Chapter 240: His Highness, He is alone with one sword
Deng Yan'an looked at Deng Youning with concern. As a brother, even if he died in battle, he would never watch his sister die.
"Is there anyone from the Dongji Mission who wants to fight?"
"If there is no one here, please ask the princess to stay and the others to leave the palace."
The eunuch beside Emperor Nan Xin conveyed the message for him.
Deng Yan'an clenched his hands tightly, raised his knife and continued forward.
This time, before the fight, he fired two thunder bombs.
But General Su seemed to have practiced the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Cloth Shirt and was not affected at all.
Deng Yan'an had no time to doubt, and before he could even make a move, he was knocked back repeatedly by General Su's fists.
Deng Youning saw this and stood between the two men, using his sword to break his fist, allowing Deng Yan'an to fall to the ground triumphantly.
“Puff.”
Deng Yan'an also suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Kneeling on one knee, breathing heavily.
"Brother, none of us are his match. I will stay and have my own way to deal with Emperor Nan Xin. You two should leave quickly."
"After returning, ask Uncle Fei Ge and Dongji to send people to support them."
Deng Youning whispered in Deng Yan'an's ear, telling him about his own arrangements.
This was a delaying tactic she used to persuade the delegation to leave.
If he hadn't said these words, Deng Yan'an would never have left her alone in such a dangerous place.
Just as Deng Yan'an was hesitating, a wounded imperial guard ran in from outside the palace, covering his bloody wound and reporting:
"It's not good, Your Majesty."
"What's the panic?"
Emperor Nan Xin asked angrily, what else could be bad except that Dongji was attacking?
"It's Prince Changle. He broke into the palace without being summoned. He must have reached Xuanwu Gate by now!"
Everyone in the hall turned pale when they heard this.
Nan Xin and other officials thought they had heard it wrong. The Sixth Prince who was demoted to a commoner has returned?
The Dongji delegation was also very worried. Didn’t Lord Li say he couldn’t come? Why did he come here on his own?
The Deng siblings looked at each other, and Deng Youning had a bad feeling.
She knew that Li Tianzhuo came to save them, but, precisely because of this, she was particularly worried that something might happen to him.
She raised her eyes slightly and met Emperor Nan Xin's eyes of disbelief.
My beloved son has been missing for six years and is finally coming back?
"How many people did he bring to break into the palace?"
Yuan Gu asked hurriedly.
"Replying to the young marquis, His Highness only has one man and one sword."
The wounded soldier reported back.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Nan Xin’s pupils widened.
Wouldn't it be very dangerous for one person with a sword to break into the palace?
"Quick, pass the order down, pull out all the guards and let him in."
Emperor Nan Xin wished he could see his son immediately.
As soon as the order was given, Li Tianzhuo's low and hoarse voice came from outside the hall: "No need!"
Just now, after the Dongji delegation entered the palace, he went to Prince Yi's Palace.
As for King Yi, she kept using the excuse of playing chess with him to hinder him from entering the palace.
At the same time, King Yi's people kept bringing news from the palace.
Perhaps King Yi deliberately wanted to let him know that he had not concealed the news from Li Tianzhuo when he heard it.
When Li Tianzhuo heard from Prince Yi that the emperor was making things difficult for the Dongji envoys and wanted to keep Deng Youning as his concubine, he could no longer sit still and in a rage, he rushed into the palace alone.
The people guarding the palace gate recognized his identity and did not fight him with real swords and guns. After he injured a few people, they basically let him in.
Otherwise, with his current martial arts skills, how could he come in so easily?
"A Zhuo..."
Deng Youning called him and helped Deng Yan'an stand up.
Li Tianzhuo saw them and, ignoring the obstruction of the Nanxin Imperial Guards in front of him, rushed towards them.
No one in Nanxin dared to really fight with Li Tianzhuo. When he moved forward, they retreated.
Seeing this, Li Tianzhuo stood up and flew over from the sky using light skills.
"Ningning, I'm sorry, I'm late."
He hugged Deng Youning and held her in his arms.
Looking at the seriously injured Deng Yan'an and General Su who was also standing on the stage, he understood that his father was playing his old tricks again.
"Didn't I tell you not to agree to fight General Su?" Li Tianzhuo asked nervously with a frown.
"Your father wants to take Ningning away. Only if we work in pairs and defeat General Su, can we leave together."
"Otherwise, the rest of us can leave, but Ningning can't."
Deng Yan'an briefly described these unreasonable demands of Emperor Nan Xin.
Li Tianzhuo was so angry that the veins on his neck popped out.
"Ning Ning, no matter what happens today, I will take you away."
Li Tianzhuo took Deng Youning's hand and loudly asked Emperor Nan Xin, "Do you really want to stop us?"
Emperor Nan Xin did not answer the question and said to himself, "Tian'er, I haven't seen you for six years. Come here and let me take a look."
He stood up from the throne, supported by the eunuchs beside him, and walked down from the high seat, just like an ordinary father waiting for his child to pounce on him, and spread his arms towards Li Tianzhuo.
However, the look in Li Tianzhuo's eyes when he looked at him was filled with nothing but contempt, anger and disgust.
"Our father-son relationship ended six years ago."
"I came here today to take everyone from Dongji away. If His Majesty Nanxin stops me, then all of us from Dongji will have no choice but to fight our way out!"
Li Tianzhuo's eyes were cold, like a lake in winter, icy and bottomless. There was also a hint of bloodthirstiness in the coldness, as if it was about to burst out at any time.
When Emperor Nan Xin saw this, he couldn't help feeling chilled.
"Do you hate me?"
"You actually hate your biological father?"
Emperor Nan Xin stared at him in disbelief, as if he wanted to take his heart out and have a look.
"I have nothing to say to you, let us go!"
Li Tianzhuo took Deng Youning's sword and pointed it at Emperor Nan Xin.
Seeing his beloved son fighting with him with swords, Emperor Nan Xin glared at him, became so angry that he vomited blood.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty——"
A group of Nanxin officials came forward to check on the emperor's condition and were ready to call the imperial physician at any time.
"Prince Changle, in the six years since you left, His Majesty has been worrying about you so much that he became ill. Is this how you repay your father?"
Some old officials in the court who had watched Li Tianzhuo grow up felt indignant for Emperor Nan Xin, saying that he had given birth to an unfilial son!
"I am unfilial. I haven't been with my father for six years."
"But, Your Majesty, who was raised by his elder brother since childhood, have you been able to be friendly and respectful to your elder brother?"
Li Tianzhuo always carries with him the petition of injustice filed by Li Qinghuan's father, the former crown prince.
"These are the evidences I have found over the years."
"Seventeen years ago, the two countries went to war. The person who colluded with the Wu family of Dongji was the current emperor Li Zhifei, not the former crown prince Li Zhiyi!"
"And my being demoted to a commoner was truly an undeserved disaster."
"If you don't believe me, you can take these testimonies and the letters I exchanged with the Wu family and have a look at them."
Several brave old ministers stepped forward and took the papers from Li Tianzhuo. After reading them, their eyes widened.
For seventeen years, they have been wrongly accusing the prince!
"Prince Changle, are your evidences true?" an old minister with a white beard asked in disbelief.
“Nature is real.”
Li Tianzhuo straightened his back and said meticulously.
As soon as these things came out of him, the already chaotic banquet became even more chaotic with cattle and sheep roaming freely on the grassland.
Emperor Nan Xin felt his blood boiling. He pointed at Li Tianzhuo angrily and shouted, "Rebellious son!"
He was so angry that his fingers turned white.
"Your Majesty Nan Xin, you have falsely accused your brother of colluding with Dongji and usurping the throne. Do you admit this crime?"
Li Tianzhuo just stared at him and asked word by word.
His heart was also in pain, and he was anxious and worried, but in order to clear Li Qinghuan's family, he had to become an unfilial son.
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