Chapter 610: Palace Change (Part 2)
The moment the emperor saw the edict, his face changed drastically.
The reason why he wrote the edict in advance was to be on the safe side.
After all, the prince has grown up now, and more and more people are willing to support him to succeed to the throne. The emperor can't help but feel a little uneasy.
If the crown prince plots any evil in the future, the emperor can immediately take out the edict to depose the crown prince and depose him as quickly as possible.
However.
This edict was taken out at this time, which directly cut off the emperor's retreat.
He stared at King Xiling intently.
"Why... do you know about this edict?"
King Xiling smiled and said, "Of course it's because we have planted someone next to you."
The emperor still couldn't believe it: "The people around me were all promoted by me personally. How could they... how could they betray me?"
“Yes, they were indeed promoted by you personally.
But some of them were already mine before they entered the palace.
I deliberately sent them to you so that they could be used by you.
They may seem to be your people, but in fact they have always been my spies.
I know almost everything you did, including the edict deposing the crown prince."
When the emperor heard these words, he felt the burning pain in his chest becoming more and more intense.
In order to suppress the urge to cough up blood, his face turned red and his neck became thick, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
Gan Fu was so anxious that he kept telling him, "Your Majesty, you can't be anxious now. If you are anxious, the poison will become more severe."
Prince Xiling smiled and said, "Yes, don't be anxious, and don't die. We still need your Majesty's help with something."
The emperor gritted his teeth and squeezed out a word.
"You want me to give up my throne? Impossible!"
After hearing this, King Xiling was not angry, but still smiled slightly.
With the help of Xie Chuxue, he sat on the low couch next to him.
"Your Majesty may not know that the entire palace has fallen into our control. If you don't want to see the palace flooded with blood, just hand over the military token and abdicate."
When the emperor heard the word "military token", he understood it instantly.
It turned out that they deliberately spared his life and did not let him die quickly. Their real purpose was to get the military token.
There are two military tokens in total.
One piece is in the emperor's hands.
The other piece is in Qin Zhong's hand.
If one wants to mobilize all the military forces of the Great Sheng Dynasty, the two groups of troops must be merged into one.
Qin Zhong only had one military token, which meant he could only mobilize half of his troops.
If he wants to secure his throne completely, he must seize the other half of the military power!
The emperor was well aware of the importance of the military token, so naturally he was unwilling to hand it over.
Prince Xiling had long expected that the emperor would not cooperate, and said helplessly.
"Since Your Majesty is unwilling to listen to advice, we have no choice but to change the way of negotiation. From now on, we will kill one person every incense stick of time until Your Majesty hands over the military token."
Xie Chuxue lit a thin incense stick and inserted it into the incense burner.
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After the Weiyang Palace was surrounded, the Changle Palace was soon surrounded by the Qin army.
The Queen Mother was trapped in Changle Palace.
After all, she was someone who had experienced many ups and downs, so she quickly forced herself to calm down.
She sent people out to negotiate with the Qin family army, wanting to know what the other party was trying to do.
However, the people she sent out were shot to death by Qin's army before they could say a few words.
The body was nailed to the gate of Changle Palace and blood was gushing out.
The Queen Mother caught a glimpse of this scene from afar and was so frightened that she almost fainted.
The lady helped her sit down and kept patting her back to help her calm down.
At this point the Queen Mother was certain that the other party was determined to seize power and usurp the throne, and there was no room for negotiation.
The Queen Mother called Wei An, the chief eunuch in Changle Palace.
Wei An knelt on the ground and said, "Your servant greets the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother looked very unhappy at this moment.
"I have something I need you to do. There is someone in the palace who is plotting something bad. I am trapped here, and I don't know if the emperor is alive or dead. I need your help to find..."
When she said this, the first thing that came to her mind was the image of the King of England.
But she soon remembered that the King of England was ill today and was afraid that he would not be able to take on the task.
Then she thought of the fourth prince Luo Xinran again.
At this moment, Luo Xinran is the only one who can be counted on.
So she continued.
"Go find the Fourth Prince and ask him to find a way to leave the palace and inform the clan members and the five elders of what happened in the palace."
The only way to survive now is to request external assistance.
Wei An kowtowed: "Yes!"
When the imperial palace was built, in order to avoid emergencies like today, secret passages were built inside the three main palaces: Weiyang Palace, Changle Palace, and Eastern Palace.
No one else knew about these secret passages except the emperor, the empress dowager, and the prince.
The empress dowager was old and had limited physical strength. Even if she could escape from Changle Palace through the secret passage, she could not escape from the huge imperial palace.
She simply gave this chance to escape to Wei An.
Wei An left Changle Palace through a secret passage, carefully avoiding the Qin army while running towards the fourth prince's residence.
It was also a coincidence.
He happened to meet the Fourth Prince Luo Xinran halfway.
When Luo Xinran heard that something had happened in the palace, he felt uneasy and ran out, wanting to go to Weiyang Palace to see how his father and mother were doing.
He was lucky and didn't encounter any Qin army or any danger along the way.
Wei An eagerly told the Fourth Prince the Queen Mother's instructions.
Although Luo Xinran was still concerned about the safety of his father and mother, he could not disobey the Queen Mother's orders.
Moreover, he knew in his heart that if his father and mother were in danger, even if he broke into the Weiyang Palace alone, he would not be able to help in the end.
Luo Xinran quickly weighed the matter in his mind, and finally decided to obey the Queen Mother's arrangements and leave the palace immediately!
He took Wei An and ran towards the palace gate.
However, he was not so lucky this time.
They met a group of Qin's army on the road.
The Qin army was fully armed, with wounded blades stained with blood, and it looked like they had killed quite a few people.
Wei Anhu stood behind Luo Xinran, trying to let him run.
In the end, neither of them could escape.
All were killed.
The leading general recognized Luo Xinran and grinned.
"You actually killed a prince. You can get a lot of reward this time."
As he spoke, he grabbed Luo Xinran's hair and cut off his head.
Inside the Weiyang Palace.
Concubine Ning suddenly felt a pang in her heart.
She couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her chest, her brows furrowed, looking extremely uncomfortable.
Concubine Xian noticed that she was acting strangely and was about to ask her what was wrong when she heard that damn Prince Xiling suddenly speak.
"The incense stick of time has passed. Has your Majesty made a decision?"
The emperor lay on the bed with a pale face, his lips tightly closed, and he said nothing.
Prince Xiling: "It seems that your majesty still insists on his own opinion. Then let's choose and see who will be the first person to be killed?"
His eyes swept over Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian.
(End of this chapter)
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