With the help of the generals, the female guards were quickly at a disadvantage.
Half an incense stick later, the four female guards in pink were all killed, and the remaining three female guards were also seriously injured and lying on the ground, unable to fight anymore.
Only the woman in red and the palace maid named Mei'er were left.
Both of them were injured in non-vital parts of their bodies. They stood on the rockery with long swords in their hands, protecting Zhu Ling and the other two.
Yue Haoyun shouted loudly, "Zhu clan, there are also imperial guards outside the palace walls. Today, you can't escape even if you have wings. If you know what's good for you, surrender quickly. I can still leave you with an intact body and spare my third brother's life!"
Zhu Ling protected the little emperor, his face as pale as paper.
Unexpectedly, before Zhu Ling could speak, the woman in red spoke first.
"Hahaha!" She laughed heartily. "You're dreaming if you want us to surrender!"
The woman in red spoke in a firm tone.
Xia Miaoyuan stared at the woman in red. They had been fighting just now and she had not been able to see the woman's face clearly. Now that she saw it clearly, she felt that she looked very familiar.
"The woman in red looks so familiar!" Xia Miaoyuan murmured.
"Ah, she is the Dai Viet priestess!" Xia Miaoyuan slapped his head.
The second prince suddenly realized that the relationship between Zhu Ling and the Daiyue priestess was so close.
The red-dressed woman continued, "You still want to threaten us with Yue Haoming's life? You've made a wrong calculation!"
As she spoke, the woman in red pulled the little emperor over and pushed him in front of her. Her face was grim as she said, "Our clan doesn't care about this little fellow. He has impure blood, half of your Great Yue royal family's blood flowing through his veins. Why would our clan care?!"
After she said this, the little emperor looked at her in horror.
The people standing on the other side of the lake were also shocked.
Zhu Ling, who was standing behind the woman in red, had trembling lips and tears in her eyes, as if she was trying her best to hold back her tears.
"Don't move! If you take a step forward, I'll chop off Yue Haoming's head!"
The little emperor turned back in fear, seeking his mother's protection, but Zhu Ling turned her head away without saying a word.
For a moment, everyone stood there in a daze, somewhat confused about the situation.
Upon seeing this, the Second Prince handed his sister to Sang Qi, took a deep breath, flew to the lakeside, and shouted towards the rockery: "I am the Second Prince of Daxia. Whether you protect Zhu Ling or Yue Haoming is none of my business. On behalf of Daxia, I only want Mr. Liang!"
Liang Chaozong's face darkened instantly.
The witch was stunned. "What do you want him to do in Daxia?"
The Second Prince said in a loud voice: "Witch, Queen Mother, this Mr. Liang's true identity is our Great Xia's enemy, the fallen Crown Prince Liang Chaozong of the Former Liang Dynasty!"
"He's changed his appearance and is trying to seduce the Queen Mother. He has other plans. There's no point in keeping him around. It's better to kick him down and hand him over to us!"
Liang Chaozong turned his gaze to Zhu Ling and deliberately pretended to be panicked.
Zhu Ling looked at him affectionately and nodded slightly, indicating that he didn't need to worry.
Xia Miaoyuan happened to catch this scene, and she complained in her heart, "This book is so disgusting. So many women in the book are just love-brained characters."
[This Zhu Ling, she can give up her son but she still wants to protect her lover, tsk tsk tsk.]
At this moment, Zhu Ling sternly said, "Xia Chengnian! Stop talking nonsense. I'm not a fool. I've been with him for a long time. If he was in disguise, I would have seen through him long ago!"
The Second Prince laughed sarcastically, "Queen Dowager, do you know that in this world, besides human skin masks, there are other disguises?"
Liang Chaozong froze and gave the second prince a fierce look.
At this time, the second prince waved his hand, and Silver Leopard led a palace maid to the second prince's side.
Everyone was puzzled when they saw this.
Liang Chaozong looked at the palace maid intently, his face changed drastically. The palace maid was actually Yao Jinse in disguise.
There was a palace coup today. The Second Prince had already disguised Yao Jinse as a palace maid and placed her in the palace, preparing to expose Liang Chaozong's identity.
Yao Jinse frowned, looked around, and whispered to the Second Prince, "Where's my daughter? Didn't we agree that I would only expose Liang Chaozong on the spot after I made sure that my daughter was safe?"
Because Dai Viet and Daxia are far apart, the Second Prince has not been able to bring Liang Zhirou to Dai Viet until today's palace coup.
The Second Prince could only force himself to remain calm and said, "Yao Jinse, don't worry. I swear as the Prince of Daxia that Liang Zhirou is safe now. Now that you have exposed Liang Chaozong in public, I promise to hand her over to you safely."
Yao Jinse looked furious and pointed at the Second Prince, cursing, "How dare you, you despicable villain, lie to me?"
Liang Chaozong stood on the rockery, using his internal energy and concentrating on listening to what was happening on Yao Jinse's side. His extremely strong hearing allowed him to hear their entire conversation, and he immediately curled the corners of his lips.
The second prince was at a loss for a moment.
Just then, a noisy sound of footsteps came from far away.
At the same time, a deep male voice sounded, "Yao Jinse, we have brought your daughter!"
Yao Jinse's eyes lit up, and she looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a group of people dressed as eunuchs walking towards her from the east side of Jinghu Lake.
At this time, Zhu Ling and his group were on the south side of Jinghu Lake, Yue Haoyun, the second prince and others were on the north side of Jinghu Lake, and this team stood on the east side of Jinghu Lake.
There happened to be a pavilion by the lake on the east side. The leader, carrying a child on his back, stood in the pavilion.
Yao Jinse stared at the child intently, feeling her heart beating wildly.
Looking at Liang Chaozong again, there was a vicious flash in his eyes.
It was a sunny night, with a bright moon hanging high in the sky, and the moonlight illuminated the entire Mirror Lake.
But the pavilion on the east side, because its roof was very wide, blocked the moonlight, and there were no candles lit in the pavilion, so the whole pavilion looked very dark.
Yao Jinse tried hard to distinguish and asked loudly, "Zhirou, is that you?"
A child's voice immediately rang out from the pavilion, "Mother, I'm here!"
Yao Jinse was so excited that tears streamed down her face. "Zhirou, just wait a little longer, and you can be reunited with mother!"
Then, Yao Jinse said to the Second Prince, "I am a man of my words. I will fulfill my promise now."
At this moment, Liang Chaozong of the rockery glared at Yao Jinse fiercely, stretched out his hand to grab the witch, and with lightning speed, he took out two hidden weapons from her waist, and instantly gathered his strength and shot them in Yao Jinse's direction.
The Second Prince, who had practiced martial arts for many years, heard a strange sound in his ears and subconsciously pulled Yao Jinse's sleeve hard, trying to pull her to the ground to avoid the hidden weapon, shouting, "Be careful!"
A woman's scream was heard, and Yao Jinse's body shook violently and fell to the ground.
Looking at Yao Jinse again, her chest was already covered in red.
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