Fortunate Young Gentleman

"I am the crown prince!"

"You can't arrest me!"

"You are a bunch of traitors, traitors!"

...

Tang Ning and Prince Huai handed the task of arresting people to Marquis Wu Lie and left Prince Duan's mansion. Prince Duan's wailing continued behind him, and the sound was extremely shrill.

Prince Duan had collapsed.

Anyone who was named the crown prince yesterday and became a prisoner today would not behave much better than him.

Tang Ning breathed a sigh of relief. After today, the once-prominent Tang family no longer existed.

King Huai looked at him, bowed and said, "Congratulations, Prime Minister Tang, your revenge has been achieved."

Tang Ning did not show any happy expression on his face. He looked at King Huai calmly and said, "Tang Jing and his wife have nothing to do with this matter. Please let them go, Your Highness."

King Huai thought for a while and said, "Although Tang Jing and his wife did not participate in the regicide, they are still members of the Tang family. I can spare their lives, but Tang Jing's official position cannot be saved."

Tang Ning did not think about saving his official position. He nodded and said, "It should be so."

King Huai said, "Thank you, Prime Minister Tang for your understanding."

He finally looked back at Prince Duan's Mansion and said, "I'll leave it to your Highness."

King Huai nodded and said, "So many things happened last night. Prime Minister Tang must not have slept well. Why don't you go back to the mansion to rest? I'll leave it to you."

Tang Ning slowly left Prince Duan's Mansion. Inside Prince Duan's Mansion, Prince Duan was captured by two Golden Feather Guards. He was so angry that he fainted.

On the other hand, although the Tang brothers were pale and bloodless, they performed much better than him.

Wu Liehou stepped forward and said, "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"

Tang Huai shook his head and said, "The winners are the kings and the losers are the bandits. This is how things are in the world."

Wu Liehou leaned close to Tang Huai's ear and said, "I know you killed Chong'er."

Tang Huai's body trembled violently and looked at him.

Wu Liehou grinned and said, "But it doesn't matter, because I also killed your son."

Every word of Wu Liehou was like a heavy hammer, hitting Tang Huai's heart hard.

His face turned blue, pointing at Wu Liehou, hissing, "You, you..."

Wu Liehou didn't look at him again, looking at a young general of the Golden Feather Guard beside him, and said, "Take them away..."

There are many high-ranking families in the capital, and they found that the Prince Duan's Mansion was surrounded by the Golden Feather Guard early in the morning.

After asking around, they finally learned that the Prince Duan's Mansion had all its guards out last night and attacked the Prime Minister's Mansion at night.

Unfortunately, the attack was unsuccessful. Instead, they were stopped by the patrolling Jinyuwei. That’s why Tang Xiang led the Jinyuwei to surround the Prince Duan’s Mansion.

This news shocked everyone, but soon they realized that the Jinyuwei could not surround the Prince Duan’s Mansion for long.

The Prince Duan’s Mansion is the Prince Duan’s Mansion today, and it will be the Prince’s Mansion tomorrow. The Prince is the crown prince. It is natural for the king to let the minister die. It is treasonous and reverses the moral order for the minister to let the king die.

This time, Tang Xiang suffered a big loss. Not only that, when the Prince Duan completely takes power, his life will be even more difficult.

However, the development of things once again exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Until the sky was bright, the Jinyuwei did not retreat. Instead, some people saw that including the Prince Duan, the two brothers Tang Huai and Tang Qi, and several famous counselors of the Prince Duan’s Mansion were taken away by the Jinyuwei and locked up in the Dali Temple.

Of course, the Prince Duan had a special status, so he was directly escorted into the palace.

Next, a piece of news that was enough to shake the capital and the State of Chen came out from the palace.

The Tang family joined forces with Concubine Tang Hui to murder the emperor and rebel. Prince Duan was deposed as the crown prince. His Majesty temporarily handed over the government to the two prime ministers. As for the case of Concubine Tang Hui murdering the emperor, it was handled by King Huai.

When hearing this news, both ordinary people and officials and dignitaries had different feelings.

Fear, doubt, shock, and disbelief.

Who is Prince Duan? He was made the crown prince by His Majesty just one day ago. One day later, it was revealed that Concubine Tang Hui and the Tang family had murdered the emperor. This is totally unreasonable!

Prince Duan is already the crown prince, and His Majesty has been seriously ill for a long time. He doesn't have many days to live. Can Concubine Tang Hui and the Tang family not even wait for this little time?

However, the details that came from the palace one after another dispelled their doubts and made everyone clear about the whole story.

It turned out that Concubine Tang Hui and the Tang family had been murdering the emperor for half a year. It was because of them that His Majesty's health was getting worse day by day in the past six months. If it weren't for the sudden deterioration of His Majesty's health, how could the throne have been passed to Prince Duan?

The Tang family and Concubine Tang Hui had a good plan, but unfortunately they didn't handle the beginning and the end well, exposing this treasonous thing, which led to such a fate.

After this incident, Right Prime Minister Tang Ning has become a taboo in the capital.

He used his personal experience to prove that no one who opposed him would have a good end, whether it was an official, a prime minister, a prince, or even a prince, they could not escape the curse of the jinx.

People thought that his luck had reached its limit again and again, but Prime Minister Feng, Prince Kang, and Prince Duan used their personal experience to help them prove that the jinx had no limit, and those who dared to oppose him had to be prepared to die.

Tang Ning, who was preparing to pack up and move, heard such rumors and felt helpless.

He was blamed for the downfall of Prime Minister Feng, the rebellion of Prince Kang, and the regicide of Prince Duan. These foolish ancient people, who were obsessed with gods and ghosts all day long, really should be influenced by the socialist materialistic values.

A'duo came over with a puzzled face and asked: "Brother Tang, what does the broom star mean? Why do they all say you are the broom star?"

She is from the Gu tribe. Although she speaks Chinese very well, she does not have a deep understanding of Han culture.

Tangning explained: "The Broomstick is a very powerful god. They are saying that I am powerful."

When A'duo looked at Tangning with admiration, the old beggar glanced at him, picked at his feet, and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm.

…

Chuhui Palace.

Chuhui Palace is the residence of Concubine Tang Hui. She is the mother of Prince Duan and the most powerful concubine in the palace. During the time when His Majesty was seriously ill, the entire harem was firmly controlled by her.

King Duan was established as the crown prince yesterday. If King Duan can successfully ascend the throne, Concubine Tang Hui will become the queen mother. By then, her status will be more noble and she will become the real master of the harem.

However if only if.

Prince Duan will never become emperor, because just yesterday, it was revealed that Concubine Tang Hui and Prince Duan conspired to poison His Majesty. Prince Duan was deposed. Concubine Tang Hui was given a three-foot white silk ribbon for murdering His Majesty. Today is the time of execution...

After last night, Concubine Tang Hui was imprisoned in Chuhui Palace. The eunuchs and maids outside the palace looked at the palace with complicated eyes.

So what if you are loved and favored, what if you have power for a while, but after an hour, you will turn into a pink skeleton?

Several figures came from a distance, and everyone saluted upon seeing this: "His Royal Highness King Huai, General Manager Wei."

Wei Jian looked at the palace door in front of him and said, "Open the door."

Immediately, a guard came forward and opened the palace door.

After Wei Jian and King Huai walked in, he immediately closed the palace door.

In the palace, Concubine Tang Hui was sitting on the couch. Although her face looked a little haggard, her posture was upright and her pretty face had not changed. She still looked extremely graceful and elegant.

Wei Jian stepped forward, placed a tray filled with white cloth on the table, and said, "I, upon your Majesty's order, ask your Majesty to die."

Concubine Tang Hui looked at Wei Jian. This was the first time she had looked at this slave with a straight eye. Ironically, the slave she had never looked at with a straight eye had now become her killer.

Concubine Tang Hui looked away and sat there, motionless.

Wei Jian sighed and said, "Madam, if I had known what would happen today, why would you have done it in the first place?"

Concubine Tang Hui asked: "How did you find out? Was it Zi Zhu who snitched?"

Wei Jian shook his head and said, "My Majesty knew how to use strange poisons from Guizhou, but she didn't know that Mr. Tang had strange people from Guizhou. Her Majesty's poisoning was concealed from the imperial doctor, but not from her."

Concubine Tang Hui showed a trace of regret on her face and said: "I only regret that I was not cruel enough. If I had used more poison earlier, I wouldn't be here today..."

Wei Jian said: "If the Tang family had not exterminated mother and son more than twenty years ago, they would not be here today."

Concubine Tang Hui looked at him, with a trace of regret on her face, and nodded: "Yes, if I could turn back time, I would never do that..."

Before she died, she finally did not care about the face of the Tang family and Concubine Hui, and sighed.

If it hadn't happened more than twenty years ago, today's Marquis of Dingguo, Right Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, General of the Imperial Guard, and your Majesty's most valued minister, should be the most outstanding nephew of the younger generation of the Tang family. With his help, Why do they need to do these futile things?

Wei Jian glanced at her, shook his head slightly and said, "It's a pity, there is no what if..."

"There is no if." Tang Huifei murmured for a long time, then looked up at him and said, "You all go down."

Wei Jian asked two eunuchs to hang Bai Ling on the palace beam, and then led them out.

Although Concubine Hui is a sinner, she is also Concubine Hui. When she hanged herself, those who were slaves needed to avoid her.

He is not worried about what tricks Tang Huifei will use. His Majesty's decree is that if she obeys, she can still have some dignity left. If she resists, she will not even have the last dignity left. I believe Tang Huifei understands this truth better than anyone else.

After Wei Jian and others left, only King Huai and Concubine Tang Hui were left in the palace.

Concubine Tang Hui stood up and walked to the stool under Bai Ling. Without looking at King Huai, she said calmly: "Even if King Kang Duan is deposed, you will not be able to become the prince..."

King Huai nodded and said, "I know."

Concubine Tang Hui looked at him, "You know?"

King Huai said: "Because my father is afraid of me. He is afraid that I will know what happened when you killed your mother and concubine and your empress. He is afraid that I will avenge your mother and concubine and your empress. He is afraid that I will expose what happened back then."

Tang Huifei's body was shaken, she took a few steps back, and said in horror: "You, you know everything?"

King Huai looked at him and said, "I knew it when my concubine and empress died."

Tang Huifei's body shuddered, and she suddenly felt a little shuddering. The shadow of a young man seemed to appear in front of her eyes. The young man often showed a timid expression on his face, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, as if he could see through everything, just like him Look at yourself like this now.

"Thanks to the empress for taking care of me in the early years, and thank you for taking care of Zi Zhu for so long. Zhao Rui sends empress on her way today." King Huai looked at her, stretched out his hand and said, "I beg you."

"It's you, it's you..." Looking at his indifferent eyes, Tang Huifei seemed to realize something. She backed away repeatedly, knocked over the stool, and said in shock: "So the purple pearl is yours..."

"There is one more thing that I don't know yet." King Huai looked at her and said with a smile, "The Tang family's Anshen Incense was actually given to me."

Tang Huifei's face was pale and her body couldn't help but tremble. Only at this moment did she understand that every step she and the Tang family took and everything they did was part of King Huai's plan.

What they thought was the only hope for King Duan to win was something he deliberately created!

It turns out that from beginning to end, it was all a trap set by him!

Concubine Tang Hui looked at him and lost her voice: "Devil, you are the devil..."

"Maybe so." King Huai stepped forward, righted the stool knocked down by Concubine Tang Hui, patted the dust on it, and said, "Actually, for all these years, I have never thought about being an emperor and sitting in that position. Those who are above are the real devils. I just want justice for my mother and concubine... I have already sought justice for Concubine Zhang Xian, and now it is my turn. "

Concubine Zhang Xian was thrown into the cold palace because of Prince Kang's rebellion, and she died of illness there two months ago. Concubine Tang Hui looked at him, as if she had realized something, and said in a trembling voice: "Then, that's you too..."

King Huai did not deny it and continued: "But there is no need to worry, my dear. Many times, death is also a kind of relief. For some people, living will be more uncomfortable than death."

"Ha, ha ha..." Tang Huifei looked at him, and at a certain moment, she suddenly laughed, but this smile had a tragic taste no matter how you looked at it.

She knew that there was no way she could escape today. The palace had fallen into the hands of King Huai. If he had the intention, it would not be difficult to kill the king and become emperor. She looked at King Huai and said sadly: "What happened back then is all This palace is the work of one person. I beg you, after you become the emperor, spare Ming'er's life..."

"I have no intention of killing him." King Huai shook his head and said, "I also have no intention of killing my father and becoming emperor like you."

Concubine Tang Hui looked at him and asked, "You don't hate him?"

"Hate, why don't you hate?" King Huai clenched his fists and asked, "If it weren't for him, would you have succeeded back then?"

He took a deep breath, then unclenched his fist and said: "Death is too cheap for him. I want him to live well and let him see all this with his own eyes..."

Concubine Tang Hui showed a self-deprecating smile on her face and said: "Retribution, retribution..."

King Huai looked at Bai Ling hanging on the beam and said, "It's getting late. It's time for the empress to get on her way."

…

A moment later.

The palace door of Chuhui Palace opened.

King Huai walked out of it, and Wei Jian bowed to him, walked into the hall, and said loudly: "Send off to the empress..."

[ps: I had a breakup dinner with my teachers and classmates in the evening. Today’s update is 4,000 words. 】