As soon as he finished speaking, two armored soldiers carried a simple stretcher over, one in front and one behind. Several ministers secretly craned their necks to see what was going on.
The person on the stretcher was covered with a layer of white cloth, but there was blood dripping from the bottom. Pieces of flesh fell from time to time.
This situation caused the eyes of the old ministers to twitch, and a bit of fear arose in their hearts.
Before they could say anything, Jiang Pengji asked someone to remove the white cloth, revealing the corpse inside.
The head was colorful. Blood and brain matter mixed with skull fragments. The body below the neck was no longer what it was.
Only the color and material of the clothes on the body could be seen. One look and you could tell that it was not something an ordinary person could wear.
The ministers' faces turned green, and some could not help but turn their heads and retch.
They weren't the only ones who vomited because of the hardcore scene. Even Jiang Pengji's advisor was so shocked that his face turned pale. The bullet screens in the streaming room were overwhelming. The audience tried to use the bullet screens to cover up the horrible scene. The disgust index was off the charts.
Pengji's wife: "Oh my god, I'm scared to death. The scene in the streaming room is scarier than a supernatural thriller."
Shenjia: "Host, can we discuss something? Can you give us a warning before the high-energy scene?"
Bloodstained Rose Thorn: "I forced myself to watch the scene of the streamer slaughtering her way in and out. In the end, I kneel before a corpse." To be honest, I'm so scared that my hair is about to stand up. " I heard that Guo Jia is censoring the violence. Wouldn't the streaming room be forced to censor such a violent scene that could give people a heart attack? To be honest, the Ring of Death is not that scary. "
Guicai Guofengxiao: "The host's streaming room has been running for so many years. It would have been censored a long time ago."
An Changhuan: "As an emergency nurse, I've seen many car accident scenes. I thought I had a high tolerance level and that there was nothing in the world that could scare me to tears, until I entered this livestream … I hugged my chubby self with a heartache."
The audience in the streaming room had a big reaction, but Jiang Pengji was still indifferent.
She had seen all kinds of scenes. This bloody scene was a piece of cake for her.
She asked the old ministers calmly.
"Look carefully. Is this the devil empress' corpse?"
A few of the old officials were as pale as snow. Some of them had to be supported to stand. They deeply suspected that Jiang Pengji was doing this on purpose.
Even the corpse's mother wouldn't be able to recognize it, let alone them.
They didn't have any special abilities, so how could they identify the owner of a corpse that had been trampled into mud?
However, the Empress was indeed wearing this set of clothes. Looking at the person's height, it seemed to fit.
An old official could not bear it any longer. He covered his face with his sleeves, unable to bear to see the tragic state of the corpse.
Jiang Pengji secretly curled her lips into a faint smile. "You guys are so blind. Can't you see that this corpse has dirtied the eyes of the noble? What are you still standing there for? Take the corpse away and bury it properly. We'll deal with it later. In my opinion, the most important thing right now is to take back the imperial city of Chenzhou as soon as possible and save those who haven't retreated yet. As for this corpse, it won't grow wings and fly away. "
The old ministers agreed. "That makes sense."
In any case, the Demon Empress was already a corpse and couldn't be any more dead. There was still time to settle the score in the future.
The enemy's attack was too sudden. The people in the city barely had time to react.
The Emperor could only take the ministers and their families with him. The other officials had no time to evacuate and were all abandoned in the city.
The longer they were delayed, the more danger they would be in.
Just as Jiang Pengji said, they should turn around and fight their way back to the imperial city as soon as possible to minimize their losses.
The Emperor couldn't be the only commander in the imperial court. He had to rely on a large number of ordinary officials to support him.
More importantly …
The ministers exchanged glances with one another, their expressions so solemn that water could drip out of them.
The Emperor had passed away so suddenly that he didn't have time to leave behind any edicts for his successor.
As the old ministers that the Emperor had relied on, they had to choose a successor as soon as possible to stabilize the court. They couldn't let the traitors get away with it.
The Emperor had four sons. The eldest prince had been killed, and the second prince had cursed the Emperor and the Empress with witchcraft. After the truth was revealed, his mother's family was implicated, and the Emperor ordered her to be exterminated. The second prince had also been imprisoned and died of an illness.
Now, only the third and fourth princes were still alive.
The fourth prince's legs had been crushed by a carriage. He was already a cripple who couldn't stand up. How could he ascend the throne?
After careful consideration, only the third prince, who had been demoted to a commoner, was the most suitable candidate.
But now that the war was in chaos, if they didn't go back to rescue him, the third prince might have already been killed.
If that was the case, who would inherit the throne?
It was easy to imagine that there would be a bloody battle!
The ministers had a beautiful idea, but they didn't know that Jiang Pengji wasn't just there to rescue the Emperor.
"How's the situation?" Jiang Pengji whispered to Feng Zhen. "Have you found out everything?"
Feng Zhen narrowed his eyes. He had found a chance to ask the eunuch and the palace maids about the situation. He had heard a lot of interesting things.
He said, "My lord, I have found out everything. Of the four princes, only the third and fourth princes are still alive. But the fourth prince, Wuma Jun, is a cripple with crippled legs. He won't have a chance to stand up in this lifetime. Therefore, the most suitable candidate is the third prince. The third prince's background isn't simple. His mother was from a branch of the Feng family. If he ascends to the throne, I'm afraid it will be troublesome. "
Jiang Pengji sneered. "To put it nicely, they are a branch of the Feng family. To put it bluntly, they are unrelated blood relatives. So what if the third prince ascends to the throne? Will the Feng family use all their power to help him? Haha, naive. It's more realistic to dream. "
She wasn't the only one who saw it clearly. The Feng family saw it even more clearly.
Dongqing was rotten to the bone. There was no way to save it.
Even if the third prince ascended to the throne, would the feudal lords, who had a lot of troops, surrender obediently?
Just one question. Why?
Why would the feudal lords hand over their lives?
Because they had been living off Dongqing's salary for a few years?
How shameless!
Jiang Pengji continued, "The Feng family is full of shrewd people. They won't take the risk. Dongqing is rotten to the bone. There is no way to save it. If they are dragged into the court's dispute because of the third prince, I'm afraid … the Feng family, which has been passed down for thousands of years, will come to an end. Therefore, you don't have to worry about the Feng family. But … Zishi is right. If the third prince ascends to the throne, it will indeed bring some trouble. "
If an adult emperor sat on the throne, it would indeed be more difficult for Jiang Pengji to be the official magistrate of Wanzhou.
So, the third prince …
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