Soon, the drums signaling the start of court began to sound, one after another.
The sound of the drums echoed throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, reaching every corner.
The streets quickly became lively.
Wanli, the commander of the Nine Gates, was at a loss for what to do.
After Jiang Tianfei entered the palace, he had no idea what had happened.
Accompanied by the sound of drums.
All the civil and military officials left their homes.
Some rode in horse-drawn carriages, while others rode in sedan chairs.
Hundreds of high-ranking officials, ranging from the first to the third rank, set off from their homes in a grand procession towards the palace gates.
Blood was everywhere at the entrance to the palace.
At that moment, two mournful sounds came from the city gate.
The defending troops quickly looked into the distance.
Accompanied by a series of whistling sounds.
Two trains sped toward the city gate.
The soldiers guarding the city were also at a loss.
They had no idea what those two strangely shaped trains were.
"Lord Wan, what should we do?"
"What should we do? Just let it be, how would I know?" After saying this, the man surnamed Wan felt a chill run down his spine.
He didn't know what was going on, but he felt a wave of fear.
Upon hearing the sound of the train, the people inside and outside the city quickly made way for it.
The train slowed down rapidly as it entered the city gate.
By the time the train entered the city, its speed had decreased from 30 mph to 5 mph.
The train moved forward slowly.
On the streets, many people had never seen such a massive steel torrent before.
Faced with the roar of the train and the wisps of smoke, they were at a loss for what to do.
Many people were pointing and whispering behind the train.
Ling Yunzhi had been to the capital before. As the General of Zhenyuan, he had to return to the capital at least twice a year to report on his duties.
Ling Yunzhi pointed his Silver Dragon Reverse Scale Spear forward: "Follow the direction my spear is pointing."
The train slowly pulled through the street.
The civil and military officials who came to court were shocked when they saw it.
To these civil and military officials, the train was an enormous behemoth.
They looked at the train as if it were a monster.
But the train was packed with people.
Shangguan Wan'er stuck her pretty face out of the car window.
"Yu'er, we're finally back in the capital."
"Lord Shangguan, I wonder if His Majesty is well now?" The palace lady Yu'er breathed a long sigh of relief.
"With Lord Jiang here, these people wouldn't dare to act recklessly." Although Shangguan Wan'er said this, she was still very worried.
After an incense stick has burned.
The two trains came to a smooth stop in front of the palace.
Ling Yunzhi saw that the palace gates were covered in blood, and there were severed limbs, broken arms, and corpses everywhere.
The former Zhenyuan General was greatly startled.
"Brothers, get off the bus."
At his command, everyone rushed off the carriage.
They charged toward the palace, brandishing their sabers.
The drums signaling the start of court proceedings sounded one after another at the palace gates.
Shangguan Wan'er and Ling Yunzhi recognized at a glance that the one beating the drum was the elderly Lü Fang.
"Eunuch Lü, is His Majesty well?" Shangguan Wan'er and Ling Yunzhi quickly stepped forward to ask.
"His Majesty is safe and sound, thanks to Lord Jiang's timely assistance; otherwise, His Majesty would surely have met with misfortune today."
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.
“These corpses are all…” Ling Yunzhi pointed to the pile of corpses on the ground.
"There are rebels and imperial guards."
After Lü Fang finished speaking, he threw the heavy drumstick aside and said, "Go see His Majesty immediately."
"You've come at the right time; the Imperial Guards now have fewer than 500 men left."
“Those palace maids and eunuchs have also suffered heavy losses. The palace needs people to clean up its security and guard it.”
After Lu Fang finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, his body lurched backward, and he instantly fainted.
Several eunuchs in red robes quickly stepped forward to help Lü Fang up.
"Grandfather, what's wrong with you?"
"Ancestor, please don't scare us."
"Ancestor, wake up."
"Stop dawdling here and hurry up and find the imperial physician!"
The eunuchs in red were all panicked.
...
Three cracks of the whip.
The main gates of the palace opened one by one.
These civil and military officials had no idea how well Pang Hao had handled things.
They walked step by step toward the main hall of the palace.
Hundreds of corpses lay at the Meridian Gate.
Entering through the Meridian Gate, it leads all the way to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
There were corpses everywhere along the way.
The steps were stained red with blood.
The air was filled with the stench of blood and the slightly rotting smell of corpses.
Many flies buzzed around the corpses.
Even without witnessing those scenes, everyone could imagine how intense and brutal the battle had been.
"Your Excellency, you are a member of the cabinet. Who is sitting on the dragon throne now?" asked Chen Ping'an, Minister of War.
"Lord Chen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Although I am a member of the cabinet, today's events have nothing to do with me, and I am unaware of them."
"Everyone, we'll see the result soon."
"In short, no matter who sits on the dragon throne in the Golden Palace, we, as subjects, will not change."
"Emperors take turns ruling; we have no idea whose throne it will be today."
Everyone who witnessed the scene before them felt both terrified and filled with curiosity, wondering who was sitting in the royal palace.
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