Chapter 195 Striving to Save Yourself

The families of the generals have all been to the battlefield with their troops, so seeing this good opportunity, there is no reason for them not to take it.

So he took the opportunity to attack the guards around him in three ways. Some of them were good at fighting and snatched the knives and slashed at the people around them.

Some used hairpins and hidden weapons to attack the weak spots of the people around them.

Among the concubines, Guo Zhaoyi took the lead, picked up the things nearby and threw them at the guards.

The situation reversed in an instant.

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo said to the Queen, "Tell them to stop."

The queen was trembling and might collapse at any moment. She whispered, "Stop."

"Louder."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo scolded, using a little force in her hand, and the queen clearly felt the pain in her neck.

Then he shouted, "Stop it!"

After hearing the order, the guards stopped.

At this time, the concubines were seriously injured. Two of them were stabbed to death in the panic, and one of them was injured in the arm.

The rest of the people were also in a mess.

On the contrary, the families of the generals were all quite skilled and not in such a miserable state.

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo commanded the crowd, saying, "Tie them all up and keep a close watch. If anyone makes a move, kill them immediately."

At this moment, everyone listened to the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and stepped forward together, tying the man up.

After finishing her work, Guo Zhaoyi asked, "Madam Yu, what should we do now?"

"It's very chaotic outside right now. The best thing to do is to stay here and wait for reinforcements."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw fireworks signals going off outside.

"This is the fireworks coming from the direction of Taiji Palace to summon the Jinwu Guards." said the wife of Marquis Dingbei.

"It seems that reinforcements will arrive soon." said the wife of the Duke of Qi.

Upon seeing this, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo tied up the queen with ropes, gagged her, and threw her to the ground.

"Close the door and block the entrance.

Gather all these people in the middle of the hall, each holding a knife, watch them and don't let them make any moves.

Judging from the current situation, we only need to hold on for an hour or two and we should be fine."

The women had no ideas, so now that someone was in charge, they naturally listened to her.

Let’s talk about Fan Yong.

Fan Yong changed into the clothes of a young eunuch and went all the way to the Eastern Palace, but he saw that there were very few guards in the Eastern Palace.

After walking a little further, I suddenly heard someone shouting "Protect the prince" from inside.

Fan Yong knew that it was the secret guards who caused the commotion and led the people on duty away.

So he took this opportunity to quickly run to the Phoenix Gate, shouting as he ran:

"Someone come, someone broke into the palace and kidnapped the prince."

When the Phoenix Gate guards heard this, they saw a group of people coming towards them.

Fan Yong followed the group of people, and when he saw the right opportunity, he knocked down the last person.

They dragged him into a small alley nearby, tied him up and gagged him.

Then he changed the other person's clothes and badge.

"What's the password?"

After the man recognized Fan Yong, he started to whine.

Fan Yong grabbed the man's throat and said, "If you dare to yell or scream, I'll just break your neck."

The man nodded after hearing this.

Fan Yong took the thing out of his mouth.

"Tell me, what's the password?"

"Ahem, Minister Fan, General...don't...don't kill me...

I don't know how I was transferred here today.

But...it seems...something big happened in the palace..."

"Don't talk about anything else, just say the command."

"The password is: Long live the prince."

Fan Yong sneered after hearing this.

"It's hard to say whether the prince can survive today, let alone live long."

As he said this, he slapped the man in the face, knocking him unconscious. Then he picked up the dust on the ground and wiped it on his face, then stood up and left.

Then he headed towards Phoenix Gate.

He continued to run while shouting, "Oh no! The prince has been kidnapped."

"Stop," said the guard at the door.

Fan Yong pretended to be panting, held his waist and lowered his head.

"The Crown Prince... has been kidnapped. General... has arranged for me... to leave the palace and notify... the people from the suburban camp to enter the palace as soon as possible."

"Waist badge, password."

Fan Yong fumbled out the badge from his arms and handed it over.

"Long live the prince..."

The guard nodded and took Fan Yong to see his commander.

The guard also heard that the prince had been kidnapped and was looking towards the East Palace from the corner tower.

The deputy general was standing at the door and saw the two men from a distance.

Even though Fan Yong lowered his head and bent over, he recognized him as Fan Yong and quickly took two steps forward to stop him:

"Why are you here?"

"The prince was kidnapped, and the general asked him to leave the city to contact the camp outside the capital." said the guard.

"What, the prince was really kidnapped?"

The deputy general said in shock.

Both Fan Yong and the guard nodded.

"Wait a moment, I'll go in and report."

The deputy general went in and reported the prince's affairs. Sun Shande, the Phoenix Gate guard, heard it and said:

"You stay here and watch, I'll go take a look."

The deputy general nodded.

Sun Shande was seen fully armed and walking out of the door.

When passing by Fan Yong, he didn't even glance at him.

The deputy general bowed and sent Sun Shande away, then said to the guard:

"Go ahead, I'll ask him."

After the guard took the luggage and left.

When the deputy general saw the man walking away, he whispered, "General Li Jian greets General Fan."

When Fan Yong heard this, he immediately felt murderous.

Li Jian quickly added, "I am willing to lend a helping hand, General."

Fan Yong's clenched fists loosened again.

"I want to go out, hurry up."

"General, please follow me."

Li Jian took Fan Yong around and came to a corner gate nearby.

When the guard saw that it was the deputy general, he hesitated but still asked for the password and the reason for leaving.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally opened the corner door and went out with the deputy general.

Seeing Li Jian following him, Fan Yong whispered, "Why are you following me?"

"General, if I don't follow you, you won't be able to get out at all.

And soon Sun Shande will find out the problem. If I don't follow you, am I going to stay here and die?"

Fan Yong didn't say anything after hearing this. It is better to have a helper than none at all.

So he quickly went out from the Phoenix Gate, snatched two horses from the roadside, and rode eastward towards the Upper East Gate.

On the way, he met General Fu Feipeng of the Zuo Yingyang Guard.

Fan Yong took out his token from his pocket and handed it over.

"The Xie family is rebelling. Go find Huai Xiucheng and tell him to summon the Jinwu Guards, and you summon the Yingyang Guards to quell the rebellion in the palace."

Fu Feipeng took the token and asked, "Where are you going, General?"

"I'm going to stop the people from the camp outside the capital."

"The camp outside the capital also rebelled?" Fu Feipeng asked in surprise.

Fan Yong did not answer him, but rode away, leaving only the sound of horse hooves on the bluestone road.

Fu Feipeng took the token in his hand and hurriedly sent someone back to gather people.

He also sent someone to notify the relevant people to meet at the palace gate.

When Fu Feipeng arrived at the palace gate, he saw that the Jinwu Guards and the people on the palace city were already fighting.

It turned out that after Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu entered the palace, Chen Muzhe came to them in a panic and said that there was an emergency.

But there was no master in the house, so Chen Mu had to wait. Suddenly he saw Wang Yin, and he quickly pulled Wang Yin aside to tell him what had happened.

"My brother sent me news that there is movement in the camp outside the capital, and it seems that there will be a mutiny.

Please, sir, go to the palace as soon as possible and pass the news to my great-aunt and the Right Prime Minister."

After listening for a quarter of an hour, Wang Yin did not dare to delay and went straight into the palace.

But no matter how hard I tried, I still couldn't catch up.

When they arrived at the palace gate, it was already closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

When Wang Yin saw something was wrong, he turned back immediately.

After hearing this, Yan Tai and Chen Yue looked at each other and hurried to call Xue An in.

Xue An asked immediately, "Which group is guarding the palace?"

"The Imperial Guards are serving, as are the Thousand Oxen Guards."

"The Imperial Guards, the Thousand Oxen Guards, and the Jingjiao Camp are united in rebellion and are forcing the emperor to abdicate."