Chapter 1304 - 1140: Treated as a Target
Chapter 1304: Chapter 1140: Treated as a Target
Gu Chengyu is still unaware that the Emperor is at a critical moment between life and death, and at this moment, the Emperor’s situation is even worse than before.
"Rong Jia?" The Emperor looked incredulously at Princess Rong Jia, and at this moment, it was clear to him? It was Qin Baolin, Qin Baolin plotted rebellion.
"Rong Jia? You..." The Empress Dowager also froze, she had never seen this strong side of Rong Jia before. But now, Rong Jia appeared here, what exactly was going on?
The Empress Dowager was somewhat flustered, she suddenly felt that the Princess Rong Jia before her was so unfamiliar. The usual coquettish shyness had now been replaced by sharp, assertive coldness, was this still the granddaughter who liked to charm her?
Qin Yingyuan cast her gaze towards the Empress Dowager, and facing her grandmother, she suddenly felt somewhat speechless. Asking from the heart, grandmother did treat her well, so at this moment she also didn’t know how to face her grandmother.
"Rong Jia!" The Empress Dowager was trembling with anger, Rong Jia is here, then Ningping? Did Ningping know about her husband’s rebellion?
"Grandmother!" Qin Yingyuan sighed once, grandmother’s eyes were filled with disbelief and resentment. From her grandmother’s way of addressing her, it was clear how disappointed she was, after all, she used to always call her Ying.
But she could understand, after all, they wronged grandmother and uncle the Emperor first.
"Second uncle! You should stop resisting stubbornly and hand over the Jade Seal and Commander’s Seal! Father has already said, as long as you hand them over and draft a Holy Decree to abdicate, he will ensure the safety of you and grandmother!"
Qin Yingyuan avoided the resentful gaze of the Empress Dowager, and turned her eyes to the deeply impacted Emperor standing beside.
"What about elder sister?" The Emperor did not answer Qin Yingyuan’s words, but asked about the Eldest Princess.
"Grandma is ill, and mother has already gone to Duke Qin Mansion to attend to the illness!" Qin Yingyuan paused for a moment before responding.
"So your mother doesn’t know about your actions? Are you not afraid that when she finds out the truth, she will hate you? Ying, I am truly disappointed in you! Let’s not talk about your father for now, but we have not been harsh on you, especially your grandmother who adored you so much, even putting a lot of effort into your marriage. You are treating her like this, are you ruthless?"
The Emperor shook his head, his face filled with grief and disappointment, he didn’t even know who he could trust in this world anymore! Often, those who covet his throne are those closest to him.
For power, internal conflict, brotherly estrangement, to put him to death, these people show no mercy. Family ties mean nothing in the eyes of these people.
"Second uncle, Ying is also following father’s orders, truly a helpless act. You know, your health is unlikely to hold out for long, and elder uncle has rapidly consolidated power at the border. If our Duke Qin Mansion doesn’t plan for themselves soon, they will inevitably face a situation of being reconciled in the future."
Qin Yingyuan drew the sword in her hand step by step forward.
"So you all knew, how absurd that I was keeping it covered up, you probably knew before even I knew." The Emperor laughed self-deprecatingly, and then asked a question he desperately wanted the answer to.
"Since you all know, can you tell me, what exactly did you drug me with?"
"Second uncle, don’t you know? It’s elder uncle! When you were still the Crown Prince, he took action. Do you remember when you were poisoned? Did you think it was an antidote? Unfortunately, this poison lies dormant in the body, and ordinary people cannot detect it, otherwise it wouldn’t be called Ruo Yin. And if during the first poisoning episode, you had gone to the Divine Doctor Family for the antidote, then the antidote would still have been available at that time. Unfortunately, you missed a great opportunity."
Qin Yingyuan suddenly felt some pity for this second uncle, indeed! She was curious why father knew about this matter, but what she shouldn’t ask, she naturally wouldn’t. Even father and elder brother would not disclose their bottom cards entirely to her.
"It seems Duke Qin Mansion knew long ago, then your father also started scheming early!" The Emperor was not surprised upon learning Prince Gong took action.
"You could think so, the result is the same anyway!" Qin Yingyuan was also too lazy to argue, since the rebellion has happened, the previous matters no longer matter.
"Third uncle, it seems you still don’t believe Ying!" Qin Yingyuan turned and slightly smiled in the direction of Liao Wu, then nodded to a few people behind her.
These few people suddenly scattered a handful of powder at the assassins brought by Liao Wu, those dressed as eunuchs quickly held their breath, but it was too late.
In just a few breaths, the situation in the Imperial Study Room changed.
"Rong Jia, what are you doing?" Liao Wu looked at the long sword held to his neck, angrily glared at Qin Yingyuan.
"Doing what? Hasn’t third uncle realized? Big brother wasn’t wrong after all, as long as the person and the method of delivering the message are changed, you start suspecting. Thanks, third uncle, you came first, otherwise we wouldn’t have succeeded so smoothly!"
"Oh! This ’we’ doesn’t include you, third uncle!" Qin Yingyuan glanced at the also fallen Emperor, then turned her gaze back again.
"You were indeed using me!" Liao Wu was filled with fury and disgust, the Duke Qin truly made a masterful move! He used him as a decoy.
"Third uncle, do you remember what you told me before? You asked why you always lose, why do you always place the first piece in the same place?" Qin Yingyuan shook her head, this third uncle is actually quite pitiful.
Liao Wu lay on the ground unable to move, only his mouth and eyeballs could move.
"Because I was warning you! From where you fall, that’s where you climb back from! If one attempt doesn’t succeed, try a few more times, eventually it’ll work. Unfortunately, third uncle became timid as a mouse after surviving! Sometimes to achieve great things, one needs courage, a spirit of fearless advance."
Qin Yingyuan moved the sword from his neck and had those behind her bind everyone in the Imperial Study Room.
"Go and report to the Young Master, tell him the matter is resolved, let him quickly deal with those traitors!" Qin Yingyuan instructed someone beside her.
"Second uncle! Just tell us, where are the Jade Seal and Tiger Talisman?" Qin Yingyuan seeing that the room had been searched thoroughly without finding these two items, couldn’t help but frown.
"Rong Jia, your father and brother, let them come see me, you cannot decide this." The Emperor gave Qin Yingyuan a disdainful smile, making her face immediately darken.
Qin Yingyuan gritted her molars, "Second uncle, father and brother are not as agreeable as Ying. If you push them too far, they might take action against you, with your current frail build, you probably wouldn’t be able to withstand it. You will eventually hand it over, why make meaningless resistance?"