you ruined his plans!
He winked at a eunuch standing at the door, who immediately made a gesture to the outside, and then another eunuch standing outside turned and left.
He didn't know.
This scene was clearly witnessed by Jin Beicheng and Song Xia, who were hiding in the shadows.
Jin Beichen told Song Xia to hide, then secretly followed and blocked his path.
"Who are you?!"
The eunuch wanted to shout.
Jin Beichen pulled out a dagger and held it to his neck: "Try to scream. If you dare to scream, I'll take your life right now!"
The eunuch didn't dare to shout anymore.
Jin Beicheng stared at him and asked, "Your Highness, what do you want me to do?"
The eunuch kept silent.
Jin Beichen's dagger slid into his neck before he spoke: "Don't kill me, I'll talk, I'll talk. The First Prince ordered me to mobilize the Imperial Guards, planning to take down the Second Prince and the others while they are all at Jinhe Palace."
Ask clearly.
Jin Beichen impersonated him and went to mobilize the Imperial Guards in a grand manner.
The Second Prince's men discovered this and immediately led a team to rescue the Emperor.
One trip.
They started fighting.
Jin Beichen ignored them, found Song Xia, and the two hid to the side, watching them fight while eating.
They weren't afraid of being discovered, since they could enter the space at any time.
We'll see.
They were also some distance apart.
As I watched...
Jin Beichen noticed that the Second Prince and his group were actually at a disadvantage. He decided not to watch any longer and flew to another location to secretly help them deal with the First Prince and his group.
With his assistance.
The second prince and his men captured the first prince in no time.
the next day.
The second prince then summoned his ministers to examine the handwriting and the imperial edict.
The person the eldest prince hired did a pretty good job of imitating it, but it wasn't actually written by the emperor himself. As they compared them, they discovered the problem: some of the characters he had written were different from the ones the emperor usually used, and the places where the seal was affixed were also different.
The comparison was made a few days later with the will.
What you just wrote is definitely different from what you've been writing for several days.
therefore.
This proves that what Princess Taiping said was true.
Regardless of whether the eldest prince harmed the Holy Emperor or not, the fact that he forged the imperial edict is enough to warrant his execution.
The eldest prince panicked, waving his hands and shouting, "It has nothing to do with me! It wasn't me, I didn't forge this edict..."
Although the Empress was somewhat disappointed in him, she still stepped forward to protect him, saying that she was the one who did it.
"Yes, yes, it was my mother who did it, it has nothing to do with me."
"The eldest prince shouted."
The second prince glanced at him with disdain.
Immediately afterwards.
The second prince exercised his power, deposed the empress, and gave her a white silk noose. As for the eldest prince, he ordered him to be imprisoned.
Logically, without a will, the eldest son should have succeeded to the throne, but the eldest prince secretly mobilized the imperial guards, and the empress dowager even forged a will.
Therefore, he was unworthy to be emperor.
In this way.
Isn't the second prince the rightful heir to the throne?
After dealing with them.
The Second Prince was just thinking about how to settle Consort Yue and the others.
He hasn't decided yet.
Consort Yue knelt on the ground and cried out, "Your Majesty, I was sent by our country to your country for a marriage alliance. Now that you are about to ascend the throne, I will be your woman from now on."
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