Several people nearby were whispering.
"Empress Rong, you are His Majesty's favorite concubine. His Majesty will definitely save you. Moreover, you have His Majesty's child. We are different. They will really kill us."
"You are so outrageous. This is simply nonsense."
The general holding the knife looked at her belly and it did look like she was pregnant.
"Tsk, you said you were the sister of General Zhenbei. What evidence do you have? Everyone here says you are Concubine Rong. Do you think we are stupid?"
"You are really the general's sister. If you dare to touch me, I will ask my brother to kill you."
The two generals had no idea who was who, so they believed the other concubines and tied her up as if she was really Concubine Rong.
"How dare you! Let me go! My brother is the General Zhenbei. Do you know the consequences of treating me like this?"
"Tsk, if you have anything to say, wait until you meet that dog emperor."
Everyone was taken to the royal ancestral hall, and the emperor was still sitting calmly on the dragon throne. A group of court ministers were also controlled by Prince Jia's men.
Prince Jia: "My dear brother, it's been a long time since we last met."
The emperor looked at Prince Jia, who was feeling very proud, with an incomprehensible smile in his eyes.
"Prince Jia is a monk. Is he making such a big fuss just to pay tribute to my father?"
"Humph, my royal brother, you still have the heart to joke at this time. As long as you write the edict of succession today, I will spare your life."
"What if I say no?"
"Hmph, bring it up."
All the concubines were brought to the front, and the leading general put a knife to Zhao Ying's neck with a smug look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I advise you to be more sensible and write the edict of succession as soon as possible, otherwise all your concubines in the palace and your only child will be killed."
"Oh, you really dare to touch them."
Zhao agreed to have the cloth removed from her mouth. She took two deep breaths and shouted to the emperor, "Your Majesty, please save me, Your Majesty."
Prince Jia seemed to have lost his patience and walked forward and spoke in a cold voice.
"Brother, this throne was originally passed down to me by our father. You'd better be sensible. I can still guarantee that your only selfishness will survive. Otherwise..."
He pointed the sword at Zhao Da Ying's abdomen.
In fact, he had seen Zhao Daying many times, but after so many years, everyone's appearance had changed, and he didn't look carefully, so he didn't recognize him.
"Prince Jia, you are plotting to usurp the throne and deserve death. I can spare your life, but I will ask you to let them go."
"Brother, don't you understand the current situation? I am threatening you now. Your concubine is in my hands."
"Do you think I care about them? They are just a few concubines. How could I possibly trade the throne for you? Do you have a pig's brain?"
"You... since my royal brother is so stubborn, don't blame me for disregarding our old friendship."
With a raised knife, he cut off the head of a concubine and then pointed the knife at Zhao Da Ying's belly again.
"I'll count to three. If you don't write the edict of succession, I'll kill her."
"I will count to three. If you don't put down your weapon, I will kill you with your whole body."
"one!"
"one!"
"two!"
"two!"
"Spare his life."
Everyone looked at General Zhenbei who was rushing over. The reason why he was not here was because he went to Zhaoyang Palace to rescue his sister.
But when I got there, I found out that all the concubines had been captured there.
He rushed over and saw this scene.
He saw his sister's bulging belly and was overjoyed. Fortunately, his sister's child was still there.
"Your Highness Prince Jia, she is my sister, Consort Zhao, not Consort Rong."
"I don't care who you are. If you are pregnant with the emperor's child, I will kill her."
"Brother, save me, save me."
General Zhenbei was really panicked now. He couldn't contact his sister before and thought something had happened. Now it seems that His Majesty did this to protect the baby in her belly. He really made a wrong move.
The emperor looked at General Zhenbei with a sad face. "Well, General Zhenbei had already defected to Prince Jia. I trusted you so much and handed over the military power of 300 million soldiers to you. You were the General Zhenbei, second only to the emperor, and yet you betrayed me like this."
"Your Majesty, minister..."
The emperor acted as if he was sad and his face was full of disappointment towards the two people below.
"In that case, then..."
The emperor's eyes became cruel and crazy.
"Then kill them all, leaving no one behind."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the secret guards lying in ambush nearby and a group of secretly trained troops under his command quickly surrounded the place.
But this was certainly not enough. Dozens of men in black suddenly appeared from the sky in all directions and landed on the ground like ghosts.
Everyone held an extremely sharp knife in their hands, the blade flashing with cold light, making people shudder.
When they landed, they rushed towards their target without hesitation or pause. Every time the knife fell, a head flew up and blood gushed out, staining the ground red.
The army that Prince Jia was proud of was also taken under control by people arranged by the emperor early in the morning. Prince Jia, who was still waiting for reinforcements, was panicking. He only had some knowledge of martial arts and had never seen such a bloody and terrifying scene where human lives were not taken seriously.
He was protected by someone behind him and wanted to escape but couldn't. He knew that he was being plotted against.
The minister who was originally trapped on the ground was now taken to a safe place.
The people here were quickly captured, and the two conspirators were forced to kneel in a pool of blood amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Prince Jia, execute him."
This time, no one pleaded for them, and no one dared to come up and say anything more.
The reason why Prince Jia was able to survive was because of the protection of the ministers in the court. Now he died on his own, and everyone saw it with their own eyes, and no one dared to stop him.
General Zhenbei, who was not a member of the royal family but dared to join Prince Jia in rebellion, was tied up and taken out to be killed on the spot in front of everyone who had joined the rebellion. The emperor ordered the execution of all twelve clans, including Zhao Da Ying.
Zhao Da Ying only realized now that the people in the palace had already moved out, and the reason she was able to return to Zhaoyang Palace was just a bait.
She thought the emperor was afraid of her brother's strength and was concerned about his father's old relationship.
"Ji Chengan, I hate you. You betrayed my sincerity. I curse you to die a miserable death."
She fell down after drinking a cup of poisoned wine, and all the past events replayed in her mind. If she could do it again, she would never enter the palace again.
Everything here had been settled, and the emperor planned to bring the empress dowager and Rong Xi back, but unexpectedly, he fell straight down as soon as he stood up.
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