Chapter 222: Empress Yue's corpse exposed at the South City Gate
Chapter 222: Empress Yue's corpse exposed at the South City Gate
"Prince!" The emperor suddenly stood up, staggered down the stairs, and carried Xia Tingyu over.
"Yuer!" His voice was sad.
Xia Tingyu was the next emperor whom he had carefully trained and the son he had the highest hopes for. He was heartbroken to see him die in such a way.
Chu Feiyan felt only irony when she saw the family of three, and felt unfair for Gong Beixuan.
"Pa!" The emperor suddenly slapped Empress Yue and said angrily:
"It's all because of you, a bitch. You did all kinds of evil things to fight for power and profit, but now it's retribution to Yu'er and Jing'er. Are you satisfied now?"
"If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth! What have I done wrong? They are stupid and they all deserve to die!" Yue yelled at him.
Both of her sons are dead, and she doesn’t want to live anymore!
"You still think you're right!" The emperor was furious and strangled Yue's neck.
Empress Yue's neck was originally long and thin, and he pinched it tightly with one hand, and soon her eyes rolled back.
"Father, please calm down!" The three princes came over to dissuade him.
"Crack! Crack!" With two crisp sounds of broken bones, Yue's head lost its support and drooped down softly.
"Hmph!" The emperor threw Yue away with a flick of his hand.
"Father, please get up!" The third and fourth princes helped him up.
Seeing that the emperor's hand was still bleeding, the fifth prince took a handkerchief and bandaged it.
The emperor looked at Gong Beixuan and called him by his original name, "Xia Tingyu, I am sorry for you and your son, but the dead cannot be resurrected.
Today I pass the throne to you as compensation for you and your son. I don't ask for anything from you. I just hope you can let your brothers go."
"I only have one name, Gong Beixuan. My name is recorded in the genealogy of the Gong family. I am a member of the Gong family and have nothing to do with your Xia family." Gong Beixuan said coldly.
Gong Qingping's eyes turned red when he heard his words.
They haven't loved the wrong person over the years.
The emperor was secretly worried. If he ascended the throne using the surname Gong, his Xia dynasty would be over!
"Xia Tingyu, do you have to do this? I did something wrong, but you are the blood of the Xia family after all."
Gong Beixuan ignored him and swept his eyes over everyone in the hall. He ordered, "Come here, drag Yue Shi and Yue Wenyuan to the South City Gate and leave their bodies exposed for half a month. I will then write a manifesto to announce their crimes to the world."
"Yes!" Sun Lu took the order and took a few people to drag away the bodies of Yue's father and daughter. The gorgeous and bright phoenix robe left a long bloodstain as it was dragged over the bodies.
The Third Prince's expression changed slightly. He walked to Gong Beixuan, lifted his robe and knelt down in front of him. "Brother, we were all deceived by the deposed Empress Yue, so we misunderstood you. I am sorry for you."
Since the emperor has already acknowledged Gong Beixuan's identity, he is the emperor's eldest son. No matter what identity he holds when he becomes emperor in the future, I hope he will let them go because they are blood brothers.
The other two princes also knelt down and apologized to him, "Brother, I'm sorry, we were all wrong!"
"I won't kill you. You guys take care of yourself." Gong Beixuan said to the three of them and announced again, "From today on, the Xia Dynasty will be destroyed!"
Upon hearing this, the emperor, his father and his two sons all changed their expressions.
"Xia Tingyu! Do you know what you are saying? I know you hate me, but the Xia dynasty was founded by our ancestor emperor. You can't just ruin it like this!" said the emperor.
Gong Beixuan walked down the steps, pulled out Xiao Hong's sword, and threw it at the emperor's feet. "Either you commit suicide or shut up."
"You..." The emperor was furious, but from his tone, it seemed that he would not kill him.
The three princes were also happy that they were all safe.
"Father, I will take you back."
At this time, a member of the Blood Demon Sect came in to report: "Master, someone found bodies in several wells in the palace. We fished out the bodies and found that they were all concubines in the harem. Some of them were holding children in their arms. They might have jumped into the wells to commit suicide.
And the wives and concubines of Xia Tingyu from the Eastern Palace also jumped into the well and committed suicide."
Hearing this, the emperor felt dizzy and his body swayed.
"Father..." The three princes hurriedly supported the emperor.
"This is all my karma!" The emperor was heartbroken and regretful. "Forget it!"
"Father, we want to go to the harem to see mother."
The seventeen-year-old Fourth Prince and the sixteen-year-old Fifth Prince were anxious, worried whether their mother was still alive.
The emperor looked at Gong Beixuan again and made a decision in his heart: "I feel guilty towards you and your son. I have decided to go to the Royal Temple to become a monk tomorrow, chant scriptures every day, pray for the soul of your mother, and live out the rest of my life."
Gong Beixuan's face darkened, "I don't need your fake kindness, don't dirty her way into reincarnation."
The emperor shook his head and was about to leave without saying anything else.
"Wait!" Chu Feiyan suddenly said.
The three princes felt nervous. Was this woman going to kill them?
"Remember to write an edict to withdraw the troops." Chu Feiyan said.
The soldiers of Dalin Kingdom still need the emperor to write an edict in order to stabilize the hundreds of thousands of troops at the border to prevent them from being instigated and used by Situ Feng.
"I'll go to the imperial study now." The emperor left with the help of two princes.
Gong Beixuan looked at Qi and Li and ordered, "Leave them with an intact body!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Qi and Li kowtowed to him deeply.
Several rebels came up and dragged the two women away.
Gong Beixuan walked up to the ministers and asked, "Who else among you is dissatisfied?"
"We dare not." The ministers all knelt down.
Anyone who dares to say no now will probably lose his head the next moment.
"Then get out!" Gong Beixuan said, then took Chu Feiyan's hand and left the hall.
So much time has passed, and he is very worried about his grandfather and son in the space.
The ministers' tense nerves suddenly relaxed.
They escaped and survived!
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The rebellion of the Gong and Xiao families shocked the entire Huajing City.
The change of dynasties means a massacre.
It was too sudden. Just as a busy day in Huajing began, a large number of rebel troops suddenly appeared and fought with the defenders.
Those who were selling things at stalls and those who were just strolling on the street were so scared that they all ran away. Some people didn't even bother to collect their things, as they were more concerned about saving their lives.
Those who had homes ran back home, and those who came from other places took refuge in teahouses or inns. The once bustling streets suddenly became deserted, leaving only a mess on the ground, and every household closed its doors to avoid being affected.
The Emperor executed all nine clans of the Yue family, but they were also a centuries-old family with complex relationships in Huajing involving many families. They could be heard everywhere that the rebel army outside were searching and arresting people in the city, with constant cries and screams.
Today, the emperor issued many imperial decrees, among which he restored Gong's position as empress, announced that Gong Beixuan was his biological son, and restored his position as crown prince.
He also issued an abdication decree, announcing the end of the Xia Dynasty and transferring all power to Gong Beixuan.
The Dalin Kingdom was destroyed!
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