After eavesdropping on my thoughts, my whole family changed their fate

Jin Yuanyuan was not curious at all. She knew without being told that it must be an imperial edict of succession.

All the ministers were under control, and the imperial city was surrounded by Zhao Lingzhou's men so tightly that not even a fly could fly out. He was no longer afraid of anything.

The emperor looked at his once most beloved son with disappointment and sadness in his eyes.

"Ling Zhou, turn back in time and don't make the same mistake over and over again. Think about your mother. If she were still alive, she would definitely not want you to be like this."

Zhao Lingzhou looked at the edict of succession with icy cold eyes. He turned around to look at the emperor who was sitting on the ground, powerless, and laughed wantonly, with contempt on his face.

"Turn back? How can I turn back?! If I turn back, there will only be a bottomless abyss behind me. I can't turn back! You still have the nerve to lecture me here. Everything I did was forced by you!"

"My mother died to save you, but you only have the queen in your heart, and the position of crown prince is given to her son! My mother only has you in her eyes and heart. She gave up everything for you, even her life! But you have never looked at her straight in the eye!"

"You don't know what Mother likes to eat, what colors she likes, what books she likes to read, and her birthday. You have never cared about her for a moment!"

What's the point of missing her after her death? When my mother was alive, if it weren't for her, she would have followed him before he became emperor and she wouldn't even have been a concubine.

Whenever he had something good, he would eagerly give it to the Queen and Zhao Junlin, and he never had himself and his mother in his heart.

The emperor looked at him with a hurt look on his face. "Haven't I treated you well enough? You have everything the prince has. What on earth are you not satisfied with?"

"That's because you feel guilty! You don't really like me at all! You feel guilty that your mother died for you, and you treat me well for the sake of your reputation. If I hadn't pretended to be docile and harmless, I would have been killed by other princes long ago."

"But it doesn't matter. When I reach that position, I will be the supreme ruler of the country, the master of the world. I can be myself, and I will also posthumously confer the title of Empress Xianren on my mother."

The emperor looked at him with disappointment, as if he had never known this son.

His usual humility and courtesy were all fake. He always hated and loathed him in his heart.

But he truly loved this son and felt truly guilty, but now he is filled with endless disappointment.

Jin Yuanyuan looked at this and then that, she was so busy eating the melon that she didn't know which one to look at.

Zhao Lingzhou squatted down like a madman and looked at the emperor with pity.

"It would be nice if you treated me like before. Then I would at least let you live for a while, and I could inherit the throne legitimately. But it doesn't matter. The result will be the same anyway."

"Please wait a little longer. Once I have read the imperial edict, I will come back to see you off."

He had both love and hate for the emperor, and his emotions were so complicated that he himself sometimes couldn't tell the difference.

Zhao Lingzhou wiped away his tears, removed the last trace of hesitation in his eyes, became cold and ruthless, and when he stepped out of the hall with the imperial edict in his hand, the emperor shouted with his last bit of strength.

"Ling Zhou! Don't take this last step. Father can pretend nothing happened!"

The only answer he got was the cold sound of a door closing.

The bedroom became so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. The emperor seemed to have aged a lot. Tears from the corners of his eyes fell on his dragon robe, like a dragon crying.

Jin Yuanyuan felt so pitiful for the emperor at this moment. No matter what, that was his son. If Zhao Lingzhou really went to announce the decree, he would never be able to turn back.

Zhao Lingzhou took the imperial edict and walked resolutely to the front hall where the ministers were.

He gave people the feeling that he had changed. He was no longer gentle with a faint smile, but his eyes were cold and ruthless, as if this was his true self.

He unfolded the imperial edict and read it out, "The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Crown Prince Zhao Junlin intends to rebel, and his crime is unforgivable. He will be imprisoned in the clan residence from today onwards and will be imprisoned for life. His family, the Jin family, is an accomplice in the rebellion, and their property will be confiscated and confiscated, and all members of the Jin family will be beheaded in public. The third prince, Zhao Lingzhou, is a man of noble character, who loves virtuous people and seeks to govern, and has made good internal affairs. Now, he is canonized as the crown prince and will succeed him today. I decree this!"

After the imperial edict was read out, it caused an uproar and the ministers were not convinced.

"Third Prince, what on earth is going on? His Majesty was fine just now, why did he suddenly issue such an imperial decree?!"

"Could this be a fake imperial edict written by the Third Prince himself?"

"Your Majesty, we want to see Your Majesty!"

"We won't say a word until His Majesty comes! Humph!"

Zhao Lingzhou did not say anything and unfolded the imperial edict for everyone to see.

"Look carefully, this is covered with the Imperial Seal, it cannot be fake. Crown Prince Zhao Junlin took advantage of your father's drunkenness to murder him, luckily I arrived in time to save him. Your father is now dying, so he asked me to write this edict to pass the throne to me."

If it were in the past, the ministers would definitely believe it.

But things are different now. The prince already has a child, so there is no need for him to rebel.

Speaking of the Third Prince, His Majesty did treat the Third Prince better than the Crown Prince in the past. But they could sense that the Emperor had been deliberately distancing himself from him in the past two years, and a rift had developed between the father and son. It was obvious that he was not treating him the same as before, so it was impossible for him to suddenly pass the throne to him.

He Hong, who had remained silent, looked at the prince, wanting to see if he really wanted to rebel.

Today's incident was very strange. Not only Zhao Lingzhou felt strange, but even Zhao Junlin felt strange as well.

When this group of soldiers came in, Zhao Junlin behaved steadily. Even when Zhao Lingzhou said he wanted to lock him up in the clan house, he did not make any move.

All of this was too weird. He couldn't see the situation clearly for a moment and didn't know who would win, so he decided to stay put for now.

The ministers also noticed that something was wrong, and some of the hot-tempered ministers who were on the prince's side immediately got angry.

"We are supposed to believe everything you say! We want to see His Majesty and hear it from him in person!"

"Yes! Meet your majesty!"

Zhao Lingzhou drew the big knife from his waist and put it on the neck of the minister who showed up first.

The knife smelled of blood, and the minister felt the cold and rapid killing power of the weapon, which could take his life in an instant. A layer of fine sweat broke out on the minister's back.

Zhao Lingzhou said softly, "The imperial decree has been issued and cannot be changed. You'd better listen to me. Otherwise, your women won't be able to leave this imperial city today."

Not only ministers but also their families came today.

If all the children in the family die here and there is no one to succeed them, what is the point for the ministers to survive?

They also realized at this time that the mastermind behind this incident was not the prince, but Zhao Lingzhou. However, they did not dare to act rashly as their family members were in his hands.

Seeing that they had all become obedient, Zhao Lingzhou sneered disdainfully.

"It would have been better if we had done this earlier. Why should we suffer so much? Tomorrow we will prepare for the national mourning, and the day after tomorrow we will prepare for my coronation ceremony. The country cannot be without a ruler for a day."

"Well said! A country really cannot be without a ruler for a day, so I am here now."

Zhao Lingzhou paused and turned back stiffly.

The emperor was holding Jin Yuanyuan and standing behind him, safe and sound.

Zhao Lingzhou's troops were also surrounded and suppressed by Jin Chi, and none of them escaped.

The imperial edict in Zhao Lingzhou's hand fell to the ground. His pupils dilated and he looked at the emperor in disbelief, his body shaking uncontrollably.

“How…how could this happen?!”

He had clearly put a colorless and odorless drug in his wine. He would have been paralyzed and unable to move. How could he be standing here?