Chapter 25 The Emperor's Last Edict

Seeing the Queen Mother coming in, Prince Rong quickly stood up and rushed towards her.

But he was held down by Zhu Gushan.

At the signal of the Emperor of Great Chu, Zhu Gushan took the rag out of Prince Rong's mouth. As soon as he took it out, Prince Rong cried to the Queen Mother.

"Mother, my brother wants to kill me, please save me."

Prince Rong knew that the Queen Mother had always been more partial to him since he was a child, and she would definitely not allow the Emperor of Great Chu to do whatever he wanted now.

The Queen Mother spoke slowly: "It was you who wanted to kill your brother."

Seeing the Queen Mother so calm, Prince Rong was distracted for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses: "Mother, please don't listen to your brother's nonsense. I didn't..."

"Deputy Commander Zhu, please step down." The Emperor of Great Chu finally spoke.

Zhu Gushan was worried about the safety of the Emperor of Great Chu and hesitated to go out. However, when he saw the determined look in the Emperor's eyes, he took his leave.

Anyway, Prince Rong is now tied up, so if I am careful at the door, I can always protect the emperor.

"What about the dragon robe?" The Great Chu Emperor pointed to the dragon robe placed on a chair nearby.

The Queen Mother and Prince Rong only then noticed it.

The Queen Mother stood up in astonishment and said, "You actually sewed the dragon robe? Your brother told me this a few days ago, but I still didn't believe it."

The Queen Mother was old after all. After saying this, she took a deep breath and continued, "I used to think that you were just a little bit naughty. If your brother gave you a position as a leisurely prince, you would have lived a comfortable life. But I didn't expect you to have such thoughts."

When Prince Rong heard the Queen Mother say this, he snorted coldly, "My mother is standing on my brother's side. Yes, my brother is now the emperor, the highest authority, and I am just a prisoner. How can my mother stand on my side?"

The Queen Mother was so angry that she couldn't speak. The Emperor of Great Chu hurriedly stepped forward and helped her sit down.

Then he walked up to Prince Rong and said, "You are just taking advantage of the love my mother and I have for you to act so recklessly. But my mother and I never thought that our love would produce such an ungrateful person."

"Why? We are both born from the same mother. You, Lu Ao, can be the emperor, but I can't?"

The Great Chu Emperor was unwilling to say more to him, and only picked up a bright yellow scroll from the table: "This is the will of my father before he died. Even my mother didn't know about it. Take a look for yourself."

After saying this, he threw the edict in front of King Rong.

Although Prince Rong was tied up, he still used his hands and mouth to open the edict.

The Queen Mother's angle was just right to see the content.

All that was left was a few large, bright characters on the edict: "Execute Prince Rong."

Prince Rong was the title given to Prince Rong when he was still a prince.

King Rong seemed to feel as if the sky had suddenly fallen. He sat paralyzed on the ground again, muttering to himself, "Impossible, impossible."

The Great Chu Emperor spoke slowly, "Before my father died, he personally handed me this edict, saying that he and my mother doted on you because you were young, and I was also tolerant of you, thinking that I would let you be a leisurely prince when I ascended the throne. However, I didn't expect that you would develop such a bad temper."

"He was afraid that you would bring disaster to the country, and that I would be harmed by you, so he left a will to execute you. I kept the will to myself, thinking that we were brothers from the same mother, and I did not even reveal a single word to you, the Queen Mother."

"But you wanted to kill me."

Prince Rong was naturally merciless: "My royal brother, could it be that you simply made up this edict to deceive me and my mother?"

The Great Chu Emperor ignored him and said, "Now I still consider that we are blood relatives, so I will not execute you. I will only imprison you in the clan residence forever. As for your family, I will also make good arrangements for them."

He then looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, this is my biggest concession."

The Queen Mother nodded and said no more.

Within just two or three days, all of Prince Rong's traitors were thrown into prison.

King Rong was lucky to be able to keep his life.

Others are not so lucky.

After Prince Rong was captured, the door of the post house where the envoys were staying was still blocked by the Yulin Army, and there was no freedom at all.

This made Helian Ren even more anxious. He didn't know how far the Emperor of Great Chu had investigated, and his father's reply had not yet arrived. If the Emperor of Great Chu really wanted to control him, wouldn't his life be in danger?

My father is truly foolish. How could he allow a crown prince, a dignified monarch, to be sent as an envoy to an enemy country?

Seeing that the matter of Prince Rong was settled, the Crown Prince went to Yu's study to report to the Emperor of Great Chu about Wanwan's illness, and naturally he also told him what happened that day in detail.

The Great Chu Emperor laughed after hearing this: "This Prince Pei is very interesting. Your Majesty chose him to be Wanwan's bodyguard. She really made the right choice."

Hearing what the Emperor of Great Chu said, the Crown Prince felt relieved. He was afraid that his father would upset Pei Chuyan.

However, the Great Chu Emperor was very satisfied with the Crown Prince's handling of the matter: "You handled this matter very well. It's fine to teach Xing Hui a lesson, but the nanny around her needs to be replaced."

The prince also agreed very much.

The Emperor of Great Chu asked about Lu Xingwan's condition in detail before letting the prince leave.

After the prince left Yu's study, the Emperor of Great Chu fell into deep thought.

According to what Wanwan said, there is nothing wrong with the prince's character, but he is weak in personality and indecisive, so he is not a suitable crown prince.

But looking at the way he behaved today, it was quite similar to the way he did when he was the crown prince, which made me confused for a moment.

But now that the enemy is gone and King Rong has been imprisoned, I think I will not be in trouble. It would be better to consider it carefully in the future.

Thinking that he had not been to the harem for many days, the Emperor of Great Chu rushed to Qingyun Palace.

When Lu Xingwan saw the Emperor of Great Chu coming, he was overjoyed.

[Wow, my wise and powerful father is here! Has my father dealt with Prince Rong? My father is saved!]

[Hey, why is it different from the storybook? ]

[Who cares? Anyway, my father is fine, my mother is fine, this is the best day! ]

Concubine Chen Guifei was worried about Master Pei, so she tried to ask, "Your Majesty, Master Pei that day..."

The Great Chu Emperor understood her worries and quickly spoke to comfort her: "The Crown Prince has already explained to me what happened that day. Prince Pei is a good person. We will count on him to protect us Wanwan in the future."

After saying this, Lu Xingwan took Concubine Chen's arms and touched her head affectionately: "It's just that this matter has wronged our Wanwan. Xinghui's mother was just rebuked, and she is still young, so we can't punish her too severely."

Concubine Chen smiled and replied, "Anyway, Wanwan is fine. I have to thank Concubine Ning for this. She helped Wanwan detoxify."

"Oh? Is this true?"

"Dr. Zhao was there that day and said it was just an allergy, but Concubine Ning said it was poison. After a medicinal bath, Wanwan was cured on the spot."

"I didn't know that Concubine Ning is well versed in medicine."

That night, the Emperor of Great Chu naturally turned over the name card of Concubine Ning.