Chapter 472: The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit, the capable one takes the throne
The fighting has officially begun. Tonight is destined to be restless and sleepless.
Gu Yue brought a group of people to the Su Mansion and the Duke's Mansion and asked them to surround the front and back doors.
"Bring out the Su family and Su Wan to me." With her order, the rebels directly broke through the doors of the two mansions.
However, the expected shouting did not come as expected, and soon the rebels ran out without taking any hostages with them.
"Princess, the Duke's Mansion and the Su Mansion are two empty mansions. There is no one inside."
These rebels privately called Gu Yue "Princess".
When Gu Yue heard this, her eyes widened and she was extremely angry.
"Su Wan, you're kidding me!"
It turned out that during this period of time, I had been confused by the performance she created.
"Isn't there even a servant?" she asked immediately.
The rebels nodded and said, "Yes, the two mansions were so clean that not even a servant could be seen."
"Go and search to see if there is any secret passage. If you can find one, that's it." Gu Yue was really unwilling to give up.
It is very important to them whether the Su family and the Duke's Mansion can be under control.
If there were no hostages, how could Jiang Yu, Su Jing and the others be restrained?
Or perhaps they had already anticipated that something would happen tonight, and therefore left Kyoto through a secret passage in advance.
But as long as they had just left, she could always find someone to catch up with these old, weak and sick people.
Little did she know, or dare to think about it, that he had already left Kyoto more than a month ago and was far away in Zhongzhou.
The four gates of the imperial city, in accordance with Su Chen's instructions, did not directly clash with the rebels. After resisting for a while, they began to retreat.
It was as bright as day in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but the sound of swords clashing could be clearly heard in the square outside.
The Taihedian Square, a square that can accommodate 50,000 people, is now packed with people.
Su Chen and the commander of the imperial guards led their men to guard the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The rebels on the opposite side had a complete advantage in numbers.
The rebel leader was not in a hurry, he just blocked everyone's way.
"Your Majesty... It's bad. The rebels have broken in. There are more than 30,000 of them. They have surrounded the Hall of Supreme Harmony." A eunuch, so scared, crawled in to report the news.
Their number was over 10,000, and even though the imperial guards were extremely brave, they were outnumbered.
Even if there were still two thousand soldiers from the city defense camp who could attack from behind, it would be like an egg hitting a stone.
Murong Sheng smiled and drank a glass of wine.
Inside the hall, all the ministers were panicking, and some were even starting to tremble.
Murong Huai was not panicked at all, but looked calmly at the princes below him.
"Why, you can't wait any longer? Father's body has just been placed in the imperial mausoleum today, and you can't wait to force the emperor to abdicate?"
"Since ancient times, the road to succession has always been bloody. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. The capable one takes the throne, and it's the same for us." Murong Sheng played with the wine glass in his hand.
Murong Huai sneered and simply changed to a comfortable position leaning against the dragon throne:
"So, Fifth Brother, what do you want to do? Do you want to just turn this Hall of Supreme Harmony into a river of blood?"
"That's not the case. I'm a clean person and don't like to see overly bloody scenes. If you hand over the jade seal and the military token, you can live. If you don't, no one will die in our palace. But your families are already in my control. Weigh it for yourself. Do you want to defend Murong Huai to the death, or follow the current situation and preserve the overall situation? You, the pillars of the country, must have a balance in your hearts."
Now, all the officials’ residences and their families in Kyoto have been arrested.
The team sent by Gu Yue indeed found a tunnel in the Su Mansion.
However, the southeast gate was now guarded by Su Chen's men.
"Princess, Zhu Liang is dead."
When Gu Yue heard the news, he looked at the rebels under his command in disbelief.
"Why did Zhu Liang die so quickly?"
She felt something was amiss. Had Zhu Liang's betrayal been discovered long ago? Did they let them into the city on purpose?
Thinking of this, Gu Yue hurried towards the imperial city.
The journey was smooth and we arrived at Xuanwu Gate smoothly. Most of the people in the Taihe Hall Square were our own people.
But she already had a bad feeling in her heart.
Just five miles away from Kyoto, Duke Jiang was already waiting here with 50,000 troops.
He waited for two fireworks to be released from the direction of Kyoto as a signal, and then he would immediately lead his army into the imperial city to protect the emperor and encircle and suppress the rebels.
It seems that Murong Sheng has everything under control, but in fact, Murong Huai has everything under control.
He was playing with two night pearls in his hands, and his fingers were extremely flexible, as if he was playing with Murong Sheng.
"Your Majesty, the concubine of Prince Jin is here and she wants to enter the palace." The eunuch came in again to report the news.
When Murong Sheng heard that Gu Yue was going to enter the hall, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Didn't he say that she just had to wait outside?
"Since Concubine Gu is here, please come in." Murong Huai thought, it's good that she's here, everyone is here.
After a while, Gu Yue came in, panting.
She did not kowtow to the new emperor, but came directly to sit next to Murong Sheng, then leaned over and whispered something in his ear. The more she spoke, the deeper Murong Sheng's frown became.
Murong Huai exchanged a glance with Jiang Yu, and they both smiled at the same time.
It’s easy to enter Kyoto, but difficult to leave.
Murong Sheng took a deep look at Murong Huai who was sitting at the top of the table. He seemed to have the same bad premonition.
"Murong Huai, if you still don't abdicate, then I have no choice but to kill those hostages. I'll kill one every quarter of an hour. I know you have a backup plan, but you don't want these ministers to lose their families, right?"
Murong Sheng knew that he had to speed up the progress, otherwise the longer he delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.
When the ministers heard what Murong Sheng said, they all panicked and some were already begging.
"Your Majesty, please save my family. My grandson is only six years old."
"His Majesty……"
Some ministers with bad mentality were so scared that they ran to the palace to plead for mercy, hoping that Murong Huai would save their families.
Murong Huai made a gesture, and Jiang Yu got up and went to the inner hall. After a while, Jiang Yu brought out Concubine Shu and Concubine Zhuang.
With them were actually the two children of the Princess of Chu and the King of Chu, one was only two and a half years old, and the other was still in swaddling clothes.
There were also King Qi's two legitimate sons and one legitimate daughter.
Upon seeing this, the King of Chu immediately stood up, and the King of Qi could not help but panic.
He came to Kyoto on purpose without bringing the princess and two children because he was afraid that they would become hostages. Why were they here at this moment?
The Prince of Chu had already started crying loudly, and the King of Chu's little daughter was also crying, which made the King of Chu feel like his heart was being cut by a knife.
"Murong Huai, what do you mean?"
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