The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 271

"Zhang Mingfeng committed the felony of dereliction of duty, deceiving the emperor, punishing his nine clans, ransacking his family and exterminating his family..."

Following the eunuch's order, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, who were like wolves and tigers, all broke into Zhang's mansion.

For a moment, there was a lot of screams in the mansion, accompanied by the sound of a woman crying.

Being pressed to the ground by the guards, watching several children and grandchildren being wrapped in white silk around their necks, strangled to death by the guards...

"Do not……"

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On the bed, Zhang Mingfeng was panting heavily, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Grandpa, are you having nightmares again?"

Standing by the bed was Zhang Mingfeng's little grandson, who was only seven years old now.

Zhang Mingfeng swallowed her saliva, then sat up slowly from the bed, her expression full of panic.

Although he still had lingering fears, Zhang Mingfeng would not show it in front of the child, and only heard him calmly ask: "Yun'er, why are you here?"

"Grandpa, it's time for breakfast... Daddy asked his grandson to call you!"

Hearing the child's innocent voice, Zhang Mingfeng squeezed out a smile, and said, "Yun'er is really sensible!"

After saying that, Zhang Mingfeng didn't waste any time, and recruited servants to help put on the clothes.

Zhang Mingfeng was very worried about the matter of being the prince recently.

He is the director of the Supreme Hospital. Even if he wants to get rid of this matter, his subordinates will get rid of it, so that the sky will fall with him as a tall man.

Zhang Mingfeng and a group of imperial physicians believed that the crown prince would not survive at all, and could only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

I thought that the crown prince would die within a day or two, but who knows that from August [-]th to now, the crown prince has not breathed his last breath.

And it was also under such circumstances that Zhang Mingfeng basically had nightmares every day, dreaming that after the death of the prince, his family would be ransacked and his family would be wiped out.

In the past one month or so, because of the investigation into the murder of the crown prince, the editorial supervisor has already imprisoned many people, including many high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

All of this brought great pressure to Zhang Mingfeng.

After putting on the official uniform, Zhang Mingfeng took her little grandson out of the bedroom, but she didn't see her son when she came to the front yard.

He was about to ask the servants who were serving at the side, when his son walked in quickly from the outside, his expression was full of anxiety.

"Father, someone came from the East Palace, saying that His Royal Highness is critically ill!"

Hearing this, Zhang Mingfeng's heart tightened immediately, this was the news he was most afraid of hearing.

"Quick... quickly prepare the sedan chair!"

The prince is critically ill, and if he doesn't handle it well, his head will be lost.

Everyone in the Zhang family knew the importance of this matter, and everyone got busy quickly, allowing Zhang Mingfeng to leave the house as quickly as possible.

Food was prepared for Zhang Mingfeng in the sedan chair, but now he doesn't have the slightest appetite, he just keeps urging his servants to speed up.

When Zhang Mingfeng rushed to the outside of the East Palace, he just got out of the sedan chair and heard crying and howling from inside, which made his heart sink.

Without any further delay, Zhang Mingfeng trotted all the way into the East Palace, and saw that there were already servants inside holding white silks, distributing them to the guards on duty outside.

There were wailing sounds inside, and white silk was being distributed outside, which already showed that the crown prince was dead.

Otherwise, these actions are a crime of disrespect and a great crime of destroying the nine clans.

Running all the way to the outside of the prince's bedroom, Zhang Mingfeng was so exhausted that she was out of breath, but saw an imperial doctor coming out to welcome her.

"How is your highness? How is your highness?"

Under Zhang Mingfeng's hasty questioning, the imperial physician who greeted him replied in a panic: "My lord, at [-]:[-], Your Highness suddenly coughed up blood. The humble officer and several other colleagues tried their best to treat him, but they still couldn't stop the coughing and bleeding. Halfway through [-]:[-]... His Highness died. Already!"

It was half past three o'clock, only a few minutes away from now, and someone died on the road... Zhang Mingfeng thought in his heart.

Stepping quickly, Zhang Mingfeng entered the bedroom, where a large group of people had already knelt down.

The crown prince was dead, Zhang Mingfeng entered the hall, and could only kneel on the ground with the others.

These imperial doctors feel very heavy at the moment.

Like them, there was Zhao Weilong beside the prince's bed, who was kneeling with his head bowed.

Zhao Weilong is the eldest son of the crown prince, and his mother is chosen by the king, but her health has not been very good, and she died five years ago.

Now the person in charge of the East Palace is Li Suxin. During the period after the death of the princess, Li Suxin suppressed Zhao Weilong in every possible way, that is to say, he has restrained himself in the past six months.

Now that his father has passed away, there is no one to protect him in the world, which makes Zhao Weilong deeply worried.

Just as he was thinking about this, he was slapped on the face suddenly, and then he heard a stern voice: "You bastard, your father passed away, but you don't show any sadness at all. Are you still human?"

The one who spoke was naturally Li Suxin. She seized the opportunity as much as possible to suppress Zhao Weilong who threatened her son's status.

At this moment, Zhao Weilong has no time to be angry and sad, he must resolve Li Suxin's questioning immediately, otherwise he will be charged with unfilial piety.

And once he is charged with this crime, Zhao Weilong will completely miss his heir.

So Zhao Weilong didn't make any excuses, and cried loudly, louder than Zhao Weiheng who was beside him.

Just as Li Suxin was still pressing, the officials of the Prince's Mansion entered the hall at this time, and they also learned the bad news just after waking up.

Under the leadership of Huang Zhicheng, Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion, a total of more than 20 officials rushed in. At this moment, they all let out mournful cries.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

The grief of these officials is somewhat sincere.

The crown prince is the crown prince, as long as he succeeds to the throne in the future, these ministers in the hidden residence will be able to rise to the top.

Now that the crown prince is dead, their investment over the years has been in vain, which is sad enough.

In fact, everyone present was prepared for Zhao Yanjun's death.

So while grieving, funeral arrangements are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

As for the East Palace, they also sent people to the palace to communicate.

In Qian'an Palace, Zhao Yongcheng was sitting on the dragon chair, his face was as cold as ice at this moment.

In front of him, the kneeling eunuch was trembling, for fear that if the emperor didn't like it, he would kill himself.

"Everyone get out!"

Following the emperor's deep voice, all the eunuchs and maids serving in the hall retreated cautiously.

The emperor stayed alone in the hall. At this moment, he was suffering from the pain of losing his son, and he was also suffering from the precariousness of the country and society.

The death of the prince is a major event, but for Zhao Yongcheng, who can succeed the prince after the death of the prince is more important.

He has more than a dozen sons, the older ones are all sealed away, and the ones who stayed in the capital are too young.

Now that the country is unstable, if these twelve or thirteen-year-old children are appointed as princes, can they bear the heavy responsibility?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yongcheng felt so anxious that he coughed violently.

Zhao Yongcheng quickly covered his mouth and tried his best to suppress his cough. He couldn't let the outside world think that there was something wrong with his body.

In this position of emperor, Zhao Yongcheng sat tremblingly!

At this moment, the voice of the chief eunuch Chen Changhe came from outside.

"Your Majesty, the elders are here!"

At this moment the cough has been suppressed, Zhao Yongcheng spread his palms, but saw blood in the palms.

Although not much, it is shocking.

So he quickly dried it on the mat, and said, "Let them in!"

(End of this chapter)