Chapter 2389 Substitute Marriage 49

Yes, the emperor has not been caught by the eldest prince yet - the emperor's secret guards and iron guards are guarding the Qianqing Palace, making a last-ditch resistance.

This is normal. The emperor built his fortune from scratch. He has been fighting in the north and south for many years. Naturally, he has a group of die-hard iron guards following him. These people are not what the eldest prince's subordinates can defeat.

But there were too many enemies, and the eldest prince was very likely to set fire to the palace and force the emperor to come out after being unable to attack. In this way, no matter how many iron guards there were, the place was too small and it would be difficult to defend, so the secret guard urged King Qi to take action quickly. .

When the King of Qi heard this, he no longer hesitated, and hurried out of the palace, asking the royal soldiers to go to the palaces of the generals to order all the soldiers and horses. He only said that the emperor had given the tiger talisman to the King of Qi, and asked the King of Qi to rescue him.

However, after the emperor ascended the throne, in addition to having some military generals guard the border, most of them were placed in the capital and became nobles, sharing peace and wealth with the emperor. Unless there was an emergency at the border, they usually stayed in the capital.

In this dynasty, the emperor and his ministers were in harmony with each other. After the emperor ascended the throne, he did not kill all the heroes and massacre the heroes. Most of the generals handed over their military power to the emperor and became rich men in the capital. They only went into battle unless something happened.

Although the military power was returned, they all fought with the emperor to conquer the world. In the process of conquering the world, they naturally had many close soldiers.

Some of these confidants were recommended to major military camps and became military generals, while others were only willing to follow their masters and share peace, and these became servants of various families.

They are said to be servants, but they are all free men. In fact, they are guards in nature.

Some owners did not want them to have a lower status than those who had joined the army, so they bought them some false titles so that they could walk outside without being looked down upon by others. Therefore, they were called guards, and they generally had grades, such as sixth-grade guard with sword. , seventh grade guard with sword, etc.

Some were even granted the title by the emperor himself. If he had not been thinking of his master, he could have established another branch.

Although these people retreated and did not go to the Beijing camp, as personal soldiers, they were all veterans of hundreds of battles. They were completely incomparable to the newly selected generals from the Beijing camp.

When these generals heard that King Qi had summoned King Qin and held the tiger talisman, they immediately organized their own guards.

These nobles, as long as they are smart, are like the King of Qi and have not been involved in the dispute over the crown prince. They are only loyal to the emperor and do not care about such noisy matters.

So when the emperor asked for help, they naturally took action as soon as they heard the call.

Not only did he take action on his own and bring guards, he also went to Beijing Camp and other places to bring in his own troops.

Although they have retired, their children or generals are still working in the capital camp, and many of them listen to the words of their elders or former superiors.

Soon everyone followed the soldiers of Prince Qi's Mansion and arrived in front of the palace. In a short period of time, tens of thousands of people gathered.

King Qi looked at these people and raised the tiger talisman.

"Gentlemen, Your Majesty is in danger, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Without any unnecessary words, a thunderous echo resounded in the square.

"Here!"

Tens of thousands of horses and horses seemed to have returned to the days when they were galloping on the battlefield, and the murderous aura that had been battle-hardened for a long time came back as if they were going back in time.

King Qi held his sword and rode ahead.

It is true that King Qi rarely went to the battlefield, but it did not mean that he was not good at it. Otherwise, how could the emperor trust him with the Tiger Talisman.

There was military training, and he had experienced small battlefields, but the emperor was afraid that he would be in danger and did not let him participate in the war.

But even so, it was much better than the eldest prince who had never experienced anything before. After all, the eldest prince was still too young back then. As a child, he had never even participated in a small battle, so naturally he was not as good as the King of Qi.

As soon as these veteran generals appeared, the group of people in the palace soon became unable to handle them.

But he said that after the emperor asked the generals who followed him to conquer the world to disarm and return to their fields, the army could not be left unattended, so he promoted some less famous people to take charge of these armies, including the Beijing Camp and the Forbidden Army.

These people didn't have much reputation, so he felt more at ease since they were in charge of the army.

Anyway, the border is fine, the capital and the imperial city are safe, there is no need for famous generals, only people who can manage the army can serve as generals.

Since they have little reputation, when facing these famous generals, their combat effectiveness is not at the same level at all.

What's more, even the level of bravery and proficiency of their subordinates varies - these famous generals are all elite soldiers, while the subordinates of Jing Daying and others are newly recruited soldiers in recent years. They have never been on the battlefield a few times. Where can they fight? It's been a long time.

Elite soldiers from hundreds of battles are trained with swords and fire. They have a strong sense of fighting and strong coordination. A few people can outweigh dozens of people, and soon the people brought by the eldest prince are like chopping melons and vegetables. The same, they were all in pieces, not to mention that their leader knew that he was not as good as those famous generals, so he was timid and fled when they came. He fought anyway. In less than half an hour, the battle was over and the eldest prince was arrested. .

Originally, the eldest prince saw that the situation was not good and planned to commit suicide, but then he thought about it. The emperor only had one son, so he might not kill him. Then wouldn't he still have a chance? So he didn't commit suicide, and planned to use this to blackmail the emperor. So what if King Qi Qin succeeded, he would still succeed to the throne.

But... if he knew that King Qi would take action, he should have rushed into Prince Qi's mansion and killed Prince Qi's family first.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, so he can only be captured at this time.

The eldest prince felt that since the emperor only had his own son, he would definitely not kill him, but he obviously had a good idea. After all, if he really didn't want to kill him, he wouldn't let King Qi come to King Qin.

So when the emperor saw him, he pointed at him breathlessly and cursed: "Treason! Treason!"

Then he was pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded.

Generally speaking, members of the clan would not use disgraceful punishments such as beheading. They would usually be imprisoned. If the crime was too big, they would at most be given poisoned wine, so that a whole body could be left intact.

But at this time the emperor was so angry that he directly said to kill him.

When the eldest prince heard this, he couldn't help but became anxious, and immediately said: "Father, you only have one son: me. If you want to kill me, who will inherit your kingdom in the future?"

The eldest prince is the eldest. Because of Concubine Lan's crime, he fell into despair and did not have time to get married. Not to mention the few princes below, including Yishui's unmarried ones, have now been killed by him. In other words, except for the emperor's lineage, He no longer had any heirs. Of course, even if those princes had children, he would have killed them all before so that he could be the only one.

When the emperor heard that he dared to threaten him with the death of his other sons, he was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood. He pointed at the eldest prince with a trembling finger and said, "I just adopted a son from your uncle. , and I won’t let you succeed!”