The emperor led a group of people to the Qianqing Palace, but in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, looking at the throne above, he couldn't help but be filled with emotion.
Since Jia Ke launched the last mutiny, he has never left the harem, let alone come to Qianqing Palace.
Now that he had finally returned to this place, after the emperor finished thinking, he solemnly walked forward, walked up the imperial steps, and sat on the throne.
King Zhongshun and many other princes and nobles who came over saw the emperor sitting on the throne, and they all fell to the ground and shouted long live.
The emperor has finally regained his feeling of being the supreme king in the world.
"According to my decree, Xia Shouzhong deceived the emperor and sent people to the harem to kill this dog slave immediately."
The emperor could tolerate the betrayal of others, but what he could not tolerate the most was Xia Shouzhong's betrayal of himself.
After hearing this, King Zhongshun nodded and winked at the people below, who immediately understood.
These people immediately went out to deliver the order, and soon dozens of people rushed out from among the soldiers and went straight to Ningshou Palace in the harem.
These people now did not care whether they were in the palace or not. They were already unscrupulous. They rushed to Ningshou Palace, overturned many eunuchs who were blocking them, and rushed directly into the main hall.
When they entered the main hall, they saw a graceful and elegant middle-aged woman sitting in the center.
The leader was shocked when he saw the middle-aged woman, and then fell to his knees involuntarily. It turned out that this middle-aged woman was the current empress dowager.
The Empress Dowager looked at the man who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Who are you? How dare you lead someone to break into the Ningshou Palace of the Ai family."
The man who was kneeling on the ground knew that it was the Empress Dowager in front of him, so he had no choice but to answer truthfully.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, on the order of the Emperor, we are here to arrest the eunuch Xia Shouzhong who deceived the emperor."
The Empress Dowager originally did not want to take care of Xia Shouzhong, but during this period Xia Shouzhong was quite attentive to her and had served her for almost a year. If she handed him over now, she might seem a little callous.
"You go back and tell the emperor that Xia Shouzhong did a good job in the Ai family, and the Ai family will just let it go."
The leader did not dare to disobey the Empress Dowager's order, so he could only lead the people out of Ningshou Palace angrily.
But as soon as he left Ningshou Palace, the man realized what he was doing and thought that if he went back, the emperor would not be able to explain to him, so he quickly sent someone to ask the emperor for an explanation.
And this man led others to guard the main entrance of Ningshou Palace, fearing that Xia Shouzhong would take advantage of this and escape.
Soon the person who delivered the message came back. This person had an obvious slap mark on his face, and it looked like he had suffered some pain.
"Chief, the emperor is angry. Look at the person who beat me. If our prince hadn't asked for my hand in marriage, my life would have been lost."
"Okay, don't say this. When this matter is finished, I will ask you for credit in front of the prince. Now tell me what does the emperor mean?"
"What else can you mean? I think this emperor is not as considerate as us common people. He actually ordered us to drag Xia Shouzhong directly to the courtyard of Ningshou Palace and beat him to death. He didn't care about the empress dowager's face."
The leader also sighed after hearing this, but they did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so they broke into Ningshou Palace again.
This time they no longer had any entanglements with the Empress Dowager and went directly to look for Xia Shouzhong in the palace.
The Queen Mother knew that she could not stop them, so she could only sit in the main hall and let them go.
Soon these people searched Xia Shouzhong out of a remote room, and then went directly to the main courtyard of Ningshou Palace without asking any questions.
These people started beating Xia Shouzhong in front of the Empress Dowager. Xia Shouzhong was beaten to death, and the sound of howling resounded through half of the palace.
At first, Xia Shouzhong still shouted desperately, but as these people became more and more aggressive, Xia Shouzhong gradually lost his voice.
Soon they came to Xia Shouzhong and touched his nose. After knowing that Xia Shouzhong was gone, they waved around and a group of people left Ningshou Palace.
The Empress Dowager saw what had just happened, and her hand was about to tear the handkerchief to pieces.
Besides, the emperor felt refreshed after dealing with Xia Shouzhong at this time.
"Send people to Ningrong Street and execute everyone in Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion together."
After hearing this, King Zhongshun came out with some helplessness and reported: "When I return to the emperor, everyone in the Jia family has left the capital and has been going to Mount Wutai for a month."
After the emperor heard this, he suddenly felt frightened. He now remembered Jia Ke's tricks. This time, I was also Jia Ke's trick.
After thinking about it, the emperor felt that there could be no further delay, and immediately issued an edict: "Immediately spread the edict to all quarters, so that people who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic in the world will come to the capital to serve the king immediately."
A little eunuch next to the emperor did not dare to neglect after hearing the emperor's words. He immediately scrawled the imperial edict on the desk next to him and then held it in both hands before the emperor for him to read.
The emperor took a look and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he asked him to go down and carry out the order.
As a result, the little eunuch stood there without moving for a long time, which made the emperor a little angry. He now remembered that this little eunuch was the spy arranged by Jia Ke.
Originally, the emperor wanted to spare him because he saw that he had done his best during this period without any selfish motives, but seeing this, he couldn't spare him anymore.
The little eunuch saw the murderous intent in the emperor's eyes and knew that the emperor had misunderstood. He hurriedly knelt down and said to the emperor: "Long live the emperor, there is no jade seal on this imperial edict. Even if my slaves go out to deliver the edict, no one will believe it."
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly realized that all the jade seals of this dynasty had been confiscated by Jia Ke, and he was now a bare emperor.
The emperor was a little embarrassed now, so he looked at King Zhongshun next to him.
King Zhongshun thought for a while, then came out and said to the emperor, "Long live my lord, since we don't have a jade seal, why not use my brother's seal first?"
After hearing this, the emperor nodded helplessly, "This is the only way."
After the emperor finished speaking, he felt the circles under his eyes were red and hurriedly wiped them with his sleeves.
Everyone regarded him as the emperor, and now he felt a little sad, but no one saw that there was a glimmer of joy in the emperor's eyes.
King Zhongshun still didn't know that he had deceived the emperor, so he happily took out the seal and stamped it on the imperial edict, and then ordered the eunuch to go out quickly to deliver the edict.
Because if he can succeed this time, his status will definitely rise. Especially this time, the imperial edict actually uses his seal of loyalty to the king. If the soldiers of King Qin from all over the country accept this edict, then maybe he will be nine in the future.
The fifth position also has a share.
Next, they discussed here how to resist Jia Ke's soldiers.
"My dear friends, although my decree has been spread out, it is hard to say when I will get a response, and the generals in various places are not sure what they think in their hearts."
After hearing what the emperor said, King Gongshun quickly came out and reported to the emperor: "Long live Qi Zhen, we have gathered all the servants of the princes and nobles, and the servants in the palace have also gone into battle. We should be able to sustain it for a while."
"Oh, how many people can be gathered?"
As the leader of the army this time, Niu Jizong was not as confident as King Zhongshun.
"Long live this time, all the powerful families in Beijing have contributed their entire families. There are four to five thousand people in total. Adding in the children of families in various prefectures, we can make up about 10,000 people.
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After hearing this, Prince Yoshitaka, who was standing at the front of the royal center, immediately came out and said: "Didn't we just discuss recruiting warriors in the capital? Should we start now? We don't have that much time to wait.
It’s on.”
After hearing this, Niu Jizong said helplessly: "Although I have ordered people to go and handle this matter, there is no definite number on how many people can be recruited."
When the emperor heard this from the throne, he didn't frown. He originally thought that this time he would be able to achieve his great ambitions and use the troops of King Qin all over the world to eliminate Jia Ke. He did not expect that there were not many people in the capital even for this traitor.
support him.
When King Zhongshun heard that he was encountering difficulties in recruiting troops in the capital, the cold light in his eyes kept flashing.
The emperor turned his eyes and saw King Zhongshun's eyes gleaming coldly, and he knew what to do.
"Royal brother, I see you are meditating there. Is there any way to solve the current difficulties?"
King Zhongshun said with a gloomy face: "Since these untouchables don't know good and evil, there is no need for us to be polite and send people to collect them door to door in the capital. These strong men can capture tens of thousands of people no matter what."
After hearing this, Niu Jizong felt that King Zhongshun's plan was a bit sinister. If they adopt this method now, their reputation will be completely ruined, but then he thought again, a ruined reputation is better than no life.
So Niu Jizong came out and said to the emperor: "Long live, I agree with the method of being loyal and obedient to the prince."
The emperor sat on the throne, with sadness on his face, and said helplessly to the people below: "I didn't want to implement this strategy at first, but the Jia thieves are really powerful. When they get through this difficulty, they are sharing this time with all their strength.
People who participated in quelling the chaos."
What King Zhongshun and others were waiting for was the emperor's words.
While they were discussing here, someone suddenly came in from outside and reported: "Liu Wan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, has come to ask for an audience."
After the emperor heard this, he immediately ordered people to invite Liu Wan in. Among the emperor's confidants, Liu Wan was the only one alive now.
After Liu Wan came to the main hall, he looked at the group of princes and nobles in the main hall and became very angry.
I had endured humiliation and bear the burden for a while just to buy some time for the emperor, but I didn't expect that all these people were ruined.
So Liu Wan did not salute these people, but went directly to the emperor, where he knelt down, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.
When the emperor saw Liu Wan kneeling down, he quickly asked him to get up.
After Liu Wan got up, he immediately told the emperor: "Please, the emperor, arrest Prince Zhongshun, Prince Yixiao, and the rebellious ones who follow them."