Chapter 13: The Final Battle in the Palace
In a house outside the palace, Jiang Xian paced back and forth anxiously. He had not received any news from Sai Naimu yet, which was much longer than expected.
He couldn't care less about anything else. The arrow had already been shot and if the assassination attempt was exposed, it would directly endanger his own safety.
He suddenly stopped and said to a general beside him: "Commander Pang, it seems that the assassination in the palace has failed, and we can only use the last resort.
Commander Pang, the current emperor is incompetent and willing to be controlled by the queen mother. Only the Sixth Prince is a wise ruler. This is our last chance."
Commander Pang is the commander of the imperial palace guards. He sighed. If the Sixth Prince hadn't appeared, he wouldn't have been able to help the Left Prime Minister. He stood up and said, "Understood. Leave the Purple Guards to us."
Commander Pang picked up the sword beside him and left. Jiang Xian immediately clasped his fists to the other six people in the room and said, "Everyone, if this succeeds, everyone will be made a marquis and appointed as a prime minister. You will definitely benefit from it. Please."
"Don't worry, Lord Zuo Xiang. If the Qingyi Guards kill my family, how could I let that old witch go?"
"That's right. The Blue Guards killed my father without asking right from wrong. This time, I will avenge my father even if it costs me my life."
"That's right, Prime Minister Zuo, don't worry, we have all been waiting for this day for a long time."
These are all the people from the martial arts world who were persecuted by the Qingyi Guards. They all became retainers of the Left Prime Minister and were secretly kept in the city.
"Here's a toast to you all." The left prime minister picked up the glass, clinked glasses with those present, drank it in one gulp and threw away the glass.
The six men picked up their weapons and left. The left prime minister slowly put down his wine glass. At this time, a shadowy figure walked out from the corner behind him. He was wearing a tattered Taoist robe and laughed, "Lord Zuo Xiang, this won't do anything."
"It's no problem to consume some of her internal energy. When the Sixth Prince invites the Duke of Protectorate, even if Shangguan Lingwei can still win, how much internal energy will she have left? I'll have to trouble you then, Taoist priest." The Left Prime Minister saluted with his fists clasped.
"Haha, no problem, as long as the Left Prime Minister doesn't forget what he promised me." The old Taoist laughed and stroked his beard, with two dark red swords on his back.
"Sure." The left prime minister smiled.
Inside the palace, all the imperial guards who were guarding there received the signal. Except for a few teams guarding the gate, all the imperial guards rushed into the West Palace, targeting the Purple Guards there.
As the Queen Mother's personal guards, the Purple Guards are the most powerful spy unit, and each of them is a top-notch expert in the world.
Although the Royal Guards are more numerous, they dare not underestimate these assassination masters.
As soon as the palace guards moved, the empress dowager in Yongshou Palace heard the noise, jumped out of the palace, stood on the roof, and saw that all the palace guards were running towards the West Palace.
She frowned and snorted, "You are so good, Jiang Xian, you can actually persuade the palace guards. I underestimated you."
"Queen Dowager, please let your subordinates kill the commander of the imperial guards." The purple-robed guard with the number 2 engraved on his mask immediately shouted.
"Jiang Xian doesn't have only these tricks. The Imperial Guards are just trying to delay the Purple Guards and let No. 1 guard the West Palace." The Queen Mother calmed down and stood on the roof with her hands behind her back, watching the turmoil in the palace.
"Yes." Purple Guard No. 2 asked someone to convey the order, and she stood by and waited.
Soon, hundreds of martial arts masters appeared. When they approached and saw the Queen Mother, their eyes turned red with excitement.
“Old evil queen, you have come to this day. Today, you will have to pay for the blood debt of our family.” The group of people shouted.
"How dare you! Kill him!" Purple Guard No. 2 shouted, and the surrounding purple guards rushed forward at the same time.
The sound of weapons clashing and the aftermath of the internal force bursting out shattered the wall of the courtyard. Those who were favored by the Left Prime Minister were all masters in the martial arts world. The lowest one was at the seventh level of the acquired realm, and three of them were at the eighth level of the acquired realm, making them the top masters in the martial arts world.
There were only ten purple-clothed guards around the Queen Mother. Faced with hundreds of masters, they were quickly killed one by one. In the end, only Purple-clothed No. 2 was left fighting against three acquired eighth-level masters alone.
The Queen Mother didn't even glance at it, but looked ahead and said calmly, "I didn't expect you to get involved, Duke Protector of the Country."
"Queen Mother, if I don't come out, I'm afraid the royal family will be exterminated by you."
I saw an old man wearing a straw raincoat standing on the opposite palace, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, which was still wet, as if he had suddenly come here while fishing.
"I really don't want to kill you. You are a veteran of three dynasties and have made great contributions to the Qianyuan Empire. It's a pity that you and the late emperor have too narrow vision." The empress dowager sighed, with a lonely look in her eyes.
"Perhaps the Queen Mother has a longer-term vision, but no matter what, you should not take her place. Why not assist the princes and let them accomplish your goals?" The Duke of Protectorate spoke as if he were an old friend, and the fighting scenes around him seemed to be just a show.
"I have left a descendant for the Zhou family. Zhou Di is studying beside you. Do you think I don't know? Take him away. I won't pursue the matter. Live the rest of your life in peace. Let Zhou Di be an ordinary person and leave a descendant for the Zhou royal family."
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, purple electricity appeared on her body. At the same time, the martial arts masters around her leaped to the roof and surrounded the Queen Mother. Purple Guard No. 2 had been killed by them.
"Can't do it." After the Duke of Protectorate said these three words, these masters attacked at the same time.
Hidden weapons, bows and arrows, and flying knives were shot out almost at the same time, leaving the Queen Mother no room to dodge.
Suddenly, the Queen Mother turned into purple lightning and appeared in front of the two martial arts masters in the blink of an eye. With a flash of lightning, the two men's bodies were cut open, and the electric current also burned their wounds.
The twenty or so people who jumped onto the roof didn't see clearly. In a breath, they were all killed and their bodies rolled down from the roof.
At this time, all the flying hidden weapons hit the place where the Queen Mother had just stood, and some flew directly through the air.
Such a speed made the other martial arts masters' scalps tingle and they showed looks of fear.
However, they all had a deep hatred for the Queen Mother, and fear was only a momentary thought that was soon replaced by hatred. Led by the three eighth-level acquired realm masters, they all rushed forward again.
"Purple Electricity"
The Queen Mother used the Shangguan family's unique skills, and the purple lightning turned into a rosy glow. Although the people who rushed forward had strong internal strength, none of them could touch the Queen Mother at all. Instead, they were hit by the rushing purple lightning and the rosy glow, and they rolled down from the roof with screams.
The three eighth-level acquired talents were horrified and gritted their teeth to use their unique skills to collide with the Empress Dowager's purple lightning palm knife.
As soon as they touched, the burst of energy shattered the entire roof of the palace, and then the three people flew backwards with blood spurting out, and the electric current along the weapons burned their hands.
When the Queen Mother was about to continue the pursuit, the Duke of Protector of the Country, Qianyang, blasted down at her with his Tiangang Fist from above.
The Queen Mother snorted coldly, turned around and used her hand knife to collide head-on with Zi Dian. The internal forces of Lieyang and Zi Dian exploded, and the first floor of the palace was shattered instantly. The Zi Dian and Lieyang energy ignited the wood, and a raging fire broke out.
"The Qianyang Tiangang Fist is indeed extremely powerful, but it's a pity that this boxing technique requires the vast Qiankun Jue to exert its true power. Your Lieyang Jue is a little lacking."
The Queen Mother used the Purple Lightning Mad Knife and waved her hands, shooting out dozens of purple lightning knife auras that enveloped the body of the Duke of Protectorate.
The three martial arts masters took the opportunity to rush out from behind, attacking her back and the back of her head with fists, palms and kicks at the same time.
"Looking for death." The Queen Mother suddenly changed her tactics, turned around, and swept the purple electric knife towards them.
As the three approached, they had no time to dodge and their internal strength was penetrated by the sword energy. Their hands and feet were cut off, and then their bodies were pierced by the sword energy.
At the same time, the Duke of Protectorate's Qianyang Tiangang Fist arrived, and with the activation of the Lieyang Jue's internal force, the fist force turned into a dozen Lieyang fists and hit the Queen Mother's back.
She was knocked flying and rushed into Yongshou Palace, penetrating through two floors and crashing into the ground.
The three martial arts masters all smiled when they saw this scene. They would make the old witch be buried with them even if they died.
However, after the three people landed, the last scene before their death was the Queen Mother letting out a long roar, breaking through the Yongshou Palace, her outer robe torn to pieces, revealing the golden fish scale inner armor underneath, and the vast Qiankun Jue internal force bursting out of her body. They all died with expressions of shock and unwillingness.
"The eighth level of the Vast Universe Art!" The Duke of Protectorate was shocked. His Qianyang Tiangang Fist was a reward from the retired emperor. Since it was just a boxing technique, it could be learned but not passed on to others.
No matter what, only the royal family can learn this vast universe secret.
“Duke Protector of the Country, you can rest in peace if you die from this unique martial art.” The Queen Mother used the vast inner force of Qianhan Jue to transform her palm knife into a huge sword energy and rushed forward.
The Duke of Protectorate had no way to dodge as the Queen Mother was too fast. He could only forcefully activate the Fiery Sun Art and blast out with the Qianyang Tiangang Fist.
The two forces collided, and the Duke of Protectorate's fist was forcibly cut open by the sword energy, and then he was hit in the chest by the Queen Mother's palm knife.
He spurted out large mouthfuls of blood and stood frozen in place. His clothes were already stained with blood, and were hanging down to the ground from his trouser legs and collar.
"What do you want?" the Duke of Protectorate asked finally.
"If you don't enter the Xiantian realm, the empire will perish sooner or later, and no one can change that. I will let Zhou An leave the Zhou family's offspring, and one day, the Qianyuan Empire will be returned to the Zhou family."
After hearing the Queen Mother's words, the Duke of Protectorate closed his eyes and fell to the ground.
Zhou An, who had been standing in the Observatory, was secretly amazed when he saw this battle. It turned out that the Queen Mother was at the peak of the ninth level of the acquired realm, while the Duke of Protectorate should be in the middle stage of the ninth level of the acquired realm.
"Left Prime Minister, if the Duke of Protectorate is your trump card, then you lose." Zhou An muttered with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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