Either you die, or I perish!
The moment of defeat!
The crowd parted to create a path for Jing Rong to walk through the rain.
Ah!
Wasn't Jing Rong already beyond cure?
But now, he was as steady as Mount Tai, standing in the drizzling rain with an air of unyielding heroism. His eyes, in particular, were full of vigor. Vaguely, he exuded an awe-inspiring spirit.
How … how does this look like a sick person?
At this moment, Jing Yi finally realized the situation he was in. He was surrounded. His lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a word. "You …"
Jing Rong's handsome face was slowly eroded by the drizzling rain. It was as if he was sculpted with a layer of silver light, like a sword. His brows were like arrows, and his spirited eyes met Jing Yi's shocked gaze. "Jing Yi, you've lost. At three o 'clock in the morning, it wasn't War Secretary Ji's troops that entered the palace, but the Kong family's troops."
"The Kong family? Im … impossible. "
"Last night, two hours after you ordered the city gates to be closed, the gates were quietly opened. The Kong family's troops have already entered the city. Just an hour ago, War Secretary Ji's men stationed inside and outside the capital were captured. At three o 'clock in the morning, they will be escorted into the palace."
Ah!
Impossible!
Jing Yi's face turned green. His confidence of victory was slowly draining away from his body.
Did he really lose?
Jing Rong said, "You thought you had everything planned out, but in the end, you still underestimated me. You thought that by capturing Teacher Ji, you would be able to kill me. But in the end, your chess pieces were placed in the wrong place. In the end, you lost everything."
"I didn't lose!" Jing Yi waved his sleeves, the veins on his face bulging. He took out the imperial edict signed and stamped by Qi Zhen Emperor and held it in his hand. "You didn't expect this, did you? Just an hour ago, Imperial Father passed the throne to me. With the imperial edict in my hand, the outcome has been decided. Your actions this time are treason! Treason! According to the Great Lin's laws, you should be executed. "
His voice resounded.
Everyone looked at the imperial edict in his hand and looked at each other.
Lang Po was also shocked. He turned his head and whispered to His Highness, "Your Highness, we were still a step too late. Now that Prince Yi has an imperial decree, I'm afraid …"
Before she could finish, Jing Rong raised his hand and interrupted her.
He smiled and raised an eyebrow at Jing Yi. "Open the imperial edict and take a look. See if it's really an imperial edict. Or waste paper? "
Hmm?
Jing Yi was surprised and quickly opened the imperial edict.
What he didn't expect was that Qi Zhen Emperor's name and seal had disappeared from the imperial edict.
"How could this be?" At this moment, he was really anxious.
Jing Rong sneered. "I'm afraid that the scrap of paper in your hand won't be able to save your life."
"No, it's clearly there. The imperial seal is clearly there."
"Dong!" The sound of something falling to the ground could be heard from the main hall behind him.
Hearing the voice, he turned around and saw a young eunuch walking out of the room.
Wasn't this person the little eunuch who was carrying the tray and presenting the brush and ink?
She stood by Jing Yi's side and took off the eunuch's hat on her head, as well as her thick fake eyebrows.
At first glance, this person …
Ji Yunshu!
Jing Yi's eyes widened in disbelief. He looked worriedly towards the inner hall.
Ji Yunshu said, "Prince Yi, don't worry. Concubine Xiao is fine inside."
"You … aren't you dead?"
She smiled. "If I'm dead, wouldn't the one standing here be a ghost?"
"…"
"Prince Yi, you must have many questions in your heart, right? Why did you clearly see me beheaded on the execution platform? How could I have survived? You clearly deployed your troops so meticulously, so why did you slip up and end up in such a state? And how did I appear by His Majesty's side? And the imperial edict in your hand, why are the signatures and seals missing? "
Yes, this was Jing Yi's question.
Where did he slip up?
"Everything you want to know, I will tell you one by one. In fact, from the moment the Emperor conferred me the position of the Prison Warden and Prince Rong nodded to me, he had already set up a trap for you. You were destined to meet your end today. The only reason I accepted this position was to force you to rebel, to force you to use me as a scapegoat. But you never would have thought that the chess pieces by your side had already fallen into someone else's chess cup." Ji Yunshu glanced at Jing Rong and slowly explained.
Then, Jing Rong continued from where she left off. "When you planned to imprison Teacher Ji in the Ministry of Justice's prison, Lord Lin of the Hanlin Academy had already informed me about it. Thus, we came up with a scheme to disguise the dragon as the phoenix. In the past, War Secretary Ji was able to deceive General Su of Qujiang by faking his death in prison. Today, I can do the same. The person who was escorted to the execution ground is actually someone who has committed a serious crime and is about to die."
"Ah!"
"And what you didn't expect was that the moment I planned to return to the capital from Yufu, I had already secretly sent a letter to Yi City and Hanzhou in the northwest to borrow the Kong family's troops to fight against you. With Commander Xiao's help, the timing was perfect."
"…"
Ji Yunshu continued, "On the day His Majesty imprisoned me in prison, I had already warned His Majesty. How could someone as smart as His Majesty really fall for your trap? After I was released from prison, I replaced the eunuch you arranged to be by His Majesty's side and entered Fuyang Hall. I knew that you would definitely force His Majesty to issue an imperial edict, so I prepared a brush, ink, and a fake jade seal. The ink and the jade seal were smeared with sunflower juice and ginger water. The words and seals would disappear in less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. As for His Majesty's illness, he had already recovered a long time ago. All of this was just a show for the Kong family's army to enter the capital. "
Haha!
After hearing this, Jing Yi's face was not just green, it was extremely pale.
His strong hands gripped the 'waste paper' tightly, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it to the ground.
The imperial edict rolled down the stone steps and into the rain.
Damn it!
I can't accept this!
He pointed at Jing Rong, "Jing Rong, I didn't lose to you, but I was too careless. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off."
Smoke rose from his nostrils.
Unexpectedly, Jing Rong suddenly pulled out Commander Xiao's sword and threw it to him. Then, he pulled out Lang Po's sword and held it in his hand.
The tip of his sword faced Jing Yi, "Jing Yi, don't say that I didn't give you a chance. After all, we are brothers. Didn't you always want to compete with me? Fine, as long as you win, I will let you leave the capital. In the future, you can go to the ends of the earth. " “
Lang Po was shocked, "Your Highness?" “
"No one is allowed to interfere. Get out of the way." “
Everyone obeyed and stepped aside.
An empty space was cleared for Jing Yi.
He was stunned for a moment before he gripped his sword tightly, his eyes bloodshot. Step by step, he walked down the steps and disappeared into the rain.
Now, standing in front of Jing Rong, he was just a desperate tiger struggling on its deathbed.
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