Counselor Sun left a vague note in "The Legend of Liuzili".
When he loudly pointed out that the word "reason" would disappear when exposed to water, the civil and military ministers who were wearing hemp and filial piety were all shocked.
In a will, other words cannot be erased, but only a certain word can be erased. Unless the person who wrote the imperial edict can do it, who else can?
The historian who read out the imperial edict did not believe in evil, so with the Empress Dowager's nodding permission, he immersed the imperial edict in the water.
Sure enough, what disappeared were the words that Counselor Sun said.
"Ah!" Seeing this scene, Zhao Chengli took a few steps back.
Everything he planned carefully was exposed just when he was about to succeed in the last step. He had such difficulty, but he didn't expect that he would be destroyed so easily.
Zhao Chengli stared at his red eyes, "Haha... Counselor Sun, I didn't expect you to have such a skill, you are really good!"
Counselor Sun looked at Zhao Chengli with a painful look on his face, "Sixth Prince, you forced me to do this. You can hurt me however you want, but you can't touch my family."
Perhaps he made this mistake from the beginning when he got married and had children, especially his wife, who was originally arranged by the Sixth Prince to monitor him.
He knew his wife's identity clearly, but he also fell in love with her soberly. Counselor Sun thought that since he was devoted to being the sixth prince and would never betray her, his family would not have any troubles.
"Sixth Prince, she is obviously yours!"
"You are not mine, why should I keep my hands on you?" Zhao Chengli smiled cruelly.
"You have been with me for so long, you should know my style. I will not let you go to hell alone. You miss your family so much, wouldn't it be wrong to let them go underground to accompany you?"
"Sixth Prince, when did you become so cold-blooded and ruthless..." Counselor Sun felt extremely heartbroken.
Zhao Chengli shook his head, "I have always been this kind of person, it's just that you can't bear it especially when things happen to you!"
Counselor Sun was disheartened when Zhao Chengli exposed the last layer of illusion. He immediately stopped hesitating and slammed his head against the pillar beside him.
He forged the edict, which was a treasonous crime.
He came back with all his strength, just because he didn't want his wife and children to die in vain. Now that he has given an explanation to his wife and children, he will naturally not live an ignoble life anymore.
This time, Counselor Sun is really dead.
"Come on, this man has defiled the late emperor's mourning hall, drag him out and expose his corpse for three days!" Murong Jing ordered in a cold tone.
At this point, a seemingly carefully planned plot by the sixth prince to seek power and usurp the throne was easily unraveled in front of the late emperor's coffin.
Unfortunately, after Murong Jing's voice fell, the guards did not move forward for a long time.
"What's going on?" Murong Jing scolded them, "You don't obey the Ai family's orders, are you trying to rebel?"
Zhao Chengli glanced at everyone in the hall, and then smiled sadly.
At this point, it was no longer possible for him to ascend the throne through peaceful means. Fortunately, he was well prepared.
Hearing Zhao Chengli clapped his hands, a group of serious-looking guards filed in. For a moment, the front of the emperor's coffin turned into a tense battlefield.
Murong Jing held Zhao Chengji's hand and stood there calmly, "Zhao Chengli, now that things have come to this, it will not do you any good to plead guilty and resist desperately!"
"The Empress Dowager," Zhao Chengli looked at Murong Jing amusedly, "You have already said what you said. What else can I do?"
"Brother Liu Huang, do you really want to do this?" At this time, Zhao Chengji, who had been silent, spoke.
"It's still too late for you to stop now," he advised. "The best thing to do is to step back from the brink."
"It's really funny," Zhao Chengli laughed crazily, "Do you think I have a chance to rein in the situation?"
Today, one of them is destined to die.
In this situation, he glanced at the civil servants and generals, "Come on, it's time for you to choose..."
Should we continue to stand by his side and support him as before, or should we stand by the legitimate prince and uphold orthodoxy?
However, if you choose to stand by Zhao Chengji's side, you will have to bear your own fate!
Zhao Chengji stood in front of the Empress Dowager and looked at everyone without fear.
"Everyone has seen today's situation. From this point of view, there is something fishy about my father's death."
"Is it Prince Station or the Sixth Prince? You can't remain silent like this forever..."
After Zhao Chengji said something, the ministers looked at each other.
They just came to say goodbye to the late emperor, and then to meet the new emperor as a matter of course. Who would have thought that they would experience a shocking reversal in just a short moment.
On one side is the sixth prince who holds military power and wants to ascend to the throne. On the other side is the eighteenth prince who is the crown prince. Behind him is the Queen Mother.
If they choose the sixth prince, they may suffer infamy, but if they choose the prince, although they will gain fame, they may lose their lives.
While everyone was weighing the matter, Nangong Ren, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, was the first to come to Zhao Chengji.
"Nangong Shangshu..."
Seeing that Nangong Ren was the first to go to Zhao Chengji, Zhao Chengli's eyes shrank.
This person had obviously always been a loyal supporter around him, and his rebellion was definitely a surprise to Zhao Chengli.
He looked at Nangong Ren coldly. It seemed that Zhao Chengji had been prepared for him and sent Nangong Ren as an undercover agent early in the morning, right?
However, Zhao Chengli was not afraid of such changes.
These people are now trapped in the palace by him, and it doesn't matter what their identities are.
As long as he gives an order, those who betrayed him will be killed on the spot.
However, Zhao Chengli was wrong to think that only one Nangong Ren could defect to Zhao Chengji.
Seeing that the Minister in charge of the army and horses actually went to Zhao Chengji first, the other ministers who were still hesitant were reassured.
It seems that the military power in the hands of the Sixth Prince is not stable!
After all, all the ministers of the Ministry of War went to the prince and the empress dowager.
The second person to come to Zhao Chengji was the little-known Mr. Xu. His small steps were determined and proud. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Ever since he saw clearly the relationship between the prince and the Nangong family in the other courtyard last time, Mr. Xu has always wanted to find such an opportunity to express himself.
He wanted the prince to know that he was always standing firmly by his side.
Then, Master Zhang, Master Li, Master Liu... went to Zhao Chengji's end one after another.
For a time, the game between the two princes felt evenly matched.
"How is it?" Zhao Chengji asked Zhao Chengli, "Brother Six Emperors, you still have one last chance, as long as you..."
"This is what I want to say to you," Zhao Chengli said, "Don't think that you will win if you instigate the people around me!"
Not only are the guards in the palace his, but the people guarding the palace gate and even the city gate are also his. He wants to see how Zhao Chengji can make a comeback with those few people who support him!
However, as a tall figure and a dense crowd of people behind him walked into the hall, Zhao Chengli's confidence instantly disappeared.