Chapter 273 Afraid of death
As soon as the guards disappeared, the King of Qin immediately got up and led his soldiers into the Queen's palace.
Empress Xu remained kneeling blankly before the bed.
Looking at Emperor Xiao Jing, who had completely lost his breath, Empress Xu felt unable to cry or utter a single word.
Suddenly, everything changed!
The previously favorable situation was suddenly gone...
She didn't know why she had become like this.
The crown prince's position is secure, so why isn't the throne for him yet?
Furthermore, His Majesty surely knows the rules of those secret guards, so why has he never uttered a single word to her...?
What should we do now?
"Mother! Mother! You must think of a solution!" The Crown Prince had been forced by the Prince of Qin to retreat to the inner chambers of the Empress's palace.
The high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Xu, were also detained by the King of Qin's men.
The King of Qin slowly walked in.
Empress Xu glanced at the blood-soaked Prince Qin, then turned her gaze back to Emperor Xiao Jing on the bed.
The King of Qin also glanced at Emperor Xiao Jing on the bed.
He remained silent for a moment before saying, "Father! Why can't someone with Zheng family blood be emperor?"
Now I'm not only going to be emperor, I'm going to kill the entire Zheng family!
Now you can rest assured!
No one in the hall dared to speak.
The crown prince trembled and wanted to point at the King of Qin and curse him, but he saw that the people around him were hiding behind Empress Xu.
Empress Xu knew that she couldn't avoid it today.
She realized that even if the military tally was sent out in time and the nearest guards from the capital were brought over, they wouldn't arrive until the early hours of the morning.
Moreover, the city gates have been closed for the past two days, and no one can get out...
After more than twenty years of struggle... the Xu family has ultimately lost!
"Your Majesty, how dare you! Your father is still here. How dare you kill your own brother in front of your father?" The Crown Prince, hiding behind Empress Xu, remained defiant.
Empress Xu was stunned. When she heard the Crown Prince's voice, she couldn't help but slap him.
"Shut up!"
You lost, and that's it!
You lost because of your inhumanity and injustice.
If you hadn't killed your cousin back then, would things be like this now?
"Are the palace gates still tightly closed?" Empress Xu asked sternly.
The crown prince was stunned by the slap.
He now regrets it; he should have known better than to kill his cousin back then!
If my cousin were alright, my aunt wouldn't have given the palace pass to the King of Qin...
"That's because my aunt is unfaithful and unfilial; she knew it would happen and still..."
The crown prince remained defiant, but Empress Xu slapped him again.
Given the current situation, even saving the crown prince's life is difficult; how could this son be so foolish...?
"Your Highness! Actually, I have never understood why my father chose you as the crown prince."
Later, when I grew up, I realized that my father didn't necessarily have to choose me as the crown prince.
Rather, it was because the Emperor needed a family to rival the Zheng family.
As for you, you were just a little better off reincarnated, ending up in the womb of the Empress.
The Xu family has become your biggest backer.
But you're a piece of trash!
"Even if someone like you becomes the emperor of Dayu, you will still bring about its downfall," the King of Qin said slowly.
Empress Xu remained silent, only closing her eyes.
The King of Qin's words... actually make a lot of sense.
His son was simply not fit to be the crown prince.
Over the years, how many messes have I and Prime Minister Xu cleaned up for him?
"You... I am the Crown Prince, I am the heir apparent of Dayu."
If you kill me, that's treason, and you'll be struck by lightning...
"Ahhhh! Don't kill me!" The prince saw the men beside the King of Qin raise their knives and immediately crouched down, covering his head in fear.
The King of Qin laughed!
Empress Xu was filled with grief; how could the Crown Prince have so little integrity...?
"Crown Prince! Stand up for me! What kind of education did your father give you?"
"Even if I die, I will die standing!" Empress Xu said sternly.
The crown prince still held his head in his hands, shouting, "I don't want to! I'm not going to be the crown prince anymore! I'm giving this empire to him!"
As long as he doesn't kill me...
Brother, you just said outside that only one of the Empress Dowager and the Eighth Prince could live.
Does that mean that only one of me and my mother can survive?
You are destined to be emperor; you cannot bear the guilt of murdering your stepmother!
I'll kill her for you, as long as I can live...
Not only was the King of Qin stunned, but everyone in the hall was stunned.
Prime Minister Xu was completely dumbfounded.
"Crown Prince! That's your mother! You beast!" Prime Minister Xu cried out in anguish.
Empress Xu also looked at the Crown Prince in disbelief.
"you......"
"I didn't want to be the crown prince, but you insisted on making me one!"
Mother, you love me the most, don't you?
Please help your son one last time!
As he spoke, the Crown Prince pulled a dagger from his boot and swiftly stabbed it into Empress Xu's neck.
This speed is as if it had been rehearsed countless times...
The King of Qin looked at Empress Xu, who was clutching her neck and glaring angrily, then glanced at the Crown Prince, who was all smiles and trying to curry favor...
"You...you actually killed your own mother!"
She is the one who gave birth to you and raised you!
"She deserves to die! She stole your mother's position as empress and your position as crown prince. She deserves to die!"
Who else do you want me to kill?
"Prime Minister Xu? I'll go kill him right now!" The Crown Prince looked at the King of Qin with a fawning expression.
"You..." The King of Qin didn't know what to say!
In that instant, the prince's eyes suddenly changed, and he abruptly thrust the dagger toward the King of Qin.
The King of Qin dodged, and the dagger just grazed his cheek.
He felt a sharp pain on his face, and a warm liquid slid down his cheek. The King of Qin flung the Crown Prince aside.
The crown prince, who failed in his assassination attempt on the King of Qin, was immediately pinned to the ground by his subordinates.
"Don't kill him yet!"
"I will have them witness my ascension to the throne," said the King of Qin, wiping the blood from his face.
The prince's face turned ashen...
"Guards, go to the Changsheng Marquis's residence and the Dingguo Duke's residence now and bring everyone here to me."
Also, find the Seventh Prince for me.
"Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!" the King of Qin shouted.
Immediately, someone led two teams out.
"Where is the Grand Eunuch Wu Youde?" The King of Qin thought of the imperial seal and military tally that he had just told the commander.
"Your Highness... Wu Youde disappeared yesterday!" a young eunuch in Empress Xu's palace said, trembling.
King of Qin...
Wu Youde has disappeared? What happened to the imperial seal and military tally?
Besides the Emperor, only the chief eunuch knew about these two things!
"Find him for me! Turn the capital upside down, find Wu Youde!"
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