Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Emperor Tianqing's eyes trembled. Everything that happened before his eyes had obviously exceeded his expectations.

He looked at the palace maid who suddenly turned against him and couldn't figure out why.

Not only him, Xiao Ling also didn't understand, but she no longer had the chance to think about it.

Xiao Ling fell into Shen Zhaoyan's arms, coughing up blood. The knife pierced her from behind. Although it would not kill her directly, it pierced her heart directly. There was no way to save her.

Her eyes were full of surprise and unwillingness, and it took her a long time to squeeze out a sentence from her throat, "Shen Mo, I didn't expect that you were the one who got the better of me."

She thought that with Shen Mo's indecisive character, he would spare her life even if she lost.

It's her, she's so self-righteous.

She was breathing rapidly, and that short sentence seemed to have exhausted all her strength. Her pale lips were stained with blood, and her gaze finally fell on her only son, Shen Zhaoyan.

He opened his mouth to say a few more words, but the kindness in his eyes froze.

The imperial edict rolled from her suddenly dropped hands to the ground, stained with blood.

Emperor Tianqing pursed his lips as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, no word came out.

Since the person is dead, no matter how much you say, it is in vain.

Shen Zhaoyan held Xiao Ling's still warm body in his arms, his eyes red and murderous intent suddenly emerged in his eyes at this moment.

He laid the corpse flat on the ground, stood up and rushed towards Yin Shuang, and the sword in his hand pierced into Yin Shuang's body mercilessly.

Yin Shuang, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't even make a sound. As the sword was pulled out, she fell to the ground with a thud.

There was a black line of blood at the corner of her lips. She had already committed suicide by taking poison long before Shen Zhaoyan stabbed her.

Seeing Shen Zhaoyan holding a sword, Yang Zhao's first reaction was to stand in front of Emperor Tianqing, watching Shen Zhaoyan's every move vigilantly with his eyes.

Zhou Chu and his men below were about to rush over.

Emperor Tianqing raised his hand to stop Zhou Chu from moving forward, then pushed Yang Zhao away, took two steps forward, and faced Shen Zhaoyan.

"Today, I give you two choices: do you want the throne under me, or do you want to be imprisoned?"

Shen Zhaoyan raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Tianqing. At this time, Emperor Tianqing was only two steps away from him. As long as he raised his hand, the sword in his hand would immediately pierce into Emperor Tianqing's chest.

The throne is within reach.

But then, he could no longer get rid of the charges of regicide and patricide.

The sword in his hand suddenly fell to the ground, and Shen Zhaoyan knelt down, "Son, I ask to be imprisoned."

Yan Ci and Xie Chengyin looked at the scene above and quietly retreated from the crowd of imperial guards.

The two men left quickly along the palace road. They wanted to stop Xie Chengyi from leading his troops into the palace, otherwise they would be the rebels today.

At this time, Xie Chengyi had already led the Tiger Army to the palace, with the blank imperial edict in his arms.

Out of trust in his brother, even though he knew the imperial edict was blank, he still led his troops to the palace unwaveringly.

Xie Chengyin hurried over and finally stopped Xie Chengyi at the gate of Dongdu City.

Seeing Xie Chengyin appearing at the palace gate, Xie Chengyi pulled the reins of his horse, "Why are you here, in the palace..."

"The palace is safe and sound. Empress Xiao is dead."

Xie Chengyi was shocked and immediately got off his horse. "What on earth happened?"

Xie Chengyin looked at the neatly organized Tiger Power Army behind his brother and said, "It is not appropriate for the army to enter the palace at this time."

Xie Chengyi patted his brother's shoulder and said, "It's okay. The Tiger Army is the emperor's personal army. It's common for them to inspect the Eastern Capital. We won't go into the city. We will stay here for one night and return to the camp tomorrow. Fortunately, there are not many people on this trip, so it won't attract attention."

Xie Chengyin nodded. It seemed that his brother had already read the contents of the imperial edict, thought about the pros and cons of this trip, and made plans early.

I felt much more relieved immediately.

Seeing that the time had come, Xiao Chengzhang led his ministers to the palace, but was turned away at the palace gate.

Looking at the tightly closed palace gate, Xiao Chengzhang looked anxious, but secretly happy in his heart.

The anxiety on his face was for the ministers to see. He brought the ministers into the palace to meet the emperor and discuss the matter of re-establishing the crown prince.

Only he himself knew that there was no need to discuss the matter of re-establishing the crown prince. When he entered the palace today, the new crown prince had already been established. He brought all the ministers with him just to be a witness.

The palace gates were closed, and he knew that good things were about to happen. When they were opened, the world was completely different.

After a long wait, the heavy palace door made a muffled sound and then slowly opened.

A group of people walked out, in front was the commander of the imperial guards Zhou Chu, followed by the dejected Prince Xiang Shen Zhaoyan.

When Xiao Chengzhang saw Shen Zhaoyan, his eyes suddenly lit up, but when he looked at his expression and position, his joy was immediately overshadowed by surprise.

The steps forward stopped when he saw Yang Zhao coming out last.

Yang Zhao strode out and when he saw the civil and military officials lined up behind the palace gate, a meaningful smile passed across Xiao Chengzhang's face.

Xiao Chengzhang's heart skipped a beat when he saw this look, and he lowered his head feeling somewhat guilty for some reason.

Then Yang Zhao was heard reading aloud the imperial edict in his hand.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Empress Xiao has abused her power, and she is deposed and sentenced to death. Her son, Prince Xiang Shen Zhaoyan, is stripped of his throne and imprisoned in the palace, and is not allowed to leave without an imperial decree. I decree this!"

Endless chill eroded Xiao Chengzhang's body inch by inch as the imperial edict was read. Until the edict was finished, there was only one thought left in Xiao Chengzhang's mind.

The Xiao family is finished.

His mind suddenly went blank and he fainted in public. Several civil servants nearby hurriedly supported him and prevented him from falling to the ground.

After returning to Mingyi Palace, Emperor Tianqing immediately ordered someone to go to Chonghua Palace and ask Shen Zhaoyong to come and see him.

He had the answer in his heart the moment Yin Shuang knelt in front of him.

Yin Shuang was not his man, and he had never ordered the killing of Xiao Ling. It was someone else who ordered Yin Shuang to kill Xiao Ling.

And that person was Shen Zhaoyong.

As for the reason, Xiao Ling had already told him in Chaofeng Palace.

The death of the late Queen Hua Ning.

Although Hua Ning died of illness that year, he knew that someone had tampered with her during childbirth, and since then, her body has gradually weakened until she died.

But he didn't expect that Shen Zhaoyong had been planning for many years, just waiting for today to kill Xiao Ling with justification.

The person who went to Chonghua Palace was a young eunuch named Zuo Chun from Mingyi Palace. Although he was not smart, he was honest and dutiful. He did the most work of serving tea and water in Mingyi Palace, and he showed his face a lot, but he was not likable.

Because Yang Zhao went to the palace gate to announce the decree, and Yang Zhao's apprentice Hu Li was killed by Shen Zhaoyan, the important task of inviting the prince fell on him.

After receiving the order, he hurried to Chonghua Palace. As soon as he entered Chonghua Palace, he saw Rong Jing and Xiao Lingzi standing at the door.

After the greetings, he explained his purpose.

"Your Majesty asks His Royal Highness to go to Mingyi Palace."

Xiao Lingzi was about to speak, but Rong Jing stopped him, then made way and made a gesture of invitation.

"His Highness is inside."

Zuo Chun nodded and went in to report. As soon as he entered, he saw Shen Zhaoyong sitting at the table and immediately collapsed to the ground.