A happy day...
Her demeanor and tone were very different from before. Emperor Longfeng's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and he looked unhappy: "What's wrong with you? How come I don't know about the good news?"
De Fei lifted her skirt and sat down in front of him leisurely, her hands folded gracefully in front of her, leaning slightly closer to him, and said with a smile: "Today is the day when His Majesty wants to give the throne to my son. Isn't this a happy day?"
"What Zen?" As soon as the question was asked, Emperor Longfeng understood something and shouted, "Someone come!"
Then he called out, but no one answered.
Just now he was about to write an imperial edict to send all the servants in the inner hall out. Now, there was no one else in the inner hall except him and Concubine De.
"This Qianqing Palace is under my control. Prince An and Gao Xian have been restrained. And Prince Yan's palace is also under the control of the Jinyiwei."
Concubine De looked at him with determination, and her gentle attitude in the past became stronger than ever before: "Your Majesty, why are you wasting your time? Your Majesty has always disliked the Crown Prince's unfilial behavior, and Prince An is of humble origin and has little talent. Only the Third Prince is outstanding in both civil and military affairs. What else is there for Your Majesty to be dissatisfied with?"
Her voice was low and her tone was light and quick. Her fingers in sharp gold armor brushed across her heavily made-up face, making her look like a ghost in painted skin.
Emperor Long Feng stared at her, his chest heaving violently, as if he had never known her before.
"You are forcing me to abdicate! You are committing treason! Where is the third brother? Tell him to come and see me!" As he spoke, he backed away from the dragon couch. In a panic, he pushed the pillow with his elbow, revealing a corner of the bright yellow imperial edict under the pillow.
De Fei was sharp-eyed and saw it immediately. She quickly pulled it out and opened it. Her face was gloomy at first, but then she smiled: "I thought it might take some time for Your Majesty to write the edict of abdication, but I didn't expect Your Majesty to have already prepared it in advance."
What she held in her hand was the edict that Emperor Longfeng had just written. It was indeed an edict of succession, but the place where the successor should have been written was left blank, and it did not specify to whom the throne would be passed.
Emperor Longfeng stretched out his hand to snatch it, but he was old and frail now, and his movements became very slow and clumsy. Concubine De quickly retracted her hand and stepped back a few steps, then spread the edict on the table with a smile on her face. There were also used pens and ink on the table, so everything was ready.
Concubine De dipped the brush into ink and handed it to Emperor Longfeng: "Your Majesty, please add my son's name."
Emperor Longfeng's eyes were bloodshot and he looked like he was about to pass out from anger. He refused to take the pen no matter what.
He hasn't done enough as the emperor yet. He can't even get involved with the crown prince, let alone the third son who he has never considered as a candidate for succession!
Concubine De smiled and held him for a while, then her smile finally fell, her mouth turned down, and she put down her pen with a gloomy face. Seeing this, Emperor Longfeng thought she had finally compromised, and just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a sharp dagger was pressed against his neck.
"Your Majesty, please add my son's name." Defei exerted force on her hand, pressed the dagger down, and repeated it again.
Emperor Longfeng felt a pain in his neck, and then liquid flowed down. He raised his hand and touched it, and felt wet blood.
After ascending the throne, he had not seen blood again. His face trembled, and Emperor Longfeng saw the cruelty in her eyes. He was afraid that if he angered her, he would be doomed to fail. He could only walk to the table unwillingly and picked up the pen.
After the edict was written, Concubine De checked it again and again to make sure it was correct before letting the ink dry and putting it into her sleeve.
Emperor Longfeng seemed to be drained of energy and sat paralyzed on the ground.
Defei didn't care about him at this time. She pushed the door open leisurely and saw Yin Ciguang and others who had been subdued and were kneeling beside her. A victorious smile appeared on her lips.
With the Zen Imperial Decree, they have already won half the battle.
At this time, Yin Chengjing arrived late. When Concubine De saw him, she hurried over to him and quickly pulled out the imperial edict from her sleeve to show him: "Mother, everything is ready here. How about yours?"
"It's almost done." Yin Chengjing was wearing a red robe with a golden four-clawed dragon and a crown on his head. He looked very high-spirited. "Our people have taken over the defense of the palace. Someone has gone outside the palace to pass on the imperial decree. All we have to do now is wait for the court officials to enter the palace and then take over Kunning Palace."
According to the plan, Defei was responsible for obtaining the abdication edict, while Yin Chengjing reached an agreement with Gong Hongfei to quickly control the entire Yan Palace by force.
Afterwards, she summoned all the civil and military officials to the palace and placed them under house arrest, claiming that the emperor was seriously ill. At the same time, she seized Kunning Palace, took the empress and the fifth prince as hostages, and lured the crown prince to death.
If there are those who disobey, they will be killed tonight.
In this way, it was only natural for him to inherit the throne.
Every emperor who succeeded to the throne in the past and present had his hands stained with blood. The victors win and the thieves lose. As long as he becomes emperor, won't he write the history books?
Yin Chengjing stood in the hall, his eyes swept over Emperor Longfeng who was sitting paralyzed on the ground, Yin Ciguang and others who were forced to kneel on the ground, and a scornful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He has endured it for too long, it's time to do this.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Yin Chengyu stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking out at the dark night. Xue Shu walked in quickly and reported in a low voice: "Yin Chengjing's men have secretly surrounded Kunning Palace. I have ordered the elite to escort the Empress and the Fifth Prince out of the palace for the time being. Zheng Duobao and Zhao Lin are already waiting outside the palace to meet them."
"What is the situation at the palace gates?"
"Everyone is controlled by Yin Chengjing's men. People can only go in but not out. Except for the court officials who were deceived into the palace by the false imperial edict, I'm afraid not even a mosquito can fly out now." Xue Shu said.
Yin Chengyu said: "Prepare for a counterattack, but don't move too fast. You have to give him time to finish his trick."
As the two were talking, a young eunuch who was guarding the gate came hurriedly to report: "Someone has come from the Qianqing Palace and said that His Majesty is critically ill. Please go there immediately."
Yin Chengyu and Xue Shu looked at each other, and just said that he would change his clothes and go immediately, and asked the eunuch to reply to the letter.
After sending the eunuch away, Yin Chengyu calmly straightened his clothes and was about to walk out, but when he passed by Xue Shu, his hand was grabbed. Xue Shu grabbed his wrist, and his rough fingertips followed the delicate skin texture and climbed up to his elbow, firmly clamping his arm: "Your Highness, there is no need to put yourself in danger."
The so-called emperor being seriously ill was just an excuse. The biggest obstacle for Yin Chengjing to abdicate and seize the throne was Yin Chengyu, the legitimate crown prince.
Yin Chengyu stared at him and refused to give in: "Everything has been arranged properly, nothing can go wrong. If we have to act, we have to act it out more realistically."
After saying this, seeing that Xue Shu still refused to let go, he patted his arm, leaned over and rubbed noses with him, exchanging a kiss full of soothing meaning: "Deal with Yin Chengjing's people as soon as possible, and come to Qianqing Palace to pick up the orphan."
The clamp on his arm was loosened, Yin Chengyu curled his lips and smiled, and when he withdrew his hand, his fingertips lightly pressed his rolling Adam's apple, then he turned and left the inner hall, and pointed two eunuchs to go to the Qianqing Palace together.
Xue Shu looked at his figure, licked his teeth, and went in the opposite direction of him.
The guards from the East and West Factories, as well as the Jinwu Guards and Yulin Guards, totaling more than 20,000 people, have been secretly ambushing inside and outside the Prince of Yan's palace, and outside Wangjing City, the troops of the Beijing Camp led by He Shan and Ying Hongxue are on standby at any time.
We just need to wait for the order to cooperate internally and externally to take down the rebel party.
Cui Ci and Wei Xihe, who had been waiting for him, immediately stood up and waited for orders when they saw him coming: "Master, the people are ready."
Xue Shu untied his cape, revealing his black military uniform. He took the heavy sword from Wei Xihe and slung it around his waist, his eyes revealing a long-lost bloody look. He placed one hand on the hilt, rubbing the uneven pattern with his thumb, and said in a deep voice, "Come with me to eliminate the rebels. Anyone who disobeys will not be spared."
The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, but the gates were tightly closed. Yin Chengjing was drinking tea in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.
He and Concubine De sat on each side. The bodies in the hall had been cleared away, but there were still traces of blood on the carpet, indicating the atrocities that had occurred here. The remaining useful people were all forced to kneel by soldiers with knives at their necks. Occasionally, Yin Chengjing's men would come in a hurry to report the news.
When he heard that all the court officials had gathered in the side hall, he put down his teacup and said with a smile, "The only one missing now is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Let's have someone close the door of the side hall first. Please wait for a while, everyone."
Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Just as he finished giving his orders, he heard a loud announcement from outside: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
Yin Chengjing stood up suddenly, his face filled with joy: "Please come in!"
Yin Chengyu walked into the palace as if he hadn't noticed anything, with only two eunuchs following him.
As soon as he entered, the door behind him was closed. Yin Chengyu walked around the screen and saw the people kneeling on the ground and Concubine De and Yin Chengjing sitting in the main seat. He showed a look of surprise at the right time: "Concubine De? Third brother?" His eyes swept over the kneeling Yin Ciguang and Gao Xian, and then looked at the tightly closed inner hall door. He seemed to finally understand something, and his expression gradually calmed down. He asked: "Third brother, are you trying to rebel?"
Yin Chengjing shook his head and pointed at Yin Ciguang: "The Crown Prince is wrong. It was Prince An who wanted to rebel and kill the king. The Crown Prince took the car in a hurry but was injured by Prince An. And I," he pointed at himself: "turned the tide and eliminated the rebels in the critical moment. When my father was dying, he passed the throne to me."
He glanced at Yin Ciguang who was staring at him intently, and smiled: "Is Prince An dissatisfied with the role I arranged for him?"
Yin Ci Guang remained silent.
Instead, the door of the inner hall was knocked, and the furious voice of Emperor Longfeng was heard: "Rebellious son! Rebellious son!"
Yin Chengjing didn't take it seriously and looked at Yin Chengyu again, but found that the other person didn't look anxious or impatient, and was unusually calm.
He raised his eyebrows: "Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all." He smiled meaningfully: "That's right, since you are the prey, there is no point in being anxious."
After saying this, he waved his hand, and the soldiers waiting in the hall immediately came to arrest Yin Chengyu.
Unexpectedly, the two inconspicuous eunuchs beside Yin Chengyu suddenly jumped up, drew soft swords from their waists, and protected Yin Chengyu in the middle.
"No wonder they are so confident, it turns out they have something to rely on." Seeing the two men taking action, Yin Chengjing's somewhat uneasy heart calmed down, and he did not take the two men seriously.
Now the entire palace is occupied by his people. There are only two guards, no matter how good their kung fu is, they can't cause any trouble.
He waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, looked at Yin Chengyu, and said calmly and sincerely: "The sword and the gun have no eyes. The prince doesn't think about himself, but he should think more about the Queen Mother of Kunning Palace and the Fifth Prince."
Yin Chengyu was shocked at first, then sneered, "Kunning Palace is well guarded, don't even think about lurking here."
Seeing that he was trying to calm down, Yin Chengjing did not want to argue with him. Now that he was sure of victory, he just said calmly: "Then the prince, please wait. I have sent someone to invite the queen and the fifth prince."