Soon after Zhu Jingting and Lei Dahu got in touch, the emperor suddenly announced that he had decided to officially abdicate after the New Year and let the crown prince ascend the throne because he was unwell.

Hearing this news, Zhu Jingting immediately panicked, he didn't expect the emperor to abdicate so soon, he also thought that he still had a few years to slowly plan and win the throne of each brother, who knew that people were not as good as heaven, and the prince was about to ascend the throne! And he has almost no chance of winning!

However, there is still a little chance, Zhu Jingting thought of Lei Dahu, who is in the hands of the troops, who is the most powerful competitor, he suddenly regained a little self-confidence, but also decided to fight to the death before the crown prince ascended the throne!

Otherwise, if the crown prince ascends the throne and has the support of the emperor, he will definitely be able to sit on the throne soon, and it will be more and more difficult for him to ascend the throne at that time, so only if the prince forces the palace before he ascends the throne, he may succeed in the fight for the throne.

Now is not the time for him to fight if he wants to, because he has long formed a hatred with the prince, and the prince will not let him go after he takes the throne, he must fight with the prince if he wants to live, this is a life-and-death battle, and his most advantageous bargaining chip now is Lei Dahu.

Zhu Jingting became more and more busy, and frequently made private appointments with confidants and officials, and even Lei Dahu met a few times, seemingly anxious to determine and consolidate the alliance between the two.

An Nan didn't ask about this, and Zhu Jingting wouldn't take the initiative to mention it to her, after all, although he used An Nan to win over Lei Dahu, he didn't believe An Nan, and only treated her as a chess piece, although this chess piece is very important, but as long as he succeeds in ascending the throne, this chess piece will be invalid and useless.

The New Year is gradually coming, the atmosphere in the capital is festive and lively, immersed in the joy of the New Year, no one knows that under this festive atmosphere, the dark tide is turbulent, and the wind and rain are coming.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor invited a banquet to the courtiers, and Zhu Jingting took An Nan to the palace for a banquet.

This was the last Chinese New Year's Eve banquet held by the emperor before his abdication, and it would be the crown prince next year, so the emperor was full of emotion, no longer posing majestic, but amiably and with the ministers said a lot of words, and the princes and subjects were happy and drank a lot of wine.

The family members of the ministers also gathered together to talk and laugh, and everyone at this palace banquet was full of joy and confidence in the future of the country, after all, it was luck that the throne could be peaceful and did not need to shed blood and sacrifice, and although the prince did not have great talent, he was honest and generous, and he was a king.

Just when the banquet atmosphere was at its most enthusiastic, a group of soldiers wearing armor and armed with swords, bows and arrows broke in, killed the guards with lightning speed, and controlled everyone at the palace banquet, and the great eunuch instantly put a knife on the emperor's neck.

"You!" The emperor's eyes were torn, and he didn't expect that his most trusted henchmen and eunuchs had betrayed him.

The big eunuch said expressionlessly: "Temporarily wronged the emperor, the slave maid is also forced to do so." ”

"Father!" The crown prince shouted at the emperor in a panic, and when he saw the sharp knife on the emperor's neck, his eyes immediately widened, and he said angrily to the great eunuch: "Bold! ”

Suddenly, he felt a pain in his neck, touched it with his hand, and suddenly touched a hand of bright red blood, so he was immediately frightened, and his whole body stiffened and did not dare to move.

"It's better for the prince to settle down." The soldier who restrained him said coldly, "The sword in my hand doesn't have eyes, if I accidentally cut off your head, then it's no wonder." ”

The prince was immediately silent, and he didn't dare to say anything.

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Jingting stood up and laughed proudly, he swaggered up to the prince, kicked him hard, and said proudly, "I didn't expect it to be me, right?" It seems that if you want to become an emperor, you have to wait for the next life! ”

"You brute! Are you trying to kill your father and brother? The emperor's eyes widened angrily, and he shouted at Zhu Jingting.

Zhu Jingting immediately paid attention to him, walked over slowly, restrained his smile, and said, "I'm a beast, so what are you?" If you don't give me the throne, then I'll have to take it myself! By the way, don't worry, I won't kill my father, after all, you are my father, I will let you enjoy your old age in peace, and take a good look at me, the son you don't look good at, how to create a prosperous world and become a generation of Ming Jun! ”

"Phew! You are such a rebellious villain, fortunately I didn't let you be the prince, otherwise I wouldn't be a sinner of Da Yu! If you want to be the emperor like you, you will not be able to be the emperor in the next life! The Emperor said angrily.

Zhu Jingting's eyes were red, looking crazy, and he said: "I am not the emperor, now it's not up to you to decide!" I want to be the emperor, do you dare to oppose it? Yes? Do you dare? ”

He faced the ministers and shouted, the ministers trembled, lowered their heads and did not dare to respond, the smell of blood in front of them was still strong, where did they dare to object?

"Father, you see, no one dares to oppose me! Haha, it seems that your minister and son are very sensible, and those who know the times are handsome......" Zhu Jingting said sarcastically to the emperor.

The emperor closed his eyes, then looked at Zhu Jingting fixedly, and said: "If you give up the usurpation now, and turn back to the shore, I can still spare your life, and I will not cure you of the crime of rebellion and usurpation; If you continue and become obsessed, then I can only kill my relatives with righteousness! ”

The emperor said solemnly, staring at Zhu Jingting, his eyes were obscure, and he was not a little flustered.

Zhu Jingting suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, but he had already opened his bow and did not turn back, so he forcibly suppressed that uneasiness, made up his mind, and ordered indifferently: "Now, kill the crown prince, the eldest prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince and the sixth prince!" ”

"Stop! Brute, you dare?! The emperor's eyes were split, he got up, and the great eunuch who had taken the knife and threatened him suddenly vomited blood and fell.

"The people will listen to the command! Take down the traitor Zhu Jingting and his accomplices! Lei Dahu's voice suddenly sounded, like a bell, like a thunderbolt exploding in everyone's ears.

So the soldiers who had just returned to escort the minister and his dependents released the hostages one after another and fought with another group of people.

Zhu Jingting already knew that something was wrong when the great eunuch vomited blood, and now when he heard Lei Dahu's words, he immediately knew that he had been tricked, and he glared at Lei Dahu angrily: "You betrayed me?!" ”

"If you have never been loyal, how can you betray?" Lei Dahu said indifferently and killed him.

Zhu Jingting immediately shouted in a panic: "Come and protect me!" "He still has some die-hard guards, so he still has the ability to resist for a while.

He wanted to escape, but how could Lei Dahu let him go? So it didn't take long for the guards around him to protect him almost dead.

Zhu Jingting had already let go, his eyes were red, and he suddenly stopped running, and turned to fight with Lei Dahu, scolding: "You lied to me!" I can't get on the throne, and I'm going to pull you on my back! ”

looked like he was going to die together, but unfortunately Lei Dahu was much more powerful than him, and after a few fights, he was taken down by Lei Dahu.

So this forced palace was more like a farce, and it ended without danger.