Only seven days left to live? She goes crazy and kills

"Open the net?" Yan Donghuang looked coldly, "Brother Huang means that even though he knows that Chu Shangshu's crime is enough to kill everyone, he still wants to intercede on his behalf?"

Many emotions such as guilt, self-blame, and intolerance flashed across Yan Ming's face: "For brother... For brother, I just have a soft heart and can't bear the sadness of my mother and concubine..."

"In this case, I have a condition." Yan Donghuang said indifferently, "If you are willing to go to the father to plead guilty, say that you were guilty of negligence in the corruption of Chu Shangshu, and ask to be demoted to the county king, I will go In front of my father, I beg for mercy on behalf of Chu Shangshu and send his whole family into exile.”

"Reduced... to the county king?" Yan Ming's face froze.

Yan Donghuang looked at his expression indifferently: "Brother Second Emperor, do you think it's inappropriate?"

Yan Ming was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled ironically and sadly: "After talking so much, it turns out that this is your purpose."

Yan Donghuang looked at him expressionlessly.

"Donghuang, you have been coveting the throne for a long time, haven't you?" Yan Ming seemed to have finally seen through Yan Donghuang, with cold disappointment in his eyes, "You dealt with uncle just to deal with me. You were willing to get close to me before, just to improve yourself. Your identity makes others forget your origin... Now that you are famous, have great military achievements, and have military power, you don't need our mother and son anymore, so you want to kick us away? "

Yan Donghuang looked indifferent and calm.

"Brother Wei has seen the wrong person." Yan Ming closed his eyes gently, his voice was desolate and self-deprecating, "Brother Wei has always seen the wrong person. I thought... I thought..."

"What do you think?" Yan Donghuang asked him calmly, "Do you think I should protect corrupt officials, or should I turn a blind eye to the court's sycophants and let them cause trouble to the court and bring disaster to the world?"

Yan Ming said nothing, but his eyes were accusatory.

"Brother Imperial's skill in raking people down is quite admirable." Yan Donghuang stood up and looked at him condescendingly, "I thought you were willing to use your sincerity to intercede with the Chu family, but I didn't expect that you would not only misinterpret my good intentions. You still want to pin unwarranted charges on me. In that case, please go back."

Feng Yaoguang clung to the whip and frowned, "Then we'll continue to beat him?"

Yan Ming said nothing, and neither did Yan Donghuang.

Just now he personally said that he would fight until Yan Donghuang's anger subsided, but obviously the negotiation had collapsed, and Yan Donghuang's anger had not subsided at all.

The air was slightly condensed, and Yan Ming remained kneeling on one knee without moving.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, and there was a constant war between heaven and man in his heart.

The father is cruel, and tomorrow is the day when the Chu family will be interrogated and executed. If he cannot be saved, his mother and concubine will be sad for the rest of their lives. It is a small matter, but it is a big deal for him to lose a helper.

But even if it was changed to exile, the help of the Minister of Revenue was destined to be lost. It was not worth exchanging the title of prince for the result of exile.

Once he asked himself to be demoted to the county king, he cut off the possibility of inheriting the throne. Although his father had already appointed Yan Donghuang as the crown prince, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were only temporarily frightened and did not dare to resist. In case of an accident, ...What if something unexpected happens?

If the father dies suddenly and no one in the court recognizes Yan Donghuang's throne, or if the princes fight among themselves, a prince will eventually need to be selected...

The prince must be more qualified than the county king.

Losing the Chu family, and then losing the position of prince.

He will completely miss the throne.

Thinking of this, Yan Ming gently closed his eyes: "Donghuang, please let me think about it."

Yan Donghuang said calmly: "I won't force you."

Yan Ming stood up with difficulty, endured the pain, took the cloak of the guard next to him, turned around and walked out, forgetting to even take the whip.

Feng Yaoguang frowned: "Your Highness really intends to let the Chu family go?"

"How is that possible?" Yan Donghuang turned back to the chair and sat down, holding up the tea cup, "Send someone to send a message to the palace, saying that King Jing himself went to the eldest princess's mansion to plead guilty, and I negotiated terms with him. , and asked him to go to his father to admit his crime of negligence and ask to be demoted to the county king. I agreed to plead for the Chu Shangshu family, but King Jing did not agree. "

After a slight pause in her tone, she added casually: "Be sure to let the noble concubine, concubine Shu and other concubines know."

Feng Yaoguang smiled, turned around and walked out.

It is difficult to spread news to the harem, but it couldn't be easier for Yan Donghuang to spread the news to the harem.

Within an hour, the entire harem and concubines knew that King Jing went to the eldest princess's residence to plead guilty.

Although it was said that he was asking for forgiveness, in fact, the concubines all knew what Yan Ming meant. They just wanted to find out what happened and why Yan Donghuang's attitude suddenly changed so drastically. This was also the doubt in the hearts of the concubines in the harem.

But compared to this doubt, the current result interests them more.

Not long after, Concubine Xian and Concubine Hui arrived at Ganquan Palace together, eager to share what they had just heard with Concubine De.

"Sister De Fei." Concubine Xian frowned and stepped forward to hold her hand distressedly, "We are all sad about what happened to the Chu family. What's even more sad is that in King Jing's heart, the position of a prince is actually more valuable than the dozens of positions in the Chu family. Human life is still important, you must be more liberal..."

"What did you say?" Concubine De suddenly raised her head, her pupils tightened, "What is the position of prince?"

"Sister De Fei hasn't heard the news yet?" Concubine Xian looked surprised, and then sighed, "Prince Jing went to the eldest princess to plead for mercy, but the eldest princess said that the Chu family's corruption crime was conclusive, the amount was huge, and it was unforgivable. Unless Prince Jing She went to the emperor to plead guilty and was willing to demote herself to the position of county prince, so that the eldest princess could have reason to intercede with the Chu family, and her beheading was changed to exile, but...but Prince Jing seemed not to be willing..."

Concubine De froze on the spot, her face turned pale.

Her son is unwilling to plead for the Chu family?

"In fact, my sister can understand King Jing's idea." Concubine Xian sighed softly, "After all, although both the prince and the county prince are princes, their titles and powers cannot be compared, and... and the prince still has the possibility of inheriting the throne, while the county prince has no chance at all. But then again, the emperor has already appointed the crown princess, so the prince and the county prince don't matter, right? Is it really more important than the lives of the entire Chu family?"

Concubine De's face was pale and she was trembling all over.

The voice of Concubine Xian in her ears was like a fly buzzing. She only heard one sentence, is the position of a prince more important than the lives of the entire Chu family?

Yes.

Is the position of a prince more important than so many lives?

Does Yan Ming know...does he know that that is her mother's family, her closest relatives? !

Xianfei suppressed the sneer in her eyes and whispered softly: "Sister, don't be too sad. Maybe King Jing has other ideas..."

"Get out!" Defei suddenly swept the teacup on the table, "Get out of here!"

Xianfei was startled and stood up quickly: "I'll take my leave."

The concubines who followed her did not have time to comfort her, and hurriedly followed Xianfei to take their leave and leave.

Walking out of Ganquan Palace, Xianfei looked at the dark sky in the distance, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The eldest princess is really deep-minded.

One sentence made Defei feel resentful towards her son. On one side was her son's throne, and on the other side was the life of the entire Chu family. In the case of no hope for the throne, who would Defei choose? No need to think about it.

She naturally wanted to protect the lives of her mother's family.

As long as people are not dead, there is a glimmer of hope no matter how far they are exiled, but once they die, it will really be over.

The virtuous concubine sighed and said, let’s fight, it would be best if the fight ends in a fight to the death, so that her son can reap the benefits.