Chapter 300 I had an epiphany

Just as the Imperial College students at the palace gate were being dragged away one by one by the Imperial Guards while cursing loudly, Feng Ning's cavalry arrived at the city gate.

Xie Fengting led his troops to guard the Yongding Gate in the capital... Outside the gate was the vast and endless Fengning cavalry.

Xie Fengting himself was a military commander who led troops into battle, so naturally he knew better than anyone else how terrifying the Fengning Iron Cavalry was. Even though Prince Ding Xiao Nanchen sent half of the Fengning Iron Cavalry to encircle Chen Nian's Liaodong Army, there were only 10,000 cavalrymen at the city gate... but he also knew the horror of these 10,000 heavy cavalrymen.

He knew in his heart that he had his head in his hands this time, but he had no choice.

No one knew that he was the Queen's man. The Queen had kept him secret for so many years in order to catch her off guard and use him as a winning strategy.

Xie Fengting didn't want to be a traitor, he preferred to enjoy a peaceful and prosperous life...but he had no choice.

As early as the eve of Emperor Jiaping's accession to the throne, he wrote a letter to express his loyalty to the most popular Prince Heng, but he did not expect that overnight, Prince Heng would be killed in battle and Jiaping would ascend the throne.

After Emperor Jiaping ascended the throne, he carried out a purge of officials who had followed Prince Heng and were close to Prince Heng... Xie Fengting was trembling with fear for a long time, but in the end, not only was he not purged, but he got the opportunity to rise to the top.

But at that time, he met the Queen at the birthday party of the old lady of Duke Rong... and saw the letter in the Queen's hand expressing his loyalty to Prince Heng.

From that day on, he had to become the queen's man.

Otherwise, they would suffer the same fate as the rest of Prince Heng's followers...

He has been trembling with fear for more than 20 years. Now, although he has no choice, it is a fight with his back against the wall. Once the prince succeeds to the throne and becomes emperor, he will be a legitimate successor and will no longer have to tremble with fear all day long.

Looking at the Fengning cavalry outside with a calm face, Xie Fengting asked in a deep voice: "Has the person who will announce the decree from the palace arrived?"

The Crown Prince wants to ascend the throne legitimately, so he must label Prince Ding a traitor... Now the entire capital is watching this place.

Only here, by completely nailing Prince Ding to the pillar of shame as a traitor, can the Crown Prince have no worries forever.

Therefore, the selection of the person to announce the decree became of paramount importance.

No matter which eunuch announced the decree, the others and Prince Ding could be said to have been coerced by the Crown Prince... The Queen then suggested choosing a prince to announce the decree.

The second prince and Emperor Jiaping were together and surrounded in the Qianqing Palace. The fifth, sixth, and ninth princes were locked up together. Before long, the eighth prince, who was arrested for a sit-in protest with the students of the Imperial Academy, was also dragged in.

After being thrown directly into the palace, the Eighth Prince Xiao Nanying climbed up and cursed. When he saw the speechless expressions on the faces of the others, he raised an eyebrow and said, "What? What are you looking at?"

The fifth prince showed his habitual disdain and ignored it. The sixth prince was trembling with fear. The ninth prince, who seldom went out, was seriously ill and weak, as if he would die at any moment.

It was also at this time that the prince's men arrived.

When he heard that one of them was to deliver the decree, the Eighth Prince, Xiao Nanying, raised his hand without hesitation: "I will go, I will go, I will go. This prince has an imposing bearing and a loud voice, making him the most suitable person to deliver the decree."

However, the attendant thought of the Crown Prince's instructions and directly rejected the Eighth Prince's proposal.

In fact, the Crown Prince had already discussed with the Queen who would announce the decree. The Eighth Prince was close to Prince Ding, the Fifth Prince was irritable and cold, the Ninth Prince was weak... and the Sixth Prince, who was strong but timid, was the most suitable candidate.

The Sixth Prince had subconsciously hidden behind the Fifth Prince when the Crown Prince's men rushed in. The Fifth Prince angrily scolded him, "What are you afraid of? Show your dignity as a prince."

But the Sixth Prince has no magnanimity at all.

Seeing the Crown Prince's minions approaching him, the Fifth Prince Xiao Nanze sneered, "This prince will never aid the tyrant and proclaim the Crown Prince's decree. You can go and tell the Crown Prince that even if he kills me, it will be useless."

After saying this, he sat there with his head held high, without showing any fear.

But the next moment, those people pulled out the Sixth Prince who was hiding behind.

The Crown Prince's attendant smiled faintly, "Your Highness the Fifth Prince has misunderstood. It is His Highness the Crown Prince who wishes to see His Highness the Sixth Prince."

The Sixth Prince, Xiao Nanjin, turned pale and clutched the Fifth Prince's sleeve tightly, "Fifth brother, fifth brother, save me, fifth brother! I don't want to go, I don't want to go..."

However, they were now under control, and even though the Fifth Prince tried to stop them, he was unable to do so. He was easily stopped by the four men and watched helplessly as the Sixth Prince was dragged out.

After the Crown Prince's men took the Sixth Prince away, the Eighth Prince, Xiao Nanying, sat down on the ground and sighed, "It's over now. Seventh Brother is going to be labeled a traitor."

The Crown Prince had already occupied the imperial palace and sealed off the capital. Once the Sixth Prince announced the decree publicly on the city wall, Xiao Nanchen would become a traitor surrounded by heavy troops... If he could not enter the capital before the Crown Prince ascended the throne, it would be too late.

"I never thought that the frivolous and absurd Crown Prince would have such a powerful courage and means. Tsk... What should we do next, Fifth Brother? Do you want to practice kowtowing to the Crown Prince and admitting your mistakes in advance?"

Xiao Nanying asked seriously, "If I hold his legs and kowtow to admit my mistake, do you think he will let me go?"

The fifth prince rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you want to kowtow, do it yourself. Even if I die, I will never bow down to a traitor."

Xiao Nanying's face fell and she curled her lips: "Can't you even say it as a joke... Sigh."

He sighed: "It's not easy for Lao Liu either..."

Xiao Nanze asked, "Where are those Imperial College students who caused trouble with you?"

Xiao Nanying was silent for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, he was taken away by the prince's men."

He asked hesitantly, "If the Crown Prince is not crazy, he can't possibly kill those Imperial Academy students, right?"

Xiao Nanze had a blank expression on his face: "Don't you think he's crazy? Besides... he doesn't have to kill everyone. Isn't it enough to just get rid of the leaders?"

Xiao Nanying was stunned for a moment, then her expression suddenly changed: "Oh no."

Xiao Nanze frowned: "What happened again?"

Xiao Nanying's face turned grim. "I suddenly remembered that among those Imperial College students, there seemed to be Qisao's younger brother..."

In one sentence, he successfully left Xiao Nan Ze speechless.

Xiao Nanying stood up and wanted to rush out. Just as he opened the door of the hall, a long sword came down with a loud bang, almost hitting his nose.

"The Queen has ordered that anyone who steps out of the palace gate will be killed without mercy!"

Xiao Nanze's face turned pale: "The Wei family has been deposed, where did the queen come from?"

But the people outside were obviously the men of the deposed Queen Wei, and their attitude just now made it clear that they didn't mind killing them.

Xiao Nanying was dragged back into the hall by Xiao Nanze, pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pan. "What if Shen Qingbai dies? Seventh Sister-in-law will definitely turn against me... Seventh Brother definitely won't help me with that attitude. What should I do? Fifth Brother, what should I do?"

Xiao Nanze closed his eyes: "I don't know anything about this matter, just treat me as if I'm dead..."

Xiao Nanying: ...

On the other side, dozens of students from the Imperial Academy were dragged away by the Imperial Guards and locked up in a side hall. Then several Imperial Guards dragged the leaders Shen Qingbai and Pei Yuanzhou out.

The students knew that the other party was trying to make an example of him, so they rushed forward to stop him while loudly cursing at the prince.

"Throughout history, he is the only person to have killed a student supervisor... Such a ridiculous, cruel, and reckless person would be unfit for a serious task even if he were to commit treason!"

"The Crown Prince plotted treason, forced the censors to death and left their bodies exposed in the wilderness. How cruel and inhumane!"

"We serve our country and our people, and it's not a pity to die. If you have the guts, kill us all!"

"Even if you kill us, it won't be able to hide the truth about the Crown Prince's usurpation of the throne. The people of the world have eyes, and they are all talking..."

The student was kicked to the ground by the Imperial Guards before he could finish his words. He struggled and gritted his teeth and wanted to fight, but the weak scholar was no match for the Imperial Guards. Soon, a group of people were beaten to the ground and wailed, watching Shen Qingbai and Pei Yuanzhou being dragged out with calm expressions.

The two men were dragged to the lotus pond deep in the imperial garden, and were put into sacks, one on the left and one on the right, and stones were stuffed into the sacks.

Pei Yuanzhou smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that in the end, I would live and die with you, Qingbai!"

Shen Qingbai didn't say anything. He looked around and was puzzled.

My sister won’t let me die... If you want to die, die by yourself!

But even after the sack was put on and tied tightly, Shen Qingbai still didn't wait for his sister to save him. He suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly: "Shen I have suddenly realized, Shen I have suddenly realized, I just feel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is truly a dragon and phoenix among men, Shen I am willing to follow... Um... Gulp gulp..."

A moment before being thrown into the water, Pei Yuanzhou, filled with fear and despair, was able to distract himself and think: Shen Qingbai is quite adaptable...it's just that his epiphany was a little late!

I was going to die here today. If I had known this would happen, I would have given up everything to accompany Li Yushi to bury her father a few days ago.

Since that day, he went to look for Li Yushi several times, but Li Yushi avoided him. Pei Yuanzhou did not regret it, but just sighed.

But if he had to do it again, he would probably make the same choice... He knows himself.

Forget it, let him die. At least after today, especially when he is rescued from the Imperial Garden, he will definitely be remembered in history... Pah, what's the point of remembering him in history? He also suddenly realized, help... Gulp gulp...

Just when Pei Yuanzhou was trying to find joy in misery and his consciousness was gradually fading, he heard a sound and suddenly opened his eyes, only to find that he had been dragged ashore and the sack had been opened.

Opposite him was a girl in gorgeous palace dress. Pei Yuanzhou recognized her as the Tenth Princess Xiao Bi.

Before he could finish coughing and gasping for breath to thank him, Xiao Bi suddenly frowned and said hurriedly: "Not this one, the other one."

Pei Yuanzhou then saw that Shen Qingbai had also been fished out...

Shen Qingbai was already unconscious when he was fished out earlier than he was thrown down. Xiao Bi was panicked at first and asked the person next to him to press Shen Qingbai's chest hard... After the man coughed up a few mouthfuls of water and caught his breath, Xiao Bi immediately ordered his personal attendant to carry Shen Qingbai on his back.

"Hurry up and get out of here."

Seeing Xiao Bi carrying Shen Qingbai away without looking back, Pei Yuanzhou suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly struggled to chase after him: "Princess, and I..."

I almost died, so I really couldn't care less about my literary manners.

Soon, he heard cursing and chasing voices from behind. Pei Yuanzhou was stunned when he saw Xiao Bi and Shen Qingbai disappear in a few turns.

He is not familiar with the harem...

Pei Yuanzhou hardened his heart and rushed forward recklessly, only to hear the sounds behind him getting closer and closer. Seeing that a palace gate in front of him was ajar, he gritted his teeth and rushed in, then stood there in a daze, staring at the two women standing in the garden inside the palace gate.

Xie Lingyue just found out that her father had joined the Queen in a rebellion. She was completely confused and could only look to her good friend Xiao Yu for help. However, she was caught off guard by someone who suddenly rushed in.

There was chaos in the palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids all hid themselves, allowing this man to take advantage of the opportunity.

But then Xie Lingyue suddenly recognized the person in front of her, Pei Yuanzhou, a student of the Imperial College, who was known as the twin prides of the Imperial College along with Shen Ning's younger brother Shen Qingbai.

She knew that today the students of the Imperial College were sitting in silence at the palace gates to protest the crown prince's ascension to the throne...were they being arrested?

The noise outside was approaching, and it was no longer possible to find a place to hide. Xie Lingyue pulled Pei Yuanzhou to her feet, stepped on his back, and sat down directly on the stone bench with her skirt spread out... The spread skirt immediately covered Pei Yuanzhou tightly.

"It's right here. It's coming this way."

A group of imperial guards rushed over, and seeing that there was no one in front of them, they subconsciously headed towards the palace gate. When they saw Xie Lingyue and Xiao Yu inside the palace gate with unfriendly expressions, they hurriedly saluted: "Your Highness, Miss Xie."

Xiao Yu frowned in displeasure: "What happened that you dared to break into my Fuling Palace?"

The head of the Imperial Guards quickly bowed and apologized: "I and my men were apprehending a criminal and accidentally offended the princess. I beg your forgiveness."

"Then go and catch the criminal. Don't get in the way of me here. Get out!"

Xiao Yu shouted and cursed in a cold voice, and the group of imperial guards apologized and fled in haste.

Xiao Yu's personal maid hurried forward to close the palace gate. Pei Yuanzhou was completely confused when he was kicked and rolled over.

Xie Lingyue scolded him: "Why don't you come out?"

Although she was wearing silk pants under her skirt, this matter was still... even though she had been in the army since she was a child and was used to being carefree, she still felt a little uncomfortable.

Pei Yuanzhou subconsciously explained: "I didn't see anything. I closed my eyes. I can swear."

Xie Lingyue sneered: "Really? I don't believe it."

Xiao Yu was helpless: "Ignore irrelevant people and tell us what we should do now."

Xie Lingyue pursed her lips and thought for a moment: "Let's go, first settle him down and I'll tell you in detail."

Pei Yuanzhou quickly bowed to Xie Lingyue and Xiao Yu and said, "Student Pei Yuanzhou thanks Princess and Miss Xie for your protection..."

Just as Pei Yuanzhou changed into eunuch's clothes and left with Xiao Yu and Xie Lingyue, on the other side, Chen Ning and Eryue Sanyue hurried past.

Sanyue was a little puzzled: "Why didn't Miss take the Second Young Master away just now?"

Just when Shen Ning rushed over and was about to rescue people, she saw the Tenth Princess Xiao Bi bringing people here. Shen Ning did not show up until she was sure that Xiao Bi had rescued Shen Qingbai.

She walked out quickly, her tone calm, "He's safer hiding with the Tenth Princess than with me."

Sanyue suddenly understood... Now is a time of great chaos. Apart from other things, just because of her relationship with Prince Ding, it is difficult for the young lady to be safe.

It would indeed be safer for the Second Young Master to be rescued and hidden by the Tenth Princess. After all, no one would care about an insignificant little princess these days...