Ye Zhaonan and Tang Yi refused to give in to each other——

Ye Zhaonan said that Tang Yi had mobilized troops privately without an imperial decree with the intention of rebellion. However, Tang Yi said that Ye Zhaonan had falsely conveyed the imperial decree, plotted to murder the emperor, and forced the emperor to abdicate in rebellion.

Neither of them wanted to give in, because to give in would mean admitting their guilt, and would also mean that they would no longer have a chance of becoming emperor.

So, they made the same decision:

beat.

Only those who win the fight are qualified to judge who is orthodox and who is innocent.

Tang Yi bet that Ye Zhaonan would not dare to harm these officials and their families easily, and Ye Zhaonan bet that Tang Yi would not dare to ignore the lives of these officials and their families. The two of them stubbornly made this bet.

The result was that a fight broke out and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Many of the court officials and their families who were tied up and unable to move were hacked to death or injured. Some died at the hands of Tang Yi's army, and some died at the hands of the prince's army.

The ground of Yongkang Palace was stained red with blood, and there were broken arms and limbs scattered all over the ground, with corpses lying all over the place.

No one knows how many people died in the palace that night.

After the fight lasted for half an hour, the two sides were still deadlocked, and neither side was willing to give in. In order to save their own lives and those of their families, the bound courtiers began to persuade each other.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the legitimate son of the Empress Yuan and the legitimate wife of the Empress Dowager. We should trust him! If His Majesty has any problem, it should be the Crown Prince who ascends the throne!"

"General Tang has a strong army. Only 20,000 men have entered the palace, and there are 80,000 border troops surrounding the capital and the palace. If he wants to seize power, what does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean to him?"

"Nonsense! Are you going to watch the royal power fall into someone else's hands?"

"Isn't there still the Ninth Prince? He is the adopted son of Consort Xian and half-nephew of General Tang. If you and I support the Ninth Prince to succeed to the throne, wouldn't that not only ensure the purity of the royal bloodline, but also satisfy General Tang's wish?"

……

Just as the two sides were arguing, a familiar voice suddenly spoke:

"Stop it, everyone!"

The voice was very loud and powerful. In this noisy hall, it was very penetrating and immediately fell into the ears of those who were fighting and arguing with each other.

Be it the border troops, the Five Cities Military Department, or the patrol camp, they all slowed down their movements at the same time.

The courtiers who were arguing among themselves about who was the orthodox one also looked towards the source of the sound.

However, the Emperor of Ye State, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, stood majestically at the door of the inner hall. Beside him were his trusted eunuch Eunuch Li, as well as the commanders of the imperial guards and the royal guards.

Ye Zhaonan was shocked when he saw this scene:

"How could this be?"

Shi Lidie had clearly given the emperor poison, saying that once poisoned, his limbs would immediately become paralyzed and he would eventually fall into a coma. So how could the emperor still be standing here in good health?

Could it be that there was something wrong with the poison? Or was Shi Lidie lying to him?

In fact, the emperor himself didn't know why he was worried about this problem. He knew the prince's character. If he really took action, he would not make such a small mistake and would not let him get better.

But this poison...

How should I put it? At first, his limbs were indeed paralyzed and he could not move. Later, he did fall into a coma, but as time passed, his poisoning did not become more serious. Instead, he became more and more sober.

While the group of traitors outside were fighting each other, the poison in the emperor's body actually wore off on its own.

Apart from the small cut on his wrist caused by the hairpin, he did not feel any discomfort at all and there was no sign of him being poisoned.

However, the emperor did not explain all this, but just said:

"Crown Prince Ye Zhaonan, intends to kill the emperor and his father, and to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel. His crimes are extremely heinous. If you, the people from the Patrol Battalion and the Five Cities Military Department, surrender now, I can let you go because you were deceived. Otherwise, all of you will be executed!"

"As for Tang Yi, you secretly mobilized the border troops back to the capital without my permission, and took advantage of the prince's rebellion to besiege the palace. I know exactly what you are planning!"

"Someone, take Ye Zhaonan and Tang Yi down for me!"

The emperor is fine now.

In other words, the accusations that Ye Zhaonan and Tang Yi had made against each other before were basically untrue.

Everyone understood that Ye Zhaonan wanted to seize the throne and Tang Yi wanted to take advantage of the situation, but they did not expect that Ye Zhaonan did not deal with the emperor well at all, so that their actions were no different from forcing the emperor to abdicate and treason.

The imperial power is supreme.

When the emperor himself pointed out the crimes of the crown prince and Tang Yi, if he still followed them and insisted on doing what they wanted, he would really be pushing his entire clan to the edge of the cliff.

Therefore, whether it was the border troops, the Five Cities Military Department, or the patrol camp, they all laid down their weapons at the first opportunity.

Whether it was active or passive, since the emperor had spoken, they were all deceived, or else they would be guilty of a heinous crime.

The Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards rushed forward and immediately detained Ye Zhaonan and Tang Yi. The emperor personally announced in front of the surviving civil and military officials:

"The Crown Prince has no respect for his father and the emperor. His crimes are obvious. From today on, his position as Crown Prince will be abolished, he will be demoted to a commoner, and he will be ordained as a monk in Kushan Temple, where he will be accompanied by a green lamp and an ancient Buddha for the rest of his life."

"Tang Yi secretly transferred back to the border troops with the intention of treason, and was executed. The entire Tang family was executed, and the virtuous concubine was demoted to a useless person and lived in seclusion in the cold palace. The ninth prince chose another foster mother."

"The rest of the people involved in this incident, including the commanders of the Patrol Battalion and the Five Cities Military Command, will be executed. The deputy commander will take over the position. Deputy General Tang Yi will be executed and his entire family will be exiled."

"As for the soldiers below, considering that they were all driven by the superiors and woke up in time, the death penalty can be spared, but they cannot escape the punishment of life. Half of their property will be confiscated and their salary will be fined for three years to see the effect."

The coup ended when the emperor woke up and took charge of the situation.

Those who should be killed were killed, those who should be punished were punished, the dead were carried away, and the ground was slowly cleaned up.

Due to the strong smell of blood in Yongkang Palace, the Emperor of Ye State moved to another palace to live in temporarily. He had to wait until his subordinates renovated Yongkang Palace before he could move back in.

After the emperor settled down, he opened his mouth and gave the order:

"Bring Princess Yun'an to me. The interrogation is not over yet."

Before this, Princess Yun'an pulled out the hairpin on her head, stabbed his wrist, and then poisoned him. When he was ordering people to whip and torture her, the prince brought his men in to kill him.

Not only did he faint from anger, but he also interrupted his torture of Princess Yun'an.

Now that everyone else has been dealt with, it is time to deal with Princess Yun'an. A princess from a foreign country actually dared to murder the king of Ye State. This time, maybe she can use this incident to make a big profit from the Dayin Dynasty.

Soon, the so-called Princess Yun'an was taken to the side hall of the new palace and interrogated by the emperor himself.

"Princess Yun'an, Ye Zhaonan has been convicted and imprisoned, Tang Yi has also been imprisoned, and I am intact. Are you disappointed?" The emperor looked at the woman in front of him and said, "Tell me, why did you conspire with the prince to kill me?"

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