"Your Majesty, there's no need to go to so much trouble!"
At this moment, a deep and powerful voice came from outside the hall.
Empress Dowager Ye's expression changed and she looked over.
The heavy palace door opened again, and in full view of everyone, an extremely majestic figure with an overwhelming aura walked out of the palace.
Regent Xiao Qingyun appeared.
He walked forward step by step, and at the same time, a powerful aura overwhelmed the entire audience, forcing all the civil and military officials who were caught off guard to take several steps back.
"The Regent!"
Seeing this figure, the ministers exclaimed in surprise.
Surprise, horror, disbelief and stupor flashed across everyone's face.
When everyone came to their senses, Xiao Qingyun was already standing in the center of the hall.
Seeing him, the young emperor on the dragon throne shrank back, and Empress Dowager Ye's eyes were full of fear and vigilance.
"Xiao Qingyun, you dare to escape from prison?!" Empress Dowager Ye shouted at him.
Xiao Qingyun narrowed his eyes and looked at her, smiling coldly: "The Dali Temple can't trap me."
Empress Dowager Ye warned: "I know you are capable, but treason is a heinous act."
Xiao Qingyun's lips curled up: "My ambition is not here. Whether I have any intention of rebellion or not, Your Majesty knows better, right?"
His eyes were as cold as ice, staring straight at the young emperor sitting on the dragon throne.
The young emperor on the throne shrank back and didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Seeing Xiao Qingyun's disrespect, Empress Dowager Ye angrily rebuked him, "You meet His Majesty, but you refuse to kneel, and yet you claim you have no intention of treason?"
When Xiao Qingyun heard this, his expression instantly turned extremely gloomy. He snorted coldly and said immediately: "Why should I worship a fake emperor?"
"What? Fake?"
"Isn't that the young emperor sitting on the dragon throne?"
"How is that possible?"
“…”
All the civil and military officials in the court were stunned and talked about it.
They never thought that the emperor they served every day was actually a fake.
A hint of panic flashed in Empress Dowager Ye's eyes.
She did this secretly, how did Xiao Qingyun know about it?
Since he could sense it, he shouldn't be so quick!
Could it be that he was cheating on her?
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Ye forced herself to remain calm. "Stop talking nonsense! I know His Majesty ordered your punishment, and you harbor resentment, but you shouldn't confuse right and wrong and be so disrespectful to His Majesty! Where do you regard His Majesty's majesty and the royal etiquette?"
"You are the one who is really mixing up the good with the bad and confusing right and wrong!"
Xiao Qingyun pointed angrily at Empress Dowager Ye and shouted, "As the Empress Dowager, you abuse your power and pervert the law! According to our Great Yan ancestral precepts, those who interfere in government affairs from the harem should be executed!"
Strong! So strong!
All the civil and military officials in the court almost suspected that the Regent Xiao Qingyun was going crazy, but what they didn't expect was that Xiao Qingyun was not the only crazy person.
"Good! Good! Good! Late Emperor! Open your eyes and look! Late Emperor! This is your good brother. He is now trying to force us, an orphan and a widow, to death!"
Empress Dowager Ye started crying like a madman.
This made everyone frown subconsciously. The empress dowager was like a shrew and was obviously trying to act like a rogue here.
"Queen Mother, please stop acting!"
Following an angry shout, another person stepped into the hall.
All the officials turned their heads mechanically, only to see the Holy Lady Lingzhi!
Seeing Lingzhi, Empress Dowager Ye's face turned cold, and her whole body seemed to emit a chill: "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to expose your true, sinister and hypocritical nature!"
Lingzhi took two steps forward, glaring at Empress Dowager Ye with eyes blazing with fire: "You are plotting to murder the emperor, using someone else as a substitute. You deserve to die a thousand times!"
"How outrageous!"
Empress Dowager Ye felt a pang of fear in her heart and stood up suddenly: "His Majesty is sitting peacefully on the throne, yet you have repeatedly slandered me, accusing me of plotting to murder you. You truly deserve to be killed!"
"Slander? Do you really think that no one knows about the dirty things you've done?"
Lingzhi clapped his hands, and Su Shisan and Shen Yuchao immediately carried the young emperor's body in.
"This is the real young emperor! The one on the throne is just a replacement found by Empress Dowager Ye!"
Lingzhi's words were like pouring cold water into a hot oil pan - it exploded!
"Your Majesty? Yes, this... this is really Your Majesty!"
"how so?"
"The emperor has passed away!"
The civil and military officials in the court were in chaos.
Some people started to cry, and some old ministers were furious, pointing at Empress Dowager Ye and cursing: "You vicious woman, it turns out you were the one behind this! You've harmed the young emperor, you're worse than pigs and dogs!"
Xiao Qingyun's eyes were like sharp arrows, shooting fiercely at Empress Dowager Ye.
When he heard the news that the young emperor had been murdered, he felt a chill down his spine.
The most ruthless are the imperial family.
He didn't expect that Empress Dowager Ye would stir up such a bloody storm in such a rough, barbaric and ruthless way.
That was a child who grew up by her side. How could she have the heart to do that to him?
"This vicious woman is not worthy of being the Queen Mother!"
"After doing such a filthy thing, he still dares to think of ruling the country from behind the scenes. How bold!"
Empress Dowager Ye listened to everyone scolding her and snorted coldly: "Humph, since ancient times, those who have accomplished great things have not been particular about trivial matters. Besides, every crown prince in history ascended the throne by stepping on the corpses of their own blood relatives!"
After saying that, she burst into laughter, not knowing what she was thinking about.
"At this point, you are still so arrogant and presumptuous?"
"Yeah, what are you laughing at, you vicious woman?"
Everyone looked at Empress Dowager Ye in surprise and doubt.
Empress Dowager Ye turned her gaze to Xiao Qingyun and Lingzhi, who had revealed her purpose. "Don't be complacent. I haven't lost yet! Prince Ning has already led his troops into the palace through the secret passage. Now is the real beginning. I will fight you to the death!"
As she finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the hall.
Someone looked out of the hall, then quickly retracted his head and shouted in horror:
"It's Prince Ning! Prince Ning has really led his troops into the palace!"
Everyone rushed to the palace gate and looked outside. They saw that the palace had already become a river of blood, with wailing and wailing sounds endless. Anyone who tried to stop them was slaughtered.
Empress Dowager Ye sat back on the high throne, glaring at the hundreds of Dayan officials in the hall who dared not even breathe, with a scornful smile on her lips.
"These soldiers outside the gate only obey orders from me and Prince Ning. They have surrounded this place. If I give the order, they will kill even the emperor."
"If you are willing to surrender, I can spare your lives. Otherwise, I will kill you all and feed you to the dogs!"
“This…this…”
The civil and military officials below had already been frightened, and were now as panicked as ants, unable to speak out.
Xiao Qingyun and Lingzhi, who were standing in the center of the hall, did not show any fear at all.
Empress Dowager Ye looked at them and said, "Prince Regent, Saintess, if you kneel down and confess your guilt now, perhaps I will give you a little leeway and some leeway."
Xiao Qingyun glanced coldly at Empress Dowager Ye: "Your Majesty, do you think we won't be on guard? How many people Prince Ning brings will be killed. General Su should have brought his soldiers to the palace to rescue him. Your Majesty, you should just surrender."
Upon hearing that Su Xian had escaped, Empress Dowager Ye was so angry that she almost gritted her teeth.
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