The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 864: usurper
Chapter 864 Usurpation
King Liang was shocked and confused. He didn’t know whether Li Mingrui was pretending to surrender to Bai Jinxiu or really betrayed him.
Li Mao and his son looked at each other. Li Mao pursed his lips tightly, and anger suddenly rose, but the anger dissipated in a moment… He immediately understood his son’s intention. After the anger dissipated, he looked at his son with relief and appreciation.
Only they, father and son, stood on the opposite side, so that no matter whether the one who became king in the future was the King of Liang or the Crown Prince, the Li family could at least be preserved.
Sacrificing one life benefits the whole family, it’s a good deal.
It seems like this… In this life, the father and son will have the honor to fight each other to see who defeats the right person.
Li Mao pretended to be angry and scolded Li Mingrui: “Li Mingrui, how can you wrongly accuse my father like this! Are you still a human being?”
Li Mingrui had tears in his eyes and his throat was choked with sobs, unable to speak.
Seeing the emperor staring at him with wide eyes, Li Mao pretended to be calm and said, “Your Majesty, the heaven and earth can bear witness to my loyalty. Your Majesty, please do not be misled by this villain!”
“Misled?!” The emperor hated two things the most in his life. One was being controlled and restrained by others, and the other was being deceived. The emperor gritted his teeth and was extremely angry. “You and the King of Liang were also misled by others to rebel?!”
“Fellow soldiers! His Majesty said… Prince Liang and Li Mao are conspiring to rebel!” Bai Jinxiu shouted.
Today, Prince Liang showed up with the Emperor. Some of the Yuanping soldiers were already hesitant, but considering the deterrence of the Shuoyang Army brought by Ji Tingyu, they had to convince themselves to believe what Bai Jinxiu said about Prince Liang’s rebellion. Now… the Emperor said it himself, and the Yuanping soldiers no longer had any hesitation.
Seeing Li Mao’s face livid, Bai Jinxiu deliberately spoke to anger King Liang: “King Liang, you are now threatening His Majesty. When I rush into the palace, I will definitely torture you to death to vent my anger for His Majesty and the Crown Prince!”
“Father, if you don’t say something to make amends, and we continue to be besieged by Bai Jinxiu like this, we may not be able to hold out until the Pingyang Army comes to our rescue! You… won’t be able to climb up to the Nine-Layered Terrace! There at the Nine-Layered Terrace… maybe all the boys and girls have gathered there, waiting for you, father, and the imperial teacher to arrive so they can make the elixir.” Prince Liang turned his head and looked at the emperor with a grim expression.
When the emperor heard this, he clenched his fists at his side, and his cloudy, bloodshot eyes suddenly tightened and asked, “Bai Jinxiu, are you going to withdraw your troops?!”
“Bai Jinxiu swears to protect His Majesty and the Crown Prince until his death!”
The emperor looked at the prince with a stern gaze: “Come here! Hang the prince on the Wude Gate for me!”
When the prince heard this, he looked at his father in disbelief, his legs weakened: “Father?!”
Prince Liang shouted, “What are you still standing there for! His Majesty has ordered that the crown prince be hanged above the Wude Gate!”
“Father! Father! Father, help me!” The prince shouted to the emperor in horror. He twisted and struggled but was still pushed onto the wall of Wude Gate, tears streaming down his face.
The imperial guards on top of Wude Gate tied a rope around the prince and pushed him, who was shrinking back in fear, down.
The prince screamed in fear as he fell from the sky. He was strangled by the rope in mid-air and almost vomited. He felt the heat on the tube and dripped down the tube and the dirty hem of his clothes. He felt ashamed and angry and was afraid. The prince cried out uncontrollably: “Father! Father, save your son! I don’t want to die yet!”
“King Liang! You still dare to say that you didn’t force His Majesty!” Bai Jinxiu stood up suddenly and pointed at King Liang on the Wude Gate. “Even a tiger won’t eat its own cubs, so how could Your Majesty be the kind of beast who treats his own flesh and blood like this? Only a disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust shameless pig like you, King Liang, would treat your brother like this!”
Prince Liang was so angry that he almost laughed. He didn’t expect that Bai Jinxiu could sing opera better than him.
“Bai Jinxiu!” The emperor ignored everything else when he thought of Jiuchongtai and asked loudly, “Are you going to withdraw your troops or not?!”
“Unless Your Majesty and the Crown Prince come out of the Imperial City safely, otherwise… Bai Jinxiu swears to protect Your Majesty and the Crown Prince’s safety and will never retreat!” Bai Jinxiu shouted loudly, holding the sword at her waist, “Only in this way can Bai Jinxiu be sure that King Liang is not plotting treason and feel at ease!”
Now the biggest bargaining chip in Prince Liang’s hand is the emperor and the prince. Will Prince Liang release the emperor and the prince?
Oh……
With Prince Liang’s understanding of the emperor, he must know that his father… could even abandon the crown prince, let alone him, a prince who was not favored to begin with.
“King Liang, since you claim that you are not plotting treason, do you dare to let His Majesty and the Crown Prince leave the palace? If so, Bai Jinxiu will immediately hand over the military power to His Majesty! You can do whatever you want with him!” Bai Jinxiu said loudly.
Bai Jinxiu knew that King Liang would not dare to do that.
“I’m leaving the palace!” the emperor said anxiously to the Jiuchongtai.
Prince Liang turned to look at his father and sneered, “Father, are you leaving the palace to go to Jiuchongtai, so that Bai Jinxiu can concentrate on dealing with your son?”
How could the King of Liang not know the character of his father? He forced the emperor to abdicate and usurped the throne… causing him such a great humiliation. If he didn’t have any handle to hold his father accountable, wouldn’t his father be afraid of tearing him into pieces?
“I will issue an edict right now to pass the throne to you!” the emperor lowered his voice and said, “Isn’t that enough?!”
“Father, the emperor is at the gates of the city now. Even if you pass the throne to me immediately, it depends on whether Bai Jinxiu agrees…” King Liang’s eyes fell on Bai Jinxiu who was standing under the Wude Gate. “Besides, if father changes his mind after leaving the city, you are the emperor, what can anyone do to you?”
The prince who was hung on the city wall was still howling. The emperor had already left in anger. He was filled with anger. What the emperor hated most in his life was being restrained by others. When Bai Weiting was here, he was restrained in every way…
Now, his most cowardly and filial son has suddenly turned into… the person who threatens him the most.
Prince Liang looked at Bai Jinxiu deeply and said loudly: “Hang the prince here. When Bai Jinxiu withdraws, let the prince down!”
After saying this, King Liang also turned around and left.
Li Mao followed behind King Liang and spoke to him in a low voice: “Your Highness, we can’t delay any longer… We must find a way to force His Majesty to give up the throne and let Your Highness ascend the throne! The Pingyang Army should be on the way by now. If the Pingyang Army comes… Bai Jinxiu persuaded the Pingyang Army to ask Your Majesty to leave the city first. Once Your Majesty is out of our control, we will lose! Only before the Pingyang Army arrives, His Highness can ascend the throne and His Majesty pass away! At least Your Highness can have a legitimate reason in front of the Pingyang Army!”
Prince Liang paused, turned around and looked at Li Mao, his eyes showing a bit of mockery: “Left Prime Minister, you are afraid that if you fail this time, you will be torn into pieces by Bai Jinxiu and others! My second brother… was it really you who conspired to usurp the throne?”
Li Mao knew the importance of the Second Prince in King Liang’s heart, and he quickly thought about what he should say.
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