The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

"Is the Fifth Prince detained now or something?"

Tong Huaqiong was curious about the fate of the fifth prince.

Nie Xiaofeng said: "The fifth prince committed suicide after his defeat..."

According to Nie Xiaofeng's description, the fifth prince attacked the palace as if there was no one around, and he thought he had it safe.

I didn’t expect that the emperor’s serious illness was fake.

He was forced into a desperate situation and was captured by Su Chengmin and brought before the emperor.

The fifth prince knew he was defeated, but he was so courageous that he refused to kneel. Instead, he stood up and scolded the emperor.

He denounced the emperor's hypocrisy, denounced the emperor's fear of the crown prince and killing him, denounced the emperor's praise of Prince Ning in order to kill him, denounced the emperor's baiting him to clear the way for the grandson, denounced the emperor's welcoming of the grandson not out of genuine guilt towards the crown prince but to make Prince Ning and him fearful...

The Fifth Prince cursed with such passion that the historian who recorded it all trembled with fear.

When the emperor ordered his men to take the fifth prince away, the fifth prince pulled out the knife from a guard beside him and committed suicide.

Gu Taohua asked, "How is Su Chengmin?"

As a member of the Imperial Guard, Su Chengmin also fought a fierce battle to guard the palace yesterday.

Nie Xiaofeng said: "I saw Master before leaving the palace. Master is fine. He is leading people to clean up the battlefield."

There was confusion in Nie Xiaofeng's voice.

The man who participated in the rebellion last night was once his comrade who fought side by side against Mobei on the battlefield. He never thought that one day they would meet again and draw swords against each other.

"Master Su, you are frightened." Nie Xiaofeng turned to comfort Master Su.

As people who had experienced the rebellion last night, only Su Fuzi and Nie Xiaofeng could empathize with each other.

Master Su said, "I'm fine."

Master Su suffered no other injuries except for his hand.

Tong Huaqiong looked at Master Su and asked, "Master Su, is the Crown Prince okay?"

Master Su shook his head and said, "It's okay."

The fifth prince criticized the emperor for clearing obstacles for the crown prince, which was not true.

The emperor knew very well that he had lured the fifth prince into the palace to rebel, but he did not reveal any information to the crown prince. Everyone thought that the emperor was really seriously ill.

Prince Ning's royal family and court ministers were all in the emperor's bedroom.

The only one missing is the crown prince.

The emperor ordered the crown prince to stay in his palace and not come out.

After the Fifth Prince's soldiers rushed in, one of their troops went straight for the Crown Prince.

The rebels came with such force that they almost destroyed the crown prince's palace.

At that time, there were only a few guards and eunuchs in the crown prince's palace, and Master Su accompanied the crown prince to hide in the inner hall.

Master Su didn't believe that the emperor didn't know that once the rebels rushed in, all the guards would go to protect the emperor, and the crown prince would become an isolated island.

If the Crown Prince had not responded appropriately, he might have died on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The situation was extremely dangerous at that time. When the rebel soldiers rushed in, they attacked anyone they saw, and many palace maids and eunuchs were hacked to death.

Master Su fought the rebels with a knife. If Su Chengmin had not arrived, Master Su might have died.

The emperor achieved three goals with one stroke: first, he transferred the fifth prince away; second, he intimidated Prince Ning; and third, he tested the crown prince.

As for why he was testing the crown prince, it was very simple. The emperor did not believe that the crown prince had no grudge against him for killing the prince. He also wanted to expose all the people in the court who supported the crown prince.

Ever since the Crown Prince was welcomed back, there have been many rumors in the court that the Emperor wants to bypass the Prince and make the Crown Prince the heir.

As the deceased crown prince, the prince is the white moonlight of many court officials.

The emperor missed the prince, but he would never allow the court officials to nominate Bai Yueguang's son to the throne just because they missed Bai Yueguang.

Only the emperor himself can decide to whom to pass the throne, not the court officials, and no prince or grandson is allowed to snatch it.

Fortunately, the emperor is cunning and the court officials are not stupid either.

Until the last moment, those court officials who were thinking of Prince Bai Yueguang would not be so foolish as to push the crown prince to the throne upon hearing that the emperor was seriously ill.

The crown prince withstood the test.

After all, the first thing the Crown Prince said when he broke out of the rebels was, "What happened to the Royal Grandfather?"

He even ignored his own danger and lured away the rebels. Knowing that the emperor was in the bedroom, he shouted "Grandpa Emperor, help" and ran towards the opposite palace, making the rebels think that the emperor was not in the bedroom, thus luring them away.

Naturally, someone told the emperor what the crown prince had done.

Master Su had taught the Crown Prince for many years and knew that the Crown Prince was performing a play with the Emperor.

In terms of acting skills, the Crown Prince is still more skilled, after all, he deceived the Emperor.

Let the emperor really believe that the prince would rather sacrifice his own life to lure away the rebels.

After this night, in the emperor's heart, the balance of power for the crown prince will tilt towards the grandson.

This is a double-edged sword for the crown prince.

"Are all the court officials okay? How is Zhaoyang?" Old Mrs. Huang took the time to ask.

Master Su said, "Lord Lu is fine. Four officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Personnel were hacked and wounded. I wonder how they are doing? Oh, and Lord Su is also injured."

Old Madam Min opened her eyes and asked, "Master Su? Su Shihang?"

Master Su nodded.

Old Madam Min slapped her thigh and said, "Why don't you kill him?"

Everyone: "..."

"You two have been tired all night, go and get some rest first."

After learning about what happened last night, Tong Huaqiong asked Nie Xiaofeng and Master Su to go and rest first.

"Give two taels of silver to each person who participated in the night watch yesterday." Tong Huaqiong instructed Su Qing.

The guards and servants took turns on duty all night.

It's really hard in such cold weather.

Those who participated in the night watch were beaming with joy when they received the silver. They had already drunk ginger soup and eaten meat, and getting the silver was really a pleasant surprise.

The snow that had been falling all night stopped and the sun broke through the clouds.

News spread throughout the city that the fifth prince had been executed for treason.

The Fifth Prince's mansion was confiscated, the Fifth Prince committed suicide by taking poison, and his son and daughter were demoted to commoners.

After a thrilling night, there were almost no people on the streets and the whole city was deserted.

Only the prefect was organizing people to clean the streets.

Jufulai and Taohua Dessert are famous businesses on West Street, and they also want to contribute to cleaning the streets. He Chao went out and organized his men to go to the streets with their tools.

After returning, He Chao shook his head and said that the streets were littered with broken lanterns, fallen clothes, shoes and jewelry.

Several merchants had their shops burned down, and they could only blame themselves for their bad luck.

What was even more terrifying was that when the rebels entered the city, the people who were watching the lanterns scattered, causing a stampede. The dead bodies lay alone in the snow, trampled beyond recognition.

Tong Huaqiong felt sad. This was the imperial power in feudal society, treating human lives as ants.

Fortunately, this storm has subsided!

It was not until the evening that Gu Honglian, who had taken the knockout drug, woke up.

She turned over, suddenly sat up, and rushed out and shouted, "Is Fan Tong here?"

No one has cared about Fan Tong since Gu Honglian fell asleep.

Hearing Gu Honglian ask this, Tong Huaqiong and others realized that Fan Tong had not returned for almost a day.

Seeing that everyone was silent.

Gu Honglian seemed to know something and sat on the ground crying bitterly.

"Fan Tong is dead!"

"Wow, wow, wow... Damn Fan Tong, why did you leave me alone?"