"Your subordinate obeys!"
The four of them, including Dongfang Yao, shouted in unison.
"Let's go now!"
Dongfang Ming spoke in a deep and powerful voice.
"promise!"
Dongfang Yao and the other three responded and began to assemble their army, heading towards the four main gates of the inner court.
The Yan Kingdom's imperial palace had a total of twelve gates, with four gates in the inner court. Four armies guarded each gate, one for each side.
"The rest of you shall wait in the training ground. Without my order, you shall not step out of the training ground."
After watching Dongfang Yao and his three companions lead their army away, Dongfang Ming looked at the Imperial Guards below the platform and said with a chilling aura, "Otherwise, kill them all without mercy!"
"yes!"
The Imperial Guards shouted loudly.
"Commander Guo, please follow me to the Meridian Gate to greet His Highness."
Dongfang Ming said something to Guo Jingfei, then floated down and headed towards the Meridian Gate.
He knew very well that once the Ninth Prince Li Jing successfully forced the emperor to abdicate, Guo Jingfei would inevitably be given an important position.
Therefore, he didn't even refer to himself as "this general" when talking to Guo Jingfei.
"This subordinate obeys the order."
Guo Jingfei was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly.
After saying that, Guo Jingfei waved his right hand and quickly led 4,003 Imperial Guards soldiers, following behind Dongfang Ming, toward the Meridian Gate.
Not long after.
Dongfang Ming and Guo Jingfei had already arrived at the Meridian Gate with several thousand Imperial Guards.
At this moment, the Meridian Gate was on high alert, and the Imperial Guards guarding the gate all looked extremely solemn.
The Ninth Prince, Li Jing, stood at the main gate of the Meridian Gate.
Behind him stood Prime Minister Yu Shixiong, General Zhang Zhentian of the Capital Garrison, and civil and military officials.
Behind them stood the soldiers of the Beijing garrison, their weapons like a forest of swords and spears.
Seeing this scene, the Imperial Guards soldiers knew that something terrible was about to happen.
In fact, not only the Imperial Guards stationed at the Meridian Gate, but also the civil and military officials following Li Jing and his two companions were filled with bewilderment.
They had no idea what had happened.
Prime Minister Yu Shixiong didn't explain anything to them at all; he simply told them to come to the Meridian Gate.
"Greetings, General."
Upon seeing Dongfang Ming arrive with the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guard captain guarding the Meridian Gate breathed a sigh of relief and led a thousand Imperial Guards in a respectful salute.
No need for formalities.
Dongfang Ming waved his hand, walked to the Meridian Gate, and bowed respectfully to Li Jing, saying, "This humble general, Dongfang Ming, begs Your Highness to enter the palace to restore order and turn the tide for our Yan Kingdom!"
"..."
The faces of all the civil and military officials showed shock; they roughly understood what it meant.
Something terrible has happened!
This is rebellion!
They never expected that the long-standing representative of the neutral faction would...
The three most influential figures in the Yan court were the Yan Chancellor, the Imperial Guard General, and the Capital Garrison General.
Why would these three submit to Li Jing, the ninth prince who had no presence and was widely considered the least likely to obtain the throne?
The Ministers of Personnel, Revenue, Justice, and War all had dark faces. They had struggled for so long for their respective grandsons, but in the end, they had failed to help them secure the position of Crown Prince.
Suddenly, Li Jing appeared.
Moreover, Li Jing's ambitions were not merely to seize the position of crown prince; he intended to lead a large army, along with civil and military officials, to force the emperor to abdicate and ascend the throne in one fell swoop.
They all had a feeling that we were actually the clowns.
However, at this moment, the Minister of Personnel and others did not dare to jump out and object. They all knew very well that if they dared to jump out, not only would they die, but their entire families would be executed!
After understanding the meaning of General Dongfang Ming of the Imperial Guard, all the civil and military officials lowered their heads and pretended not to understand him.
Li Jing nodded slightly and led the way through the Meridian Gate, stepping into the palace.
"Your Highness, I have already dispatched the generals of the four armies, leading 80,000 Imperial Guards, to seal off the entire inner court."
Dongfang Ming followed behind Li Jing after Li Jing had walked ahead of him and said to him.
All the civil and military officials in the court had a dazed and confused feeling, thinking that everything was doomed.
If Li Jing had actually succeeded in usurping the throne and became the emperor of Yan, that would have been fine.
If Li Jing's usurpation fails, how many of these people will be able to leave the palace alive?
However, faced with the fierce-looking Imperial Guards, none of the civil and military officials dared not disobey, and not one of them dared to slow down even by half a step.
They all noticed that Guo Jingfei had specifically ordered the Imperial Guards to surround them and escort them toward the inner palace.
After a cup of tea.
Outside the inner court.
Li Jing and his entourage had already arrived outside the inner court with their civil and military officials.
This is the main gate of the inner palace, the Gate of Heavenly Blessing.
General Dongfang Yao of the Imperial Guard led 20,000 Imperial Guard soldiers to completely surround the Chengtian Gate and officially took over the guard of the Chengtian Gate.
The four main gates of the inner palace were all guarded by Imperial Guards.
However, the Imperial Guards could only guard these four gates, but could not easily step into the inner court.
Besides the 20,000 Imperial Guards led by Dongfang Yao, there are two other forces confronting Dongfang Yao.
These two groups of people were the Imperial Palace and the Imperial City Guard of the Yan Kingdom, which were closest to the inner court.
The Grand Elder of the Imperial Palace of the Yan Kingdom led hundreds of members of the Imperial Palace and hundreds of troops from the Imperial City Guard to confront Dongfang Yao.
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