webnovelfull Chapter 558: Family Rebellion
Chapter 558: Family Rebellion
This sentence is not a negotiation, but an affirmative tone.
When she learned that she had completely broken off relations with the aristocratic families today, she decided to go all out and planned to use some strong means to make Yuan Chao the crown prince.
Qi Huaichuan is no pushover either. Although the Yuan family is the strongest among the five great families, the combined strength of the other four families should not be underestimated.
After his head was bandaged, he stood up and said angrily: "If the Queen Mother really wants to make the illegitimate son the crown prince, then our four great families will have no choice but to unite and seize power."
"Anyway, the Crown Prince is dead, and there are no descendants of the Chu family anymore. So whoever sits on the throne is qualified, and it does not belong to just your Yuan family."
"Don't think I don't know. Emperor Chu is not sick at all. You just poisoned and imprisoned him. You are just acting as the government. If you really have a clear conscience, would you dare to release Emperor Chu to let us see him?"
Empress Dowager Yuan: "..."
Empress Dowager Yuan: "!!!"
Saying this kind of thing in front of so many people was a slap in her face.
Her eyes were wide open with anger, and fire was almost spitting out of them.
"How dare you speak to me like that!"
Qi Huaichuan sneered repeatedly, "What are you afraid of? Over the years, your Yuan family has suppressed our other families everywhere. Aren't you afraid that we will surpass you?"
"We have done our best to help the Yuan family, but in the end, apart from some petty profits, what benefits have we gained?"
"This time you promised in person that you would select the most outstanding young talent from the five great families to be the crown prince, but I didn't expect that this was just a show you and the Imperial Master put on for us. Does the Queen Mother really want to fool us like fools?"
Another Zhou family head also said: "Master Qi is right. The five great families were originally a community of interests. However, in recent years, except for the Yuan family, the strength of our other four great families has not improved at all. Instead, they have all retreated."
"If you say that there is no handwriting by you, the Empress Dowager, I will never believe it."
The head of the Liu family also said: "Empress Dowager, if it weren't for us old bones who helped and supported you wholeheartedly, how could you sit on the position of Empress Dowager now?"
"You were the first to be unkind in appointing a crown prince, so you can't blame us for being unjust."
"The throne should be occupied by whoever has the ability, rather than being occupied by your Yuan family. If your illegitimate son with the Imperial Master were to become the emperor, the West Shu Kingdom would be laughed at by the people of the other three kingdoms in the future."
The heads of the four great families spoke up one after another, accusing Queen Dowager Yuan of being ungrateful and acting to deceive them.
Everyone knew very well that if they didn't find a way to seize power this time, it would be difficult for them to seize power again after the royal family changed its name to Yuan.
When Empress Dowager Yuan's son ascends the throne, that aristocratic family will no longer be of any value to them!
Based on their understanding of the personalities of Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master, it is not certain that they will abandon them after the mission is accomplished.
Instead of waiting for Yuan to take the throne and for the people of the four great families to be eliminated one by one by Empress Dowager Yuan, it would be better for them to join forces and stand up against them.
What if they actually succeed?
Then doesn't this position belong to them?
In addition, the heads of the four major families are also very clear that now is the best time to seize power.
This time, it was Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master who made a mistake of principle and took the initiative to put the handle in front of them, so they can't be blamed.
After all, the fault was not theirs, but that of Empress Dowager Yuan herself.
Even if the people outside curse them, they can't curse them.
They only cursed Empress Dowager Yuan for being lowly and shameless, and for not being a faithful wife, and the Yuan family for being insidious, vicious, and despicable.
Thinking of this, the desire of the heads of the four great families to rebel against Empress Dowager Yuan became even stronger.
Empress Dowager Yuan's eyes turned red with anger. Only then did she realize that the people from the four great families had colluded with each other behind the back of the Yuan family and became a united force.
They said that the Yuan family was the leader and they had to do everything.
In fact, he had long wanted to rebel and bring down the Yuan family and her!
Queen Mother Yuan almost died of anger. The matter of the Imperial Master had not been resolved yet, and now the four major families were starting to cause trouble for her.
She admitted that she had done many shady things over the years in order to make the heads of the four major families work for her.
For example, sending people to seize their properties and then selling them to them at extremely high prices.
For example, he sent people to secretly kill several of the younger generations whom the Empress Dowager Yuan considered to be outstanding.
She was afraid that as these people grew up, the Yuan family would be surpassed, and the people from the four major families would gradually get out of her control, causing trouble for her.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Yuan sent people to kill an outstanding young man from the Zhou family and faked the scene of his accidental death, which really did not arouse suspicion from the people of the aristocratic family.
From then on, she became more and more aggressive and began to continuously kill talented people from the four major families.
But assassinations don't always succeed.
As Empress Dowager Yuan sent people to assassinate people more and more often, the aristocratic families also took this matter seriously and sent guards with high martial arts skills to protect the safety of the younger generation.
Over time, Empress Dowager Yuan could no longer succeed.
She thought she had concealed this matter very well.
Little did she know that the people from the four great families had actually suspected her a long time ago, but they had no evidence in their hands.
In addition, because of her special status, even if they had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to rashly ask Empress Dowager Yuan about the truth of the matter.
From then on, the heads of the four great families all began to feel a little resentful towards Empress Dowager Yuan.
But Empress Dowager Yuan didn't know this.
Now, seeing the dogs she had ordered around united and started to bite her, Empress Dowager Yuan was extremely angry.
She never thought that the first people to oppose her would be those from the same aristocratic family.
She suddenly felt betrayed.
If she had known they were so troublesome, she should have found a way to get rid of all these old guys in time.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yuan's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Qi Huaichuan, are you guys planning to rebel?"
Qi Huaichuan said: "I don't dare to rebel, but I will fight for the throne!"
"Instead of letting your sickly son become the emperor, you might as well give this opportunity to the younger generation in our family. Maybe they are more likely to be the emperor than the illegitimate son of the Empress Dowager."
"You are so brave!" Queen Dowager Yuan gritted her teeth, veins bulging on her forehead.
"Someone, arrest the heads of the four great families and throw them into the prison!"
The head of the Liu family sneered, "It won't be that easy for the Queen Mother to arrest us."
The next second, he took out a communication bullet from his sleeve.
He stretched out his hand and pulled, and a black firework shot up into the sky and exploded in mid-air.