The soldiers all turned to look at Duanmu Shenghua, when suddenly someone shouted, "We must avenge General Shao!"
"Avenge General Shao!" This cry immediately garnered the support of all the soldiers, who all raised their hands and shouted in unison!
They were all General Shao's soldiers. They didn't know who had killed General Shao, but now that they know who killed him, they are determined to avenge him!
Duanmu Shenghua was surprised that even after so much time had passed, these soldiers still regarded Shao Yichen as their master.
Seeing that the soldiers were about to turn against her, Duanmu Shenghua hurriedly shouted, "Don't listen to her nonsense! The one who murdered Shao Yichen back then was her personal attendant. It had nothing to do with me!"
Duanmu Junyu coldly retorted, "Do you really think everyone is a fool? That attendant has been serving Shao Yichen all along, her life and future are tied to Shao Yichen, why would she want to harm her? In fact, if something happens to Shao Yichen, she will be punished whether she did it or not, why would she do such a stupid thing?"
Duanmu Shenghua had no intention of offering any explanation, nor could she offer any: "If she did it, she did it. Who knows why she wanted to harm Shao Yichen!"
Seeing that she was still trying to pin the blame on Shao Yichen's attendant, Duanmu Junyu found her ridiculous: "Not everyone is a fool who will let you manipulate them. They can tell the real truth for themselves!"
Many of these soldiers were on the scene at the time, and they knew the truth of the matter even better than she did!
"Arrest Duanmu Shenghua!"
Duanmu Junyu gave the soldiers a command, and they immediately rushed towards Duanmu Shenghua.
"Who dares to attack me!" Seeing that the soldiers actually dared to lay a hand on her, Duanmu Shenghua became anxious and shouted angrily, "I am your commander! How dare you lay a hand on me!"
"General Shao is our commander, and we must avenge him!"
The soldiers shouted and rushed forward to grab Duanmu Shenghua.
When Duanmu Qingxin saw Duanmu Shenghua being captured by the soldiers, she turned pale with fright and retreated repeatedly.
What exactly happened?
Just moments ago, Duanmu Shenghua was boasting to her that she commanded 50% of Xiliang's military strength. How could Duanmu Shenghua, who clearly held considerable power and could practically do whatever she wanted in Xiliang, be captured so easily?
Duanmu Shenghua was restrained by the soldiers. She was so angry that she tried to struggle, but she couldn't break free at all. She could only glare at Duanmu Junyu with red eyes: "Duanmu Junyu, how dare you scheme against me!"
All of this must have been planned by Duanmu Junyu. The soldiers who led the rebellion among those soldiers must have been arranged by Duanmu Junyu in advance.
She never expected that Duanmu Junyu would extend her reach into the army, and even less did she expect that such a small scheme, with just these two casual words, would so easily turn hundreds of thousands of soldiers against their will!
Duanmu Shenghua was so angry she was practically fuming: "If you have the guts, let me go! I want to fight you one-on-one!"
Duanmu Junyu was amused by her. She walked to her side, raised her chin high, and glanced at her arrogantly: "You think you're qualified to fight me! I only tolerated your attempts to harm me time and time again because of my father and mother. I always considered our sisterly bond, but you never hesitated to harm me! You are unrighteous, and I am unjust! In that case, I don't need our sisterly bond anymore!"
"Take her and Duanmu Qingxin back to the capital!" Duanmu Junyu gave the order, and the soldiers immediately stepped forward and arrested Duanmu Shenghua and Duanmu Qingxin at the same time.
Duanmu Qingxin was instantly terrified. She struggled desperately and pleaded with Duanmu Junyu: "Mother, these things have nothing to do with me. Whether it's assassination or rebellion, it was all Duanmu Shenghua's idea. I have never had any intention of rebelling. As for my background, I don't know anything about it. Please, Mother, spare my life because I know nothing about it!"
Seeing that Duanmu Qingxin was terrified, Duanmu Shenghua quickly said, "It was all my idea, it has nothing to do with Xin'er, let Xin'er go."
Duanmu Junyu glanced at Duanmu Qingxin, who was desperate to save her life, and frowned, saying, "I know the truth. Take her away!"
The soldiers immediately took Duanmu Shenghua and Duanmu Qingxin away.
Seeing that Duanmu Junyu wouldn't let her go no matter what, Duanmu Qingxin immediately glared angrily at Duanmu Shenghua: "It's all your fault! Why did you impersonate the Empress? Why did you plot rebellion? Why did you give birth to me? You've ruined my life!"
Why is she Duanmu Shenghua's daughter?
She should clearly be the Empress's daughter!
It was all Duanmu Shenghua's fault that she went from being a noble princess to a prisoner!
Duanmu Shenghua was speechless after being scolded by Duanmu Qingxin, and her heart was filled with complicated emotions.
She never imagined she would lose so easily, so utterly. The scheme she had meticulously planned her entire life was shattered by just two casual words from Duanmu Junyu.
She lost, this time she lost completely!
Duanmu Shenghua and Duanmu Qingxin were escorted onto the prison cart one after the other.
Duanmu Junyu, along with Su Xuening and Su Yun'an, boarded the imperial carriage.
"Mother, were those two surviving assassins your men?" Su Yun'an was clever and had already discovered the unusual secret behind this.
Duanmu Junyu smiled and gently rubbed Su Yun'an's head: "They are shadow guards in disguise? I expected Duanmu Shenghua to pull this stunt today, so I sent two shadow guards to infiltrate the group, just to identify Duanmu Qingxin and leave Duanmu Shenghua with no way out."
In fact, even if Duanmu Shenghua hadn't sent assassins, she would have sent assassins to kill herself anyway, since she was forced into a corner.
Moreover, Duanmu Qingxin is Duanmu Shenghua's weakness; only by involving Duanmu Qingxin can Duanmu Shenghua take all the blame.
It can be said that everything today was in her plan, including the defection of Shao Yichen's soldiers, which was also caused by her planting soldiers in advance to stir up trouble.
She knew very well Shao Yichen's position in the hearts of those soldiers. As long as the matter of Duanmu Shenghua's plot to harm Shao Yichen was made public, those soldiers would definitely no longer follow Duanmu Shenghua.
As expected, everything went as she predicted; she didn't even have to ask Huo'er to come out.
Originally, she planned to ask Huo'er to intervene if the soldiers remained stubborn. The Western Liang revered the Vermilion Bird divine beast, and both the common people and soldiers worshipped it. If Huo'er appeared, the soldiers would certainly not dare to truly follow Duanmu Shenghua in rebellion.
In the end, Duanmu Sheng was too naive and underestimated her!
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