in2ebook Chapter 517 Final Failure
Chapter 517 Final Failure
At this time, Prime Minister Hong Zhuoqi, Imperial Tutor Liu, Minister of War Gu Donghao, and Minister of Personnel Lu Yong came in together and knelt in front of the emperor. "Your Majesty, we are late!"
"Get up." The emperor did not blame them. He knew very well that these ministers were all civil servants. The rebels must have sealed the doors of their mansions. How could they leave the house? It was lucky that they were not killed by the rebels.
Then some ministers arrived at the Imperial Study one after another, among them was the Minister of Justice Song Tianqi.
The ministers who were about to leave the imperial study room with Xue Conggui and his family lowered their heads when they saw the ministers coming in. Xie Zhihong, who was among them, lowered his head and suddenly saw Song Tianqi's face. He wanted to rush over, but he was being escorted. He could only look at Song Tianqi fiercely, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, and he shouted with gritted teeth, "Song Tianqi, how dare you come here? Did you leak our information?"
Song Tianqi glanced at him without saying anything, still thinking in his heart, aren't you showing off? At this time, Xue Conggui also raised his head after hearing what Xie Zhihong said, staring at Song Tianqi with angry eyes, and his eyes wanted to kill him. "Song Tianqi, you are really good, I didn't expect that you betrayed your true identity."
Song Tianqi avoided his gaze a little and said, "Prime Minister Xue, I have always disapproved of your matter. You all said that I was a coward, so I did not agree to participate in this matter."
"Humph, you are such a dog! You can only blame me for not seeing clearly."
"Take him away quickly!" the prince said to the soldiers.
Chu Chenyu was originally very angry when he saw Song Tianqi, but then he thought, he is his father-in-law, wouldn't it be better if he didn't get involved, so he would be safer.
He rolled his eyes, glared at Xie Zhihong who was walking by him, and said in a vicious voice, "Xie Zhihong, you are so presumptuous. How can you, a sinner, say such things about my father-in-law?"
Song Tianqi was stunned by what he said. What was going on? Hadn't he always been nice to Xie Zhihong? Xie Zhihong supported him tonight. Then he frowned and thought, this Chu Chenyu was trying to save his life, he was the emperor's own son.
Xie Zhihong cursed Chu Chenyu in his heart, saying that he was such a jerk. I worked so hard for you, and now when something happened, you kicked me away.
Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao smiled at each other. These people were just biting each other.
Ouyang Yunyao also thought, this Song Tianqi, the father of Princess Chu Chenyu? He actually did not participate in this palace coup, which was really amazing.
At this moment, Chu Chenyu's eyes were filled with tears. In front of all the ministers, he cried and confessed to the emperor again, "Father, Father, I really know I was wrong! I know I was wrong. I will never do such a thing again, and I will never target the Crown Prince or the Third Prince again."
The emperor looked at his son in tears with cold eyes, thinking that he was a good boy when he was young, so why was he taught like this by his family?
He also had the heart of a father and did not want to kill his own son. After all, Xue Hongqin was dead and Xue Conggui's family was beheaded. No one would support him anymore. He could not jump to the idea of giving him a fief.
He decided so, so the emperor looked at him and nodded, and then said to the prince, "Xiao'er, send someone to take Chu Chenyu back to the palace and not let him leave. Send someone to guard Prince Yu's palace, remove the title of Prince Yu, and send Chu Chenyu to his fiefdom within a month."
"Yes! Father!" Chu Chenxiao asked the captain of the imperial guard battalion, Fang Zhonghai, to take people to escort Chu Chenyu back to Prince Yu's mansion.
Chu Chenxiao knew his father's heart, and he didn't want his father to kill Chu Chenyu. As long as Xue Conggui's faction was eradicated, his father would be relieved of a worry.
Chu Chenyu said quickly: "Thank you for not killing me, father. I will follow your orders and get ready to go to the fiefdom immediately."
"Go, go."
When the ministers who were taken away to the prison walked to the door of the imperial study and heard the emperor say to spare Prince Yu, they all hung their heads and laughed at their own stupidity in their hearts.
Tonight, they followed Prime Minister Xue to force Prince Yu to abdicate. Prime Minister Xue was useless and the attempt to force Prince Yu to abdicate failed. Prince Yu was fine, but they and their entire family were to die. They didn't know whether they would be beheaded or exiled.
After all the criminals were taken away, Song Tianqi stepped forward and knelt before the emperor. "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I failed to report to you in time that Xue Conggui was forcing the emperor to abdicate." He knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.
Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao stepped forward and said, "Father, Minister Song reported this matter to me this afternoon, which let me and my third brother know the exact time when they would force the emperor to abdicate."
"Well, then Song Tianqi will be dismissed from his position as Minister of Justice, and no further investigation will be conducted."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me. Your Majesty, I have a request."
The emperor looked at him coldly and said, "Go ahead."
"Your Majesty, I would like to retire and return home. Please grant me your permission."
"Okay," the emperor waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty"
The emperor arranged for the crown prince, the Supreme Court Minister, and the Minister of Personnel to jointly try Xue Conggui's case. The other ministers performed their duties, cleaned up various places in Kyoto and the imperial palace, and asked the ministers to withdraw.
Since then, a bloody coup ended with Xue Conggui's failure to force the emperor to abdicate. Overnight, the study and the palace were littered with corpses, and the strong smell of blood was everywhere.
At that time, the streets and alleys of Kyoto were filled with sounds of fighting and killing, and fierce battles were taking place, with countless casualties.
The people of Kyoto were also frightened. Every household closed their doors and windows and dared not come out.
After all the ministers left the imperial study, the emperor took the lead and walked into the side hall of the imperial study. Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao, Prince Jing Chu Chenjing, Prince Jing's wife Ouyang Yunyao, as well as Chu Chenyan and Han Fengli all followed the emperor into the side hall of the imperial study.
The emperor looked at them and was very pleased, but his face was very serious and he said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
"Father Emperor" "Father Emperor"...
They knelt down together. First, Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao told the emperor that Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Yunyao’s men had accidentally discovered a strange courtyard in Kyoto, and that Chu Chenjing had rushed back to investigate the matter…” He told the emperor everything.
"Father, while we were investigating this matter, Song Tianqi found me this afternoon and told me that Xue Conggui was planning to force the emperor to abdicate tonight. I was going to report this to you, but I found Xue Conggui and his men in your imperial study, so I didn't go and alerted them. I quickly asked my third brother to arrange the deployment of manpower. At this time, I also found that Xue Jianhai had sneaked back to Kyoto with his men."
At this time, the emperor interrupted the prince and said, "Xiao'er, let's not talk about this for now." He turned to look at Ouyang Yunyao and said, "Yaoyao, your mother, how is she? Where is she?"
"What's wrong with mother?" Prince Chu Chenxiao spoke anxiously when he heard this.