Guo Xu was stunned and immediately understood that even if he didn't want to make a move today, his grandfather would actually force him to do it. His grandfather had already arranged everything, but all this required his own determination. He had been hesitating and refused to face it.
This matter. But now, there is no way out.
"Okay, when he comes, ask him to come to Yanhe Hall immediately." Guo Xu shouted.
"Yes!" Zhao Yuankang promised loudly and shouted loudly. Suddenly a large group of palace guards gathered here. Zhao Yuankang quickly issued the order, and the generals took the order and left quickly.
"You... you want to rebel? You want to... usurp the throne? You are so... courageous!" Guo Mian struggled to say a few words while his throat was being strangled.
"Usurping the throne? That should be my position. You took it away, and I will take it back. If you want to fight with me, you are asking for death. If I were you, I should have given up that position long ago and drank every day.
Just write poems, but if you don't want to do that, then you will be in big trouble." Guo Xu sneered.
"You bastard...you are so rebellious, how dare you...how dare you...what? You will not end well." Guo Mian blushed and shouted hoarsely.
"Hahahahaha, take care of yourself first. The eldest prince... no no... His Highness the Crown Prince... Hahaha, do you know your destiny? Your destiny is not to become the Lord of the Great Zhou, but to... die
it's here."
As Guo Xu spoke, he used his hands to knock Guo Mian's head, who was already in a semi-conscious state, against the stone pillar of the corridor. The back of Guo Mian's head hit the stone pillar hard, making the sound of something breaking.
A piece of blood burst out, and his whole body suddenly became weak, and his hands and feet immediately began to twitch. But Guo Xu did not stop, he clamped Guo Mian's neck, and knocked the back of his head toward the stone pillar.
Bang bang bang! Puff puff! The sound was horrifying. With each violent impact, the back of Guo Mian's head was completely smashed. Brains and blood splashed out with each impact, and snow mist was sprayed in all directions.
Under the setting sun, the golden sunlight shines on the rising blood mist, which is magnificent, strange and incomparably gorgeous. Under the stone pillars, the petals of several pots of blooming pink flowers are soaked by the blood mist and turn into blood red color. It is indeed gorgeous and beautiful.
Extremely.
"Your Highness, the prince is dead." Zhao Yuankang couldn't help but remind him.
Guo Xu frantically hit him a few more times, and then let go. Guo Mian's body, whose head had been shattered and deformed, fell like a tattered bag at Guo Xu's feet. In fact, after the third hit, he had already died.
.
Guo Xu's entire head, face, and clothes were covered in blood, and every impact made him look as terrifying as a devil. At this moment, his face was covered with blood spots, his hands were shaking slightly, and he was breathing heavily.
"Your Highness!" Zhao Yuankang shouted in a low voice.
Guo Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Follow me, let's... go to see the emperor."
Guo Xu returned to the emperor's palace. Just as Guo Chong closed his eyes on the soft couch and was about to take a nap, he heard Guo Xu shouting "Father, Father" and rushed into the palace.
"Why are you back again? Qian Delu, Qian Delu, go see what's going on?" Guo Chong shouted angrily.
But there was no answer for a long time, and Qian Delu didn't know where he had gone. However, a young chamberlain quickly came in and said in panic: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Huai, he... he is back again, he... he he...
…”
"What is he
What? Tell him to leave. If I don't see him, I'll kick him out." Guo Chong said angrily.
Before the young chamberlain could say anything, the curtains rustled. Guo Chong had already opened several curtains and appeared in the inner room. He shouted: "Father, do you not want to see my son so much? My son and I are all here."
Are you going to leave and even see my father for the last time? Or are you going to kick me out? Father, you are so cruel."
Guo Chong sat up with difficulty. When he saw Guo Xu covered in blood with a wild smile on his face, he was shocked and said: "You...you are so bold. What is this on you?"
"Father, this is blood. Look, my body is covered with blood. Father, guess whose blood this is? I just killed a person outside, and this blood is his blood. Father, please guess whose blood this is."
Guess whose blood it is?" Guo Xu showed a row of teeth and smiled strangely and proudly.
"Who? Who did you kill? Are you crazy? Guo Xu, are you crazy?" Guo Chong shouted in shock and anger.
"I'm not crazy. My father can't guess. I'll tell you, that's Guo Mian's blood. The prince you appointed has been killed by me, and his head was smashed. It's really miserable.
Father, your prince is gone. Hahaha. The prince you appointed is gone, what should you do?" Guo Xu bared his teeth and smiled.
"Zhao Yuankang, Zhao Yuankang. Take Guo Xu. No one has come yet." Guo Chong roared loudly and beat the soft bed, making a loud noise.
However, no one came in. Guo Chong was shocked. Suddenly everyone around him seemed to have disappeared, which made him feel deep fear.
"Father, shush... be quiet. Father, please don't be so noisy, okay? Father, do you want to call me Zhao Yuankang? I can just do it for you. Zhao Yuankang! If you don't come in yet, the emperor is calling you."
Guo Xu stared at the panicked Guo Chong, smiled, and said.
Zhao Yuankang's figure slowly appeared behind the curtain and bowed to Guo Chong.
"I have met the Emperor and His Highness."
"Zhao Yuankang, the emperor wants you to take me. I killed the prince, and the emperor wants you to kill me. What do you think we should do?" Guo Xu said with a smile.
Zhao Yuankang said in a deep voice: "The prince died unjustly. His Highness, King Huai, killed him as a just act. His Highness, King Huai, is the lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"What?" Guo Chong was shocked and had goosebumps all over his body. In an instant, he understood everything. He understood everything. He encountered the most terrible thing. Guo Xu had rebelled and he wanted to seize the throne.
He killed Guo Mian. The thing he feared and hated the most happened. Zhao Yuankang turned out to be a traitor around him, but he didn't realize it.
"Guo Xu, are you trying to usurp the throne and commit rebellion? You are so courageous, do you know what you are doing? Come back from the brink, are you crazy?" Guo Chong shouted angrily.
"Father, what does treason mean? It was obviously my father who abdicated the throne in favor of me. It's too ugly to say that he usurped the throne and conspired to rebel. It was obviously... the prince slipped and fell to his death in the palace. My father was sad and had no thoughts on politics.
So the legend is mine. Father, what do you think of this story?" Guo Xu said with a smile,
"You traitor, you traitor, I will not pass the throne to you, don't even think about it. If you have the guts, you will kill your father and the king. I want you to be guilty of regicide and patricide, so that you will be infamy throughout the ages." Guo Chong was angry.
shouted.
"Father, don't really force me to do this? If you really do, I can do anything. I have already killed my brother, do I care about killing other people? I care about my father.
You treat me well on weekdays, and you still have a bit of love for me, so you don't want to do something, but don't push me. If you push me hard, I will kill people, and I will kill many people. What is Concubine Rong?
What about the Queen, the Queen Mother, and... your recently acquired daughter, Princess Green Dance? You will not be able to hold back the child if you kill her. Father, in fact, it doesn’t matter whether you pass the throne on or not. Up to now, you are still
Do you have a choice?" Guo Xu said with a sneer.
Guo Chong almost fainted. He tried his best to calm down. He turned to look at Zhao Yuankang and said: "Zhao Yuankang, I treat you well. You have been with me for many years. Why did you participate in the rebellion? Hurry up.
Kill this treacherous son for me. I will forget the blame, but if you have done a good job in protecting me, I will make you a privy envoy and make you a duke."
Zhao Yuankang knelt down and kowtowed, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry. I have never been the Emperor's person. I am the person of Prime Minister Lu. What happened today is irreversible. Your Majesty, you should understand the current situation and give way.
Your Highness, King Huai, is the best."
Guo Chong exclaimed in shock: "You are... Lu Zhongtian's man? Why didn't I know? Lu Zhongtian asked you to do this? Is Lu Zhongtian also involved in the conspiracy?"
"Father, everything was arranged by my grandfather. In fact, it was time to take action a few days ago, but the child has been hesitant. Of course my grandfather participated, because he had no choice. He advised you to make me the prince.
, you insist on listening to that Lin Jue, so this is the only way. Father, you are the one who forced all this, you can’t blame us." Guo Xu said in a deep voice.
Guo Chong sternly scolded: "You are all a bunch of rebellious officials and traitors. I am so blind that I don't even know your wolfish ambitions. Zhao Yuankang, I have shown my sincerity to you, and this is how you repay me. Very good, very good."
Zhao Yuankang sighed: "Your Majesty, you really have nothing to say to me. My promotion from a lieutenant colonel to my current position is all because of your support. But... Mr. Lu saved my life.
Treating me like a son, I can't help but repay his kindness. When I was young, there was an accident in my family, my parents were killed, and I couldn't survive. At that time, Prime Minister Lu took me in, avenged my parents, and sent me away.
I joined the Forbidden Army as a soldier. The reason why I am today is all thanks to Prime Minister Lu. Therefore, although Your Majesty is very kind to me, I only have this loyalty, so I can only serve one person. How I wish I didn’t have the life I have today.
The situation, but this is beyond my control. If Your Majesty had established His Royal Highness Prince Huai as the Crown Prince, wouldn’t there be no such disputes? At this point, what else can I say? Your Majesty, please forgive me for the crime of disloyalty."
Zhao Yuankang was originally an orphan in the city of Beijing. His parents died when he was young and he lived on the streets. Lu Zhongtian acted in a difficult way and took precautions. He searched for such young people and took them in. He avenged them, taught them martial arts and literature, and trained them to become his loyal followers.
There are more than thirty people in a similar situation to Zhao Yuankang, and most of them are now scattered in various important positions in the military and government. In the Forbidden Army alone, there are more than a dozen generals with such backgrounds.
Zhao Yuankang was the luckiest among them. He joined the Forbidden Army as a soldier and had great luck along the way. He became a captain in a few years. Guo Chong, who was still the prince that year, went out and mobilized the Forbidden Army to accompany him.
Yuankang led his troops to take on this responsibility, and he was thoughtful and caring along the way, which left a deep impression on Guo Chong. Afterwards, Guo Chong asked Zhao Yuankang to come to him and become the deputy leader of the palace's personal guards. After Guo Chong ascended the throne,
, Zhao Yuankang soon became the commander of the Palace Front Division who personally protected Guo Chong. He became one of Guo Chong's most trusted people.
