Chapter 294: Concubine Hui's Death

"Those methods I taught you before about how to reconcile with Jiang Xianhao were all lies."

"Haven't you always been curious about why Jiang Xianhao ignored you?"

"It's because the things you did according to my instructions will only push her further away."

As Concubine Hui spoke, she burst into laughter again.

Emperor Rongcheng had already slowly walked up to her and glared at her fiercely.

"Why?"

"Why did you lie to me like this? Why did you do this to her?

She was the one who saved you."

"So what!"

Concubine Hui roared.

"She saved me and kindly brought me to her palace."

"But I just hate the way she treats everyone nicely. I hate her hypocrisy."

"She clearly saw that I wanted to seduce you, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she found a reason to drive me out of her palace."

"I just can't stand seeing her like this. How can she have all this, yet not allow others to touch her even a little bit, and in the end, pretend to be doing it for the good of others?"

"Why was I born covered in dust, and why was she born bright and shining?"

"I just want to break it all, I want to let her know that I can take away everything she is proud of.

Even though I was born as a little palace maid, I can still stand high and have everything she has..."

“Swish——”

Emperor Rongcheng pulled out the knife of the guard beside him and cut off Concubine Hui's neck with one stroke, interrupting all her words.

Concubine Hui opened her eyes wide and watched her blood spurt onto Emperor Rongcheng's face.

Emperor Rongcheng had a cold face, with blood dripping from his face. He looked at Concubine Hui as if he were looking at an ant.

"If it weren't for her... I wouldn't even look at you..."

Concubine Hui opened her eyes, and after hearing this, her body fell down uncontrollably.

After Emperor Rongcheng finished all this, he turned around, went back to hug Jiang Xianhao, and walked towards Jingyu Palace.

"His Majesty……"

Dexi wiped his tears and hurriedly followed.

However, Shen Hechuan stopped Emperor Rongcheng.

"stand up!"

Emperor Rongcheng spoke coldly, but Shen Hechuan stood still, showing no intention of moving away.

"Put my mother down."

Chen Hechuan: "You killed my mother, so why are you holding her?"

"Let her go!"

Hearing this, Emperor Rongcheng finally looked at Shen Hechuan.

"Your mother is tired. I want to take her back to rest. You, an unfilial son, are stopping me from going back. Are you trying to prevent your mother from resting?"

Now, Shen Hechuan finally realized that something was wrong.

He looked at Emperor Rongcheng and found that his eyes were clear and there was no sign of confusion at all.

After Emperor Rongcheng finished speaking, he pushed him away and left with Jiang Xianhao in his arms.

Chen Hechuan looked at the direction where Emperor Rongcheng left, frowning.

At this time, Tianji hurried over.

"Your Highness, all the rebels have been accounted for."

"Princess Rongyang has also been settled. Young Master Luo is now personally accompanying her to comfort her, and she has calmed down."

Shen Hechuan nodded.

"Where's Jingchun?"

"Miss Gu just sent back news that everything is going smoothly and according to plan. She is heading back here now."

Shen Hechuan nodded.

Seeing this, Tianji couldn't help but praise Gu Jingchun.

"Miss Gu is truly amazing. She was able to come up with such a powerful method that successfully threw both sides into disarray. This is how she was able to control all the rebels with less than 5,000 men."

Shen Hechuan couldn't help but nod when he heard this.

"Yeah, she really is, very smart."

Tianji was very confused about one thing.

"However, I am wondering what to do with the remaining 40,000 elite soldiers outside the city."

Shen Hechuan sighed.

"Without a leader, soldiers will be defeated without a fight."

However, this requires Gu Wei'ang's life.

At this time, Shen Hechuan was not sure about Gu Jingchun's thoughts, so he did not kill Gu Weiang directly.

Let’s wait until Gu Jingchun comes back before we can discuss this matter in detail.

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Time goes back to twelve hours ago.

Before entering Tiandu City, Gu Jingchun and Shen Hechuan encountered a large-scale ambush outside the city.

The other side had a large number of people and was well-trained, so Shen Hechuan and his men were caught in a tough battle.

Fortunately, Luo Ziqian arrived with three thousand troops at this time.

The two teams fought hard for a long time, and even Gu Jinxi and Gu Jingchun joined the battle.

Finally, after both sides suffered heavy casualties, Shen Hechuan and his men won and captured several people alive.

Ye Wenxi and Luo Ziqian were both injured as a result.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious and not life-threatening.

Luo Ziqian injured his arm, which made him even more furious. He interrogated the survivors thoroughly.

Only then did I accidentally learn some information from a person.

"We... don't know either. We are only here on the orders of Marquis Yong'an to stop you from returning to Tiandu. We know nothing about anything else."

Those people covered their chests and spoke with difficulty while enduring the severe pain.

But these words quickly aroused Shen Hechuan's suspicion.

"Nonsense! Marquis Yong'an no longer has any military power. Judging from your skills, you are obviously from the military. How could you be Marquis Yong'an's men?"

Several people hurried to explain.

"We are indeed the people of Yong'an Hou, we...we were originally from the army.

But... the Marquis gave us enough military pay and made us his private soldiers, usually hiding in the farm outside the city."

Chen Hechuan and Gu Jingchun looked at each other and finally found the clue.

"How many of you are there?"

"Probably... tens of thousands of people..."

One of them spoke hesitantly.

"Fifty thousand people."

Another added, "I've seen the roster, and it's confirmed there are 50,000 people!"

Chen Hechuan couldn't help but shudder.

Thinking of the latest news about Tiandu, his expression immediately became a little colder.

At this time, Luo Ziqian came over and murmured.

"Why does the Marquis of Yong'an secretly maintain so many soldiers?"

Gu Jingchun glanced at him and lowered his voice.

"You secretly took the able-bodied men from the army and kept them in secret. What do you think you can do?"

Ye Wenxi covered his injured shoulder and wrapped gauze around it with difficulty.

"Marquis Yong'an alone can't afford to support so many troops. I think someone must be collaborating with him."

"Then it's easy to deduce. There's only one person in the palace who can cooperate with Marquis Yong'an and share the same goal."

Gu Jingchun looked at Ye Wenxi's difficult movements, and while speaking, he stepped forward, took the gauze from his hand, and wanted to bandage him.

However, Chen Hechuan stepped forward, grabbed the gauze from his hand, and bandaged Ye Wenxi himself.

Bandaging and summarizing at the same time.

"We must return as soon as possible. I'm afraid King Rui will rebel today."

As he spoke, he tied the gauze into a knot and pulled it tight.