inspire-indiana Chapter 459 Please enter the urn
Chapter 459 Please enter the urn
The final test.
The courtiers knelt for most of the day.
Got no response.
There's no turning back now that the arrow has been released; Prince Chen didn't want to wait any longer. Life and death were just a matter of this moment.
He led the civil and military officials toward the emperor's sleeping quarters.
Eunuch Yu was shocked and quickly led his men forward to stop them: "Your Highness, Prince Chen, what are you doing? Fude Hall is not a place you can just barge into. This is the Emperor's sleeping quarters, and you are not allowed to enter without an imperial edict."
Yan Xiang shoved him away: "Get out of here! You're a eunuch, a lowly servant. You have no right to speak in front of the prince."
Grandpa Yu was pushed and stumbled, but he wasn't angry.
He knelt down before them and earnestly advised, "Your Highness Prince Chen, Prime Minister, the Emperor is resting inside. If we disturb His Majesty, no one can bear the consequences."
"You're one of the Empress Dowager's men, aren't you? Take him away." Prince Chen glanced at him sideways: "What's the point of keeping someone with no sense of propriety around?"
Eunuch Yu was dragged away by the Imperial Guards, and his several attendants were also taken away.
Seeing this, the civil and military officials became even more apprehensive.
The Imperial Guards have all become Prince Chen's men.
King Jing and Cui Yan exchanged a glance and followed.
He subconsciously blocked Prince Chen's path.
"Oh! Fifth Brother, when did you become so close to Prime Minister Cui?" Prince Chen looked at the two of them thoughtfully, his tone rising and falling.
"Fourth brother, this is Father Emperor's palace. You've barged in like this with people. Aren't you afraid of Father Emperor's wrath? Go back. I'm doing this for your own good." Prince Jing reached out and blocked Prince Chen's path.
His gaze fell on the faces of the ministers behind him: "Go back immediately! What kind of place is this? How dare you act so presumptuously?"
Cui Yan chimed in, "Have you thought this through? If you really want to follow Prince Chen in forcing the palace and rebelling, once you step into this Fude Hall, there will be no turning back."
Upon hearing this, the assembled officials froze on the spot.
Of course they knew that some people were gambling, some were being forced, and some were doing it voluntarily, so they felt that the emperor was incompetent and tyrannical, and only Prince Chen was a wise ruler.
Of course, some timid and afraid-of-death individuals also withdrew.
Prince Chen sneered: "Prime Minister, you're joking. What rebellion and coup? I was just going to rescue the Emperor. How could Father Emperor have turned a blind eye to everything that happened during this time? Don't you think there's something fishy about this?"
He had actually been trying to win over Cui Yan.
But I felt that Cui Yan was unfathomable and made me very uneasy.
Moreover, if something really happened to his father, he could still handle state affairs as if nothing had happened and question him.
There is only one possibility.
Prime Minister Choi was also one of the insiders.
"Your Highness, perhaps Prime Minister Cui is also involved, which is why he is doing everything he can to obstruct us. Why not take him down?" Prime Minister Yan couldn't understand why Prince Chen wasn't taking action against Cui Yan.
It is obvious that Cui Yan has already sided with King Jing.
Prince Chen sneered and waved his hand: "Prime Minister Yan is right. Seize Prince Jing and Cui Yan and take them to see Father Emperor."
Cui Yan and King Jing were thus escorted into the Fude Hall.
It didn't take a while.
Outside the Fude Hall, a vast assembly of officials knelt in reverence.
Many civil and military officials, though accompanying Prince Chen, were filled with trepidation.
They had never even been to the Temple of Fortune.
The Emperor usually conducts state affairs in the Fude Hall. Those who can be received here are the Emperor's confidants and cabinet ministers, such as Cui Yan.
Of course, many others were forced into it and were compelled to come.
Because their families were all in the hands of Prince Chen.
That shameless Prince Chen, that fame-seeking scoundrel, only knows how to use such shameless means to force them to submit obediently.
"Father, I have something important to ask you to see."
"Father..."
"Your Majesty, this old minister has something to report..."