How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 249: Climbing up with a twisted posture, everyone is an acting talent

The ministers "divided their forces into two groups", one following Cao Que and the other following Xie Shoujun.

Obviously, those following Cao Que were the prince's party, and those following Xie Shoujun were the second prince's party. They were wary of each other, fearing that if they were not careful, the two sides would fight again and hurt themselves.

The Crown Prince and the Regent are not here, and I don’t know what the next procedure will be.

"Empress, who won this coup?"

An old minister couldn't help but wonder, he always felt that something was wrong, it seemed that this palace coup was not aimed at the new emperor's position, but some other purpose.

Cao Qingran glanced at him calmly, then set his eyes on Xie Shoujun and spoke first, "Prince, it's fine if you support the regent, but are you really willing to let those soldiers who once lived and died with you be implicated along with their entire clans for being charged with treason?"

Xie Shoujun lifted his eyelids to look at her, then withdrew his eyes calmly, "Treason? What treason? I don't know."

Cao Qingran:?

Cao Qingran narrowed his eyes slightly, not understanding what Xie Shoujun meant. If Xie Shoujun meant that the regent had the will, and his support for the regent to ascend the throne was not considered treason, but he did not have a military order, but he dispatched elite troops. Regardless of his purpose, he violated military law and should be punished.

As a prince, he might be spared from execution, but the elite soldiers who had followed him for many years were not so lucky.

And as far as she knew, Xie Shoujun loved his soldiers like his own sons, so why would he rather implicate these soldiers? Was it a deliberate illusion, or...

Cao Qingran was pondering, and when he came to his senses, he had already arrived at the Yangxin Palace.

The bodies of the imperial guards were lying on the ground, with blood splattered everywhere, which showed how fierce the battle was.

So many people had to be sacrificed in the fight for power. Cao Qingran felt sad, but also felt it was natural. After all, it had been like this throughout history.

Just as he was about to ask Cao Que to lead people to clean up the bodies, he suddenly took a step forward and shouted at the bodies on the ground, "Everyone, get up."

Cao Qingran:?

Cao Qingran looked over in confusion, only to see the Imperial Guards, who were originally dead on the ground, crawling up in twisted postures, twisting their numb limbs, looking around and asking curiously, "Is it over?"

Cao Qingran turned around with eyes wide open in astonishment and asked Cao Que, "What's going on?"

The ministers nearby were also stunned. They pointed at the imperial guards who had come back to life, their lips trembling as they were unable to speak.

Is it a fake death?

"Replying to the Queen, in order to remove Envoy Sheng, the Regent sent Lord Shen to discuss with the Crown Prince and staged a palace coup."

Cao Que explained, "The battle between the two armies was fake. In order to prevent Envoy Sheng from discovering the flaws after a long time, they deliberately used the excuse that the Crown Prince was retreating and the Regent ordered Envoy Sheng to hunt down the Crown Prince, so as to lure Envoy Sheng away from the Yangxin Palace and cover up the fake battle between the two armies."

This wave of imperial guards who came to the Yangxin Palace to perform were all carefully selected by him and Shen Yuan. Although it is not known why Shen Yuan knew who were Sheng Shihuai's spies hidden in the imperial guards, it was not important. What was important was that the play was very successful and successfully deceived Sheng Shihuai, and then used the prince as bait to sneak attack and kill Sheng Shihuai.

As for those eyeliners…

He was probably killed in the battle outside. After all, they secretly sent people to make blood bags with pig intestines and put them on specific positions on the soldiers' bodies to pierce them. If the enemy attacked them somewhere else, they were not their own people and could just counterattack and kill them.

He also specifically instructed his confidants to secretly eliminate these people, and I think they have all been eliminated.

As for some unexpected sacrifices, they were inevitable. Cao Que thought that it was enough to save the lives of most of the soldiers.

Jian'an has few soldiers to begin with. According to the regent's original words, he would be sad if a soldier died.

However, when he thought about the fact that he had to pay for the pig intestines and pig blood himself, Cao Que decided to ask the crown prince and the regent to reimburse him afterwards.

After listening to Cao Que's explanation, Cao Qingran couldn't help but rub his brows, "I was actually buried in a drum."

Therefore, Xie Chengze had no intention of planning a coup. His goal from the beginning to the end was to get rid of Sheng Shihuai.

In his eyes, the throne...

Maybe it really is like a weed.

Cao Qingran laughed at himself, "So what? The emperor still gave the throne to him."

"My queen is wrong."

At this time, Eunuch Zhao, who had not appeared before, walked over slowly. He looked at Cao Qingran deeply, and then handed the imperial edict in his hand to Cao Qingran.

"I won't read any more of this. Your Majesty, please read it yourself."

Cao Qingran was slightly stunned. She took the imperial edict, but for some reason she suddenly lost the courage to open it.

Maybe she already has the answer in her heart, but this answer is what she wants and not what she wants.

It might tell her bloody well that everything she had ever done was wrong.

What a despicable person she is.

After a long time, she let out a light breath, brushed the imperial edict with her fingertips and slowly pushed it open, her eyes fell on the familiar handwriting on it, and her eyes couldn't help but tremble violently.

The fingertips are embedded in the palms, unable to dispel the sadness and regret in the heart.

He never lied to her.

"Qingran, the only one who can inherit the throne is Xie Jinyu."

The words he once said lingered in her ears, but she never believed them.

The woman's eyes suddenly turned red.

……

In the Yangxin Palace, looking at Emperor Jian, whose lips were purple and who was already lifeless, Xie Chengze stepped forward and held Emperor Jian's cold hand, still holding on to a glimmer of hope and asked, "Father, the evil minister has been dealt with by your son, please get up quickly!"

Emperor Jian on the dragon couch did not respond. Xie Chengze tickled Emperor Jian's waist again, trying to tickle him until he could no longer pretend. "Father! I know you are not dead! Stop pretending. I will not fall for it!"

Emperor Jian on the dragon couch remained motionless. Xie Chengze's body stiffened. He forced a smile and asked Eunuch Zhao who was standing behind him, "Eunuch Zhao, I know you are working together to deceive me. Okay, I've really been fooled. Please let my father get up."

Eunuch Zhao's eyes were moist, "Second Prince, His Majesty, he really passed away."

"I don't believe it. Don't think I don't know." Xie Chengze shook his head. He looked at Eunuch Zhao with amusement. However, his eyes were indeed pitifully red, making his expression look extremely funny. "There must be an internal skill in the martial arts world that can hold the breath for a long time, called the Turtle Breathing Skill. Father is a martial artist. He must have used the Turtle Breathing Skill to temporarily cover up his anger, right?"

Eunuch Zhao wiped his tears and shook his head, looking at him lovingly, "Second Prince, His Majesty is not a man of the martial arts world, and he doesn't know any turtle breathing skills. Please be patient and don't hurt yourself."

"Before his death, His Majesty left a last wish, asking me to take good care of His Majesty's health. He could not give His Majesty the throne, but he could give His Majesty a second life..."

Your Majesty, I love the Second Prince the most.

Xie Chengze's lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but tears rushed out of his eyes first. He looked at the face of Jiandi who had died peacefully, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears. He grabbed Jiandi's hand and shouted fiercely, "Life, life, life! I don't want a second life, I just want you to live to the end of your life!"

But Father...

Other fathers all wish to live a hundred years and would even fight with their own sons to save their lives. Why are you so stupid as to leave the life-saving pill to me?

Can you please not sleep? From now on, if you want me to attend court, I will attend court every day. If you want me to review memorials, I will review them. If you want me to scold a minister, I will scold that minister for you. I still have many wonderful things to tell you...

So, will you please wake up?

Seeing Xie Chengze crying so sadly, Eunuch Zhao couldn't help but burst into tears again.

There were constant cries in the hall, and every sob of the young man sounded as if he was coughing out his heart and lungs. Outside the hall, the imperial guards who had escaped death smiled and agreed to go to the restaurant for a drink after the rest, to celebrate the fact that they did not die in the palace coup that led to the transfer of power.

A door separates all the laughter and sorrow.

The guards were grateful to the regent for his strategy that allowed them to live, so that the fathers still had sons and the children still had fathers, but they didn't know that the person they were grateful to...

His father is dead.