Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 384

The emperor gritted his teeth and forced out a cold laugh.

"By passing the throne to your Chu family bloodline, I've essentially handed it over to you... You traitor who deserves to be torn to pieces... Even if I die here today, I will not grant your wish!"

The emperor is now filled with deep regret.

If he hadn't been captivated by beauty and allowed Consort Xue to give birth to a prince with the blood of the Chu family, Chu Jinxun wouldn't have been able to harbor ambitions to seize the throne.

He really didn't expect that even though Chu Jinxun was already a fugitive, he could still lead troops into the palace and launch a coup!

At this moment, Princess Pingkang entered with a group of people behind her, her face beaming with joy.

"Found it! We've finally found it!"

Princess Pingkang carefully held a half-open bundle in her hands, inside which was a square jade seal, carved from Lantian white jade, with dragon, fish and phoenix knobs, simple, warm and noble.

It is the Imperial Seal of the Northern Yi!

When emperors of all dynasties issued important imperial edicts, they had to affix the Imperial Seal of the State to seal them.

Princess Pingkang exclaimed excitedly, "With the Imperial Seal of the State here, we don't need to dawdle any longer. We can draft the imperial edict ourselves!"

Princess Pingkang has held a very noble status from the previous dynasty to the current dynasty, which gives her access to many of the royal family's most core secrets.

Although she didn't know the exact location of the Imperial Seal of the State, she could guess roughly where it was hidden.

After searching for a long time with her team, she finally found it.

Chu Jinxun was overjoyed upon seeing this.

With the Imperial Seal of the State, why is he still holding out with the Emperor? The Emperor is no longer of any use; they can draft imperial edicts however they want!

At most, the only problem would be that the emperor himself wouldn't appear when issuing imperial edicts, which would cause some trouble.

The emperor glared at Princess Pingkang with such intensity that his teeth seemed to be grinding to powder.

"Pingkang...do you even know what you've been doing!...Didn't the late Emperor and I treat you well enough? How could you betray the royal family and help this traitor rebel...How can you face our ancestors...?"

The emperor's anger and hatred toward Princess Pingkang far exceeded his hatred toward Chu Jinxun.

Chu Jinxun was an ambitious maternal relative, so it's not surprising that he plotted a rebellion. But Princess Pingkang was a legitimate member of the royal family, his own aunt!

To protect Princess Pingkang, he suppressed all of her heinous murders—cases that would have cost others ten heads—and never charged her with even the slightest crime.

This is how she repaid him!

Princess Pingkang was also somewhat guilty.

She knew that she had relied on the protection of the late emperor and the current emperor for most of her life to enjoy such a life of luxury.

But now she has become Chu Jinxun's number one accomplice in his rebellion, providing a secret passage into the palace, poisoning the emperor and others, and finding the Imperial Seal of the State...

If Chu Jinxun's rebellion succeeds, the emperor will certainly lose his life, and most of the remaining members of the royal family will also be unable to escape the fate of being purged.

Princess Pingkang was not without fear and guilt, but when she thought of Song Yong suffering in the south, her resolve was strengthened once again.

She had to do this, all for Song Yong!

For Song Yong, she would not hesitate to overthrow the country and the world!

Princess Pingkang felt that she was so great, so heroic, and so tragic.

She coldly said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, you brought this upon yourself. I begged you so desperately to release Prince Consort Song, and you knew perfectly well that he was my life, that I could lose everything but him, but you still wouldn't agree. What else could I do?"

The emperor was so angry that he almost fainted.

"You...you..."

He racked his brains but couldn't find a single suitable word to curse Princess Pingkang.