...I'm afraid he's already the crown prince, and his father, under his mother's manipulation, has already "died of illness." He's now directly in charge of the Great Zhou Dynasty, unifying the Great Zhou and the Heavenly Eagle Holy Kingdom!

I never imagined that Ye Qingxue, a woman, could influence the course of the Great Zhou Dynasty and cause him to take so many detours.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the Great Zhou, the Heavenly Eagle Holy Kingdom, and Ye Qingxue ultimately belong to him, that's fine.

"Yun Zhuo, do you know that Qin Tianrui, who was stationed at Yanming Pass, is dead? Our men are leading the Sky Eagle Iron Cavalry towards the capital city. Before long, the entire capital city will be completely surrounded by the Sky Eagle Iron Cavalry! You will all die!"

As soon as Yun Chi finished speaking, he saw a contemptuous smile appear in Yun Zhuo's eyes.

"You mean, someone has replaced my master?" Yun Zhuo asked, reaching out to the guard beside him. The guard, who was carrying a bundle, immediately took it off and handed it to Yun Zhuo.

Yun Zhuo opened the bundle and took out a human head. He grabbed the head by the hair and showed the face to Yun Chi.

"Is this the person you believe replaced my master?" Yun Zhuo said, continuing with a contemptuous and icy tone:

"He does look somewhat like my master. If he were to disguise himself, he would indeed be difficult to recognize."

Yun Chi saw the man's face, which was already ashen and the blood had congealed, indicating that he had been dead for a long time.

He didn't know who his mother had arranged to go to Yanming Pass to replace Qin Tianrui, but seeing that this person did look somewhat similar to Qin Tianrui, he guessed that his mother's plan might not have succeeded.

His mother was deceived.

Yun Zhuo threw the severed head at him, and Yun Chi caught it instinctively. Then he heard Yun Zhuo say, "If you don't recognize him, then have someone take the head to ask your mother if this person was someone she sent to Yanming Pass!"

Chen Hui had already arranged for people to set fire to the tunnel.

He returned just in time to witness this scene, his pupils constricted instantly, and he snatched the head away and threw it on the ground.

"Your Highness, don't worry about whether the people the Empress sent to Yanming Pass were killed. The important thing is to kill them all while they are outnumbered!"

Yun Chi suddenly came to his senses; Chen Hui was right.

He was about to raise his hand to signal everyone to charge forward when he saw Yun Zhuo snort coldly and say, "Of course you can disregard whether this person was sent to Yanming Pass by Empress Shen or not!"

"But you cannot be complacent. Those who came from Yanming Pass are soldiers of our Great Zhou! You are about to be surrounded by our soldiers!"

Yun Zhuo raised an eyebrow, his expression wicked and arrogant: "What, you don't believe me? What do you think I did during those three days? Did I really get swept away by the flood? No, I was just going to meet up with the soldiers coming from Yanming Pass! If you don't believe me, listen—"

Yun Chi was skeptical, but as he mounted his horse, the steed hesitated to move forward.

Chen Hui had already pressed his ear to the ground, and his expression changed drastically. He could indeed hear the sound of tens of thousands of hooves approaching.

If it weren't for that severed head, he would have been convinced that the sound of tens of thousands of hooves belonged to their men, but with that head, he couldn't be so confident anymore.

Yun Chi asked him, "How is it?"

Chen Hui took a deep breath. At this moment, he absolutely could not lose his composure. They had reached a critical moment of life and death; it was either them who would die, or Yun Zhuo and the others who would live.

Chen Hui said, "Your Highness, do not panic. Indeed, soldiers are approaching, but they are definitely our men! It is Prince Jing, Yun Zhuo, who is trying to confuse right and wrong and turn black into white. We must not be fooled by him and lose our composure!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Chi quickly calmed himself down; it must be true.

Even if it's not like that, it has to be like that.

Even if the people they sent to Yanming Pass were killed, so what if the people who are coming here now are not their people?

As long as they kill Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue before those people arrive, and then take the emperor hostage, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty will still be theirs!

Yun Chi raised his hand: "Kill them for me! Whoever takes the heads of Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue, or captures the emperor alive, will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

Yun Zhuo stood at the entrance of Zichen Palace. The night wind, carrying a murderous aura, lifted his robes, and he smiled at Yun Chi.