The riots were quickly quelled.
The Crown Prince was invited to the high platform by Grand Secretary Song and other ministers.
The sight of corpses scattered all over the ground was horrifying.
Although the Crown Prince was wearing ordinary official robes, the majesty and murderous aura he exuded in this situation caused all the civil and military officials to involuntarily lower their heads.
The Minister of Rites presented a prepared eulogy, specifically tailored to the current situation.
He is Grand Secretary Zhou's man, and now he can also be considered the Crown Prince's man.
After the Crown Prince finished reading the eulogy in front of everyone, the ancestral tablets in the court hall were solemnly bowed to, completing today's ancestral worship ceremony. He then led his officials back to the palace.
Half an hour ago, Jin Xiang led his secret guards in a surprise attack on the Hall of Mental Cultivation and captured all the palace servants.
The Crown Prince's secret guards and the Emperor's inner guards had some similarities. Jin Xiang uncovered many hidden inner guards, disarmed or crippled them, and imprisoned them.
Everyone in the palace was on edge, and several major palaces were placed under guard.
Jin Xiang was ordered to ask Consort Shu to intervene, which temporarily calmed the people in the harem.
As for the Crown Prince, he was the last to receive the news.
When the Crown Princess learned that the Crown Prince's coup had succeeded, the Crown Prince was already sitting in the Qianqing Palace discussing the follow-up matters with his ministers.
Imperial Censor Zhou was still somewhat worried.
"Your Highness, we don't know where that villain might have fled to. Should we send some more people to pursue him?"
"Lord Zhou, have you forgotten the principle of not pursuing a cornered enemy?" Grand Secretary Song suddenly spoke up.
Imperial Censor Zhou frowned: "I'm just worried that he might make a comeback."
"What makes him think he can make a comeback? He's nothing but a fake! Now everyone in the court knows that, who will submit to him? The most important thing now is to cleanse the palace and the court."
Grand Secretary Song shook his head and said.
Censor Zhou wanted to say more, but the Crown Prince waved his hand at the two of them.
“Grandfather, there’s no need to worry. Even if he had wings, he couldn’t escape. I went to the camp outside the capital three times before and have already persuaded Commander Ren.”
Only then did Imperial Censor Zhou truly breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Grand Secretary Song was somewhat curious: "Commander Ren has an eccentric temper and always only obeys the tiger tally. How did Your Highness manage to persuade him?"
"This is all thanks to the former Minister of War."
The crown prince smiled but said nothing more.
Over the past decade or so, the fake emperor has gradually amassed a group of loyalists in the court, and the Shu family is just one of them. The former Minister of War was also transferred to the outskirts of the capital by the fake emperor's stroke of genius. In order to seize military power as commander, he has gathered a lot of so-called "evidence" and is about to present it.
Upon discovering this, the Crown Prince, without saying a word, ordered his men to kill him on the spot and send all the evidence to Commander Ren.
Some of this evidence was fabricated, but some of it was true.
Commander Ren considered that he owed the Crown Prince a favor, and that the former Minister of War had been ordered by the Emperor to seize power. Under these circumstances, he finally agreed to send troops.
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