PNB Chapter 382: House Arrest
Chapter 382: House Arrest
The emperor, who had just opened his eyes, saw the second prince in front of him and frowned deeply.
The emperor stared intently at his son, who was like a beast.
"You old codger, you've finally woken up. Now that you're awake and there's no one else here, why don't you make a choice again?"
The second prince crossed his arms, lowered his head, and looked solemnly at the emperor on the bed.
"Do you want the throne, or do you want the crown prince to be buried with you?"
Seeing the Second Prince like this, the Emperor gritted his teeth.
After all, the emperor had known what kind of person the second prince was all these years.
Seeing the Second Prince's gloomy appearance, the Emperor was not particularly surprised.
However, these words did indeed make the emperor extremely angry.
After all, how could the throne be passed on to the second prince in his current state?
"How could I possibly pass the throne to you? Besides, compared to you, the Crown Prince is far more composed."
The emperor turned his head away, no longer looking at the second prince, who was now furious.
After all, the second prince felt that he had already given the emperor such a strong poison.
According to the second prince's own understanding, the emperor should also be a person who is afraid of death.
How can he be so upright and incorruptible now?
"You old fool, is that really how you think? You'd risk your life for that prince?"
The second prince gritted his teeth, turned his head, squinted, and stared intently at the emperor on the bed.
It seemed as if they wanted to see right through the emperor's face.
But the emperor refused to compromise, keeping his lips pursed and remaining silent.
This infuriated the second prince, and his face instantly turned red.
He clenched his fist tightly and slammed it onto the bed.
This didn't surprise the emperor much; he simply closed his eyes and ignored the second prince.
The crown prince outside the door was extremely anxious, pacing back and forth.
Want to know what happened to the emperor and the second prince?
But the guards were watching them intently.
This prevented the crown prince from breaking into the palace.
At this moment, the second prince was clenching his fists, staring angrily at the emperor on the bed, thinking of him.
"You old bastard, what happened to you? You've really disappointed me. I should have just poisoned you to death."
After saying these words, the second prince raised his head and looked around the palace.
"You old fool, where did you hide the Imperial Seal of the State?"
The second prince spoke again in a sinister tone, but this time he received no response from the emperor.
Seeing that the emperor did not respond, the second prince immediately flicked his sleeves and summoned the guards outside, who then began to search the palace at will.
They turned the entire palace upside down.
Even the emperor, who was lying on the bed, was moved to the floor.
They kicked over everything, from tables and chairs to benches.
But no matter how hard the second prince searched, he couldn't find any clues about the imperial seal.
This enraged the second prince.
His eyes turned extremely red.
He grabbed the emperor's collar, who was lying on the ground, and pressed him for answers. He was extremely angry.
"Where exactly did you hide the Imperial Seal of the State?!"
"If you don't talk, I'll strangle you right here!"
The second prince violently threw the emperor to the ground and began searching the palace again.
Finally, when the Second Prince searched for the third time, he was too exhausted to continue and sat down on the ground.
Some stared in disbelief at the emperor lying on the ground.
"It's not here at all! Where is it?!"
The second prince was shouting wildly, seemingly going insane.
At the same time, the prince and his entourage lost the guards who were watching over them outside the gate.
He immediately led a large group of people into the palace, intending to stop the Second Prince.
As soon as the Crown Prince entered, the Second Prince's men held a sword to his neck.
"You and this old man better behave yourselves. Neither of you can touch the Imperial Seal until I find it."
The second prince stood up from the ground and glared at the crown prince in front of him with an exceptionally sinister look.
However, the crown prince was extremely surprised when he saw the room full of people.
After all, I didn't realize there would be so many people at the time.
This is really terrible.
And so, in order to find the imperial seal, the second prince placed the crown prince and the emperor under house arrest in the emperor's palace.
Not only that, the Second Prince also completely blocked the news.
No one was allowed to spread the news that the emperor and the crown prince were under house arrest.
And so the emperor and the crown prince were confined to their palace by the second prince.
However, this news eventually got out and reached Li Jingyang and Lin Rusi as well.
Li Jingyang and Lin Rusi were extremely shocked when they heard the news.
After all, they really didn't expect that the Second Prince would resort to such a desperate measure.
The fact that the Second Prince is taking such a risk to imprison the Emperor and Crown Prince in the palace suggests that he has brought ample military force.
"What are we going to do now? The Emperor and the Crown Prince are both under house arrest..."
Lin Rusi lowered her head anxiously and asked Li Jingyang beside her with some unease.
Li Jingyang was indeed somewhat surprised at this moment.
"For the imperial court, this is a catastrophe, since the crown prince and the emperor have both fallen into the hands of the second prince."
Li Jingyang was exceptionally calm, which made Lin Rusi, who was standing next to him, nod in agreement after listening to him.
"Yes, although the Second Prince didn't reveal so many clues before, I really didn't expect him to act so quickly."
Lin Rusi shook her head as she looked at Li Jingyang and said.
"We absolutely cannot let the Second Prince seize power. The two of us must also think of a way."
As Li Jingyang spoke, he thought of Ye Ruoruo, who had disappeared.
Li Jingyang began to suspect that Ye Ruoruo's disappearance might also be related to the Second Prince.
"Too many strange things have happened in the court these days. If they get out, the world will probably be in chaos."
Lin Rusi bit her lip and looked up at Li Jingyang beside her.
Li Jingyang nodded in agreement, after all, things were really too chaotic right now.
If the common people were to find out, they would inevitably disrupt the entire country.
"So I'm sending people to completely block out this news. We can't let the people know."
Lin Rusi's statement was also agreed upon by Li Jingyang.
So the two of them discussed it and immediately sent people to suppress the news, so as not to cause panic among the people.