Chapter 191 Using Rong Yue as Bait
The sudden influx of black shadows surrounded the old concubine's courtyard. The guards of Prince Cheng's Mansion who did not have time to stop were either beheaded or had their hands and feet chopped off.
The Privy Council's Owl Guards were cunning and vicious. Compared to the open swords and guns of the Black Armor Guards, these shadows that seemed to exist only in the dark were even more brutal.
Every time they attack, they take a life.
In just a moment, the blood dyed the rain on the ground red.
Prince Cheng stood behind the crowd with an unpleasant expression on his face: "Xiao! Disgusting!"
Xiao Yan didn't look at him, he just felt the person in his arms clutching the clothes around his waist and seemed to be trembling. He put his arms around the little girl's body and covered her eyes from the side, tilting the umbrella towards her head. Then he lowered his eyes to look at the people in Prince Cheng's Mansion in the night. The sound was like cold jade and shattering stone in a cold mountain, captivating through the rain.
"Give up your hands, and you can live."
"Otherwise, kill!"
The sound was not loud, but it drowned out the wind and rain outside and reached the ears of everyone in the yard.
The servants in Prince Cheng's mansion looked at the dark shadows in black clothes glaring at them from all around, then raised their heads to look at Xiao Yan standing on the wall. For some reason, they suddenly remembered the day when the Song family was defeated, when the black-armored guard broke into Prince Cheng's mansion and was nailed to death in front of people by Xiao Yan with a single sword strike.
King Cheng saw the fear in these people's eyes and shouted angrily: "No retreat!"
He suddenly raised his head and hissed, "Rong Yue, you murdered my mother and conspired with Xiao Yan and Gu Helian to have someone break into the palace. I never imagined you could be so cruel, actually planning to collude with the eunuchs to kill me."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Xiao Yan with a cruel look on his face.
"Xiao Yan, I've been so patient with you, yet you've only gotten more aggressive. You've repeatedly broken into my residence and killed people wantonly. If I give in again, where will I find a place to stay in this capital?!"
"Come here, take them all down. If they dare to resist, kill them!"
The old concubine's courtyard was very large, with many houses on the side of the main house, and a Star-Watching Tower connected to a Buddhist temple at the back.
The corridor over there led all the way to the side wing. As soon as King Cheng finished speaking, people suddenly broke out of the originally quiet houses around him, and countless figures appeared densely on the corridors and high railings of the Wangxing Tower.
Each of them held an iron crossbow that was shining coldly in their hands, with the crossbow string stretched tight and pointed directly at the courtyard.
"Brother..."
Tang Ning noticed the sudden silence and quietly pulled Xiao Yan's hand away, his face turning pale instantly.
Ayane also had an ugly look on her face. Previously, she had been fully focused on Princess Cheng, and these people were deliberately keeping a low profile. After they entered, the servant suddenly attacked again. She was only focused on this side and didn't realize that there were so many people hiding in the courtyard.
Xiao Yan held the umbrella in one hand, his eyes unfathomable: "Are you using Rong Yue as bait?"
"You're only allowed to use her as bait to plot against me, but I'm not allowed to set an ambush myself? Xiao Yan, how foolish do you think I am to let you and Gu Helian succeed every time?"
Prince Cheng's earlier panic faded, and as he looked down at the man standing on the wall, his face was filled with sneer. "Last time at the Duke of Song's Mansion, it was because of my carelessness that I allowed you to step on my face, causing me to fall into this situation. Now, you and Gu Helian, don't even think about trying to do that again."
"You two bewitched Rong Yue and plotted to murder the Concubine Dowager. You led people to break into the palace and attempted to assassinate the king, and you tried to cover up the crime."
Since his secret hoarding of weapons had been exposed, he had no intention of letting these people leave the palace, whether it was Rong Yue, Xiao Yan, Gu Helian, or Song Tangning.
As long as they all died here, it would matter if they confronted each other in the court. He would have many reasons to complain about his "grievances" at that time. The death of the concubine and their breaking into the palace in the middle of the night were his biggest mistakes. Even Emperor An could not do anything to him.
Gu Helian had already reached Rong Yue's side and cursed, "Xie Tianyu, you are shameless!"
Prince Cheng looked up at Gu Helian and sneered: "No matter how shameless I am, I am not as shameless as you in coveting other people's women."
"Back then, you were like a mad dog, guarding Rong Yue, your precious treasure, but not daring to take a step forward. You watched helplessly as she married me and then abandoned you like a piece of trash. Unfortunately, I didn't expect that after you left the capital like a stray dog for so many years, you still hadn't given up on her. If I had known this, I would have killed you for your affair with Rong Yue."
Gu Helian looked at Rong Yue, whose face had turned pale, and said coldly, "Rong Yue and I are innocent and have never transgressed the rules..."
"That may not be the case." Prince Cheng sneered: "Rong Yue has been childless for more than ten years, but she got pregnant after meeting you."
"Xie Tianyu!"
After Gu Helian understood what King Cheng meant, her eyes were bloodshot, and Rong Yue, who had already felt chilled, felt a chill down her spine.
This is Xie Tianyu's child, his own blood. He actually wants to use the child's life to slander her and Gu Helian. If he does it, the child will not be able to survive.
"Have you been planning to give up this child since you saw me this morning?" Rong Yue's eyes were red.
Prince Cheng looked at her pale face, and the deep affection that had been in his eyes from beginning to end faded from his eyes for the first time, and he looked so cold that it was frightening.
"This prince loves you, but you're still seeing Gu Helian. You knew he had feelings for you, but you let him stay with you. You killed my mother, and the child in your belly isn't my blood. Why should I keep him?"
Even though he felt he had already won, he would not allow himself to be disgraced.
It was raining heavily, and Rong Yue was soaked from head to toe. She looked at the man not far away in a state of embarrassment, and King Cheng spoke every word he said to her with his gaze.
"Don't blame me for being ruthless. You were the one who betrayed me first."
If she had always been so stupid, they could have continued their "love".
If she didn't get to the bottom of it and didn't touch upon the past for Song Tangning, he would have always "loved" her, treated her like a treasure, loved and spoiled her as he did in the past, and "grown old" with her.
They were living a good life, but she ruined it all.
King Cheng said coldly: "Kill them all, leave no one alive!!"
"retreat!"
The bows and crossbows were drawn, and the cold light pierced through the rain and headed straight towards the crowd. King Cheng was taken to the back and protected first.
When Xiao Yan held Song Tangning and waved his umbrella to block the incoming short crossbow, the ribs of the umbrella made a sound of iron clashing. He spun around and landed on the ground, protecting the person in front of him.
"Gu Helian, let's go!"
Gu Helian grabbed Rong Yue and turned around to try to break out. The Privy Council's guards and the Gu family surrounded them, each holding a person from Prince Cheng's mansion as a human shield to protect themselves, but people were still bleeding.
As Rong Yue was being led out in a daze, she heard screams from time to time. As she watched more and more people fall down in the yard, King Cheng ordered his men to take action without caring about the lives of those people he had brought into the yard earlier.
The crossbows from above almost blocked their way, and the servants of Prince Cheng's mansion who were used as human shields had become hedgehogs.
She had never known so clearly how cruel the man she had slept with for more than ten years was, and she had never understood so clearly how stupid she was.
Just to understand her heart knot and make her give up, he dragged so many people into death.
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