Chapter 197 The Crown Prince and Queen Die
Just then, Weiwei's men came from behind and left some men to control the city gate.
When they finally reached Yong'an Gate, they saw Qianyu Guards struggling to resist not far away.
Li Huaiyu was killing with great enthusiasm when he suddenly heard someone say:
"Reinforcements have arrived, the Jinwu Guards are here."
Li Huaiyu turned around and saw Huai Xiucheng with a bandit-like face and blood all over his body, rushing into the crowd like cutting melons and vegetables.
Then a large number of Jinwu Guards and Yingyang Guards rushed in.
Li Huaiyu shouted, "Rebels, listen up! You are surrounded. If you lay down your weapons now, I will spare your lives."
After hearing this, the remaining members of Qianniu Guard and Yulin Guard immediately hesitated.
As more and more people came in from outside and the Weiwei joined, the rebels were surrounded on all sides and gave up resistance one after another.
When Li Huaiyu, Huai Xiucheng, and General Shen Chengzhi of the Yingyang Guard came in from outside, Feng Shenyu was almost falling asleep while sitting at the gate of Taiji Palace.
When he saw the two people, he stood up and turned into the hall.
At the gate of Taiji Palace, Huai Xiucheng's loud voice rang out:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late in rescuing you."
The emperor said repeatedly, "No need to be polite, my dear minister, please stand up quickly."
Then the Jinwu Guards and Yingyang Guards took control of the situation in the palace.
When Feng Qing and his men rushed to the harem, they found that the main hall in the queen's palace was closed.
After calling for the door to be opened, he found a group of women in the room, all holding weapons.
Feng Qing quickly stepped forward and said, "The rebellion in the palace has been quelled. Everyone, please follow me to Taiji Palace. All matters will be decided by the Emperor."
The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo didn't believe Feng Qing at all. She turned around, pulled the queen up from the ground, and put a knife against her back.
"Let's go to Taiji Palace."
The wives of the generals and concubines in the harem each held a knife in their hands and followed closely behind the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo.
As the group was walking on the road, they met the Jinwu Guards and Yingyang Guards who came to take over the palace guards.
The soldiers looked at each other, not knowing whether they should salute or not.
But because there were many concubines in the harem, he kept his head down and waited for people to pass by before leaving.
When they arrived at Taiji Palace and saw that the emperor was fine, they came to their senses. The timid concubines burst into tears.
"His Majesty……"
"Your Majesty...I thought I would never see you again..."
"Your Majesty... The Queen is plotting a rebellion. She... killed Consort De..."
Seeing that they were all frightened, the emperor comforted them and asked Concubine Xian to handle it.
The virtuous concubine stepped forward and took everyone to the east side hall of Taiji Palace to wash and freshen up.
The emperor looked at the queen with her hands tied behind her back and a look of utter embarrassment, with a sinister expression on his face that he did not hide at all.
Instead, the Queen screamed when she saw the Prince cowering in the corner of the hall.
"Prince...son, how are you?"
Hearing the Queen's voice, the Emperor could no longer hold back and scolded:
"Fool, you and your son are just shields for the Xie family.
Now you and your son are trapped in the palace. Where are the Xie family members? Why hasn't anyone come to rescue you?"
The emperor said angrily.
After hearing what the emperor said, the queen said nothing, but just crawled towards the prince.
Seeing that the queen ignored him, the emperor did not want to argue with the queen in front of everyone, so he ignored her.
An hour later, the palace gradually quieted down and the corpses were gradually being cleared away.
The wives of the military generals also left the palace one by one.
The news in the palace and outside returned to normal.
At the residence of Princess Jinyang, after receiving the news sent by Qian Lou, Wang Yin breathed a sigh of relief and slowly turned around to enter the residence.
At noon, Concubine Shu returned to the palace with a group of people.
When the emperor saw the embarrassed Concubine Shu, he quickly got down from the throne and helped her up.
"Thank you for your hard work, my dear."
"Your Majesty, your words are too kind. This is my duty."
Li Yueyao asked from the side: "How is the camp outside the capital?"
"The situation has been brought under control by Minister Fan. Minister Fan sent me back to the palace to report the news."
"Okay, my dear, you've worked hard. Go down and rest first."
At dusk, the entire palace was very quiet, as if nothing had happened.
In the city, the Qianyu Guards and the Jinwu Guards were frantically trying to capture Xie's gang.
At night, the six ministers and vice ministers gathered in the palace, still discussing the issue of sending troops to Nanli.
The discussion continued until the next morning.
Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu stayed in the palace for three days before returning home.
After returning, Li Yueyao slept at home for a day before she recovered.
Fengshenyu seemed to be made of iron, working non-stop. When he was tired, he would just lie on the recliner for a while before waking up.
After Li Yueyao had rested, he sent Feng Shenyu to rest and took over the work he was doing.
Only then did I know that Huai Xiujing was killed in the battle at the camp outside the capital.
The people who rebelled in the camp outside the capital were the two deputy generals He and Gong. They pretended to be at odds with each other, but in fact they were both thorns of the Xie family.
At the critical moment, Huai Xiujing and General Wei joined forces, gathered people and fought back.
After General Wei was killed, Huai Xiujing fought to the death and waited until Fan Yong arrived with reinforcements. He finally died of exhaustion.
Many of the junior captains in the camp were Fan Yong's soldiers, so they naturally listened to him, laid down their weapons and surrendered.
The remaining resisters were ordered by Fan Yong to be killed on the spot.
Li Yueyao felt a slight pain in her heart: "What a pity, such a brave general!"
Feng Shenyu slept well all night and didn't wake up until noon the next day.
Due to the urgent situation of the border war, the two men packed up and returned to the palace.
The emperor was told that the queen had committed suicide and her last words were to save the prince's life.
As for how to deal with the prince, the matter became troublesome and difficult.
What the court officials meant was that those who plotted rebellion should be put to death.
But he was the emperor's own son after all, and the emperor was reluctant to let him go.
The emperor then asked Li Yueyao, "Aunt, how do you think we should handle this matter?"
Li Yueyao thought for a moment and said, "If he doesn't die now, the first person who ascends the throne will kill him."
The emperor was shocked when he heard this.
Feng Shenyu echoed, "I know Your Majesty is reluctant, and I also know that most of the things are done by the Xie family, and the Crown Prince is unaware of many of them.
But his status was destined. Either he would be the emperor, or he would sink with the Xie family.
After hearing this, the emperor closed his eyes and seemed to have aged several years in an instant.
Ten days later, the emperor issued an edict:
The Xie family was executed along with all nine generations of their clan, the queen's position was abolished, and the prince was imprisoned in Wulin Palace for life and was not allowed to leave.
In fact, the prince had already been buried with the queen in front of an unknown hillside outside the city.
There was no monument, no funeral, and no memorial service.
Only the wild flowers and weeds around...
Since last year, for almost a year now, the court has been constantly investigating spies and cleaning up the hands of officials.
The court personnel have gone through several rounds of baptism, and nowadays, most of the people have achieved their positions based on their abilities.
Now everyone is working hard for the battle in the south.
Everyone in the government and the country is united in wanting to conquer the entire territory of Nanli in one battle.
At the beginning, the war in the south had its ups and downs, but after a month, personnel and food supplies were continuously supplied there.
The war went smoothly, with both big and small victories, and began to win in succession.
After hearing the news, the people in the court worked even harder.
Those civil servants were also preparing to start the education work there after conquering Nanli.
Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu were the first to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the news.
Li Yueyao is now five months pregnant and her belly is starting to show, making it difficult for her to walk and move around.
During this period, Li Yueyao insisted on attending the morning court to assist the emperor in handling state affairs.
Feng Shenyu was very worried about her health.
After hearing the news, Feng Shenyu persuaded Li Yueyao to rest at home and not go to court again.
Li Yueyao also felt heavy, so she agreed to rest at home.
At night, the two of them were lying on the bed chatting. Feng Shenyu patted Li Yueyao and said:
"Your Majesty has granted us the marriage, but we haven't even chosen a date when this palace coup disrupts it.
Tomorrow I will call the director of the Imperial Observatory and have him calculate a date for us."
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