The other Imperial Guards also felt a chill run down their spines, and were so frightened that they froze on the spot.
Su Weichuan had a faint smile on his lips, a smile that was unusually sinister.
It sends chills down your spine.
"Gentlemen, I have taken control of all entrances and exits to the entire palace. Anyone who dares to leave will be killed without mercy and will not be left with a whole corpse."
"Please believe me, as long as you obey, I don't like killing people."
As he spoke, he looked at Consort Su again.
"Rong Qing, go and summon all the concubines in the harem to Yuqiong Terrace. Anyone who refuses to go will have their entire household slaughtered, including their maternal families."
Consort Su Rongqing simply couldn't understand why her father would do such a thing.
But she knew that things had come to this point.
The Su family, including her, are likely doomed.
But if we can persuade my father and find a way to cover up what happened today, there might still be a chance for things to turn around.
Thinking of this, she looked at Su Weichuan earnestly.
"Father, please come with me to the Jiaofang Palace, we, father and daughter..."
Before she could finish speaking, the palace maids and eunuchs around her suddenly screamed and scattered to the side in fright.
She turned around and saw her personal maid lying in a pool of blood.
That was the maid she brought with her from the Su family as part of her dowry. She was an important person who kept in touch with the Su family on a daily basis, and she was also a spy personally trained by Su Weichuan.
At this moment, Su Rongqing finally made up her mind.
Su Weichuan's actions today were not impulsive, but rather the result of a firm and unwavering resolve.
If you try to persuade him further, he might even kill his daughter.
Her gaze involuntarily fell upon the ice coffin beneath the yellow banner.
Before entering the palace, her mother held her hand and had a long, intimate conversation with her.
As he left, he gave me countless unreadable instructions.
"Rong Qing, after entering the palace, think more about yourself and don't have to listen to your father in everything. If your father asks you to do something that goes against your status in the future, do not agree."
At that time, she longed for the days of splendor and beauty in the palace.
I didn't take it to heart at all.
In retrospect, it seems my mother probably knew this day would come.
She raised her hand and wiped the blood from her face.
"I will do whatever you ask of me, Father. I hope you will stop killing people."
She curtsied.
"Rong Qing, go and summon the concubines."
Su Weichuan reminded him in a cold voice.
"I'll only give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."
After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed to a young eunuch.
"You, lead the way, I'm going to Jade Terrace."
The person referred to as Xiao Luzi had been serving outside Zhaoyang Palace for many years. He was the adopted son of the chief eunuch and had been by the emperor's side for many years, so he naturally knew the entrance to Yuqiongtai.
With survival being the priority, Xiao Luzi dared not argue and shakily got up to lead the way.
After Su Weichuan's men left,
Then the sounds of breathing rose and fell around them.
Without their leader, the Imperial Guards stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.
Consort Wan snapped out of her daze and pointed at Consort Su, shouting angrily, "What does your Su family want to do? The Emperor has bestowed upon you so many honors, yet you are still not satisfied. Taking advantage of the Emperor's meritorious service and the palace's weakened military strength, you actually intend to usurp the throne. Does your Su family have any princes who can inherit the throne? Does the old prince intend to ascend the throne himself? Doesn't he know how old he is and how many years he has left to live?"
"Smack!"
Su Rongqing slapped him hard across the face.
"When my father was alive, you didn't dare utter a single word. I have no princes. Do you think I would risk my life to cooperate with my father in treason? What would I gain? You fool!"
Consort Wan was so scolded that she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
Su Rongqing forced herself to calm down.
"Go and inform all the concubines that those who do not want to die should go to Yuqiongtai as Su Weichuan said."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the Imperial Guards around her.
"You are all brave men who fought valiantly. If I am able to see the Emperor alive, I will report the events of today and recommend you for merit. I will also trouble you to think of a way to get the message out. We must protect the palace and the dignity of the Great Zhou royal family."
She bowed deeply as she spoke.
The Imperial Guards initially had some doubts.
Hearing this touched everyone deeply.
If the palace falls, they will all die.
The group exchanged glances and then bowed in unison in agreement.
The Jade Terrace was built according to the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams.
Heaven and earth, location, starlight and spiritual energy.
All of them can be included.
The ice coffin was placed in the very center. Su Weichuan, holding an inkstone and a wolf-hair brush, squatted on the ground with cinnabar and drew talismans near the ice coffin.
On the high platform, the sun rises and a gentle breeze blows.
The air was filled with an intense chill.
The chill seemed to penetrate right into one's bones.
The little path at the entrance was shivering from the cold.
She subconsciously glanced at Su Weichuan, who was still drawing talismans not far away, and upon seeing him, she was so frightened that she fell to the ground.
His eyes were wide open, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"You...you...your shadow..."
Su Weichuan slowly turned his head to look at the sound.
The sunlight shone on him.
But no shadow appeared in any direction.
But how can there be a living person without a shadow in this world?
Xiao Luzi's hair stood on end, and he was so terrified that his scalp tingled.
Su Weichuan smiled at him.
The stark white teeth looked even more frightening in the sunlight.
"Do you see any other shadows?"
Xiao Luzi was stunned for a moment.
Suddenly I remembered that my godfather had said that this Jade Terrace could connect to the divine realm and bathe in holy light.
It is the most sacred place in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Does everyone here not have a shadow?
He subconsciously looked down at himself.
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