SWDnovel Chapter 686 Punishment
Chapter 686 Punishment
Jing'an Marquis sneered: "Your Majesty, are you confused? The Seventh Prince was not present today."
He had set up a tight net outside the Seventh Prince's mansion this morning, and by now the Seventh Prince must have been beheaded.
The old emperor laughed sarcastically: "The one before was just an imposter. The real son of me and the late queen is this year's top scholar Jiang Ci!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers in the audience were in an uproar.
"Jiang Ci is the Seventh Prince?"
"No wonder his features resemble those of the late queen. It turns out he is the late queen's son."
An official whispered, "If Jiang Ci is the Seventh Prince, then his talent is far superior to that of the Third Prince."
When Ye Lanxuan heard the whispers around him, his face became even gloomier.
"This is impossible. My seventh brother and father had a blood relationship before. How could he be fake?"
The old emperor sneered and said, "Yang Zhong just did something in secret to cover up his tracks. How could I not see through this little trick?"
Jiang Ci looked towards the old emperor.
"Your Majesty's favorite son betrayed you, and now he is teaming up with outsiders to force you to abdicate. Your Majesty must be feeling very bad, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have thought of me."
The old emperor narrowed his sinister eyes.
"Seventh Brother, as long as you can suppress the Zhao family's rebels, I will immediately enthrone you as the crown prince."
Ye Lanxuan angrily said, "He is a fake! Don't believe him! Father, in order to prevent your son from ascending the throne, you would rather pull out a fake to confuse the royal bloodline. How can such behavior be worthy of our ancestors?"
Queen Zhao glared at Jiang Ci, her cold eyes filled with hatred.
She should have thought of it earlier. She felt that he was familiar when she first saw him at the Qionglin Banquet.
They sent people to hunt down this little bastard for so many years. They thought Jiang Qiuchi was the illegitimate child of Feng Xiansui, so the Zhao family has been targeting Jiang Qiuchi in the past two years, which has given this little bastard a chance to accumulate strength.
Even if he was talented, so what? The Feng family had been wiped out, and without a strong backing, no matter how talented he was, he was not qualified to compete with Xuan'er for the throne.
Humph, since he dares to show up, today is the day he dies!
"Even if he is true, so what? Now the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Zhao family and the 100,000 defenders of Rongcheng have all entered the capital. The entire imperial city is surrounded. Your Majesty, what qualifications do you think he has to compete with Xuan'er?"
Jing'an Hou immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, take this man down!"
Two soldiers in armor walked quickly towards Jiang Ci. Just as they arrived in front of Jiang Ci, several ghostly figures suddenly appeared, swung their swords and slashed the two men's necks. Blood splattered three meters away, scaring the nearby civil servants so much that they hurriedly got up and dodged.
Upon seeing this, Marquis Jing'an immediately called on Feng Yunhe and Su Ji beside him to take action.
"Go and arrest him. If you can capture him, you will be promoted."
The two looked at each other, and Feng Yunhe drew the sword from his waist and stabbed Marquis Jing'an through the heart when he was completely unprepared.
"puff!"
Marquis Jing'an opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, then turned back to look at Feng Yunhe in shock.
"You...you actually dared to rebel, why?"
Feng Yunhe drew out his sword swiftly, and Marquis Jing'an fell to the ground weakly, his eyes still staring at Feng Yunhe.
He was the one who promoted the father and son of the Feng family. After Feng Jinyuan got into trouble, he handed over the military power to Feng Yunhe and supported him to replace Feng Jinyuan's position, which led to their current situation. He never expected that Feng Yunhe would betray him.
Feng Yunhe laughed coldly.
"Marquis Jing'an has misunderstood. I am a minister of the Great Sui Dynasty, so I will always be loyal to Your Majesty!"
Marquis Jing'an understood that what Feng Yunhe said was just polite talk, as he was Jiang Ci's man.
This little bastard hid himself too deeply. He deliberately sent an impostor to the capital to attract them to focus all their attention on the impostor, while this little bastard used another identity to take the imperial examination to enter the capital. No one could have imagined that this year's top scorer would be the seventh prince who disappeared that year.
With a heart full of reluctance, Marquis Jing'an still stared at Jiang Ci before he died.
"Father!"
"Grandpa!"
The Zhao family, Queen Zhao, and Ye Lanxuan all crowded around him.
Seeing her father being stabbed to death, Queen Zhao stared at Feng Yunhe with hatred in her eyes: "Your entire Feng family are slaves supported by my Jing'an Marquis Mansion. How dare you kill my father? I will cut you into pieces. Come!"
Queen Zhao screamed, and the hundreds of soldiers in the hall and the guard camp headed by Su Ji did not move. Queen Zhao looked at those people in astonishment.
"Didn't you hear what I said? Take down Feng Yunhe immediately!"
Jiang Ci slowly stood up and walked straight to Queen Zhao. He curled his lips and smiled softly.
"Yunhe, you were a little too harsh just now. At least give Marquis Jing'an some time to say goodbye to his family."
Feng Yunhe looked at Jiang Ci respectfully and said, "It was my fault that I was reckless."
Queen Zhao stared at Jiang Ci and said, "So he is your man! You little bastard, I should have let you die in the cold palace. If I hadn't been soft-hearted, you would have died with that bitch Feng Xiansui!"
Jiang Ci narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his foot and kicked Queen Zhao to the ground.
"boom!"
The phoenix hairpins on Queen Zhao's head shook and made a harsh sound when they hit the ground.
Jiang Ci looked down at the panicked woman and said, "I can still remember what happened back then. I will never forget it. Isn't it a pity? Not only did I not die in the fire, I am still alive to seek revenge. Your Majesty, where should I start to punish you?"
Meeting Jiang Ci's gloomy gaze, Queen Zhao felt frightened and forced herself to step back.
"You...what do you want to do? I am the queen of this dynasty!"
"Haha, a daughter of a sixth-rank official climbed onto the emperor's bed by means of seducing the master. It was clearly a trap set by you and your father and brother, but you used retreat as an advance to lure that old man into taking the bait, thus making him want to conquer you. You relied on these dirty tricks under your skirt to cling to the imperial power, and even the cats and dogs of your Zhao family were promoted to heaven. After a few days of good life, you seemed to have forgotten what a lowly thing you are. After all, the things you snatched did not belong to you. In the end, the historians wrote a few words about you: you have a lack of moral character and you are promiscuous in the palace. How can a slut be called the queen?"
Ye Lanxuan shouted angrily: "Jiang Ci, who do you think you are to humiliate my mother? You are just a remnant of the Feng family. I clearly remember the scene when you were locked in an iron cage and fought with that big yellow dog for a steamed bun. You looked so miserable and helpless. A lowly person like you should be trampled underfoot and humiliated forever!"
Jiang Ci actually curled his lips, then raised his foot and stepped on Queen Zhao's chest, pressing hard with his toes, and a crackling sound was heard from Queen Zhao's sternum.