Princess Ninth grew up in Beijing, but this was her first time to take a hot air balloon ride and overlook the night sky of Beijing.
It's a pity that she has no interest in sightseeing at all now. Instead, she holds a telescope with a frown on her face and looks towards the palace through the gap in the curtain.
"Sir, we are lucky. The palace is just downwind and we will be there soon."
While pouring oil on the stove, Eagle asked, "Are we just bringing too few people?"
"I can't help it, it happened too suddenly."
Jin Feng said helplessly: "Please don't land. After the Ninth Princess and I rescue His Majesty, take him away immediately!"
"Okay!" Eagle nodded quickly.
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The imperial palace was the center of power in the feudal era.
Hongde Hall is the center of Dakang’s power center.
Every three days, the emperor and civil and military officials would hold a court meeting here.
On the right side of the main hall is the Privy Council, where the important ministers of the six departments of the court usually work.
On the left side of the main hall is the Imperial Study Room, where the emperor usually summoned ministers and corrected memorials.
It was midnight, and there was no court meeting the next day, but the Hongde Hall was brightly lit.
Outside the main hall, corpses were everywhere.
There were men in black, soldiers from the red-armored battalion, and some in green.
Emperor Chen Ji was sitting on a high dragon chair, looking at the prince and several powerful officials below with a livid face.
An hour ago, the emperor was sleeping soundly with his arms around his concubine, when he was suddenly woken up by the eunuch.
The great eunuch told him that the palace was blocked by the imperial army, and the prince entered the palace with a group of men in black.
By the time the emperor led his people from the harem to the Hongde Hall, the red armored army and the men in black were already fighting.
Although the Red Armored Army was elite, their numbers were too small after all. Even with the help of Ouchi experts secretly trained by the emperor, they were still beaten back steadily.
After resisting for more than half an hour, the men in black were finally forced to Hongde Hall.
There were only fifty people left in the Red Armor Battalion of more than three hundred people, and there were only six Ouchi masters trained by the emperor, and all of them were injured.
However, the Red Armor Battalion and the Ouchi masters were indeed loyal. Even after the fight, they still did not flee, but stood guard in front of the dragon chair with their swords in hand.
Hongde Hall is the place where morning dynasties are held. No one is allowed to bring weapons into the hall except for the Red Armor Battalion that protects the emperor.
But at this time, there were men in black standing with long knives.
There were stumps of limbs and broken arms everywhere under the feet of the man in black, and there was a strong smell of blood.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, you should issue the edict as soon as possible."
The Minister of Rites said sincerely: "If you had issued the edict earlier, so many people would not have died, right?"
"You are so bold, Feng Shaojie, that you dare to force His Majesty to abdicate. You are rebelling!"
The eunuch beside the emperor scolded him with a cold face: "You are the Minister of Rites. You should know very well that this is a serious crime of treason and the nine tribes will be punished!"
"You don't have the right to speak as a eunuch here!"
The Minister of Rites stared at the emperor and continued: "Your Majesty, you also know the temper of His Highness the Crown Prince. Now that I am issuing an edict, you are still the Supreme Emperor, and the ladies in the harem will not suffer. If you delay it any longer, His Highness the Crown Prince will be angry, and that will be hard to say.
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When the emperor heard this, he was so angry that he smashed the armrest of the dragon chair with his hand: "Let this traitor come in and see me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an angry shout from the door of the hall: "Immortal old man, you try calling another traitor!"
The prince strode into the hall with two guards.
"You traitor! I made you the crown prince. You are really blind!"
When the emperor saw Chen Zeyou, he was so angry that he picked up the inkstone on the table and smashed it.
Unfortunately, his strength was too weak and the inkstone was too heavy, so he only threw it a few meters before falling to the ground.
"Old immortal, if you dare to call me a traitor again, I will cut out your tongue!"
The prince glared at the emperor and said through gritted teeth.
Chen Ji was actually frightened. He was about to curse, but he swallowed it back.
The prince sneered, his eyes like hungry wolves staring at the dragon chair under Chen Ji.
Chen Ji was quite romantic when he was young, and gave birth to a prince in his teens.
In the feudal era, emperors had lifelong careers. When the old emperor died, the prince could succeed to the throne.
Chen Ji sat on the throne at a young age because his father failed several times in the war with the north, and he was deeply affected and died early.
Prince Chen Zeyou was not so lucky.
Chen Ji did not have the courage of the previous emperor at all. He only knew how to recite poems, paint and collect rare treasures from all over the world.
Needless to say, the emperor's food was of the best quality, and he was so heartless that he didn't want to worry about government affairs, so he took good care of himself.
The prince was only a dozen years younger than the emperor, but due to his long-term addiction to drinking and sex, and his constant worry that the emperor would depose him as prince, he looked older than his father.
If he quietly waited for his succession, he might be dead, but Chen Ji would still be alive and kicking.
In addition to the incident at the brothel, Chen Ji felt that he had lost the royal family's face and was very disappointed. He publicly said more than once that he would reestablish the crown prince.
So when the dignitaries approached the prince and proposed to force the palace to grant Chen Ji the throne, the prince agreed without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, you don't like political affairs yourself. Your Highness, this is also an act of filial piety to help you solve your problems. Why should father and son turn against each other?"
The Minister of Rites once again stepped forward to persuade and said: "Issue an edict!"
"An act of filial piety? Hahaha..."
Chen Ji seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, laughing so hard that tears came down his face.
After he finished laughing, he looked at the prince and said, "You treacherous son..."
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the prince: "Old immortal, don't you want your tongue?"
"Haha, you are going to die, do you still care about a tongue?"
Chen Ji, who was frightened before, suddenly figured it out when he was facing life and death.
He knew that the prince had accumulated too much dissatisfaction with him, and after abdicating the throne, his life would definitely be worse than death.
So at this time, Chen Ji had already developed the will to die.
When a person is not even afraid of death, what else is there to be afraid of?
And at this moment, Chen Ji wanted to understand many things.
"I really regret that I didn't listen to Wuyang. I should have abolished you earlier and clean up the powerful and wealthy family earlier!"
Chen Ji looked at the prince and sneered: "Treason, for the sake of father and son, I will teach you for the last time, these wealthy families are just feeding unfamiliar wolves. If you sit on the dragon throne, remember to clean them up, otherwise the Chen family
The country will definitely change hands, and you will not have a happy ending!"
"Shut up, how dare you curse me!"
When the prince heard this, he was so angry that he jumped up and said: "Here, come, cut out his tongue!"
"Your Highness, please calm down." The Minister of Rites quickly stood up and acted as peacemaker: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? I can just issue an edict. Do you have to go to this step?"
"Let me issue an edict to this rebellious son, dream!"
Chen Ji laughed and said: "Guizi, to tell you the truth, half an hour ago, I sent an edict. If something happens to me and I am passed on to the fourth child, even if you sit on the dragon throne, you will usurp the throne. All the people of Dakang can do it."
Cut it down!"
"What?!"
The expressions of the prince and the Minister of Rites all changed.
They went to great lengths to besiege the palace, not just because they wanted a legitimate throne.
If the emperor really sends an edict, the prince's throne will not be secure at all.
"You old man, you are looking for death!"
The prince became angry and said angrily: "What are you waiting for? Arrest this old immortal and ask where the edict was sent!"
"Do it quickly! Do it quickly!"
This time, the Minister of Rites no longer acted as a peacemaker, but instead worked with the prince to urge the men in black to take action.
"If you want to capture me alive, you must give up!"
Chen Ji opened the cushion of the dragon chair and took out a dagger.
Just as he was about to commit suicide, a white light suddenly came from outside the palace.
Then he saw Qin Zhen, Qin'er, Zhu'er, Liao Yin and others falling to the ground, holding black knives and frantically slashing at the men in black outside the palace.
"Your Majesty, Qin Dutong and His Royal Highness the Ninth Princess have sent someone to rescue him!"
The chief eunuch snatched the dagger from the emperor's hand.
Chen Ji, who had been looking down upon death just now, his legs went limp and he sat down on the dragon chair.