Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Seeing the empress dowager falling into madness, the royal clan members all sighed secretly.

This woman has not received much favor since entering the palace, but her ability to overwhelm the empress and break through the siege to become the empress dowager really surprised many people.

Everyone once envied her good luck, thinking that she could continue to be honored as the empress dowager.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed suddenly.

When the truth came out, everything she owned was reduced to ashes.

The scene fell into silence, only the empress dowager's crying and cursing lingered.

Princess Ningyang withdrew the edict from the Queen Mother, looked at the left and right prime ministers, and asked in a deep voice.

"Seeing is believing, the two of you want to accompany me to meet Duke Zhen?"

The two prime ministers glanced at each other quietly.

In fact, they knew very well in their hearts that it didn't matter whether Duke Zhen was still alive or not.

It is enough for them to know that the will is true.

As a civil servant, the most important thing is character and reputation.

That posthumous edict has already proved that today's saints are not orthodox.

They assisted the regent to bring order out of chaos, and they obeyed the mandate of heaven. Even if this matter were to be recorded in the annals of history in the future, future generations would only evaluate them for discerning loyalty and traitors.

That being the case, why didn't they take advantage of the trend and sell the Prince Regent a favor?

With just one look, the two old foxes have already exchanged their thoughts.

They said in unison.

"No need."

Afterwards, the two of them lifted their clothes and knelt down in the direction of Li Ji.

"The ministers believe what His Royal Highness the Regent has said."

Mu Qing's reaction was extremely quick, and she immediately knelt down and shouted loudly.

"His Royal Highness the Regent is the orthodox royal family!"

The six ministers saw that the two prime ministers were kneeling, so why should they hold on? They all knelt down numbly.

"The ministers are willing to support His Royal Highness the Regent as the emperor!"

Originally, the royal clan members just wanted to join in the fun with Princess Ningyang, to see if they could find a chance to get some benefits? But I didn't expect things to progress to this point.

The current situation is almost one-sided, and anyone with a discerning eye knows how to choose.

Anyway, the throne still belongs to their Li family, it's the same for anyone.

So the clan members also knelt down in unison, shouting in unison.

"We are willing to support His Royal Highness the Prince Regent as emperor, so as to comfort the spirit of Prince Li Shu in heaven!"

Princess Ningyang squinted her phoenix eyes, glanced at the surrounding guards of the feather forest and the night owl guards, and asked sharply.

"What? You still want to resist to the end?!"

The commanders of Habayashi Guard and Ye Xiao Guard are both close aides of the Empress Dowager.

The two of them knew in their hearts that even if they surrendered now and waited for the Prince Regent to settle the score, they would definitely be unable to afford it.

That being the case, it is better to gamble one last time.

The two pretended to be dejected, ready to put down the weapons in their hands.

At this moment, everyone felt that there was no danger.

At the most relaxing moment, the two commanders made a sudden move, and the blades went straight to Princess Ningyang!

They can't beat the regent, but they can use the life of Princess Ningyang to blackmail the regent.

The maids around the princess were all so frightened that their faces paled and they screamed.

"Her Royal Highness, be careful!"

At the critical moment, Mu Qing made a timely move and rushed forward to throw Princess Ningyang to the ground.

The blades in the hands of the two commanders smashed into space.

They immediately withdrew their knives and stretched out their hands to grab Princess Ningyang and Mu Qing who were on the ground.

The queen mother who witnessed this scene seemed to see the last ray of hope, and shouted: "Catch them!"

With Princess Ningyang's seniority, as long as she is caught, it is tantamount to pinching an important hole card.

They can use this to win the capital to negotiate with Li Ji.

Everyone's heart was in their throats.

Just when the fingers of the two commanders were about to touch Princess Ningyang, a knife shot out, piercing the hearts of the two of them accurately.

Blood spattered out, staining the dresses of Princess Ningyang and Mu Qing red.

The next moment, the two commanders were in a pool of blood.

The eyes of the two were wide open, and their faces were full of disbelief.

As if he didn't react when he was about to die, how did he die?

Everyone looked in the direction where the blade was thrown, and saw Li Ji, the regent standing on the steps.

He withdrew his right hand with a calm expression.

"Assassinate the eldest princess in public, you should be punished."

A simple sentence, but like a collision of weapons, full of murderous aura, shocked everyone's hearts.

Hua Dingzong looked at his empty hand, then at the Prince Regent, still a little dazed.

Wasn't the knife held in his hand? Why did it suddenly fall into the hands of the Regent? Why did he shoot those two commanders all of a sudden?

Isn't this speed too fast? Scared to death!

At the moment when Hua Dingzong was in a daze, Li Qiong suddenly broke free from the shackles and ran wildly.

Hua Dingzong exclaimed: "Stop!"

He hastened to catch up.

Li Ji glanced at Mu Qing, and ordered: "Take care of the eldest princess."

Then he opened his legs and chased in the direction where Li Qiong was fleeing.

Hua Dingzong shouted at the little emperor's back.

"Don't waste your energy, you can't escape!"

Li Qiong didn't even look back, she ran extremely fast as if there was a wind blowing under her feet.

He spent almost his entire life at this time.

He knew that the Prince Regent had all the advantages, and he was no longer able to contend with him on his own, but he still had his last hole card, which was Hua Manman.

As long as he can hold Hua Manman, the regent will not dare to do anything to him.

In addition, Mr. Zhu helped to advise him.

He may not have no chance to come back.

...

In the room, Hua Manman pressed Mr. Zhu to the ground, holding the dagger tightly in his right hand, and the sharp blade was pressed against Mr. Zhu's neck.

Mr. Zhu felt the cold and hard touch from the cold weapon more clearly.

Habayashi outside the door didn't get a response, so he knocked on the door harder and asked again.

"Mr. Zhu, are you all right?"

Hua Manman increased the strength of his subordinates.

The sharp blade cut through the skin, but no blood oozes out.

The meaning of the threat is already very obvious.

Mr. Zhu lowered his voice and said, "I just need to shout, and someone will come in."

Hua Manman: "Then you shout, let them see for themselves how you heal your wounds automatically, and see if they will treat you as a monster and catch you and burn them to death?"

Mr. Zhu is speechless.

If his body hadn't been seriously injured, he didn't have to worry so much at all, and he could just kill the Habayashi guards outside the door to silence them.

But now he is in a very weak state, and it is hard to protect himself, let alone kill someone to silence him.

In the end, he could only speak unwillingly.

"I'm fine."

When the Habayashi guards outside the door heard this, they didn't knock on the door again, and returned to their posts silently.

The dagger was still attached to Mr. Zhu's neck.

Even if Mr. Zhu is not a human being, he can still feel the pain caused by his neck being cut by the blade at this time.

He frowned.

"You can't kill me."