Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 71 Madness
King Kang led his soldiers into the harem. The sound of weapons and armor clashing on the palace road attracted the eunuchs who were on night duty in the palace.

When the lantern was raised, they saw that King Kang and his entourage were all wearing armor and holding weapons, some of which were faintly stained with blood. The eunuch screamed, dropped the lantern, turned over and ran away.

"King Kang killed someone!"

Before he had taken a few steps, he was caught up and chopped down in the flowers on the roadside.

A scream seemed to have broken the tranquility and peace in the harem. Chaos broke out all around. Palace maids and eunuchs everywhere shouted and tried to escape, just to protect themselves.

King Kang didn't care about the news reaching the palace. Everything was under his control and he was confident at this moment.

After passing through the gate, King Kang ordered his guards: "Stay here, a few of you will follow me in."

"As ordered!"

……

The crying and noise outside woke up Emperor Yuan Qing who was lying on the dragon couch.

Emperor Yuan Qing frowned and said angrily, "What time is it? What's the commotion outside?"

A eunuch entered and answered tremblingly, "Your Majesty, it is already three quarters past midnight."

Emperor Yuan Qing was already low in energy and spirit, and being disturbed from his sweet dream made him even more furious. "What are you still shouting outside at midnight? Go get him and give him eighty lashes!"

At the right time, the palace gate was suddenly opened and the sound of footsteps was heard.

Emperor Yuan Qing looked in surprise and saw Prince Kang leading several people, holding swords and knives, approaching the bed.

"Father, it is not their fault that they screamed. Who wouldn't be afraid of losing their heads? The sin of letting them scream in the night is on me."

Prince Kang took a few steps closer and stood in front of Emperor Yuan Qing, folding his arms and smiling brightly.

"Why did you come to the palace?"

King Kang replied: "If I come to the palace, the crime will be yours. If you hadn't forced me, why would I come to the palace?"

Emperor Yuan Qing frowned, forced himself to sit up, and angrily said, "You don't want to compete with your second brother, I have agreed, what else do you want to do?"

King Kang sneered, "Don't fight, is it too late to not fight? In the current situation, if my second brother takes the throne, can I still survive? Do you really think that my second brother will allow me to be a free and easy prince in Shu? Even if I sit in that position, I can't let my wise and brave second brother live."

Emperor Yuan Qing was so angry at Prince Kang that his body was shaking. He took a few deep breaths before saying, "If you take your men out today, Daddy can still spare your life. Daddy advises you not to be ignorant of the way out and stop fighting in vain!"

King Kang looked around, laughed a few times, and then his face turned cold and he said viciously: "Hahaha, when I didn't want to fight, you had to bring me out to fight in order to consolidate your imperial power. Now I want to fight, but you don't allow me to fight and tell me to get out. Who do you think I am? A dog that comes when you wave it and goes away when you chase it away?"

"You keep saying things like brothers are friendly and respectful to each other, and fathers are kind and sons are filial, but have you ever thought about how I feel? Isn't it all your fault that I was forced into a desperate situation and had to use my weapons?"

With a clang, Prince Kang drew his sword from its sheath, pointed at Emperor Yuan Qing angrily and said, "Isn't everything happening right now exactly what you wanted to see?!"

Emperor Yuan Qing's spirit could no longer support him. He fell on the couch and said weakly, "When did I ever think of you brothers turning against each other? When did I force you into this situation?"

Prince Kang showed no sympathy for Emperor Yuan Qing's sick body. He stepped forward and said, "Don't you know the consequences of failing to seize the throne? Do you still think I'm a three-year-old naughty boy?"

Emperor Yuan Qing's eyes were almost closed, and he could only listen to Prince Kang's words without being able to respond.

King Kang laughed even more wildly, took out a brocade bag from his arms, turned it over, and threw all the contents on the ground.

Golden pills of all sizes rolled to the ground. Emperor Yuan Qing smelled the scent and suddenly opened his eyes. He used his hands and feet to roll off the bed, wanting to grab a handful of golden pills and put them into his mouth. It seemed that the last bit of function in his skinny body burst out.

Just as his fingers were about to touch it, King Kang raised his foot and crushed the golden elixir into pieces. "Isn't this what you want? Do you really think there is an elixir that can make you immortal and immune to all diseases? Now, without this medicine, you are a living dead. Is the throne still useful to you?"

"From the very beginning, your illness was caused by me. Do you really think you can calculate everything and that everything is under your control?"

Emperor Yuan Qing's body was twitching, and he could no longer stand up. He only moved his lips and whispered, "Beast..."

Prince Kang curled his lips, having lost interest in provoking Emperor Yuan Qing, and asked, "Where is Dai Quan? Let him draft the imperial edict."

Sun Qi replied: "I just looked for him, but I didn't see any trace of him."

King Kang frowned, his face showing displeasure, "Find a eunuch in the palace who has drafted imperial edicts."

Not long after, a poor eunuch was brought in. His face was covered with tears and there were many fist and foot marks on his body, as if he had been severely beaten.

When he saw Prince Kang holding a sword, and then Emperor Yuan Qing lying on the ground, he no longer had the courage to stand, and he quickly fell to the ground and said, "I can draft an order, I can draft an order, Your Highness, please don't kill me."

King Kang lifted the eunuch up by the scruff of his neck and said coldly, "You are useful if you can draft an imperial edict. How can I discard such a useful thing? Bring him pen and ink, and let him write."

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I, your servant, write... write what?"

"I told you to write, 'The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims: 'The eldest prince, Prince Kang...'"

He was only halfway through his words when he was interrupted by someone from outside.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! Someone is attacking Xuanwu Gate. It must be the personal guards of the Prince of Qin's Palace!"

King Kang was stunned when he heard this, then he said angrily: "How did they guard the Qin Palace? They came to the palace. What are they doing?"

Then he called his attendants and said, "Go, all of you go to support, and send a letter to Jia Daihua, asking him to come quickly, and surround them from the front and back. The Qin Palace will not be able to revolt!"

At that time, Emperor Yuan Qing, who was lying on the ground, seemed to have taken a golden pill and regained some spirit. He looked at King Kang with mockery in his eyes.

"I thought you did it perfectly. After you broke into the palace, you had already taken control of the Qin Palace. It seems that you are still half-baked. I'm afraid you can't sit on the throne."

"Old dog, you have no right to speak here!"

King Kang was furious, almost mad.

……

East City, Qin Palace,

Teams of armored soldiers were lined up in front of the palace gate, each holding a torch to illuminate the way.

In front of the queue, an old general was standing on his horse, looking at the main gate of the Prince Qin's Palace with doubt in his eyes.

"Master Ning, they have been guarding the Prince Qin's mansion, and no one has left. Now, they should still be in the mansion, trying to hold on!"

Jia Daihua, who has fought on the battlefield for many years, has completely different ideas from Wang Changshi.

"Chapter Wang, you don't have to flatter me by calling me Duke. I don't have the military merits that my brother has. I am only a first-class general now. Also, don't think about the King of Qin with your brain. The King of Qin is familiar with the battle formations. Why would he wait to die in the mansion?"

Wang Changshi's cheeks turned red after hearing Jia Daihua's words and he stopped talking.

"Someone, break open the door and search first!"

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