Chapter 409: Successful Rebellion
"vomit……"
When Zhou Mu heard the word "rat", his stomach churned.
Vomited again.
He squatted on the ground and howled, and it took him a while to come to his senses.
With red eyes, he looked up at Jiang Ziyan and finally asked, "How can we overthrow King Chen?"
He knew that Jiang Ziyan was on the side of Crown Prince Jing Wang, and as long as he could overthrow King Chen and make King Chen kowtow in front of Miss Zijin's grave.
He is willing to do anything.
Jiang Ziyan looked at him. "I heard that Prince Chen arranged the marriage between your elder sister and my father. Do you think they have already surrendered to Prince Chen?"
"Father..." Zhou Mu was slightly stunned.
My father actually defected to King Chen?
No wonder...
During these muddled days, he didn't pay much attention to his elder sister's affairs. He only knew that his father had found a marriage for his sister.
He is Miss Zijin’s father, Minister Jiang.
It is said that my father looked down on the Jiang family. There was still a big gap between the Jiang family's status and that of my sister's husband's family.
My father is the kind of person who would rather my sister remain a widow than let her marry someone of lower status.
At that time, he was only concerned about being happy for his elder sister and didn't even think about this.
He just thought that his father had figured it out. After all, she was his own flesh and blood, and he probably couldn't bear to see his sister spend her whole life guarding a memorial tablet.
I didn’t expect that it was King Chen who acted as a matchmaker.
He only knew that the former King Chen had no sense of existence and was a mediocre person, who only became famous because of suppressing the rebellion.
But not long ago it was revealed that his fame was bought with money.
No matter how you look at it, he is all show and no substance, and he is just a vain and ambitious person.
Looking at the way he treated Miss Zijin, it is enough to see that Prince Chen is cruel and ruthless, a cold-blooded and heartless person.
Such a person does not deserve to sit in that position.
Zhou Mu didn't understand. The Zhou family already had a title, and no matter who sat in that position, the Zhou family's status would not be shaken.
Why would my father take the risk to support Prince Chen?
And my sister's marriage...
Zhou Mu stood up tremblingly, staring at Jiang Ziyan intently, trying to see from his eyes the purpose of saying these words to him.
"Brother Yan, don't you want my sister to marry your father?"
Jiang Ziyan shook his head. "I have no control over who he marries, nor do I want to. I'm just worried he might make a mistake and bring disaster to the whole family. I'm sure you think the same as I do, right?"
Zhou Mu frowned, thought for a while, and then bowed to Jiang Ziyan, "Brother Yan, thank you for telling me this. I know what to do now."
Watching his back as he quickly walked away.
It felt like Zhou Mu at this moment was a completely different person from the depressed and dejected Zhou Mu just now. His back was straight and he walked with a breeze.
Miaomiao looked at her second brother in amazement.
After all, she is superficial.
I thought my second brother sympathized with Jiang Zijin, so he came over to see me.
Then, seeing Zhou Mu's dejected look, he tried to persuade him.
I didn't expect that he was here to incite Zhou Mu to rebel.
The subversion was very successful.
It seems that Zhou Mu is not stupid, except that he is a little love-sick.
"Second brother, do you want to let Mr. Zhou be your spy and make them rebel?" On the way back, Miaomiao couldn't help asking.
Jiang Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then scratched her nose with a smile, "Little clever girl."
My sister is so insightful that she saw through it at a glance.
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King Chen heard the news of Jiang Zijin's death.
My heart trembled.
With a little force, there was a click and the Buddhist beads in his hand rolled down and scattered all over the floor.
Just like his mood at the moment.
The string in my heart is still broken.
For the past half month, he has been unable to sleep or eat, and has locked himself in the meditation room every day to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures.
But that day finally came, just much earlier than he expected.
He thought he would learn the news of Jin'er's death from the secret guards, but he didn't expect it to come from the officials.
Jin'er is gone, and he is sadder than anyone else.
He loves Jiner.
From childhood to adulthood, he had never loved a woman so much.
But he had betrayed Jin'er and deceived her. He was filled with guilt and was tormented.
There was a moment when I wanted to go with her.
But he can't.
He carried the expectations of too many people, including his mother, the Fang family, and the court officials who supported him.
He was once an unpopular prince, and even the palace maids could give him a cold shoulder.
My mother was even more trampled upon. Any concubine with a good family background could bully and drive her around.
He had had enough of living in humiliation and being bullied.
He had to live on, live with dignity, and make those who had bullied him and his mother die a miserable death, kneeling before him and his mother.
He is a heartless man.
His conscience died the moment he poisoned his brother the Crown Prince and colluded with the kidnapper to abduct King Jing.
The prince actually treats him very well.
Although he was the crown prince, he never looked down on any of his brothers and sisters.
Even if he was a humble prince born to a maid.
The prince is a good brother.
He can only blame himself for standing in that spot where everyone is paying attention.
And he also wanted to be above everyone else, to be the one who controlled the fate of others.
He had had enough of living in humble circumstances.
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In the palace.
The emperor was very angry.
He didn't expect to find the fugitive in Lao Si's house.
This fourth son, there are so many women he can like, but he has to find a concubine who despises the imperial power.
He was still stubborn and refused to admit it, saying that he was wronged.
Prince Chen knelt before the Emperor and said, "Father, I am innocent. I did not harbor the fugitive. It was Concubine Lan, my concubine. A few months ago, she went to the temple to burn incense. On the way, she encountered the injured and dying Miss Jiang. Lan'er was moved by compassion and brought Miss Jiang back to the palace and hid her in a secret room to recuperate. I really don't know how she died in there. I hope your Majesty will investigate."
The Emperor said nothing, looking at Prince Chen coldly: "This matter really has nothing to do with you?"
He wondered if he had been praising the fourth brother too much these days, causing him to forget who he was.
Of all his sons, the one he disliked the most was the fourth son.
Apart from the fact that he was the son of a lowly maid, the thing I disliked most was his petty and annoying nature.
He doesn't know his own identity, but he is ambitious and good at winning people's hearts.
But his existence is like a catfish.
Only those who survive in troubled waters can shoulder this heavy responsibility.
He didn't want the empire that the previous emperor had fought so hard to build to be destroyed in the hands of an incompetent person.
But it still needs to be knocked hard.
Prince Chen's heart was in turmoil, and he knelt on the ground: "Father, although I know nothing about this, Lan'er is my concubine after all. She is harboring a fugitive, which is a crime. I dare not protect her, so I brought her here to apologize to you, Father."
The emperor was no fool; how could he not see that this fellow wanted to use a woman to atone for his crime?
What a coward.
He raised his eyes to glance at the woman kneeling outside the palace, and his gaze finally fell on Prince Chen: "Are you willing to do this? She's your savior."
Prince Chen: "If you make a mistake, you must be punished. I will leave it to my father to deal with you."
It's all fake anyway, so why would he care?
As long as the emperor believes this explanation, the matter can be let go.
The emperor glanced at him, a faint smile on his face: "Since that is the case, then all of Prince Chen's salary and rice allowance will be suspended as a punishment, and Prince Chen's concubine... will be caned to death."
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