coobybook Chapter 254 Yao'er, whose child are you carrying?
Chapter 254 Yao'er, whose child are you carrying?
Upon hearing Zhu Huaning's news, Yu Chi Rui stared at them in disbelief, "Such a huge wildfire... how... how did you manage to do that?"
Ye Shishu and Yuchi Ling exchanged a glance, then raised their chins at them mockingly before turning and leaving the prison.
Those who commit regicide, patricide, usurpation, and coup d'état—none of them will live.
She came to the prison on purpose, wanting to make Yu Chi Rui suffer before he died. These people had been causing them so much trouble. She had been holding back her anger for so long, and she couldn't let it go without getting revenge!
……
Yu Chi Rui's dream of seizing power was shattered before it even made a ripple.
The next day.
At the morning court session, when the spirited Yuchi Sheng appeared in the Golden Palace with Crown Prince Yuchi Ling, all the civil and military officials stared in astonishment.
After all, one of them had contracted a syncope, and the other had innocently disappeared. Just as they were all preparing to accept Yuchi Rui as the new emperor, the one who had fallen ill suddenly recovered, and the one who had disappeared returned.
For many, this was an eerie horror, more terrifying than seeing a ghost in broad daylight.
When Qi Sui read out the imperial edict, revealing Yuchi Rui's crimes to the public, all the civil and military officials knelt down in unison, many with their heads almost touching their stomachs.
However, Yuchi Sheng only executed Yuchi Rui and three other officials in public.
He neither named nor commented on those who had regained their support for Yuchi Rui, as if he knew nothing, even calmer than when he deposed the crown prince last time.
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Chen Mansion.
In recent days, Chen Zhengkang, an imperial censor, has been so busy that he is almost never home. Madam Shen, who was looking forward to his return to the mansion, hurriedly chased after him to the study to see him.
"Master, the Prince of Liang and his cronies have all been dealt with by the Emperor and will be executed in the autumn. What are you still busy with? Now that Xin'er is living in our house, you don't even ask about her marriage to Zhan'er. I'm waiting for Xin'er to officially join the family as soon as possible so I can hold my grandson!"
Faced with Shen's complaints, Chen Zhengkang patiently explained, "The Emperor has dealt with Prince Liang and his cronies, but the court is not stable. You may not know, but the Emperor is determined to thoroughly purge the court this time. None of the officials who had close ties with Prince Liang will escape. The Emperor gave me a list and instructed me to obtain evidence of their crimes so that I can eliminate them one by one after the imperial examinations."
He sighed with difficulty, "Madam, I'll have to trouble you with Zhan'er's marriage."
Madam Chen frowned and said, "No wonder I've received so many invitations from ladies lately. It seems they want to get information from me."
Chen Zhengkang said seriously, "Don't pay any attention to them. You can use Zhan'er's marriage as an excuse to stay away from them. If they have the ability, let them try to curry favor with the Crown Princess and see if she will give them any face."
“That’s true!” Madam Chen covered her mouth and smiled, then suddenly remembered something and said seriously, “I heard that the Crown Princess is pregnant. I’ll find some time to go and pay my respects to her. You said before that the Crown Prince doesn’t like the Crown Princess being disturbed, so I refrained from going. But for Zhan’er’s marriage, we must go and thank the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.”
Chen Zhengkang smiled and nodded, "It is up to you, Madam."
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Posthouse.
Yu Chi Rui's attempt to force the emperor to abdicate failed, and the person most furious was Mo Qianxiao.
"This good-for-nothing can't even handle this simple task, yet he wants to be an emperor? Bah!"
"Fourth Prince, our men haven't arrived in the capital yet. What should we do now?" his subordinate asked anxiously.
"What's the rush? It's Yuchi Rui's failed attempt to usurp the throne, what does it have to do with me? Do they want to kill the envoy and provoke a war between the two countries?" Mo Qianxiao sneered disdainfully.
Although his men didn't go to the capital, it seems that it was actually a good thing that they didn't go.
Before his subordinate could say anything, a voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Fourth Prince, aren't you the one who wanted to start a war?"
The master and servant both looked towards the door at the same time.
Then the Ye brothers arrived with a large group of soldiers in armor, who immediately surrounded the outside.
He rose angrily from his seat, pointed at the two brothers, and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
Ye Shijun, carrying a sword on his shoulder, approached him with a wicked smile, looking like a street thug. "Fourth Prince, we have no other intentions. We're just here to settle some scores with you."
Mo Qianxiao narrowed his eyes, staring at him with a sinister gaze, as if he didn't understand his words, "Settle accounts? Settle what accounts?"
"Zhu Zhishun and his daughter Zhu Huaning have both confessed. It was you who gave the idea to Prince Liang to kidnap the Crown Princess, then find an opportunity to bring her back to Beilin Kingdom, and then use her to threaten the Crown Prince and the Ye family army." After Ye Shijun finished speaking, his evil smile disappeared, and his eyes became sharp as swords. "What, you dare to do it but not admit it?"
"They are traitors from your Great Ye Kingdom. Now that their rebellion has failed, they want to frame me, the prince, for their crimes? Humph!" Mo Qianxiao sneered.
Ye Shijun sneered, shaking his leg, "I thought you had a lot of pride, but I didn't expect you to be such a coward who dares to do things but not admit them. I really overestimated you. But it doesn't matter if you don't admit it or not, anyway, your people are already in our hands, including that batch of weapons transported from Beilin Kingdom, which is enough to make sure you can't go home!"
Upon hearing this, Mo Qianxiao's face turned ashen. "It was you..."
No wonder there hasn't been any news for so long!
"Mo Qianxiao, you bastard, die!" Ye Shijun swung the sword on his shoulder at him!
Mo Qianxiao never expected him to attack so suddenly. Terrified, he tried to dodge, but he was too slow and watched helplessly as his arm detached from his body.
"Ah—" The intense pain made him scream in agony.
His subordinates gasped and grabbed him, watching as blood gushed from his arm. Enraged, they roared, "How dare you! Our Fourth Prince is an envoy! How dare you kill an envoy!"
Ye Shijun's face was grim, his body radiating a chilling murderous aura. He said coldly, "Do you think my Great Ye Kingdom can't fight a war? A mere envoy thinks he can overthrow the Great Ye Kingdom's court? You really think you're something special! If you dare touch my little sister, I'll make sure you all die without a burial place!"
Seeing that he was about to make another move, Ye Shiting said in a low voice, "Second brother!"
Ye Shijun paused in his sword-wielding hand and turned to look at him.
Ye Shiting glared at him. "If you cripple his hands and feet, wouldn't he be more useful as a hostage? You're giving him a quick death because you can't bear to see him suffer?"
Mo Qianxiao's face, already pale from blood loss, was even paler than that of a dead person. It was unclear whether he was angered by one of the two brothers, but he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Ye Shijun immediately dodged, and even patted his own body in disgust, as if afraid of getting his blood on him.
Ye Shiting ordered his soldiers, "Take them down and take them to the camp for strict guard!"
After speaking, he didn't even give Mo Qianxiao and his servant another glance, and turned to leave coldly.
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East Palace.
Ye Shishu sat with Gu Simo, Li Yao, and Ninth Aunt under the big tree in the garden, talking about their experiences over the past few days.
As they talked, the topic unknowingly turned to Ye Shishu and Gu Simo's pregnant bellies.
"Second sister-in-law, can you tell if I'm having a boy or a girl?" Ye Shishu suddenly asked Gu Simo.
“Uh…” Gu Simo was taken aback at first, then covered her mouth and laughed, “You’re carrying the imperial heir, which has a different meaning for men and women, so I can’t just say that casually.”
Ye Shishu, "..."
She always felt that they knew, but for some reason they just didn't intend to tell her.
Watching them stroke their bellies, Li Yao touched her own and muttered, "I also want a child. I wonder if I'm pregnant?"
Her voice was very soft, but Ye Shishu, Gu Simo, and Ninth Aunt all had good hearing and heard it clearly.
So they all stared wide-eyed at her belly.
Gu Simo blurted out, "Yao'er, whose child are you carrying?"