Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

The heart of an emperor is always hard to predict.

Sure enough, when Emperor Renxiao saw that some of his ministers kept pleading for Prince Chen, his eyes became more sinister. He said angrily, "Good, very good. I am not dead yet. How dare you plead for someone who wants to kill the king and his father."

Concubine Shu was frightened by her son's bloody head. Her usual shrewdness disappeared. She cried and shouted, "Your Majesty, don't trust others easily. Xu'er has always respected Your Majesty. Didn't he bring Yuan Chi into the palace to please Your Majesty? It must be that Taoist priest who wanted to harm people. Your Majesty, please don't wrongly accuse our son."

After hearing this, Emperor Renxiao regained some of his sanity, but the seeds of doubt had already been planted in his heart.

He stared at Yuan Chi intently and asked sinisterly, "Tell me! Who ordered you to harm me?"

Bai Zhiyuan now understood why Qi Zeyi chose Yuan Chi. Even in this situation, Yuan Chi still clasped his hands together and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not murder you. I am a wandering Taoist priest. Fortunately, I am favored by your Majesty and can survive in the palace. Please understand your majesty."

Yuan Chi has been in the underworld for many years and his cheating skills are truly outstanding. Most people would have knelt down and begged for mercy at this moment, but he is still standing there.

However, Bai Zhiyuan stood in the crowd and looked carefully. Yuan Chi's hands were already shaking slightly, but he was just pretending. Besides, once the emperor started to be suspicious, it would not be so easy to fool him.

Emperor Renxiao stared at Yuan Chi intently, waved his hand and said to Li Mi, the leader of the Yulin Army, "Go and search for me to see if there is anything suspicious where the Imperial Master lives."

Li Mi: "Yes!" He turned around and led a team of people towards Yuan Chi's yard.

The hall instantly became quiet again, and everyone didn't even dare to breathe.

Bai Zhiyuan observed that although Yuan Chi still had his hands clasped together, his eyes kept glancing at King Yan.

The Prince of Chen, who was kneeling on the ground, was still bleeding. Without the emperor's order, no one dared to step forward to treat the Prince of Chen.

A prince with a bloody head, a concubine crying silently, and ministers kneeling on the ground. This scene is rare to see.

Bai Zhiyuan noticed a gaze, she looked up and saw Xie Yunsong directly. She could see clearly that Xie Yunsong's eyes were full of worry. Was he afraid that what happened today might have something to do with him?

Bai Zhiyuan withdrew his gaze and no longer paid attention to Xie Yunsong's questions.

After a while, Li Mi returned with his men and knelt down in front of Emperor Renxiao.

Emperor Renxiao asked hurriedly, "What have you gained?"

Li Mi glanced at the Prince of Chen, presented a few letters with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, I found a few letters between the Imperial Master and the Prince of Chen in his room. There was nothing in the letters, but the two of them did agree to meet often in private. As for what they were conspiring, I'm afraid only the two of them know."

Emperor Renxiao gave a look and the old eunuch walked down and presented the letter to the emperor. After reading it, the emperor's face became even gloomier. The times agreed upon in the letter coincided with the times when the Taoist priest was refining the medicine.

That is to say, every time after meeting King Chen, the Taoist priest would come back to make medicine for him. It seems that King Chen must be involved in this matter.

Emperor Renxiao was furious and threw the letter in front of Prince Chen, saying, "Look, why does this Taoist priest always make medicine for me after you meet him? Did you instruct him to do that?"

Prince Chen was still shouting, "It's unfair, father. I have met the Imperial Master privately, but it was because I was concerned about your health and asked him about your health. I would never dare to harm you, father. Please understand me, father!"

Emperor Renxiao laughed angrily and said, "Li Mi, torture this Taoist priest right here and see if he will confess."

Yuan Chi panicked, fell to his knees, and said, "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty—"

Li Mi received the emperor's order and ordered his subordinates to find a whip covered with barbs. He ignored Yuan Chi's pleas for mercy and raised his hand to swing it at him.

Although Yuan Chi was born a Taoist priest, he had been cheating people everywhere for so many years and lived a life of luxury. When had he ever suffered such a crime? After just a few strokes, he burst into tears and knelt down to beg for mercy. He was completely different from the Taoist master just now.

Emperor Renxiao did not call for a stop, and Li Mi did not dare to stop, so he had to continue whipping Yuan Chi. Soon, Yuan Chi was covered in blood and dying, and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I will tell you everything."

Prince Chen, who was standing by, was already trembling with fear at such a sudden change, and didn't know what to do.

There was cruelty in Emperor Renxiao's eyes. Only when he saw that Li Mi was willing to speak did he signal Li Mi to stop.

Yuan Chi knelt on the ground and raised his eyelids slightly, as if looking at someone. Everyone thought he was looking at Prince Chen, but only Bai Zhiyuan knew that he was looking at Prince Yan.

As expected, King Yan frowned in disgust and thought to himself, "Idiot."

Then, the King of Yan spoke quietly, "Master, you'd better confess quickly, or you will suffer more physical pain. Tell me! Who ordered you to harm my father?"

Bai Zhiyuan couldn't help but sneer at the naked threat. Qi Zeyi must have threatened Yuan Chi's son to force him to use him to frame the King.

Yuan Chi's body trembled, as if he had made up his mind. He pointed at King Chen and said, "Your Majesty, it was King Chen who ordered me to add some medicine that can cause blood reflux to the medicine I made, but I was afraid of being discovered, so I added very little. So, Your Majesty took so long to find out that you were not feeling well. King Chen forced me to do all this. If I don't do what he said, he will kill me. Your Majesty, please spare my life."

Prince Chen was already stunned by the sudden change, but Concubine Shu completely disregarded her image and shouted, "Impossible, this Taoist priest is talking nonsense. Your Majesty, how could Xu'er harm you?"

There was no warmth in Emperor Renxiao's eyes. In his opinion, he would have already intended to kill anyone who dared to kill him, even if it was his son.

Imperial Tutor Zhao Shouxin also knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty is wise. You can't wrongly accuse Prince Chen based on the Taoist's one-sided statement."

Many of the Prince's staff and ministers who stood on his side echoed this.

This completely angered Emperor Renxiao. His eyes were like knives, and he said sternly: "With all the witnesses and evidence, how could I have wronged him?"

He seemed to be still unsatisfied. He stood up suddenly and kicked King Chen directly. King Chen screamed and almost fainted.

Emperor Renxiao shouted angrily: "You are a traitor. You even dared to murder me. Who gave you the courage?"

There was a chill in his eyes as he glanced at the people kneeling below. It was because of the support of these people that Prince Chen had the courage to come up with such an idea.

He said angrily: "Anyone who pleads for the king again will be killed immediately."

Supervisory Censor Zhao Huaichuan said: "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Renxiao immediately waved his hand and said angrily: "Lock up all the people of the Zhao family and wait for my punishment. If it weren't for your guidance behind the scenes, how could this rebellious son dare to attack me?"

Suddenly, there was a chorus of begging for mercy in the palace. Concubine Shu, with her hair in disarray, threw herself at the feet of Emperor Renxiao, crying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't—"

Emperor Renxiao kicked her away impatiently. Concubine Shu lost all her usual elegance and fainted beside Prince Chen.

Emperor Renxiao said with disgust: "Send Concubine Shu to the cold palace."

The Prince of Chen finally reacted to the sudden change. He suddenly laughed crazily, stood up and said, "You incompetent ruler, the Dali period is over, it's over——"

The man who was at the end of his rope had given up at this moment. He had a different temperament from King Yan, and at this moment he personally blocked his last way of retreat.

Prince Chen had always been proud and arrogant, so he could not tolerate such a sudden change. After shouting for the last time, before anyone could react, he rushed straight towards the pillar of the hall, then fell down limply, twitched a few times and then became motionless.

A timid young lady in the hall screamed.

The imperial physician went over to check and shook his head.

There was a light in Prince Yan's eyes, but it was quickly concealed.

Emperor Renxiao's eyes flashed with emotion, after all, he was his own son. But things had come to this point, and he was an emperor. If he did not severely punish Prince Chen and the Zhao family, it was inevitable that someone would have such thoughts again.

Emperor Renxiao waved his hands feebly and said, "Take him away and bury him properly. Pass down the order to exile all members of the Zhao family and not allow them to return to the capital without being summoned. As for Yuan Chi, execute him immediately."

However, in an instant, the original big family, the Zhao family, fell, the high and mighty Prince Chen became a cold corpse, and the most favored concubine in the six palaces became a deposed concubine. The saying that "living with the emperor is like living with a tiger" is absolutely true.

Yuan Chi's screams sounded extremely miserable in everyone's ears. Emperor Renxiao had already turned around and walked out. His own son wanted to kill him, and the blow he suffered was no less than that of others.

After the emperor left, the farce ended and all the ministers left one after another, fearing that they would be affected by the storm.

Bai Zhiyuan glanced at Qi Zeyi who had won a great victory today, curled his lips, and slowly walked out.