frightfiction Chapter 627: Chaos in the Imperial Palace, Everyone Makes Their Own Plans
Chapter 627: Chaos in the Imperial Palace, Everyone Makes Their Own Plans
Now that Prince Huaiyang has been pushed out, he can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.
He walked towards the queen and said politely, "Queen, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, why not let Lord Cao go to visit the emperor as a representative? It won't affect the treatment if he goes alone. Just let him take a look from a distance to dispel his doubts."
"What Prince Huaiyang said makes sense! Your Majesty, you wouldn't dare to agree to even this, right?" Lord Cao suddenly felt confident.
"It's not that I don't allow you to see the emperor, it's that the emperor doesn't want to see anyone right now." After saying that, the queen took out a token.
When Lord Cao saw the token, his expression suddenly changed.
Although he was not convinced, he still knelt down.
Everyone in the hall knelt down and saluted when they saw the token.
"The Emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to disturb us. Anyone who violates the order will be executed immediately!"
"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.
Lord Cao was quite aggressive just now, but when he saw the token, he didn't dare to force it.
The appearance of this token in the Queen's hand can only mean two things.
The first situation is that the emperor handed the token to the queen.
The second possibility is that the emperor has passed away, and the empress got the token and falsely conveyed the imperial edict.
Lord Cao is not sure what the situation is now.
The queen put away the token and felt relieved.
The scene was still shocking.
She began to speak politely again.
"Lord Cao, I know you are worried about the emperor and are loyal to him. It is true that the emperor's condition is too dangerous. Sometimes he is lucid and sometimes he is confused. I will not hide it from you. The emperor is still in danger. He has killed dozens of Rong slaves, but they have not yet asked for the solution. If they don't tell me, I am going to arrest the little emperor of Rong and torture him severely to see if the queen mother of Rong will open her mouth!"
When everyone heard the news, there was a sigh.
It turns out that the situation is so serious!
"The Emperor gave this token to me in the hope that I could stabilize the situation. Don't let him cause you to lose your composure because he was harmed by witchcraft! There are so many inner court guards in the palace, and the Emperor's most trusted eunuch Chao Sihai is guarding by his side. Could it be that I have such great ability that I can bribe Chao Sihai and all the inner court guards?"
Lord Cao's face turned pale and he was unable to utter any rebuttal.
There was a glimmer of pride in the queen's eyes.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the hall.
Through the window you can see flames flickering in the distance.
"The fire is breaking!" someone shouted.
"Which palace is it? It looks like it's in the direction of the harem."
The queen's face darkened and she left immediately.
The fire was in the palace where the mother of several little princes was imprisoned.
In order to avoid trouble, the queen had them gathered together. Although these three princes posed no threat to her, she did not dare to take it lightly, for fear that the three little princes would fall into the hands of the queen mother.
The people who were watching over these little princes were arranged by Chao Sihai himself, and they were all his confidants.
How did the fire happen?
The flames that filled the sky had engulfed the entire palace. There was no chance of survival for the people inside!
"Empress, the three little princes and their mother are still in the palace! The fire is so big that there is no time to rescue them!" The person in charge of guarding immediately explained the situation to the queen.
"You mean, these little princes will be burned to death?" the queen asked in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, I could hear the children crying just now, but now I can't hear any sound at all. The little princes... are in great danger! Please forgive us, Your Majesty, for failing to protect the little princes!"
The people around also knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, Queen."
The Queen's eyes were filled with fire, burning fiercely.
Dead, all dead!
What a good death!
So that she won’t have to do it again!
"Someone, come! Capture the queen for me!"
Suddenly, an angry shout was heard behind the queen, and the queen mother appeared behind her.
The queen turned around, looking surprised.
How did the Queen Mother escape? Wasn't she under close surveillance?
The Queen Mother looked at the Queen with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire!
She never imagined that the queen could be so crazy!
He raised his hand, his arm shaking constantly, and pointed at the Queen.
"You vicious woman! How dare you murder the emperor!"
The queen was startled and turned around to look around. Behind the empress dowager were some court guards.
How is this going?
She was a little bewildered.
"I have seen the emperor's miserable condition! The emperor has passed away, and you still dare to conceal the truth!" The queen dowager stepped forward and slapped the queen.
The queen was knocked to the ground.
Her ears were buzzing, and before she could come to her senses, she heard a shout.
"Mother!"
The queen immediately looked up and saw that it was the third prince!
The Third Prince and Qin Yumo were held down by the inner court guards. The Third Prince was dragged over in a state of embarrassment while lying on the ground. He was still wearing a dragon robe!
What the queen didn't know was that the news of the emperor's death had already spread.
Today's inner court guards have been divided into two groups, one of which has defected to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother gave an order and the Third Prince, who had already changed into the dragon robe, was arrested on the spot.
"Someone, come and capture the queen for me!" the Queen Mother shouted.
"Who dares to touch me!" The queen suddenly showed her token.
"Don't be afraid. She stole the token after she murdered the emperor! Arrest her immediately!"
The people on the Queen Mother's side immediately surrounded the Queen.
"Protect the Queen!" The people on the Queen's side also fought desperately to protect the Queen.
In an instant, the sound of fighting was heard in the palace!
What a mess! It's all chaos!
The court ladies and eunuchs fled everywhere.
The fire, which had not yet been controlled, spread rapidly.
The majestic imperial palace seemed to have turned into a sea of fire and purgatory!
In the palace where the banquet was held, the inner court guards had already dispersed, and Lord Cao was the first to rush out.
Qin Xiang hesitated for a moment and ran out as well.
However, he was not heading towards the palace, but towards the palace gate.
He had a premonition that something terrible was going to happen.
Maybe the queen failed.
Therefore, at this time, the best strategy for him is to escape from the palace first.
"Father, Mother, I'm going to find He'er." Xiao Yan'an greeted Prince Huaiyang and the Princess and rushed out.
"Be careful!" The princess warned, but she didn't know if Xiao Yan'an heard it.
"The emperor passed away? The emperor really passed away?" Marquis Wuyang still couldn't believe the news he heard.
Other court officials and concubines also hugged each other, not knowing how to deal with this palace coup.
Some people took advantage of the palace chaos to escape with their wives, but they escaped back soon after.
It can be seen that it is really a mess outside!
"Your Highness, what should we do? What should we do?" Some people placed their hopes on Prince Huaiyang.