The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 795: blood spatter
Chapter 795 Blood Splattered in the Court
Perhaps he still had a glimmer of hope for the emperor, so Prime Minister Lu turned to look at Shen Jingzhong and said, “But, it’s hard to say. Maybe your Majesty just wanted to let the five hundred boys and girls go up to the Nine-Layered Platform with him to ask for the elixir. Otherwise…if these five hundred boys and girls disappeared mysteriously, your Majesty would have a hard time explaining it to the world…”
The more Prime Minister Lu spoke, the less confident he became. Is the emperor still worried about not being able to explain himself to the people of the world? No way!
“How about telling the Princess Zhenguo about this? In my opinion… the Crown Prince almost obeys Princess Zhenguo’s words. Perhaps… Princess Zhenguo can persuade the Crown Prince?” Shen Jingzhong said.
Prime Minister Lu shook his head: “The Crown Prince can listen to what the Princess Zhenguo said, but our Crown Prince… definitely does not have the courage to confront His Majesty!”
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Liang State, Hancheng.
Two prescriptions were delivered to Emperor Liang’s desk one after another, and both prescriptions came from the Jin army.
Some court officials said that Zhao Sheng should be executed for treason and that his entire family should be executed.
A court official said… Zhao Sheng was captured but managed to get a prescription for treating the plague. The Zhao family has always been loyal to the Liang State. Zhao Sheng must have pretended to be a traitor for the prescription. If no solid evidence is obtained, the entire Zhao family will be killed. General Zhao will definitely be disheartened when he inquires about this, and may even really join the enemy camp.
The court was arguing endlessly, but the third prince stood up and said to the emperor: “Father, I think the Zhao family has been loyal to Daliang for generations, and General Zhao Sheng would not betray the country. Moreover, General Zhao Sheng’s mother, wife and children are all in Hancheng. How could General Zhao Sheng abandon his mother, wife and children?! Therefore, father, you must not kill the entire Zhao family, so as not to chill General Zhao’s heart! I think… you can temporarily let the imperial guards surround the Zhao Mansion and keep the Zhao family under guard.”
Prime Minister Liang Ting nodded: “Third Prince, this is very true!”
Seeing the emperor nod, the third prince breathed a sigh of relief.
A court official saw the emperor looking down at the prescription written on the sheepskin, and stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, since Jin has given the prescription to Liang, I think… Jin may not want to fight anymore. Your Majesty, why don’t you take this opportunity to make peace with Jin? After our country has recuperated and completely eradicated the epidemic, you can send troops to Jin to avenge the Fourth Prince.”
Knowing that Emperor Liang was eager for revenge, the court official spoke very carefully.
Emperor Liang raised his eyes to look at the courtier and said angrily: “Wait until the epidemic is completely eradicated before sending troops to Jin. By then… you will say that the treasury is exhausted. Don’t I know you?! From today on, if anyone dares to ask me to kneel down and beg for peace, and say that I will take revenge another day, I… will kill your son, so that you can also experience how I feel now!”
When the court official heard this, he was so frightened that his legs went limp and he knelt in the hall: “Your Majesty, I deserve to die. Please calm down!”
The emperor turned away, and the third prince could only rush forward to appease the court officials, and then helped the court officials who were kneeling in the hall to stand up, straightened their clothes and went to ask for an audience with the emperor to ask for his decree.
After the third prince came out of the emperor’s bedroom, the emperor’s decree was also issued.
The emperor ordered the imperial guards to guard the Zhao family from head to toe and not allow anyone to enter or leave the Zhao mansion until Zhao Sheng returned.
Unexpectedly, after the imperial guards surrounded the Zhao Mansion, they learned that… Old Lady Zhao had taken the Zhao family back to her hometown to visit her relatives five days ago. The commander of the imperial guards immediately reported the matter to the emperor.
The emperor was furious and ordered all of Zhao Sheng’s relatives within the three clans to be arrested and imprisoned, and sent people to arrest Zhao Sheng’s entire family.
Zhao Sheng’s entire family ran away, and treason was inevitable, which had already made Emperor Liang very upset, but something even more upsetting happened soon after.
The emperor handed over two prescriptions to the Imperial Medical Bureau. After studying them, the hospital gave the two prescriptions to the people suffering from the epidemic in the Hancheng Treatment Center. Three days after taking the medicine… the people who took the medicine were indeed getting better.
It’s just that the people who used the precious medicinal materials recovered faster, while those who took the second prescription that replaced the precious medicinal materials recovered a little slower, but they could also cure the epidemic.
The Imperial Medical Bureau presented the two prescriptions to the emperor, and a new problem arose… Among the prescriptions for treating the epidemic, there was an irreplaceable medicine, Huangcen.
It’s not that Daliang doesn’t produce Huangcen, but the output of Huangcen is extremely low, so the price of Huangcen in Liang is relatively high. That’s fine, after all, at that time, all countries were trading with each other, and there would always be merchants transporting Huangcen to Daliang, because Daliang and Jin were bordering each other, so… generally speaking, most of the Huangcen used in Daliang came from Jin.
Now the Huang Cen stored in Daliang is enough to send to the army, but it is far from enough to treat the increasing number of people suffering from the disease. It is up to the Emperor of Liang to decide what to do…
Should they continue to fight to the death with the State of Jin, or should they kneel down and ask for peace, and ask Huang Cen to come and save the people of Daliang.
The emperor refused to sue for peace and ordered people to collect medicinal herbs from all over the country and send them all to the army… to ensure that the soldiers could maintain their fighting strength and fight to the death with the State of Jin.
The always weak Third Prince of Daliang finally stopped fearing the Emperor’s power and confronted the Emperor: “Father, the soldiers who defend our country are originally from the people. If we only care about the soldiers and ignore the people, the people will die one after another and our Liang will lose its source of soldiers. Without new soldiers to replenish, the soldiers will be lost on the battlefield and Liang will still be defeated! Liang has reached such a situation… Father is still unwilling to seek peace. Do you have to wait until the country is destroyed… Do you have to wait until you become the king of a destroyed country before you are satisfied?!”
Emperor Liang was furious, so he picked up the incense burner and threw it at the Third Prince. The Third Prince had no time to dodge, and his forehead, which had just recovered from being broken by the Emperor last time, was bleeding again.
The Third Prince stood up, ignoring the blood on his head, and looked at Emperor Liang with a desolate and angry look, saying, “Father is the ruler of a country. For the revenge of my fourth brother, he didn’t care about the lives of the people of Liang, and he didn’t care about the lives of the soldiers! Is Father still the emperor of Liang?”
“How dare you!” Emperor Liang’s eyes were red with anger.
“Father, this son’s life was given by you. This is the only time I will act presumptuously, and it will be the last time I will act presumptuously in front of you! I cannot bear to see the people of Liang suffer a catastrophic disaster because you refused to beg for peace. I cannot bear to see Liang destroyed by Jin. I am leaving now. Please take care!”
After saying this, the plump and chubby Third Prince rushed straight towards the red-painted columns in the hall.
The old prime minister opened his eyes wide: “Quickly stop the third prince!”
At the critical moment, a general rushed forward and knocked the Third Prince, who was about to bang his head against the pillar, away. The Third Prince lost his balance and fell to the ground, and his head did not touch the vermilion red pillar, and his blood did not splatter in the court.
Several court officials immediately rushed forward, knelt down and hugged the Third Prince, crying and shouting at him not to do this.
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