Chapter 254: Re-establishing the Prince
The rain outside stopped at some point, and the hall suddenly became silent.
"Xiang Mingxuan! Xiang Mingxuan! In an instant, Chu Yanzhi, who seemed to understand something, suddenly shouted a few times outside the door.
A moment later, Xiang Mingxuan walked in wearing a flying fish suit, although his robe was stained with some water, but it still couldn't hide his handsome appearance like a bright moon and a clear breeze. He walked up to Chu Yanzhi and raised his hand to salute him as usual, "I don't know what His Highness has to call Weichen?" β
Chu Yanzhi's eyes stared at Xiang Mingxuan with burning eyes, as if he was about to burn his whole person and burn it out, and every word he spit out was as cold as iron, "Who are you!" β
Xiang Mingxuan raised his head, looked directly at Chu Yanzhi, and said with a clear gaze, "What does the prince mean by this?" Weichen stepped on the land of Dayue, drank the water of Dayue, and ate the offerings of the people of Dayue, so he was naturally a person of Dayue. β
"Xiang Mingxuan, what good did Chu Xizhi give you, you dare to betray this palace for him!" Chu Yanzhi gritted his teeth and glared at Xiang Mingxuan angrily, eager to step forward and tear him to pieces.
In vain for him to trust him so much, he actually teamed up with Chu Xizhi to betray himself!
Listening to Chu Yanzhi's accusations under his anger, Xiang Mingxuan's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he sighed, "In His Highness's heart, is everyone for profit?" What else is there? β
Chu Yanzhi snorted coldly, and his ruthless eyes were still firmly locked on Xiang Mingxuan.
"Your Royal Highness, as the crown prince, raising troops to rebel is disloyal, persecuting loyal ministers and good generals is unjust, and killing your father in order to seize the throne is unfilial, how can such a disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial person be the prince of Dayue!" Xiang Mingxuan's eyes were burning to meet Chu Yanzhi's angry eyes, word by word, sonorous and powerful, and loud.
Chu Yanzhi was so excited by Xiang Mingxuan's words that he took a few steps back, staring at Xiang Mingxuan with his eyes, his eyes bursting out of cold and resentful, "Okay! Good! Very good! Since this palace is such a disloyal, unfilial and unrighteous person in the eyes of Lord Xiang, it should be defenseless to ask for a whole life! As soon as he finished speaking, the long sword in his hand swept towards Ming Xuan like lightning.
In mid-air, something suddenly flew in, and only a snap was heard, as if something heavy had fallen on the heavy carpet.
Xiang Mingxuan looked down, and saw that a gold medal on the carpet was shattered into two places, and the incision was neat, obviously broken by a sharp sword.
"Fourth brother, what is this going to do? Persecuting important ministers in front of his father? Behind Xiang Mingxuan, Chu Xizhi stared at Chu Yandao with a smile.
Chu Yanzhi pursed his lips and was silent.
Xiang Mingxuan understood, he hurriedly turned around and made a big salute to Chu Xizhi, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving your life!" β
Chu Xi smiled, raised his feet and walked in front of Chu Yanzhi, and said with a light smile, "Fourth brother, now that the matter is over, your defeat is decided, so why struggle anymore?" You and I are brothers after all, and it's always bad to see each other in battle. Did you say that? β
"Chu Xizhi, you don't have to be proud! Now that I am trapped by you, the entire capital is still under the control of this palace, do you think that these Imperial Forest Troops in Xiang Mingxuan's hands alone can compete with me! Chu Yanzhi smiled coldly.
At least the soldiers who control the four major gates of the capital are his people, and he still has bargaining chips!
No, Chu Xizhi heard Chu Yanzhi's words, but he smiled, he leisurely chose a chair and sat down, and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, you are still so naΓ―ve." β
"What do you mean by that?"
Chu Xizhi's indifferent expression made Chu Yanzhi feel a strong uneasiness in his heart.
Could it be? Something went wrong over there, too?
"Fourth brother, I have a jade seal in my hand, why is it difficult to ask for a holy decree that you are plotting against and usurping the throne? Although your cronies are loyal to you, each of them has parents, wives and children, plus I and General Zhang's Shence Battalion and the Xiao family's troops to help. Fourth brother, do you think you still have a chance of winning this battle? Chu Xizhi looked at Chu Yanzhi with a smile, and said unhurriedly.
As if to confirm Chu Xizhi's words, at this time, someone hurriedly ran in, "Your Highness, the rebels guarding the city gates have surrendered under the persuasion of Lord Xu and Zhang Ge Lao, and there are still some who refuse to surrender, His Royal Highness the King of Qin and General Xiao are leading troops to kill them." β
As soon as the man's words fell, the long sword in Chu Yanzhi's hand fell to the ground with a 'snap'.
Lost, he lost like that......
How can it be!
How can it be!
A gust of night breeze blew, and the coolness seemed to blow into the cracks of the bones, obviously it was already spring, but Chu Yanzhi felt as if the whole person was soaked in ice water.
It's biting cold.
Desperate.
Looking at Chu Yanzhi's desperate appearance, the emperor sighed faintly, "Yanzhi, admit defeat......"
Admitting defeat can at least save your life.
No, hearing the emperor's words, Chu Yanzhi suddenly raised his head and laughed, his laughter was both a little desolate and a little resentful, "Admit defeat? You told me to throw in the towel? Why! Why! I am the crown prince, the rightful prince! Why should I throw in the towel! β
"Yan Zhi ......" The emperor looked at Chu Yanzhi like this, and his chest was inexplicably sour.
He just wanted to save his life!
In any case, he is the only bloodline left to him by the orb after all!
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen has a surrender letter here, you should sign it." At this time, Xiang Mingxuan took out a letter of surrender that had already been prepared from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Yanzhi, "Although your defeat is decided, those subordinates who are loyal to you are still fighting for you, they all have wives and children in their families, just for the sake of their loyalty to you, you shouldn't let them lose their lives in vain." β
Chu Yanzhi raised his eyes and looked at Xiang Mingxuan sarcastically, and laughed coldly, "Do you think this palace cares?" β
"Chu Yanzhi, relive your life, you are still so ruthless!" Chu Xizhi's cold gaze swept towards Chu Yanzhi, "If you don't have the slightest mercy for your subordinates who are loyal to you, how can you talk about the people?" A heartless person like you doesn't deserve the sincerity of others at all! Chu Xizhi said, his body moved slightly, no one could see how he moved, and when he fixed his eyes again, he had reached out and pressed Chu Yanzhi's arm, and took out a seal from him with one hand, "It's just a piece of paper, this is enough." With that, he threw the seal into Xiang Mingxuan's hand.
Xiang Mingxuan was stunned for a moment, and then understood, "Yes, Weichen will do it." With that, he hurried out.
"It's a pity! I'll kill you! I'll kill you! Seeing that his seal was taken away by Chu Xizhi, Chu Yan's eyes were red and shouted at Chu Xizhi, eager to cut him with a thousand knives, but he was pressed by Chu Xizhi but he couldn't move for half a minute.
"Kill me?" Chu Xizhi's sharp sword eyebrows were lightly raised, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "You didn't have that ability before, let alone now!" With that, he raised his foot and kicked Chu Yanzhi's knee, only to hear Chu Yanzhi snort, and then knelt on the ground.
"Pity the ......" Looking at Chu Yanzhi's embarrassed appearance now, the emperor couldn't bear to shout.
Chu Xizhi raised his eyebrows and glanced at the emperor coldly, "Father, rest assured, the son will not take his life at the moment." After that, he raised his voice and said, "Come on, don't invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince down." β
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark shadow suddenly fell from the eaves. The black shadow saluted Chu Xizhi, and then pressed Chu Yanzhi down without saying a word.
The rain was heavy and sudden, but the sky was exceptionally clear when the rain stopped, and the rain-washed palace shone in the refraction of the sun, and everything seemed so beautiful, as if the rebellion had never happened last night.
After the rebellion, the emperor officially decreed that Chu Xizhi, the king of Yan, was appointed as the crown prince, and after the crown prince was canonized, he issued a second edict to make the prince supervise the country.
No one expected that the originally 'deceased' King Yan would come back from the dead and replace the former prince Chu Yanzhi as the new prince of Dayue. As soon as King Yan imprisoned the country, he displayed the crimes of the former prince one by one, and Chu Xizhi was more tolerant of the generals who were attached to Chu Yanzhi's rebellion, or dismissed or pardoned and no one was punished.
The scenery of Yanwang's Mansion is still the same, the grass and trees in front of the courtyard have already been taken care of, Xiao Xiwei sat in the courtyard and teased the child in his arms with a few girls in Biyun Hongyu.
After a few months, the child grew stronger and stronger, and it was obvious that Xiang Mingxuan's wife had taken him well.
Just thinking like this, the girl suddenly came to hug her and said that Mrs. Xiang was here.
Xiao Xiwei held the child and was just about to get up, when he saw a figure walking towards him quickly, "Sister Xiao." Xiao Xi smiled and was about to speak, but saw Xiang Mingxuan's wife Min'er stop her steps, and then she bowed sideways to her, and then said, "The courtiers greet the crown princess?" β
Seeing her so solemn, Xiao Xiwei couldn't help but smile and said, "When did you learn to be so polite?" β
The crown princess laughed. Min'er's face changed slightly, and then she said in a low voice.
Xiao Xi frowned slightly, she knew Min'er's temperament, and she really made her a little strange today. However, looking at her like that, she probably wouldn't say anything to her, so she had to set her eyes on the maid beside Min'er.
The maidservant girl was also smart, and when she saw Xiao Xi looking at her slightly, she even spit out all the beans and sesame seeds, "Princess, don't you know, didn't Lord Xu invite wine yesterday?" When I went out halfway, I inadvertently heard a few ladies say that my wife's behavior was rude and ruined my lord's face, and said that my lord married such a room, it was really wronged. β
"Little Peach! No nonsense! Min'er turned her head and scolded Xiao Tao, but her eyes couldn't help but flush slightly.
"Min'er, do you know what the outside talked about me in the first place? It's still nice to be red-faced, but if I were as good as you, I'm afraid I'd have been crying to death several times. Xiao Xiwei looked at Min'er and said.
Min'er naturally knew how those people talked about Xiao Xiwei and the former prince at the beginning, and after listening to Xiao Xiwei's words at this time, she was also aggrieved by Xiao Xiwei in her heart.
"Min'er, you have to remember that a man, if he really loves you, then, whether you are beautiful or ugly, rude or elegant, it doesn't matter to him, if he loves, he loves you all, not anything else, if he doesn't love you, even if his behavior is dignified and elegant, it will be useless, in this case, why change?"
"But those ladies ......"
"You don't live with those ladies, don't care what they say, besides, they are just unhappy on their own, and they can't see you happy, so they just stab you with words, you have heard it, forget it, why do you have to put it in your heart to make your heart unhappy?"
Being persuaded by Xiao Xiwei like this, Min'er's heart suddenly brightened, she smiled at Xiao Xiwei slightly, and said, "Sister Xiao, you are still the best." β
Seeing that Min'er was no longer worried, Xiao Xiwei's mood improved a lot, "I've been thirsty for so long, do you want to drink tea?" β
Before Min'er could say anything, Xiao Tao on the side couldn't help but jump out and say, "Princess, my wife doesn't like to drink tea recently, but likes to drink sour things, do you have sour plum soup?" β