"Feng Ying, you are willing to stay in Qiwu Palace for the rest of your life and live in peace with the world, but I don't want to!" Zhu Yu called out Empress Feng's name, and suddenly pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, pointing it directly at Empress Feng's neck, forcing Jiang Fang, "Commander Jiang, are you going or not?"

Empress Feng was in great grief. She looked at Zhu Yu in shock and disbelief, and said in a trembling voice, "You actually put a knife on my neck? Are you trying to kill your mother?"

Zhu Yu's expression revealed a hint of madness: "You forced me to do this. You never wanted to do anything for me. You didn't even want to give me Jiang Fang. Don't blame me for being unfilial, my mother, because she is unkind!"

Empress Feng said with a chill in her heart: "I have already said that it is impossible for the Feng family to be buried with you!"

Zhu Yu brought the dagger closer, his eyes bulged, and he roared viciously, "Do you think the Feng family can get away with this? Even if they deny it, they are still my in-laws. As long as I cannot become the emperor, the Feng family will go to hell with me! If I cannot get what I want today, I can only let my mother go first. I will apologize to you in the underworld."

Empress Feng was finally completely disappointed. She murmured, "My life as Feng Ying is really meaningless. How could I give birth to a son like you? You are very much like your father. You are both heartless, selfish, and will not give up until you achieve your goal. I should have strangled you, this evil creature, to death..."

Zhu Yu interrupted her loudly, twisting her neck and saying, "You finally admitted that you never liked me. I am a bastard, a child of adultery! Do you feel disgusted when you see me? Do you think of your innocence being ruined by your father?"

Empress Feng raised her hand and slapped Zhu Yu hard: "Shut up!"

At the same time, Jiang Fang knocked the dagger out of Zhu Yu's hand and protected Empress Feng behind him.

Zhu Yu's face was twisted to one side after being hit. He raised his hand to touch his cheek and ordered the guards outside the palace: "Stop them for me!"

Several guards were in a difficult situation. Although Feng Ying, as the queen, had no real power and the phoenix seal in the palace had been in Xue Rong's hands for many years, she was the queen after all. Even though Emperor Mingzheng neglected Feng Ying, he never said he wanted to depose her.

"Why don't you take action?" Zhu Yu shouted harshly.

The guards hesitated to step forward.

Empress Feng scanned the guards one by one and said coldly, "Who dares?"

Several guards stopped again. One of them, who was a brave confidant of Zhu Xun, shouted loudly: "We are his highness's men, so we should obey his orders!" and rushed forward first.

Seeing this, the others had no choice but to follow suit.

Jiang Fang was fighting with the guards. Empress Feng turned around and glanced at Zhu Yu. Her look was chilling and cold. "Today, the relationship between you and me as mother and son ends here!"

After she finished speaking, Empress Feng pointed her toes, and the dagger that Zhu Yu had just dropped on the ground flew up and landed steadily in Empress Feng's hand. Holding the dagger in hand, she joined the melee. She was agile and her moves went straight to the vital points. Soon, she and Jiang Fang took care of all the guards.

Zhu Yu's eyes were filled with surprise. He had never known that Empress Feng knew martial arts. But then he realized that the Feng family had been leading troops for generations, so it was not surprising that Empress Feng had been practicing martial arts since she was a child.

"Back then I wanted to learn martial arts, so I asked my grandfather to find a master to teach me, but he refused. He was willing to teach you, but he wouldn't even find a master to teach me martial arts! And you!" Zhu Yu pointed at Empress Feng with resentment, "You know martial arts, but you never let me know. I thought you had no power to protect yourself in this harem, and could only hide in Qiwu Palace and live your life in fear!"

Feng Ying moved her lips, but she was already extremely disappointed with Zhu Yu. There was no need to explain any further, so she said nothing in the end, turned around and left with Jiang Fang.

Zhu Yu looked at her retreating figure, not feeling any guilt or regret, but only anger. He grabbed the celadon plum blossom vase on the table and slammed it to the ground, then cursed at the guards lying on the ground: "Useless trash! All of you are useless trash!"

At this moment, he suddenly missed Cui Mubai very much. In the past, Cui Mubai would give him advice, work for him, and obey him. When Cui Mubai was around, he had never felt as unhappy as he did now.

But Cui Mubai is gone, and there is no one he can rely on anymore.

At this time, a young eunuch hurried in with a man. Seeing the mess in the palace, the young eunuch took a deep breath and said quickly, "Your Highness, General Ji's deputy general has arrived. I took the initiative to invite Deputy General Li into the palace."

Zhu Yu waved his hand anxiously, signaling the eunuchs to carry out the guards lying on the ground in the hall. Then, he quickly walked to Lieutenant General Li and helped him up. "Lieutenant General Li, you came from the Meridian Gate, you should understand the current situation. It is probably not feasible to force the ministers to accept me as emperor in the morning court."

Lieutenant General Li said, "Second Prince, General Ji already knows that the ministers have not come to the Meridian Gate and are unwilling to attend the court, so he cannot force the emperor to take the throne. He specifically ordered me to come and tell you that the army has arrived outside the city. As long as you give the order, General Ji will lead his troops into the city, go to the ministers' houses one by one, capture them and bring them to the Fengtian Palace to force them to surrender."