A Cai's work The Emperor's Phoenix: Abandoned Concubine The Emperor's Phoenix: Abandoned Concubine Volume 1 1992 Swift and decisive, the emperor's reputation was ruined

Unfortunately, the emperor's dominance did not win him any favor at the hands of the ninth uncle, who did not take the emperor seriously at all.

The current emperor is nothing more than a tiger with its teeth pulled out. Not to mention the Ninth Prince, even Empress Xie would not take him seriously.

The Emperor is completely useless. His current situation is even worse than that of the imprisoned Zhou King. Judging from the Nine Emperors' intentions, his fate may be even worse than that of Zhou King.

As soon as the Ninth Prince returned to the capital, he ordered Yuwen Yuanhua and Fu Lin to investigate the matter of the retired emperor. All those who were related to the restoration of the retired emperor were sentenced to death, without exception. Even though he was accused of being a tyrant by court officials, the Ninth Prince did not show mercy and completely eliminated the possibility of the retired emperor's restoration.

Lord Fu Linfu, the most trusted minister of the retired emperor, escaped disaster because he put the country of Dongling first at the critical moment. He was praised by the ninth prince, and although he was not promoted to a higher rank, he was not held accountable for his mistakes.

The officials from the retired emperor's faction who escaped the disaster together with Fu Lin were deeply impressed by Fu Lin's foresight and secretly decided that they must follow Fu Lin's steps in the future.

Although Fu Lin is a man who lacks a bit of backbone, he has good vision and can be relied upon at critical moments. It will be a good idea to follow him.

In fact, only the Ninth Prince and Fu Lin understood that the reason why Fu Lin was praised by the Ninth Prince was entirely because he handled the disappearance of Madam Min perfectly and did not let the Ninth Prince's reputation be ruined.

The retired emperor had no idea what was going on outside. After he was locked up in the palace, he was blind. Even if there was turmoil outside, it had nothing to do with him. What he had to do now was to show weakness to the Ninth Uncle and let him let him go, or at least let him step down with dignity.

Unfortunately, if Su Wenqing had not gotten into trouble, the Ninth Prince would have let bygones be bygones for the sake of their brotherhood, but is that possible now?

"I want you to be ruined." Not long after the Ninth Prince sat down, he stood up, ignoring the piercing pain in his body, and turned around and walked out, leaving the Emperor alone, sitting on the chair in a daze, unable to come back to his senses for a long time...

The Ninth Prince's words were not just talk. In order to bring disgrace upon the Emperor, he had hardly slept a wink during this period of time. Everything was ready, and they were just waiting for the grand court meeting the next day.

At the court meeting the next day, Wang Jinling announced the ten major crimes of the retired emperor on behalf of the emperor. The most eye-catching of these crimes was killing his father and mother and harming his brothers...

Everything was well documented. The imperial physician who diagnosed the late emperor, the emperor's pulse, the medicines he used... all those small details that people tend to overlook were all found out, and all the evidence pointed to the retired emperor.

Wang Jinling read them out one by one. How much truth and falsehood there was in them depended on what each person thought. In any case, one couldn't believe everything, but one couldn't disbelieve everything either.

The Emperor's methods of seizing the throne were not fair and just. He had killed his brothers, but he did not kill his father. At that time, the late Emperor was already old, and the Emperor could have outlasted him.

However, the person who can stand in the hall and is qualified to make decisions now is the Ninth Prince, and history books are written by the victors. If the Ninth Prince says that the retired emperor killed the late emperor, then he killed the late emperor; if he says that the retired emperor massacred his brothers and sisters and compatriots, then he massacred his compatriots.

Even when the Ninth Prince Uncle said that the Supreme Emperor had colluded with the Palace of Hundred Ghosts to abduct the Grand Empress Dowager, and that the Grand Empress Dowager had died, no one doubted it at all. The Grand Empress Dowager had been missing for more than a month, and there had been no news from her. She must have been murdered. Even if she hadn't been murdered, she probably wouldn't be able to come back.

These evidences were within everyone's expectations, except when Wang Jinling read out the part about the emperor's conspiracy to steal his brother's throne, everyone was stunned.

What's going on?

At that time, the retired emperor was the only surviving adult prince of the late emperor and the heir designated by the retired emperor. How could he have conspired to seize the throne?

Just when everyone was puzzled, the eunuch's shrill voice sounded: "Prince Su wants to see you."

Prince Su was an old minister who had followed the late emperor in building the empire. He was stripped of his princely throne by the retired emperor. His appearance at this time may be related to the Ninth Uncle.

As expected, the Ninth Prince was not surprised at all and immediately summoned Prince Su into the palace.

Prince Su was dressed very solemnly today, wearing the royal royal robes, dragging a wooden box in his hand, and walked to the center of the hall. He had no intention of kneeling, but raised the box in his hand high and shouted with full energy: "Here is the will of the late emperor, and all ministers listen to it."

Except for the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling, all the civil and military officials in the court were stunned. It was not until the Ninth Prince knelt first that everyone followed suit and shouted "Long live the Ninth Prince".

Prince Su took a look at the Ninth Prince, who looked proud and tall even while kneeling, and sighed inaudibly. Then he calmed down and read out the imperial edict in his hand word for word without making any mistakes.

He just did what he was supposed to do and prayed for a future for that silly boy Dongming. As for the rest, it had nothing to do with him.

The imperial edict that Prince Su read was the last one left by the late emperor. The content of the imperial edict was to let the Ninth Uncle succeed to the throne and let the Ninth Uncle's brother, the current Emperor Retired, assist in government. Before the Ninth Uncle came of age, the Emperor Retired would lead government affairs, and after the Ninth Uncle performed the ceremony of coming of age, the government would be returned to the Ninth Uncle.

In other words, the heir designated by the retired emperor was the ninth uncle, not the retired emperor, and the retired emperor seized the throne from the ninth uncle.

"Is the imperial edict true?"

"Isn't this possible?"

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As soon as Prince Su finished reading, the Ninth Prince stood up to receive the order. All the ministers in the court were whispering to each other, completely confused. Seeing this, Fu Lin kicked Yuwen Yuanhua who was standing in front of him when no one was paying attention.

Yuwen Yuanhua was startled, turned around and glared at Fu Lin fiercely: "What are you doing?"

Although everyone in the court was talking, they were speaking in whispers. Yuwen Yuanhua's voice was particularly abrupt. All the ministers shut up tacitly and looked at Yuwen Yuanhua at the same time.

Yuwen Yuanhua realized that he had gotten into trouble, and was sweating profusely. He was about to kneel down and apologize, but he saw the Ninth Prince coldly said: "Master Yuwen, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering, is the late emperor's will true?" Yuwen Yuanhua asked honestly what he was thinking. As soon as he finished speaking, Yuwen Yuanhua knew he was in trouble. He actually said what was in his heart...

All the ministers in the court wanted to ask whether the will was true or false. But no one dared to ask it. Only Yuwen Yuanhua was so stupid as to ask such a question in this situation.

Sure enough, he is a rough man who only knows how to lead troops. How can you ask such a question so directly? No matter how doubtful or unbelieving you are, you should ask it in a more tactful way.

The ministers looked down on Yuwen Yuanhua in their hearts. They lowered their heads tacitly, pretending not to hear what he said, but they pricked up their ears, waiting for an answer.

With Yuwen Yuanhua asking for his own death, they didn't have to be the first to ask. Only Wang Jinling and Fu Lin smiled. Sure enough, only Yuwen Yuanhua could do such a stupid thing without arousing suspicion.