How did the prince come?

King Cheng's heart skipped a beat.

Immediately, deep uneasiness welled up in my heart.

The fear of the prince was deep in his bones, otherwise, he would not have acted. The first thing he did was to lure the prince out of the capital, and before he acted, he double-checked that the prince had left according to his plan and was trapped outside the city.

Two personal guards stood outside the door, and Xiao Shengyun strolled in leisurely.

"Prince," Cheng Wang gritted his teeth, "shouldn't you be outside the city?"

Cheng Wang personally restrained Emperor Chongming. He didn't know what happened, but he felt that Xiao Shengyun appeared here, and there was a big problem with his plan.

Since he didn't know which link was wrong, Cheng Wang could only take one step at a time.

Not to mention that there was no news of the prince's escape from outside the city, but even that the prince appeared in another palace, he didn't even get any news, which is very abnormal.

"You forced your father to write the imperial decree, and you can't leave the city alone. It's not disrespectful to disobey the decree." Xiao Shengyun lowered his eyes, "Is there anything else you want to say when you commit crimes under King Cheng?"

"These are all my king's people here," Cheng Wang said with a stern voice, "Even if you are a high-skilled prince, it doesn't matter if you can sneak in without being discovered. Why didn't you come here to deal with this king when you appeared here alone?"

King Cheng restrained Emperor Chongming with one hand, and dragged him back.

"Perhaps, the prince can consider it. We each take a step back. If the king calls someone in, the prince will pretend that this has never happened..."

"Prince, don't listen to him, he is planning to kill you, uh..." Emperor Chongming said halfway, his neck was strangled by King Cheng, and the rest of the words were stuck in his throat, unable to speak out.

He looked at the prince with a look of hope. To Emperor Chongming, since the prince appeared here, he must have come to save him. His life was guaranteed. Emperor Chongming thought to himself, when he gets out, the first thing he will do is It is to order the execution of the unfilial son Cheng Wang.

Facing Emperor Chongming's gaze, Xiao Shengyun didn't move immediately, he seemed to be thinking about something.

Cheng Wang smiled: "The crown prince also thinks what this king said is reasonable, right? The crown prince might as well think about how your father treated you in the past. Is it worth taking risks for such a person?"

Because of the angle, King Cheng couldn't see the scene outside the house, he just felt that the other palace was not very quiet, but in order to let less people know the fact that he imprisoned the emperor, he ordered no one to come near here, usually it is quiet here, So I didn't think much about it.

"Uh...uh..." Emperor Chongming opened his eyes wide and wanted to say something, but the hand on his neck kept tightening, not to mention pronunciation, it was becoming more and more difficult for him to even breathe.

He could only keep winking at Xiao Shengyun.

I couldn't help but think, when did he become dissatisfied with this son?The crown prince is so outstanding, and he is expected to be the crown prince, why did he think about changing the crown prince to someone else?

It seems that at the beginning, it was because of dissatisfaction with Xie's family. Among the princes of the first emperor, he was not the best one. Back then, because he married Xie Shoufu's daughter, he gradually gained a place in the court, so that when he was able to compete for that position , people keep mentioning in his ears, thanks to the Xie family, his position is so stable.

The seeds of dissatisfaction were planted at that moment.

After he came to the throne, the Xie family still went its own way, and it was very difficult to control. Due to the power of the Xie family, he could only make the daughter of the Xie family the queen, and the son of the daughter of the Xie family as the prince. He is already the emperor, and it depends on people's faces These things gradually promoted his dissatisfaction with the Xie family, and these dissatisfaction spread from the Xie family to the queen and prince.

When he gained real power and suppressed the Xie family little by little, he moved the heart of abolishing the prince. No matter how good the prince was, he would not let him ascend to the throne because half of the Xie family's blood flowed in him.

If the crown prince succeeds, as the crown prince's family, the Xie family will definitely gain momentum. He took great pains to suppress the Xie family, and he does not want to see such a result at all.

The most effective way is to change the crown prince.

Anyway, his emperor, who will be the prince and who will become the next emperor, is all up to him.

Emperor Chongming couldn't help recalling a lot, and now he looked at Prince Cheng who threatened him, and the prince who rescued him regardless of danger, who was sincere and who was false, and decided immediately.

In the silence, Xiao Shengyun suddenly smiled: "Why does King Cheng think that Gu came here alone? Since Gu knew that the imperial decree was deceitful, he would not obediently send him to his door to be slaughtered. King Cheng really has a lot of thoughts. They are all your people inside and out, but now, it's hard to say who the people here will listen to."

Prince Cheng's face changed greatly: "What do you mean? Prince, don't forget that the father is still in the hands of this king. Does the prince have no scruples, does he disregard his father's life?"

A hint of confusion flashed in Xiao Shengyun's eyes, if he really didn't want to hurt Emperor Chongming at all, it wouldn't be just now.

"If Prince Cheng wants to save his life, he should obediently let go of his father, because you and I are both my father's son, I will not kill you alone."

"Don't think I'm stupid. Just because you won't kill me doesn't mean the court won't kill me." Cheng Wang knew in his heart that he had done these things to Emperor Chongming. Once Emperor Chongming went back, the lightest end would be the one waiting for him. Confinement until death.

No matter what, he would not let Emperor Chongming go back.

"What are you still waiting for, let me take him down!" Cheng Wang said in a stern tone, not caring how the prince appeared here, let's talk about taking him down.

There are not many guards in the house, and they can only walk back and forth three times in the hands of the prince. The movement in the house is transmitted outside the house, and a group of well-trained soldiers in armor walked in with uniform steps, giving people a strong sense of oppression. , and soon all the people of King Cheng were taken down.

Witnessing this scene with his own eyes, King Cheng was horrified. The armor on these soldiers glowed coldly, like a sharp weapon. When confronted with these people, his personal guards were powerless to resist.

The difference between the two sides is too obvious.

King Cheng suddenly understood why Bei Mang changed his face when he heard about Xiao Shengyun, and why the five princes of Bei Mang wanted to cooperate with him to get rid of the prince.

Because there are such people, Beimang will never be able to set foot on the border of Daqi.

King Cheng's body was trembling. It was fear, fear, and excitement. If such a powerful force belonged to him...

It's no wonder that the father and the court would plan to attack the prince's army. Just a meeting, King Cheng was deeply shocked, and what followed was greed and covetousness.

The two sides faced each other, Xiao Shengyun was surrounded by his own soldiers, Cheng Wang held Emperor Chongming hostage and stood opposite them.

King Cheng had already loosened his grip on Emperor Chongming's neck, and instead pressed a dagger against his throat. The dagger was already stained with blood.

Emperor Chongming only felt stabbing pains in his neck, the dagger cut his skin, and the feeling of blood flowing down could not be ignored. He dared not open his mouth now, for fear of irritating King Cheng.

Except for a few people who protect him, there is no one else around King Cheng. On the other hand, Xiao Shengyun's side is so imposing that people dare not ignore it.

King Cheng tightened his hand holding the dagger: "Prince, it doesn't matter if you appear here now, you don't think that this king is only here to prepare, is your favorite princess still in the palace?"

The air pressure in Xiao Shengyun's body dropped suddenly.

Seeing that his words had an effect, King Cheng swallowed his saliva, and continued: "This king's people are clumsy, it would be bad if they hurt the princess, instead of spending time here with this king, the prince should go back to the palace as soon as possible... ..."

"you're right."

Xiao Shengyun suddenly made a sound, interrupting King Cheng's words.

Cheng Wang's heart relaxed, and he was about to continue speaking when he saw Xiao Shengyun raised his hand, and the soldiers behind him came towards him.

"It's time for a quick fix."

Hearing Xiao Shengyun's words without the slightest emotion, Cheng Wang's heart sank, and he suddenly realized that Xiao Shengyun's appearance here might not be as he imagined, to save Emperor Chongming.

In other words, it was not mainly to save Emperor Chongming.

Using force with his hands, the dagger penetrated a little into the throat: "Prince, do you really not care about father's death?"

There was no way they could retreat, and the only bargaining chip in King Cheng's hand was the emperor, he didn't dare to think that the crown prince didn't care about the possibility of Emperor Chongming's life, because once this assumption was established, he would have no chance of winning.

The soldiers moved closer.

In panic, a person beside King Cheng slammed into his arm vigorously.

Emperor Chongming suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his body softened.

At this moment, several ministers broke in from outside the house, headed by Fu Guogong, and they happened to see the scene of King Cheng killing the king.

Fu Guogong was one of the people that Emperor Chongming approached at the beginning. The ministers who came here were all with certain prestige in the court. They came in a hurry, but they didn't expect to see exactly such a scene.

"Cherish the king and kill the king, take him down!" Duke Fu sternly said in the silence where a needle could be heard.

All this happened so suddenly, King Cheng didn't react at all, he stared at Emperor Chongming in a daze, Emperor Chongming stared at him with disbelief in his eyes.

Do not look down.

King Cheng let go of his hands in a panic.

"It's not me, it's not me, and I don't know..." Prince Cheng was completely panicked, having been bumped into this scene by so many people with his own eyes, he had no chance of turning over.

The body of Emperor Chongming collapsed.

Before King Cheng could react, he had already been caught.

Xiao Shengyun strode forward, squatted down, and closed Emperor Chongming's wide eyes.

Fuguo Gong approached with a group of courtiers, and when he saw the embarrassment of the king of a country before his death, he closed his eyes.

"Prince Cheng colluded with Bei Mang, intending to rebel against His Majesty and the Crown Prince, this crime should be punished!"

Several ministers cleaned up briefly and rushed back to the capital as quickly as possible.

At the same time, Beijing.

Xiaowei quietly sneaked into the homes of some ministers and arrested officials who secretly colluded with King Cheng.

Qi Lie watched coldly as officials were taken away crying.

"My lord, the investigation has been completed here."

"Go to the next one."

In the imperial palace, the deputy commander of the forbidden army who had taken refuge with King Cheng was about to lead his people to the East Palace when he was stopped on the way.

A purge took place quietly, and by the time everyone realized it, the turmoil had ended.

Emperor Chongming died too suddenly, without leaving a single word, returned to the capital, and learned what kind of thrilling things happened that day, Duke Fu and others went to the palace again to ask for an audience.

Xiao Shengyun had a lot of things to do, and when he came back, he didn't even return to the East Palace, and received them directly in the Imperial Study Room.

This time, not only Fu Guogong, but also Lin Shoufu and many other important ministers came.

Seeing the crown prince, Fu Guogong was the first to kneel down: "The former emperor has passed away, the country cannot live without a king for a day, and I implore Your Highness to ascend the throne!"

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