Qi Heng presented the evidence of Prince Yong's treason to the emperor in order to protect himself and to overthrow Prince Yong.

Prince Yong and Prince Yan plotted a rebellion, and two groups of people broke into the palace. One group confronted the emperor, and the other group rushed to the harem.

Although the situation in the palace is very dangerous at the moment, there are guards protecting the emperor and fighting for him.

Just when they were about to capture Prince Yong and his men, another group of people, Prince Yan's men, held knives against the emperor's concubines.

There were several concubines who resisted strongly even though the knives were placed on their necks.

Zhao Zhen didn't expect Prince Yan to do this. This was something he had not anticipated.

When Prince Yong saw that Prince Yan had succeeded, he laughed wildly and became more and more arrogant.

The two men knew that they had come to this point and had no way out. Prince Yan took the queen from his men and put a knife to her neck.

Anger flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes, but he suppressed his anger and said, "Release the queen, and you set the conditions."

"If you write the abdication decree, I will release her." Prince Yan did not hesitate and directly stated his conditions.

Prince Yan actually used this to threaten him to write a letter of abdication. Zhao Zhen clenched his hands tightly under his sleeves, making a clattering sound.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that." The courtier standing on the emperor's side immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Your Majesty, please don't." As the queen of a country, with a knife at her neck, although she was timid, she did not want the emperor to restrict her and hand over the country to him.

In order to avoid becoming a pawn of Prince Yan to threaten the emperor, the queen walked directly into the tip of the knife and died on the spot.

"Queen..." Zhao Zhen watched the queen sacrifice heroically with bloodshot eyes.

The Queen who was threatening the Emperor in the hands of Prince Yan was gone. Prince Yan and Prince Yong looked at each other, retreated directly to a safe place, and ordered their men to charge upwards.

"Protect the emperor, protect the emperor." the eunuch shouted.

The scene was extremely chaotic for a moment.

Although Prince Yong and Prince Yan made sufficient preparations and massacred the emperor's harem, they ultimately failed in their attempt to force the emperor to abdicate and were caught.

It worked. Although many people died, we were ultimately superior and the Royal Defense War was very successful.

Sheng Hong's eyelids twitched wildly as he watched this scene. He felt nauseous in his stomach and he dry-heaved a few times before he calmed down. Thinking of the knife on his neck just now, he felt a wave of fear.

He was now extremely grateful that the emperor had the foresight to send Mo'er back to the Sheng family in advance, otherwise the fate of the ladies in the palace would be the same as Mo'er's.

What followed was excitement. All the concubines in the palace were cleared out, and those who had colluded with Prince Yong and Prince Yan could not escape. Mo'er, who was pregnant with the emperor's child, would be the biggest winner.

The emperor took into consideration that Qi Heng had made a meritorious contribution in reporting the case, and the merits and demerits offset each other, so the Qi family was not implicated.

The entire families of Prince Yong and Prince Yan were beheaded in public, and their accomplices were either killed, imprisoned, or exiled.

The emperor only pardoned the pregnant Princess Jiacheng and demoted her to a commoner.

(Out of humanitarian considerations, pregnant women cannot be executed directly.)

The pregnancy saved Princess Jiacheng's life.

Sheng Hong returned to the Sheng family and didn't even have breakfast. Well, he couldn't eat because he had experienced something and didn't want to recall the scene.

He changed into clean clothes and asked someone to invite Molan.

Maid: "My lady, the master asks you to go to the main hall to discuss something."

Molan: "Well, go tell my father and I'll be there in a minute."

Sheng Family Hall

Sheng Hong stared at Molan for a long time. He still had the illusion that he was in a nightmare and couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams.

Molan saw that he was staring at her without saying a word. Judging from his expression, he must have been quite shocked by the scene.

He took the initiative to ask: "Did the matter end?"

It was only when she spoke first that he came back to his senses.

Sheng Hong: "It's done." He had made all the preparations, but he didn't expect it to be so dangerous, a thousand times more dangerous than expected. Now, whenever he closes his eyes, he sees that scene.

His Mo'er was truly a blessed man. Although Prince Yong and Prince Yan were extremely rebellious and committed treason, they actually did something beneficial to their daughter by clearing out the women in the official harem.

Molan: "Has the emperor told my father when he will welcome me into the palace?"

Sheng Hong recalled the scene in the palace. The palace smelled strong of blood and it would take some time to clean up. Mo'er was still pregnant, so he couldn't tell her this, lest it scare the little prince in her belly.

In addition, the funeral ceremonies of the empress and concubines in the harem also need to be handled by the emperor personally. With so many concubines killed, the emperor's relatives in the harem will ask the emperor for an explanation.

Before leaving the palace, from the emperor's tone of voice, he knew that considering that Mo'er was pregnant with the royal heir, he did not want Mo'er to have to participate in the funeral ceremony of the queen and other concubines.

It is estimated that it will take some time.

From the emperor's action, Sheng Hong once again felt that the emperor attached great importance to Mo'er. Well, it should be that the emperor attached great importance to the child in Mo'er's belly. Come to think of it, although the emperor does not look old on the surface, he is already at that age. It took many years for a woman to get pregnant. Maybe the baby in Mo'er's belly is the emperor's only hope, so he must attach importance to the baby in Mo'er's belly.

Sheng Hong: "Your Majesty will be in the palace to handle government affairs during this period. Mo'er, you also know that the emperor has not attended court for some time. There are many things waiting for the emperor to make a decision in person. Mo'er, you should stay at home and wait for the emperor with peace of mind."

Molan nodded in agreement. She was not in a hurry to return to the palace, she just wanted to ask.

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