Chapter 8 The Seven Evil Ghosts (1)(1/2)
"Is that true?"
It was the third update of the night, and the emperor was listening to Shaoqing's report in the imperial study.
Then, he ordered an eunuch beside him and said, "Tell me my oral order to ask General Liu to enter the palace."
"Your Majesty...you?" Shaoqing had already guessed what he was going to do.
"Let the imperial guards surround the entire palace, and no one is allowed to enter and exit! Start immediately... This palace enters the highest alert state! Including the troops guarding everywhere... How many soldiers have sent so many soldiers! This is my country, how can these ghosts be allowed to cause trouble!"
The emperor was already extremely furious at this moment, far more than when he knew about the changes in the prince.
"Where is the prince now?" The current emperor is always concerned about this issue.
"The prince is currently unconscious, and I am temporarily placing him in Prince Huan Zhen's bedroom."
After hearing this, the emperor sat down, thought for a while, and finally made up his mind.
"I give you some rights. You can mobilize some of the imperial guards and execute the prince...! As for the reasons, you can just think of one, and you don't have to report to me."
At this moment, there were only the emperor and Shaoqing in the imperial study room. The eunuch who had just served had already gone out to pass on the emperor's oral order.
Although he had long expected the emperor to say this, Shaoqing still felt dizzy when he heard him say this in person.
Moreover, the emperor asked himself to execute the prince himself!
"Emperor...even if the prince is really going to be executed, according to the law, it should be the Ministry of Justice..."
"I have drawn up an imperial edict and personally sent the prince to death. Will he still dare to disobey?"
The emperor said this sentence loudly, and he had already spread the imperial edict on the table and was ready to write it.
Shaoqing immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Emperor! I risked my life to advise... Please think twice! The palace is currently full of blood and storms, and the ministers are in a panic. At this time, the death of the crown prince will inevitably lead to a serious denomination, which makes people suspicious..."
"Shut up! Shaoqing, can you rebel? This is my order. If you disobey your order, do you know the consequences?"
At this moment, compared to the foreign objects in Luoying Pavilion, Shaoqing was even more afraid of the emperor in front of him.
Only the prince, he can't do it.
The prince, who is almost the same age as him, has always trusted himself and regarded himself as a close friend. But now, he is going to be completely abandoned by the emperor, and even his life is taken away..."
"The emperor... I don't dare."
"It's good if you don't dare! You will go with my imperial edict this time, and the charge is to assassinate me. Those guards and the eunuch before will all be pushed to the prince. If the prince disobeys, you will be allowed to execute him with your own hands! Do you understand?"
As he said that, the emperor had already begun to write the imperial edict.
After a while, he had finished writing and stamped the jade seal.
The moment the jade seal is covered means... everything becomes a fixed number.
There is no room for reincarnation.
Shaoqing stood up and took the imperial edict.
"I...receive the order."
The hand that took the imperial edict was trembling constantly.
Want to kill...the prince?
Shaoqing knew that what he was holding now was a weapon that could make the prince doomed. He would become the executioner who personally ruined the prince's life.
However, I was unable to resist.
This is my own destiny.
He is a minister. The one who ordered him to kill the crown prince was the king. It is natural for the king to be the minister.
Therefore, he must kill the prince.
must!
In less than half an hour, the entire palace was surrounded by soldiers from the imperial guards, and the entire capital's army was basically on guard to come here.
In the palace, everyone was in danger and knew that something was going to happen.
Huanzhen's palace.
The prince is still sleeping and still has not woken up. Huan Zhen is by the side of the emperor, not knowing what will happen next.
Suddenly, I heard someone shouting outside: "The imperial edict is here!"
When Huan Zhen heard the "Imperial Imperial" he immediately ran outside.
In the lobby, Shaoqing had already entered with a group of imperial soldiers, and Concubine Liu and many palace maids and eunuchs had already knelt all over the ground.
"Empress Liu, please let His Highness come out and receive the order."
Even the group of imperial soldiers behind Shaoqing did not know the content of this imperial edict. The content of the imperial edict was enough to completely shock the country.
"Yes." At this time, Liu Fei saw Huan Zhen coming out and hurriedly said, "Zhen'er, go and ask your prince to come out and receive the order."
At this moment, Shaoqing's heart was beating wildly.
He knew that as long as the prince came out and once he read the imperial edict, he would definitely kill the prince with his own hands today.
He and the prince are close friends.
The prince is cheerful, kind to others, and can get along well with anyone. Officials use the prince's personality to get close to him in order to help him gain benefits after he ascends the throne in the future. But Shaoqing is different. He truly regards the prince as a friend.
So he always felt guilty in front of the prince.
Strong guilt...
And almost at this moment, the prince woke up.
He touched the short knife hidden in his underwear.
"Are you finally...coming?"
At this time, Huan Zhen entered the house and saw that the prince was awake. He immediately ran over and said, "Brother... are you awake? It's great. Shangshu Yi came to pass on the imperial edict from his father. You can wash it a little and go out to receive the edict."
"Imperial Order?" the prince sneered and said, "Huan Zhen, go out first and tell them, I will change my clothes and go out immediately."
Huan Zhen nodded and walked away.
After Huan Zhen went out, the prince immediately locked the door, opened the window in the room, and stepped out.
The imperial palace is now full of imperial guards. The prince roughly estimated that he had obtained this. His purpose was very simple and he had to find ways to enter Luoying Pavilion. There were countless people guarding there.
If you want to find a way to get in, you will definitely not be able to use Ming. The guards may have replaced them with the imperial guards at this moment. Although the prince is very good at martial arts, he is completely inaccurate in dealing with them.
Only one step is enough to count.
After waiting for the prince to come out for a long time, Shaoqing began to feel something.
He immediately ordered the Imperial Guards to say, "You go into the room and take a look! Don't you be rude to His Highness the Crown Prince, do you remember?"
After the soldiers entered, they immediately walked out and said, "Crown Prince... His Highness is gone!"
Shaoqing was shocked.
Has the prince noticed it?
Shaoqing immediately ordered: "Hurry! Go and notify General Liu, and send the orders to you, be sure to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Remember, don't hurt him, bring him to me without any harm!"
The prince knew that the imperial edict was probably not good for him. But he could not imagine that his father would give such an order.
Even if you disobey the imperial edict, even if you are the prince, you cannot escape punishment.
But the prince hopes to find the truth one step earlier.
When he arrived in front of Luoying Pavilion, he expected that the guards had not received the order yet, so he walked over openly. Anyway, he had no chance of winning even if he had to break through.
Only a desperate bet.
Luoying Pavilion is the bedroom where the mother of his father and concubine Huang lived. This bedroom is very large, with about 30 people guarding the outside. And these people are all masters from a thousand miles away.
When he walked to Luoying Pavilion, he felt a bleak breath.
Outside the gate, several guards also noticed the prince.
Looking at the three words "Luoying Pavilion" on the plaque, he had made up his mind.
The leaders of these guards quickly walked to the prince and knelt down and said, "See Your Highness the Prince! Your Highness, this is the forbidden area of the palace, please return quickly."
"My father sent me an oral order and asked me to come to Luoying Pavilion to check it out. Please make it easier."
The prince said casually. Of course, it was only a matter of time that this lie was revealed, but the prince had to do anything to know the secret of Luoying Pavilion.
"Please forgive me for your sins. Without the emperor's imperial edict or pass through jade plaques, my subordinates cannot let His Royal Highness enter Luoying Pavilion."
Luoying Pavilion is right in front of you.
But...
"Bold!" the prince said angrily: "Dare you dare to disobey?"
"How dare I! It's just that the emperor ordered us to guard this place and strictly order no one who has passed jade or imperial edicts is allowed to enter... Please do not let his subordinates make things difficult for him. As long as the prince brings the jade ordination, how dare he not let him go?"
It seems that it is no longer possible to enter Luoying Pavilion as a prince.
The prince slowly pulled out the short knife from his arms and quickly put it on the neck of the guard leader!
To be continued...