318 The Traitor and the Thief
Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Chengqian Hall has been the residence of emperors of all dynasties. It is naturally solemn and majestic. Above the main hall, there are high vermilion pillars surrounded by three people. The pillars are carved with golden dragons of various shapes. The emperor is called the true dragon.
The emperor, the dragon pattern is also a symbol of status.
The queen walked in front of a group of people, followed by the Duke of Lu, Princess Duanmin, Shangguan Jue and other ministers. There were not many people, but the most powerful people in the entire Xia Dynasty were there, including six ministers, the cabinet
Assistant Minister.
After everyone entered, the vermilion door was closed with a bang.
With the sound of the door closing, everyone's eyes turned towards the direction of the dragon chair.
After the door was closed, the light in Chengqian Hall was a little dim. Everyone was far away and could only vaguely see a man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe sitting on the dragon chair. Shangguan Rui and Shangguan Quan are half-brothers with similar looks.
Shangye also inherited the handsomeness of the Shangguan family, and their facial features were five points similar. Under such dim light, looking from a distance actually gave people an illusion, as if Shangguan Rui had just ascended the throne, and the emperor was aloof.
His domineering spirit is fully displayed.
Empress Jiang paused, as if she felt something was wrong. Shangguan Jue squinted his eyes slightly. He was the one with the best eyesight among the people in the main hall. The person on the dragon chair was definitely not Shangguan Rui, Shangguan Jue's
Her heart sank slightly, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught Princess Duan Min's proud smile. So that person above her is Princess Duan Min's support?
Step by step, Empress Jiang and others discovered that the person on top was not Shangguan Quan. You can imagine the shock of the Jiang family. Even Duke Lu, who had experienced countless trials and tribulations in the court, had no reaction for a while.
Another minister below recognized Shangguan Quan.
"Are you the King of Wings?" When Shangguan Quan was still a prince, he was given the title of Wing by the late emperor, and was later named King of Wings.
Duke Lu Guo's whole body was agitated. His keen political awareness had already made him realize that something was wrong. He shouted sternly: "Shangguan Quan, you are so bold. Are you planning to usurp the throne? Where is the emperor? What are you doing to the emperor?
Already?"
The three brothers of the Jiang family were also quick to react. When Lu Guogong shouted sharply, the three of them immediately rushed forward.
They are not fools either. Shangguan Quan is wearing a dragon robe and sitting on a dragon chair. He has obviously taken control of Chengqian Palace. Considering the emperor's abnormality during this period, maybe the situation is worse than they expected. All they can do now is to immediately
Only by taking Shangguan power can you turn defeat into victory and turn the entire situation around.
The three brothers of the Jiang family are all military officers, but they were unarmed when they entered the palace. At this time, they stepped forward with bare hands. However, they did not even touch Shangguan Quan's clothes before they jumped out from behind the dragon throne.
A team of men in black fought with the three Jiang brothers.
Several civil servants had already turned pale. Those who could enter the main hall were not stupid people. At this time, they also knew that it would be unlucky to enter here today. Shangguan Quandu put on the dragon robe and sat on the dragon chair in a grand manner.
The meaning is self-evident.
Empress Jiang's face was pale, and she barely maintained the demeanor of a queen in the first palace. She asked righteously: "Shangguan Quan, what did you do to the emperor?"
Shangguan Quan's eyes similar to those of Shangguan Rui stared straight at Empress Jiang, with a mocking smile in them.
Shangguan Quan and Jiang Yuan have never met. When the fight between him and Shangguan Rui was at its fiercest, what he was most jealous of was that Shangguan Rui had such a virtuous wife as Xia Shao. Xia Shao was really a member of the Great Xia Dynasty.
As a strange woman, she is better at knowing and strategizing than men. Shangguan Quan once thought that he would lose to Shangguan Rui. The biggest reason was that he did not have a virtuous wife like Xia Shao around him.
Who knew that after Xia Shao's death, Shangguan Rui's view of women suddenly dropped so much. This Jiang Yao really couldn't even compare to Xia Shao's hair, but he was extremely grateful to Jiang Yao. If the Jiang family hadn't planned it,
It hasn't been so easy for him to get to where he is now.
"Didn't you already know that the emperor's health was failing? Why bother asking?" Shangguan Quan looked sure of victory.
Empress Chiang's heart trembled slightly when she saw the man in black stabbing the eldest son of the Jiang family in the heart. The eldest son of the Jiang family didn't even say a word and immediately fell to the ground and died. Empress Chiang felt that all the blood in her body was frozen.
The moment she entered the main hall, she was still thinking that from now on, the Jiang family would usher in the most senior member of the family.
Glory, becoming the most prosperous family in the Great Xia Dynasty, but this dream has not yet begun, her eldest brother fell in front of her, but in the blink of an eye, the second child of the Jiang family was also beheaded, and the head with big eyes was grinding in the water
It rolled several times on the floor, leaving a bright red mark.
Duke Lu's legs suddenly became weak, and his two sons died in front of him. Could it be that this was the end of the Jiang family?
Among the three sons of the Jiang family, Jiang Aojie was the most outstanding in kung fu. Seeing his eldest and second brothers dying in front of him, he almost became red-eyed. However, Shangguan Quan was well prepared. No matter how capable Jiang Aojie was, he could not withstand this steady stream of attacks.
The man in black only struggled for a moment, but suffered a lot of injuries on his body and was restrained.
The two men in black suppressed Jiang Aojie and ended the chaos.
Shangguan Quan laughed loudly and spat out the words "overestimating one's own capabilities" contemptuously.
Duke Lu knew that the situation was over, and his straight back seemed to have been drained of strength in an instant.
"Shangguan Quan, the emperor has appointed a prince, but even if you sit on the throne, the officials of Daxia will not accept it, and the people of Daxia will not accept it either. You will be infamy for thousands of years." Weng Youli, the assistant minister of the cabinet, held his head high and was upright.
Verbal accusations against Shangguan Quan.
Weng Youli was sixty-five years old and was the emperor's most trusted cabinet minister. Even Shangguan Rui tried his best to promote the Jiang family during his lifetime. Deep in his heart, the Jiang family would not be more trustworthy than Weng Youli. Weng Youli took the imperial examination.
He was born with the sourness of a scholar, and his loyalty to the emperor and patriotism were engraved in his bones. When the late emperor was king, he was only loyal to the late emperor. After Shangguan Rui ascended the throne and became emperor, he was loyal to Shangguan Rui wholeheartedly.
As a cabinet minister, Weng Youli was the examiner of the imperial examinations in the three realms. Nowadays, a large part of the civil servants employed in the Great Xia Dynasty called him teacher. For such a person, Shangguan Quan did not want to kill him.
"Master Weng thinks that the crown prince's succession to the throne is the only way to rule the country, and I am plotting to usurp the throne?" Shangguan Quan asked in a calm tone.
Although Weng Youli also knew that the advantage at this time was already in the hands of Shangguan Quan, and that he could save his own life only if he knew the current affairs, but as the emperor's salary and loyal to the emperor, he, as the assistant minister, safeguarded the great power.
Only the great unification of the Xia Dynasty will be respected by others. Today, even if blood is shed in the Qian Palace, he will scold Shangguan Quan.
"Shangguan Quan, as the uncle of the young prince, it is really shameful for you to seek to usurp the throne from your nephew. As a descendant of the Shangguan family, if you do not put the stability of the Great Xia Dynasty first, how can you sit on the throne? The Shangguan family does not have you.
Such an unfaithful, unjust and unfilial beast." Weng Youli straightened his back, his thin body refused to bend down at all, and his gray beard curled up and down, which made people admire him.
Several cabinet ministers were also infected by Weng Youli and stood behind him one after another. Although they did not say anything, they showed their determination with their actions.
Duke Lu was suddenly shocked. He seemed to have seen the hope of the Jiang family. Although Shangguan Quan temporarily controlled the Chengqian Palace, it did not mean that he could successfully usurp the throne. The emperor had already established a prince, and in the hearts of the courtiers, the prince was the legitimate one.
The heir to the throne.
Princess Duan Min slowly walked up the stairs, turned around and looked at Weng Youli and others.
Weng Youli's expression darkened, he pointed at Princess Duan Min and asked, "Princess, what do you mean?"
Shangguan Quan's subordinates did not stop Princess Duan Min at all, which showed that she was also a member of Shangguan Quan. Immediately afterwards, several courtiers came forward to express their surrender to Shangguan Quan. For a moment, there was a confrontation in Chengqian Hall.
Only Shangguan Jue remained motionless.
"Lord Weng thinks Shangguan Rui is a good person. The heir whom the father originally chose was not him at all. He killed his father and brother. If his brother Quan hadn't been lucky and lucky, he would have died in peace just like his father." Princess Duan Min
Said with a sneer
, "Shangguan Rui is a beast that is worse than a beast. Prince Qin has been guarding Daxia for so many years, but because of his great achievements, he was removed by Shangguan Rui's trick. Prince Qin, I'm afraid you don't know that the old prince is not suffering from an old illness.
Die."
You must know that the emperor misunderstood the old prince, and this counter-intentional plan was thought up by Lin Zixuan. Shangguan Quan and others planned to take the throne so that they would not leave a respected and powerful elder like the old prince behind. They used drugs to control it.
After the emperor's mind was revealed, he framed it to Prince Qin, which made Shangguan Rui doubt Prince Qin.
At that time, Shangguan Rui was suffering from the pain of drug control, and on the other hand, he didn't have much time to live. In anger, he would take action against the old prince without thinking too much.
And the fact is as they expected, Shangguan Rui instigated Shangguan Yu to kill his father.
Shangguan Quan, Princess Duan Min and others allowed Shangguan Rui to cut off his most important helper without taking any action themselves. At the same time, announcing the real cause of the old prince's death at the last moment could also make Shangguan Jue stand on their side.
It's completely a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, Shangguan Quan and Princess Duan Min didn't know that Shangguan Jue already knew that the old prince did not die of illness on the night of his death.
"Shangguan Rui was afraid that his son would not be able to secure the throne in the future, so he instigated Shangguan Yu to kill his father. He himself was a parricide beast, and he also made the profit-minded Shangguan Yu a beast."
Princess Duan Min's words had a huge impact on Weng Youli and others. Her words revealed two meanings. First, the cause of the death of the late emperor was different, and it seemed to be related to the emperor. Even if the emperor ascended the throne,
The name is not justified, and the second reason is that the emperor took the initiative and killed Prince Qin.
If these two things are true, even Weng Youli and others would not know what to say about the emperor.
When the Duke of Lu saw that Weng Youli and others' expressions had softened, he couldn't help but feel anxious. He shouted repeatedly: "How can you believe the words of a traitor and traitor!"
Chapter completed!