Chapter 375 What Happened

Outside the palace gate, Zhong Rui stood on his horse with his sword drawn, looking up at the guards above the palace gate.

The sudden changes that happened that night had already terrified all the guards in the imperial city.

What is going on?

Shouldn't this General Zhong be in the northwest, at Yucheng Pass?

He suddenly appeared here and broke down the city gate. Did something happen in the palace?

Everyone was in a panic, waiting for the person in charge in the palace to come and give them guidance, but they got nothing until dawn.

Zhong Rui sneered and waved his hand, signaling the soldiers he brought from Yucheng Pass to start attacking the city.

This night was also a turning point for him.

According to the original plan, they should have attacked the palace from both inside and outside five days later, instead of breaking open the city gates so suddenly and without warning under the cover of night.

His brows were furrowed, and he felt inexplicably uneasy.

According to the prior agreement, he would invade the capital again after the emperor's death on the pretext of helping Song Junyan ascend the throne.

Although this reason is not very glorious, the blame is not on him. He was just an assisted and not the initiator of the attack on the capital, so he does not need to bear the curse of future generations.

But the current situation is obviously completely different from what he had planned. Not to mention the sudden changes in the palace, he is now also extremely worried about the safety of the Queen.

She saved his life, so he would do his best to protect her.

"General, we found that someone had poured kerosene at the foot of the city. The amount of kerosene is huge. If we use fire to attack, a huge fire will surely start and the entire palace will be burned down."

"Kerosene?"

Zhong Rui was startled and quickly ordered someone to take him to the base of the wall to check.

"Go, have someone check along the city wall to see where the kerosene has been poured."

If the kerosene had surrounded the palace, they would have to change their method of attacking the city.

His brows furrowed even more tightly, as he felt that the drastic changes in the palace that night were beyond his expectations.

"Go and tell the people guarding the city to be careful. Don't let them light the kerosene. If they do, they won't know how they died."

"yes."

The subordinates received the order and asked someone to go outside the Meridian Gate to make a announcement.

The guards at the gate were already in a state of panic, and became even more terrified when they heard that kerosene had been poured on the outside of the city.

The guards were already at a loss as to what to do, and only then did they realize that their captain of the guards was missing!

Zhong Rui looked at the chaos on the city gate tower from below and waved his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to launch a fierce attack immediately.

In less than half an hour, the tightly closed palace gate was knocked open, and the soldiers surrounded the trembling guards like wolves breaking into a flock of sheep.

Zhong Rui didn't even bother to look at what was happening at the palace gate. He told his men to deal with the aftermath there and immediately rode his horse straight to the Fengtian Palace.

The sound of horse hooves echoed in the long palace corridor, becoming extremely clear in the empty palace where only the sounds of fighting could be heard.

Yun Song laughed: "Here he comes! Zhong Rui is here, hahahaha, I knew that for him, attacking the capital and the palace would be a piece of cake."

Now, the last force has finally arrived.

The good show he had been planning for a long time finally came to its final act.

He will immediately know who will eventually control the world.

He leaned slightly to the side, and his peripheral vision caught sight of Lu Xinran, who was leaning drowsily on Song Junyan's shoulder, and he immediately looked away with disgust.

No matter who will eventually rule the world, it will definitely not be these two guys!

A fool whose mind is filled with love and romance. Fortunately, he had a trick up his sleeve and did not pin all his plans on these two.

After staying up all night, Lu Xinran was now feeling sleepy.

I had just fallen asleep leaning on Song Junyan when I was awakened by the feeling of my body sliding down.

She hugged Song Junyan's waist in a somewhat irritable manner, and then she heard him whisper in her ear: "Zhong Rui is here."

Zhong Rui!

These two words successfully woke her up. She squinted her eyes and looked outside the hall sleepily.

"Why did he come just now?"

These soldiers in the capital and the guards guarding the imperial palace are all a bunch of good-for-nothings. It took a whole night to fight against them. The Northwest Army... has become slack!

Song Junyan smiled and raised his hand to tidy up her tangled hair, then he took out the hairpin from her head and deftly tied her hair into a bun again with his big hands.

Yunsong feels that he is really a loser!

He knew clearly that these two guys were useless and would never be able to see the overall situation clearly, but he still couldn't help but see this eye-catching scene again!

The queen also followed his line of sight and glanced at the young couple. The corners of her lips curled up and then turned expressionless.

The hurried sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and Lu Xinran was completely awake. She yawned, let Song Junyan support her shoulders, and the two walked towards the palace gate together.

On the bluestone floor, the empress dowager had long lost the dignity and respect she had when she first came. Her hair, which was originally gray at the temples, had now turned completely snow-white, and the shallow marks at the corners of her eyes and lips had turned into ravines.

She hugged the emperor, who had suddenly woken up and was in high spirits, and looked outside along with the crowd.

Everything that was supposed to come has finally come.

The emperor's throat was dry and he wanted to scold everyone in the hall, but when he opened his mouth, he could only make a meaningless gurgling sound.

Zhong Rui saw a very familiar figure at first sight, and he rode his horse straight towards the queen.

Fortunately, she is fine.

The fierce horse suddenly stopped in front of the palace gate. The chaotic sound of horse hooves and neighing could not stop the eagerness in everyone's eyes.

Zhong Rui dismounted and walked quickly to the Queen's side. "What happened? Why was the plan moved forward?"

Yunsong emerged from behind the empress and laughed heartily: "Of course it's because the emperor's time is up and he can't wait until five days later."

His voice was so unfamiliar that Zhong Rui almost subconsciously pulled the queen behind him.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I'm the queen you've been communicating with!"

Yunsong narrowed his eyes and smiled like a mouse that had stolen oil. "We were communicating yesterday. Have you forgotten?"

"you?"

Zhong Rui looked at him suspiciously for a long time, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly turned to look at the Queen.

"Those letters weren't written by you?"

"Of course not. Do you think that with her personality, she would say that she wants to be with you forever and marry you?"

Yunsong laughed excitedly, then leaned over and started coughing violently.

He really likes this feeling of everyone being played by him in applause!

Lu Xinran suddenly stepped forward and handed him a handkerchief: "Come on, don't be so happy that you end up in sorrow. You carefully arranged such a big drama but you can't see the result. Do you think you will die with regrets?

"But it doesn't matter if your eyes are not closed. I am a kind person and will definitely ask someone to chant sutras for you and have them close your dry eyelids.

"Well, if you close your eyes you can't see anything. Everything that happens next has nothing to do with you. Tsk tsk tsk, it's really pitiful just to think about it!"

Yunsong: “…”

No, he must kill this annoying guy before he dies!

"Are you cursing me in your heart again? You know I can see everything you're thinking. Why bother? Don't get angry. If you get angry and get sick, no one can help you!"

Yunsong's eyes were bloodshot and he coughed violently, with a mouthful of blood spurting out of his mouth.