Chapter 72: Silencing
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
The Duke of Zhenguo was getting restless. Suddenly, he heard hurried footsteps approaching from afar. His confidant stepped forward with a sullen face, "My Lord, something bad has happened. Someone in the West Mountain Camp has reported Zhao Chunming in front of the Crown Princess. A mutiny has occurred in the camp. The Crown Prince went to rescue the Crown Princess and just escaped from the murderous soldiers with Zhao Chunming."
The Duke of Zhenguo almost thought he was hallucinating.
"Military mutiny?"
Everything was fine, has Zhao Chunming gone crazy? Why did a military coup happen?
besides……
Where is Yi Song?
Currently, there is only one person related to Hu Boyeng, Yi Song.
For a moment, the Duke of Zhenguo's heart was like a torrent rushing forward but also like a surging wave being blocked by a high wall. Both Yi Song and the crown prince were on his mind, and a big bubble formed in his mouth due to his anxiety.
The confidant reported in a deep voice, "Someone reported Long Yang of the Xishan Camp to be a lewd person in front of the Crown Princess, and Zhao Chunming wanted to kill him to silence him."
Murder to silence someone?
Zhao Chunming wants to kill the Crown Princess to silence her?
Who gave him the courage!
“Nonsense!”
The Duke of Zhenguo clenched his fist and swung it heavily in the air. The anger in his heart almost burst his chest.
However, things have come to this point and anger cannot solve everything.
Once Zhao Chunming falls into the hands of the prince or the Ministry of Justice, the secrets of the Xishan camp will definitely be revealed by Zhao Chunming!
No, we must not let Zhao Chunming live.
Furious, the Duke of Zhenguo immediately issued orders.
And this news arrived at the Rong'an Marquis Mansion almost at the same time.
Rong Anhou sat under the flower stand in the courtyard, fiddling with a white porcelain teacup in his hand, and snorted coldly, "Fool, you are being taken advantage of and you don't even know it."
After a pause, Rong An Hou slammed the cup in his hand onto the table and said, "Tell our people to stop all actions."
…
After leaving the Xishan camp, Rong Que and Su Qingqing were ambushed before they even stepped out of the grove outside the camp.
The attacker had a clear goal, which was to kill Zhao Chunming. In order to achieve this goal, he didn't care about the life or death of the crown prince or the crown princess.
Su Qingqing handed Zhao Chunming over to Jixiang and said, " Don't worry about anything else, as long as he is still breathing."
After saying that, she lashed the ground hard with the whip in her hand, bringing up the gravel on the ground. At the moment when the gravel and yellow dust were rolled up by her, she lashed the whip in her hand towards the gravel and yellow dust. Immediately, the gravel was like darts, shattered into pieces and exploded in all directions, hitting the attackers around. Although it was not fatal, it was enough to make people numb and painful for a while, not to mention the yellow sand making their eyes narrow.
Rong Que didn't even have time to react. As if he had cooperated countless times, he subconsciously tapped the ground with his toes at the moment when the stones flew away, and leaped towards the leader of the attackers.
At the same time, Su Qingqing swung the whip in her hand again, and the eyes of the person next to the leader of the attackers were beaten into a bloody mess.
Rong Que's sword went straight to the leader of the attackers and pierced his throat with one sword.
Once these two were hit, the combat effectiveness of the entire attacking team was reduced by half.
However, neither Rong Que nor Su Qingqing wanted to continue fighting. They rode their horses with Zhao Chunming and rushed straight to the palace.
If we fail to stop them outside the city gate, it will be even harder to stop them once they get to Kyoto.
The Duke of Zhenguo was furious, but he could only watch Rong Que bring Zhao Chunming into the palace. Now that things had come to this, he could only make other plans.
In the palace, the imperial study.
The Emperor was discussing something with the Minister of Justice when he suddenly received a message, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess request an audience."
The young eunuch who was in charge of the communication had been working in the imperial study for several years. This was the first time that the emperor saw him looking so frightened, and he could not help but frown.
Before the emperor could speak again, the eunuch trembled and added, "Your Highnesses, you are covered in blood."
emperor:!
The Minister of Justice hurriedly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I will continue to investigate the Su Xiang case. I will take my leave first."
At this moment, Su Qingqing walked straight into the imperial study without caring that she had not yet received the message from the eunuch, pushed the eunuch who delivered the message away, and walked straight towards the emperor with blood and energy.
The emperor was so stunned that he had no idea what was going on.
He was even speculating, could it be that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had a fight, and that the Crown Prince beat the Crown Princess like this?
Then he has to talk to the prince.
But just as Su Qingqing took two steps inside, the prince came in angrily and said as soon as he entered the door: "Father, please forgive me. Qingqing really did not mean to offend you. She is..."
The emperor was so shocked by the blood all over the prince that his eyes widened.
this……
The prince had more blood on his body than the princess. Could it be that the princess injured the prince?
At this time, another person entered the imperial study and interrupted Rong Que's words. Jixiang picked up Zhao Chunming and threw him to the ground with a bang, then walked out with an expressionless face.
emperor:……
Minister of Justice: ...
Su Qingqing, full of blood and energy, came straight to the emperor's desk, her face as cold as a rock in December, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
Su Qingqing fell to her knees.
Rong Que was stunned for a moment, then hurried forward and knelt beside Su Qingqing, "Father, calm down. Qingqing is not disobeying the rules. She was just frightened today. Zhao Chunming, the head of the Xishan camp, led a mutiny and wanted to kill her in the camp."
The emperor's pupils suddenly dilated.
Minister of Justice: No wonder Minglu asked me to go to the palace to talk to His Majesty just now, and to keep His Majesty from seeing anyone during this period of time.
The Minister of Justice quietly retreated to an inconspicuous corner, leaving the main battlefield to the prince.
The emperor's brain almost froze and he couldn't react to what Rong Que said.
Su Qingqing knelt on the ground, her voice choked with sobs as she recounted what had happened at the Xishan camp in detail.
Of course, he described in detail the evil deeds done by Zhao Chunming and briefly mentioned his own responses.
The emperor's face turned increasingly pale as if painted. When Su Qingqing finished speaking, the emperor picked up the teacup beside him and threw it at her, "How dare you!"
The Minister of Justice on the side looked at the broken cups and plates and said: Twenty-five taels of silver are gone.
Zhao Chunming was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, shaking.
The emperor glared at him.
Just a few days ago, this man was rewarded for saving the Crown Princess' life from the fire, but today he mutinied!
Murder the Crown Princess?
Inciting a mutiny in the military camp?
Why don’t you go to heaven!
The Xishan Camp was specially used to defend Kyoto. Whenever any violent incidents occurred in Kyoto, the Xishan Camp was a trump card in the emperor's hand. Now, this trump card was actually used in a military coup right under his nose!
A small military leader could actually order the soldiers to kill the Crown Princess to silence her.
Where does this put the royal majesty!
Can this Xishan camp still become the emperor’s private army?
Furious, the emperor turned to the Minister of Justice and said, "Investigate the Xishan camp thoroughly for me!"
The Minister of Justice hurriedly accepted the order, and then said anxiously: "Just now, the Crown Princess mentioned that the Crown Prince and His Majesty were intercepted on their way to leave with Zhao Chunming.
I am afraid that I will go to check the Xishan camp..."
If they dare to intercept the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, they will naturally dare to attack him, the Minister of Justice.
The emperor was so angry about the military mutiny that he almost forgot that someone else dared to attack the prince on the way. He immediately said to Rong Que: "You and the Minister of Justice go to investigate the matter of Xishan. No matter what you find, I will deal with it!"
Today, the Xishan camp silenced Su Qingqing, but in the emperor's heart , he silenced the emperor's majesty.
