Chapter 135 – Plan to Fail

Prince Huaiyang looked at the finally appearing Prince Sui and sneered, “Since the emperor is only in a coma, why don’t you wait for the emperor to wake up before interrogating himself?”

 

Prince Sui showed a malicious expression and slowly said, “Prince Huaiyang, I advise you to be honest and tell the truth. Even if you can wait for the emperor to be awake, your beloved wife can’t wait anymore. She has already suffered from childbirth and blood loss. If you don’t go back soon, you may not be able to see her for the last time.”

 

Prince Sui was intentional, and he firmly believed that upon hearing this, Prince Huaiyang would definitely disrupt everything.

 

Liu Miantang was also a beauty that people find difficult to part with. No wonder after Prince Huaiyang learned about her true identity, although he had a tantrum, he did not see the following text and still doted on her with gratitude.

 

Now, due to the order of the Empress Dowager, all the doctors in the residence have been taken away, and if Liu Miantang passes away, Cui Xingzhou will surely become extremely angry and lose his etiquette. In this way, the courtiers can testify and handle the crazy dog Cui Xingzhou openly.

 

Upon hearing this, Cui Xingzhou slowly widened his eyes, as if his veins were about to burst. He gritted his teeth and said, “You’re talking nonsense.”

 

Prince Sui smiled even more kindly and said, “This is true. The delivery room is filled with pots of blood. Even if the divine doctor goes, she will be weak. Looking at the current situation, your princess consort can no longer hold on. I just wonder if the child in her womb has been born or not… People say that the Huaiyang Princess Consort is not favored by the prince and may die from a blood avalanche. Unexpectedly, the words become a prophecy, which is truly regrettable.”

 

At this moment, Prince Huaiyang had already stood up and strode towards Prince Sui, as if he was about to break his body into pieces in the next moment.

 

At this moment, a team of soldiers surged up, holding high their swords and halberds, and placed them on the neck of Prince Huaiyang, preventing him from approaching half a step. And the courtiers next to them changed their faces one by one after hearing the words of Prince Sui, and whispered, “You are so cruel that you can even attack your wife.”

 

“This is considered a disloyal and unjust person. He dares to kill the king, and he can kill his father too!” For a moment, the scene inside the main hall was extremely chaotic, and everyone became a wise man after the event, as if eager to immediately take down such disloyal and unjust people as Cui Xingzhou.

 

But at this moment, Prince Huaiyang’s face gradually calmed down, and he turned his head to look at these soldiers and said, “These don’t seem to be the Forbidden Army in the palace, but the palace family soldiers who were supposed to be in Sanjin. However, the local guards entered the palace. Prince Sui, are you sure that the person who wants to rebel is me, Cui Xingzhou?”

 

Prince Sui was stunned when asked. He didn’t expect Cui Xingzhou, who was supposed to be furious and out of control, to discover such inappropriate details.

 

Now these soldiers from Sanjin are all wearing the clothes of the Forbidden Army. Why could Cui Xingzhou identify that they should have been stationed in Sanjin?

 

But Prince Sui was not too flustered and said coldly, “The evidence of Prince Huaiyang poisoning and plotting to harm the emperor is conclusive. Someone, drag him down and immediately execute him.”

 

At this moment, someone spoke from above the high hall and said, “Stop it!”

 

Prince Sui turned his head and looked, his face changed greatly.

 

Emperor Liu Yu, who was supposed to be unconscious in the palace, unexpectedly walked up the palace steps step by step with the help of Empress Shi. What are the soldiers stationed in the dormitory doing? How could they let the emperor run out?

 

Prince Huaiyang exerted a slight force and reached out his hand with a clever flick. The soldiers who were holding his neck with knives and swords suddenly felt a tremor in their wrists, and they stepped back a few steps. At that moment, another group of officers and soldiers rushed in, each wearing the armor of a military officer. They were the soldiers under Cui Xingzhou’s command.

 

The Cui family army were all children who had fought hand to hand on the battlefield. When they rushed in, they quickly grabbed the dozen or so soldiers, unloaded their weapons, and dragged them down.

 

At this moment, Prince Sui was finally panicked and quickly exchanged glances with the empress dowager sitting in a high position.

 

The Empress Dowager cruelly pinched her palm with her long fingernails, which had been raised for a long time, and then asked Liu Yu with a concerned expression, “Your Majesty, why are you up? The person who poisoned you has been found by Prince Sui, and this palace will entrust him with all the care he needs.”

 

Liu Yu looked at the Empress Dowager and said coldly, “I didn’t drink Tiger Whip Soup today. Is it certain to the Empress Dowager that Prince Huaiyang poisoned me?”

 

At this point, both Prince Sui and the Empress Dowager changed their faces, especially after experiencing several ups and downs in the palace, the Empress Dowager immediately sensed that the trend was not right.

 

If Liu Yu didn’t drink the tiger whip soup, why would he suddenly become unconscious? And how did Prince Huaiyang’s soldiers quietly infiltrate the palace?

 

The courtiers knelt when Liu Yu appeared, but seeing this situation, they also knew that there might be a big change in the palace tonight, and they were all silent.

 

Prince Huaiyang also clenched his fists and said to His Majesty, “General Gong Jin of the Gong family arbitrarily assigned the guards of the Forbidden Army, replaced them with the Sanjin Guard, and disguised themselves as the Forbidden Army to surround His Majesty’s palace. The most hateful thing is that he deceived the Empress Dowager, but secretly colluded with Imperial Concubine Yun to poison His Majesty’s tiger whip soup, intending to frame me and harm His Majesty. Please be aware of this.”

 

The words of Prince Huaiyang clearly nailed the name of the rebellious minister to Prince Sui, but they also removed the true mastermind behind it, the Empress Dowager.

 

After all, Liu Yu was the grandchild. Even if Empress Dowager was the true leader, it was not easy to punish her. She must always be given some dignity and imprisoned in the harem afterward. Only then can the old minister have nothing to say and the people have no criticism.

 

Although Prince Sui was also an elder, he was even more of a servant! He jumped too high this time, and with the witness of his courtiers, he was able to handle this imperial uncle with integrity and obedience!

 

At this moment, the disheveled Imperial Concubine Yun was dragged up the hall by someone, and as she was pulled all the way, the ulcerated skin in her neck and collar was also exposed.

 

When she saw Liu Yu staring at her with a green face, she wailed and said, “Your Majesty, I was forced by Prince Sui and had no choice. Please be aware that I have reduced the weight of Your Majesty’s salvia miltiorrhiza. I never wanted you to die, Your Majesty.”

 

But how could the Empress Dowager allow Liu Yu to deal with her beloved son? She only said coldly, “Your Majesty, since you are not poisoned, you should have informed me early. You are unconscious, causing people to misunderstand Prince Huaiyang’s rebellion. Prince Sui only listened to my words and entered the Palace. What is the mistake?”

 

Liu Yu didn’t speak, but Prince Huaiyang smiled and said, “The soldiers of Sanjin were ordered by Prince Sui to enter the capital ten days ago and settle in the outskirts of Qingfeng Town, which is very close to the capital. Moreover, tonight, Your Majesty *’mistakenly took’* the Tiger Whip Soup and he immediately went to the palace to change the guard. If I hadn’t been prepared, I was afraid Your Majesty would have been buried on the dragon bed by the subordinates of Prince Sui.”

 

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu’s face was also ironclad, and he said, “Fortunately, there is a hidden guard sent by Prince Huaiyang. Otherwise, the personal soldiers under Prince Sui will be successful.”

 

At this moment, Prince Sui’s face was disheartened, and he suddenly reached out and dropped the vase placed next to him.

 

This was a secret code set by him and his soldiers. When the bottle was thrown, someone will naturally deliver the message, and thousands of troops will surround the entire palace.

 

Unfortunately, he knocked down three or four vases in a row. Although they were smashed to pieces, the outside was silent and there was no one to answer them, making people feel very embarrassed.

 

Prince Sui stared at Prince Huaiyang incredulously and said, “It’s impossible. Your Cui family army has all been deployed and left, and the city gate has been tightly closed. How did they enter the city?”

 

Prince Huaiyang smiled slightly, “In the peaceful and prosperous times, the good subordinates under my hand has no place to use their strength. So since entered the capital, I have ordered them to guard in turns and dug a tunnel to the imperial palace for the emperor’s instruction… Do you think you are the only one who will hide informer in other people’s residences? Unfortunately, your plot with Imperial Concubine Yun was revealed to the empress early by Huaping, the personal maid of Imperial Concubine Yun.”

 

Imperial Concubine Yun originally lowered her head, but upon hearing this, she couldn’t believe it and raised her head. Behind her was a group of close maids, but there was no trace of Huaping.

 

When she looked up again at Empress Shi who was supporting Liu Yu, her chubby face still had a plain expression, seemingly innocent and straightforward.

 

Prince Sui’s eyes widened as he listened and looked at Prince Huaiyang in sight, “I have underestimated you… But what qualification does he have to sit on this throne? If it weren’t for me, he would be just a bandit on the Mountian of Yang now, and he could have slept together with your wife Liu Miantang! Hahaha, Prince Huaiyang, are you sure your wife is pregnant with your child? It shouldn’t be our Majesty’s dragon bloodline, and been fostered at your house…”

 

The matter had come to an end, and Prince Sui knew that everything he had planned had been exposed. He broke the jar and gave Cui Xingzhou a good disgust.

 

Liu Yu’s heart was fiercely blocked by the words of Prince Sui. Sometimes, he really wished he were still on the Mountian of Yang at this moment. If time had turned back, perhaps he would have made a different choice, so that he wouldn’t miss the love of his life and let his beloved woman conceive someone else’s child.

 

This was the end of the matter. Even if Liu Yu orders to push and drag Prince Sui and Imperial Concubine Yun down, no old minister will come forward to plead for them.

 

After all, the crime of rebellion affects the nine ethnic groups. Who dares to plead for such a sin?

 

The Empress Dowager, who had experienced many storms for a long time, even though the palace transformation failed at this time, still held her back, but her eyebrows suddenly grew older and dimmer.

 

Empress Shi smiled and respectfully invited Empress Dowager to return to the palace to rest. She slowly got up and left the hall, but fell and fainted at the corner.

 

Prince Huaiyang knew that the emperor could handle the subsequent affairs himself. At this moment, what he most wanted to do was to go back to his residence to see his “blood avalanche” wife.

 

So he left the main hall, listened to his subordinate’s report on the situation of the palace defense, and then turned over and mounted his horse and headed straight to the Huaiyang Prince’s Residence.

 

However, he did not dismount at the royal residence but stopped in front of a mansion a block away. When he knocked on the knocker, a crisp voice of Bicao came from inside, “Who’s there that knocked on the door?”

 

Cui Xingzhou said in a deep voice, “It’s me! Open the door quickly.”

 

Bicao quickly opened the door to welcome Prince Huaiyang.

 

When Prince Huaiyang entered this small mansion, he saw his beloved princess consort, who was supposed to have given birth due to a blood avalanche, sitting at a small table on a warm kang, enjoying fried cakes.

 

TL/ Notes: Thank you for another ko-fi support🥰 here’s another 2 chapters for your read, enjoy☺️