Chapter 34: The Conspiracy Revealed
"Arrest the second prince for me." The emperor shouted at the guards behind him, and at this moment, there was no more gentleness and kindness on his face, and there was all anger that could not be concealed.
"Father, what happened? Why did you arrest your sons? Seeing that he was surrounded by guards, Yan Ziming didn't react at all to what happened, didn't the emperor bring him to get the talisman? Why are you arresting him now?
"Hades, you've disappointed me so much." This time, the emperor's eyes looking at Yan Ziming were no longer approving, but deeply disappointed, he really couldn't believe that his son would do such a thing.
"Father, can you tell your son what happened?" Yan Ziming had already been arrested by the guards, because there were too many guards, and everything happened too suddenly, so he had no room to resist at all.
It's just that he really can't understand why the emperor did this, did he find something? But he has always covered it up well, and it is impossible for the emperor to find out.
"Hmph, what have you done, you should know better than I do, right?" The emperor was very angry when he thought of everything Yan Zimo's letter said just now, he never thought that Yan Ziming would be so bold and dare to do so many rebellious things behind his back.
"The son didn't understand what his father meant, so he asked his father to make it clear." Yan Ziming had already guessed a few points in his heart, but he didn't want to believe it, so he still pretended to know nothing and asked.
"Rebel son, you actually colluded with the prince of the Southern Spirit Kingdom in private, you have long been eyeing my throne, right? You want a talisman just to usurp the throne, right? The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became, and at this moment he was already furious.
It turned out that the flying pigeon that the emperor had just received was Yan Zimo revealing to him the fact that Yan Ziming and Nangong Ye had already colluded with each other, and it also reminded the emperor to be careful of Yan Ziming's ambitions.
Although the emperor had long known that Yan Ziming had great ambitions, he didn't expect him to have the intention of rebellion, after all, he was still the son he loved deeply.
The emperor had been strange to Yan Ziming for a talisman before, and after reading Yan Zimo's letter, he finally understood why he did this, and in addition to disappointment and heartache, the emperor made this decision.
The emperor deliberately tricked Yan Ziming into the secret room, because only by locking him up here can he completely cut off his contact with the outside world, so that he would have no way to exchange news with Nangong Ye, and he would not have the opportunity to do anything to hurt Yan Zimo and Ling Yuwei.
And the emperor also knew that Yan Ziming still had some power in the court, and if other people knew about this matter, it would definitely be an uproar, so the emperor chose to secretly lock Yan Ziming in the secret room and keep it secret from the outside world, so that others would not know.
In fact, from the moment the emperor read the letter, he had already changed his decision to give the talisman to Yan Ziming, so when the queen questioned it, he still insisted on going his own way, all of this was just acting, the purpose was to arrest Yan Ziming.
"Father, the son has been wronged, and the son has always been loyal to you!" Yan Ziming listened to the emperor's words, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, even if what the emperor said was the truth, he couldn't admit it anyway, otherwise everything would be over.
Yan Ziming's heart was also full of doubts, I don't know why the emperor would know about his private collusion with Nangong Ye, could it be that Nangong Ye betrayed him?
But Nangong Ye should be on the same front as him, so what's the benefit of betraying him? Only he and Nangong Ye knew about this matter, if he hadn't betrayed himself, who would it be?
"Rebel, you don't have to act anymore, you just stay here and think about it behind closed doors." The emperor didn't want to listen to any explanation from Yan Ziming, everything was already clear, even if he tried his best to quibble, he couldn't change it.
"Father, you locked up your sons, who will lead the troops to repel the foreign enemy?" Yan Ziming was unwilling, hoping to use this reason to get the emperor to let him go, but how could he have thought that the emperor already knew that all this was just his lie?
"Hmph, if you don't say that I have forgotten, I should add another crime to you for lying about the military situation, and I will punish you after I rescue your royal brother and sister." The emperor already knew that what Yan Ziming said before that there was an invasion by foreign enemies was a lie, and he actually lied about the military situation for his own selfish desires, so he was even more angry with him.
"Father, the son knows that he is wrong, so you can spare the son this time!" Yan Ziming saw that the general trend was gone, and he no longer continued to act, but directly admitted his mistakes, hoping that the emperor would forgive him.
The reason why he admitted his mistake so quickly was not because he really knew his mistake, but because he thought that he could only do more if he went out, and in order to be able to get out, he had to act.
"Lock up the second prince and guard it well, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave without my permission." The emperor didn't pay attention to Yan Ziming's confession at all, he knew his son very well, he had such heavy ambitions, how could he know his mistake so quickly?
The most important thing now is to immediately send troops to the Southern Spirit Kingdom to help Yan Zimo and Ling Yuwei, and as for the mistakes made by Yan Ziming, they will slowly clean up.
"Father, let me out...... Let me out......" Seeing that the emperor was getting farther and farther, and the door of the secret room was getting smaller and smaller, Yan Ziming really panicked, but everything couldn't be changed.
The Imperial Palace of the Southern Spirit Kingdom.
Nangong Ye walked back and forth in the imperial study with some uneasiness, coming, why didn't he receive Yan Ziming's reply for a long time?
It turned out that Nangong Ye had been waiting for Yan Ziming to tell him about the situation in Beiyun Kingdom, and he wanted to know if Ling Yuwei had really transferred troops from Beiyun Country to save Nangong Yi, but he waited from day to night, and there was no news, which couldn't help but make him a little restless.
Although Yan Ziming was just a chess piece in Nangong Ye's heart, he felt that this chess piece was very important now, and without his help to deliver the news, he would not know anything about Beiyun Kingdom.
Nangong Ye had no choice but to write another letter to Yan Ziming patiently, hoping to receive a reply as soon as possible, because he wanted to know if the conspiracy they planned had succeeded.
If Yan Ziming can prevent Beiyun Kingdom from transferring troops to save Nangong Yi, it will reduce a lot of trouble for Nangong Ye, and he doesn't have to worry about Nangong Yi being rescued at all.
It's just that Nangong Ye would have thought that Yan Ziming, who he had been waiting for, had already been locked up in the secret room of Beiyun Kingdom, and no matter how many letters he wrote, there would be no reply.