After court today, His Majesty fainted on his way back and was unable to get up for a while.
At this time, various forces were stirring up trouble, with Jiang Changfeng, who was in charge of internal affairs, and Jiang Yuchen, who was in charge of the army, leading the charge.
The political situation in the court is now clearly divided. With the two princes vying for power, underhanded tactics are inevitable. I heard that Jiang Changfeng was assassinated on his way back home from court, and it's no surprise that Jiang Yuchen was responsible.
"Eunuch Wu, the Empress's days are numbered! Quickly summon the ministers!"
Upon hearing this, the palace maids and eunuchs nearby knelt down on the ground, wailing and howling.
"What are you crying for? The Emperor hasn't died yet! This is bad luck. Get them all out of here. What will the officials think when they come to see this?" The Empress, exuding domineering power, quickly took charge of the situation.
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Li quickly chased everyone out.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Jiang Yuchen even brought her sword into the emperor's palace, looking determined and fearless.
Eunuch Wu took out the imperial edict and began to read it aloud.
"By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Since I have no sons, I have specially selected a son from among my relatives to be established as the Crown Prince, who will ascend the throne after my passing. The Second Prince, Jiang Changfeng..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuchen gripped the sword tightly, and killing intent immediately welled up in his eyes.
"Possessing both virtue and talent, and being well-versed in literature, he is hereby appointed as a Grand Academician of the Palace, and appointed as the Chancellor, to go to Luoyang to oversee the Imperial Academy. This is a matter of promotion."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuchen lowered his sword and waited quietly for the emperor's decree. After all, the second young master was already the Grand Secretary and had no chance of competing with him, but he had overlooked the eldest young master, who had not achieved much.
"The Third Young Master is highly skilled in martial arts and upright in character. He is hereby appointed as the General of Zhenyuan and will be stationed at the border from this day forward."
"What?"
Jiang Yuchen drew his sword, pointed it at Eunuch Wu, and snatched the imperial edict.
The inscription above clearly stated that the throne would be passed to the eldest son, Jiang Congzhi.
"Is His Majesty still conscious? Eunuch Wu, Jiang Congzhi must have bribed you." Jiang Yuchen showed no respect to Eunuch Wu and walked up to the Emperor before he could answer.
The eldest son's influence in the court was still weak, and he did not have as many supporters as Jiang Yuchen, so no one dared to speak up for him at this time.
Furthermore, Jiang Yuchen had brought troops into the palace this time, and the palace guards were all his men, so the officials dared not speak out.
"How dare you, Third Prince, bring a sword into my bedchamber!"
"You old codger, you not only refused to pass the throne to me but also sent me to guard the border. Now that you are about to die, I advise you to retract your decision. I don't want to bear the name of usurper. Guards, arrest all the concubines and the empress in the palace."
In an instant, the palace became a living hell, with countless soldiers burning, killing, and looting, and the empress was taken hostage.
"Young Master, His Majesty is dying. I fainted when I left. You must set off immediately, for His Majesty intends to pass the throne to you!"
Kyoto is 600 miles away, so the news is a bit slow.
At this moment, the emperor was lifted off the bed by Jiang Yuchen, who was waiting for him to change the imperial edict. "I will not kill you for the time being, but I will make you watch your beloved empress be slowly tortured to death in front of you. I will give you half an hour to consider. If you still do not agree, I will cut off one of her hands. If you still do not agree in an hour, I will cut off another hand!"
"snort!"
Jiang Yuchen, like a victor, picked up a stool and sat in the middle.
"You scoundrel! Fortunately, the Emperor is wise enough not to pass the throne to you. Look at your character! Bah! You're only fit to guard the frontier. You're a wolf in sheep's clothing!" The Empress praised the Emperor's wisdom while scolding Jiang Yuchen.
Jiang Yuchen rushed over and grabbed the Empress's hair, then slapped her hard across the face, leaving a clear handprint and blood at the corner of her mouth.
Seeing that something was wrong, Eunuch Li thought that the emperor was a benevolent ruler and could not bear such humiliation. He secretly hugged the Imperial Seal of the State and crawled out through the dog hole, preparing to go to the Duke of Jing's mansion to wait for the eldest son's return. The Duke of Jing was also imprisoned in the palace.
"Go ahead and curse me? Do you think you're still the Empress, revered by all?"
"Empress! Ah! Empress!" The Emperor fainted upon seeing this scene.
"Useless fellow! Someone, splash him with cold water to wake him up!" Jiang Yuchen turned his head and saw that the emperor had fainted. He quickly ordered people to prepare cold water. Seeing that Jiang Yuchen's position was within reach, his subordinates were more clever than anyone else when it came to work.
A basin of water was poured on the emperor, but he showed no sign of waking up.
Jiang Yuchen walked to the Empress's side and removed the hairpin from her hair.
"You beast, what are you doing? You're defying your superior! Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"
Jiang Yuchen smiled contemptuously, "From now on, I am the sky. Let's see what divine retribution I can suffer, hahahahaha!"
Laughing loudly, he directly inserted the hairpin into the emperor's fingertip, then quickly pulled it out and inserted it into a second finger. Finally, the emperor woke up in excruciating pain.
"emperor!"
"Your Majesty!" The Empress cried uncontrollably, calling out "Your Majesty" over and over again.
"What are you pretending for? You old fool, hurry up, or I have plenty of ways to deal with you."
After Jiang Yuchen finished speaking, she continued to sit on the stool, quietly waiting for the answer she wanted.
The emperor was already panting heavily as he lay in bed.
Half an hour later, "Have you thought it over? Will you change the imperial edict or not?" Jiang Yuchen asked the emperor, sword in hand.
The emperor turned his face to the other side.
"Xiao Yunzi, turn the Emperor's face around so he can see the consequences of not agreeing!"
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Yuchen walked straight to the Empress's side and cut off her arm. In an instant, the Empress no longer cared about her image and rolled on the ground in pain, crying out, "Ah! Ah!"
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