Lan Shuang, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly stepped forward, took the long sword from Yu Xiao's hand, and with a twist of her wrist, pointed the hilt towards Ming Wang: "Let's cut the Gordian knot. There's nothing more to say. If it goes on for too long, things will change. This is how his life will be. It's not worth wasting your breath on him."
Her voice was indifferent. She glanced at the emperor and then looked away, as if looking at him any longer would be a kind of pollution.
The emperor was enraged by her attitude and was about to curse, but the next moment he suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
“Ahhhhhhhhh—”
Li Jian's scream was heard a little late, just like the emperor's blood, which reacted a little bit and flowed out.
“Hehe…hehehe…”
The pain spread throughout his body belatedly. The emperor covered his neck and tried to suppress the blood in fear, but Ming Wang's sword was fast and fierce, and the wound was very deep. After a while, the emperor couldn't breathe and fell down exhausted.
Before he died, he opened his eyes wide and stared at Ming Wang.
Prince Ming took the handkerchief from Yu Xiao, slowly wiped the blood off the sword, and said in a deep voice: "Go down below to atone for the sins you committed."
"In your next life, you won't be worthy of being a human being."
After wiping his sword, the King of Ming condescendingly threw the handkerchief on the emperor's face, covering his face which was still open in death.
Li Jian was so scared that he almost peed his pants and sobbed, but he didn't dare to cry too loudly, for fear that the King of Ming would be unhappy and stab him with a sword.
Lan Shuang walked slowly forward, stopped in front of Li Jian, squatted down, and said with a smile: "The emperor is dead. Eunuch Li, do you want to go down to accompany him? If you follow him now, you can still leave a good reputation as a loyal servant. What do you think?"
Li Jian widened his eyes, covered his mouth and shook his head wildly.
He didn't want to! He had protected the emperor just now because he thought he still had a chance of survival. He wanted to take a gamble. Otherwise, if the emperor won, he would be the first one not to let him go. But he didn't expect the people outside to be so useless. They all died in just a short while.
He is in a difficult situation now.
"Eunuch Li, don't you want to die? What should I do? I can't keep someone with two hearts around the prince, especially someone who knows so many secrets..."
Lan Shuang smiled brightly, but the smile did not reach her eyes, and it looked so fake that it was creepy.
Li Jian's eyes rolled, and he understood something. He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to her and Prince Ming, "This servant knows many secrets about the emperor. I am willing to tell them all. I only ask that the prince and princess spare my life!"
Lan Shuang and Prince Ming exchanged a glance and raised an eyebrow. Prince Ming understood and said to Xiao, "Take him down and make him tell you every dirty thing the emperor has done over the years, no matter how big or small!"
"yes!"
Yu Xiao stepped forward, grabbed Li Jian's arm, and dragged him out. Soon, Yu Heng came in with a group of guards. He pointed at the marks on the ground and the emperor's body and said, "We've dealt with it all."
Then he waved his hand and opened all the windows in the room to ventilate and let the bloody smell dissipate.
"Your Highness, it's time to enter the palace." Yu Heng waved his hand, and someone immediately came forward holding a set of prince's clothes.
Ming Wang took a look, and the chaotic emotions in his eyes slowly faded away, becoming clear and firm.
"Pass on my order. Have the Jinyiwei arrest the people in the harem, open the city gates, and let the army in."
"Yes! I'll arrange it right away."
…
From the sudden onset of Ming Wang's illness to the emperor's visit, and then to Ming Wang bringing his coffin into the palace, the entire process took no more than two hours. All the officials in Kyoto, big and small, had no time to react, and the sky in Kyoto had changed.
The Imperial Guards wanted to stop them, but the King Ming summoned 50,000 soldiers from the border and surrounded the city. The Imperial Guards had to surrender, and the palace was controlled by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. The King Ming seized power with almost no effort. The Queen and the Prince were taken to the Sky Prison and executed on a later date.
The other princes were killed if they were guilty, and the innocent were made princes and sent to their fiefdoms. The princesses were not implicated. After all, most of them were poor people who had no choice. Lan Shuang was responsible for settling them, and they were all treated very well.
A palace coup started so suddenly and ended so unexpectedly.
For many common people, it was just a dream, and the world changed suddenly. However, it had no impact on them. They were happy to see it happen, especially when this person was a Ming Wang, which made it even more legendary.
For a long time, these things were talked about by the people, and the achievements of the Ming King in the past were also dug up and spread in the streets and alleys.
King Ming felt that this matter was a bit strange. Logically speaking, killing one's brother to seize power was a shameful thing, and the people should mostly condemn it. Although they didn't dare to say it openly, it must not be a good thing to hear behind the scenes.
But when people below reported it, the common people actually thought the killing was a good thing, saying that the position should have belonged to the Ming King long ago.
How could the Ming King not be suspicious? There must be someone behind this, fanning the flames, but he was a little confused about this person's purpose.
The secret guards were very quick and put what they found on his desk the next day. When Prince Ming opened it, his eyes widened slightly, and then his expression became more and more subtle.
After reading it, he sat there for a while, feeling both amused and helpless, then got up and went home.
…
"Host, what you wrote is really useful. People outside are very excited to read it. Storytellers even use your book to tell their stories."
888 looked at Lan Shuang with admiration as she bent over her desk and wrote furiously.
Lan Shuang picked up her pen and looked at her writing, then smiled. "This is called a propaganda tactic. The dog emperor was unpopular when he was in power anyway. By combining all his crimes and combining them skillfully, we can achieve a very good effect. Then, using him as a foil to the Ming King, it's clear who is superior."
"I got it." 888 was suddenly enlightened and was about to say something else when he heard footsteps outside the door. 888 knew who it was as soon as he heard it, but when he looked at Lan Shuang who was concentrating, he didn't remind her.
Lan Shuang wrote furiously, her inspiration overflowing and her passion flowing, she didn't even notice when someone appeared beside her.
Until the people around her chuckled and read the words in her book: "Huang is narrow-minded, jealous of talented people, but very good at disguising himself. He always pretends to be a friendly and respectful brother to others, even fooling his father..."
"Huang?"
Ming Wang raised his eyebrows, picked up the book with his fingertips and flipped through it. He saw the cover with a few simple and crude words on it - "Two or Three Things Huang and Ming Must Say"
Prince Ming: "..."
What a good name! Not to mention, he even wants to open it and take a look.
Lan Shuang was suddenly caught and was so frightened that she covered the title of the book with her hands. "You...why are you back? Didn't you say you were busy today?"
Her earlobes and face gradually turned red, and she didn't dare to look at him out of guilt.
Prince Ming smiled, retracted his hand, and tapped her forehead. "What nonsense are you making up? No wonder everyone in Kyoto has been praising me these past few days. It turns out my princess has made such a great contribution."
Lan Shuang wrinkled her nose after being hit, "Isn't this all for you?"
"Huh? The entire capital is under my control now, why do I need to do this?" King Ming was puzzled.
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