Chapter 396 It really is a case of the thief crying "stop thief!"
“This is regicide and usurpation,” Xiao Yu said. “You will be executed along with your entire family.”
Song Zhuran laughed and said, "Your Majesty, who do you think wiped out the entire Song family?"
Xiao Yu's eyes widened in disbelief. "It's you..."
"So do you think we'd be afraid of having our entire family executed?"
"As for Master, he's all alone, how could he possibly have any extended family?" Song Zhuran said indifferently.
"Your Majesty, what should we do about the Empress?" Wu Panpan asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, please don't be in a hurry," Song Zhuran said slowly. "When I came here today, I already sent someone to invite the Princess of Langya."
"If she saves the prince, then let her wait to die with the Prince of Langya; if she fails to save him, then let her immediately be buried with the Empress."
"Guards! Guards!" Xiao Yu shouted, "Seize this bitch!"
Song Zhuran stood up and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, how can you say that about Ranran?"
"This entire palace is under our control. Who else does His Majesty wish to command?"
As soon as Song Zhuran finished speaking, more than a dozen soldiers rushed in; they were all people who had been hiding in the Imperial Guard.
“Drag him away.”
"yes."
Two soldiers dragged Xiao Yu off the throne and threw him in the center of the hall. Song Zhuran tilted her head and looked at Wu Panpan.
"Go and bring out the imperial seal."
Wu Panpan did not move. The soldier drew his sword and pointed it at Wu Panpan. Wu Panpan was so frightened that she quickly took out the imperial seal.
Song Zhuran smiled and accepted it, then took out the imperial seal and stamped it on the imperial edict.
He carefully rolled up the imperial edict and put it away.
Once Pei Yanchuan is eliminated, the imperial edict can be read aloud.
"You want to kill the Prince of Langya, but he is not here now. You can't kill him even if you storm the palace."
"No rush. With Jiang Wan Ning in our hands, we just need to wait for him to walk right into our trap."
Less than half an hour later, Chen Jie led his soldiers, all clad in armor, into the main hall.
Xiao Yu sat awkwardly on the chair below, while Song Zhuran sat on the throne.
"Master is here," Song Zhuran said with a smile.
Chen Jie did not respond to Song Zhuran, but looked at Xiao Yu, "Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu looked up in a disheveled manner, "You still remember that I am His Majesty?"
"Chen Jie, I have trusted you so much in vain."
"Didn't Your Majesty trust the Prince of Langya before?" Chen Jie said. "Your Majesty shouldn't say such things again."
"Your Majesty, issue another imperial edict stating that the Prince of Langya plotted to assassinate the emperor and seize the throne in the palace, and that Your Majesty summoned your ministers to the palace to capture the Prince of Langya in one fell swoop."
Xiao Yu sneered, "It really is a case of the thief crying 'stop thief!'"
"Chen Jie, I'm giving you one more chance. If you turn back now, I'll spare your life."
“Master, don’t listen to him. The imperial seal is in my hands. I will write whatever imperial edict you need.”
Chen Jie still hoped that the imperial edict could be written by Xiao Yu. Since Xiao Yu was unwilling, Song Zhuran could only write it on his behalf.
Song Zhuran quickly drafted another imperial edict and happily showed it to Chen Jie.
Chen Jie glanced at them, found no problems, and put both imperial edicts away.
“Master,” Song Zhuran said happily, “How did Ranran do this time? If Master waits any longer, it will only give them a chance to turn things around.”
Chen Jie said calmly, "You did a good job."
Song Zhuran smiled and hugged Chen Jie, "From now on, this world will belong to Master. Master is the most powerful person in Dongling Kingdom. Master can do whatever he wants."
"Master can kill whomever he wants."
"Can you really kill whomever you want?" Chen Jie asked calmly.
Song Zhuran replied happily, "Of course, Master, you can kill whoever you want. If you don't want to be infamous, just let Ranran do it."
"Look, this is the gift Ranran gave to her master."
Song Zhuran pointed to the throne next to her, which only the emperor could sit on.
"Have the arrangements for the harem been made?" Chen Jie asked.
"Don't worry, Master, Ranran has made all the arrangements," Song Zhuran said. "Jiang Wanning is probably too preoccupied with saving the Empress to care about anything else right now."
"The rest of them have been taken into custody by me in the Bright Moon Palace."
Do you know who the spies from the Southern Li Kingdom are?
"That person only delivers messages and never shows his face, but it doesn't matter. Once things are settled, we can just kill all the concubines in the harem."
Song Zhuran always gets excited when the topic of murder comes up.
Song Zhuran looked at Chen Jie with a smug expression.
Chen Jie turned to face Song Zhuran, and the dagger in his sleeve slipped out and plunged into Song Zhuran's abdomen.
Song Zhuran looked down at her bleeding abdomen in disbelief. "Master...you..."
"Most of the concubines in this harem have connections with officials from the previous dynasty. If I kill them all, are you asking me to be a lonely regent?"
"Ranran...that's not what I meant."
Chen Jie said with his eyes closed, "You don't listen to me. I can't let you live with this kind of temper."
"Master, aren't you afraid of dying yourself?"
"I never believed what you said that day. You were raised by me. Do you think I wouldn't know if you would use that kind of poison on me?"
Chen Jie said, "All of your crazy behavior was driven by your teacher behind the scenes."
Song Zhuran looked calmly at Chen Jie, "Master also planned to rebel today, rather than waiting until the Empress's child is born?"
Chen Jie said coldly, "Being a regent is nowhere near as good as being the emperor yourself."
Song Zhuran's eyes were bloodshot, and two lines of clear tears fell. "Then let Ranran write another imperial edict for Master, allowing you to ascend the throne and become emperor, how about that?"
“Everything you know was taught to you by your teacher, have you forgotten?” Chen Jie said.
He didn't need Song Zhuran to write the imperial edict. Everyone thought that he, a military general, couldn't even write well. But no one knew that he could not only write, but also imitate other people's handwriting.
"Your mission is complete," Chen Jie said coldly. "Your master will find a place with good feng shui for you to be properly buried."
After saying this, Chen Jie pulled out the dagger that was stuck in Song Zhuran's abdomen and stabbed her several more times.
Song Zhuran stared wide-eyed at Chen Jie as she lay in a pool of blood.
A guard stepped forward and dragged Song Zhuran out. Even as they exited the main hall, Song Zhuran's eyes seemed to be fixed on Chen Jie.
Chen Jie placed the dagger in his hand on the dragon table, opened his arms, and two guards stepped forward to remove his armor and put on the dragon robe that had been prepared in advance.
Chen Jie sat on the throne, gently stroking the armrests, his eyes filled with greed.
"Chen Jie, are you really sure about this? To murder the emperor and usurp the throne?"
Chen Jie didn't look at Xiao Yu, but instead admired the throne and thought, "If I had sat in this position back then, do you think no one could have controlled my life?"
"I can marry whomever I want, and there won't be situations where the woman I want to marry doesn't want to marry me, or the woman I don't want to marry is forced to marry me."
"Xiao Yu, it's all the fault of the late emperor and Xiao He. If you have to blame someone, you can only blame them."
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