A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

The people Su Yuanzhou brought into the palace were the elite of the Xishan Camp. As soon as they took action, they firmly suppressed the private soldiers of the Second Prince.

Soon, all the rebels in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were killed.

Su Yuanzhou dispatched another small team and ordered them to search the entire inner palace and kill any rebels they found.

The courtyard in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river.

Emperor Xuande felt particularly happy and did not feel that it was cruel or bloody at all. He thought that directly killing them was already too easy for these people.

Afterwards, Su Yuanzhou ordered his men to clean up the bodies, and he took Prince Rong to the palace.

"I returned to the capital without the emperor's permission. Please issue an order to punish me severely." Su Yuanzhou knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty first.

It is a serious crime for a military general to return to the capital without an imperial edict. Even if he knows that the emperor will not blame him, he must first plead guilty. This is an attitude.

Prince Rong also knelt obediently behind them, feeling indescribable regret in his heart.

Emperor Xuande said in a deep voice: "You returned to the capital to quell the rebellion. What crime have you committed? Stand up."

Su Yuanzhou thanked him and stood up.

Emperor Xuande looked at Shen Zhixiu and Song Zan again, "Can you two explain this to me?"

At this moment, the ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were still suffering from the effects of the muscle softening powder and were unable to move. Mr. Zhou was giving them acupuncture in turn.

When the emperor asked this question, everyone listened with their ears tilted.

Song Hongshen leaned forward and said, "Father, the virtuous concubine is in the side hall with the ladies and daughters of the various mansions. I have to go over and take a look."

Emperor Xuande immediately said, "Go over quickly, make sure everyone is safe, and bring Concubine Xian here."

Song Hongshen replied yes, turned around and left for the side hall.

Shen Zhixiu walked to the center of the hall and bowed to report, "Your Majesty, when I was investigating the Military Equipment Bureau, I found that Junior Supervisor Deng You and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had close private contacts."

"But I did not tell Your Majesty because there is no other evidence to show that there was any dishonest dealings between the two."

"Before the New Year, I accidentally discovered that a batch of gunpowder was transported into the capital. I followed the people who transported the gunpowder and began to investigate carefully. I found that the people under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were developing firearms in Yuntai Mountain, Yuzhou."

"And the gunpowder sent to the capital was converted into gunpowder bags by Deng You."

"I felt something was wrong at the time, and I was afraid someone was trying to overthrow the government."

"Of course, I dare not doubt any of the princes, let alone link this matter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"So I can only discuss with the King of Loyalty and Righteousness and ask the King of Ning in the northern border to quietly return to the capital and replace the gunpowder bag placed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

"In fact, it was only today in the Hall of Supreme Harmony that I was certain that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was plotting a rebellion."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. These are all our speculations, so we have not reported them to Your Majesty. We can only make full preparations, but we cannot convict the Crown Prince when nothing has happened."

Naturally, what Shen Zhixiu said was eight parts true and three parts false.

The purpose of these three lies is to prevent the emperor from thinking that he is all-powerful and has the imperial power in his hands.

Emperor Xuande frowned and lowered his eyes to think about Shen Zhixiu's words.

After a moment, he said "hmm", looked at Prince Rong again, and asked Su Yuanzhou in confusion, "What's going on?"

Su Yuanzhou bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I returned to the capital last night. King Zhongyi handed over the military power of the West Mountain Camp to me, saying that if there is any unusual movement in the capital, I will lead the army to the capital to quell the rebellion."

"I originally thought that Lord Shen and King Zhongyi were worrying too much, but today at the beginning of the afternoon, the spies suddenly reported that there were unusual movements at the four gates of the capital."

"I went to check and found that the people at the four gates of the capital were replaced by Prince Rong's confidants. I knew that something happened in the capital, so I led my men to break into the city through Xihua Gate."

"When I entered the city, several major government offices in the capital had already been controlled by Prince Rong and his men. That's not all. Even the Shen family was surrounded by rebels. When I rushed in, a maid from the Shen family died because she was protecting her master. If I had been a little later, the consequences would have been disastrous."

When Shen Zhixiu heard that someone had died, he suddenly clenched his fists and his eyes were filled with worry.

But now is not the time to ask questions, and from what Su Yuanzhou said, everyone else should be fine.

Emperor Xuande picked up the wine glass on the table in front of him and threw it directly at Prince Rong.

"I have always treated your Rong family well, but you are joining forces with the Crown Prince to rebel?"

He practiced martial arts since childhood, and was good at both riding and shooting. So the wine glass was thrown accurately, hitting Rong Junwang on the forehead.

Blood flowed down from the center of the eyebrows, strangely dividing the face into two.

Prince Rong did not even dare to raise his hand to wipe it, and could only kneel down and apologize, "I was confused for a moment, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Although he said this, Prince Rong knew in his heart that the crime of treason was unforgivable.

Just at this moment, Song Hongshen walked in, followed by the guards escorting the virtuous concubine into the palace.

"Father, I have already checked and all the ladies in the mansions are safe."

Emperor Xuande stopped looking at Prince Rong and turned to glare at Concubine Xian and the Crown Prince.

One is the person who sleeps beside him. Although they are not married, they have been together day and night for more than 20 years.

The other is his own son, his successor whom he carefully taught and trained.

It was these two people who almost took his life today.

And the second son kneeling behind him, he is also his biological son, but he is waiting for the fisherman to benefit while the snipe and the clam fight.

No wonder people say that the royal family is heartless, it is true.

He looked at the crown prince with disappointment and said, "I do want to change the crown prince, because Hong Shen is more suitable than you to inherit the great cause in terms of wisdom and talent."

"Of course, I don't want to belittle you just to promote him. So I've been waiting for him to make achievements, and then I'll find an opportunity to change the crown prince. I've also prepared a fiefdom for you, so that you can live a worry-free life for the rest of your life and become the overlord of a region."

He thought that this plan was worthy of the prince, but he didn't expect that the prince wanted more.

Maybe in the prince's mind, he didn't ask for much, but those things originally belonged to him.

The prince had always been afraid of Emperor Xuande and was always terrified when he was reprimanded.

But today he raised the corner of his lips and sneered, saying: "Does the emperor really think that he will spare me?"

"If my father were still alive, I might still have a chance to survive."

"If you are gone someday, my father, believe it or not, he will not let me live one more day."

The methods of the former queen's legitimate son are more powerful than those of his brothers combined.

If he doesn't take action first, does he have to wait for others to take action before he can escape?

The prince did not regret his decision today. It can only be said that the winners are kings and the losers are bandits, and he was just not as skilled as others.

Emperor Xuande: ...

Do you believe it?

he believe.

If it were him, he would do the same.

A qualified king should be decisive in killing and punishing to avoid future troubles.

The prince raised his head and gave Emperor Xuande a self-deprecating smile, "In fact, when my father was planning to change the crown prince, he had already disregarded the life of this son."

To some extent, they are father and son, and can be said to be of the same bloodline.

Emperor Xuande was furious when his thoughts were exposed by the Crown Prince in public.

This son is usually stupid, but now he becomes smart.

"Zhou Jianyuan, you are a traitor, disloyal and unfilial, yet you still don't repent."

His chest heaved with anger, and he looked at Shen Zhixiu, "Shen Qing, what do you think should be done?"

Shen Zhixiu looked cold and said without hesitation: "Those who commit treason shall be executed according to the law."

Afterwards, officials from Prince Gong's faction spoke up one after another, agreeing with Lord Shen's opinion.

However, the Song family father and son were reluctant to speak because of their sensitive identities. Naturally, Emperor Xuande did not ask.

He did not want to spare the lives of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. If he asked Song Hongshen, Song Hongshen would have to pretend to plead for mercy.

Emperor Xuande's eyes swept across the hall, and when he saw Chen Zheng, his gaze fixed.

"Chen Aiqing is the chief minister of the cabinet. How do you think we should deal with him?"

It was the same question, but the tone of voice when asking Chen Zheng was particularly cold.