sjar Chapter 250 The Crown Prince was deposed?
Chapter 250 The Crown Prince was deposed?
The eldest princess' words hit the prince's heart like a hammer. He looked at his aunt who was giving orders with her back to him with disbelief on his face, and spoke with a trembling voice.
"Auntie...are you going to kill me?"
The eldest princess suddenly turned around, held back her tears, drew her sword and put it on the prince's neck.
"If I keep you here today, the Zhao family's world will be destroyed in your hands!"
The prince was no longer afraid at this moment. He pushed away the eldest princess's sword with his fingers, then slowly stood up from the ground and retreated to the dragon bed.
At this moment, his mind has calmed down and he has thought of how to deal with it.
The prince knew that the princess had not made up her mind to kill him at this moment, otherwise, with her martial arts skills, that sword strike just now would have cut off his head.
"Aunt, why don't you understand your nephew's difficulties?"
"What are your difficulties? You are already the crown prince, the most powerful person in the Great Saint Dynasty. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
"Aunt, do you know that as long as your nephew does not reach that position, he will not have the right to take back the military power? The Pang family army in the north and the Yan family in the south, they all have heavy troops, but I have never even seen the tiger talisman."
"Are you afraid that they will rebel? The Pang family army was brought up by Grand Tutor Pang. Now that Grand Tutor Pang is dead, why would they rebel? As for the Yan family, you wouldn't suspect them of rebellion without me telling you, right?"
"People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. How do you know, aunt, that they don't have that idea now, but they won't have it in the future? That's why my nephew can't wait to ascend the throne..."
"Is this your reason for killing your father? Zhao Yujun, he is your father! He is the one who gave birth to you. Why can you be so cruel?"
The princess' eyes were red with anger as she kept accusing him, and every word she said was filled with disappointment in her nephew.
The prince lowered his head silently, threw the poison in his hand on the ground in front of him, then tied his hair behind his head and closed his eyes.
"Since Auntie cannot tolerate my nephew, please end my life now!"
After the prince finished speaking, he knelt on the ground pretending to be in great pain, raised his head and tilted his neck to one side, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
The eldest princess could no longer bring herself to do it. She was just too angry at the prince's behavior just now. Now seeing her nephew in this state, how could she still bring herself to do it?
"That's all..."
The eldest princess slowly put down her sword, closed her eyes, and spoke in a deep voice.
"Go now. I will pretend that what happened today never happened."
"Thank you, Auntie. I..."
"I will draft an imperial decree for my brother to abolish your position as crown prince. You will take care of yourself from now on."
The prince couldn't believe his ears. He opened his eyes wide and stared at the eldest princess, and asked with difficulty.
"Aunt wants to destroy me?"
"You are trying to kill your father and the king and usurp the throne. Shouldn't I depose you?"
"Who will rule the Zhao family from now on? Zhao Huaiyuan? He's only eight years old!"
"You don't have to worry about this. You just need to know that no matter who holds the throne, it will never fall into the hands of you, Zhao Yujun!"
The princess said this with a determined look in her eyes, sheathed her sword and put her hands behind her back.
"Jinxin, go call Li Fuquan."
"Yes, princess."
Jin Xin went downstairs after receiving the order. After a while, Li Fuquan ran in quickly, twisting his fat body.
When he saw the eldest princess, Li Fuquan lifted his robe and knelt down respectfully.
"Your servant greets the princess."
"Eunuch Li, please go and get my brother's imperial seal. I will draft an imperial edict for my brother."
"Yes, princess."
After hearing the princess's instructions, Li Fuquan bowed and withdrew, then went behind the screen to get something.
The prince watched all this in amazement. He had no idea that Li Fuquan listened to the eldest princess so much.
In his impression, Li Fuquan was the emperor's trusted eunuch who had been with him for decades. In daily life, he would not listen to anyone else's orders except the emperor's.
Even during the period when the crown prince was in power, Li Fuquan always claimed to be sick, stayed in the eunuch's room in the harem, and never responded to any orders from the crown prince.
I used to think that Li Fuquan just didn't want to change his master, but I didn't expect that this dog slave just didn't want to obey my orders.
The prince slowly clenched his hands into fists from his sleeves, his nails digging deeply into his flesh. Only then did he realize that everything was due to his self-righteousness.
In the past, the prince thought that the power he obtained was comparable to that of the king, but in reality it was so ridiculous that even a dead eunuch was dissatisfied with him.
Li Fuquan quickly took out the jade seal, raised it respectfully above his head with both hands, and handed it to the eldest princess.
The eldest princess took the jade seal with one hand and placed it casually on the dragon table beside her, then gave instructions to Jin Xin behind her.
"Go and arrange a carriage to take His Royal Highness back to the palace. Remember to send a few palace guards to protect him."
"Yes, princess."
The prince, who was originally preparing to continue arguing with the princess, shut up completely. He knew that the current situation was not favorable to him and he could only go back and think of a solution slowly.
The princess sent imperial guards to follow her, ostensibly for protection but actually for surveillance.
The prince felt mixed emotions, he did not expect things to turn out like this. Not only did he fail to ascend the throne, he also lost his status as crown prince.
However, the prince did not worry too much about his future situation. He thought that the eldest princess was just angry for the time being, and now he was the only prince who could hold power.
As for Zhao Huaiyuan, he was just an eight-year-old baby. He didn't think that the Princess Dowager would be stupid enough to support a child to ascend to the throne, so the position of crown prince would be taken back sooner or later.
So the prince lowered his head and obediently followed Jinxin out of the emperor's bedroom.
But this time the Crown Prince really underestimated the eldest princess's determination. She could tolerate her nephew's confusion and mistakes, but she would never allow him to do such a treasonous thing as killing his father and the king.
If Song Qingwan had not reminded him in advance to pay attention to the prince's movements today, the emperor would have already passed away.
The eldest princess bent down to pick up the scattered poison on the ground, held it in front of her eyes and examined it carefully for a long time.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the legendary Crane's Crown Red, right?"
The name of the medicine, Hedinghong, is effective in killing the throat immediately upon contact with blood.
There would be no chance of recovery after taking this medicine. Not to mention the half-dead emperor, even a healthy person would not be able to resist the effect of this pill.
The princess calmly stuffed the poison into her sleeve. She would take it back and study it carefully. This kind of medicine was rare on the market, so she needed to find out how the prince got it.
After the prince left, the eldest princess immediately sat down in front of the dragon table, picked up the pen and began to write on the imperial edict.
"Crown Prince Zhao Yujun has bad conduct and inadequate abilities, so it is difficult for him to take on important responsibilities.
Today, the title of Crown Prince is stripped and he is demoted to Prince Yu, and the plaque of the Crown Prince's Palace will be replaced from today.
"I admire this"