Chapter 444 If you want everything, how can you do it?
After a burst of painful wails, King An shouted hysterically: "Father, do you really want to be so heartless?"
"How can my son be inferior to the prince? Aren't we all just concubines?"
Following Wang An's shocking words, the whole prison fell silent for an instant. Even Eunuch Chang, who had always been tame, couldn't help but change his expression.
Back then... that secret was still not kept after all.
So among these people...which one can still survive?
The flames were burning sizzlingly, and everyone looked in the direction of the exit in horror, as if there was some talisman hidden there.
Suddenly, a large number of guards rushed in, each holding a sword, and took all the jailers into custody.
Emperor Shunyuan walked in step by step with slow steps.
King An's face was full of dissatisfaction, and the blood on his forehead flowed through the corners of his eyes, making him look like he was bleeding and crying.
Emperor Shunyuan looked at him, his frown never relaxing, but a trace of disgust flashed in his dark pupils.
King An's heart was stung severely, and he asked with tears in his eyes: "I don't deserve to talk to you anymore. Do you have to use such cruel methods to deal with me?"
Emperor Shunyuan said indifferently: "I have given you countless opportunities, but if you cherish them once, you will never end up like this."
"Now that things have happened, do you really think that the prince is just a concubine or a direct descendant? His existence has already been related to the state of Dayan, the stability of the world, and the prosperity of the world..."
"Revealing that he is a concubine has set off another bloody storm in the royal family. In the future, countless people will have countless excuses to attack him?"
"The kingdom of Yan belongs to me now, but it was my ancestors who conquered it and allowed you, the unscrupulous descendants, to act so wantonly?"
King An clenched his fists and roared in pain: "So I became a sacrificed pawn? Do I deserve to continue living?"
Emperor Shunyuan sneered coldly: "Chess piece? You think too highly of yourself."
"You are nothing more than a waste at best. For you to be a prince is already the greatest honor in your life. It's a pity that you are useless, act recklessly, provoke troubles, and repeatedly challenge my tolerance for you!"
"Now, I don't want to be troubled anymore, or even die, so I will take you first."
King An's pupils widened in shock and he looked at Emperor Shunyuan in disbelief.
But Emperor Shunyuan looked at him contemptuously before and said to the guards beside him: "Kill everyone here and bury them with King An!"
As soon as the words fell, someone seemed to want to escape, but soon died under the knife.
Just as Eunuch Chang was about to move, a big knife was slashed directly from behind him, and blood poured out. He didn't even have time to grunt before he fell down. The people behind him seemed to feel uncomfortable. I don't know who it was, but they took advantage of the chaos.
After a few cuts, the swords were deadly!
Others cried and begged for mercy, wailing continuously.
The scene was so bloody that people dared not open their eyes. King An kept looking at Emperor Shunyuan because he was afraid that if he looked away, he would no longer have the courage to look at him.
However, he saw a face that was extremely indifferent to life. The imperial power that seemed to be killing ants deeply shocked King An.
Finally, my ears were quiet.
Emperor Shunyuan glanced at King An for the last time, and simply said: "I will investigate Lu Yunhong's matter. But I will never tolerate your collusion with Zhou Ling."
"You can resent me, but you should have understood that it is all your fault that you have ended up like this!!"
After Emperor Shunyuan finished speaking, he left with his people.
A pile of corpses accompanied King An, and Eunuch Chang died at King An's feet, his eyes wide open, as if he would not rest in peace.
The blood flowed down to his body, soaking King An's robes.
For a moment, he seemed to feel that he was just a skeleton in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and had long since lost consciousness.
In a daze, he heard someone saying in his ear: "You will be enlightened in this new life..."
Fame and wealth are achieved in an instant, gold and silver treasures are annihilated into ashes, the breath is still there, but the person seems to be dead.
No desires, no desires, no thoughts, no thoughts, as if coming to this world is just a big dream.
Now that he has woken up from the dream, it is time for him to leave.
He sneered and murmured: "What did you realize?"
"A king is not a king, a minister is not a minister, a father is not a father, and a son is not a son. I can't get anything I ask for, and everything I love is in vain. The yellow beam is one foot high, and the white silk is three feet long. If I die, you can be liberated.
Feel free to come."
Then he closed his eyes and recalled this short and absurd life.
Unknowingly, I started laughing.
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When Lu Yunhong was called into the Qinzheng Hall, he had already guessed that King An told the truth.
He had been mentally prepared since King An was carried into the palace, but he knew that the old emperor would not kill him, whether it was because the prince needed the support of the Wang family now, or because A Xiu had saved the old emperor's life several times.
He remembered what the eldest princess had told him, and thought it would be better to keep half of it.
So he went in to say hello. Emperor Shunyuan was leaning on the bedside, as if he was hanging on to something. Although his face was not good, his expression was very cold.
"Do you know why I called you here?"
Lu Yunhong said respectfully: "I know."
Emperor Shunyuan sneered: "Then tell me, why?"
Lu Yunhong lowered his head and replied: "I was so bold that I once sneaked to Jinling and beat up King An. Unexpectedly, a fire broke out in Prince An's palace that night... causing Prince An to be seriously injured."
Emperor Shunyuan coughed, his eyes were dark and cold, like thin blades that could gouge out human flesh and blood in an instant.
Lu Yunhong was calm and composed, without much fear.
The old emperor seemed to see his thick skin and sneered: "This is not the only sin you have committed. It is unfilial to ask someone to go home for you to fulfill your filial piety. To deceive me is to be disloyal. To take revenge on the prince of the dynasty maliciously is to do so.
To be disobedient."
"A sycophant and traitor like you should be sent to prison and the nine clans should be killed!"
Lu Yunhong raised his head and glanced at Emperor Shunyuan, then lowered his head and whispered: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess also told my wife that our two families are going to get married!"
Emperor Shunyuan was so angry that his chest hurt. When he wanted to take medicine, he remembered that the medicine was donated by Wang Xiujin.
He tensed his face, endured the pain, and shouted angrily: "At this time, you still want to rely on nepotism to save your life. Are you still shameless?"
Lu Yunhong shook his head: "I want everything, so how can I do it? The most important thing in life is to know the choice. What I did is already the best choice."
This sentence touched the heart of Emperor Shunyuan. Wasn't he always making choices?
But how many people really understand him?
I'm afraid even the prince... would think he was cruel after seeing him treat Prince An like this, right?
But leaving such a scourge to the prince, if the prince were removed, others would say that he could not tolerate his brothers, and the late emperor would attack his own brothers before his bones were cold.
But if he doesn't get rid of it, who knows what troubles he will cause?
After he left and the prince ascended the throne, the people of the world were looking forward to Enke, tax reductions and exemptions, and the emphasis on agriculture and commerce... not torture, prisons, unjust cases, or genocide...
However, he was worried that Lu Yunhong, a sycophantic minister who was not afraid of the pressure of imperial power at the top and the controversy of the people at the bottom, was left to the prince.
Emperor Shunyuan lowered his eyes, thinking secretly in his heart.
As everyone knows, Lu Yunhong already knew when he was meditating that Emperor Shunyuan would not kill him.
Although this was not good news, for now, he had nothing to worry about.