Yu Wenjiong almost couldn't believe it, stared at Ning Yuanhou and Yuwenqi with wide eyes, and said sharply: "How come, you are obviously not ......"

Not only Yu Wenjiong, but Cui Wen and Zhou Bi both showed unbelievable expressions on their faces, only Cui Ying closed his eyes and opened them again, revealing a deep affection that the general trend had gone.

Yuwenhong sneered and said, "Do you want to say that King Ning was obviously not belittled by me, and Marquis Ning Yuan was not sent by me to defend against foreign enemies, how could they appear here?"

Yu Wenjiong didn't speak, just stared at Yu Wenhong with wide eyes.

Yu Wenhong said again: "It's not just them. Yu Wenhong said and turned his head to look at Zhou Bi, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Zhou Aiqing, look at who is behind you?"

Zhou Bi's eyes were startled, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, but what he saw was Lian Cheng, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, who was dressed in armor and sword, the subordinate who had always been trusted and relied on by him, and his daughter was also married to his nephew, and the two families would form a family of sons and daughters.

And he came with a stern expression and a tough eye looking straight ahead, but obviously he didn't come to help him.

Since he came in, he didn't even give Zhou Bi a look, he walked past him firmly, and finally walked to Ning Yuanhou's side, knelt down on his knees, clasped his fists with both hands, and said to Yu Wenhong: "Your Majesty, Weichen and 100,000 Praetorian Guards have surrounded and captured all the Cui family's private soldiers, just waiting for the emperor to show how to deal with these people." ”

Zhou Bi clenched his fists with both hands, forcibly suppressed the trembling of his body, and said in a gloomy voice: "Liancheng, I didn't expect you to ......" It was because he trusted Liancheng that he handed over the 100,000 Praetorian Guards to him for disposal, and he led the 100,000 Praetorian Guards to control the inside and outside of the imperial city. Now it seems that this Praetorian Guard is no longer under the control of him, the general of the Praetorian Guard. Did he shoot himself in the foot?

Liancheng seemed to know what Zhou Bi was thinking, turned his head, looked at Zhou Bi with a torch in his eyes, and said, "General, after all, the minister is the emperor's minister, not your minister." I hope you don't blame your subordinates for today's actions. ”

Yu Wenhong raised his head again and looked at Yu Wenjiong and the others, and said leisurely: "Let me solve your doubts, the so-called invasion of foreign tribes on the border of Great Thursday is true, and only the invasion of the Goryeo Kingdom is real, and the rest of the Qiang tribe, Nanzhao, and the Qian tribe are all illusions that I have made for you to see." As early as half a year ago, I have supported the new lords of the Qiang, Nanzhao and Qiang to ascend the throne, and signed a friendship treaty with the Great Zhou. I have sealed your eyes and ears so that all the outside news I receive in your hands is what I want you to know, so that you will think that everything is under control, and I am overwhelmed with it, so I have made up my mind to rebel at this rare time, and I will be able to clean you up once and for all. As for the invasion of Goryeo, it is not a big problem to have the brave and warlike King Lin to lead the troops to resist. ”

And now, who in the temple does not understand?

No one spoke in the Hanyuan Hall for a while, and it was quiet for a moment, everyone was thinking something in their hearts, but no one showed it.

In the end, Zhou Bi sighed deeply, and said with a dejected expression: "Since the minister dares to commit a crime, he can bear the consequences, the emperor is out today, and the minister is blessed to lose." If the king becomes a king or loses a coward, the minister has nothing to say. With that, he threw the sword in his hand to the ground, and the man knelt down.

Immediately afterwards, Cui Ying and Cui Wen also sighed one by one and threw down their swords, but they did not kneel down like Zhou Bi, but the expression on their faces was that they had already told Yu Wenhong that they had admitted defeat.

Yu Wenjiong turned his head, looked at Zhou Bi and Cui Ying Cui Wen who threw their swords and admitted defeat, and said angrily: "General Zhou, two uncles, you, do you want to admit defeat?"

Cui Jue said: "Your Highness, the general trend has gone, you give up." ”

Yu Wenqi also looked at Yu Wenjiong at this time, sighed slightly, and persuaded: "Jiong'er, just grab it, for the sake of the same line, I want to save you some face, I don't want to see your sword frame so embarrassed." If you are willing to tie your hands at this time and think of brotherly love, the emperor will spare your life. ”

Yu Wenhong also looked at Yu Wenjiong, and did not deny Yu Wenjiong's words.

Yu Wenjiong looked up to the sky twice, his eyes were a little salty, and finally stared at Yu Wenhong, and said, "Spare my life, what you said is good." Is it a life around me and then imprisoning me to death? ”

Yu Wenjiong said sharply again: "I may have been defeated today, but there is nothing wrong with me raising troops, you are cruel and unkind, killing your mother-in-law, such an unkind and unfilial person, everyone should be punished." The queen mother died at your hand, and as the son of man, what is wrong with me raising an army against you. ”

Yu Wenhong said: "I didn't kill the Queen Mother, the person who killed the Queen Mother was Concubine Shu, you should know very well." ”

Yuwen Jiong said: "Even then, isn't it that you deliberately hinted that Meng Xuanyu got rid of the queen mother, and asked Meng Xuanyu to poison the queen mother in order to please you." As the Son of Heaven, no matter what the Queen Mother does wrong, you will be criticized by the world for killing her, so you used Meng Xuanyu's hand, what is the difference between this and killing her with your own hands. ”

Yu Wenhong said: "I don't understand what you are saying, isn't Meng Xuanyu your person?"

Yu Wenjiong said: "This is your cleverness, after using her, you will force her into our camp and leave all your relationships behind." I'm afraid that in a few days, there will be rumors inside and outside the government and the opposition that I instructed Meng Xuanyu to kill the Queen Mother for the reason of raising troops, and blamed the death of the Queen Mother on you, the Son of Heaven. ”

Yuwen Jiong said: "Although I am not as cunning as you, I don't blame anyone for today's defeat, only blame me for not being able to fight you." But ......" Yu Wenjiong's eyes were red, he looked at Yu Wenhong tightly, and said: "But I am not a soft bone like Cui Jue Cui Wen and Zhou Bi, if you want me to surrender to you, let me be tied up and let you be slaughtered, don't even think about it." ”

He raised the hand holding the sword, and the other quickly drew the sword.

Yuwenqi stretched out his hand to stop it, and said sharply: "Jiong'er, don't ......"

But the result was as fast as the sword in his hand, and Yu Wenjiong finally said: "Even if I am defeated today, my life is still up to me." ”

The clear blade dazzled people's eyes, and only a "bang" sound was heard, blood splashed, the sword fell in response, and Yu Wenjiong's entire body also fell.

Yu Wenhong was motionless, looking at Yu Wenjiong's fallen body, only the slightly drooping slightly dim eyes revealed a little of his emotions.

Yu Wenjiong was lying on the ground, the blood gushing from his neck made him smell blood, but he didn't feel pain. He heard Uncle Ning next to him sighing and asking, "Why are you so suffering?" and his uncle's voice trembled and called him: "Your Highness......"

But he didn't care anymore, he turned his head hard and looked at the top of the hall.

Sitting there was Yu Wenhong looking at him, but Yu Wenjiong was not looking at him, but watching him sit on the dragon chair that seemed to exude great magical power.

That is the position that he and his mother have always wanted and sought, and that is also the wish of his mother's life...... In fact, at first, he didn't have much desire for that position, but the queen mother kept telling him that it was supposed to be his, and he believed it when he listened to it.

Yu Wenjiong sighed deeply, in the end he still disappointed his mother, he failed to fulfill her life's wish.

Then he slowly closed his eyes, and the world fell silent.

There was silence in the Hanyuan Palace, no one dared to speak loudly, and almost even breathed a little lighter. But this terrible silence is even more eerie.

Everyone looked at the corpse of Qi Wang Yu Wenjiong in the center of the main hall, looked at the blood light that was as red as fire, and quietly clenched their hands to suppress the trembling of their bodies.

In the end, Yuwenhong sighed slightly, then stood up, and said to Ning Yuanhou and Yuwenqi: "I'll leave it to you here, and I'll go back first." After speaking, he raised his steps and left, and the voices of Ning Yuanhou and others could be vaguely heard behind him: "Congratulations to the emperor." ”

Yu Wenhong stared ahead, his face was cold, there was no joy and pride after the victory, there was only some calmness that finally ended all this.