The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 867: Soldiers never tire of cheating
Chapter 867: All is fair in war
At the beginning, he should have let the soldiers fight to the death and take him, the little grandson and the Crown Princess to escape first no matter what, regardless of whether Bai Jinxiu could lead the troops to save his father.
Seeing the deposed crown prince like this, Prime Minister Lu was filled with disappointment and grief: “Your Highness! How can you beg for mercy from the traitor King Liang who killed the king, killed his father, and framed your brother!”
The deposed prince acted as if he could not hear Prime Minister Lu’s shouts and just kowtowed to King Liang and begged for mercy.
Xie Yuchang lowered his eyes and didn’t look. He had already given up on this prince and the entire Lin royal power.
Needless to say, Fu Ruoxi had given up on the royal family ever since she learned that the emperor and King Liang were trading the throne and that a thousand children would die for the emperor’s immortality.
Later, the prince was captured and imprisoned. What the prince was worried about was not the life and death of the thousand children, but that Prince Liang would build the Nine-story Platform for the emperor before him and recruit a thousand boys and girls, and the emperor would look at Prince Liang differently.
Fu Ruoxi was so upset that she wondered how upset Princess Zhenguo would be if she heard the news.
The corners of King Liang’s lips curled up, and he felt very relieved when he saw the prince looking as miserable as a stray dog. In order to deliberately insult the deposed prince, King Liang waved at the deposed prince.
The deposed prince used his hands and feet to quickly crawl in front of King Liang, looked up at him, and smiled ingratiatingly: “Your Majesty… Your Majesty, please spare my brother for the sake of our brotherhood!”
When Prime Minister Lu and other important ministers saw the crown prince fawning on the traitor who killed the king and usurped the throne, they finally couldn’t hold back their emotions for so long and burst into tears as if they had suffered a great humiliation.
Prince Liang lifted the hem of his extremely heavy dress and lifted the deposed crown prince’s chin with his toes. Looking at the crown prince, whose eyes were full of fear but who gave him a flattering smile, he suddenly laughed out loud and kicked the crown prince away.
The King of Liang was very proud and asked Prime Minister Lu and the other important officials who had been stripped of their official uniforms and were about to die: “Is this the prince you have always wanted to help? Prime Minister Lu… you have always been the most knowledgeable in the court. I will give you another chance. If you submit to me, you can hold the knife… and personally cut off the head of this deposed prince who plotted treason and regicide, and you will still be my right-hand minister!”
Upon hearing this, the deposed prince looked at Prime Minister Lu in horror, and hurriedly crawled to the feet of King Liang, grabbing the hem of King Liang’s dress with his hands: “Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please forgive me! Depose me as a commoner… That’s fine! I will never compete with Your Majesty for the throne in this life! Please forgive me!”
Prime Minister Lu couldn’t bear to see the prince begging for mercy with such a lack of integrity, so he spat at King Liang: “Pooh!”
“Good! Prime Minister Lu is tough!” King Liang laughed instead of getting angry. “The Pingyang army will soon arrive at the capital. By then… Prime Minister Lu will see his descendants die one by one in front of you. I hope Prime Minister Lu can still be so tough!”
As soon as the King of Liang finished speaking, a soldier came to report: “Report… Report to Your Majesty, the Pingyang army has arrived. General Wang Meng is leading the Pingyang army to attack the capital city. Half of the rebels besieging the palace have retreated to the city tower to fight against the Pingyang army!”
“Good!” King Liang was very excited.
The officials who refused to submit to King Liang, led by Lu Xiang, Shen Jingzhong, Dong Qingping and Lu Jin, were uneasy and could only pray in their hearts… Bai Jinxiu must win a great victory and pray that Princess Bai Qingyan, who is the guardian of the country, can come back as soon as possible.
King Liang glanced at the ministers who were kneeling in front of the hall or crying under the pressure of the imperial guards, and turned to Fan Yuhuai and instructed: “Fan Yuhuai, you are the greatest contributor to my enthronement this time. Didn’t you ask me to spare these ministers?”
Fan Yuhuai, who only had one eye left, hurried forward and knelt on one knee: “Your Majesty has just ascended the throne. Pardoning these court officials… is the only way to stabilize the government!”
“Okay!” The corners of Liang Wang’s lips curled up, and his smile was somewhat cold. He looked at the deposed prince who was still begging for mercy, and said with a smile, “Draw out your sword! Go and give it to those courtiers who once rebelled against me. If any of them dare to stab the deposed prince with a sword, I will… spare him! As if nothing happened!”
The deposed crown prince opened his eyes wide, his gaze fixed on the court officials who had been imprisoned by the King of Liang for supporting him. He was afraid that some of them would pick up the sword in Fan Yuhuai’s hand and stab him, so he burst into tears and knelt down to beg the King of Liang for mercy.
The officials kneeling in front of the hall looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do.
When Lu Xiang heard this, he was so shocked that he wanted to stand up and curse, but was held back by the imperial guards. Lu Xiang’s chest heaved violently: “King Liang! Are you still a human being?!”
Even Li Mao and the Minister of Revenue Chu Zhongxing were quite surprised that King Liang actually ignored the details of future history books and only cared about his own momentary pleasure.
Li Mao tightened his fists. If the Pingyang army cannot defeat Bai Jinxiu this time…
Li Mao didn’t want to think about the consequences. This time… Prince Liang would surely win a great victory, and only with someone like Prince Liang succeeding to the throne would Li Mao have the room to control the government.
Shen Jingzhong, the Minister of War who always followed Prime Minister Lu’s lead, clenched his fists and shouted, “I’ll do it!”
Lu Xiang turned his head and looked at Shen Jingzhong who was tied up and stood up. His face was as gloomy as water. He said: “Untie him! I’ll do it!”
“Good! Lord Shen knows how to adapt to changing circumstances!” King Liang smiled and signaled Fan Yuhuai to give the sword to Shen Jingzhong.
Dali Temple Minister Lu Jin seemed to understand what Shen Jingzhong was going to do, and opened his eyes wide: “Lord Shen!”
Shen Jingzhong didn’t even look at Lu Jin. He took the opportunity to glance at Xie Yuchang and Fu Ruoxi while dropping the rope that tied him, as if hinting at something. Then he walked slowly towards Fan Yuhuai, took the sword, weighed it, and walked towards the direction of the prince.
Fan Yuhuai’s eyes were alert, and he walked towards King Liang almost at the same time as Shen Jingzhong, signaling the imperial guards around King Liang to protect him.
The prince was so frightened that his legs went weak and he could not help backing away. Looking at Shen Jingzhong whose face was as gloomy as water, his throat seemed to be strangled and he could not make a sound. He backed away with tears streaming down his face, shaking his head and looking at Shen Jingzhong with pleading eyes.
“Report…” A spy rushed up to the high steps, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, “Report to Your Majesty! Outside the capital… a black sail and a white python flag appeared! The rebels in Yuanping and Shuoyang are shouting that the princess is back! The current situation is unclear!”
“Haha!” Dong Qingping laughed wildly, straightened his back, with excitement and ecstasy in his eyes. His niece is back! Let’s see what tricks this bastard King Liang can play. “King Liang! Did you hear that! The Princess Zhenguo is back! I wonder how long you can be so rampant!”
“What?! How could it be so fast!” Li Mao was shocked. “No way! All is fair in war… They must be deceiving us! Your Majesty sent out the imperial edict to recruit a thousand boys and girls, as well as the imperial edict to stop the troops. Bai Qingyan couldn’t have arrived so quickly!”
The second update is late, sorry, the author was trying to coax the child to sleep and fell asleep with him, and suddenly woke up and hurried to update.