Chapter 447 King Chen's Rebellion
midnight.
Concubine Chen's bedroom caught fire.
The fire is burning fiercely.
The sky is illuminated red.
Fortunately, they ran fast and were rescued in time, so everyone was saved.
Although no one was injured or killed, some people were frightened.
The emperor was so frightened and choked by the smoke that he fainted.
People are like this, when illness comes, it's like a mountain falling.
Once you fall ill, all kinds of diseases will come to you.
In modern times, these diseases include hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and other geriatric diseases.
The worst thing is that the emperor takes elixirs all year round.
He thought it was a miracle drug that could prolong his life, but he didn't know it was a chronic poison that could take his life.
The elixir became his death warrant.
Once you fall down, you can't get up. The disease is very severe.
The fire happened suddenly, and the illness came suddenly too.
The emperor didn't even have time to explain anything, but according to usual practice, important state affairs naturally fell on the head of the right prime minister Cui Yan.
Everyone in the court, whether civil or military, knew that the emperor trusted Prime Minister Cui.
No matter who becomes emperor in the future, he will be the regent appointed by the emperor.
The emperor did not attend the morning court, so naturally all the memorials were placed in his hands, including the memorial to depose the empress.
Prime Minister Cui could handle ordinary memorials, but deposing the queen was a major matter concerning the country and the people, and it was also a royal matter.
Prime Minister Cui does not have this right.
Just wait, wait for the emperor to wake up, wait for the emperor to recover.
The left prime minister Yan Fu was jealous and wanted to get rid of this thorn in his side all the time, so he wanted to get rid of Cui Yan as soon as possible.
They were originally determined to impeach the queen, but the emperor fell ill and was still in a coma.
Then who will they impeach and who will make the decision?
The Queen Mother never cared about the affairs of the court, but only took care of the affairs of the harem.
This fire destroyed Concubine Chen's power over the harem, and Concubine Zhengui had no intention of taking it over.
Only the Queen Mother can take care of the harem.
The fire started in Concubine Chen's palace and frightened the emperor. This was her sin.
There is suspicion of murdering the emperor.
Princess Chen was speechless.
The fire scared her so much that her legs were weak.
He almost died in the fire.
I still feel scared.
As for the cause of the fire, she felt extremely guilty.
She also learned about it from the palace people.
A lot of candles have been consumed in Zhenfei's palace recently. It is said that the emperor likes to watch Zhenfei dancing in the candlelight.
There was revelry every night in Zhenfei's palace.
Although Concubine Chen was not as good at dancing as Concubine Zhen, nor as young and beautiful as Concubine Zhen, she played the pipa very well.
It was a rare occasion for the emperor to come to her palace, so she wanted to do her best to cheer him up and make him enjoy himself.
So she had many candles lit in the hall and also found many young and beautiful concubines with ordinary family backgrounds to add to the fun.
Such concubines are easy to control.
The emperor was originally very happy to see this arrangement.
Unexpectedly, a fire broke out, burning the curtains and the house.
I don’t know which damn kid knocked over the candlestick and caused such an unexpected disaster.
But what worries Concubine Chen the most now is that when the fire broke out, she forgot that the emperor ran away by himself.
But it's not her fault. Everyone cares about themselves in life and death situations.
She had no intention of dying with the emperor.
But then again.
The emperor won't live long, but he can't die now, he can't die in her palace, and he can't die for such a ridiculous reason.
If he died in her palace, all his son's plans would be wasted.
The queen would take the opportunity to accuse her of treason.
She was afraid that the emperor would wake up, but also afraid that he would not wake up.
If the emperor wakes up, he will definitely hate her for running away alone and will dislike them both from then on.
If he died, there would be a bloody storm.
At this moment, the palace gates are closed and the news is blocked.
What she was most worried about was that her son would lose his temper when he heard the news that his father was ill.
He began to rebel.
We have the precedent of Prince Su.
Until the last step, she didn't want her son to go down the road of rebellion.
And now she is also under house arrest by the Queen Mother.
Not only did she lose the power to control the harem, but she was also unable to get close to the emperor, and it was difficult to tell the truth about the emperor's situation.
When King Chen got the news.
I just arrived at the palace gate and was about to go to court.
When he heard the report from his spy, he was stunned for a while.
What a coincidence!
He was planning to depose the queen, and as luck would have it, such a fire broke out.
It disrupted all his plans.
Now, his first thought was whether his father was dead or not, and whether he should summon troops?
If there were any other possibility, he would not want to rebel. Even if he won, it would not be legitimate.
Prince Chen sat in the carriage for a long time and calmed down.
The first thing was to go to the palace to attend to the sick.
See the father and find out the truth.
If there is still time for him to maneuver, he must take the step of winning over the Shen family.
If my father is powerless to save the situation, I can only give it a try.
The emperor's bedroom.
All the princes and princesses, big and small, went there and waited outside the palace for news.
The young princes and princesses were brought out by their mother while they were still asleep. They opened their innocent eyes and stared at the closed palace door in a daze.
Many of them don’t remember what their father looks like, have never even seen him, and don’t understand what his father is.
I only know that my father can give me delicious food.
I don't understand why they have to wait here before dawn.
In fact, this is a formality they have to go through.
This critical moment.
Prince Chen, Prince Jing and the Crown Prince had all arrived, but they still could only wait outside the palace.
King Jing lowered his head, and no emotion could be seen on his face.
King Chen began to panic.
Who is the empress dowager? Even though she has no biological children, she can make the emperor, who was adopted halfway, be respectful to her.
The key point is that the empress dowager’s surname is Mu.
Her niece is the princess of this good fifth brother next to her.
If she doesn't help her fifth brother, who else can she help?
The Empress Dowager wouldn't let me in, and I didn't know whether my father was dead or alive. It was possible that my father would suddenly pass away.
Then a will was brought out, and the prince succeeded to the throne, and the matter was settled.
All his planning and hard work over the years were in vain.
What Prince Chen wanted to see most now were actually Concubine Zhen and the chief eunuch, Eunuch Qian, but these two people never showed up from beginning to end.
I don’t know if I was exposed or betrayed, so I deliberately avoided him.
It was not until noon that Eunuch Qian came out.
Tell him that the emperor will not live longer than seven days, so he should make plans early.
Seven days...
Is it only seven days?
Time was so tight that he wasn't even allowed to see his father.
If there is no turning point and no other will is left, the throne will fall into the hands of the sickly crown prince.
But if the emperor wakes up, it will actually just be a test for them, to test their loyalty.
If he acts rashly at this moment, there will be no room for maneuver.
He repeatedly deduced the two guesses in his mind.
Although my father valued him and supported him in everything, he never said that he wanted to make him the crown prince.
Even if the eighth brother is dead, there are still many variables.
He knew better than anyone that his father's respect and favor for him were actually just to push him out as a shield.
The one that the emperor really favors is my eighth brother.
Therefore, the eighth brother must die, and he must die at the hands of the queen.
However, what he never expected was that the queen's power was so strong and there was such obvious evidence.
The emperor couldn't even touch her, he just put her under house arrest.
What's the point of house arrest? What he wants is to depose the queen and let her die in the cold palace.
My father is so incompetent. He clearly wanted to depose the queen, but he gave him the opportunity.
But he was hesitant and timid.
In that case, he will do it himself.
Start with their most beloved eldest sister, then the crown prince, King Jing.
No one can escape.
And those little princes who are ranked high must all die, and the roots must be eradicated.
Otherwise, someone will suddenly appear in the future, holding the imperial edict and using the name of the late emperor's orphan to go against him and rebel against him.
Wouldn't that just make things more difficult for yourself?
Seven days.
He only has seven days to gain the trust of the Imperial Guards.
This step is crucial.
Seven days are enough to overturn this imperial city.
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