Chapter 216 I Don’t Kill Women and Children
In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Xu Surong was stumbling and running away, dragging the young Xie Xun along. Her phoenix crown was askew, and her clothes were a little messy. She looked nothing like the empress dowager she usually was.
The Southern Xinjiang Army entered the capital, and they originally wanted to use this opportunity to defeat Xie Chengyan in one fell swoop, but they did not expect that Xie Chengyan had actually stationed troops in the imperial mausoleum, and the Inspection Office was also instigated to rebel.
These are all the disasters left by Xie Zhaohe!
She actually merged the Imperial City Inspection Office and the Inner Palace Inspection Office. With such a huge power, she didn't find a reliable person, but instead handed it over to an orphan of Ning Wang's followers.
Xu Surong wanted to find the Grand Empress Dowager to ask if there was any other way, but she found that she had hanged herself. When she arrived at the Cining Palace, the Grand Empress Dowager's body had been hanging from the beams for some time.
She stumbled out of the Cining Palace with Xie Xun, "Where's Lord Chen? Where's Chen Chang'an?"
She screamed hysterically, her voice echoing in the empty palace corridor.
At this moment, Xie Chengyan, his black armor drenched in blood, slowly approached, carrying a blood-soaked bundle in his hand. With a sneer on his lips, he asked, "Is the Queen Mother looking for him?"
The bundle fell to the ground and a head rolled out - Chen Chang'an's eyes were wide open, and his frozen expression was still stuck in the moment of horror.
Empress Dowager Xu let out a shrill wail, staggered and fell to the ground, her nail polish-stained fingertips trembling as she touched the face.
When she looked up, she found that there was a very obvious bloodstain on Xie Chengyan's face. It had not dried yet and seemed to be still flowing down his cheek.
The blood on his face was hot, and so was Chen Changan's blood.
Xie Xun was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, bursting into tears.
Xie Chengyan was a little annoyed by the crying of the child. He gave Xie Xun a warning look and said, "If your highness cries again, don't blame your uncle for being rude."
"Xie Chengyan! You will not die well--" Queen Mother Xu roared and looked up, only to see a dagger thrown in front of her with a cold light.
"I don't kill women and children." Xie Chengyan's voice was terrifyingly calm. He raised his head to signal her to pick up the handle of the dagger and end her life.
Queen Mother Xu trembled as she grabbed the dagger and suddenly burst into a maniacal laugh. "You've already killed me, but are you going to kill him too? How many more sins do you want to commit, murdering your mother and brother?"
She suddenly pressed the dagger against Xie Xun's heart, "This is your nephew! He has the blood of the Xie family flowing in his veins! How dare you—"
"He's not a member of the Xie family." Xie Chengyan interrupted coldly, "He has Chen Chang'an's blood flowing in his veins."
He slowly leaned down, taking a step closer to Xu Surong, and her fear grew a little more.
Xu Surong's face turned pale instantly. She didn't expect that Xie Chengyan would find out about this. Could it be...
"Ye Zhixing has confessed and is now in prison." Xie Chengyan sneered, glanced at the dagger in her hand, and said, "It's your turn."
This battle lasted for a very short time. Xie Chengyan had the Imperial Tomb Guards, Wanhe Tower, Southern Xinjiang Army, and the Inspection Office under Chu Xiu, and he took Shangjing in just a few days.
The setting sun was as red as blood, reflecting the newly painted red walls of the imperial city.
Xie Chengyan stood on the Star Picking Platform, his fingertips stroking the red tiger talisman handed to him by Lu Qianshan. It was the military talisman of the Southern Xinjiang Army.
During the Ning Wang period, it was dark gold, and during the Lu Qianshan period, it was scarlet red.
"Are you really going to the Imperial Mausoleum?" Xie Chengyan looked at the mountains stretching out in the distance. The mountains were winding like a python entwined in Shangjing. He turned around and asked the person behind him, "Second sister doesn't necessarily want you to do this, does she?"
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