klisemfg Chapter 255: Execution of the Deposed Emperor
Chapter 255: Execution of the Deposed Emperor
As soon as he finished speaking, a man in a dark brocade robe pushed the door open and walked in, holding a long sword.
Next to him was a stunning woman wearing the same outfit. Her ponytail was tied up with a red headband, and she looked very heroic.
Following behind him was a man in red holding a folding fan and a southwestern general wearing armor.
The Dog Emperor didn’t recognize Yun Xi and Song Lin, but the moment he saw the southwestern general, his eyes widened like copper bells.
She pointed at him with a trembling finger, "So it was you. It was you who colluded with the Southern King and plotted a rebellion."
"Come here, take down these traitors for me."
The dog emperor shouted loudly, but no one came out for a long time.
He panicked and shouted again, "Someone, come quickly."
The Southern King said coldly, "Brother, save your energy. All the people outside are mine. No one will come even if you shout until your throat is hoarse."
The dog emperor was horrified, looking at the dozen or so secret guards and the imperial commanders surrounding him, he was so panicked that he couldn't stop shaking all over.
"You are rebelling. What you are doing is intolerable."
"It is unjust?" Ying Tianchen sneered, "It is unjust. You framed the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother, and my father, who was already weak, died. Several princes who went to their fiefdoms, the Princess of the North, and the two nephews of the Prince of the County were also killed one after another. Your crimes are simply too numerous to list."
Ying Tianchen slowly drew out his sword, his eyes bloodshot, and approached the Dog Emperor step by step.
"Today, I will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven and avenge my deceased brother Crown Prince, my mother, and others."
Seeing this, the dog emperor retreated repeatedly and pulled the secret guards in front of him, "Protect the emperor, protect the emperor."
Then he said to Ying Tianchen, "You can't kill me. I am the true emperor. The prince is too indecisive and is not suitable to be a monarch. If he is not suitable, why does he want to occupy the position of prince?"
"Father is biased. He knows that I am as good as the Crown Prince in every aspect, but he always only has eyes for the Crown Prince and cannot see the good in me. Why? We are both Father's sons, why does he only have eyes for the Crown Prince and not for me?"
"Oh, what can you compare with the prince? In terms of appearance, talent, and temperament, you are not even one ten-thousandth as good as the prince. Tell me, on what grounds?"
"How dare you! I am obviously better than the prince in every aspect."
"Oh, you are so conceited and have no self-awareness. I don't need to waste my words on you. Today I want you to be buried with the crown prince and the others."
"No, you can't kill me. Even if you kill me, King Jin won't let you go."
Ying Tianchen smiled contemptuously, "Prince Jin? I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for you."
He had already given Lu Boda a death order to take the head of King Jin.
"What do you mean? What did you do to King Jin?"
"Nothing much, the King of Jin rebelled, and General Zhengnan executed the traitor King of Jin on the spot when he was suppressing the rebels."
"No, it's impossible. The King of Jin has an army of 100,000, and Lü Boda also has 100,000. The King of Jin cannot lose to him."
"I'm sorry, General Lu's army is not 100,000, but 150,000."
The continuous critical hits almost caused the Dog Emperor to collapse, and he was making his last struggle.
"Also, there is the King of the North. Although he rebelled against me, he will also rebel against you. You might as well join forces with me. Without the King of the North, I am willing to share the world with my younger brother."
Yun Xi laughed when she heard this. Was this dog emperor desperate and trying every possible means, or was he trying to trick them like a three-year-old child?
Ying Tianchen sneered, knowing that he was at the end of his rope. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He drew his sword and stepped forward.
Seeing Ying Tianchen move, Yun Xi, Song Lin, the southwestern generals, and the soldiers behind them also rushed forward.
The melee began, and the dog emperor was defeated step by step, and more than a dozen secret guards fell one after another. The concubines beside him held their heads and screamed, following the dog emperor and retreating to the wall.
When the last secret guard fell, Ying Tianchen's long sword stabbed at the dog emperor. The latter was shocked and pulled the concubine beside him in panic to block the sword.
But the next second, a silver light flashed, and a silver needle pierced into the dog emperor's forehead. Then he slowly fell down, and died with his eyes open.
The man in red not far away also took back his folding fan. Everyone stopped.
Yun Xi looked at Song Lin's folding fan curiously. It turned out that this was his weapon. No wonder he never put down his folding fan, and fanned himself with it even in the winter. It was not just for show.
One night, the sky changed.
At dawn, the ministers came to court trembling with fear, only to see bloodstains everywhere in the palace, which had not yet been cleaned.
The ministers were waiting outside the palace, not knowing what was happening. The death knell had not yet rung, and many ministers thought the emperor was under house arrest but had not died.
However, Ying Tianchen treated the dog emperor as a traitor, so he naturally would not treat him as an emperor, let alone treat him with the rites of national mourning.
The atmosphere of today's morning court was very depressing. There was a large chair placed next to the dragon throne in the main hall, and Ying Tianchen sat there to attend the morning court.
"I received a secret letter from the Northern King a few days ago. He has already investigated and found out that the Crown Prince was murdered by the Deposed Emperor. He also used the Crown Prince's matter to provoke the late Emperor's illness, and did not summon the imperial physician to treat him, which angered him to death. Including the several princes who were murdered in their fiefdoms, the Northern King's Consort, and her two young princes, they were all murdered by the Deposed Emperor.
Such a traitorous and vicious person should be killed by anyone. As the son of the late emperor and the younger brother of the crown prince, I will not let go of the person who plotted to murder them. Therefore, I killed the deposed emperor last night. "
"hiss--"
There was a sound of people sucking in their breath in shock in the hall.
The loyalists of the deposed emperor were all silent, the royalists were still able to keep their composure, but the former prince's party felt completely different, excited and delighted.
The morning court lasted for more than two hours. Voices of begging for mercy and cursing were heard from inside the hall, and then disappeared outside.
Today, the streets of the capital city were less noisy than usual. From time to time, uniformed soldiers passed through the streets, then stopped at the residence of a minister and surrounded him.
Even ordinary people smelled something unusual, and many people tried not to go out.
For three whole days, the sky above the capital was covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, which was very depressing.
Three days later, the Northern King brought several generals of the Northeast Army to Beijing.
Yun Xi finally saw the legendary brave and warlike King of the North. She thought he looked similar to Ying Tianchen, after all, there shouldn't be ugly people in the royal family.
But the real person was very different from what she imagined. It wasn't that he was ugly, but his full beard made him look like a human.
His appearance is similar to Guo Wei, strong, tall and mighty.
Wearing silver armor, he looks like a general leading troops into battle.
But his left hand was hanging limply most of the time, and the doctor Yun Xi soon discovered something was wrong.