Chapter 1087, Exposed
The emperor was in a coma and the sixth prince was in charge of government affairs. This sudden change caught all officials off guard.
In fact, many officials had doubts in their hearts, but when they thought of Xiao Morong and Daozi, the three siblings who were kidnapped two days ago, and they were not sure whether the emperor could wake up, they all chose to keep silent.
After the Sixth Prince began to take charge of government affairs, except for the first two days when he allowed royal relatives and ministers to visit the emperor, he refused all visits on the grounds that the emperor was recuperating and should not be disturbed.
"This is outrageous! Concubine Shu and Sixth Brother are clearly putting our father under house arrest."
"Fourth brother, you can't just ignore this matter."
The Seventh Prince and others who disliked Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince naturally did not want to watch the Sixth Prince sit on the throne, so they came to the Fourth Prince's mansion together, hoping to find a solution from the Fourth Prince.
Several older royal brothers have been imprisoned, and now the fourth prince is the oldest.
The Fourth Prince looked at his brothers, his face full of fatigue. "I will go to the palace tomorrow to see if I can get into the Palace of Heavenly Purity to see my father."
The Seventh Prince and others knew that the Fourth Prince had been looking for Xiao Morong everywhere in the past two days, and they also knew that the Fourth Prince's Mansion did not have much power, but at this time they urgently needed a leader.
This way, even if something happened, there would be someone to take the lead, so everyone deliberately ignored the blue eyes of the Fourth Prince.
"Fourth brother, you won't be able to see the emperor like this. You have to call all the ministers. Only then will Sixth brother be afraid and let you see the emperor."
The Fourth Prince glanced at the Seventh Prince and the others, rubbing his temples without saying a word.
The Seventh Prince and his companions were still trying to persuade her, but at this moment, a maid came hurriedly reporting, "My Lord, this is bad. The princess is vomiting blood again. Please go and see her."
The Fourth Prince stood up suddenly, and because he stood up so suddenly, his body swayed. Then he didn't care about the Seventh Prince and the others, and went straight to the backyard quickly.
Seeing that the Fourth Prince had just left them, the Seventh Prince and the others all looked unhappy, but they couldn't chase him. After waiting for a while, they saw that the Fourth Prince still hadn't come to see them, so they could only leave in disappointment.
backyard.
The Fourth Prince personally fed the Fourth Prince's wife medicine. The Fourth Prince's wife looked pale, but it was not as serious as vomiting blood.
"Your Majesty, Rong'er"
The Fourth Prince shook the Fourth Prince's wife's hand and gave her a reassuring look, but his words were vague: "Reng'er will be fine."
The Fourth Prince's wife's eyes lit up. Seeing that the Fourth Prince was unwilling to say more, she hesitated for a moment, but did not ask any more questions.
Only after the maid came to tell him that the Seventh Prince and his companions had left did the Fourth Prince get up and leave.
After returning to the study, the Fourth Prince sat at the desk, staring out the window in a daze, thinking of the scene when he met Xiao Yeyang when he chased out of the city gate two days ago.
Although Xiao Yeyang didn't say anything, his eyes at that time made him understand immediately that Mo Rong and Daozi were fine.
It was also at that moment that some doubts lingering in my heart were instantly resolved.
The emperor's health is better than his, how could he fall ill all of a sudden?
My father is someone who can deal with the Eighth Prince and the Jiang family. How could he fall into the trap of Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince?
The emperor is waiting for Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince to make a move!
The Fourth Prince picked up a hand mirror and looked at his current appearance. He looked haggard and tired. Well, he fit the image of a worried father and a concerned son.
Since the emperor wants to act, then he will accompany him.
Imperial Palace.
"Did you find it?"
In the emperor's bedroom, after Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince sent Eunuch An out, they began to search for the imperial seal in the bedroom themselves.
Looking at the unconscious emperor lying on the dragon bed, the Sixth Prince couldn't help but feel nervous, fearing that the emperor would suddenly sit up and ask him what he was doing.
"Mother, no!"
The mother and son searched the entire bedroom but couldn't find the seal.
Concubine Shu frowned, "That shouldn't be the case. The Imperial Seal should be in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Where would the Emperor keep it?"
Without the imperial seal, the imperial decree to pass on the throne cannot be issued.
The Sixth Prince asked anxiously, "Mother, what should we do now?"
Concubine Shu glanced at the Sixth Prince, then looked coldly at the Emperor on the dragon bed: "We can't wait any longer. If Xiao Yeyang suddenly returns, he will definitely question the Emperor's fainting. Then, our plan might be in jeopardy."
The Sixth Prince's breath hitched: "Mother, what are you going to do?"
Concubine Shu looked at him steadily and said, "Now we have no choice but to do it once and for all. As long as the emperor passes away, you, who is in charge of the government, will naturally succeed to the throne."
The Sixth Prince felt nervous and looked at Concubine Shu with some fear.
Seeing him sweating profusely from fear, Concubine Shu said coldly, "Look at you! Throughout the dynasties, which emperor ever sat on the throne with clean hands? Just tell me, do you still want the throne?"
The Sixth Prince breathed rapidly. His originally wavering mood gradually calmed down when he thought of the supreme imperial power, and his eyes became more and more determined.
Desire overcame fear, and the Sixth Prince suddenly took two steps at a time and came to the dragon bed. He quickly picked up a pillow and covered the emperor with it with trembling hands.
Just as the pillow was about to cover the emperor, the emperor suddenly opened his eyes, and his sharp and cold eyes shot towards the Sixth Prince like a knife.
The Sixth Prince was shocked and terrified. He was so frightened that he threw the pillow in his hand away and quickly stepped back. As he stepped back, he tripped and fell to the ground.
Just as Concubine Shu was about to reprimand the Sixth Prince, she saw the Emperor struggling to sit up with his hands, looking at them with a gloomy face.
"Your Majesty"
Concubine Shu's face also changed drastically, and she was so frightened that she couldn't even speak clearly: "Impossible." She had given him such a strong drug, the emperor shouldn't have woken up.
Looking at the emperor's cold eyes, Concubine Shu knew that if the emperor didn't die, she and the Sixth Prince would have to die, and her family would also be implicated.
Concubine Shu reacted quickly and said to the Sixth Prince: "Hurry, the Emperor has passed away, why don't you go and help your father tidy up his appearance."
In life-or-death crises, people react very quickly.
Even though the Sixth Prince was frightened to the point of weakness, his frozen brain quickly regained consciousness after hearing Concubine Shu's words. He crawled and rolled to pick up the pillow and pounced on the Emperor.
"What are you doing?!"
Just then, Eunuch An walked in with the Fourth Prince.
Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince issued an order that no one was allowed to approach the Palace of Heavenly Purity, so the Fourth Prince was secretly brought in by Eunuch An.
Because they entered secretly, no one informed them, so the Fourth Prince and Eunuch An witnessed the scene where Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince tried to murder the Emperor.
The Fourth Prince didn't think twice and rushed over, knocked the Sixth Prince away, and protected the Emperor behind him.
Eunuch An also hurried to the emperor's side, looking at Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince with great anger: "Concubine Shu, Sixth Prince, you are so bold! How dare you kill the emperor!"
The moment she saw the Fourth Prince and Eunuch An, Concubine Shu knew that it was impossible for the Sixth Prince to succeed to the throne legitimately. She took off the ring on her finger, put it to her mouth and blew it, and suddenly a sharp whistle came out.
The emperor sat up, pushed away the fourth prince who was trying to stop him, and looked at Concubine Shu coldly: "What do you want to do?"
At this moment, Concubine Shu was no longer afraid: "Your Majesty, you are old, and it is time for you to abdicate and let others take over."
The Emperor sneered and pointed at the Sixth Prince: "He who only knows how to follow your orders and has no opinions of his own, do you think he is virtuous?"
Having said that, he looked at the Sixth Prince again.
"Sixth Brother, let me ask you, if I pass the throne to you, do you think you can hold on to it? Can you shoulder this vast empire? Can you control all the officials in the court?"
The Sixth Prince moved his lips and instinctively looked at Concubine Shu.
The emperor shook his head and said, "Shufei, I have many sons, and many princes are eyeing the throne, but only the third and sixth princes have committed treason and rebellion. Why is that?"
"The third son is quite capable and is the material for a wise king. The sixth son has no opinions of his own and is destined to be a wealthy prince."
"But now, because of an ambitious mother like you, their lives are over."
Concubine Shu's expression changed again and again, and she began to doubt herself. However, when she heard the sounds of fighting outside the palace, her expression regained its composure: "Your Majesty, you are wrong. My two sons will live a safe and smooth life."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of assassins rushed in.
With a wave of Concubine Shu's hand, the assassins rushed directly towards the emperor, the fourth prince, and eunuch An.
The emperor calmly pressed the switch on the bed, and suddenly, the secret room behind the dragon bed was opened. The guards who had been lying in ambush inside rushed out and fought with the assassins.
Seeing this scene, Concubine Shu and the Sixth Prince's hearts sank to the bottom.
Not long after, all the assassins were killed by the imperial guards before they even touched the emperor's clothes.
The shouting and screaming outside the hall gradually weakened.
Concubine Shu knew that the situation was hopeless, and she and the Sixth Prince were brought before the Emperor with dejected looks.
Looking at the pale emperor, Concubine Shu suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, you did this on purpose, deliberately made me do it, deliberately made me frame the eldest prince and the others, right?"
Seeing that the emperor did not deny it, Concubine Shu laughed out loud. At this moment, she understood everything. The emperor had known everything she had done for a long time, but he still deliberately led her to this point.
"The Emperor is such a kind father!"
Concubine Shu looked at the emperor with tears and laughter: "You know that the eldest prince, the second prince, and the fifth prince are all eyeing your throne, but you don't want to kill your own sons, so you let me frame them and imprison them."
"This way, we can save their lives and also stop them from thinking about it. But why? They are your sons, aren't the third and sixth sons also yours? Why are you so partial?"
The emperor looked at Concubine Shu expressionlessly: "The third brother cooperated with the Jiang family and violated my bottom line. I didn't kill him. You should be grateful. As for the sixth brother..."
"You know why I've been letting you guys make trouble? It's because I haven't figured out how to deal with the Sixth Prince." As he said this, he looked at the Sixth Prince with disappointment.
"What a shame! For the throne, the Sixth Brother even killed his own father!"
Concubine Shu sneered at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please stop making these high-sounding remarks. You just want to use me to get rid of those who are unfaithful to you."
She could imagine that all the soldiers outside who were affiliated with them should have been killed, right?
Thinking that she was just a pawn in the emperor's hands, that her family would be implicated and the entire Manchu clan would be executed, and that her two sons would not survive, Concubine Shu was filled with anger. She picked up the sword from a dead warrior, rushed up, grabbed it, and stabbed the emperor.
"emperor!"
"Father, be careful!"
"Squeak~"
The sound of a blade piercing into the body was heard.
When Xiao Yeyang rushed over from outside, he saw Concubine Shu stabbing the Fourth Prince who was standing in front of the Emperor with a knife.
(End of this chapter)
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