Chapter 307 A sudden turn of events

Chapter 307 A sudden turn of events

Chapter 307 A sudden turn of events
Zhang Yunqiu rushed over and watched Yang Yan being carried away for treatment. There was only a pool of blood on the ground. He was speechless for a long time. How could it be so tragic?

"Sir, what should we do now?" Yang Yong's mind was in a mess, and he asked weakly while sitting on the couch.

Zhang Yunqiu looked at the pool of blood on the ground and said calmly: "Your Highness, this sword is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is the key sword to save Your Highness."

"What do you mean?" The prince's eyes sparkled.

"With this strike of the sword, the Crown Prince and Prince Changning are severed. The Crown Prince is the Crown Prince, and Prince Changning is Prince Changning. This is called sacrificing one's relatives for the sake of justice!"

Crown Prince Yang Yong thought about it and it made sense. Although this sword made him extremely sad, at least it saved him. He was sacrificing his own family for the sake of justice. Alas!

Zhang Yunqiu continued, "Your Highness, I just heard a piece of news that the King of Han has entered the palace to ask to see the Emperor!"

"what?"

Yang Yong stood up suddenly, his eyes widened as he asked, "How could this be such a coincidence? Did he get the news so quickly?"

Zhang Yunqiu shook his head, "It's not a coincidence. He must have heard about what happened to Princess Changning last night, so he decided to take advantage of this opportunity to take action!"

Yang Yong was a little flustered. He still had a lot of things to do and he hadn't thought about how to clean up the mess.

"what should I do now?"

Zhang Yunqiu had already thought about it. He said calmly, "Your Highness should bring the severed hand of Prince Changning to the palace to apologize. Your Highness should tell the emperor that you did not teach your son well, which led to Prince Changning's misfortune. I am cutting off one hand as a severe punishment."

"What if Father wants to hold me responsible?"

Zhang Yunqiu said calmly: "Your Highness should take the initiative to express your willingness to accept all punishments from the emperor. Your Highness, this is just a moral issue, not a major event that affects the country. The emperor will not punish your Highness, but he will let your Highness clean up the mess.

We will talk about how to clean up the mess later. Maybe we can strike back at the King of Han. He colluded with Yuwen Shu to secretly monitor the King of Changning. I even suspect that this was a trap set by Yuwen Shu. Once the truth is found out, they will not be able to escape the blame!"

Yang Yong gradually calmed down, and he realized that by cutting off one of his son's hands, he had cleared himself. Now that his son's hand was gone, how much worse could he get?

"I understand. I will go and see my father right away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an eunuch said outside the door: "Your Highness, the Emperor has urgently summoned you!"

Yang Yong hurried to the harem, followed by a eunuch holding a plate covered with white silk.

Emperor Yang Jian's health was very poor, and was in a downward spiral. The two years of unbridled indulgence had drained his body. His face was completely dull, and had a deathly greyish color, and his eyes were lifeless. This was a sign of exhaustion.

Of course, if he can take good care of himself now, stop indulging himself, and take good care of himself, even if it is difficult to recover, he can at least stop the downward trend, maintain a weak balance, and have no problem living another year or two.

What Yang Jian fears most now is external stimulation, but the more he fears something, the more likely it is to come.

King Yang Liang of Han knelt on the ground and complained to his father. He accused the emperor's eldest grandson of keeping a prostitute outside and that she gave birth to a son.

Although he was not the great-grandson, he was still the great-grandson of the emperor's eldest grandson after all! He was born to a prostitute. Yang Jian felt like he was suffocating.

But Yang Liang did not pity his father's health. He continued, "As far as I know, the eldest grandson of the emperor is extremely dissolute. He has a wife at home, and he has been fooling around with Yuan Min's granddaughter Yuan Lin, which resulted in Yuan Lin being pregnant. She has been pregnant for three to four months. Father, Princess Changning died suddenly last night. The imperial physician said that there was a possibility of poisoning. Could this be..."

Yang Jian's blood rushed to his head, and he felt dizzy. He widened his eyes and asked, "What do you mean? Did my eldest grandson poison his wife to death?"

"I have no evidence. I just want to tell you something. There are many things behind the princess' sudden death. Yuan Lin's belly is already bulging, and she can't hide her pregnancy anymore. How can we solve this scandal? The princess died at this time. Even a fool can tell what happened!"

Yang Jian was so angry that he was shaking all over. He slammed the table and shouted, "Why hasn't the prince come yet? Go and summon him again!"

Soon, the crown prince Yang Yong came hurriedly under the guidance of the eunuchs. Yang Yong knelt down and cried, "I am a minister who failed to teach my son well. I have come to apologize to my father!" Yang Jian felt dizzy again. He steadied himself and asked through gritted teeth, "Did you know this a long time ago?"

"No! I just interrogated Prince Changning and found out that he had done something that was abhorrent to both humans and gods. He even kept a prostitute and had a child with her. I wanted to kill him."

"And then? Did he admit to the crime he had committed?"

"Father, that rebellious son is forcing himself to argue and refuses to admit it, so I have decided to kill him for the sake of justice and have no son."

He turned around, took the plate and placed it on the ground, then tore off the white silk, revealing a bloody severed hand. Yang Liang next to him was also shocked.

Yang Jian was shocked and asked, "Whose hand is this?"

Yang Yong gritted his teeth and said, "Father, it was the hand of that rebellious son. He used this hand to poison the princess, and I cut it off!"

When Yang Jian heard that it was the hand of his eldest grandson, the shock was too much for him to bear. His eyes went dark and he fainted immediately.

"His Majesty!"

"Father!"

The palace was suddenly in chaos.

The news of the emperor's fainting spread like wildfire, causing concern among all the civil and military officials in the court. At this time, no one cared about what was happening in the Eastern Palace. After all, everyone knew the emperor's physical condition. Once the emperor fainted, he could die at any time.

Yang Liang had never expected that Yang Yong would be so cruel as to cut off his son's hand. This move of sacrificing one's own son for the sake of justice completely separated him from Yang Yan's actions.

No matter how severe the punishment is, it is all Yang Yan's business. It has nothing to do with the crown prince and cannot shake the crown prince's position at all. After seven or eight months of planning, he got nothing in the end and even upset his father.

The more Yang Liang thought about it, the angrier he became. Was Yuwen Shu really helping him?

He began to suspect that Yuwen Shu was pretending to be nice to him, eating his food but secretly ruining his career, playing both sides.

"This damn Yuwen Shu!"

Yang Liang returned to the Prince of Han's Palace and immediately summoned his important confidants for discussion.

He had five important confidants. One was the strategist Wang Hu, who was the son of the Southern Dynasty general Wang Sengbian. Another was the counselor Qiao Heng. The third was the military officer Xiao Moke, who was Xiao Xia's grandfather. This grandfather had stabbed Prince of Jin Yang Guang in the back, causing Yang Guang to be demoted.

But he did not have a good ending. Emperor Yang Jian hated his betrayal and found an excuse to dismiss him from his honorary position. Now he is just a small seventh-rank Yitong.

Fortunately, King of Han Yang Liang admired him very much and recruited him when he was at his lowest point. From then on, Xiao Moke was loyal to Yang Liang and became Yang Liang's confidant.

Xiao Xia hasn't seen him in the past two years because Xiao Moke has been training private troops for Yang Liang at the manor, and he happened to come to Chang'an today to report on the training situation.

Another confidant who was also in charge of military force was the Pillar of the State Qiao Zhongkui. He had followed Yang Liang for many years and had always been his confidant.

The last one is Huangfu Dan, who is in charge of the internal affairs of the Prince of Han's Palace. Yang Liang basically doesn't care about the Prince of Han's Palace, it is all managed by Huangfu Dan.

These five people formed a staff group for Yang Liang and provided advice to him.

In the secret room, Yang Liang said to the five people: "The emperor is in danger, I am considering implementing the Qianlong plan, do you have any opinions?"

(End of this chapter)