novelhk Chapter 309: Palace Changes
Chapter 309: Palace Changes
After hearing what Emperor Chen said, a cunning smile suddenly flashed across Prime Minister Liu's anxious face.
His joy was beyond words.
"Come here, bring the pen, ink and imperial seal quickly. The emperor wants to draft an imperial edict."
Prime Minister Liu ordered sternly.
After a while, the eunuchs in the palace brought writing brushes, ink, and the imperial seal that represented the highest authority of the State of Chen.
As long as Emperor Chen writes that will, Prime Minister Liu's plan will succeed.
Emperor Chen raised his trembling hand and struggled to hold the pen steadily. After years of indulgence, he now felt a little unfamiliar with holding a pen.
After writing for a long time, Chen Di still hadn't finished half of it.
Prime Minister Liu looked at it and almost wanted to grab the pen and write it himself.
"I want to pass the throne to you..."
When writing this, Xiao Zhenglian suddenly coughed violently and almost vomited blood, which made Prime Minister Liu very anxious.
Prime Minister Liu did not care about the emperor's health, but wanted the emperor to finish writing the edict before dying.
But at this moment, Emperor Chen suddenly coughed violently, coughed up a mouthful of blood, closed his eyes, and fell backwards.
The blood even splashed onto Prime Minister Liu's sleeves.
"emperor!"
Prime Minister Liu screamed and hurried forward.
The reason why he was so nervous was not because he was worried about the emperor, but because the name of the heir to the throne was not written on the edict.
Then this edict would have been written in vain.
At this moment, Emperor Chen had fainted, as if he was seriously ill.
"Go and ask the imperial physician to come over."
Prime Minister Liu frowned and looked solemn.
He stretched out his finger and placed it in front of Chen Di's nose.
The seriously ill emperor was still breathing faintly and had not yet died.
Looking at the imperial edict on the table, Prime Minister Liu had other ideas in his mind.
Anyway, the first half of the edict was almost entirely written by the emperor himself. Based on the content of the picture, they could easily find someone to imitate the handwriting and forge a will.
When the prince dies, with this edict in hand, no one will dare to disobey Prime Minister Liu.
Now the arrow is on the string and has to be shot. For Prime Minister Liu, the only option now is to kill the prince first and then read the imperial edict.
Prime Minister Liu looked fierce, turned his head and glanced at the fainted emperor, and ordered the guards beside him: "If the emperor wakes up, come and inform this prime minister immediately."
Having said that, Prime Minister Liu left the side hall.
Half an hour later, the imperial guards began to gather rapidly in the capital.
Most of the imperial guards are in the hands of Prime Minister Liu and his party. If they want, they can arrest the prince's party first.
But the only problem now is that they can't find where the prince is.
"Send someone to spread the news and tell the prince that the emperor is seriously ill. Summon the prince and execute him for treason. Arrest all the officials who support the prince and put them in jail!"
Prime Minister Liu ordered sternly.
All palace changes are inevitable...
Royal Guard Camp.
Jiang Shaoan, the captain of the imperial guards, looked solemnly at the secret letter in his hand.
That was a letter of persuasion sent by Prime Minister Liu's party. They wanted Jiang Shaoan to join the Prime Minister's party in order to gain more support from the imperial guards.
Now, Jiang Shaoan has only two choices. Either he becomes a treacherous official and relies on the powerful Prime Minister Liu. The second choice is to break off relations with Prime Minister Liu and his gang.
But the second option would undoubtedly put their imperial guards in danger.
Jiang Shaoan was in hesitation about what to choose.
There have been rumors that the emperor is about to die. If the emperor has not drafted any other edicts, then the throne will definitely be passed to the prince, and then it will most likely be time to settle accounts with Prime Minister Liu.
Jiang Shaoan was completely undecided.
At this time, two unique guests came to the army.
Jiang Shaoan put away his thoughts and looked up. The person coming was none other than the Crown Prince Xiao Nian whom he had just thought of. And the person next to the Crown Prince was the Minister of War Zhou Bailin.
Jiang Shaoan still had great respect for these two people, and he quickly stepped forward and knelt down, saying, "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Minister Zhou!"
Jiang Shaoan knew that the two men came to visit today because something big must have happened.
"Captain Jiang, I came here today to ask for a favor."
The prince stepped forward and supported him.
Jiang Shaoan felt uneasy and said, "Your Highness, please speak."
Xiao Nian said: "We need your troops to launch a mutiny and eliminate Prime Minister Liu and his party!"
Only by utilizing the Imperial Guards in the imperial city can we have a greater chance of killing Prime Minister Liu.
"Eliminate Prime Minister Liu?"
There was a hint of hesitation in Jiang Shaoan's eyes.
"For the sake of the people of the world, we must use all means to eradicate the extremely powerful Prime Minister Liu!"
Zhou Bailin also said this at this time, his eyes were quite firm.
There was even more of a fearlessness in that look.
Now Prime Minister Liu and his party have forced him into a desperate situation. If he does not fight back.
"But now the Yan army is about to arrive at Jiankang City. Do we still have to kill each other in the imperial city?"
Jiang Shaoan said with a serious expression.
For him, he would rather fight against foreign enemies first than a palace mutiny.
"The reason why the Yan army attacked Jiankang City so easily is simply because the court is incompetent and Prime Minister Liu and his party control the government. If Prime Minister Liu and his party are not eradicated, there is no way to eradicate the foreign threat!"
Zhou Bailin said excitedly.
He had gone to the palace many times before to give advice to the emperor, but all he got in return was disgrace and the charge of treason.
This time, with the help of the prince, Zhou Bailin escaped from the Heavenly Prison in order to settle accounts with Liu Xiangguo and his party.
At this moment, Jiang Shaoan was still quite conflicted.
Because Zhou Bailin was the one who promoted Jiang Shaoan, Jiang Shaoan actually agreed with Zhou Bailin's proposal, but he just couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.
What Jiang Shaoan was worried about was that if the mutiny failed, they would surely die.
Faced with life and death, Jiang Shaoan was naturally extremely hesitant.
"Don't hesitate any longer. We don't have time. Prime Minister Liu is now in power and is harming loyal people. If he succeeds, the State of Chen will perish!"
Prince Xiao Nian said in a rather anxious tone.
"Your humble servant..." Jiang Shaoan hesitated to speak.
At this moment, hurried footsteps were suddenly heard outside the door. A moment later, the prince's attendant hurried over and reported: "Your Highness, the emperor is seriously ill and summoned the prince to the palace."
Hearing this, everyone present was surprised.
"The emperor is seriously ill? Impossible, this must be a trap set by Prime Minister Liu."
Zhou Bailin reminded.
But they were very clear about the emperor's physical condition.
"It may be true that my father is seriously ill, but it was definitely Prime Minister Liu's idea to summon me."
Xiao Nian had already noticed something was wrong.
"Your Highness, Prime Minister Liu and his party are already gathering the imperial guards. We are running out of time."
The follower said again.
The prince turned to look at Xiao Nian and asked, "How is it?"