The people became more and more indignant as they spoke.
"Although His Royal Highness Prince Su is in Da Chu and is now the Emperor of Da Chu, he possesses the backbone that we Daliang people should never lose!"
"He also helped us recapture the city. Your Highness still cares about Daliang."
"I heard about it. Many people in the court wanted to force His Royal Highness Prince Su to death, and even sent people to secretly assassinate His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure, faking his own death to escape and find another way out."
"Besides, when the former Crown Prince plotted rebellion, Your Highness played a significant role. If he hadn't suddenly left Jinling and given up the position that was within his grasp...why would this Crown Prince still be around?"
"Shh—are you looking for death? How dare you say such nonsense?"
"Anyway, Nanjing has become a chaotic place where they fight each other. If I die, I die. After eighteen years, I can be a hero again!"
"Now that I think about it, if Daliang hadn't pushed His Royal Highness Prince Su into a desperate situation, Daliang wouldn't be humiliated by the Western Regions and still not dare to fight back."
"Today, it is our Daliang Kingdom that should be the one to attack their Western Regions!"
"Daliang is no longer the Daliang we once knew when the Pei family army was still here..."
The people had already completely lost hope in the entire Duan Dynasty.
However, the court was still eager to fight for power and profit, and did not take seriously the impetuous public sentiment aroused by Duan Rongshi.
Princess Xiyue and Crown Prince Duan Rongjue were both eager to completely settle the issue of the throne.
The prince did not send troops, which eventually angered the eldest princess.
The eldest princess secretly contacted the Panqi army, with whom she had already colluded, and broke into the palace one day, intending to kidnap the still-dead Emperor Yan and launch a complete rebellion.
But when she broke into the bedroom, she was dumbfounded.
Where is Emperor Yan, who was originally under her strict supervision?
The palace maids and eunuchs were all gone.
The entire bedroom was empty as if no one had ever lived there.
The guards guarding the door were completely unaware of all this!
Xiyue panicked and quickly searched the palace.
Because her father is her only bargaining chip now!
If she couldn't control her father's life or death, she would lose her last trump card!
However, the Crown Prince had already made sufficient preparations. He sent out the Imperial Guards to surround the princess and the rebels. "My sister, where are you going?"
"Hand over our father immediately!"
Xiyue looked at her third brother Duan Rongjue, feeling extremely hateful.
"Duan Rongjue! It was clearly you who kidnapped our father, and now you're trying to turn the tables on me."
"The emperor cannot live without me, the witch doctor. You are not planning to kill me and then the emperor in rebellion, are you? You are so bold!"
Duan Rongjue sneered as he walked towards Xiyue: "I want to ask you, sister, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Your Majesty loves you so much and trusts you so much, the honor of making you the Princess of Daliang is not enough for you."
"You are a woman, yet you dare to covet my father's kingdom."
"Now you are holding my father back and refusing to let him ascend to heaven early. You want to use this to threaten me so that I can't touch you."
"Even the court has been stirred up by you! You have formed a clique for personal gain, colluded with powerful officials, and attempted to dethrone me from the position of Crown Prince."
"If the emperor really loved you, he would have deposed me and made you the crown princess long ago."
"Don't you understand yet?"
"Royal sister, I am the orthodox one. And you are a rebel!"
"You now have only one way out, which is death!"
The two of them fought for several years.
Until now, the winner has not been determined.
No one has patience anymore.
We must seize the throne quickly to stabilize the country.
Otherwise, if the border is attacked again, that would be the real internal and external troubles!
The Imperial Guards and the Panqi Army fought inside and outside the palace for three days and three nights.
In the end, Duan Rongjue, who was more shrewd and had made sufficient preparations, won by a narrow margin.
The princess fled out of the city with hundreds of defeated Rock Army soldiers and disappeared.
Duan Rongjue naturally wanted to kill her, so the entire Jinling City was once again in a bloody storm...
However, after ten days, not only was there no trace of the eldest princess, but even Emperor Yan had completely disappeared.
Of course, the witch doctor from the Western Regions also disappeared.
The prince suspected that Xiyue had hidden the person again.
He was so angry that he massacred everyone in the princess's mansion.
Including the son-in-law and the two princesses' sons.
Even the three clans of the prince consort were arrested.
"No one is found alive, and no body is found dead. It seems that the emperor has been hidden."
"This Xiyue is such a wicked bitch with evil intentions!"
"My father has disappeared without a trace, and I am unable to ascend the throne legitimately."
"Search, keep searching!"
"But in ten days, if I still can't find my father... I will take the next step on my own!"
The next step the prince mentioned was to forge the corpse of Emperor Yan.
The corpse was already rotten and full of maggots, and the face was unrecognizable.
He put on the yellow robe and said he was Emperor Yan. Who would dare to say he was not?
He secretly issued a death order that if there was any news about Emperor Yan again, he would be killed without mercy!
It was just right, he could also use this opportunity to lure Xiyue out, then kill two birds with one stone and completely solve his biggest worry!
Power ultimately drives people completely crazy.
The Third Prince, who once swore to die rather than submit to the Lotus Sect, is now obsessed with power and has completely abandoned human ethics and humanity.
However, just as the prince was walking towards the throne wearing the dragon robe, he was only one step away when the gate of Jinling was easily breached by the Wan family army from outside.
"The Crown Prince is plotting treason!"
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