The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 554: Stimulating King Han
Concubine Rong had her hair loose, wore a plain dress, had a pale face, and knelt at the door of the imperial study.

Sun Doudou, who was guarding the door of the imperial study, saw Concubine Rong staggering and looking like she was about to fall, and he was so anxious that he wanted to reach out to hold her.

Concubine Rong was very weak, and even her lips were pale. Her forehead, face, neck, and even her back were covered with cold sweat. She held the flesh of her thighs tightly with both hands and gritted her teeth to prevent herself from fainting.

She wanted to speak, but because she was too weak, she couldn't open her mouth. Once she opened her mouth, she would faint to the ground.

If something happened to Concubine Rong at the door of the Imperial Study, Sun Doudou and the others would be implicated. He had no choice but to step forward again and persuade Concubine Rong to leave.

Concubine Rong was indifferent. In fact, she could no longer hear what Sun Doudou was saying. Her ears were buzzing, and she could only hear her own increasingly heavy breathing. She could not hear anything else.

Seeing that Concubine Rong ignored her, Sun Doudou had to persuade Jin Mei, who was kneeling beside her, to help Concubine Rong go back to rest.

Jin Mei raised her head and looked at Sun Doudou pleadingly: "Little Eunuch Sun, please help my queen to intercede and let the emperor see her."

Sun Doudou looked embarrassed. He had entered the imperial study room before and conveyed the emperor's intentions to Concubine Rong, but the emperor didn't say anything.

"Young Master Sun, please." Jin Mei kowtowed to Sun Doudou repeatedly, and she kowtowed very hard, and a red spot immediately appeared on her snow-white forehead.

Sun Doudou couldn't bear it either, so he quickly stopped Jinmei from kowtowing.

"I'll go in and say something for the Imperial Concubine."

After hearing this, Jin Mei looked grateful and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Sun, thank you, Eunuch Sun..." She said thank you several times in a row.

Before entering the imperial study, Sun Doudou brought two cups of tea, one for Concubine Rong and one for Jin Mei.

Jin Mei expressed her gratitude again, and then fed Concubine Rong some water. Because Concubine Rong bit her lips tightly, Jin Mei could not feed her. She had to pry open Concubine Rong's mouth and forcefully feed her some water.

After drinking the water, Concubine Rong came back to her senses. She was about to say something when Jin Mei interrupted her: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Sun has gone in to plead with the Emperor for you."

In the imperial study, Sun Doudou gritted her teeth and pleaded for Concubine Rong, and reported in detail about Concubine Rong's poor health.

After hearing this, the emperor sighed softly, and then said in a heavy tone: "Let her in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Doudou stepped out and told Concubine Rong that the emperor let her in.

Concubine Rong looked delighted and thanked Sun Doudou solemnly. Then she held Jin Mei's hand and stood up tremblingly. Because she had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, her legs were numb. As soon as she stood up, she fell forward.

Sun Doudou supported her in time, and then followed Jin Mei to help her walk into the imperial study.

Seeing this, Sun Kui hurried forward and replaced Jin Mei to help Concubine Rong walk away. Jin Mei obediently retreated.

When the emperor saw Concubine Rong’s frail appearance, a hint of deepness flashed in his eyes.

"Chair."

"Your Majesty, I am not worthy of sitting here." Concubine Rong knelt on the ground.

Sun Kui and Sun Doudou withdrew respectfully.

"Your Majesty, please spare the King of Dai, the King of Yue and my brothers." Concubine Rong was very weak, but her voice was loud.

The emperor sat in front of the imperial desk and did not step forward to help Concubine Rong who was kneeling on the ground.

"You should know that treason is a serious crime."

Concubine Rong raised her head, her eyes red and her face full of tears, and she pleaded, "I know, Your Majesty, please forgive them for my sake."

The most beloved concubine now looked so pitiful that anyone would have been softened by her heart, but the emperor felt no emotion at all.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics."

When Concubine Rong heard this, the light in her eyes suddenly dimmed. She cried and said, "Cousin, I know that the harem cannot interfere in politics, but that is our child..."

The emperor interrupted her and said, "When they were rebelling, did they ever think that I was their father?" Thinking of his second son's rebellion, the emperor's face was filled with anger. "I treated the second son well and never treated them unfairly, including your elder brother. But they rebelled against me."

Concubine Rong knew that her son and brother's rebellion would be a huge blow to the emperor, but as a mother and sister, she could not bear to watch them die.

"Cousin, please spare their lives, even if you have to imprison them for life."

"I ask you, when they were plotting a rebellion, did they ever think of sparing my life?"

This question stumped Concubine Rong. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her head: "Cousin, Yi'er and the others will never kill you."

"If he doesn't kill me?" The emperor sneered, "If he doesn't kill me, how can he sit on the throne?"

"cousin……"

The emperor interrupted Rong Guifei again and said, "You are not aware of this matter, I will not bother with you, but I will never let them off easily."

"Cousin, Yi'er is our first child..."

"Sun Kui, send Concubine Rong back to the palace. She is not allowed to leave Yongxin Palace without my order."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

“Cousin, I beg you…” Sun Kui had no choice but to work with Sun Doudou to forcefully carry Concubine Rong away.

The emperor raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, then continued to review the memorials as if nothing had happened.

After a while, Sun Kui returned to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has fainted again."

"Let the imperial physician examine her carefully, and let the people around her take good care of her." The emperor said in a very calm tone, "Don't let her leave Yongxin Palace again."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui turned and left the imperial study, and told Sun Doudou what the emperor had just ordered. Sun Doudou listened and immediately went to make arrangements.

When Sun Doudou came back, he saw his master standing at the door and asked in surprise, "Why aren't you waiting inside?"

"The Emperor is in a bad mood."

“Master, the Emperor really wants to…” Sun Doudou didn’t dare to finish his words.

Sun Kui glared at him and warned him, "This is not something you should be concerned about."

Sun Doudou immediately shut his mouth obediently and dared not say another word.

At this time, the King of Chu came over with several ministers. Sun Kui hurried into the imperial study to report, and the emperor asked the King of Chu to come in.

The King of Chu and several ministers reported to the emperor the truth about the interrogation of the King of Dai, the King of Yue, the Marquis of Xuanping and the King of Han in collusion to rebellion.

They originally thought that the King of Dai and his men would remain stubborn and say nothing, but unexpectedly, the King of Dai confessed everything honestly.

During the interrogation, the king cried with tears all over his face. He regretted his rebellion very much and begged the emperor to spare his life.

The King of Han said nothing at first, but when the King of Chu showed him all the evidence of his collusion with the Xiongnu and told him that it was all a trap, he could not bear it and started to yell wildly. Later, he no longer denied what he had done.

After reading the confessions of King Dai and King Han, the emperor remained calm.

"Father, the King of Dai wants to see you." At present, the King of Dai has not been convicted, so he is still the King of Dai for the time being.

The emperor guessed what the king wanted to say to him, and said coldly, "No."

The King of Chu asked, "Father, what should we do next?"

"Deal with it according to the law and announce it at the court tomorrow morning."

The King of Chu suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Father, please spare the lives of the King of Dai and the others."

The emperor was not surprised at all to see the King of Chu pleading for the King of Dai and others.

At this time, in the Han Palace, Zhao Yao was reading the letter sent by He Lianfang. Every ten days, He Lianfang would write to Zhao Yao, telling him about the situation in Swamp Prefecture and other prefectures in Lingnan, as well as countries such as Siam and Johor.

With He Lianfang guarding the area, everything was normal in Lingnan and the nearby foreign countries were also very honest.

"Second uncle, second uncle..." During the time he was away, his second uncle must have secretly planned a lot of things.

Tongxi asked, "Your Highness, what happened to the Second Master?"

"Nothing." Zhao Yao asked, "Is Big Brother in the mansion?"

"Your Highness, the King of Wei is busy at this time and should not be in the palace."

"Yeah, they are all busy people, unlike me who is idle." After Zhao Yao said this, he picked up the baked rice cake and started eating.

"Your Highness, will King Dai and the others die?"

"It's hard to say whether the King of Dai and the King of Yue will die, but the King of Han will definitely die, after all, he colluded with the Xiongnu. However, he may not be beheaded, he will probably die of illness in prison." Zhao Yao said in his heart, "Even if my father spares the King of Dai and the King of Yue, I'm afraid my brother will not let them go."

"King Han deserves what he gets."

At this moment, the secret guard suddenly appeared and reported: "Your Highness, Xun Shuren is dead."

"Xun Shuren?" Zhao Yao didn't react to who this person was for a moment.

Tongxi reminded: "Your Highness, it's the former Concubine De."

Zhao Yao finally realized, "It turned out to be her. How did she die?"

"The emperor gave me poisoned wine."

"normal."

"Before she died, Xun Shuren said that Rong Guifei was with her, so her death was not unjust."

"Didn't the emperor not blame Concubine Rong?" Zhao Yao just finished speaking when he realized that he had said something stupid. After the King of Dai, the King of Yue, and the Marquis of Xuanping died, Concubine Rong might not survive.

"Noble Concubine Rong is not in good health." The secret guard added, "The King of Chu pleaded for the King of Dai and the King of Yue, but the Emperor said nothing."

"It's not surprising that Fourth Brother pleads for mercy." Both publicly and privately, Fourth Brother would plead for the two brothers of King Dai.

"The Prince of Dai was crying and shouting in prison, asking to see the Emperor."

"Do you regret rebelling?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yao sneered and said, "You regret it now. Why did you rebel in the first place? In the end, you are just afraid of death."

The secret guard also reported that King Han had gone mad in prison.

"Let's go to the prison to see my good fifth brother." Zhao Yao wanted to humiliate King Han before he died.

"Your Highness, can we go?"

"Why can't I go? Father didn't issue an order saying I can't go."

Zhao Yao took Tongxi to the prison of Zongzheng Temple.

The people in Zongzheng Temple did not stop him.

Zhao Yao came to the cell where King Han was imprisoned and saw King Han with his hair disheveled, leaning against the corner of the cell in a disheveled state.

"Fifth brother, I'm here to see you."

The King of Han did not react at all, not even moving his eyelids.

Zhao Yao moved a chair and sat in front of the cell, and continued, "Fifth brother, I didn't expect you to be so stupid. I destroyed your power in Johor and Siam, and you were so scared that you peed your pants and dared not return to Beijing. You even colluded with the third princess of the Xiongnu to rebel."

King Han reacted. He ran over angrily and glared at Zhao Yao with resentment.

"Zhao Yao! I'm going to kill you!"

Looking at the King of Han who wanted to skin him alive, Zhao Yao smiled happily.

"I'll kindly tell you one more thing. It was Myna who pushed you to rebel this time. Of course, I also helped a little."

Han Dynasty Zhao Yao roared: "I will kill you!!!"

"You thought everything would be fine if you colluded with the Third Princess. Let me tell you, the Left and Right Wise Kings of the Xiongnu Royal Court are both Bage's men. You thought you controlled the Xiongnu Royal Court, but you actually fell into Bage's trap." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Bage and my father arranged everything for your rebellion this time. When you went south, General Chu attacked the Xiongnu Royal Court, and the Third Princess you had an affair with was already dead."

“Ahhhhhhhh…” King Han suddenly started yelling crazily.

He didn't realize that everything he did was designed by others.