readsfreenovel Chapter 1152 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (275)
Chapter 1152 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (275)
Chapter 1152 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (two hundred and seventy-five)
The Queen shouted, "I really didn't poison the Emperor. Don't fall for Tian's evil scheme!"
Zhao Jing also kept crying out for justice and calling for help from the ministers.
Concubine Tian ordered people to shut the mouths of the Queen and Zhao Jing.
Prime Minister Song and Wei Ying looked at each other and made a decision. They used to remain neutral and watched Concubine Tian's downfall with cold eyes, but today was not the time to remain neutral.
When Zhao Yu ascends the throne, with his easy-to-foolish personality, the person who will truly be in power will be Concubine Tian. Those who have not helped him in his time of need will be held accountable by Concubine Tian.
Besides, Zhao Yu is neither a hypocrite nor a true gentleman. He used to be humble to save his life, but once he really came to power, he would dislike those who had seen him weak and incompetent.
The next second, Wei Ying snatched the knife from Zhao Jing's neck with incredible speed and knocked out all the guards around him with the back of the knife.
"Wei Ying, are you planning a rebellion? This hall has long been filled with medicinal incense, which has sealed the internal energy of martial artists and made them feel weak. But why are you still able to take action?"
Concubine Tian pointed at Wei Ying with an unhappy expression.
Wei Ying did not explain that he was still able to move because he had taken medicine in advance.
"Your Highness, how His Majesty passed away, I'm afraid no one knows better than you and Xiaoyaozi.
I have long wondered how there could be an elixir of life in this world that could make people rejuvenate?
Every medicine is poisonous. Now it seems that the medicine is probably a death warrant. You carefully concocted the illusion that the Crown Prince and the Queen poisoned His Majesty in order to conceal the true cause of His Majesty's death! You regicides even want to kill the Queen and the Crown Prince. If this world is handed over to you, wouldn't it be in danger?
Today, I am willing to assist the Crown Prince and restore order! If there are still those who follow the treacherous concubine's evil ways and intend to overthrow the government, do not regret it when your entire clan is executed one day."
Wei Ying deliberately used his inner strength to transmit his voice out of the hall. He took action while speaking, and soon knocked down all the imperial guards surrounding the ministers. He stood in front of Zhao Jing and the ministers, holding a knife and looking at Concubine Tian and others expressionlessly.
Zhao Yu took a few steps back and said to Xiaoyaozi in front of him, "Master Imperial Master, don't you know immortal arts? Hurry up and stop Duke Anguo! He's not a human being. How can he be so ferocious?"
Xiaoyaozi opened his mouth and looked at the circle of royal guards on the ground, but had nothing more to say.
With a sweep of the whisk, a cloud of smoke swept across to the opposite side. Everyone else was limp and half lying on the ground, but Wei Ying was standing still.
Concubine Tian cursed him as a waste and shouted outside the palace, "Come here, arrest this traitor Wei Ying for me."
Many ministers looked terrified. No matter how powerful the Duke of Anguo was, he could not defeat tens of thousands of imperial guards!
Wei Ying said, "Your Highness, before I entered the palace, I ordered someone to take the tiger talisman and mobilize the officers and soldiers in the camp outside the capital. Without my order to retreat, they should have surrounded the capital by now. Do you really want to fight me?"
Concubine Tian sneered repeatedly: "His Majesty really trusts you and Prime Minister Song. One is civil and the other is military. Such a great threat. Not only did he approve Prime Minister Song's retirement letter, but he also dared to appoint Song Lingji as the Minister of Personnel, and secretly handed over the troops and horses of the camp outside the capital to you, Wei Ying.
Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. Those who disobey today will die here! After you die, I will establish a new court and appoint a group of obedient ministers! I only need those who are submissive! Whoever disobeys will have their property confiscated and be executed; whoever obeys will be granted a title of nobility or prime minister at my command!
Zhao Yu looked at the majestic Concubine Tian, feeling a momentary daze. Who would ascend the throne from now on, him or his mother? Was his mother... perhaps she wanted to emulate the previous dynasty and become an empress? Then wouldn't he... just be a puppet? He'd probably die of illness in a few years, right? He already had a son, anyway.
The more Zhao Yu thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he involuntarily took several steps back.
"Your Highness, go slower. Be careful with your sharp weapons."
Supported by the guards behind him, Zhao Yu smiled awkwardly. There was no way to retreat and he almost bumped into the sword.
Another large group of imperial guards surrounded the hall, and Concubine Tian asked everyone to express their opinions.
Wei Ying held a knife and protected Zhao Jing, Prime Minister Song and others.
Faced with the risk of their lives, more than a dozen ministers chose to be loyal to Concubine Tian and Prince Ren.