newbobooks Chapter 253 The Emperor is Assassinated
Chapter 253 The Emperor is Assassinated
The journey of the Emperor and Empress back to the palace was not peaceful.
Someone set an ambush on the road, but when the emperor and empress travel, there must be a large number of troops to clear the way and provide support. How could the thieves succeed?
As soon as the Royal Guards swung their spears, the thieves didn't even have a chance to get close to the emperor and empress before they were pierced through the chest and abdomen, dying beyond all possibility of death.
Emperor Jianning didn't even blink.
Queen Qin and Concubine Xian were also very calm.
As concubines, maintaining their manners at all times is also a compulsory course for them. Losing manners in front of the emperor is a serious crime and will bring disaster to the family.
Although His Majesty is not that strict, they cannot lose face for His Majesty in front of so many people.
When the prince learned that His Majesty had been assassinated, he hurried into the palace after understanding the circumstances.
Emperor Jianning summoned him to the imperial study.
"What do you think of the assassination tonight, Prince?"
The prince looked calm and composed, "On the night of Prince Yong's coup, one of his trusted followers took advantage of the chaos to escape, but the capital was under high alert at the time. I don't know who helped them hide..."
Emperor Jianning smiled faintly, "It seems that there are still some thieves who are unwilling to die..."
"Father is saying that the Queen Mother..."
"Apart from her, who else in this world would stand up for Prince Yong? I have destroyed her pride in her life, how can she not be angry and feel ashamed, and throw the jar into the ground..."
She had been moved out of the magnificent Shouxiang Palace, and the Rongjing Palace was like a cold palace. Who was still helping her pass on the message?
"Father, but she is the Queen Mother..."
Emperor Jianning had originally saved her face for the sake of the late emperor. As long as she behaved herself and did not do anything beyond the rules, he would let her live out her days in Rongjing Palace, but she would not be allowed to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after her death...
But she would rather risk everything and try to assassinate him! No wonder he is so ruthless!
"The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people, so what about the queen mother? If she hadn't been so cruel and ruthless and killed my mother, it would have been my mother who enjoyed the honor of the queen mother today!"
The prince didn't dare to refute anymore because his father was right.
Prince Yong rebelled, but in fact it was the Queen Mother who instigated the rebellion. If she had not forced her father to let Prince Yong stay in his fiefdom and not return to the capital, how could Prince Yong have established his own regime and challenged the imperial court?
She had brought this upon herself.
After the prince left the palace, Emperor Jianning took Wang Quan to Rongjing Palace.
The palace gate was locked, and most of the vermilion paint on the door had fallen off.
The door was heavily guarded.
Wang Quan stepped forward and ordered, "Open the door."
The Imperial Guards opened the door and respectfully welcomed Emperor Jianning in.
Queen Mother Lan sat quietly in the main hall, her hair was no longer covered in pearls and jade, but her hair was combed meticulously. Her eyes, which were once full of ambition, now only held hatred.
When she saw Emperor Jianning walk in, she just raised her eyelids slightly, as if she had already anticipated her final outcome, and she gave a creepy smile.
"You finally come to take my life..."
Emperor Jianning did not bow, but sat down below her. "It is not me who wants to kill the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother is still unwilling to give up and wants to kill me...isn't it?"
"Since I dared to send someone to assassinate you, I must have thought about the consequences. Now I am old and have nothing. I don't have many days left to live. If you want this life, take it..."
Emperor Jianning lowered his head and smiled, "The Queen Mother is not without everything. You still have a good daughter like Yunxi..."
Speaking of Princess Yunxi, the Queen Mother's eyes flashed with anxiety, "What are you going to do to Yunxi? She is your sister!"
"I treated her as my sister, but she teamed up with the Queen Mother to kill me. I dare not acknowledge such a sister..."
The Queen Mother panicked, "No, no, this is my idea alone. Yunxi knows nothing. Please don't touch her... I beg you..."
Emperor Jianning snorted coldly, "It's really rare that the high and mighty Queen Mother will one day beg me for her children! It just so happens that I have just received a letter from the ruler of Yi State. Yi State intends to send envoys to Beijing to pay homage again. When the time comes, I will make the decision to grant Yunxi a marriage and let her marry the fourth prince of Yi State as his concubine!"
The Queen Mother panicked even more. "No, you can't treat Yunxi like this... If Your Majesty is dissatisfied with me, just find someone in Kyoto to marry her off. Don't let her marry into Yi Country..."
There will not be permanent peace between Da'an and Yi State.
Although a peace treaty has been signed, if war breaks out again one day, Yunxi will become a sitting duck!
It must be lifeless...
Even if there is no war for the time being, Yunxi will not have an easy life if she marries him...
Because she no longer had anyone to rely on, she became a discarded pawn... and could not bring any benefit to the Yi Kingdom.
"It turns out that the Queen Mother is also a good mother who cares about her children... Then what about my mother? What did my mother do wrong?"
Empress Dowager Lan immediately stopped her anger and dared not beg for mercy anymore.
The emperor probably always knew that the late Empress Xiaolie died at her hands, but he never showed any anger because he was just waiting for this day!
Yes! How could she be so naive to think that he would always let her go for the sake of the late emperor! That was his mother!
"Why is the Queen Mother silent? You have been obstructing me from posthumously conferring the title of Queen Mother on my mother all these years. Isn't it because you feel guilty? After Prince Yong rebelled, you had no way to survive. I wanted to let you go, so I let you live until now! If you behave yourself from now on, I will let you live out your life in peace! But you only want to kill me!"
Empress Dowager Lan regretted it deeply. Yes, isn’t it good to be alive?
If the cause of death of the late Empress Xiaolie was made public, she would become a criminal. For murdering the Empress, she deserves to be cut into pieces!
If this incident had not happened, the emperor would have to punish her as the empress dowager and also think about how to stop the public from talking. However, once the cause of death of the late Empress Xiaolie was made public, if the emperor did not punish her, the people of the world would be able to drown her with a spit from them!
"Is the Queen Mother suddenly scared? Do you still want me to let Yunxi go?"
The Emperor Jianning today is someone she has never seen before!
As an emperor, it was a must for him to not show his emotions.
Today, he did not show much anger, as if he was just talking to her about something very ordinary.
Ask her opinion!
But she couldn't and didn't dare to give this advice!
"Emperor, I know I am guilty. You can do whatever you want with me, but Yunxi is innocent... Although I have spoiled her a little, she is kind-hearted... She has never done anything wrong. Please, please, for the sake of your father's love for her, please don't marry her to the Yi country... Even if you demote her to a commoner and let her marry a peddler, it is better for her to go to the Yi country and be harmed by the foreigners..."