Yinzhi glanced inside through the gate and saw his two younger brothers standing in an open space waiting, and he felt a little relieved.
"boom!"
Soon, another explosion was heard from underground. Yinzhi felt the earth shaking and felt a little uneasy.
They rebelled to fight for a way to survive, not to kill their father. But in this situation, if they didn't open the passage or blew up the secret room, the old man would die in the secret room...
Yinzhi didn't dare to think too much.
While the three brothers were hesitating whether to continue throwing grenades into the secret passage, Kangxi hid in the secret room, feeling the wall dust falling on his head, gritting his teeth in hatred.
He didn't expect that the rebellious son would find the entrance to the secret room so quickly, and even played against the rules by throwing a bomb in an attempt to blow up the blocking stone.
The bastard obviously wants to kill him!
At this time, a personal guard came to him and advised him,
"Your Majesty, we have to get out. Otherwise, if there are two more explosions of the same intensity, the barrier stone may not be able to withstand it. Although we have set up three barrier stones, if the rebels are determined to blow up the barrier stones, they will soon threaten this place. Then..."
“Boom!”
While he was speaking, another explosion was heard and the ground beneath his feet shook rapidly several times.
Kangxi only felt his heart beating violently. In his fifty-nine years of life, this was the first time he felt death was so close to him.
The guards didn't care about much at this time and directly pulled Kangxi out of the secret room.
"Your Majesty, we can't stay here any longer!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, if we don't leave now, this place might actually collapse!"
But Kangxi didn't want to.
There are rebels everywhere outside. If they go out now, they will be walking into a trap.
He wanted to take another gamble.
Bet that the tunnel will collapse first, and bet that they can hold on here until reinforcements arrive.
The guards were unable to persuade him and could only protect Kangxi in the middle with anxious faces.
As a result, half a cup of tea later, another explosion was heard not far away.
Kangxi clearly felt that the explosion site was closer to them, and his heart sank.
The first barrier stone was broken.
The rebels were only two blocking stones away from them.
"Your Majesty, please leave quickly! It will be too late if you don't leave now!"
The guards were still trying to persuade him in a panic.
A hint of hesitation appeared on Kangxi's face.
"Your Majesty, let's go!"
Kangxi finally nodded.
"Walk!"
At the moment he made the decision, another explosion was heard at the second dragon-breaking stone.
Kangxi's steps became much more awkward.
When he came out of the secret room and found that there were no rebels guarding the exit, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Your Majesty, there are no rebels searching outside. It's safe for now. Let's go through the side door."
"Um."
After such a long struggle, Kangxi was extremely exhausted. He was now hanging on the two guards and even spoke with a weak voice.
However, as soon as they walked out of the imperial kitchen, a group of imperial guards armed with live ammunition rushed out from all directions.
Kangxi's heart finally settled down in his stomach, but his throat was so choked that he couldn't utter a word.
"Who is your master?!"
Kangxi asked in a difficult voice.
However, no one answered him.
Kangxi's face turned red with anger.
He had forgotten how long it had been since he had felt this way.
Before he could curse out loud, a figure walked out from behind the crowd. Kangxi looked at him intently. When he saw his face clearly, his expression was a little blank.
"Third brother?! Why is it you?!"
He was so surprised that his voice became hoarse.
"My son greets the Emperor."
Yinzhi first bowed to Kangxi politely, then straightened up and looked at Kangxi and smiled.
"Why can't it be me? Do you think I'm unworthy? Or do you think I don't have the ability?!"
Kangxi ignored him and searched the crowd. After searching for a long time without finding Yinzhi, he asked Yinzhi,
"Where's the boss?!"
The smile on Yinzhi's face disappeared for a moment, then quickly rose again.
"It seems that you really... don't think highly of your son at all..."
"Humph! You're the only one who wants to be the emperor?"
Kangxi was always reluctant to praise his sons other than Yinreng, let alone in a situation like today, where he hated the mastermind behind the rebellion.
If looks could kill, Yinzhi would have been cut into pieces in just a few breaths.
The self-mockery on Yinzhi's lips became more serious.
"Yes, you have never thought highly of your son. Even when you valued him the most, you just wanted to use me to make things difficult for my second brother."
Kangxi stared at him.
"So what?"
"No, how..."
Yinzhi chuckled twice, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
"Father Emperor, it's time for you to return to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
Kangxi knew that if he returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, this evil son would definitely force him to write an abdication edict, but he would never obey his wishes.
"Don't even think about it!"
Before Yinzhi could reply, a clear voice came from outside.
"Your Majesty, please stop resisting. It's useless."
Kangxi looked in the direction of the voice, and two figures appeared in his sight——
"Old Eight, Old Nine?!"
"I see, you guys actually teamed up!"
Kangxi now understood why they came so easily. The eldest brother had been in charge of the army for many years. Even after defeating the Khoshut Khanate in the northwest, he handed over the military power, but his prestige in the army did not decrease at all.
Lao Ba had an infantry battalion and five patrol battalions, totaling 30,000 troops. Even if he only sent out 5,000 of them, he could capture the palace in a short time.
It's ridiculous that he was only thinking about how to disperse the power in the court to achieve the goal of balancing the forces of all parties, and he didn't think about the possible consequences of the two camps joining forces.
"Rebellious son! Evil creature! You all deserve to die! You all deserve to die!"
Kangxi was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
Yinsi and Yin'er walked to Yinzhi and stood beside him, listening to Kangxi's foul curses, and their expressions remained unchanged.
Yinzhen even took a gun from the imperial guards around him, loaded it and aimed it at a guard beside Kangxi.
Seeing this, Kangxi hurriedly moved away from the guard.
"You rebellious son, are you trying to kill your father?!"
Yinzhen pulled the corner of his mouth,
"If you cooperate, nothing will happen. If you don't..."
Yinzhen pulled the trigger——
"Bang!"
“Crash!”
The bullet grazed the guard's head and went straight into the glass window of the imperial kitchen.
Yin'er's decisive action made Kangxi extremely frightened. He was like a duck with its neck pinched, unable to make a sound.
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