Chapter 202 Your Majesty, the Princess Beats the Prince Consort to Death
Chapter 202 Your Majesty, the Princess Beats the Prince Consort to Death
Zhao Erya raised an eyebrow: "Oh, the boy has become smarter?"
Before Zhao Xuan could get angry, Zhao Erya smiled and explained, "When I was teaching the Eighth Prince Consort a lesson, I heard that he had involved you. I felt something was wrong. I was the one who beat him up, so what does that have to do with you? So, I went to check it out."
She pulled out a document from her bosom and handed it to Zhao Xuan, saying, "When the emperor was alive, they treated us sisters fairly well. Although they were occasionally disrespectful, it was never considered as abuse. But since you came to power, their attitudes have changed dramatically."
Zhao Xuan looked at the things in his hand and found something wrong. "The first time the Eighth Prince Consort took possession of the Eighth Sister's maid was in the second year of Longxing, and the first time the Twelfth Prince Consort attacked the Twelfth Sister was in the fifth year of Longxing."
Zhao Erya continued, "Yes, the Tenth Prince Consort did assault Tenth Sister once when Father was still alive, but that time it was just a shove. But in the first year of your reign, he slapped Tenth Sister, and surprisingly, none of this was ever leaked."
No matter how docile the princesses were, they were still princesses of a country. How could they not resist?
But it is so strange that unless they say it out loud themselves, not a single word of the grievances they suffered will be spread out.
And because of their pride, it is impossible for them to complain about their grievances to others.
Zhao Xuan was young at the time and had no power to rule the country. She also had her elder sister, the original body, standing in front of her. The other princesses did not have the face to ask this younger brother, who was a generation apart, to make decisions.
Or maybe they did look for it, but were stopped along the way.
Zhao Erya said, "I've done some in-depth research and discovered a problem. When the princesses got married, each had a hundred private soldiers. According to regulations, these private soldiers were all from the Imperial Guards. Let's not talk about the others, just take the twelfth imperial sister. She lived in the princess's mansion. Why could the twelfth imperial consort just rush in and attack her? Why didn't the guards at the door stop him?"
Zhao Erya knew that Ru Liangjun was related to the deposed prince's lineage, and Wei Weiqing had a close relationship with Ru Liangjun. No one would believe that there was no trick involved.
I just don't know what the situation is with the other ones.
Zhao Xuan was reminded by Zhao Erya and immediately sent people to investigate these companies.
Just as he collected evidence and planned to take them down during the Great Dynasty, he was stopped by Zhao Erya.
She has a more legitimate way to deal with those with bad intentions in one blow.
So, at an ordinary court meeting, Zhao Xuan fainted in front of everyone.
After being treated by the imperial physician, Zhao Xuan woke up once, only instructed Princess Dongping to act as regent, and then fainted again.
And this dizziness lasted for three months.
At first, Ru Liangjun could still bear it, but even after the New Year, Zhao Xuan still hadn't woken up.
He was ready to make a move and went to find Qi Guanhong again, trying to persuade him to establish a new king.
"The emperor has been weak since childhood, and now it seems that he doesn't have much time left. Princess Dongping is arrogant and domineering, but also stupid, selfish and nepotistic. In recent days, she has been suppressing loyal ministers and generals, replacing them with those sycophantic villains who curry favor with the powerful, making our Great Xia court a mess. I heard that several capable people under your command have also been defeated?" Ru Liangjun observed Qi Guanhong's expression, and was delighted to see his unhappy expression as he wished.
He waved his long sleeves and said righteously, "The late emperor has been kind to us, and we should repay him with our lives. Grand Marshal, it's time to make a decision!"
Qi Guanhong hesitated: "But, the emperor still has no children..."
"Grand Marshal!" Ru Liangjun said quickly, "The late Crown Prince was deposed for treason, but the late Emperor was wise and did not bring disaster to his family..."
Before he could finish his words, Qi Guanhong waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, it's not right. What's more, the emperor has other brothers, so it won't be the next generation's turn!"
"Oh, my great Sima!" Ru Liangjun said anxiously, "Don't you understand the situation of the emperor's brothers? If they were all capable, the throne would not have passed to the current youngest son. Don't rush to reject me. Wait until I invite that nobleman to come and see you. Then you will know that this is definitely a wise choice!"
Qi Guanhong seemed to be persuaded and said that he would meet first and then make a decision.
Then, the deposed prince's youngest son, Zhao Jue, appeared in front of Qi Guanhong.
Although he is still young, he is handsome and talented.
Qi Guanhong sighed to Ru Liangjun: "He has quite the style of his father!"
Ru Liangjun smiled but said nothing.
After successfully securing Qi Guanhong as a great helper, Ru Liangjun felt that everything was ready.
At the same time as the original plot, Ru Liangjun, Qi Guanhong, Zhao Jue, the son of the deposed crown prince, and a group of ministers who wanted to follow the emperor's lead broke into the Hall of Supreme Harmony with knives in hand.
At the same time, he also sent two groups of people to surround the residences of Wei Jiaping, Lord Gan and other royalist party members to prevent them from entering the palace to rescue him.
Wei Weiqing led the way and rushed into the inner hall with his men. When he saw Zhao Erya sitting on Zhao Xuan's sickbed, he grinned and said, "Bitch, today I will avenge my son!" After that, he swung his sword and slashed forward.
Zhao Erya dodged and kicked Wei Weiqing to the ground.
She looked at the familiar faces and compared them with the list in her mind. She found that most of them were there, so she smiled and said to Qi Guanhong, "Da Sima, let's do it!"
As soon as these words came out, it was shocking.
"what?!"
Ru Liangjun suddenly turned to look at Qi Guanhong, his face full of shock.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Qi Guanhong took a few steps forward and stood next to Zhao Erya. The ministers who followed him to "clear the court" also started to move.
In an instant, half of the people standing with Ru Liangjun were gone.
At this moment, the "unconscious" Zhao Xuan also climbed up, looked at Ru Liangjun and others and clapped his hands: "Great, you are really loyal ministers of our Xia Dynasty!"
"How is that possible!" Ru Liangjun's eyes were bloodshot, "You are cheating!"
Zhao Erya scorned: "Idiot!"
Zhao Xuan stood up and, according to the list Zhao Erya had given him, named several ministers and said, "If you surrender now, I promise to give you a lenient sentence!"
The people whose names were called out were all people with low loyalty to Zhao Xuan, but high loyalty to the Xia Kingdom. Seeing that they were truly devoted to the Xia Dynasty, Zhao Xuan and Zhao Erya were willing to give them another chance.
They looked at each other, hesitated, and then came out one after another, lowering their heads and walking to Zhao Xuan's side.
As a result, the number of people left on Ru Liangjun's side was reduced by one third.
Zhao Xuan stopped talking nonsense. He waved his hand and Zhao Erya, Qi Guanhong and others started to attack together.
At the same time, bursts of shouting and killing were heard outside.
It has to be said that Ru Liangjun had a plan. He bribed the Weiweiqing and Guangluqing, both of whom were high-ranking officials responsible for guarding the safety of the imperial city.
However, Zhao Erya had secretly transferred the 5,000 soldiers she had trained in the imperial farm outside to the capital, and arranged them in several important locations to be ready for support at any time.
At the same time, she also distributed the Yulin Guards throughout the palace, waiting for an opportunity to kill the rebels.
Just as Zhao Erya stepped on Ru Liangjun and whipped him, Wei Jiaping and Lord Gan rushed in.
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