Chapter 121: The Prince of Ming Dynasty Forced the Heroes to Death
After the emperor returned to his study, he began to deal with today's government affairs.
After lunch, the emperor went back to rest for a while.
When the sun went down in the sky, the emperor seemed to remember so many officials kneeling outside.
"Liu Xi, what's going on outside now?" The emperor put down his ink pen and looked at Liu Xi, who was waiting next to him.
Liu Xi bowed and walked over with a trace of worry on his face: "Your Majesty, they are still kneeling there just like in the morning."
"Still kneeling?" The emperor's face turned gloomy.
It has been a day, and the emperor thinks that those officials may not be able to hold on.
But Liu Xi told herself now that they were still kneeling there.
"What about the prince and the others?" The emperor asked about Chen Changfeng and the others again.
"The prince sent quilts, and the common people also had their family members send quilts, and the old birthday stars even had their beds ready..."
"Even the bed is ready?" The emperor felt that his mind was a little confused.
Judging from this posture, he plans to continue the confrontation like this.
"Your Majesty, all the officials haven't even had lunch. I guess I won't be able to hold on for long." Liu Xi spoke again.
The emperor frowned and secretly thought that these officials were really so determined that they would not even eat in order to force him to compromise?
"Those bastards have never been so united as to not even eat, just to force me?" the emperor's tone was a little cold.
Liu Xi's mouth twitched.
Secretly, those officials wanted to eat, but they just couldn't get enough to eat.
"Your Majesty, it's not like that. It's the people who have blocked all the passages. They can't get out at all."
"There are people outside blocking the intersection with the Tianwen Sword in their hands. The Third Prince's people don't dare to force their way through."
"That's why they didn't eat."
"But if this continues, something will happen sooner or later." Liu Xi quickly explained to the emperor.
It doesn't matter if they skip a few meals, the key is that those officials didn't drink a drop of water all day.
In addition, it will get dark soon, and the temperature will definitely be low at night.
I really don’t know what will happen by then.
The emperor was stunned. He thought it was the officials who were forcing him to go on a hunger strike, but he didn't expect that it was just them who couldn't eat.
In this case, the emperor wanted to see how long those officials could persist.
"Your Majesty, do you want to continue waiting?" Liu Xi asked in a low voice.
The emperor didn't say anything, and looked towards the entrance of the imperial city in the distance.
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"Second Prince, I am really dying." At the entrance of the imperial city, the sky was completely dark at this moment.
An official kneeling on the ground could not care about anything else at the moment.
After kneeling for a whole day, I didn't get any orders from the emperor. I was so hungry that I had stars in my eyes. I didn't even have the strength to kneel at this moment.
He sat down on the ground and looked at the second prince.
The second prince gritted his teeth and looked at the two hundred officials in front of him, seeing that all of them were swaying.
It was difficult to see their specific conditions in the darkness, but the second prince could guess without looking that his face must be pale.
The second prince clenched his fists and looked at Chen Changfeng with a sinister look.
They could have asked the emperor to cancel the imperial examination this morning.
At that time, the second prince clearly saw that the emperor was thinking of giving in.
But Chen Changfeng didn't know where he summoned so many people from the capital.
Follow Chen Changfeng to block them here, giving the emperor a chance to escape.
Now they, the officials who persecuted the emperor, are left to starve and freeze here.
The third prince felt that his hands had no strength at this moment.
He thought that after waiting a little longer, the emperor would come out to appease them.
After all, with so many officials kneeling here, it was impossible for the emperor to completely turn a blind eye.
But now, when the night wind blows, everyone shivers, even the third prince can't help but tremble.
But the emperor didn't see any movement at all.
"Second brother, third brother, I heard that you were urging the officials to go back before. Why are you not talking now?"
"It's so cold and you have nothing, and you don't eat or drink. How can you survive?"
"After all, many of them support the two brothers. If it were me, I would never have the heart to treat them like this." Chen Changfeng's voice sounded next to the two of them.
The second prince and the third prince looked over at the same time and saw Chen Changfeng standing beside them with a smile.
"Chen Changfeng, we will not lose." The third prince didn't even bother to shout to the sixth prince at this moment, and directly called Chen Changfeng's name.
The second prince did not speak. At this moment, he was still waiting for the emperor to appear.
"Liu Zhuguo, it's getting late, you should go back early." The third prince suddenly shouted to the blind Liu Zhuguo.
Chen Changfeng was a little confused, but after a moment he realized that this might be some kind of agreement between the third prince and Liu Zhuguo.
Otherwise, why would the third prince say that Liu Zhuguo should go back?
Sure enough, the next second, the blind Liu Zhuguo suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, it is not feasible to obtain an official position through the imperial examination. The laws of the ancestors cannot be changed. Your Majesty has been deceived by traitors. I can only warn your Majesty with a passionate heart."
As soon as Liu Zhuguo finished speaking, he took out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it hard into his heart.
Blood spurted out instantly and sprinkled on the stone slabs on the ground.
Everyone was stunned, even Chen Changfeng felt a little confused at the moment.
After regaining consciousness, he quickly asked people to move the dozens of old people sleeping in front of him.
All the officials looked horrified.
No one would have thought that Liu Zhuguo would commit suicide directly here.
Looking at the blood on the ground, many people sat down on the ground.
The second prince looked at the third prince, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
He also understood at this moment that if it weren't for what the third prince said just now, Liu Zhuguo would not be so decisive.
The third prince looked at Liu Zhuguo who fell on the ground, a flash of sharpness flashed in his eyes, and his face was instantly replaced by sadness.
The third prince rushed over and hugged Liu Zhuguo's already cold body: "Liu Zhuguo, why are you like this? I just asked you to go back and rest early. Why are you so obsessed with it?"
"Isn't it just to get an official position through the imperial examination? Why don't we just let them do it? Why should we sacrifice our lives?"
The third prince cried so hard that he burst into tears. Those who didn't know it thought Liu Zhuguo was his father.
The officials struggled to stand up and looked at Liu Zhuguo's body, their eyes full of sadness, horror and anger.
"Prince, this is what you have done."
"It was you who forced Liu Zhuguo to death!"
"Liu Zhuguo has made great military exploits for our Ming Empire, but now you are forcing him to die like this. Prince, you are unpardonable."
"You, the prince, are still the first in history to be responsible for forcing someone to death."
All the officials criticized Chen Changfeng one after another, and Yao Xiaoren and Tang Mingren turned pale.
Who would have thought that these people in front of them would be so capable that they would stop the imperial examination and get an official position and deal with Chen Changfeng, even at the expense of sacrifice.
Yao Xiaoren's fingers were trembling slightly. Liu Zhuguo's suicide instantly wiped out their previous efforts.
Not to mention getting an official position through the imperial examination, even Chen Changfeng himself had a hard time getting out.
Tang Mingren felt the same way. Originally, everything was under their control, but now Liu Zhuguo's sudden suicide caught them off guard.
If this matter is not handled properly, the prince Chen Changfeng will basically be doomed.
Even if the emperor didn't want to deal with Chen Changfeng, he couldn't ignore Liu Zhuguo's death.