HCB Chapter 516 She is no longer angry
Chapter 516 She is no longer angry
Chu Chenyu, who had been in a daze, suddenly came to his senses when he saw this. He rolled his eyes and shouted at Xue Conggui, "Grandfather, how can you treat your grandson's father like this? Why do you want to harm him? Didn't you say that you just want him to give up his throne? You didn't say you wanted to harm him! If you said you wanted to harm him, your grandson would never allow you to do it."
"Hahaha, you really are my good grandson. You are forcing him to abdicate, yet you still expect him to let you go. You are really naive." Xue Conggui was so angry when he heard Chu Chenyu put the whole thing on him that he wanted to step forward and slap him twice.
"How could this happen? How could this happen? Grandfather, didn't you say you were just pretending to force my father? Why are you so cruel?" Chu Chenyu's eyes were red and he choked up. What he was thinking in his heart was that since his grandfather had no hope, he had to quickly draw a line with his grandfather and show his loyalty to his father, so that his father would definitely not kill him when he attacked his grandfather's family.
So he kowtowed to his father again. The two guards who were holding him loosened their grip on him after hearing what he said to Prime Minister Xue. Chu Chenyu broke free from the two guards and kowtowed to his emperor, "Father, I was wrong. I was wrong. I shouldn't have listened to my grandfather, shouldn't have listened to my mother, and shouldn't have gone to the palace with them to force you." He kowtowed until his forehead was bruised. He kept saying, "Father! Father! I was wrong. Please forgive me. I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again."
Ouyang Yunyao looked at Chu Chenyu and sneered in her heart, what a coward who dared to do things but not to take responsibility.
Xue Conggui had long known that his grandson was afraid of death and had no future, but he never thought that he would be such a person.
Xue Hongqin watched her son put all the blame on his father, and she knew very well that her father would definitely be beheaded. The emperor had already found fault with their family. This time her family would definitely be finished, and she would definitely be executed. Why not help her son and let him save his life?
So she made up her mind, looked at Chu Chenyu and said, "Yu'er! Mother is sorry for you! It's mother who harmed you." After saying this, she slammed her head to the ground.
She hit it hard, and everyone in the imperial study heard it clearly. In an instant, a big hole appeared on her head, and blood flowed like a pillar, which shocked everyone.
Chu Chenyu couldn't help but yelled "Mother..."
Xue Hongqin opened her eyes, took one look at her son, and then fell down. Although many of the soldiers in the field had fought in the battlefield before, they were still frightened when they saw this, and the kneeling ministers all trembled in their legs.
The soldier guarding her was so frightened that he stretched out his hand to feel Xue Hongqin's nose and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, she...she is not breathing."
"Call the imperial physician to see if he is dead or alive."
Xue Conggui looked at his dead daughter and realized her intention, which was to save her son. He looked at Chu Chenyu hatefully and lowered his head. He knew that his family was completely finished. If the emperor really didn't kill his grandson, his family would still have descendants.
Ouyang Yunyao and Chu Chenjing looked at each other and knew that since Xue Hongqin died so cruelly, the emperor must have let Chu Chenyu go, so Chu Chenyu would not die.
Soon, an imperial physician was called in. When he entered the imperial study and saw this scene, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty!"
The emperor said nothing, but waved his hand.
Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao pointed at Xue Hongqin and said, "Doctor Liu, check if Concubine Xue is still alive."
Doctor Liu's legs were shaking. He stood up and came to Xue Hongqin. Looking at Concubine Xue lying on the ground, he was shocked. Isn't this the former Concubine Shu? She was beaten in the cold palace and diagnosed as crazy by other doctors. What happened now?
But he didn't dare to speak out as he thought about it. He saw that the blood on her head had solidified, and he probably thought she was dead. He checked her pulse and found that she was dead. He looked up at the emperor and the prince, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, she...she...she is dead."
"I understand. You can go down now." said the prince.
"Yes." Doctor Liu did not dare to say more and retreated. When he retreated, he glanced at the people kneeling on the ground in the imperial study and saw Xue Xiang. He did not even glance at them at this time, and retreated quickly with his head down.
After a long while, the emperor finally said, "Drag her out." Two soldiers dragged Xue Hongqin's body out.
At this time, the emperor looked at Xue Jianhai who was being held captive with cold eyes. "Xue Jianhai, tell me, didn't you report that the Dirong tribe in the west was coming to attack? Didn't you also release poisonous insects and snakes? Why did you lead your troops back and attack the city?"
"The injured Xue Jianhai knew that he was going to die. He just looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say. If you want to kill me or chop me up, I have no complaints." After Xue Jianhai finished speaking, he lowered his head and said nothing more, without even looking at his father and his elder brother.
At first, he just wanted to help the second prince, Prince Yu, to seize the throne, but this time he did not approve of his father and his elder brother's behavior of forcing the emperor to abdicate. He knew very well that once they forced the emperor to abdicate, there would be no turning back. Once they failed, there would be no recovery and the whole family would be ruined. His father now enjoyed the treatment of being second only to the emperor.
The emperor is not old yet and is in good health. If he wants to make Prince Yu the emperor, he can plan slowly and there is no need to take such risks now. But his father told him with certainty that they will succeed this time and the opportunity should not be missed.
He also said that he had already dug two secret passages. He had no choice but to listen to his father and rushed back to Kyoto to help his father. Haha, he didn't know that this time the emperor would wipe out his family, and he had nothing to say now.
He was very glad that before this happened he had asked his youngest son to change his name and surname, gave him a lot of silver, and brought many confidants with him to hide.
"Father, Xue Jianhai has brought 40,000 soldiers to Kyoto. They are all outside the city attacking the city. They are coordinating with the 20,000 private soldiers of Prime Minister Xue inside the city."
"What, Xiao'er, what did you say? Xue Conggui trained private soldiers? How many private soldiers does he have?"
"Father, he has more than 20,000 private soldiers."
More than 20,000. This is really well hidden. "How did the private soldiers in the city get into the city?"
"Father and his men dug a secret passage outside the city that leads directly to Kyoto."
"Great job, Xue Conggui, you are so brave." The emperor's eyes were red as he looked at Xue Conggui angrily.
"Your Majesty, do you realize now how courageous this old minister is? At that time, you just wanted to use this old minister to harm your father and the Queen Mother's lineage."
"But didn't I give you overwhelming wealth?"
"Hehe, Your Majesty, your old ministers are helping you protect this kingdom, but you still didn't let Yu'er become the crown prince."
"You are too careless."
"Someone, hold them in the Dali Temple and execute them after the case is fully investigated."