ebookland Chapter 334: The Emperor's Death is a National Mourning
Chapter 334: The Emperor's Death is a National Mourning
Zhou Hanjin's expressionless face, his words, and the knife at His Majesty's neck frightened him so much that he felt his body go cold and his back stiffened. He dared not to provoke Zhou Hanjin again.
"Father has lived a life of luxury for many years, so he certainly doesn't know how it feels to have a knife cut into your body, right?"
His Majesty's breathing was heavy and rapid, and he stared at Zhou Hanjin with red eyes. There was nothing else he said except "rebellious son".
Upon hearing this, Zhou Hanjin struck the pillar next to him hard, leaving a deep mark on it.
"Father, no one can save you now, and don't expect anyone to come to the palace to save you! All the mansions of the ministers in the capital have been surrounded by my people, even the mansions of my third and seventh brothers are no exception!"
His Majesty was so angry that his chest hurt, but now he was the fish and Zhou Hanjin was the knife, no matter how angry he was, he could do nothing.
"Write it now!" Zhou Hanjin saw his father's fear and knew that he was afraid of death, so he unscrupulously chopped down the pillar again to scare him.
His Majesty couldn't help but tremble, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
"Come here, bring the pen and ink so that His Majesty can write well!"
Zhou Hanjin's followers were waiting outside the palace gate. When they heard this, they did as they were told without saying a word.
Soon, the pen, ink, and even the bright yellow cloth that had not a single word written on it were brought to him.
His Majesty took the pen with trembling hands and could not write a single word for a long time.
Zhou Hanjin stared at His Majesty's hand holding the pen with fanatical eyes, and all the emotions such as excitement and joy at the victory within reach were revealed on his face.
His Majesty was breathing heavily and his hands were shaking, and he didn't write a single word for a long time.
Zhou Hanjin impatiently scratched the calf of His Majesty, who was wearing a bright yellow undershirt. The wound was not small and quite deep.
This shows how ruthless he was.
"Rebellious son!" His Majesty cursed instinctively out of anger.
Zhou Hanjin made another cut on the other calf. "Father, don't try to play tricks and test my patience. If you keep delaying like this, I can't guarantee that this knife won't pierce your chest."
Anyway, what he needed was an abdication decree, not a living emperor.
As long as my father has written it, it doesn’t matter whether a person is alive or dead, or how he lives!
Just then, there was a sudden noise outside, the sound of weapons colliding.
"kill."
"What's the noise?" Zhou Hanjin frowned.
"Your Highness, I'll go out and take a look." The attendant put everything in his hands on the ground and bowed.
Zhou Hanjin nodded. His bad instinct made him subconsciously cut His Majesty's wound again, using the pain to force him to write.
"Father, no matter who comes in, you'd better not stop writing. Otherwise, I can kill you right now."
Now that we have already done the rebellion, what else is there to be afraid of?
Things have come to this point, and being timid will not achieve anything great!
His Majesty was still thinking about delaying for a while, maybe he could wait until the people outside came in and he could be rescued.
Who would have thought that Zhou Hanjin had such sharp eyes that he could see through what he was thinking at a glance.
"Besides, how can the emperor be sure that the people coming in from outside are here to rescue him? Maybe they have the same idea as me and just want to get the abdication edict!"
Zhou Hanjin did not hesitate to use the greatest malice to speculate on the person who risked his life to rush in and rescue him at this time!
He didn't believe that there could be someone in this world who would not care about his own life and only care about saving his master.
Even his father's sons are probably the same as him, wishing that his father would die soon!
His Majesty's forehead was sweating due to the pain, his face was pale, he was gasping loudly, and he glared fiercely at Zhou Hanjin who was threatening him.
He suddenly laughed, "Even if that's the case, I would rather pass the throne to them than to you!"
Zhou Hanjin was successfully enraged, his face turned black, he gripped the knife handle tightly, veins bulged on the back of his hand.
"If that's the case, then there's no value in Father continuing to live!"
Anyway, the rebellion has already been done, and Zhou Hanjin doesn't mind carrying it out to the end.
He had just raised his sword, but before it could completely strike His Majesty, who had collapsed on the ground in fear, he was hit in the back of his hand by an arrow.
He could no longer hold the knife in his hand and it fell, hitting His Majesty's shoulder and leaving a wound of medium depth.
Your Majesty was screaming in pain and didn't even bother to see who the person was.
Zhou Hanjin gritted his teeth and endured the pain without crying out. He turned around and saw a tall figure standing at the palace gate with his back to the light.
"It's you?"
Zhou Yichen curled his lips coldly, "A surprise?"
"You are indeed my biggest rival in this life!" Zhou Hanjin's eyes were full of hostility.
As early as when Zhou Yichen was escorted back to Beijing, he had a bad feeling and wanted to cut the Gordian knot and resolve these issues quickly.
As it turned out, it was just as expected. Zhou Yichen always lingered around and ruined his plans!
"Stop it." Zhou Yichen saw the murderous intent in Zhou Hanjin's eyes.
He not only wanted to kill himself, but also wanted to kill his father who was right at his feet.
Zhou Yichen is not a saint, and he cannot completely stop blaming his father.
This father who once tried to undermine the family of his mother and grandfather is the person he hates most in his life!
But he couldn't die at this time, at least he couldn't die when the Great Zhou was fighting a joint war with Western Chu, Japan, and the northern grasslands.
The death of an emperor is a national mourning.
At this time, his death would only affect the morale of the army.
Even for Qi Bai, for the city of Xi'an, and for the millions of people of the Great Zhou, he cannot die at this time!
"Why?" Zhou Hanjin asked sarcastically.
"Zhou Yichen, stop pretending here. Don't you hate him? He was the one who killed your mother and forced your grandfather's family to leave the capital and withdraw from the court!"
Zhou Yichen lowered his eyes and said evasively, "He is more useful alive than dead. We are at war now. If he dies, it will be a national mourning and will affect the morale of the army."
Zhou Hanjin smiled sarcastically and kicked his father mercilessly as he was crying bitterly while holding his injured leg.
"Father, listen to what a failure you are as a human being. Two of your sons want you dead."
His Majesty shrank back and said, "......" Rebellious son!
Once he is caught, I will definitely torture him to death by cutting him into pieces!
"Do you think you can rescue him from the encirclement?" Zhou Hanjin was too lazy to call him father. His face was already torn, so why bother to maintain it?
"Let's give it a try." Zhou Yichen's eyes were calm, without any fear, as if he was sure he could win.
"The old marquis has already led his troops out of the capital. Where did you gather these troops from?" Zhou Hanjin frowned.
Besides, he had already sent people to watch outside the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Did Zhou Yichen leave the Prince of Yan's Mansion?
How did he manage to break into the palace without anyone noticing and kill his way here?
Thinking of this, Zhou Hanjin was completely puzzled.