The mistress of the National Division also came to the Temple of Heaven and looked forward. Qin Mu had sheathed his sword while Emperor Yanfeng was looking at his back. The young woman was looking at them with a worried expression.
The bloody battle soon subsided. The monks and Daoists of Great Thunderclap Monastery and Dao Sect either died or escaped, but most of them died there, dyeing the Temple of Heaven red with blood.
Blood flowed down the steps from the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step all the way to the first step. It flowed down to the feet of the envoys of various countries, sects, and heads of various sects.
The Temple of Heaven, the place where heaven was offered sacrifices, was dyed red with blood.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" Someone suddenly knelt down and shouted.
Whoosh —
Below the Temple of Heaven, no matter if it was the officials, the envoys, or the heads of various sects, sects, or aristocratic families, they all knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison, "Long live the emperor!"
Emperor Yanfeng turned around and stood in front of the highest step. He spread out his arms and faced the kneeling of his subjects. After a moment, he raised his hands in the air. "Rise."
The mistress of the National Division looked at Emperor Yanfeng. Behind him, Qin Mu and the eight inspectors of Heavenly Devil Cult were also standing on the Temple of Heaven. They didn't kneel down.
"Husband, it might not be a good thing for Cult Master Qin to show off his abilities," she whispered to the Yankang National Preceptor.
The Yankang National Preceptor took a glance at Qin Mu and shook his head. "To him, Yankang Kingdom is only a training ground. Killing the crown prince was also a training ground. He doesn't have so many misgivings. Furthermore, the emperor does indeed rely on him a lot. "
The mistress of the National Division was astonished. "Training ground?"
The Yankang National Preceptor nodded. "Training ground."
The crown prince had rebelled this time, colluding with Dao Sect and Great Thunderclap Monastery to plot against the emperor and usurp the throne. The influence and destruction they had caused was no small matter.
In the records of the historians, there might only be a simple sentence: "On the eighteenth day of the second month, Crown Prince Yuxia rebelled. On the sixth day of the third month, he was executed."
It was that simple, and the details were not known to outsiders. Many of the stories could only be found in unofficial history, but most of them were just rumors and were not trustworthy.
However, after the rebellion, there was a bloody purge. The family of the Crown Prince's officials was exterminated. The monks and Daoists from the Great Thunderclap Temple and Taoism were also sent to the execution ground.
The beheadings at Caishikou lasted from the seventh day of the third month all the way to the beginning of the fourth month.
During this period, there were also some accidents, and they did not find the Crown Prince's head.
The crown prince's head had vanished without a trace, and he couldn't find it even after searching the surroundings of the Temple of Heaven. Emperor Yanfeng also didn't order anyone to investigate in detail.
Afterwards, the Emperor issued a decree to remove Crown Prince Ling Yuxia's name from the Imperial Family's genealogy and ancestral hall. He also demoted the Crown Prince's birth mother, the deceased former Empress, to be a concubine.
Emperor Yanfeng also changed the officials and selected some young imperial scholars from Imperial College to promote them. He also selected capable people from all the military departments to fill up the positions that were lacking.
A few days later, the emperor summoned the second prince, Ling Yushu, back to the imperial court from the border to report on his work. A few days later, the emperor felt that his body was slightly unwell, so he appointed Ling Yushu as the crown prince, supervising the country and managing the imperial court.
"Yushu, what's the first thing you do when you manage the imperial court?" Emperor Yanfeng summoned Crown Prince Ling Yushu and asked.
He didn't think highly of this second son of his. Ling Yushu wasn't considered outstanding among all of his sons and daughters. Among all of his sons and daughters, he wasn't the one with the greatest boldness, nor was his aptitude the most outstanding. On the contrary, he admired Ling Yuxia a lot. He had extremely boldness and courage, but it was a pity that he was too bold and courageous.
His other older sons had died early, having been outlived by him.
Ling Yushu pondered over it for a moment. He had just returned from the battlefield at the border, and the tempering of the past few months had made him have an imposing heroic spirit, as well as some decisiveness.
This time, when Ling Yuxia had colluded with Great Thunderclap Monastery and Dao Sect to rebel, he had escaped the calamity because he wasn't in the capital city.
Ling Yushu said solemnly, "Son shall abolish big brother …"
Emperor Yanfeng's face sank. "You are now the eldest son, I don't have a son like him."
Ling Yushu paused for a moment and said, "Son shall abolish the treaty he signed with the foreign country and take back the land he ceded, cleaning up the land that the sects had swallowed during the chaos. Now that Dao Sect and Great Thunderclap Monastery have suffered a huge loss and lost more than half of their experts, son shall take the chance to take back most of the land of Dao Sect and Great Thunderclap Monastery. "
Emperor Yanfeng's expression softened slightly, and he asked, "And then?"
"Son shall help father relieve the disaster, but before that, son shall first issue an edict of guilt …"
Emperor Yanfeng flew into a rage and shouted, "Say that again!"
Ling Yushu bowed and said solemnly, "Son shall first issue an edict of guilt, shouldering the karma of the natural disaster on myself, praying that God will no longer send disasters and calamities to pacify the hearts of the people."
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