klisemfg Chapter 454 The outcome is decided; the victor takes all.
Chapter 454 The outcome is decided; the victor takes all.
Murong Jun suddenly woke up.
He shifted his bewildered gaze from his father to Lady Zhaohua: "Mother... Father..."
Murong Jun's voice trembled slightly; the death of the emperor still brought him a huge shock.
Lady Zhaohua interrupted him sharply: "Don't interfere!"
There was not a trace of sorrow in her eyes. "We must call for help immediately!"
The opportunity was fleeting, so she no longer relied on her son. Instead, she rushed to the tightly closed palace doors and pulled them open forcefully.
"Help! The Crown Prince has disobeyed his father and is plotting treason! The Emperor... the Emperor has passed away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people quickly gathered outside the hall.
Tensions were high, and danger lurked everywhere.
The crown prince remained standing in the same spot, without moving an inch.
It was as if the sounds of war outside the palace had nothing to do with him.
He lowered his eyes slightly, gazing intently at the familiar yet unfamiliar face of the deceased.
Murong Jun finally came to his senses. He looked at the Crown Prince with arrogance and said, "If you surrender, I will leave you with a whole corpse."
The Crown Prince chuckled, his voice growing louder and louder, leaving Murong Jun completely bewildered and Lady Zhaohua trembling with fear.
"Shut up, you're about to die and you're still acting like a ghost? What are you laughing at?"
The Crown Prince looked at Murong Jun with disdain: "I laugh at my father's blindness, and I laugh at your stupidity."
"You—!" Murong Jun's face flushed red with anger, and he was about to burst into a tirade.
A bad feeling flashed through Lady Zhaohua's mind, but the Crown Prince dropped another bombshell: "Oh, by the way, my dear brother, are you satisfied with the 'grand gift' I specially gave you at the Mohe envoys' banquet that night?"
Murong Jun's eyes widened in shock and anger.
Overwhelmed by immense shame and rage, he cried out, "It was you! It really was you, you treacherous villain! Murong Chi! I will tear you to pieces!"
"Enough! Jun'er!"
Lady Zhaohua was terrified; fear was almost consuming her!
The crown prince was clearly surrounded and at a significant disadvantage, so how could he dare to do that?
How could he dare to reveal this secret at a time like this?
Unless, he is completely fearless!
This thought chilled her to the bone, as if she had fallen into an ice cave!
"Shut up! This isn't the time to talk about this!"
She screamed at her son, her voice sharp and piercing, "Jun'er, kill him now, don't waste your breath on him."
However, Murong Jun wouldn't listen to any of this.
The thought of exposing his body in front of so many people that day made him want to explode.
"Mother! It was him! This treacherous villain ruined my reputation!"
"I told you to shut up!"
Lady Zhaohua was so anxious she almost vomited blood. At this critical moment of life and death, Jun'er was still worrying about face that could not be salvaged.
How can he be so clueless?
Seeing her son blinded by hatred, Lady Zhaohua knew she couldn't delay any longer!
If this drags on any longer, the situation will become even more unpredictable!
She quickly gave orders to the people outside the palace gates: "Quickly! Execute this traitor who murdered the emperor! Execute him on the spot! To comfort the Emperor's spirit in heaven."
Those people moved at the command!
Swords gleamed coldly, and a murderous aura filled the air as they moved inside.
However, the crown prince remained standing in the same spot, not even lifting his eyelids.
He simply parted his thin lips slightly and uttered two words clearly and steadily: "Make your move."
Two seemingly ordinary words acted as if they had lit an invisible fuse, and a shocking scene unfolded!
Of those "own people" who were originally standing behind Lady Zhaohua and preparing to pounce on the Crown Prince, nearly half of them turned against him.
"Pfft!"
"what--!"
At the same time, it seemed as if a group of people emerged from the shadows of the palace, the corners of the corridors, and even on the rooftops!
Swords flashed and blood flew everywhere!
Lady Zhaohua was stunned by this sudden reversal and stood there dumbfounded!
"Your Highness! You were prepared all along!"
She stared at the young man in disbelief. It turned out that their carefully planned coup had been under the other party's control from the very beginning!
They are the ridiculous, self-righteous turtles in a jar!
The crown prince's eyes were filled with utter contempt: "You think you can frame me?"
"Without Father, you are nothing."
"You are shameless!"
Murong Jun roared, "You think you've already won?!"
"dream!"
"There are still tens of thousands of my Jiang family's troops outside the palace! Mother, let's go! We have to break out! We still have a chance!"
He reached out and grabbed Lady Zhaohua, about to run away, but the Crown Prince said coldly, "Those people have probably already been wiped out by the elite troops of the Northern Camp and the troops from the Northwest who came to the aid of the emperor."
He pronounced their fate, word by word: "You have lost."
"Completely and thoroughly."
The last sentence completely shattered Lady Zhaohua's will.
The supreme position that was within her grasp vanished in an instant, slipping through her fingers forever, never to be touched again!
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit!
Without the Emperor's favor and protection, she really couldn't do anything right!
She is not reconciled!
But the immense blow and utter despair completely overwhelmed her.
Suddenly everything went black before her eyes, her body went limp and she collapsed, losing consciousness.
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Lady Zhaohua and her son staged a coup, forcing the emperor to his death.
The Crown Prince remained calm in the face of danger and steadily nipped a crisis that could have overthrown the country in the bud within the palace.
Those involved in the plot, including members of the Chiang and Chen families, were all imprisoned except for those who died on the spot, awaiting their final judgment.
Lady Zhaohua and her ambitious son Murong Jun also became prisoners.
Whether they live or die in the end, their fate is sealed and no longer matters.
Preparations for the new emperor's ascension to the throne are in full swing, and the magnificent palace is about to welcome its new master.
From then on, the crown prince was no longer a pawn, but the one who wielded the chess pieces. He would ascend to the highest position alone and continue his journey.
On this day, the Crown Prince issued an edict summoning Lu Jiangnian to the palace.
Yuan Wanru looked at him with brimming eyes: "I think the Crown Prince probably won't grant your request."
The Crown Prince relied heavily on Lu Jiangnian, and on the second day after the palace coup, he summoned Lu Jiangnian to the palace to help clean up the mess.
Although he has not yet been granted any official position, it is clear to everyone that Lu Jiangnian is highly valued by the Crown Prince and will soon rise to great heights.
Lu Jiangnian, however, had lost interest in his official career.
He felt that things in the capital were more or less settled, and he planned to tell the Crown Prince today that he wanted to live a life of leisure and freedom.
Lu Jiangnian patted her head: "Don't worry, no one can shake my resolve."
"He will agree."
Yuan Wanru naturally hoped that her wish would come true.
Have you told your parents?
They had to consider Lu Song and Wang Min's opinions.
Lu Jiangnian shook his head: "No rush. I'll inform my parents when I get back today."
Yuan Wanru nodded, tiptoed, and gently kissed his cheek: "I'll wait for you to come back."
He held her tightly, displeased, preventing her from leaving: "Is this all?"
"My wife, if I am able to resign successfully, how about giving me a little treat?"
She glared at him: "What mischief are you up to now?"
He whispered a few words in her ear, and she vaguely heard something like "in the water" and "satisfaction." Yuan Wanru blushed deeply, but still nodded in agreement.
Lu Jiangnian smiled with satisfaction.
My wife is so soft-hearted!