One moment the prince was clutching his stomach and showing pain, but in the next moment he became lively and uttered shocking words.
The Minister of Rites, who was about to preside over the ceremony, frowned and turned around and said, "Your Highness, this is the ceremony for the Queen Mother. Please don't mess around."
"What nonsense?" A sneer appeared on the prince's face, and he waved his hand: "Take them all down!"
After a burst of hurried footsteps, dozens of imperial guards armed with weapons poured into the palace, surrounding King Xin and others.
The expressions of the officials in the palace changed drastically. The Minister of Rites looked at the prince and said in shock: "Your Highness, what do you want to do?"
The prince was already overjoyed. He stepped forward and said: "King Xin relied on the trust of his father to cause chaos in the court with the intention of treason. You, the rebellious ministers and thieves, worked together to subvert the imperial court. Today, I will set things right and eliminate harm for the country."
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The several guards around King Xin were already facing a formidable enemy. They protected King Xin behind him and faced off from a distance with the Imperial Guards in front. However, the four guards could only resist for a moment against dozens of Imperial Guards.
"Prince, you, you..." the Minister of Rites pointed at him, his arms trembling, and then looked at the forbidden troops and asked: "You, do you want to rebel?"
"Rebellion?" The prince's face showed an angry look and he said loudly: "I am the prince and the heir apparent, who is plotting rebellion!"
King Xin put the burning incense in his hand into the incense burner and then slowly turned around.
A guard beside him solemnly said: "Your Majesty, I will escort you out!"
"Get out?" The prince sneered and said, "You think you can still get out? This place has been surrounded by my people. No one of you can get out today!"
boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard beside King Xin took out a bamboo tube from his arms, lit the fuse outside, and a dazzling firework shot out from the bamboo tube, shot out of the door, and exploded in the distant horizon.
"Still want to find someone to rescue you?" The prince looked at him and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, all four city gates in Kyoto have been closed now, and no one can get out!"
King Xin took two steps forward, looked at the prince, and asked, "Why is this so?"
"Why is this so?" When the prince heard this, he was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and asked loudly: "You ask me why this is so? Why don't you ask yourself first? It's wrong to believe that the king should not do it.
What kind of regent, what kind of real dragon comes to the world, the master of destiny, you want to rebel and become the emperor, and you actually turn around and ask me?"
The Imperial Guards who broke in pressed forward step by step, and more than a dozen officials from the DPRK and Central Government turned pale and kept retreating.
The Minister of Rites smiled sadly and said: "I regret it, if the prince could have raised his arms, deposed the crown prince and ascended the throne, why would what happened today... It is not a pity for me to die. It is a pity for the people of Chu State.
What a pity to the people of this world..."
King Xin shook his head and said, "How can I, the king, rebel and leave an eternal infamy in the history books?"
"If I can serve in the same dynasty as the prince, I will be satisfied with my rank." The Minister of Rites sighed and said: "The cause of the past and the result of today are all destiny..."
The prince looked at everyone in the palace coldly, took two steps back, and said: "Kill them all, leave no one behind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a general hurried over and said, "Your Highness, what's wrong, a large number of people appeared outside the temple and surrounded us!"
"What?" The prince's expression changed and he asked, "How many people are there? Who are they?"
The general said: "They are more than twice as many as us. I don't know who they are yet!"
"Let them hold on first, we still have backup!" The prince said calmly, pointed at King Xin, and said loudly: "Kill him first, kill him!"
"As you command!"
The general responded, and then with a clang, he pulled out the long knife from his waist and put it on the prince's neck.
After feeling the coldness on his neck, the prince stood still, looked at the general, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you..."
The general held the prince hostage, looked at the imperial army in front, and said sternly: "Put down your weapons!"
Dozens of forbidden troops looked at each other, clenching and relaxing their weapons in their hands, not knowing what to do.
"The prince wants to murder the regent. I have informed your majesty about the matter and left it to your majesty to decide!" The general looked at everyone and said loudly: "Why don't you put down your weapons quickly!"
The Imperial Guards looked at each other and slowly put down their weapons.
The general looked at King Xin, lowered his head and said, "The prince is frightened."
When Tang Ning led people into the main hall, the Forbidden Army soldiers inside were already kneeling on the ground. In fact, when he just broke in, the guards outside did not offer much resistance. Several Forbidden Army leaders surrendered first, and they hardly spent any time.
The situation was under control with little effort.
He looked at King Xin, who had a calm expression, and finally realized that even without their presence today, King Xin could easily control the situation.
Looking at the prince who was slumped on the ground, looking in a daze, as if the whole world had collapsed, he could only secretly think of something wrong in his heart.
Even he couldn't see how many tricks King Xin had. If a prince at this level wanted to fight him, he was still far away.
"Take the prince down." King Xin looked at the prince, looked at the Minister of Rites, and said: "Master Zhang, the ceremony continues."
The Queen Mother's Ceremony was interrupted for a moment and then continued.
The three hundred surrendered imperial guards were temporarily taken over by Lu Teng. Tangning walked outside the palace. Butcher Zheng looked at him and asked, "Are you not moved at all?"
Tangning looked at him and asked, "Why are you so tempted?"
"The lives of the Crown Prince and King Xin depend on your single thought." Lao Zheng crossed his arms and said, "As long as you issue an order, the Chu Kingdom will be in chaos."
Having said that, one of his ideas at this moment can completely change the pattern of Chen Chu and the grassland, but the Chu country is in chaos, which will not do him any good.
Once the Chu State is weakened and the grassland takes advantage of the situation, the next unlucky one will be the Chen State. He has no reason to do this.
More importantly, although King Xin is cunning and cunning, he is still Li Tianlan's father. If he kills King Xin, how will he face her in the future?
Tang Ning looked around and saw that the situation in the temple was completely under control. She sighed inwardly, Her Royal Highness the Princess is as pure and innocent as a little white flower, and the Princess is warm and kind. How could she have such a cunning fox-like father and husband?
He walked outside the temple, looked up, and saw more than a hundred figures not far away.
Wan Yanyan stood a few steps away, looked at him, and asked nervously: "Why are you here?"
"I came out to relax, but I happened to see the prince trying to murder King Xin, so I saw an injustice on the road and came to help." Tang Ning looked at her and asked, "Why are you bringing so many people here?"
Wan Yanyan looked at him, her teeth clenched, with a look of disbelief.
Have you ever brought hundreds of armed people to relax?
"What a coincidence, we came here to relax." She looked at Tang Ning and said, "Now that we're done, we have to go back."
"Stop." Chen Zhou strode out, looked at the second prince and others, and said, "This is where the Queen Mother's Ceremony is held. You people who are sneaking here must have some intention!"
He waved his hand and said: "Take them all down!"
"How dare you!" Wan Yanyan pulled out a small leather whip. The second prince stopped her, looked at Chen Zhou and said, "You are just envoys of the Chen State, I'm afraid you don't have this power yet."
Chen Zhou looked at him and said: "This matter is of great importance. We have been entrusted by King Xin to guard the area around Cihuai Temple. You and your group are acting suspiciously. You should stay here until the matter is investigated."
The second prince snorted coldly: "How can I, the king, be threatened by you?"
After he finished speaking, more than a hundred people behind him displayed their weapons at the same time. Behind Tang Ning, countless people also rushed out and surrounded them.
Tang Ning looked at the hundreds of people opposite and frowned slightly.
There are many fierce soldiers in the grassland. These people are not weak in fighting ability. They are far superior to Lu Teng's soldiers. If we fight with them, even if we win, we will suffer heavy casualties. What's more, the situation is uncertain at this time. If they are left behind, there will be more casualties.
If some variables occur, trusting the king is the most important thing. It is better not to cause more troubles.
He glanced at Chen Zhou and shook his head slightly. After Chen Zhou understood, he immediately looked at the second prince and said: "Who knows if you have anything to do with the murder of King Xin? I can let you go, but you must leave a hostage.
, wait until the matter is found out and it has nothing to do with you, then let her go!"
The second prince and the middle-aged woman looked at each other, looked behind them, pointed at someone, and said, "Ahuli, you stay."
Chen Zhou glanced at Tang Ning, pointed at Wan Yanyan, and said, "You can all leave, but she stays!"
