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

The emperor walked up to him and kicked him in the chest. Zhao Lingzhou fell to the ground and suddenly spit out blood.

It was obvious that he used all his strength in this kick. He was completely disappointed with his son.

Jin Yuanyuan ran to Cheng Che and watched the big show unfold here.

Seeing the emperor, the ministers were pleasantly surprised. He Hong looked worried, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

The emperor nodded to indicate that everything was fine. He picked up the imperial edict on the ground, looked at the words on it, then looked at the jade seal at the end, and threw it at Zhao Lingzhou.

"Come here, capture these daring traitors for me!"

The officers and soldiers who came in included not only members of the Jin family, but also the prince's men. They entered the hall and captured Zhao Lingzhou.

Zhao Lingzhou looked at the emperor kicking him with such great force, then looked at the officers and soldiers, and then he reacted.

"You...you knew from the beginning that I was going to rebel. This was all a trap you set!"

"Zhao Junlin, you know it too, right?"

Zhao Junlin walked out from behind, approached the emperor, and looked at his younger brother coldly.

"So what? You chose this path yourself, so you must bear the corresponding price."

The emperor sent many people to keep an eye on Zhao Lingzhou. They knew his every move in the past few days, even his quarrel with Gu Xingruo. Naturally, they also knew that he was raising private soldiers, buying weapons, and wanted to start a rebellion.

He knew about his plan early in the morning and took the antidote pill before coming to the hall, so he did not fall into his poison trap.

Zhao Lingzhou knew that he was in trouble this time. He panicked and hugged the emperor's legs and begged.

"Father, Father! I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. I was blinded by the interests. It was not my intention. No."

When Zhao Lingzhou was a child, he was often taken care of by the emperor, who loved his son.

He couldn't bear to behead him, but not giving him a heavy sentence would be unfair to the prince and would also make the country unstable. He looked at him seriously.

"You have committed a grave sin. I will not forgive you. Third Prince, in five days... in five days..."

The word beheading could never be uttered.

This is his biological son and his favorite son ever.

But he had to make a choice. Besides being Zhao Lingzhou's father, he was also the emperor of Tianyuan Kingdom. He had to be worthy of the people of the world and his own conscience. What Zhao Lingzhou did was unforgivable.

Zhao Junlin could see the struggle in his father's heart. From beginning to end, he never expressed his opinion on the matter of Zhao Lingzhou and spoke very little from beginning to end.

He knew the struggle and entanglement in his father's heart, the sadness and pain in his heart. His father had already decided to sentence him to death, and he knew he would not be able to do so.

After struggling for a long time, Zhao Junlin finally compromised. Before the emperor said the word beheading, he suddenly spoke.

"Father, what Zhao Lingzhou did is truly unworthy of being your son, let alone the prince of Tianyuan. I beg you to demote him to a commoner and confine him to the clan house for life to serve as a warning to others."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him. They didn't expect that the crown prince, who had suffered the most persecution, would plead for the third prince.

The two of them had always been at odds with each other, and this time, the one whose interests were harmed in the rebellion was the prince. No one expected that he would be the one to plead for mercy in the end.

The emperor stared at the prince in a daze. When the father and son's eyes met, Zhao Junlin saw determination and relief in his eyes.

If it were in the past, Zhao Junlin would definitely not be so magnanimous.

But he is now the father of three children and understands his father's feelings. Even though Zhao Lingzhou has done so many wrong things, he is still his father's son. No father would want to kill his own child.

While Zhao Lingzhou envied him for being loved by his father and the queen, Zhao Junlin was also jealous of Zhao Lingzhou and jealous of his father's kindness to him.

But now Zhao Junlin has empathy and knows how difficult it is for the emperor. He has also forgiven Zhao Lingzhou. His life was miserable, and perhaps lifelong imprisonment was also a punishment.

The emperor didn't know what to say, his eyes were full of gratitude and guilt.

"Just do as the prince says."

If the emperor had let the matter go, the ministers would probably have made a few objections, but the prince was begging for mercy. He and Zhao Lingzhou were notoriously at odds with each other, and since he had said so, the ministers could not say much.

After all, being demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the clan house for life, and then watching his mortal enemy the prince ascend the throne to become emperor would be more difficult to accept than just letting him die.

When the guards took Zhao Lingzhou away, there was no gratitude in his eyes, but instead his hatred for the prince increased.

He felt that not killing him but locking him up for life was more humiliating than killing him.

He whispered as he passed by the prince.

"I don't need your pity! The only way between us is to fight to the death!"

There was no emotion in the prince's eyes. Zhao Junlin had no chance of turning the tables. His property was confiscated and everyone in the palace was thrown into jail.

Zuo Nai and Gu Xingruo were staying at home peacefully, but were suddenly captured by government soldiers and imprisoned in the clan house, never allowed to come out for the rest of their lives.

Zuo Nai had never expected that what he was going to do was treason. Being locked up, she was not angry, but found things interesting.

Gu Xingruo blamed him and cried, "How could this happen? The way things were going, I should be the queen, and Zhao Lingzhou is the emperor. He was obviously not imprisoned in the clan residence!"

Things were getting more and more out of her control and she cried until her voice became hoarse.

Zhao Lingzhou said a few words of comfort, then clenched his fists, staring at the direction of the East Palace like a devil.

"Zhao Junlin, do you think this is the end? Don't think that you can rest easy just by locking me up!"

The matter was settled, the plan to exterminate the entire Jin family was averted, and Jin Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great. Now that Zhao Lingzhou's issue has been resolved, it will be the wedding of my second brother and Sister Beiyan. You guys can come along then."

She looked at the two people sitting opposite her. He Linyuan and Chen Jiuchuan nodded at the same time. They would definitely participate.

On the day of Gu Ci and Jiang Beiyan's wedding, many generals who had a good relationship with Gu Ci came.

They never expected that he would get married. He had clearly declared in the military camp that he would never marry and would travel all over the mountains and rivers, but they never thought that he would get married so soon.

Gu Ci coughed twice in embarrassment. "I said those words when I was young and frivolous. How come you still remember them?"

Fortunately, Beiyan is not here. What would happen if she heard it and misunderstood it?

His brain was working quickly, wondering if he had said anything excessive before.