Chapter 520: The Crown Prince is Unfilial, Xiao Yan Leads the Army
Prince Zhe touched the dragon throne.
"Liu Tongen, send father back to the Imperial Dragon Terrace."
"Feng Lai, come and serve the pen and ink!"
Eunuch Feng held Emperor An's upper body and said, "Your Highness, I still have to serve Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, Father, has his own imperial physician to take care of him, and Liu Tong'en will also be by his side. The most important thing right now is to resolve the crisis in the capital and allow Commander Xiao to lead his troops out of the palace."
"But……"
"There's nothing to say but. My father is seriously ill, and I will take over the government. Do you dare not even listen to me?"
Eunuch Feng's face turned pale: "I dare not!"
The Hateful Prince said in a deep voice: "Then hurry up and don't serve the pen and ink!"
Eunuch Feng was scolded, and the prince used his status to pressure him, so he was forced to hand Emperor An over to Doctor Sun and several others who came forward. Liu Tongen protected him and carried him away.
Seeing Prince Zan sitting on the dragon throne, he never even looked at the disheveled Emperor An, and showed no concern at all. Instead, he directly ordered the emperor's former attendants around. His impatience, unfilial arrogance, and his inability to conceal his joy even though he tried his best to suppress it made many court officials below frown uncomfortably.
When he read out the written edict of apology in public, every single one of it pointed out Emperor An's faults, saying that he was not good at disaster relief and was incompetent in supervision, and that he lacked moral character and acted tyrannically. He almost said that he was not worthy of being emperor.
The looks of those people in the hall became even more obscure.
Emperor An was indeed immoral, and his actions tonight were criticized by everyone, but everyone has the right to criticize him except the crown prince.
Since ancient times, filial piety has been a moral code, and children should not speak of their father's faults or flatter their parents.
Parents are the foundation of human beings. Filial piety and righteousness come first, and respecting parents is the most important thing.
This prince...
Many people shook their heads in their hearts. Even if he really was not afraid of power and was redressing the grievances of the people and loyal ministers, just one "unfilial" charge was enough to wipe out all the goodwill he had regained for him by standing in front of the ministers and risking his life to expose the events of the past twenty years.
Some pedantic civil officials showed dissatisfaction on their faces, but they kept silent due to the situation.
The edict of repentance was handed to Xiao Yan. He took a look at it and put it away.
The palace gates seemed to be about to be breached, the flames nearly illuminating the night sky. Xiao Yan stopped making moves, holding the tiger talisman and speaking gravely, "Commander Yu, please lead the remaining Imperial Guards and follow me out of the palace. General Yin, please lead the remaining Black Armored Guards and palace eunuchs to protect the Purple Palace."
He let go of Tang Ning's hand and looked up at the elderly veteran seriously.
"My He family has been completely wiped out. Now only Tang Ning is left. I'm afraid the Dragon Court Guards will kill. I will leave the remaining Black Armor Guards here at your disposal to protect the adults in the palace. I only ask that you protect Tang Ning and Madam Rongguo no matter what."
"I only trust you!"
General Yin was shocked. He could naturally see how much Xiao Yan cared about the Princess Xiangning, and now he had no hesitation in handing over her "weakness" to him.
General Yin said solemnly, "Don't worry, I guarantee with my life that I will protect them."
Xiao Yan nodded: "Canglang, you stay here and wait for General Yin's orders."
"yes!"
"Marquis Wenxin, when I leave the palace, you will find a way to mobilize the patrols in the capital to appease the people and prevent unrest."
"good."
"General Mo, General Fan, each of you will take one hundred imperial guards and clear out every part of the palace first. Anyone who takes advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble will be apprehended."
"yes."
"Your Highness, I leave the Purple Palace to you."
Prince Zeng nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Governor Xiao."
After Xiao Yan finished explaining everything, he turned to look at Tang Ning beside him and gently shook her hand: "Wait for me here."
Tang Ning nodded: "Be careful, I'll wait for my brother to come back."
Xiao Yan stroked her somewhat messy black hair, said "hmm" softly, then turned around and swung his sword.
"Walk!"
Several generals and Marquis Wenxin quickly followed, and the imperial guards in the palace were also taken away by Yu Yanfeng.
Canglang led the remaining black-armored guards to take over the hall. Under the instructions of General Yin, except for the people guarding Tang Ning's aunt and nephew, the others quickly surrounded the outside of the Zichen Hall.
"Tang Ning..." Qian Qiyue was full of worry.
Tang Ning felt that her hand holding his was cold, and whispered: "It's okay."
She comforted Qian Qiyue and the other people in the hall. There was no trace of panic on her already pretty face. Her calmness also calmed the originally nervous court officials.
But only Rong Yue, who was standing next to her, could see her tense jaw, the clenched fists in her sleeves, and her eyelashes trembling with nervousness.
…
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, but a series of incidents occurred in the capital. The fighting in front of the palace gate was already horrifying. After the Dragon Court Guards forced their way into the capital, the panic had spread to the entire capital.
"Oh no! The Dragon Court Guards are all coming to attack us. I'm afraid the palace gates can't be blocked."
"That damn Shang Qin!"
Di Tao shot away the guard who had taken advantage of the chaos to get close to him and tried to kill him. Looking at the dense crowd coming towards him, he angrily cursed, "I knew he had bad intentions!"
Shang Qin had clearly agreed with them that at 12:30 pm, he would pretend to lead troops to besiege the capital city and help Xiao Yan in the palace to force Emperor An to retreat. They had already agreed not to really break into the city unless there was an emergency in the palace and he would send a signal before entering the capital. But who would have thought that this bastard would wait until 12:30 pm before taking action.
During this period of more than half an hour, he was caught off guard by someone who appeared out of nowhere. The two captains who had been friendly with him suddenly turned against him and almost stabbed him. He finally heard the sound of war drums and had no time to be happy. He heard rumors outside that the Longting Guards had forced their way through the city gate, rushed into the capital, and were heading straight for the palace to besiege it.
This didn't look like the feint attack they had agreed upon. It was obvious that that damn Shang Qin wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill everyone in the palace and dethrone Emperor An.
Di Tao fought and retreated, and wanted to retreat into the palace gate with the people around him, but was stopped by the guards behind him, and in front of him were the densely packed Dragon Court Guards approaching.
He cursed a few times and saw the leaders riding their horses approaching.
After seeing the faces of several people clearly, Di Tao cursed at one of the tall and thin men.
"Shang Qin, you shameless villain!"
Shang Qin, wearing armor and holding a long sword, said, "General Di, you're joking. I've heard about the unrest in the capital and the injustices in the old case in the south, so I led the Dragon Court Guard to the king's aid. I heard the sounds of fighting in the city and was worried that someone might endanger your majesty's safety, so I led my troops into the city."
Di Tao: "Bah!"
Shang Qin ignored Di Tao's anger and just waved the long sword in his hand.
"I heard that Young General Di has entered the four camps in the capital, but now he is killing people in front of the palace gate. There is blood everywhere, but no guards are coming to arrest him. It seems that Young General Di is colluding with people in the palace to rebel."
"you……"
"Come on, take them down first."
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