Chapter 134: Success or Failure
Zeng Miao frowned, took two steps forward, patted the guard beside him and ordered: “What happened? Go and see!”
Before the guard had gone far, the commander of the imperial guards, Lu Zhixiao, came running over from a distance. "It's bad, it's bad, Your Highness, hurry up, the crown prince is rushing in with the troops from the Divine Camp!"
Xie Yi's heart tightened, his eyes full of disbelief, "The Shenshu Camp is in the Jingji Camp, how can Xie Yuan mobilize troops without a military token?"
"The prince is holding a tiger talisman in his hand." Lu Zhixiao said, panting.
"Impossible, impossible, Xie Cong is still in the northern border!" Xie Yi's face was visibly panicked, and he turned to the ministers and said, "Did you see that, my lords? Xie Yuan forged the tiger talisman and secretly mobilized troops. He is a traitor!"
All the ministers glared at him and no one said a word.
Lu Zhixiao advised: "The Shenshu Camp has brought 20,000 troops. Our imperial guards will soon be unable to stop them. Your Highness, leave quickly. As long as you have the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood."
Zeng Miaoyi was also shocked, and felt something was wrong, and was about to persuade him.
But Xie Yi was like a madman, "I won't leave! My father has just appointed me as the crown prince! Father, don't you think so?" He shook Emperor Sheng Yuan in panic.
Emperor Sheng Yuan closed his eyes at this time and said nothing.
Hua Shulan said righteously: "His Majesty does not want to, you kidnapped His Majesty, you deserve to die!"
"Then I'll let you die first!" Xie Yi shouted angrily, and instantly drew out his sword and stabbed towards Hua Shulan.
"Hua Xiang!" Everyone was terrified.
Just as the tip of the sword was about to cut off Hua Shulan's clothes, he heard the sound of an arrow breaking, and the sharp sword was blocked.
A man in green who looked like an immortal descended from the sky with a dozen black-clad masters. In the blink of an eye, they started fighting with the surrounding imperial guards.
"Chen Yi?" Emperor Sheng Yuan stared at the newcomer with burning eyes.
Shen Yi's voice could be heard faintly amid the sound of fighting, "Your Majesty, rest assured. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has led 20,000 elite soldiers from the Divine Camp to capture the Imperial Palace, and is now heading to the Pepper Palace to rescue your families."
The ministers huddled together. Emperor Sheng Yuan sneered at his clever fourth son and said, "It seems you will fail at the last moment..."
Xie Yi angrily put the sword on Emperor Sheng Yuan's neck, "How dare they do that with my father in my hands?!"
After that, he shouted to Shen Yi and the others, "Why don't you retreat immediately! Don't you want His Majesty to live?!"
The imperial guards who were besieging the place were beaten to pieces. Shen Yi stood aside and coldly confronted Xie Yi and the others.
Soon, people from the Shenshu Camp also rushed in, led by Crown Prince Xie Yuan!
"Don't let go of my father!" Xie Yuan shouted angrily, "Xie Yi, you can't escape now!"
Xie Yi's hand holding the sword trembled slightly, his eyes were bloodshot, "No, I will not lose, my father has just appointed me as the crown prince, you are the traitor, you are!!"
"Thank you for having the audacity to kidnap me!" Emperor Sheng Yuan spoke majestically at this moment.
“Father…”
Zeng Miaoyi's face was cold, he pinched Xie Yi's upper arm and said, "Your Highness, calm down! Once the bow is shot, there is no turning back!"
"Uncle, yes, yes..." Xie Yi's face was distorted, and he tried to calm down. "Listen, everyone in the Shenshu Camp, retreat. I am the prince personally appointed by His Majesty. The military token in Xie Yuan's hand is fake. You have been deceived! Whoever captures Xie Yuan for me will be given a high position and generous salary in the future!"
Seeing his soldiers whispering, Lieutenant General Lin of the Shenshu Camp stepped forward and said, "The tiger talisman in the hands of His Royal Highness is real. We have already checked it! Moreover, you dared to hold His Majesty hostage with a sword. How can we, the loyal soldiers, listen to your nonsense!"
Emperor Sheng Yuan snorted coldly, facing the sword that was close at hand, and said: "Soldiers of the Shenshu Camp, listen to my order, capture Xie Yi and others, regardless of life or death!"
"Ah!" After saying this, Xie Yi lost all hope and angrily pushed the sword closer. Blood was already seeping from Emperor Sheng Yuan's neck.
"Your Majesty!" The ministers were horrified.
"Back off, back off, let us out of the palace!" Xie Yi's eyes were filled with madness. Zeng Miao ordered Lu Zhixiao to carry Emperor Sheng Yuan on his back. The three of them carried each other's backs and were about to leave.
Emperor Sheng Yuan was unable to walk and was tossed around like a load on someone's back. He suddenly felt very tired and stared at Xie Yuan and said, "Prince, you should put the empire first. I have lived long enough!!"
I don’t know how I would face my ancestors if I raised children like this!
"Father..." Xie Yuan's eyes were filled with sorrow, hesitating but not daring to stop him. The soldiers from the Shenshu Camp who were confronting him also made way for him.
At this moment, a beautiful female voice came from behind the crowd.
"Thank you, Prime Minister Zeng, don't you want these two people anymore?"
It was Jiang Yuyan who was speaking. She walked among the crowd, radiant and dazzling. Behind her were Concubine Jia and Princess Baoyue Xie Siqi, who were being escorted by the Youyun Guards!
Concubine Jia and Xie Siqi were just paper tigers. Their hands were tied behind their backs and they cried bitterly, "Brother (uncle), save me!"
Zeng Miao paused, his eyes gradually condensed into a line, “Princess, do you know that kidnapping the imperial concubine and the princess is a serious crime!”
Jiang Yuyan smiled slightly, "Are you talking to me about the law now?! What do you say after you kidnapped so many women? You can do it on the first day, but I can't do it on the fifteenth?!"
Zeng Miao was embarrassed and annoyed, and snorted coldly: “Let us out of the palace, sister, don’t worry, they won’t touch you!”
A dagger suddenly appeared in Jiang Yuyan's hand, and the blade moved along Xie Siqi's face.
Xie Siqi was so scared that she burst into tears, "You, don't touch my face! This is all Xie Yi and my uncle's fault, it has nothing to do with me!! I am still a princess of a country, if you dare to touch me, my father will never let you go!"
"Oh, really?" Jiang Yuyan's beautiful eyes turned to Emperor Sheng Yuan on Lu Zhixiao's back, and the other party seemed to be looking at her in a daze.
"It's just a scratch on the face. I did it to save His Majesty. Why doesn't Your Majesty let me go?" Jiang Yuyan sighed.
As he spoke, a streak of blood began to run down from the corner of his eye. Xie Siqi cried out again, "Uncle, save me!"
"Qi'er, Qi'er..." Concubine Jia also cried out at the top of her lungs. For a moment, the only sounds in the field were the mother and daughter's cries.
Zeng Miao was also chilled by Xie Siqi's words, and now he couldn't bear to hear the mother and daughter crying.
Xie Yi calmed down, "Uncle, let's go, they are just trying to scare you, mother and sister will be fine!"
Xie Siqi was furious, "Thank you for your black heart. Who did mother plot for to end up like this?!"
Concubine Jia was crying bitterly, how come they were suddenly turned into prisoners? !
Zeng Miao looked around and saw that the soldiers of the Shenshu Camp were in a fierce momentum. They were trapped like trapped beasts and suddenly felt that the situation was hopeless. He closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them and said, "Forget it, let go of the concubine and the princess. This matter was all planned by me alone."
After that, he knelt down and said to Emperor Sheng Yuan: "All the mistakes are my fault. It's because I am too ambitious. Your Majesty, please spare the lives of the Fourth Prince and Commander Lu!"
Emperor Sheng Yuan snorted coldly, "Do you think you are still qualified to negotiate with me?"
Seeing this, Lu Zhixiao was very excited. "Brother, you don't have to beg him. I will be buried with the emperor when I die. It's not a loss!"
"Commander Lu!" While they were in a state of confusion, Jiang Yuyan cast her cold eyes towards Lu Zhixiao and slowly took two steps forward. The bell on her waist made a tiny sound.
Hearing the voice, Lu Zhixiao took a look subconsciously, and his eyeballs suddenly stopped moving, as if he had lost his soul.
"Soul-stealing!"
Seeing this, Shen Yi rushed up to the few people like lightning, tapped Lu Zhixiao's chest with one hand, and slapped Xie Yi away with the other.
In a split second, several people didn't even have time to react.
Shen Yi secretly carried Emperor Sheng Yuan back to his chair with disdain.
The next second, Youyunwei's swords were placed on the necks of those people...
At this point, the drama of forcing the emperor to abdicate came to an end.
Emperor Sheng Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard the bell ringing, and he didn't even hear Xie Yuan's request. It was not until the end that he woke up from his dream and said in boredom, "Let the prince deal with all these people!"
After that, he slowly turned to the ministers and said, "From today on, I will abdicate the throne to Crown Prince Xie Yuan. You should assist the new emperor wholeheartedly!"
"We obey your order!" Everyone responded in unison.
Jiang Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly, but she didn't notice the complicated look in Emperor Sheng Yuan's eyes.
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