The army was like a dark cloud pressing down on the city.
The huge Tailin City was in chaos and people were in panic.
The people who were originally on the street called out to their wives, children and parents, and rushed home like the wind.
Small vendors carried their loads on their shoulders or pushed their carts to seek a place to take shelter.
Many shops closed their doors and many houses closed their windows - brutal warriors have arrived, and if the city is broken, I'm afraid they will massacre the entire city for three days!
The whole city trembled in such a tense atmosphere.
The Yi soldiers guarding the city wall held swords and guns in their hands, but their faces were clearly filled with fear.
At this moment in the Yi Kingdom's palace, their emperor Yan Liangze was furious:
"Where on earth did Feng Xianchu go? Could it be that he also wants to betray me?"
As soon as he said this, Yan Liangze's heart skipped a beat. Now his only support was Feng Xianchu. If he really rebelled... he had an army of 200,000 in his hands. Wouldn't he be able to capture him easily?
I was careless!
We should control Feng Xianchu’s family first!
"Come here, tell the Imperial Guard to go to the General's residence and take his family to the harem. My Queen misses them!"
A general of the imperial guards received the order in panic and rushed away with hundreds of imperial guards, but soon retreated.
They held knives in their hands and retreated step by step to the door of the hall.
Yan Liangze's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't see what was happening outside the hall, but he had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, he heard a voice coming from outside the hall. The voice was very familiar. It was the voice of General Feng Xianchu:
"Li Zhong, I, the great general, have come to see His Majesty, and you are pointing swords and spears at me. Could it be that you have heard that the Wu Dynasty army is coming, and you are planning to rebel?"
Following Feng Xianchu's rebuke, the knife in the hand of the general named Li Zhong fell to the ground with a clang.
“Get out of the way…!”
Li Zhong swallowed his saliva and looked at the thousands of elite soldiers outside the palace, thinking... Who the hell is trying to rebel?
"General, please!"
"Put down your swords, General! Please enter the palace!"
When the soldiers saw this, they were immediately delighted. They put away their swords and stood on both sides of the hall in an instant.
Then Li Zhong's eyes suddenly widened, and he saw a person next to the general - the one-armed prince Yan Hanyu!
So what is the situation now?
As a small lieutenant, he didn't know, but he was smart enough. The general had the most people now, so it was definitely right to follow the general.
As for whether the general came to the palace to see the emperor to obey his majesty's will and fight the warriors, or whether the general had other ideas, this was not a question he needed to think about.
All the ministers in the hall turned their heads at this moment and made way for a path about ten feet wide.
Feng Xichu entered the hall wearing armor and carrying a sword!
He walked into the hall with Yan Hanyu and his head held high. In front of the shocked gazes of the ministers, he bowed to Yan Liangze:
"I am Feng Xianchu, and I, receiving your salary, shall share your worries!"
Yan Liangze was overjoyed, "With the great general to share my worries, Tailin City will be..." Before he could finish the words "impregnable as a rock", he saw Yan Hanyu standing behind Feng Xianchu, who took a step forward!
His eyes narrowed slightly, "General, what's going on with him?"
Feng Xianchu bowed again and said, "I believe that now that the Wu army is at the gates of the city, for the sake of the people of the world, I request that Your Majesty abdicate the throne to the Sixth Prince to drive back the Wu army and relieve the danger of Tailin City."
When Feng Xianchu said this, some court officials were shocked, and some looked at his back meaningfully.
"General Feng, you are the general appointed by His Majesty. In this critical moment, you should lead the troops to defend the city and protect the peace of our country. How could you..."
Feng Xianchu turned around and whispered, "Chop it off...!"
With a snap, the head of the Minister of War rolled to the ground. The faces of many ministers turned pale, but Bian Muyu stood out with no expression.
He bowed to the emperor and said, "I believe that confronting the military directly is like hitting a rock with an egg. The purpose of appointing a general is to protect the Yi Kingdom, the imperial family, and all the officials present."
"Your Majesty, please think about this. If the city is breached, who in the royal family will be spared?"
"If this city is destroyed, who among all the officials present here will be spared?!"
His voice grew louder and louder, and he turned to face the ministers, "Not to mention your lives and property, even your wives, children, and elders at home will all be buried with you!"
"This Tailin City will face a three-day massacre by warriors, and rivers of blood will flow!"
"If the mistake of one person leads to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, I think it is... unwise. What do you ministers think?"
All the ministers immediately understood that Prime Minister Bian, the emperor's closest comrade-in-arms, had defected!
The current situation is very clear. The square outside is filled with a large group of generals' soldiers. Anyone who dares to say no will end up like that upright Minister of War.
Then, someone took the lead and said, "I think what the border minister said is reasonable. The general is concerned about the country and the people. This is the best policy!"
All of a sudden, a group of court officials saluted Bian Muyu and Feng Xianchu, and said, "We will listen to the decision of Prime Minister Bian and the General!"
Yan Liangze took three steps back to the dragon throne and sat down.
He pointed at Bian Muyu and said, "You, you, you..."
"Puff..." He spat out a mouthful of blood, then suddenly jumped up, "Old thief! I trusted you so much, and this is how you repay me?"
"Someone... someone... drag this old thief away and let me cut him into pieces!"
Yan Liangze looked like a madman, but not a single soldier entered the hall.
Bian Muyu's mouth twitched, and he bowed to Yan Liangze, "This old minister asks Your Majesty to abdicate!"
"What if I don't retreat? This is my kingdom! This is my world, you..."
Bian Muyu's second salute: "Old minister, please abdicate, Your Majesty!"
"You old scoundrel, you shall not die a good death! Feng Xianchu, you are a traitor who sells out your country for personal gain and is worse than a pig or a dog...!"
Bian Muyu's third salute: "Old minister, please abdicate, Your Majesty!"
All the ministers suddenly knelt down, and the roar of applause resounded throughout the huge golden palace: "Your Majesty, we ask you to abdicate..."
Yan Liangze's legs were trembling as he sat on the dragon throne again, his face pale and covered in cold sweat.
"This is my subject...I,"
Bian Muyu interrupted him, "Your Majesty, the warriors are about to attack the city. For the sake of the people of the world, you must go quickly."
"My fellow ministers, welcome the new emperor to the throne!"
Several soldiers rushed in and dragged Yan Liangze, who was slumped on the dragon throne, away directly, just like dragging a dead dog, and dragged him out of the golden palace that symbolized the highest power of the Yi Kingdom.
With a smile on his face, Yan Hanyu strode onto the dragon platform and sat on the dragon throne.
He got the power as he wished, and a new era began for the Yi Kingdom.
The most shameful era of the last emperor of the Yi Kingdom!
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