Another point is that they dare not say anything too harsh at this time. If Qiu Qiyi wins in the end, and they make too much of a scene now, they will only have one way out afterward: death.
The ministers' faces grew increasingly grim as they thought about it. They suddenly realized that they were just cannon fodder for the rulers. Qiu Qiyi was a ruthless and violent man. If he won, he would still be the emperor of Zhao, and their lives would become even more difficult. There might be other insidious tricks waiting for them in the future.
Although the Second Prince's personality is gentler, he is still a member of the royal family. Who can say for sure? If he becomes emperor in the future, he will be just as difficult as the current emperor.
The ministers were heartbroken! Why did they have to be implicated in the affairs between your princes? Why did they have to come to the palace today? If they hadn't come, none of this would have happened!
But if they didn't enter the palace, they wouldn't know that the emperor had planted so many hidden dangers around them.
The ministers were filled with mixed feelings! They all stepped back and remained silent.
"Qiu Jingfan, today is your death day!"
Seeing that these people were wise enough to stop talking, Qiu Qiyi stopped paying attention to the ministers' thoughts. Taking down Qiu Jingfan was the priority. Only when he was dead would the ministers' thoughts become irrelevant.
"Is that so? Then let's see if you have the ability!"
As Qiu Jingfan spoke, he waved his hand, and the two thousand soldiers behind him rushed towards Qiu Qiyi. The imperial guards around Qiu Qiyi also drew their swords, and the two sides began to fight.
In an instant, the square outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation was filled with fighting. Since the square outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation was not as large as the square outside the Golden Palace, more than 20,000 people were fighting there, making it extremely crowded.
So when the ministers saw that things were not going well, they disregarded their sadness and anger and all hid back inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, not daring to come out.
Among the men Qiu Jingfan brought were two hundred of Lin Yuxin's special forces. They were almost invincible, capable of taking on ten men at once, cleaving one in two or two.
Every punch landed squarely, with almost no misses, and everyone was knocked unconscious.
Soon, there were no Imperial Guards standing around them, and no Imperial Guards dared to approach them. Seeing that no one was fighting them, they felt that they hadn't even warmed up yet, so they turned around and headed towards other areas where there were more enemies.
These imperial guards underestimated Qiu Jingfan's two thousand men. In addition to Lin Yuxin's two hundred men, there were also Li Xiaochen's men, his secret guards, and the people who had been lying in ambush in Zhao.
They were all trained by Li Xiaochen as secret guards and assassins. They were sent to Zhao State to prevent them from being easily discovered, so they were all highly skilled.
So when they attacked, they were all deadly; no one who passed through their hands survived.
Lin Yuxin's men were specifically instructed by her not to kill unless absolutely necessary, so they usually just knocked them unconscious and stopped.
However, Li Xiaochen's men were truly capable of killing, always aiming for their opponent's fatal weaknesses.
So soon, corpses were lying around the group of people's feet.
The remaining thousand-plus men were all Qiu Jingfan's own men, the secret guards he had trained in the past. However, due to the strict control of the late emperor, who forbade princes from raising their own troops, he sought another way out.
They trained a group of assassins outside the palace, who took on jobs regularly. They weren't a well-known assassin organization in the Zhao Kingdom.
This is also the result Qiu Jingfan wanted. Being too high-profile would make him a target, and he would be killed sooner or later.
Therefore, Qiu Jingfan contacted the people he had trained after returning to China and sent them to Bianjing as well.
Four days have finally passed, and he went to pick them up this morning!
They didn't hold back either, and although many of them were injured, none suffered as many casualties as the Imperial Guards.
After a while, the Imperial Guards realized what was happening and moved towards the Special Forces.
Think about it! Do you value your life or your reputation? Knowing you can't win, why not challenge someone who doesn't care about your life? You might even survive.
Upon seeing this, Qiu Qiyi was immediately shocked. Who were Qiu Jingfan's men? How could they be so powerful? How could he possibly kill them?
As time went on, the Imperial Guards who hadn't yet entered rushed in, and inside, a large number of them collapsed, leaving no room to even put their feet down.
For a time, the 20,000 Imperial Guards were completely helpless against these 2,000 men!
However, the Imperial Guard suffered heavy losses and retreated in defeat.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Qiu Qiyi was escorted by the Imperial Guards to retreat into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Outside the hall, the sounds of fighting could still be heard from time to time, but over time, the sounds became quieter and quieter.
Just as Qiu Qiyi was wondering, Qiu Jingfan led his men and stormed into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
"Qiu Qiyi, just surrender! You have committed many evils, it seems even heaven cannot spare you."
Qiu Jingfan blocked Qiu Qiyi's path and spoke to Qiu Qiyi, who was sitting at the desk.
Seeing this, the ministers all unconsciously stepped back, fearing that they might be caught in the crossfire.
Qiu Qiyi couldn't believe it. His 20,000 Imperial Guards had been defeated just like that? His 100,000-strong army had also been completely wiped out?
"How is this possible? What about my 100,000 troops? How could my 20,000 Imperial Guards be defeated by your mere 2,000 men?"
Qiu Qiyi questioned loudly in disbelief; he didn't believe it.
Seeing his anger, Qiu Jingfan calmed down considerably and explained in a low voice:
"Do you know why your 100,000-strong army lost? Because Qi Jiguang came back. Do you know why Qi Jiguang didn't help you after he came back? Because he knew that you sent him to be cannon fodder in order to seize the military power in his hands."
"Even after being humiliated abroad, he was still thinking about the safety of the Zhao state. He wrote you a secret letter to make you take it seriously, but you ignored it. He waited for you in the border city for more than a month. I just wrote a letter to tell him some of the truth about the deaths of his Qi family army."
"He decided to come back to help me, not for anything else, but to prove himself and to ensure that the Qi family army would not die in vain in the future. As for your 20,000 Imperial Guards, do you know that your Imperial Guard leader, Chu Ci, is one of my men?"
"And those Imperial Guards who just died were all your men?"
Qiu Jingfan told everything, but he didn't implicate Li Xiaochen and the others. If he didn't reveal it, it would just be an internal dispute. If he did, people would have something to hold against him and accuse him of colluding with the empire.
Qiu Qiyi looked at Qiu Jingfan in front of him and suddenly burst into laughter:
"Hahaha! So that's how it is, so that's how it is, Qiu Jingfan, you think you've defeated me? Even if you win the throne, so what? You can have it if you want, but let's see if you can sit on it!"
Whether I can sit still or not is none of your concern. You have no way out now, so just surrender!
Qiu Jingfan frowned as he listened to his words, but he thought he was just being resentful and saying some harsh words, so he didn't take it to heart.
"Capture him, lock him in the dungeon, and await his fate."
Qiu Jingfan stopped wasting words with him and simply waved his hand, ordering his men to seize him.
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