"Second Prince, you are being a bit arbitrary. All the ministers are here, including the imperial physician. Since you said there's no need to trouble the elders, why don't you let the imperial physician in to take a look?"
"Of course. Which imperial physician is accompanying us today?" The second prince glanced at the crowd and saw an adult walking quickly forward.
"Imperial Physician Chao Guoan." Lord Chao bowed and entered the Lizheng Hall under the gaze of everyone. The door was closed again.
Upon seeing this, the Prime Minister's doubts were slightly dispelled. It seemed that the Second Prince had no intention of hijacking the imperial carriage.
Therefore, he spoke more gently: "Second Prince, since the Emperor is now ill, does His Majesty have any instructions for you regarding the rebels down the mountain?"
"Of course. My father has ordered me to be fully authorized to handle this matter. Today, we just have to wait for General Xie's reinforcements to arrive, and then we can attack from both sides and defeat the rebels together!" The second prince spoke with great righteousness, but in the eyes of these adults, his words were indeed a little childish.
Xie Ming broke out of the siege and went down the mountain last night. Even if troops were mobilized, the capital was only a short distance away from Gushan, and the battle should have ended this morning. Why did they let everyone be trapped on the mountain?
The Prime Minister bowed and said, "Second Prince, General Xie has been gone for a long time. Perhaps something happened to him. If he cannot return in time, what will Your Highness do with the few troops on Gushan Mountain?"
"No, General Xie is a veteran of the Imperial Guards. Nothing will happen to him. My Lords, please be patient. I promise that the rebels will be defeated today and we will not delay your moon-viewing banquet!"
A moon-viewing banquet? Several ministers were almost unable to contain their anger. Below the mountain were the rebels, above were a group of princes with different intentions, and an emperor whose life or death was unknown. And you, the Second Prince, were still thinking about having a drink?
Old Man Xu was also in the crowd. To be honest, he really wanted to rush up and slap the Second Prince a few times. There was still no news about his daughter, and those princes didn't even say a word. What a bunch of cowards! Unfortunately, he couldn't move. Before Lu Anyuan was cleared of suspicion, he was still suspicious.
Just as the ministers were whispering, there was a sound from inside the door. Imperial Physician Chao walked out with an unnatural look on his face.
"How is it? How is His Majesty?"
Imperial Physician Chao glanced at the Second Prince and, having made up his mind, did not respond to the threats from the inside. Instead, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Your Majesty has been poisoned! Your Majesty has been poisoned! Your Majesty..."
The third sentence was not shouted out, because the guard beside the second prince pierced his heart with a knife, and the last two words "poisoned" were spurted out with a mouthful of blood, splashing on the faces and bodies of the princes standing in the front.
The accident happened so suddenly. When the imperial physician Chao shouted out these words at the risk of his life, the second prince's face changed. What happened? Why didn't he say it according to the words?
Then the next moment, blood spurted out of Imperial Physician Chao. The Second Prince turned his head and glared at the guard: I didn't ask you to do it!
The next moment, all the soldiers in the Lizheng Hall came out and surrounded the people in the courtyard. Some generals tried to resist, but were almost chopped into pieces immediately.
The second prince was shocked again: Don’t kill me, my reputation for virtue will be ruined!
How could he know that not everyone in this world thinks the same way as he does.
Especially those guards who followed him in rebelling, if they did not advance, they would retreat. Now that an unexpected event had occurred, if they could not suppress these ministers in the fastest time, once they had even a chance to shout the word "traitor", their lives would be gone.
But before a cup of tea had passed, the world before the Second Prince had turned crimson. The lord before him might have cherished his life, or perhaps was powerless to resist, but his trusted aides outside the courtyard, upon seeing the scene inside, rushed in like mad.
The one hundred people I prepared were not enough!
Fortunately, at the most critical moment, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, Chief Liu, led the few Imperial Guards who did not participate in resisting the rebels, rushed in and took control of the situation.
"Everyone, calm down! His Majesty has issued an order that the Second Prince will be in charge of everything. Chao Guoan has been executed for spreading rumors and misleading the people. The rest of you don't need to panic!"
With the support of the Royal Guards and the Second Prince's guards, the rest of the people on the scene finally "shut up", but some of them couldn't speak because they were dead, some had something stuffed in their mouths, and some were simply the Second Prince's party. They were so happy to be able to have this day.
Lu Anyuan and other ministers were "escorted" to an empty house behind the Lizheng Hall, where they were all tied up hand and foot and tied to the pillars of the hall.
Suddenly, this pillar seemed insufficient.
Those who resisted most fiercely were simply knocked unconscious and tied up. Nearly ten people with knives were guarding the hall, and the situation was extremely tense.
As soon as Lu Anyuan was sprayed with blood by Imperial Physician Chao, he leaned over to the blind spot beside the steps and did not participate in any resistance.
All of my men, including A Da and A Er, were released last night. Even if I were a good fighter, a hundred people would be enough to kill me.
Another person who was as smart as himself was Lu Hexin. His good fourth brother seemed to be able to see through him and hid in the blind spot of the stairs on the other side without being hurt at all, so the two of them were honored to be tied to the same pillar.
After confirming that all the captives were tied up, the warriors in the hall left and all stood guard outside the door. Only then did some discussions begin to circulate in the hall.
However, the two of them didn't want to listen at all. Apart from saying words like traitor and rebellion, these literati had nothing else to say.
"Seventh brother, when will your sister-in-law come to rescue us? It's almost noon now. If they don't come soon, we won't be able to have lunch."
"Tsk!" If Yixing were here, he'd probably be thinking about lunch too. But Yixing's departure from the team was clearly a coincidence, and he hadn't left any plans in place. This was pure conjecture.
"There's no such thing as reinforcements. She really left yesterday because she wasn't feeling well. You just imagined she went to get help."
"What?" The Fourth Prince was shocked and struggled hard. He felt that his Seventh Brother must not trust him and refused to tell him the truth. How could it be an accident? Then he had helped Lu Anyuan to cover up the lie in vain!
"Don't joke, this is no joke!"
"I'm telling the truth, believe it or not. I actually hope she went looking for reinforcements, but the Dragon Guards have rebelled. Who can she turn to without her military token?"
"You!" The Fourth Prince realized that this was the key. Xu Yiyan didn't have a military token, so where could he mobilize troops? Even with the Seventh Prince's order, he probably couldn't mobilize the Weiwei Army. He was fooled. Damn it!
But before he could continue his scolding, many of the ministers in the palace had overheard their conversation and only then realized what was happening. What? It was the Dragon Guards who were rebelling? This was unbelievable!
But in this case, wouldn't the troops that Your Majesty ordered to be mobilized yesterday be mobilizing themselves? Are they just playing around?
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