Chapter 656 Xiao Yuanshan, are you trying to rebel?!
In just a few breaths, Dongzang returned with a beaming smile.
"Madam, please rest assured, I have hidden him under Gong's room. The Empress Dowager is very busy right now, and she probably hasn't thought of looking for him yet. Even if she does, it will take her a while."
Jiang Nuanzhi narrowed her eyes: "My eyelids are twitching badly. Go out quickly and inform Xin Bo, and have him take the children out of the capital to join the soldiers stationed outside! I suspect Xiao Yuanshan will take action today!"
Dongzang's pupils constricted sharply: "Yes!"
"Madam, shall we call in troops?"
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head slightly: "It's not the right time yet. Go secretly to the Imperial Guard camp and see if there's anything unusual. Remember, do not act rashly. You don't need to come back later; protecting the children is the most important thing. If anything is wrong, have lightning circle in the sky and call out, and I'll know. If nothing is wrong, there's no need to send lightning over!"
"yes."
Having accepted his mission, Dongzang turned and left cautiously. He disappeared from sight shortly afterward.
Almost as soon as Dongzang left, Jiang Nuanzhi spotted Xiao Yuanshan's figure approaching with a smile, dressed in a purple python robe, from afar on the high wall.
She frowned: "This is bad! Quickly go and meet Li San, and bring Xuan Ting out!"
Now she remembered why Lin Zhong looked so familiar; she had clearly seen him at Xiao Yuanshan's residence!
If the commander of the Imperial Guards colludes with Xiao Yuanshan, then the 100,000 Imperial Guards protecting the capital will all obey Xiao Yuanshan's orders. What's the point of this?
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned deeply, forcibly suppressing the panic in her heart.
Calm down, stay calm, there must be a way. Definitely.
Although she didn't experience it herself, she has plenty of history books to read. Let her think about it.
Oh, and there's also the letter Li Rong gave him.
She took it out on her own, and after opening it, her eyes held a strange look as she glanced at Xiao Yuanshan from afar.
"Let's give it our all!"
She gritted her teeth: "You two protectors, next, you do this..."
Jiang Nuanzhi whispered something to the two men, then barged into the emperor's bedchamber on her own.
"How dare you! Physician Jiang, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager are speaking to each other. Isn't it rather disrespectful of your manners to act like this?"
Li Quan looked at Jiang Nuanzhi with a rather unpleasant expression.
Jiang Nuanzhi's eyes were filled with panic: "Quickly go and report to the Emperor that Xiao Yuanshan has arrived with his troops!"
"What did you say!"
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor looked over almost simultaneously.
"Liu Man! Liu Man!"
"Too late!"
Xiao Yuanshan's voice, tinged with laughter, rang out. The next second, the clatter of armor clashing as soldiers moved filled the air. In no time, the entire imperial city guards were surrounded by a force nearly a generation larger. Suddenly, one of the guards beside him rebelled, slitting his own throat with a dagger.
A scream pierced the night sky as a little girl screamed in terror at the scene before her.
Immediately afterwards, the palace servants scattered and fled in a daze.
The entire imperial city was in complete chaos.
Xiao Yuanshan seemed quite satisfied with the chaotic scene he had created, and then glanced at his personal guard with a smile.
The guard threw the severed head he was holding directly to the ground.
Xiao Yuanshan looked at the emperor in front of him with great interest.
"Liu Man? He's here."
Liu Man's head came to rest in front of the emperor with a thud. His face was covered in blood, his eyes were wide open, and you could even see the hatred in them.
Xiao Yuanshan seemed to be in a very good mood, and looked around with a smile: "Great, it's rare that everyone is here today."
Having said that, he noticed the Empress Dowager and raised an eyebrow: "Your subject greets Your Majesty. It has been many years since I last saw you, and Your Majesty's elegance remains unchanged."
Xiao Yuanshan smiled and bowed to the Empress Dowager, then nodded to the Emperor before him: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
"Xiao Yuanshan! What are you doing, barging into the palace with weapons? Are you planning a rebellion?!"
The Empress Dowager's face was ashen. She had planned everything, but she never expected that Xiao Yuanshan would go so mad as to force the emperor to abdicate.
Isn't he afraid of leaving behind a legacy of infamy?
He's not a legitimate man; his surname is Xiao. How dare he!
"Your Majesty's words are rather harsh." Xiao Yuanshan frowned and rubbed his ear with his fan, then said good-naturedly, "Now that the traitor Li Rong has led his troops out to war, in order to prevent him from harboring resentment and returning to the palace, thus posing a threat, I, as the Regent of the Great Jing Dynasty, naturally have to protect the safety of the Emperor and Your Majesty."
"Xiao Yuanshan! How dare you!"
The emperor's expression suddenly turned cold, and in the blink of an eye, his guards moved in a flash, with more than a dozen men staring intently at Xiao Yuanshan in front of them.
The Emperor took a breath and suddenly laughed: "Don't forget, there are 100,000 Imperial Guards in the capital. I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and now your death is at hand!"
A strange light flashed in the Emperor's eyes, and he seemed to suddenly become more energetic and spirited. His eyes even brightened.
With a "whoosh,"
White smoke shot into the sky and suddenly exploded with a loud "Boom!"
The Emperor stared at Xiao Yuanshan before him, a strange smile playing on his lips.
However, after the fireworks had been burning for a long time, there was no sound around, and the emperor's smile gradually froze.
"Good," Xiao Yuanshan said, turning his gaze away as if he were watching fireworks. He even clapped his hands twice.
"That Liu Ling is really something. He couldn't come to the rescue, and he didn't even inform the Emperor earlier. Didn't he just make His Majesty happy for nothing?"
The Emperor's face was now contorted with rage as he stared intently at Xiao Yuanshan: "Where is Liu Lingren? He was your dog!"
"Tsk tsk, that's a really harsh thing to say."
Xiao Yuanshan frowned: "The Liu family has served the royal family for generations. Liu Ling has not betrayed you. I have tried many methods to persuade him, but I still couldn't. This man is really a blockhead."
He paused, then said, "So there's no other way, I have to cut this piece of wood. Quick, show it to the Emperor, lest he wrong a loyal minister."
Xiao Yuanshan's personal guard lost another head, which rolled away once more. Liu Ling's face was clearly badly injured; one of his eyes had been gouged out, leaving only a bloody hole, and a long scar ran across his face, indicating that he must have fought a fierce battle before his death. Even now, his teeth were clenched tightly, almost digging into his lips, a horrifying sight.
For a moment, almost everyone in the room gasped when they saw this scene.
The Emperor's fingers were already embedded in flesh and blood. His gaze swept over Xiao Yuanshan's back and saw the face of Lin Zhong, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. What else did he not know? For a moment, he felt a darkness before his eyes and almost fainted.
Xiao Yuanshan, however, seemed unsatisfied: "He's truly hard to kill. Even with his wife and children dying before his eyes, he still protects you. Strange, what's so admirable about following such a heartless and ungrateful emperor?"
"Xiao Yuanshan, I'll kill you!"
At this moment, Xuan Ting, his eyes red, grabbed a dagger and rushed towards Xiao Yuanshan from behind the screen.
(End of this chapter)
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