20demayo Chapter 761: It was reported in advance that the 4th prince had rebelled
Chapter 761: It was reported in advance that the 4th prince had rebelled
"Yang'er, I beg you to let him go. I am still alive because of Shu Lang's support." Concubine Chang said to Xie Shang, "If the emperor doesn't release Minister Shu, your mother will not survive either."
Xie Shang asked coldly: "What did you do to her?"
Concubine Chang was ready to die. "I hate her so much, I will definitely not let her die peacefully. I will torture her until she is in agony and then die slowly. She has been poisoned. I will wait for the right time for the poison to take effect and torture her day and night."
"Is everything you said true?" No matter how much Xie Shang disliked his mother, she was his biological mother after all, and he would not let her suffer like this.
"She hurt me so much, why would I lie to you? I was going to poison you, but..." He was the only one who treated her son as a brother. If she died, Yang'er would have no relatives.
Xie Yang said: "Mother, he is lying to you. He is here to incite your son to rebel. He is the one who did all this, and you are still helping him."
Shu Lang hurriedly said: "Fourth Prince, please listen to my explanation. I did not instigate you. I really did not..."
Xie Yang went out just now because he wanted to calm down. He was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and kill his mother.
At this moment, he finally figured it out. "It was you who contacted the ministers in the court, the Zhu family, the Qin family, the Yang family, and the remnants of the Zhao family. It was you who had been instigating me. What was your purpose in approaching my mother..."
Xie Shang narrowed his eyes and thought to himself: When Censor Zhu wanted to help Shu Lang fight for the position of Minister of Revenue, they had already colluded with each other. In fact, the Zhu family and Shu Lang were related because the daughter of the Yang family was a sister-in-law. The Yang family and the Zhu family were also relatives, so Shu Lang married the daughter of the Yang family.
Xie Shang was also confused by himself.
In fact, it is normal for ministers in the court to marry each other, but if they collude to harm the interests of the royal family, they deserve to be punished by death.
At this time, the Imperial Guards suddenly spread the news that the Fourth Prince was rebelling.
Xie Yang was stunned. He didn't give the order to take action now. What was going on?
Seeing this, Shu Lang snatched the dagger from Xie Yang's hand and attacked Xie Shang. He shouted, "Fourth Prince, hurry up."
Shu Lang was just trying to hit a rock with an egg with the dagger in his hand. Xie Shang kicked the dagger out of his hand, kicked him in the chest, and said coldly, "Leave him alive."
Lin Feng and his men detained him directly. Shu Lang sneered and said, "The emperor has become infamous. I will have no regrets even if I die. Mingxiu..."
"Lin Feng, they want to commit suicide." Jiang Fenghua shouted.
Since Lin Feng had Shu Lang under control, there was no way he could let him die. He pinched Shu Lang's jawbone. No one knew where he pressed Shu Lang, but the poison in his mouth was instantly spat out. "If you want to die, you must explain the facts clearly before you die."
At the same time, Jiang Fenghua grabbed Concubine Chang's hand again, "If the Concubine dies like this, the Fourth Prince and Shu Yan will not have an easy life. I believe that in addition to hating Queen Mother Cheng, Concubine Chang cares most about her two children. If you really die like this, you are not helping him, but harming him."
Concubine Chang was stunned, the tears in her eyes never stopped flowing, as if she could never stop crying.
Shu Yan looked at her warily with a pale face. Xie Yang was even more distressed that her mother would choose to die for a man.
Mrs. Shu was even more heartless. She never expected that after decades of marriage, Shu Lang would completely ignore her and their children. He would rather die with Chang Mingxiu than even look at her.
She burst into tears at the top of her lungs: "What did I do wrong to deserve such treatment from you? My dear husband, tell me, can't I change? Why do you treat me like this?"
No matter how she cried, Shu Lang remained motionless. He was ready to die.
Xie Shang felt it was too noisy and shouted coldly, "Shut up, your husband doesn't like you, you should look for the reason yourself, is it because you are too ugly?"
Madam Shu immediately shut up and was stunned for a moment, "Is it because I am not good-looking?" What's not good-looking about her? Although she is not a fairy, she is still a pretty girl!
Jiang Fenghua also felt annoyed. Madam Shu was the daughter of the Yang family. If the remnants of the Yang family joined forces with the Fourth Prince to rebel, did she really not get any news at all?
She said, "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is the situation outside. How could there be a rumor that the Fourth Prince is rebelling?"
Xie Yang is clearly here. He wants to rebel. Does he want to give up his life?
What is he rebelling for?
There are still many mysteries that have not been solved. Who is that man wrapped in black clothes?
Xie Shang ordered in a cold voice, "Imprison Shu Lang and Concubine Chang."
He looked at Xie Yang again, "You'd better tell me everything you did behind my back. I treat you as my fourth brother because you are my fourth brother. If you dare to do anything that harms the interests of the royal family, I will chop off your head as well."
Xie Yang cupped his hands and said, "I didn't give the order, so I don't know what's going on outside."
Xie Shang sneered, "So, the rumors flying around outside are really related to you, and you are really planning to order a rebellion."
Xie Yang did not deny it. He thought that the rumors flying around that the emperor was referring to were about Zhang Yurou saying that the child was Xie Shang's.
In fact, the rumor about Empress Dowager Cheng was spread by Concubine Chang and Shu Lang. Their purpose was to continue to spread the rumor that the emperor was not the son of the previous emperor. They even spread the rumor that Xie Shang was the bastard of Empress Dowager Cheng and her cousin.
Xie Yang was really planning to rebel and seize the throne, but he didn't know that he was also a pawn in the hands of others. He took on all the responsibilities but was actually making things difficult for others.
Empress Dowager Cheng was the main cause of Concubine Chang's life tragedy, but Xie Shang never let her come forward. Is it because Empress Dowager Cheng was his mother, so he was protecting her?
Jiang Fenghua was somewhat disappointed with Xie Shang. He should be an emperor who could distinguish right from wrong and was fair and just.
She just guessed that Shu Yan might be the one who delivered the message to Shu Lang and Concubine Chang, but she didn't expect that it would bring out their decades of grievances and hatreds, which also interrupted Xie Yang's next plan.
But now that news of the Fourth Prince's rebellion has spread, the matter has become shrouded in another mystery.
When they returned to the banquet hall, the other princes of the Xie family were already drunk, but when they heard that the Fourth Prince had rebelled, everyone sobered up.
At this time, Xie Yang was seen following behind the emperor, and he did not appear in the banquet hall tied up.
The first person to stand in front of the emperor and empress was the eighth prince Xie Qi, "I request your permission to investigate this case."
He glanced at Xie Yang, and Xie Yang looked back at him, "This prince has not rebelled yet."
This statement was tantamount to saying that he was preparing to rebel.
Everyone was stunned. The Third Prince and his wife sat together, staring at the Fourth Prince in amazement. Was he really going to rebel?
The other concubines must have looked at the Queen Mother. She was the backbone of the harem. What on earth had happened? How could someone spread the news that the Fourth Prince was rebelling?
Is it a rumor or true?
The Fourth Prince was standing upright on the side. He didn't look like he was rebelling at all. It was obvious that he had been crying. His eyes were red, his face was red, his neck and ears were red, and he looked like he had just suffered a great injustice.
The most cowardly prince in the royal family wants to rebel, and even a dog wouldn't believe it.