Concubine Xian was extremely anxious and kept pacing on the spot: "Han'er, please speak up. What should we do now? I will never allow that bitch's son to set foot in the capital. I will kill him!"

Chu Han looked at Concubine Xian quietly, remaining silent.

Concubine Xian finally realized that something was wrong with Chu Han, and tried to suppress her emotions, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?"

Chu Han shook his head and smiled wanly: "Mother, we are no match for Chu Xuan. There is nothing we can do."

"Impossible!" Concubine Xian retorted. Her son had become the emperor, the most honorable person in the entire Tianji. How could he not be able to deal with a mere rebel!

"Send people, send people to strangle them immediately. Don't we have the Imperial Guard? And the city defense soldiers? With so many people, how can we not have a solution?"

Imperial guards? City defense soldiers? At this moment, Chu Han felt like a beggar with no clothes to cover his body. He must be the most ridiculous emperor in the world.

He had no soldiers under his command and only the title of emperor. The people regarded him as a laughing stock and the ministers viewed him as a scourge.

Chu Xuan started his army from Tianque Pass and had to pass through fourteen prefectures, big and small. If any prefecture had sent out troops to resist, Chu Xuan would not have been able to attack the capital so quickly and catch him off guard.

"Send the troops! Why are you still daydreaming? Your throne is about to be taken away by someone! How can you be so useless!"

Concubine Xian pointed at Chu Han viciously and said angrily.

There was finally a trace of fluctuation in Chu Han's lifeless eyes, and he looked at Concubine Xian in astonishment. He couldn't believe that his mother would say such words.

"I'm useless? Yes, I am useless." Chu Han's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked a little crazy.

"Father also despises me for being useless and refuses to hand over the throne to me? But since I was old enough to understand, no one has ever told me how to be a useful person. You only know how to nag me every day, asking me to be careful and survive in this huge harem. Mother, please tell me, who made me so useless?"

"You! Are you blaming me?" Concubine Xian was extremely dissatisfied: "You are where you are today, and you can sit on the throne, all because of me. You are blaming me now? How can you say that! I am your mother."

Chu Han sneered and said impatiently, "It's already come to this point. There's no point in saying more. Mother, you should think of a way out for yourself first. Chu Xuan's army will be here soon. Whether to leave or stay, Mother, make the decision early."

"I won't leave. I am the Queen Mother of Tianji. Who dares to touch me?"

Chu Han's last bit of patience was exhausted. He didn't want to talk to Concubine Xian any more. He called someone in and ordered, "Send the Queen Mother back to the palace!"

Concubine Xian was unwilling, but she had no choice but to leave Taiji Hall reluctantly.

At this moment, Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo, who were outside Chen Bing City, did not know that Chu Han and Concubine Xian, mother and son, had already fallen out in the palace.

The two looked at the closed city gate, thoughtful.

"The last time Shen He came back to Beijing to deliver a letter, he sneaked into the city through the waterway in the moat. Why don't we use the same trick again and send someone to sneak in through the waterway, sneak into the city and open the city gate."

Chu Xuan remained silent. No, he should not return to the capital in such a manner. He was the new emperor appointed by the late emperor, holding the imperial edict of succession in his hand. He should return to this place that originally belonged to him in a fair and open manner and take back everything that belonged to him.

"Shen He took the imperial edict into the city and went to find old Prince Taikang and Princess Duanshu, and told them that the prince had returned and that it was finally time to announce this edict to the world."

Lu Yanluo understood and nodded. They went all the way from Tianque Pass to the capital. Although the government offices of various prefectures opened their gates for them and allowed them to come and go, Chu Han had already ascended the throne. If they could not announce the real edict in their hands to the world, Chu Xuan would be branded as a man who murdered his brothers and plotted to usurp the throne after ascending the throne.

"I will go with Shen He." Lu Yanluo took the will from Chu Xuan, turned around and left, secretly sneaking into the capital.

In the evening, the people in Beijing returned home early and locked their doors, not daring to go out easily. The capital was in chaos, the city gates were closed, and soldiers would search back and forth in the city from time to time, making everyone panic.

It was heard that the Night King had returned from Tianque Pass to attend the funeral of the late emperor. However, the new emperor was narrow-minded and refused to let the Night King into the city. The Night King was furious and stationed his troops in the capital, heading straight for the new emperor.

No matter what rumors the people spread, the night finally passed without any danger.

The sun rose as usual the next day, and people who needed to go out walked out of their homes carefully one by one.

The usually bustling Zhuque Street is now deserted, with only a few stalls selling breakfast.

Several men sat in front of the stalls and whispered, "Have you heard? The Night King didn't come back just to mourn the late emperor. He came back with an imperial edict to pass on the throne!"

One of his companions was very surprised: "Is this true? Didn't the new emperor also have an imperial edict? How can there be a duplicate of this edict? How can we give two people the throne? How can we do that?"

The person who had spoken earlier sneered, "You don't understand this? One of the two edicts must be a fake. In my opinion, the edict in the hands of the current emperor is not legitimate."

"What do you mean?" asked the companion curiously.

The person who spoke sneered and said meaningfully: "Just wait and see, the Night King is back now, and the edict will appear soon."

As the two were talking excitedly, a manifesto on the bulletin board of Suzaku Street attracted everyone's attention. It clearly stated how Concubine Xian and her son forged the edict of succession and framed King Ye and Concubine Hui for conspiring to poison His Majesty.

At this moment, in Princess Duanshu's mansion, Lu Yanluo stood in front of Princess Duanshu, holding the decree of succession given to her by Chu Xuan.

"The prince sent me here to meet the Grand Princess and tell you that Chu Xuan is back."

Princess Duanshu's expression tensed, then she forced a smile and said, "I'm glad you're back, I'm glad you're back. So... the prince asked you to come to me, is there something important?"

Princess Duanshu was obviously pretending to be ignorant. She was just a princess with no real power and no troops. She lived a carefree life and had a good time. She really didn't want to get involved in the fight for the throne.

Lu Yanluo seemed to have expected this, and said calmly: "The prince said that since the late emperor handed the edict of succession to the princess, he must have trusted her very much. The prince lost his mother when he was young, and now his father has passed away. In such a big city, there is no one to rely on. He can only rely on the eldest princess to come forward and speak a fair word for him, so that the late emperor can leave in peace."