After the emperor returned to the upper study, he took care of today's affairs.

After lunch, the emperor went back to rest for a while.

It wasn't until the sun went down that the emperor seemed to remember so many officials kneeling outside.

"Liu Xi, what's the situation outside now?" The emperor put down the pen in his hand and looked at Liu Xi, who was waiting next to him.

Liu Xi bowed over with a hint of worry on his face: "Your Majesty, just like in the morning, they are still kneeling there." ”

"Still on your knees?" The emperor's face was slightly gloomy.

It's been a day, and the emperor thinks the officials can't hold on.

But Liu Xi now told himself that they were still kneeling there.

"What about the princes?" The emperor asked Chen Changfeng about their situation again.

"The prince asked people to send quilts, those people also sent quilts from their families, and those old birthday stars even had their beds ready......

"Even the bed is ready?" The Emperor felt that his mind was a little confused.

Looking at this posture, I plan to continue to confront each other like this forever.

"Your Majesty, the officials haven't even eaten lunch, and the old slave estimates that it shouldn't last long." Liu Xi spoke again.

The emperor frowned, and secretly said that these officials were really so resolute that they didn't even eat food, just to force themselves to compromise?

"Those bastards have never been so united, they don't even eat, just to force me?" The Emperor's tone was a little cold.

The corners of Liu Xi's mouth twitched.

Secretly, those officials wanted to eat, but they couldn't eat at all.

"Your Majesty, it's not like that, it's the people who have blocked all the passages, and they can't get out at all."

"There are still people outside holding the Tianwen Sword in their hands to block the intersection, and the people of the three princes don't dare to break in at all."

"That's why they didn't eat."

"But if this continues, something will happen sooner or later." Liu Xi hurriedly explained to the emperor.

It doesn't matter how many meals you eat, the point is that the officials don't drink a drop of water in a day.

In addition, it will be dark soon, and the temperature will definitely be low at night.

I really don't know what will happen then.

The emperor was stunned, he thought that those officials were forcing him on a hunger strike, but he didn't expect that they couldn't eat themselves.

In that case, the emperor wanted to see how long those officials could hold out.

"Your Majesty, do you want to keep waiting?" Liu Xi asked in a low voice.

The emperor didn't speak, and his gaze fell to the entrance of the imperial city in the distance.

……

"Second prince, the minister is really dying." At the entrance of the imperial city, the sky has completely darkened at this moment.

An official kneeling on the ground didn't care about anything else at the moment.

After kneeling for a day, he didn't get any will from the emperor, and his own people were hungry, and he didn't even have the strength to kneel at this moment.

Sitting on the ground with one butt, his eyes looking at the second prince.

The second prince gritted his teeth and looked at the two hundred officials in front of him, and saw that they were all swaying.

I can't see their specific situation in the night, but the second prince can guess without looking, it must be bloodless.

The second prince clenched his fists and looked at Chen Changfeng with a fierce gaze.

They could have asked the emperor to speak this morning and cancel the imperial examination.

At that time, the two princes clearly saw that the emperor had the idea of retreating.

But on the contrary, Chen Changfeng didn't know where to gather so many people in the capital.

Follow Chen Changfeng to block them here, so that the emperor has a chance to get out.

Now they are even more starved and frozen here by the officials who persecuted the emperor.

The third prince felt that his hands had no strength at the moment.

He thought that if he waited a little longer, the emperor would come out to appease them.

After all, with so many officials kneeling here, it is impossible for the emperor to completely turn a blind eye.

But now, as soon as the wind blew in the night, everyone shivered, and even his third prince couldn't help but shiver.

But the emperor didn't see any movement at all.

"Second brother, third brother, I heard that you were persuading the officials to go back before, why don't you speak now."

"It's so cold, you don't have anything, and you don't eat or drink, how can you hold on?"

"Anyway, many of them also support the two brothers, if it were me, I would never bear to treat them like this." Chen Changfeng's voice sounded beside the two.

The second prince and the third prince looked over at the same time and saw Chen Changfeng standing beside the two of them with a smile.

"Chen Changfeng, we won't lose." The third prince didn't even bother to shout at the moment, and directly called Chen Changfeng's name.

The second prince did not speak, and at this moment he was still waiting for the emperor to appear.

"Liu Zhuguo, it's not early, you should go back early." The third prince suddenly shouted to the blind Liu Zhuguo.

Chen Changfeng was a little stunned, and after a while, he reacted, this may be some kind of agreement between the third prince and Liu Zhuguo.

Otherwise, how could the third prince say that Liu Zhuguo should go back.

Sure enough, in the next second, the blind Liu Zhuguo suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, it is not feasible to take the imperial examination, the law of the ancestors is immutable, Your Majesty is deceived by traitors, and the old minister can only warn Your Majesty with enthusiasm." ”

As soon as Liu Zhuguo's words fell, he took out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it into his heart.

Blood spurted out in an instant, spilling onto the stone slabs on the ground.

Everyone was stunned, even Chen Changfeng felt a little confused at the moment.

After coming back to his senses, he quickly asked people to move the dozens of old people sleeping in front of him.

All the officials were horrified.

No one would have thought that Liu Zhuguo would commit suicide directly here.

Looking at the blood stains on the ground, many people sat directly on the ground.

The second prince looked at the third prince, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.

He also understood at this moment that if it weren't for what the third prince said just now, Liu Zhuguo would definitely not be so decisive.

The third prince looked at Liu Zhuguo who fell to the ground, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and the back was instantly replaced by sadness.

The third prince pounced and hugged Liu Zhuguo's body, which was gradually cold: "Liu Zhuguo, why are you like this, I just asked you to go back and rest earlier, why can't you think about it so much." ”

"Isn't it just the imperial examination, if we let them do it, why sacrifice their lives?"

The three princes cried with tears, and those who didn't know thought that Liu Zhuguo was his father.

The officials struggled to stand up and looked at Liu Zhuguo's corpse, their eyes full of sadness, horror and anger.

"Prince, this is what you did."

"You forced Liu Zhuguo to death!"

"Liu Zhuguo has made great achievements for my Ming Empire, but now he is forced to die by you like this, and your sin is unforgivable, prince."

"Forced to death, throughout the ages, you, the prince, are still the first."

Hundreds of officials accused Chen Changfeng one after another, and Yao Xiaoren and Tang Mingren's faces turned a little pale.

Who would have thought that these people in front of them still had such a hand, and they would not hesitate to sacrifice to prevent the imperial examination from winning the official examination and deal with Chen Changfeng.

Yao Xiaoren's fingers trembled slightly, and Liu Zhuguo's suicide made their previous efforts come to naught in an instant.

Not to mention the imperial examination, even Chen Changfeng himself is difficult to get out.

Tang Mingren was also in the same mood, originally everything was under their control, but now Liu Zhuguo's sudden suicide caught them off guard.

If this matter is not handled well, Chen Changfeng, the prince, will basically come to an end.

Even if the emperor didn't want to clean up Chen Changfeng, it was impossible to ignore Liu Zhuguo's death.

I'm afraid it's hard to do this today!