After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 162: Bloodbath at the Prime Minister’s Residence?

The Second Prince's face gradually lost color and his body gradually became weak. Before he could recover from the news one after another, he was hit hard.

Even the last bit of hope is gone...

"Second brother, stop it!" The third prince's tone was a little softer, and it seemed more like he was discussing with the second prince.

The Second Prince was filled with grief and glared at him with hatred. "Impossible! Everyone says I was born of a lowly slave and was born lowly... Why? Why am I born lowly? Why are you born superior? Do you think you've won? If Father had issued an imperial decree in time, do you think you could have kept the throne?"

He glanced at Gu Shicheng, whose gaze lingered on Helan Xuenuo. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "So you all teamed up to plot against me!"

Suddenly, he lowered his waist and asked, "Third brother, can we still go back?"

The sudden change caught everyone off guard. The third prince pushed aside the soldiers and walked towards the second prince. At this moment, the second prince drew his sword and prepared to chop at the third prince.

Yaniang seized the opportunity and shot an arrow with the Western King Bow.

The second prince's sword fell to the ground. He touched his palm that was shot through and screamed in pain!

Suddenly he laughed...

He had thought today was a perfect day, a perfect trap, and he just had to wait for it to close! However, he had no idea that one, two, three, or four of them had ulterior motives, and he was caught in the trap.

He was defeated in the end.

The princess and Concubine Xiao Shu arrived and knelt down as soon as they arrived. Concubine Xiao Shu cried and begged the Third Prince to spare the Second Prince. She then cried to the Second Prince, "Yanli, I'm sorry for you! I didn't give you a good birth, so you ended up like this! But your father also said that he loves every one of his children, and even if they don't have the throne, they will have a smooth life! Isn't it good for us to live an ordinary life?"

The princess also cried, "Second brother, stop it!"

The Second Prince pulled the arrow from his hand and put on a gentle smile. "Mother, I have never blamed you! I have always wanted to fight for a good position for you, so that you will no longer be bullied by others! Unfortunately... I lost!"

"Mother never wants you to fight for anything for me!" Concubine Xiao Shu cried so sincerely that the snow on the ground melted as her tears fell. Even through several guards, she wanted to go forward and hug her child.

The Second Prince shook his head and smiled, then knelt down towards the Third Prince, his knees buried in the snow. He picked up the fallen sword and stabbed it into his chest. Blood spurted from his mouth, staining the white ground red. He used up his last bit of strength and said, "Third brother, spare Mother and Sister. They have never done anything..."

The situation was settled, and the second prince died.

Yaniang didn't know how fast she rode her horse to reach Jinyang Palace. When she pushed open the door, the palace was dead silent and the court officials all had worried expressions on their faces.

Chen Shian stood quietly in front of everyone, like a pine tree. The moment she opened the door, a smile appeared on Chen Shian's face unconsciously, "The Third Prince won?"

"You all know?"

Chen Shian seemed a little disappointed again.

Everyone moved outside the hall and was surrounded by the imperial guards. It was time for reckoning!

The coffin of the late emperor was carried out for burial, and only then did the new emperor move into the Hengyang Palace.

The Helan and Yuan Mansions became meritorious officials, Yuan Xu was conferred the title of General, General Helan and General Yuan were conferred the title of Zhongwu, and their wives were conferred the title of First-Rank Consorts.

Helan Prefecture was rewarded with a large amount of grain fields.

As for those who were on the side of the Second Prince, if they were seriously misled, they would be put to death in the worst case scenario, or demoted from their official positions and exiled to the frontier in the worst case scenario.

Helan Xuenuo was not surprised by Gu Shicheng's rebellion. He has always been an unpredictable person and a smart man. But she did not expect Gu Shicheng to play such a trick!

In order to guard against him, she used Meng Nan as her trump card!

Now that I think about it, it was a lot of trouble.

She really couldn't help but want to call him an old fox.

Everything seemed to have settled down, and the things in the palace had nothing to do with her anymore, leaving Yuan Xu and General Helan to take care of the remaining matters.

Helan Xuenuo found Yaniang outside the palace gate. She was combing a horse's hair and thinking about something. Helan Xuenuo asked Yaniang, "Did you see the person you wanted to see?"

"What's the point of seeing it?" Yaniang stroked the horse's fur and sighed, "It's better not to see it."

At this moment, Huang Jiuyuan ran towards them, waving his big hand. When he got closer, he recognized Yaniang, "Huh..."

Yaniang rolled her eyes and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

"I just think you look a bit like the male servants around the Chief Censor!" Huang Jiuyuan looked at her with a smile, then turned his gaze to Helan Xuenuo and laughed heartily, whispering in her ear, "Thanks to you! The situation has been resolved! I can safely advance to higher positions! The late queen, now the empress dowager, even said she would reward me handsomely!"

"You...you can also become an official?" Yaniang looked him up and down.

Huang Jiuyuan snorted at her.

Helan hurriedly asked, "How is the princess?"

"She's probably fine. The princess has been on good terms with His Majesty since she was a child. I think she left the palace safely."

An attendant came running over and said to Huang Jiuyuan in a panic, "Sir Huang, something happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

"What's the matter? Tell me!"

The attendant glanced at Helan and Yaniang.

Huang Jiuyuan said, "We are all family, it's okay."

"Just now, there was a great commotion in the palace. The remnants of the Second Prince's gang took advantage of the situation and broke into the Prime Minister's residence. Several maids and servants died, and many more..."

"Who else!"

"old lady!"

Huang Jiuyuan shook his head in panic, his heart in disbelief. He no longer cared about anything else and rushed to the Prime Minister's residence. Helan pulled him and said, "Get on the horse!"

When the three of them arrived at the prime minister's residence on horseback, Huang Jiuyuan dismounted and ran into the residence.

Helan Xuenuo saw the mess in the courtyard from outside, with some bloodstains on the ground. She began to wonder why the remnants of the Second Prince had chosen the Prime Minister's Mansion. Was it because the Prime Minister was closer to the Third Prince?

They waited outside for a while, and seeing that there was no other movement inside, Helan followed Yaniang and left.

All the way to the old lady's yard, there were spots of blood everywhere, and Huang Jiuyuan's heart kept trembling.

Finally I saw a maid,

He grabbed the maid and asked loudly, "Where's grandma? Where's grandma?"

The maid lowered her head and began to cry, "In the old lady's courtyard, the old lady... the old lady... is gone!"

Huang Jiuyuan loosened his grip and nearly fell to the ground. He staggered as he ran towards the old lady's yard.

As soon as he arrived in the yard, he saw many servants outside the old lady's house, and bursts of crying came from inside. When the servants saw him coming, they made way for him to leave.

Several people were kneeling in the inner room, including the Prime Minister, who had returned before him! Also kneeling on the ground were Qiao and Yuan, while the other concubines all lowered their heads and cried with red eyes.

Huang Jiuyuan walked through the crowd. His grandmother was lying on the bed with a stab wound in the waist. Her eyes were open, as if she was not closing them. His hands began to tremble, tears flowed down, and he burst into tears. He closed his grandmother's eyes with trembling hands.

He turned around, grabbed Huang Weiming, and lifted him up, shouting, "Where are the remnants? How did Grandmother die? I clearly left people to guard the Prime Minister's Mansion, how... how did they die? Why did Grandmother die? Tell me! Does it have anything to do with you?"

He couldn't control these speculations.

The Prime Minister scolded him to let go, "Your grandmother is gone, what are you still blaming your brother for?"

Huang Jiuyuan no longer seemed to be afraid of the Prime Minister. She held Huang Weiming's hand tightly and yelled at him, "Why did Grandmother die? Why...they are not hurt at all!"

"Jiuyuan! You have lost your grandmother, and Weiming has also lost his grandmother. Why... at this time, you still want to make things difficult for Weiming?" Qiao was different from before. She was less arrogant. She let Huang Jiuyuan hold Huang Weiming while she wiped her tears with a handkerchief and cried.

Huang Jiuyuan gritted his teeth and let go, asking him, "Where are the remaining evildoers?"

Mrs. Qiao replied, "How could we know? We barely managed to escape! Who knew the old lady would just go to the front yard and they'd show up! It wasn't just the old lady who died! We're heartbroken, too!"

"Enough! Do you want the old lady to die uneasy?" The Prime Minister rarely let go of his arrogance. "Jiuyuan, your father knows you are sad. Who could have known that Gu Yanli would send a group of people to massacre the Prime Minister's Mansion! In this battle for the throne, it's fortunate that your brother-in-law won, otherwise it would be unimaginable! If your Uncle Qiao hadn't arrived in time! I'm afraid the whole mansion would be wiped out! They are already frightened enough, so don't bother them anymore! Your Uncle Qiao has already killed those remnants!"

"Uncle Joe?"

"It's a good thing your Aunt Qiao's brother arrived just in time!"

Huang Jiuyuan felt doubtful but he suppressed it. He turned around and knelt in front of the old lady, bursting into tears. For a moment he really wanted to follow his grandmother.