The emperor's palace was chaotic, and the servants who had not yet calmed down from what they had just done were running around, but when the queen and courtiers arrived, the lights were lit and the cushions were set out.
Stepping through the door and looking at the emperor lying on the couch, the queen's tears immediately flowed down again.
"Your Majesty," she cried, walking quickly forward and kneeling down, "I thought I would never see Your Majesty again."
Looking back now, I realize how dangerous it was.
From seeing the note that Cheng Jiaoniang asked the chamberlain to deliver, to remembering that she once received the box of fireworks that she didn't care about at first, but because the visitor specifically emphasized that Cheng Jiaoniang asked her to deliver them, she kept them.
People in a room gathered around the word "fireworks" and made various guesses.
I thought that what was placed in the box was not fireworks, but magical items that could save lives, but no matter how I turned them over, I saw fireworks. I thought there might be life-saving tips inside, but I opened both and found nothing.
"Madam, the fireworks are from Li's shop. Li Mao from Li's shop is Mrs. Cheng's apprentice. It was because of seeing Mrs. Cheng's fireworks that Li Mao made stone bullets and won the title of nobility. The stone bullets are better than the God's Arm Bow.
They are all powerful weapons, so this firework itself may be a life-saving weapon."
Finally a chamberlain guessed.
Can fireworks also be a life-saving weapon?
Although this guess was a bit absurd, she had no choice at that time, so she risked her life and gave it a try while holding the box.
I didn't expect it to actually succeed.
The queen fell to the ground and cried loudly.
It's really not easy. It's really hard to live and to die peacefully.
This cry was more sincere than the one in the prince's palace, and the courtiers knelt down and sobbed again.
As soon as the sobbing started, the queen suddenly let out a cry. The courtiers raised their heads and couldn't help but be startled.
The emperor's couch suddenly moved.
Could it be that the emperor...
There was a sudden silence in the palace, and everyone was staring at the emperor.
A head slowly emerged from under the couch.
"Empress."
Concubine An grinned coquettishly.
"Concubine, I am guarding Your Majesty here. I accidentally fell asleep and just heard you come in."
Seeing everyone's expressions as if they had seen a ghost, she hurriedly crawled out, picked up her dress and bent back.
"You guys, you continue, I, I'm stepping back."
After saying that, he turned around and ran behind the curtain.
Everyone returned to their seats and slumped down on the mats. Before they could take a breath, they saw Concubine An peeking her head back.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
The queen took a deep breath and glared at her.
"Get down!" she shouted with raised eyebrows.
Concubine An shrank her neck in fear.
It's okay, it's okay, she ducked in.
Distracted by this incident, the queen no longer felt sad, wiped away her tears gently, sat down beside the emperor's bed, and looked at the courtiers.
"What do you think we should do with today's matter?" she said.
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Gao Lingbo had slowly woken up. The pain on his face and the salty taste in his mouth made him wake up instantly.
It was quiet all around, no more noise, no more noise.
Gao Lingbo sat up and saw himself lying alone in the hall.
This hall was familiar to him, it was the main hall of the Queen Mother's Palace.
He was not tied up, and there were no eager guards around him. Gao Lingbo stood up somewhat staggeringly, straightened his clothes, picked up the official hat that had fallen aside and put it on.
"Come here, come here." He shouted loudly.
No one answered him.
"Let Zhang Chun come see me!"
I want to have a chat with him.
"I want to see the queen!"
I want to ask her if she knows the ethics of Tiangang.
He hurried over, but the door couldn't be opened. That was natural. How could they let him run around?
Gao Lingbo looked outside through the crack in the door. The lights were bright and the courtyard under the corridor was full of guards.
They were no longer the imperial guards he was familiar with, but the garrison. There were many chambermaids and maids coming and going, all wearing mourning clothes, covering their faces and sobbing.
"...The poor Crown Prince was actually killed..."
"...This is rebellion...I didn't expect that the Gao family would actually rebel..."
These words reached Gao Lingbo's ears through the crack in the door.
Gao Lingbo knocked on the door and smiled.
Damn you for your rebellion! Why did Gao Lingbo wait until now if he wanted to rebel?
How did the prince die? He died of illness! Who cares?
If we talk about treason, the one who brought troops and bombarded the palace gate is treason!
But there is no need to argue with these slaves.
There's no point in arguing with them.
Gao Lingbo's eyes fell on the corridor again, and when he saw Chen Shao's body, his eyes froze for a moment.
Chen Shao was still lying on the ground with his hair disheveled and wearing obscene clothes. He didn't even have a white sheet to cover him. People around him didn't even take a second look, as if what was thrown there was not a human being but a piece of pork.
How can a traitor who murders a prince expect to have any dignity after death?
Not only him, but his family will also lose their dignity.
So this is why you must never die. Once you die, everything will be decided by others.
Gao Lingbo looked away, a sneer flashing across his face.
So what if you are convicted? So what if you are imprisoned? As long as you wait until dawn, the world will be able to see this strange palace change. It is a fact that the prince is ill. The king of Jin'an County came to Beijing without an edict and a prince broke into the palace with his troops.
Doors are also a fact.
Let the world see this fact.
He took a deep breath and turned back to the hall, sitting on the floor, watching the night outside fade away little by little, and it was about to dawn.
At this moment, the door was pushed open.
Gao Lingbo raised his head and looked at the four unfamiliar waiters who came in. His heart skipped a beat, and he felt an ominous cold coming out.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" he shouted.
"The servants are here to see Master Gao off," the leading chamberlain said.
Gao Lingbo jumped up in anger.
"How dare you!" he shouted, reaching out to grab his belt, but found that his waist was empty, and the jade belt given by the emperor was missing.
Three chamberlains had already rushed over, and a piece of white silk was wrapped around Gao Lingbo's neck.
Gao Lingbo struggled hard.
He has a very strong body and often practices martial arts at home. He is not always caught by a gust of wind, but these three seemingly thin servants moved powerfully and swiftly, trapping him in three or two blows.
These people are definitely not chamberlains in the palace!
"Prince Jin'an! How dare you!" Gao Lingbo said in a hoarse voice, grabbing Bai Ling by the neck and shouting, "Aren't you afraid?"
Aren't you afraid that your reputation will be unfair and your words will be unfair?
If you break into the palace and kill the ministers, aren't you afraid of being said that the prince was also killed by you?
Aren’t you afraid that Zhu Ying Ax Sheng will be questioned for the rest of his life?
Aren't you afraid that the ministers will be afraid?
Aren't you afraid of people's comments?
No one answered him. The leading chamberlain looked at him with a bit of contempt, watching him struggle like a dead dog.
No, no, the breath in his mouth was getting less and less, and the fear in Gao Lingbo's heart was getting bigger and bigger.
No, it can't end like this, I can't, I won't give in!
He is not wrong, there is nothing wrong with him, why is this?
Why did it end like this?
God is unfair! God is unfair! He doesn’t accept it! He doesn’t accept it!
It shouldn't be like this!
It shouldn't be like this!
Gao Lingbo's plans were all right, countless people died at his hands, and scores of officials fell at his feet. How could he die like this?
How could he be strangled to death by two eunuchs so easily!
"Ms. Cheng, you shouldn't have done this. We shouldn't have done this."
"Yes, Master Gao, this shouldn't be like this between us. You shouldn't do this."
This sentence flashed through my ears inexplicably.
Shouldn't he have done this? Shouldn't he have been against her from the beginning? Originally, we could live in peace and harmony. Even if he had taken one step earlier and put down his status earlier, would this woman be a member of their Gao family now?
So, can everything happening today be caused by the five soldiers who were suppressed in the Northwest Army? If he had not protected Jiang Wenyuan at that time, would things have happened in another way?
kind of result?
How ridiculous!
Gao Lingbo grinned, kicked his legs twice, and stood still with his eyes wide open.
After kicking him twice, the person on the ground remained motionless. The leading chamberlain stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and looked at Gao Lingbo's lower body where feces and urine were flowing.
"It's packed." He said calmly, turned around and went out.
In the courtyard outside, the maids and maids were still rushing back and forth to prepare for the prince's funeral. The garrison stood in awe with weapons in hand. No one glanced at this side, and it seemed that they could not hear the yelling and cursing at all.
There was a person standing at the door of the prince's palace, and the chamberlain hurried past.
"Eunuch Jing," he said with respect, "it's all done."
Eunuch Jing grunted and turned around and went in.
Prince Jin'an was still sitting in front of the prince's couch, with a trembling woman kneeling in front of him.
Eunuch Jing walked over, leaned over and whispered.
"Master Gao committed suicide." He whispered.
The prince of Jin'an County looked dull.
Eunuch Jing took a step back.
"What did you say?" Prince Jin'an looked at the woman and asked.
"Your Highness." The woman kowtowed in a trembling voice, "I am the prince's concubine. I am the prince's concubine. I once slept with the prince..."
"So you don't think you should be buried with His Royal Highness like them?" King Jin'an asked. Looking at the woman, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The smile was so cold that no one dared to look directly at her.
The woman did not dare to raise her head and kowtow while crying.
"Slave, it's not that I don't want to serve the prince, it's just, it's just..." She said this and stretched out her hand to hold her abdomen, "I'm afraid that I'm pregnant..."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people in the palace suddenly changed.
The prince has a blood inheritance, this should be a good thing, right?
But the timing of inheritance is...
If the adoption is unstoppable and the prince's bloodline suddenly appears, what should we do?
The prince of Jin'an County laughed.
"It's you." He said, looking at the woman in front of him, disgust suddenly appeared on his face, he stood up suddenly, raised his foot, and stepped on the woman's neck.
"It's you." He said again, looking at the woman, and gradually put more force on his feet.
The woman stretched out her hand to hold his feet, opened her mouth and eyes wide, made a gurgling sound, and her face became increasingly livid.
"It's you!"
Accompanied by this sound, there was a clicking sound at the same time, and the woman's hand holding Jin'an County Prince's foot slumped down and her eyes widened with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.
The whole room was silent and cold, like an ice cellar under the bright lights. Who couldn't help but trembled with teeth and slowly heard a gurgling sound, which reverberated and made it even more eerie.
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In the emperor's palace, the conversation was going on.
"...Chen Shao has committed suicide, and Gao Lingbo's crime is unforgivable." A court official was talking loudly, "Such traitors and sycophants are stipulated in the law..."
"...I have just said that it is not enough to have laws alone, but also to follow historical practices..." Another courtier shook his head and said with some disapproval.
"This matter is very involved, so we must be cautious." Someone else warned.
The Gao family has been running the court for three generations. Even if they don't chase clans, Gao Lingbo's generation alone has so many connections in marrying off daughters and marrying wives. Even these people here can't guarantee whether any of their relatives and friends overlap with the Gao family's relatives and friends.
of.
Now the Queen Mother has obviously been deposed, and the Queen has taken control of the palace. The situation inside the palace is certain, but the situation outside the palace is still a bit uncertain. Just think about the fact that the Prince of Yanping County quietly entered the city.
You have to act with caution.
A servant came in quickly at this moment.
"Your Majesty, Prince Jin'an has arrived." He shouted loudly.
A hint of joy appeared on the queen's face.
"Quick announcement," she said.
With an announcement, the Prince of Jin'an, who had already changed into plain clothes, strode in. Logically speaking, his seat was not considered to be near the front, but Prince Jin'an did not sit straight down, but walked all the way to the emperor's bed.
, lifted up his clothes, knelt down, kowtowed and called His Majesty, his voice was choked with sobs.
"Okay, Your Majesty has seen it." The queen said, motioning to the chamberlain to help him, "Come, it's getting late, let's get down to business quickly, so as to give an explanation to the courtiers."
Prince Jin'an stood up and sat behind the queen.
"Yes." He said, "Empress and courtiers, please continue and don't pay attention to me."
Don't care about you...
It's just that the position you sit in makes it so that everyone doesn't care but has to care.
The courtiers lowered their gazes and were about to continue speaking when Prince Jin'an thought of something else and raised his head.
"By the way," he said, "I forgot to mention that just now, Gao Lingbo committed suicide in the Queen Mother's Palace."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the palace looked at him with shocked expressions.
