Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 17 The Cold-Faced King Holds the Emperor’s Sword

Tao Quan reacted quickly. When he saw the second prince getting up and rushing towards Dong Xiu, he hurriedly stepped forward to catch the second prince, and joined other eunuchs to restrain the second prince.

Emperor Jing'an shouted to the second prince with a stern look: "You still don't admit it until now?"

"You, Prince of Nightmare, have ulterior motives and are extremely vicious. This is already a grave crime!"

"Now that your evil deeds have been exposed, if you are still stubborn and make useless excuses, it will be another crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"Crime upon crime, do you want to force me to put you, a traitor and traitor, to death!"

The words "Let the rebellious ministers and traitors die" were like thunder.

The second prince was so shocked that he knelt down on the ground again and began to beg for mercy: "Father has always tolerated his sons. Other brothers have made many mistakes, and they have been forgiven by father time and time again."

"As the saying goes, people make mistakes, horses stumble, and I am also knocked unconscious by a stranger."

"Nian Zai, I haven't made any big mistakes for many years. This is the first time. Please forgive me."

"My son, I swear that I will do my best to be filial and loyal in the future, and I will never dare to have any shady thoughts."

Emperor Jing'an took a deep breath, but he couldn't exhale the lump in his chest.

He wanted to scold the second prince bloody, but felt that it was pointless to do so.

He gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice: "Here comes someone."

A royal guard came forward.

Following Emperor Jing'an's order, the second prince was escorted away by the imperial guards...

Seeing this scene, the fifth prince felt happy again.

He's really riding the wave.

When he got this advantage from the second prince, he was not in a hurry to use it, he wanted to wait for a good opportunity.

He had been waiting for a good opportunity tonight.

Although he knew that if he reported the matter tonight, Emperor Jing'an would suspect that he was taking the opportunity to trip up the second prince and covet the position of prince and emperor, but he felt that Emperor Jing'an would not be very dissatisfied with him for this.

Because Emperor Jing'an believes that this matter should be reported promptly tonight.

As for whether this matter would allow the prince to escape guilt, the fifth prince was not worried.

When he thought about it, even if Emperor Jing'an believed that the prince was suffering from nightmare, the prince would definitely be deposed and would have no chance of becoming the emperor if he was so rebellious this time.

Throughout the ages, no emperor has allowed his son to succeed to the throne by colluding with his concubines and relatives to kill his father and usurp the throne.

“God is really helping me!
The fifth prince was ecstatic.

Overnight, the prince was dead, and the second prince was probably dead too.

Even though there is a third prince, he should not be underestimated...

The fifth prince already feels that this great Zhou world will probably belong to him...

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After Emperor Jing'an asked the fifth prince to retreat, he said to the third prince: "I have an imperial order for you."

The third prince no longer had to kneel because he had always been kneeling. He said respectfully: "Father, please send me."

Emperor Jing'an said in a deep voice: "I will give you a list, and I will mobilize some bodyguards and military camp officers and soldiers, plus your palace guards and soldiers. You will lead them, and bring my Emperor's Sword to quickly kill all the people on the list." Take it!”

As he spoke, Emperor Jing'an asked Tao Quan to hand a list to the third prince.

I saw many people on the list, including Zhang Yi, Jia Daihua, Jia She, Jia Jing...

Gu Qitai had confessed this list under Emperor Jing'an's face-to-face interrogation.

Almost all of them are princelings.

There are exceptions. Jia Daihua is not a princeling, but his son Jia Jing is. The prince plans to use him this time to kill his father and usurp the throne.

The third prince felt a little troubled because there were people on this list who also had friendships with him.

Moreover, asking him, the backbone of the princelings, to arrest these princelings was equivalent to cutting him off from the princelings all at once.

In fact, this was the main reason why Emperor Jing'an entrusted him with this imperial order.

Emperor Jing'an said: "I know that both you and Siluo are close to the prince. This time the prince has rebelled against the will and should have captured you and Siluo as well."

Having said this, he glanced at Yuan Qingbai, who was still kneeling in the hall. His face showed a little softness, but suddenly he regained his majesty. He continued to say to the third prince: "I remember that Qingbai played a great role in saving me, and I also think that you have always been respectful, filial and loyal to me. I have no intention of implicating you this time."

The third prince hurriedly said: "My son, I would like to thank my father for your kindness."

Emperor Jing'an said: "But you must atone for your sins. The person you take this list will have atoneed for your sins."

The third prince said: "My son, I obey."

It’s okay not to obey orders. How can this emperor’s order be violated?

The third prince couldn't help but asked cautiously: "I wonder if my father plans to implicate the ninth brother?"

When Emperor Jing'an heard this, he not only did not feel disgusted, but felt relieved, thinking that the third prince, who was always severe and mean, was very affectionate and loyal to the ninth prince.

Feeling happy in his heart, Emperor Jing'an said with a straight face: "I have shown mercy by forgiving you this time. Do you still want me to forgive your ninth brother? I plan to imprison him!"

The third prince was so frightened that he knelt down and begged: "Father, the emperor clearly knows that the ninth brother was not involved in the prince's treasonous act this time, and he did not know the news in advance."

Emperor Jing'an said in a deep voice: "Don't talk too much about this matter, just finish your errands."

After a pause, Emperor Jing'an added: "I will confine Siluo in his mansion."

The third prince relaxed a little after hearing this.

There are several types of confinement in the Zhou clan.

Being imprisoned in your own mansion is the best kind.

You can move around freely in your own residence, and you are usually accompanied by your wives and concubines. Your food, clothing, and accommodation are not much different from those on ordinary days, except that you are prohibited from leaving the residence and interacting with outsiders.

This is much better than being imprisoned in clan mansions and imperial mausoleums.

There are even worse methods of confinement than being imprisoned in clan mansions and imperial mausoleums...

Although he was a little more relaxed, the third prince still felt sad. The ninth prince had worked so hard with his third brother to follow and assist the prince for many years, but in the end he was tricked and imprisoned by the prince.

I don’t know how long the confinement will last. If it is for many years, how tortured the Ninth Prince will be...

Emperor Jing'an believed that the Ninth Prince was not involved in the crown prince's murder of his father and usurpation of the throne, and did not know the news beforehand.

Even so, he still wanted to imprison the Ninth Prince.

Because the Ninth Prince is a princeling.

Because Emperor Jing'an didn't want to see the third prince and the ninth prince forming cliques for personal gain.

Also because he wanted to see how the Third Prince would behave in the future without the Crown Prince or the Ninth Prince...

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It was already midnight.

The third prince walked out of the main hall of Yanbo Haomiao Zhai.

In his hand was a well-made sword with bright yellow tassels.

This is the Emperor's Sword!
The third prince, who has not slept tonight, will not care about sleep next. He will immediately lead the guards and his own royal guards to capture the people on the list given to him by Emperor Jing'an one by one.

For example, Jia She, the commander of the forward battalion who is staying in Chengde...

The third prince straightened his body, looked at the group of prince brothers who were still kneeling in the courtyard, and then looked down at the Emperor's Sword in his hand.

He seemed to see it. A sword was drawn out of its sheath, cutting off his relationship with the princeling, cutting off the many years he had been following and assisting the prince, and creating a path for him to seize the throne as a lonely and cold-faced king...

Oh no, at least he has a son who is already loved by his father...

　Let’s talk about it here.

　　The author believes that the dynastic background of "A Dream of Red Mansions" mainly incorporates the Qing Dynasty, and it is more appropriate for the Red Mansions Internet article to use the Qing Dynasty as a historical framework.

　　This book is based on various clues from "A Dream of Red Mansions", and mainly integrates the history of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong dynasties to make an abstraction.

　　It's an imaginary Da Zhou.

　　To write this book, the author spent a lot of time and energy reviewing a large amount of information.

　　When writing online articles, of course, you must also incorporate elements of online articles.

　　
　
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