sjar Chapter 625: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (32)
Chapter 625: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (32)
Chapter 625: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (Thirty-Two)
Everyone looked at King Chengping. He was the clan leader, and as long as he agreed, the other clan members would have nothing to fear.
Although King Chengping is a man of rules, he is not stupid and would not want the ready-made merit of following the emperor.
He also bowed to the Queen and said, "I second the motion! Please issue your decree."
The queen was very happy, but she had to pretend to be reserved for the sake of appearances.
"Then please ask Your Highness to write it, and the Emperor must personally seal it!"
Prince Chengping nodded and took the blank imperial edict handed over by Yao Fugui.
It was written above that the eldest son of the emperor, Li Xiangyu, was the crown prince, and because the emperor was seriously ill, the crown prince would be regent from that day on.
Then he took the imperial seal and placed it in the emperor's hand, holding his hands with both hands and stamping the imperial edict with the seal.
Next, Prince Zhongyi asked, "Empress, what should be done with the Third Prince and his followers?"
The queen looked at the unconscious emperor and sighed deeply.
"After all, the Third Prince is the Emperor's biological son, so he should be confined in the Third Prince's Mansion until he wakes up.
As for others who dared to rebel and assassinate the emperor, their property would naturally be confiscated and their families would be exterminated.
I don’t think the Emperor will blame me for meddling in other people’s affairs when he wakes up.”
Seeing that the Queen did not take this opportunity to kill the Third Prince, Prince Chengping looked satisfied.
For him, the clan leader, it doesn’t matter who sits on the throne, but he still has to protect the throne for the descendants of the Wang family if possible.
It is said that the crown prince is the regent, but looking at the crown prince's behavior, everyone knows that the queen must be ruling the country from behind the scenes.
The first time the empress attended court since the emperor fell into a coma, she read out the imperial edicts that copied the rebellious families.
All the ministers looked at each other, and at this moment, everyone had only one thought in their mind.
The sky of Daqing Kingdom is about to change!
They didn't expect that the queen would actually dare to confront these aristocratic families.
Everyone was glad that they remained neutral or fought against the right team.
Finally, the question is about how the imperial concubine was buried.
The Left Prime Minister directly stated, "As the biological mother of the rebel king, the imperial concubine cannot remain detached from this matter.
Therefore, I propose to demote the concubine to a concubine and bury her in the tomb with concubine rites."
The Right Prime Minister also saluted and said, "I second the motion!"
There was also a rare united front between several military generals who came to drink and the left and right prime ministers, who were two civil officials.
Each of them bowed and said, "I second the motion!"
They were still holding a grudge against the imperial concubine for wanting their daughters to be concubines.
The queen naturally agreed to take advantage of the situation.
Because Fei Ling's coffin had not been built yet, her coffin could only be moved to a temple in the suburbs of Beijing and placed there after Fei Ling was built.
When the news reached the Third Prince's residence, the Third Prince once again spat out a mouthful of blood and cried out in pain.
"Mother, Mother, it's all because of my unfilial and incompetent son that you have to endure this humiliation!"
When the Second Princess's residence was surrounded by the Imperial Guards, she also received news that her mother had been demoted.
When she learned that her husband and son were going to be beheaded and her daughter was going to be imprisoned, how could she bear the humiliation?
She ordered someone to bring her daughter and son over, and looking at the two children who were still ignorant, she couldn't stop crying.
At this moment, she was extremely regretful. Why was she so stupid before to help her brother to deceive Chang'an?
If my younger brother had married Chang'an, how could that fool have happened?
"It's all mother's fault. Mother has implicated you."
Finally, he fed the prepared fruit wine to the two children and drank the rest of the wine jug himself.
At this time, the civil and military officials in the prison cell did not know that the situation outside had changed.
They were all calm and fearless.
When they decided to rebel, they kept a trick up their sleeve and deliberately used the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials.
This was done deliberately to give the emperor a way out and forgive their recklessness this time.
They just didn't believe that the emperor would give up such a healthy son as the third prince.
Of course, the most important thing is that the combined power of all their families cannot be underestimated.
I just don't believe that the emperor would really dare to punish them.
But they forgot one prerequisite.
Even if the emperor was still in charge, their plan might succeed.
Because apart from verbally blackmailing the emperor and governing according to the so-called etiquette and rules of their family, they did not have any military force at all.
The few private soldiers they had were like a pile of scattered sand, powerless to resist the regular army that had been fighting for years.
It’s a pity that now, the ones sitting on the high throne are the queen and her son.
As the crown prince, Li Xiangyu doesn't understand things like balance and face at all.
He only knew that if these people dared to kill his father, they would all have to die.
But to the queen, these people were the enemies who had harmed her son and daughter.
Now that I finally have this opportunity, how could I let it go easily?
As for waiting for the same posthumous honors as those of future generations, it is not important at all to the queen.
The corresponding sentence is, as long as I have no morals, morality cannot hold me hostage.
At this time, those people did not know that their death was approaching, and they were still in the prison cell, shouting at the jailer.
At the beginning, the prison boss was respectful to them because of the benefits they got and the unknown outcome.
But on this day, when they learned that the Imperial Guards had raided these people's homes and all their families were imprisoned in Yingtian Prefecture, the jailer knew how to treat them.
That morning, the jailer and several yamen runners came in with several buckets of porridge that was so black that it was almost invisible.
Just like ordinary prisoners, a bowl was placed at the door of each cell.
"Eat quickly and pass the bowl to the next person after you finish."
Those people had never suffered such humiliation before, and they cursed at the jailer one by one.
They said they didn't want to eat dog food, they wanted to eat meat, chicken and white rice.
The jailer snorted coldly, "There's nothing you said. That's all. Eat if you like, don't eat if you don't like!"
Those people who could sit in high positions were naturally not stupid. When they noticed that the attitude of the prison boss towards them was completely different from yesterday, they suddenly felt panicked.
Those who were good at dealing with things quickly took off their valuable accessories and handed them to the prison boss.
"Excuse me, jailer, did something happen at the court yesterday?"
The jailer looked at the priceless jade pendant in his hand and said something out of mercy.
"Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince issued an edict that all the families of you rebellious officials will be confiscated, your donations will be confiscated and sent to the Ministry of Religion, and all male members will be executed!"
Everyone's face turned pale and they collapsed to the ground in an instant.
Normally when they kill others, they are all very tough and proud of themselves because they can easily control the life and death of others.
But when I was about to die, I realized that I was also afraid.
Someone shouted in disbelief, "Impossible, impossible! How could the Third Prince, now the Crown Prince, want to kill us?"
The eyes of others also lit up.
Yes, how could the Third Prince abandon them? He still needs their assistance.
"Bah, a bunch of parasites who are just sitting there eating and drinking!
I'm telling you, the Third Prince has also been confined in the Third Prince's Mansion and is not allowed to leave. The current Crown Prince is the First Prince!"