The storm of King Kang's rebellion has calmed down, and Zuo Xiaowei is counting the casualties.
When two armies fight, if they are evenly matched, both sides will suffer huge casualties.
However, because the difference in numbers between the Shadow Guards and the Youximen Guards was so large, they were almost defeated at the first touch. Therefore, there were not many casualties. Most of them were just captured alive.
As for the Zuoximen guards below, after hearing that King Kang was defeated, they were surrounded by the imperial guards who came and put down their weapons one after another. All the generals in the guard were captured by Wu Liehou.
The rebellion lasted only a short time and has completely subsided.
Tang Ning looked at Chen Zhou walking over and praised, "Well done."
Chen Zhou said sheepishly: "You are all adults who are far-sighted."
Chen Zhou and Xiao Jue took the greatest credit in this incident, and their rewards were indispensable afterwards.
Tang Ning looked at the palace in front of her. The sky above the main hall was blue. Today was a rare good weather in the winter months, but in Tang Ning's eyes, the blue sky was covered with a thick layer of blood.
In the palace.
Chen Huang stood with his hands behind his hands, his face was calm, and his expression could not be seen clearly.
King Kang sat cross-legged on the ground with his head lowered, wondering what he was thinking.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Huang finally turned his head and asked, "Why?"
King Kang raised his head and asked self-deprecatingly: "Do I have a choice?"
Chen Huang knew the profound meaning of his words. In fact, if he put himself in his shoes, if he were King Kang, he would definitely make the same choice as him, even more extreme than what he did.
Chen Huang looked at him and asked: "Did you do that assassination yourself?"
At this point, King Kang no longer tried to hide it, nodded and said, "It's me."
Emperor Chen was silent for a moment and asked: "What do you want me to do with you?"
King Kang remembered what Mr. Xu told him yesterday, but he still shook his head and said: "Father, you should kill me. Remember to move quickly. I heard that if you swing the knife fast enough, people will not feel the pain."
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Emperor Chen pulled out a sword from the waist of a guard, looked at it, and said, "I haven't touched a sword for many years."
King Kang lowered his head and did not dodge, but when Chen Huang came out, he sighed softly and said: "If there is a next life, I don't want to be your son..."
Chen Huang looked at him and asked, "Don't you regret it?"
King Kang said: "If I say I regret it, will you let me go?"
Chen Huang nodded and said: "Yes."
King Kang looked into his eyes for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, living is meaningless, it's better to die happily."
"as you wish."
Chen Huang said lightly, raised the long knife in his hand, and swung it down with all his strength.
Clang!
The blade hit the ground and sparks flew everywhere. From the beginning to the end, King Kang's stretched head did not retract.
Emperor Chen threw the knife to the ground, with a depressed expression, and said, "I am a failed father and a failed emperor."
"No." King Kang shook his head and said, "You are just a failed father. As an emperor, all previous emperors cannot compare to you."
Emperor Chen turned around, without looking at Prince Kang again, and said, "Take him down and let Tangning come in."
When Tang Ning entered the palace, she passed by King Kang. Although King Kang rebelled and even though he was a prince, he could not escape the death penalty, it seemed that Emperor Chen did not want to kill him.
Thinking about it, Tang Ning had seen people who killed brothers and fathers, but he didn't know anyone who killed children.
Chen Huang turned his back to him and asked, "When did you know that King Kang was going to rebel?"
Tang Ning said: "Last night."
Emperor Chen asked: "Why don't you report it to me?"
Tang Ning said: "Your Majesty, the corpses of those who said that the Zhang family was going to rebel a few days ago are all dead... I just made a guess and am not sure, so I didn't report it to Your Majesty. I just took some precautions in advance."
To Tang Ning's surprise, Emperor Chen didn't ask too much about this issue. He was silent for a moment and asked, "My son wants to rebel against me and kill me. Isn't it ridiculous for me?"
To be ridiculous, the man on the grassland is ridiculous. His son not only rebelled, but also succeeded...
"This is not your Majesty's fault." Tang Ning lowered her head and said, "It was all King Kang who was deceived by his ambition. Fortunately, it did not lead to a major disaster..."
Emperor Chen didn't speak anymore, and after a long silence, he finally said: "Go back to the palace."
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The imperial court spent countless manpower, material and financial resources to organize this ceremony, but it ended hastily only halfway through.
Although the rebellion has been settled this time, as an emperor, how could he continue the festival as if nothing had happened after experiencing such a thing.
What happened at today's ceremony will definitely become a shame in his career as emperor. For Emperor Chen, who has a great reputation, this is obviously an unacceptable thing.
When everyone returned to the capital, all the soldiers on the left and right of the Ximen Guards were captured by the imperial guards and were waiting to be dealt with.
General Qi Yu of the Youxi Gate Guard is missing. He has not appeared since before the start of today's festival.
Except for him, all the senior generals of the two guards were captured. What awaits them will be extremely severe punishment.
The group's return to the capital made the people in the capital surprised and confused.
According to the procedures of the festival, they should be able to return to the capital after more than an hour. It is absolutely impossible for them to come back so early.
And looking at the faces of the accompanying officials, it seemed like something terrible had happened during this festival.
Although no one has revealed any information, paper cannot cover the fire after all.
Soon after the emperor returned to the palace and all the officials returned home, news that was shocking enough to make people numb came out from all the high gates.
This ceremony did not go to the end because King Kang colluded with the Ximen Guards and planned to rebel at the ceremony. Your Majesty and the royal family almost fell into the hands of King Kang.
Although King Kang's rebellion was quickly suppressed by Zuo Xiaowei, after such a thing happened, the festival naturally could not continue.
During this process, King Kang and all the Ximen guards were captured, and the Zhang family actually followed King Kang and rebelled...
When they heard the news, countless people felt a little numb.
King Kang rebelled and almost succeeded. Doesn't this mean that today's capital has almost changed everything?
This news shocked the capital even more than the Jiangnan Rebellion and the Northwest War. After all, these two events were very far away from them, but this incident really happened around them.
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The price of rebellion was huge. Less than an hour after His Majesty returned to the palace, several imperial decrees came out of the palace.
King Kang rebelled and conspired, which was a great disrespect. From now on, he was demoted to a commoner, imprisoned in the palace, and deprived of freedom for life.
Obviously, for King Kang, this punishment is still light for his rebellion and rebellion, but from His Majesty's point of view, King Kang is his son after all, and he can understand the matter of sparing his life.
At the same time, Concubine Zhang Xian was removed from her position as Concubine Xian and relegated to the cold palace.
As the concubine of Prince Kang, Concubine Zhang Xian could not escape her involvement.
The Ximen Guards Zhang family rebelled and conspired to rebel. All those in charge, including the head of the Zhang family, were executed.
The Zhang family was full, and the remaining men were sent to the army, while the women were relegated to lowly status and sent to the monastery. At the same time, all the generals of the Ximen Guards and the imperial guards involved in the matter, because of His Majesty's golden words, the death penalty can be avoided, but the life penalty cannot be escaped.
, all were demoted to official slaves and dispersed to serve in various states.
The aftermath of King Kang's rebellion lasted for several days, and Tang Ning also did not go to court for several days.
Because since the festival, Emperor Chen fell ill.
