Traveling into ancient literature, killing the male protagonist and succeeding

Chapter 45 Kill the Emperor and Become the Queen Mother (45)

The Su brothers and sisters stayed at the border for the New Year, and after the New Year, they said goodbye to General Liang who was reluctant to leave, and led the troops back to Shengjing...

In Shengjing, this year was not peaceful...

Under Nan Yue's plan, Su Yunqi worked wholeheartedly for Prince An over the past year, and also came up with ideas to help him win over many court officials.

Apart from those stubborn old ministers left by the previous emperor, Su Yunqi had no intention of winning over Prince An.

In addition, in recent years, Xiao Chenfeng came to power. As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers. He did not use these old ministers as much as the previous emperor did.

Moreover, ever since Xiao Chenfeng easily executed Prime Minister Ye, and seeing his attitude towards the Su family, some old ministers were disheartened.

Therefore, even if he could not win them over, Prince An did not care much about these old ministers, thinking that they could not cause any trouble.

On the other hand, the atmosphere in the court has changed since Mu Xiang became a first-rank civil servant.

Children from poor families had no chance to succeed. Sometimes even the emperor wouldn't see their truly outstanding essays, or they would be given to another candidate with a better background.

Those who were recommended and promoted by Mu Xiang were all people who had given him benefits. In the past few years, Mu Xiang has made a lot of money.

Similarly, these people are particularly easy to win over.

Because of the alliance of interests, they become vulnerable when faced with greater interests.

Prince An finally went to find Prime Minister Mu, but Prime Minister Mu didn't want to offend either side. On the one hand, he accepted the benefits from Prince An, but on the other hand, he refused to help him.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

Prince An was somewhat displeased after being easily rebuffed by Prime Minister Mu several times. Seeing that the time was almost right, Su Yunqi whispered an idea in his ear that the Emperor favored the Mu family, which had lost the support of the people, so why not use the Mu family as an excuse to purge the emperor's side.

Things were going too smoothly. Even the most difficult Su family sided with him. General Su was also willing to assist him wholeheartedly. Prince An was really a little overwhelmed.

First, he framed the Concubine Shu in the palace and let the news spread that she had poisoned the Emperor.

Then, at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, Prince An brought up the matter again.

Mu Xiang immediately knelt down in fear, repeatedly saying that he had no ulterior motives.

The emperor immediately said that he had found out about the matter and it was just a misunderstanding.

But who knows what he really thinks in his heart.

Xiang Mu understood that Prince An was out to get him, and the memorials to impeach him after the New Year were free of charge.

What really frightened him was that the emperor seemed to be starting to care about what he had done in the past few years...

The Mu family did indeed do a lot of evil things in recent years, but Xiao Chenfeng had always been blinded by this. It was not until the impeachment memorials filled up the desk that he took a closer look and realized how biased he had been towards Mu Yan's family because of his guilt towards her.

The Mu family is no longer the Mu family with fragile foundations. It has long grown into a towering tree and has become a shadow for many people.

He remembered that when he was young, he hated powerful families that could bring him pressure, and he hated the complicated and intertwined forces in the court and the officials protecting each other.

He personally built up the Mu family and made it what it is today.

But it does not benefit the people...

He remembered that Mu Yan would occasionally talk about her father. She said at the time that her father cared about the people, but he just never had the opportunity to show them. If it were him, could he give her father a chance?

However, when she talked about her father, her eyes were somewhat complicated and difficult to understand, and he didn't quite understand at the time.

Now that she thought about it, these words...maybe they weren't what she really wanted to say.

But he really wanted to satisfy her, which is why the Mu family has reached its current position.

Mu Yan, what were you thinking back then?

Why is it that when you are with me, your eyes are always so full of worries?

He always tried to wipe away the lingering sadness between her brows, but he failed until she died.

After not writing for a long time, the ink dripped onto the paper, smudged the writing...

Xiao Chenfeng's face was heavy. What should he do?

……

That night.

Shengjing seems particularly uneasy tonight.

Prime Minister Mu has not returned since he went to the palace to attend court today.

In the evening, some people surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Mrs. Mu knelt in the Buddhist temple, begging God to protect the Mu family from this disaster and let Prime Minister Mu return safely...

"Instead of begging the gods and Bodhisattvas, you might as well go to the ancestral temple and pray for my daughter to appear." A female voice suddenly rang out, startling Mrs. Mu, who was kneeling on the cushion.

She turned around hurriedly and saw a thin figure standing at the door of the Buddhist hall.

It was a woman, dressed simply and with a blank expression.

After recognizing who it was, Madam Mu breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, and asked fiercely, "Who allowed you to come out?"

The woman's eyes were very similar to Mu Yan's. She spoke slowly, her voice hoarse and dull, "Am I wrong? Your Mu family has stepped on my daughter's blood and tears to get to where you are today. Shouldn't you go and pay your respects to her?"

She let out an extremely weird laugh, "Why are you praying to Buddha? Go pray to my daughter. Go, ask her to keep you rich for a few more years. Go now!"

Madam Mu felt a chill on her back and goose bumps all over her body, as if she saw Mu Yan. She shouted, "Someone come! Someone come quickly! Lock her up!"

The servants came hurriedly and dragged the woman away...

“Hahahaha!” The woman suddenly laughed out loud, looking crazy. “Yan’er, did you see that? The Mu family finally got their comeuppance! They got their comeuppance!”

The woman's shrill laughter gradually faded away. Madam Mu closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and kept chanting "Amitabha".

……

Xuanzheng Hall.

In the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials, Prince An joined forces with General Su and surrounded the palace with his troops.

The tiger talisman was given to Nan Yue, and as the situation was urgent, Xiao Chenfeng now only had the Yulin Army at his disposal.

"Prince An, you are plotting treason!" Facing the covetous King An, Mu Xiang suppressed his fear and said.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Mu formed a clique for personal gain, accepted bribes privately, and framed Prime Minister Ye, a senior official, causing the Ye family to suffer an injustice. What crime should he be punished for?" Prince An asked with a smile.

Xiao Chenfeng had a gloomy face. Prince An didn't wait for him to speak and continued, "According to the laws of Great Yan, all nine clans should be executed! But the emperor is soft-hearted, so it's not too much to let this uncle do it for you, right?"

"Prince An, I treat you well on weekdays."

Xiao Chenfeng felt that he had done a good job. Considering that his uncle treated him well when he was a child, he was very respectful to him on a daily basis. He had all the dignity that his uncle should have and had never thought of driving him out of Shengjing.

Prince An's smile became gentler, and he said earnestly: "Chen Feng, you are a good nephew, but not a good emperor. You are not suitable to sit on the throne. Didn't your father tell you?"

Every word he said hit home, "You are nostalgic, soft-hearted, too self-centered, stubborn, and too easy to be taken advantage of."

Xiao Chenfeng was stunned for a moment, then looked at General Su behind him with a complicated expression.

He has never believed in the loyalty of the Su family, fearing that they would become too powerful and threaten the emperor, but now General Su has joined forces with Prince An to force the emperor to abdicate.

His first reaction was not anger, but disbelief...

Now that he was forced into a desperate situation, he realized that he had pushed away everything his father left him.

Now there is only one Mu Xiang left around...

Mu Xiang: Thank you, but I don’t want to stand next to you.