Peasant Woman is in Her Prime - C203

“The empress dowager’s words are serious. This subject and the rest are all loyal and devoted to His Majesty and the late emperor. This subject absolutely dares to say the word ‘rebellion’!” The officials were all excited. “This subject is acting in accordance with the wishes of the late emperor, stabilizing His Majesty’s power, and protecting our Great Zhou for generations to come.”

“Hmph.” Empress Dowager Gao sneered, but before she finished, Prince Xian Zhao Jin took another step forward.

This step brought him almost to the emperor.

Zhao Jin reached out his hand and easily scooped up the Emperor who had collapsed onto the ground, then said slowly: “If Your Majesty can’t sit still and find his seat, I might as well do it in your place.”

“You, you!” The crowd below started to clamor. It was true that they were the ones who instigated Zhao Jin to step forward and take charge of the matter, but they only wanted Zhao Jin to coerce the empress dowager to hand over the Imperial Jade Seal, to return the favor to the emperor.

Although there were many such rumors in and out of the imperial court, replacing them was an unfair act. Who would be so bold as to try to usurp the throne?

“How dare you!” Empress Dowager Gao trembled in anger behind the pearl curtain, she never thought that Zhao Jin would actually say such words, “You are openly conspiring against the emperor, plotting to harm your own brothers and sisters, replacing them, such disloyal and crazy actions, will make you suffer for tens of thousands of years, and bear thousands of insults. Prince Xian, are you not afraid?”

“That’s all behind me.” Zhao Jin’s expression was normal, “Since I’m no longer here, what does letting them say have to do with me?”

“This, this …” The officials looked at each other. The majority of them were unwilling to have their power in the hands of the empress dowager, but did not dare to openly support the Prince Xian as well. These types of deeds were all recorded in the annals of history.

Who would have thought that they, a group of old geezers who had stayed in the government for dozens of years, would actually be used by the Prince Xian as an excuse to retaliate and usurp power?

Zhao Jin smiled faintly. He was determined to win. With a wave of his hand, Qinghong led a group of people to guard the entrance, and the door slowly closed.

Due to the torrential downpour, the sky was not bright in the first place. Now that the doors were tightly shut, only the dim glow of the palace lights remained in the hall.

Zhao Jin stood slightly to his side. Under the light, he seemed even more mysterious and unfathomable, causing others to shiver in fear.

“Every single person in this hall, those who managed to survive, are all my accomplices!” Zhao Jin said unhurriedly: “Regarding today’s matter, how you guys listen to it, and how it goes out or dies in your stomach, I do not care, you guys handle it.”

Who would dare to say even half a word to an accomplice like that?

Since the Prince Xian was conspiring against them, then the empress dowager and the new emperor would not be able to live on. At that time, the empress dowager would say that the empress dowager was reluctant to part with her authority, and that her rage had caused the death of the new emperor. The Prince Xian had even killed a traitor, the Gao family.

It was only when Zhao Jin took out the sword and compared it to this year’s thirteen year old New Emperor Zhao Yu’s neck that Empress Dowager Gao panicked. Her hands that were tightly holding onto the curtain began to tremble, she believed from the bottom of her heart that this Zhao Jin could really do it, that her life was already in danger. However, before she could say anything, the New Emperor covered her head with both hands and sobbed, “Fifth Brother, I’ll give you the throne, don’t kill me! “I don’t want to be an emperor, I’ve never wanted to be one. I’ll give you anything you want, I beg you, please don’t kill me!”

Zhao Jin squinted his eyes. He felt that letting such a person become the emperor was really an insult to his Great Zhou! He wasn’t even willing to use his own sword to kill him!

Just as he was about to retract his sword, he heard a creaking sound as the door behind him was quickly pushed open. Zhao Jin frowned, he felt that Qinghong’s methods were far from being as reliable as Red Xiao’s.

Just as he was about to turn around, a short arrow flew in with the light.

The short arrow was not even the size of a palm, but its speed was even faster than lightning. In the blink of an eye, it had already arrived in front of Zhao Jin, who subconsciously dodged to the side. How could he have come so quickly?

He was so fast that the situation had not yet stabilized, the Imperial Jade Seal had not been taken, and he had yet to sit on the Dragon Throne. Even if it was the city gate that was filled with refugees, it would be more than enough for Zhao Yao to barge through for a while. Furthermore, the Imperial Palace’s Imperial Guards had long been replaced by Zhao Jin as his men. He shouldn’t have come so fast!

The arrow struck the sword in Zhao Jin’s hand, causing the blades to clash, the small arrow flew the length of the hall, the power was astonishing, Zhao Jin’s hand trembled, and almost dropped the sword.

His brows furrowed even more. Just as he was about to take action, the door to the hall opened completely. Two rows of soldiers with spears in their hands came in, followed by several long swords in their hands.

The soldiers were all bathed in blood and reeked of blood. The entire main hall was like a pot that was about to boil. Hot air was rising and rolling unceasingly.

Only then did Gao Lang come out from the back, while Chang An carried the cyan rainbow that had already been knocked unconscious by him.

Zhao Jin’s face became a little ugly. At a place where he could not see, Hu Shan and Shan Ying were already standing guard outside the imperial palace. A great deal of corpses had covered up a disaster, and the strange wind and clouds had silently dissipated into thin air.

The various officials were all shocked and felt that the Prince Yao was like a godly soldier from heaven. A few of the older officials with fragile minds almost cried in front of the crowd.

He just clutched his chest and shouted, “Yao …” Prince Yao! The Prince Yao is here! ”

The Prince Yao was the son of the direct descendant of the Empress Dowager Gao, he was afraid that he would come. Although the Prince Xian could not rebel, the empress dowager’s jade seal could not be retracted either.

Both were bad thoughts.

However, no one dared to speak anymore.

Zhao Jin was also a person who was clear about the situation. Seeing that Qinghong had lost, he was naturally defeated on the outside, and he was alone, so he did not need to make any fearless struggles, he was not a hysterical person, and knew that Qing Shan would not have to worry about his life. Throwing the sword away, he said to Gao Lang: “Let the news spread, the future will not be pleasant, Seventh Brother!”

Gao Lang said coldly: “What does what others say have to do with me? I only do what I want to do! ”

Zhao Jin chuckled, they were really blood brothers.

“However, don’t worry. At the moment, I don’t want your life!” As Gao Lang’s voice fell, Zhao Jin’s shoulders, which had been tensed up until now, finally fell heavily.

Gao Lang turned around, and his gaze swept across the crowd of court officials one by one. Wherever his gaze passed, the people kneeling on the ground would tremble. Inside the pearl curtain, Empress Dowager Gao was still in a state of shock. When she saw Seventh Brother standing in front of him like a majestic god, he was even more terrified. Only she knew that, in terms of methods, this Seventh Brother was far more powerful than the Fifth Brother. Moreover, in the entire world, the person who wanted to kill her the most was this Prince Yao Zhao Yao in front of her.

Empress Dowager Gao also wanted to cry, which made Zhao Yao feel pity. However, before he could even make a sound, he heard the New Emperor speaking in a sobbing tone, “Seventh Brother, are you here to steal my throne as well? As long as you want it, I’ll give it to you. Don’t learn from Fifth Brother, don’t take my life! ”

Gao Lang reached out his hand and grabbed Zhao Yu’s shoulder. The moment he placed his hand on his, Zhao Yu was as frightened as a little chicken, trembling non-stop until he felt that his shoulder did not use much strength. Instead, a warm feeling came over.

“I won’t kill you. You are the emperor of the Great Zhou, the master of the world. No one would dare to kill you.” Gao Lang said softly, “As long as I am here, I will protect you for one day. No one will be able to take away your throne!”

Zhao Yu opened his eyes and looked up. The light from outside the hall shone down from Gao Lang’s back, causing Zhao Yu to only be able to see the silhouette of a black mountain. Zhao Yu was unable to see Prince Yao’s expression clearly, but he knew that Prince Yao’s eyes were bright and handsome.

Zhao Yu was vaguely reminded of how when he was young, when Seventh Brother was still a fool, he was jumping around the imperial garden by himself, wanting to pluck cherries from trees to eat. In such a huge imperial garden, there were many palace maids and eunuchs coming and going, but no one paid attention to him. Zhao Yu looked at the clumsy Seventh Brother for a while, thought for a bit, and when no one was looking, he quickly ran over and stuffed a cherry cake into Seventh Brother’s hands.

That cherry cake was so fragrant and sweet, it was personally made for him by his mufei. He couldn’t bear to eat it, yet somehow was willing to give it to the unfamiliar Seventh Brother.

At that time, everyone had taught him to stay away from the Seventh Prince. For this, he had even been ruthlessly reprimanded by mufei …

Only, from start to finish, Zhao Yu felt that when Seventh Brother received the cherry cake, he looked at him with such a bright gaze, and did not seem like a fool at all …

Zhao Yu placed his hand back on Zhao Yao’s, and nodded heavily.

Gao Lang smiled, raised his head and looked at the trembling bead curtain, the eunuchs on both sides had long ago rolled down the white jade steps.

“The empress dowager used the excuse that the new emperor is young as an excuse to seize power and endanger the imperial court. She’ll immediately take back the Imperial Jade Seal and hand it over to the new emperor, then lock it in the Left Fortune Palace to prevent anyone from entering or leaving.”