Chapter 2827: Attack the City! Attack the Gate!
"stop!"
Hearing Nan Yan's shout, many ministers who had been gathered at the palace gate, ready to go home once the gate opened, were startled and hurriedly turned around.
I saw the imperial concubine standing at the end of the red wall with a sullen face.
Behind her stood the King of Wei, several other ministers, and personal guards, all of whom looked nervous and alert. Their appearance also frightened the ministers.
What's wrong?
Could it be that the imperial concubine went back on her word and refused to let them leave the palace?
But what exactly is she going to do?
Just as everyone was stunned, the gatekeepers and eunuchs who were drunk were staggering and talking incoherently, but the only eunuch who could still stand up, acted as if he didn't hear the voice behind him, and still went forward to open the door.
“……!”
Nan Yan's eyes darkened and she immediately felt something was wrong.
She said, "Stop him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tingfu, who was originally in the front, pushed aside the crowd and rushed forward. He grabbed the man's hand and said, "What are you doing? Didn't you hear the Queen tell you to stop?"
Upon seeing this, Nan Yan's heart, which had been in her throat, suddenly dropped.
Fortunately, fortunately it’s still in time.
However, before she could even catch her breath, the young eunuch suddenly raised his fist and punched Tingfu hard in the face.
"ah!"
There was only a scream from Tingfu, and he was knocked to the ground by him.
Originally thought that the man had been stopped, this sudden scene left everyone stunned.
Nan Yan was shocked and raised her head quickly. The messy light from the lanterns and torches swaying around shone on the man's somewhat hideous face, and she recognized him at a glance.
The young eunuch was none other than Li Quan, who had served Zhu Feng before and had accompanied them on tours outside the palace. However, after the Juxianju incident, he had never appeared beside Zhu Feng again.
It turned out that he came to guard the palace gate.
At this moment, after knocking Tingfu to the ground, he turned around and rushed to the door, reaching out to pull out the bolt.
Nan Yan immediately understood——
This person has been bribed!
Nan Yan shouted, "Stop him for me!"
Seeing that Li Quan had already pounced on the door and grabbed the bolt with both hands, Tingfu, who had been knocked to the ground by him, turned over, not caring that his nose was still bleeding, and grabbed one of his legs and dragged him back.
Li Quan was dragged and staggered, and hurriedly kicked Tingfu with his leg.
Tingfu was kicked in the face and chest several times by him. He was covered in blood, but he still held on to him and rolled on the ground, shouting, "Come and help me!"
He was speaking to the guards and eunuchs who were guarding the gate.
They were originally drunk, but at this time, the wine they drank turned into cold sweat and came out of their pores. They were stunned by Li Quan's sudden action and didn't even react when they heard the concubine's shout.
It was not until they heard Tingfu's screams with blood all over his face that they came to their senses.
"ah!"
Several people rushed over and dragged Li Quan down from the gate. At this time, the door bolt that Li Quan had placed crookedly was about to be pulled off by him.
Seeing that he was being restrained, Li Quan suddenly shouted, "Come in quickly!"
He said this to the person outside the door!
Just as he finished speaking, the palace door that seemed to be closed suddenly made a loud earth-shaking noise, and a powerful force hit the door from outside.
There was only a "click" sound.
The door bolt, which had already been tilted to the side by Li Quan, was suddenly broken open!
The gate was knocked half open, and the broken bolt could only barely hold the gate together. Through the gap that was almost half a person's width, Nan Yan saw at a glance that many people had gathered outside the palace gate, all of them with ferocious faces and extremely fierce people.
There were even quite a few monks mixed in.
It turned out to be a monk from Zhengjue Temple!
It turned out that those followers of the Earthly Immortals Association who had gathered in the capital from all over the country were hiding in the temple. No wonder they couldn't find them in the city no matter how hard they searched!
At this moment, Nan Yan felt several hands reaching out to her, grabbing her and pulling her back.
Looking back, it was Gu Tingqiu, Ruoshui and the others.
Everyone said in panic: "Empress! Your Highness! Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"
The bolt on the gate had been broken. If it was hit again, the folding fan palace gate would be useless and people outside would rush in frantically. The palace guards had been transferred to the nine outer gates for protection by Nan Yan and others. Now, the palace guards were very weak.
Even if there are still guards, they are now standing at the palace gate!
They might even be killed immediately by these crazy mobs before the guards can come to protect them.
So, Gu Tingqiu and the others were quick to grab Nan Yan and retreat!
At this time, the ministers were so scared that they turned around and ran away.
However, Nan Yan shook off their hands and said gloomily, "I won't leave!"
Everyone was stunned.
You have to know that when a mob riots, they don't care whether the person standing opposite them is the emperor or the imperial concubine. Once people become violent and lose their minds, they will not care about anything.
In this situation, standing here is almost like waiting for death!
Everyone said, "My Lady, you can't stand here!"
Nan Yan said in a deep voice, "What are you all doing? Why don't you go up and guard the palace gate?! You want me to retreat? Where can I retreat to?!"
“……!”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Indeed, if we want to retreat at this time, where can we retreat to?
Once the mob starts to attack the palace, they will be in danger of being executed along with their entire clan. They will not show any mercy at all, no matter where they hide. Even those who are currently in the palace, even if they are three-year-old children, will not be spared!
They have nowhere to escape!
Thinking of this, everyone no longer wanted to hide and rushed forward. Especially the guards who were patrolling in the palace heard the noise and rushed over. When they saw this situation, they immediately rushed forward.
Nan Yan said in a deep voice: "Guard the palace gate and don't let them in!"
The bolt cracked, and the door was directly opened a little, about half a person's width, and the people outside rushed in frantically. One look at the crazy look of these people and you can tell that if they are allowed to rush in, they will surely die.
One of them bravely took the lead and leaned most of his body in.
Therefore, Si Muyun, who had previously advised Nan Yan to retreat quickly, rushed to the front at this time. When the ministers retreated one by one, he picked up a knife from the ground, rushed forward, and chopped off the man's head with one knife.
In an instant, blood splattered and sprayed out directly from the crack in the door!
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