Consort Su's eyes lit up with joy.
Ever since Mo Shaojun and Sun Ke got into trouble one after another, she has been sending letters to her father, trying to find out what the Su family is planning.
But the Su family's replies always consisted of only one word: "Wait".
Her father's personal visit to the palace today seemed to have put her mind at ease.
As long as the Su family remains in power, no one can touch her position.
"Consort Wan, I'm leaving this matter to you. Make sure you find out exactly what happened."
After she finished speaking, she quickly walked out of the palace gate.
She said to the eunuchs guarding outside, "Go and invite the old prince to the Jiaofang Palace. I'm going back to change my clothes."
The eunuch had just agreed.
Suddenly, a commotion arose at the end of the stone steps in the distance.
Consort Su frowned in displeasure.
"What happened?"
With neither the Emperor nor the Empress present, she now holds the highest rank in the entire palace, and is equivalent to the Vice Empress, thus having the responsibility of oversight and supervision.
The eunuch in her palace bowed.
"This servant will go and take a look."
Before he could finish speaking, a hurried shout came from ahead.
"Someone has broken into the palace!"
Consort Su was startled.
"Breaking into the palace? Who has such audacity?"
Several imperial guards were thrown into the air and, by some unknown weapon, were sliced in half.
Blood splattered on the stone steps and drifted into the air.
Consort Su was so frightened that her legs went weak.
The eunuchs and palace maids around them were also in a panic.
Although Yan Yunqing took most of the Imperial Guards with him, there were still quite a few guards left in the palace.
However, several men dressed in soldier's armor and wearing iron masks cut down the attacking Imperial Guards one by one as if they were splitting mountains and clearing the land.
The Imperial Guards were forced to retreat step by step.
Seeing that they were about to retreat to this side, Consort Su shouted urgently, "Don't retreat! Fight back! My father, the invincible Prince Su Weichuan of the Great Zhou, has entered the palace. Such villains will be executed on the spot. Everyone who stabilizes the situation will do a great service."
At this moment, Consort Wan was also startled and hurriedly ran out.
Seeing this, he was so frightened that he covered his chest.
"Who dares to lead troops into the palace? This is a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of their family."
Suddenly, she realized something and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Consort Su, could it be the Second Prince?"
Consort Su thought it was possible.
“The Third Prince was demoted, and Qin Run is gone. Your Sixth Prince is still young. According to the rules, the matter of escorting the coffin should have been handled by Mo Shaoqing, the eldest grandson, especially with the Empress present. However, the Emperor has instead bestowed the title of Seven-Bead Prince upon the Fourth Prince. I'm afraid Mo Shaoqing will not be able to swallow this insult.”
Consort Wan was extremely anxious.
"He dares to lead troops in rebellion, so he must have made full preparations. Once he ascends the throne, Consort Su, all of us will probably die. You must think of a way quickly."
Consort Su was equally anxious.
She shouted sharply towards the chaotic area.
"Mo Shaoqing, it's not too late for you to turn back now. I'll pretend that none of this happened today. Otherwise, once my father arrives, you won't stand a chance. For treason, even your mother can't protect you."
She wanted to overwhelm the other party with her presence.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a man suddenly rushed out from the Imperial Guards in front.
Holding a long sword, his eyes bloodshot, he raised his hand in fury, the tip of the sword pointing straight at her throat.
"You wicked woman, you knew all along?"
Consort Su was so shocked that the hairs on her body stood on end.
A stunningly beautiful face turned deathly pale with fright.
“You…you are Yan Yunqing’s deputy general. I never expected…I never expected that you would be bribed by the Second Prince and commit such a heinous crime of treason while the Emperor was away from the palace. My father will not let you off the hook, and neither will the Emperor.”
Vice-General Yu Xiao's expression froze for a moment.
His expression grew even angrier.
"You actually want to frame the Second Prince? Did Su Weichuan rebel and kill everyone, so that the Second Prince would be the one to take the blame? What a vicious scheme you have!"
As he spoke, he pointed his sword forward.
It has already pierced Consort Su's delicate skin.
Consort Su shrank back in pain but dared not dodge, fearing that he might slit her throat in a fit of rage.
I could only try my best to suppress my emotions.
"What nonsense are you spouting? How could my father rebel? He..."
Behind her, Consort Wan, trembling with fear, suddenly pointed forward.
"Prince Su... Prince Su, it really is Prince Su plotting a rebellion!"
Consort Su was taken aback and incredulously missed Yu Xiao's shoulder.
The masked soldiers were still fighting. Behind them, on the road stained with blood and corpses, Su Weichuan was dressed in a plain long robe, his gray hair tied in a scholar's bun and bound with a gray-blue cloth ribbon.
His face was calm and serene as he stepped forward.
Following him was an army of dozens of masked soldiers, protecting a huge ice coffin being carried in the center.
One person could be vaguely seen lying among them.
The ice coffin was covered with a yellow banner, on which were drawn densely packed blood-red talismans.
From the drooping edge hung small iron balls in the shape of yin and yang, which made a soft tinkling sound as the soldiers walked.
Weird and terrifying.
Yu Xiao turned around and seized Consort Su, holding a long sword to her neck and shouting angrily, "Su Weichuan, if you dare to step forward again, I will kill her immediately."
All the Imperial Guards retreated a little.
He watched the group of masked soldiers warily, as if they were impossible to kill.
“Deputy General Yu, these soldiers are too strange. Take a look at their wounds.”
Those who could become Imperial Guards were no ordinary people.
Their skills are naturally quite good.
No matter how they attacked and resisted, not a single one of these masked soldiers fell.
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