Outside, Hu Yue was still thinking about maintaining her image in front of her father, but after not seeing Hu Renli, Hu Yue's nature seemed to be released.
Her eyes were red, and she became more and more courageous as she killed. After a while, she had reached the outside of the city wall.
Ames' voice almost broke: "How did she get here?! Hurry up! Kill her!"
Since they could kill people here, even if the one coming up was a woman, the Nan Gu Army would not dare to neglect them at all.
Arrows, Molotov cocktails, poison, all kinds of weapons attacked Hu Yue. Hu Renli, who was standing under the city wall, felt his heart tighten when he saw this scene. He did not notice that the Nan Gu army behind him quietly raised their swords.
Mixed together, the smoke enveloped Hu Yue's entire body, and everyone who noticed this scene couldn't help but feel their hearts hanging in the air.
With a "puff", blood splashed on Hu Renli's face, bringing him back to his senses temporarily.
In front of him, Jiang Zhiyu pierced the Nan Gu Army's body with a sword, then pulled it out and shook off the blood on the sword. "Don't worry, according to the law of smoke without injury, Hu Yue will be fine. Compared to her, the general should be more vigilant."
Hu Renli: “???”
What does it mean? Why didn’t he understand?
As if echoing her words, Hu Renli saw Hu Yue rushing out from the smoke, with the long whip circling Ames' neck three or four times. Hu Yue stretched out her hand and pulled, and Ames flew into the air in front of her, and was pierced through the heart by Hu Yue's sword!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on the woman in silver armor on the city wall.
She was dazzling, and she lifted Ames's body with one hand and let it go beside the city wall.
The body fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The wind blew her long hair, and she looked majestic and elegant amid the sea of corpses and blood.
Hu Renli looked at her, and unknowingly, his eyes were moist.
His daughter had grown up without him noticing.
…
With the death of the commander, the Nan Gu Army defending the city was leaderless and quickly fell apart.
It didn't take much effort to capture it.
Having just experienced a great battle, Xiao Mingye did not set off immediately, but asked everyone to regroup on the spot.
Hu Yue was obviously still excited, with a gleam in his eyes, like a hungry wolf entering a flock of sheep.
Jiang Zhiyu chuckled: "I'm afraid you won't have the chance to vent your anger to your heart's content from now on, but I think you can go talk to the general."
General?
Hu Yue looked at Xiao Mingye first, and was stunned for a moment before realizing who Jiang Zhiyu was talking about. She looked at Hu Renli, who was sitting on a rock with his back to them.
[There are so many generals. This title is really inconvenient.]
…
It was already late at night when the secret letter, which had traveled 800 miles in an urgent manner, was delivered to Xiao Yanli.
Uncle Zhang didn't even need to ask. Just by looking at Xiao Yanli's expression and his slowly tightening hands, he could guess most of the situation.
But remembering that Xiao Yanli said he needed to think about it again, Uncle Zhang didn't speak first.
He remained silent, but Xiao Yanli said softly, "They have already entered the royal city."
Uncle Zhang's pupils suddenly shrank.
"They can't wait any longer. It's different from when we went there. Back then, they could dawdle for a month or two, but with the Xu Mansion incident and Jiang Wenjing's treason, they'll definitely rush back as fast as they can!"
Xiao Yanli's tone gradually hardened: "Whether it's forced or coincidental, I must rebel!"
Uncle Zhang looked at Xiao Yanli, his voice dumbfounded: "What do you mean by forced? Isn't this what Your Highness intended?"
Xiao Yanli's eyes were red.
Uncle Zhang was startled by him, his heart beating fast. "Is there something I don't know? Isn't the current situation going according to Your Highness's wishes? The Nan Gu war is indeed moving faster, but as long as Your Highness takes action, everything will be settled by the time they return."
Uncle Zhang looked at him in confusion. Why did he say forced?
Xiao Yanli opened his mouth but closed it again.
"Nothing," he heard himself say. "Maybe I'm just overthinking it."
Seeing that Uncle Zhang was about to ask more, Xiao Yanli changed the subject first: "Then do it as soon as possible. Go find Prime Minister Shang and have him tell Shang Anlan to find a time to act as soon as possible, within three days."
Uncle Zhang swallowed his words and said, "Yes."
…
The imperial palace.
Both of his helpers were locked up by himself, and the emperor personally approved the memorials for the first time in a long time.
He rubbed his temples and put down his pen. Fu Ping handed him tea at the right time.
Taking advantage of his rest time, Fu Ping said, "Your Majesty, Miss Shang would like to invite you to dinner."
Shang Anlan?
The emperor said softly: "Hmm?"
At this point in time...
The emperor put down his tea and said, "It's just right. I want to take a break too. Let's go."
"yes!"
When the emperor arrived, the meal had already been prepared. However, Shang Anlan was not dressed as usual. Instead, he wore something plain and his eyes were red.
"Have you cried?"
The emperor said softly.
Shang Anlan bit his lower lip lightly with his pearly teeth. The emperor waved his hand, and all the attendants beside him, except Fuping, left. Shang Anlan then knelt down, his head resting on the ground, "Your Majesty, please save my father."
The emperor's face was as gloomy as water, and he sat on the chair: "What happened?"
"It's the Sixth Prince," Shang Anlan said indignantly without looking up, "Father and the Minister of Rites were just colleagues, but in the Sixth Prince's mouth, they became close friends. Moreover, I don't know how the Sixth Prince found a secret letter between father and the Minister of Rites in his hands, and he used it to threaten me and poison the emperor!"
When he heard the word "poison", Fuping trembled like a sieve.
The emperor glanced at him and continued to look at Shang Anlan: "We are just colleagues, why are you passing secret letters to each other?"
"Father didn't pass on the message. It must have been forged by the Sixth Prince!" Shang Anlan said firmly, "This humble servant dares not do such a disloyal thing. After much thought, I can only think of this one solution. I beg Your Majesty to trust this humble servant and save my father!"
"My father also considered calling back the Minister of Rites to testify if the Sixth Prince was framing him. However, the people he sent back reported that the Minister of Rites was on his way back to his hometown after retirement when he and his entourage were ambushed by bandits and not a single one was left alive."
"Father was worried that there would be no evidence against him, so he asked me to inform His Majesty today."
The emperor's eyes flickered slightly.
Shang Yizi was recommended by Zhiyu, so the emperor naturally trusted him.
As for the Minister of Rites...
The emperor sighed softly, "Of course I trust the Prime Minister. What did he ask you to do? Just poison you?"
The person he was referring to was Xiao Yanli.
Shang Anlan slowly raised her head and carefully observed the emperor's expression. Seeing that the emperor was not angry, she felt relieved and spoke, "It's just poison. I asked someone to take a look. The poison is not strong. Although it won't kill people, it will cause unbearable headaches and difficulty sleeping. Over time, it will cause violent behavior and hallucinations. It will be effective after two days of taking it."
The emperor immediately understood what Xiao Yanli was planning.
This is going to be a rebellion.
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