binnovel Chapter 1153 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (276)
Chapter 1153 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (276)
Chapter 1153 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (two hundred and seventy-six)
Concubine Tian asked, "Prince Song, Prince Heshun, are you still stubborn and unwilling to repent? If you still refuse to obey, my assassins will visit your mansion."
Prime Minister Song stated: "Even if we die, we will not let Concubine Tian and your evil scheme succeed. If you want to kill the Crown Prince, kill me first!"
Zhao Jing looked at Prime Minister Song with a touching expression. No wonder his father trusted Prime Minister Song. Prime Minister Song was such a good man! He was his good teacher!
Master Wei was a rare loyal man! Unlike the Marquis of Anping, who had a grudge against Concubine Tian, the Wei and Song families didn't have any deep hatred for Concubine Tian and the others. Their power was intertwined, and even if they didn't choose Zhao Jing, they would still be afraid of Concubine Tian in the future. Prince Heshun gritted his teeth. His grandson and Zhao Jing were close friends, and he could imagine what would happen if Zhao Yu ascended the throne.
Logically speaking, Your Majesty should have passed the throne to Zhao Yu, but Your Majesty is dead and they are still alive, so they have to consider it for the future. Zhao Jing has no maternal clan, so he doesn't have to worry about the power of his in-laws.
Now he could only take a gamble, and he made a difficult decision:
"Your Majesty was deceived by treacherous people and died of unknown causes. Concubine Tian forced the emperor to abdicate. As the prince in charge of the royal family, I should support the crown prince to ascend the throne and avenge your majesty."
Concubine Tian was furious. These people were so stubborn!
"These traitors disobeyed the imperial decree. Kill them all!"
All the royal guards in the hall drew their swords and faced each other.
Zhao Jing looked at the ministers intently and immediately pulled out a special whistle from his neck. The whistle blew sharply and loudly. From outside came a rustling sound, which grew closer and closer. Soon, soldiers were fighting outside the palace. Even inside the palace, many of the imperial guards defected.
Having been carefully trained by the emperor for five years, Zhao Jing was not a sheep to be slaughtered. He had already made plans for the worst. If he could not defeat Concubine Tian, he would escape under the cover of the secret guards, taking the imperial edict with him and waiting to make a comeback.
Although his imperial edict was the decree of succession written by His Majesty three months ago and could not match the new edict in terms of time, it was still an imperial edict and at least represented his orthodox status. He could also say that the later imperial edict was a forged edict.
And the current situation is not too bad.
Concubine Tian and the Imperial Preceptor couldn't help but widen their eyes at the situation in front of them.
Xiaoyaozi looked at the current situation and asked anxiously, "My Lady, what should we do now?"
Concubine Tian, dressed in black and wearing heavy makeup, said coldly, "Of course it's a fight to the death! If we don't succeed today, we'll die. If we lose, the worst that can happen is death." Xiaoyaozi surveyed the hall and asked, "How about running away? Most of these imperial guards have rebelled, and the Duke of Wei's intimidation is incredible. We probably can't defeat him."
Concubine Tian looked at Xiaoyaozi as if she were looking at a fool.
"Xiaoyaozi, do you think you can survive if you run away? Will Zhao Jing be unable to catch you? You might as well fight to the death. Besides, the hall is surrounded. Where do you want to run to? There are no tunnels here."
Xiaoyaozi had long lost his composure. He used his lightness skills to jump onto the beam, preparing to escape in the chaos, but his way was blocked by Wei Ying.
Zhao Yu was terrified and said to Concubine Tian, "Mother, I don't want to die! The Tian family cannot be wiped out! How about we surrender? Ninth Brother will spare us out of consideration for our family."
Concubine Tian slapped him and said angrily:
"You've really learned bad habits from your fake brother. You're just as afraid of death as that loser Zhao Jian. Prosperity and adversity are shared by all. You can't just think about fame and fortune and not be willing to take any risks. Even if we lose today, even if the entire Tian family is executed, it would be their honor to have me by their side."
Zhao Yu covered his face and looked at his mother in disbelief: "You are crazy! That's your mother's family! Han'er also married into the Tian family!"
There was no trace of weakness on Concubine Tian's face, and it was no longer the gentle face it once was. Instead, there was a coldness and hardness that Zhao Yu was very unfamiliar with.
"So what? Your uncle and his family all understand this principle. They are the ones who are guarding the capital and preventing those soldiers from attacking. Your sister is not as cowardly as you. She is like me. If she can't get the status she deserves, she would rather die.
If you had already taken control of the Guo, Song, and Wei families, would I have been so passive? You can't even control your own wife and your wife's family, and the concubines you've taken in are all of low rank. Even prostitutes are happy to help them change their appearance and take them into your family, which is of no help to your rise to power. You are a waste, you are not qualified to persuade me! I've had enough of these years of cowardice!"