Chapter 198: No Way to Defend
Oneself When the other party finished speaking, the prince showed a smug sneer on his face: "Uncle Xian, you heard it, these two old and powerful ministers in the court are willing to testify for me, I..."
Suddenly, the prince stopped talking.
The scene was extremely quiet.
He slowly raised his head and looked at Minister Lu who had just spoken with some disbelief.
"What did you say just now?"
Minister Lu immediately knelt on the ground.
His voice trembled, and there was endless fear in his eyes.
"Your Highness, the imperial edict in your hand is fake,"
he repeated again.
A stone stirred up a thousand waves.
The prince's pupils trembled, and his originally proud face was a little embarrassed at this moment.
He had never expected that the minister he trusted would humiliate him in public.
The prince was so angry that his face turned blue. He shouted angrily: "Lord Lu, have you been bribed by the Burned Uncle?"
The Minister of Finance felt very wronged.
"Your Highness, how could I dare to lie? There is really something wrong with the imperial edict. Please let someone take a closer look. You must have taken the wrong one by accident ."
The prince could not listen to Lord Lu at this time.
He felt furious. The feeling of being betrayed was not good.
The prince wanted to cut Lord Lu into pieces.
"Uncle Xian, I don't care what you said to Lord Lu to make him stab me in the back, but facts speak louder than words. No matter how you try to argue, you can't escape the blame today!"
He glanced at Zhou Wu beside him.
"Lord Zhou, it's your turn to take action. Now the facts are very clear. There's no need to waste words. Just take down all these traitors and thieves in front of you!"
Zhou Wu responded immediately after hearing this.
His face was extremely serious, and he bowed to the Crown Prince with a murderous look on his face.
At this moment, the men he brought with him also drew out the sharp blades from their waists, raised them up, and aimed them at Ling Feng Xian who was not far away.
Ling Fengxun, however, still curled up the corners of his lips, looking at the prince with a half-smile. He turned his head to glance at An Yunxi soothingly, his voice very gentle.
"Xiao Xier, go to the Queen Mother's side, it's safer there, don't get hurt if a fight really breaks out."
An Yunxi's eyes were as bright as before, she didn't say anything, just raised her eyes and looked at him seriously, unwilling to take a step back.
"I don't care about that, if they dare to attack the prince, I will be the first to say no!"
Her expression was extremely firm, her eyes were beautiful, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly, like a small fan scraping at the tip of Ling Fengxun's heart.
He raised his hand and gently touched her cheek, his eyes full of smiles.
"Well, just watch the show."
Zhou Wu led his men to surround them. An Guohou had no weapons in his hands and his face was extremely nervous.
Ling Fengxun suddenly waved his hands, and there was a burst of neat and orderly footsteps outside, and then another group of fully armed guards rushed in.
In an instant, the people inside were wrapped up again.
The prince and Zhou Wu were both shocked.
Zhou Wu's eyes flashed, and he saw a figure walking in from the door.
The second prince Ling Changxi led another part of the guards and surrounded the people inside without mercy. His eyes were sharp, and he saluted respectfully to Ling Fengxun above.
"Uncle Xian, we have trapped these people as you ordered."
This sudden change made
all the officials present look at each other
in bewilderment. They were all silent. The prince stared at his second brother in a daze.
"Ling Changxi, you dare..."
Ling Changxi glanced at the prince, his voice was calm, and his eyes were very calm.
"Brother Crown Prince, things have come to this point. I advise you to speak nicely and not use knives or guns against the emperor's uncle, otherwise I will definitely not stand idly by."
The attitude of the second prince was very clear.
He was on the side of Uncle Xian.
The prince glanced at the guards behind him and shouted.
"Are you all going to rebel?"
But no one listened to the prince.
Now the situation has reversed, and this other group of guards simply does not listen to his orders.
Zhou Wu frowned slightly. He was the commander of the imperial guards, but he had never expected that the second prince would lead the imperial guards past him and rush in.
He frowned, bowed to the second prince, and then asked in a questioning tone.
"Your Highness, isn't it a bit presumptuous of you to do this?"
Ling Changxi consoled Zhou Wu earnestly: "General Zhou, I advise you not to fool around with the crown prince. Is the imperial edict in the crown prince's hand real or fake? If you don't believe it, compare the imperial edict in the crown prince's hand with the original imperial edict, and pay special attention to the position of the jade seal."
The second prince pointed out everything directly.
His words shocked the ministers.
The prince's pupils suddenly contracted, and then he asked Ling Changxi: "You haven't even seen the imperial edict I took out, why are you so sure that the imperial edict I took out is fake?"
The second prince didn't say anything, but just smiled with a hint of sarcasm.
At this point, the prince still didn't know that he had already fallen into the trap of Uncle Huang, which can only be said to be hopelessly stupid!
No, let alone the prince, even his father was fooled around, thinking that he could control everything, but in fact, he was just a pawn in the hands of Uncle Huang.
Zhou Wu had some doubts in his heart.
He brought a lot of people with him, and he also had the strength to fight. If they really fought in this Golden Palace, they would not necessarily lose to the group of people brought by Ling Changxi.
However, the Second Prince's words still bothered him a little, so he turned around and saluted the Crown Prince, saying, "Your Highness, can you let me take another look at the imperial edict?"
The prince clenched his fingers into fists.
His face flushed and his expression was slightly distorted.
There was obvious unwillingness and dissatisfaction in his eyes. He thought that all this was a deliberate trick played by Ling Fengxun.
The purpose was to make the people around him shaken, and then follow suit to deal with him.
"Okay, if General Zhou wants to see it, of course you can."
The prince did not hesitate and handed the imperial edict to Zhou Wu directly.
He hesitated for a moment because he felt guilty.
After Zhou Wu took the imperial edict, he really looked at the position of the jade seal. After looking carefully, he found a big problem after a while.
He immediately came to the prince with the imperial edict, and then said to him: "Your Highness, this jade seal is wrong!"
The prince's heart skipped a beat.
He subconsciously looked at Zhou Wu's expression and found that his eyes were very solemn and his face did not seem to be false.
At this moment, he was a little flustered.
Could it be that there was something wrong with the imperial edict?
The prince quickly opened the imperial edict, and then looked at the jade seal carefully, his pupils suddenly contracted!
This is too obviously fake!
The pattern on the seal is completely different from the one on the jade seal, but they look very similar.
The prince felt as if his head was hit hard by something, his legs went weak, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back.