Murong Hua left quietly, just as he had come without anyone noticing.
Rongyue took a pill and remained sitting. After a long time, she stood up with the help of the wall. When she reached the door, she took out a mirror, looked at herself, smiled bitterly, took out rouge and applied it to cover her pale face. She smiled at the mirror, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the door.
In the imperial study, Guchuan held Tan Taiyu in his arms, and the two of them, big and small, were reviewing memorials very seriously.
When Rongyue approached the imperial study, she saw the two most important people in her life snuggling together. The scene was peaceful and warm, but the bitterness in her heart couldn't stop spreading.
She clenched her fists, digging her palms with her nails. The pain allowed her to temporarily suppress the pain in her heart. She displayed the grace that a Queen Mother Bei Jiang should have, and walked step by step towards the place her heart layed on.
Gu Chuan looked up and saw Rong Yue. He picked up Tan Taiyu with one hand, walked over quickly, took her hand, and asked with concern, "What took you so long? Is the situation very difficult?"
"Mother." Tan Taiyu stayed obediently in Guchuan's arms, her soft voice seemed to heal people's hearts.
Rong Yue rubbed Tan Taiyu's cheek, her expression softened, and she leaned gently on Gu Chuan's shoulder, "Everything has been taken care of, don't worry."
On the day he received the news from Xingqing, Ouyang Ji went to the royal secret library, took out a jade box, took out the phoenix talisman inside, looked at it carefully for a moment, then put it back into the jade box, put the jade box into the space ring, and then walked to the palace where Lin Jinghan was temporarily staying.
Lin Jinghan sat on the bed with her knees bent, practicing her martial arts as if no one was around. She didn't look like a prisoner at all. When she heard footsteps outside, she didn't even raise her eyelids and continued to practice without being affected at all.
"Miss Lin." The emperor walked to her bed, moved a stool and sat down, looking at her intently.
"What do you think of my proposal? If you agree to marry me and become my queen, I promise you that you will be my only wife in this life. From now on, I will keep all six harems empty for you and will never take any concubines."
Lin Jinghan slowly put away her skills, slowly opened her eyes, and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, I am already married. I love my husband very much and will never abandon him. Besides, you are the king and I am the minister. I make money and you collect taxes. Isn't our cooperation quite pleasant? Is forcing me to do you any good? There are so many outstanding women in the world. I am really not worth your trouble."
"Jinghan, I am very sad that you have rejected me again and again..." The emperor gently stroked his heart, took out the jade box, opened it, and placed it in front of her.
"This is the Phoenix Talisman of Queen Donglin. You should know that Queen Donglin has the power to directly mobilize the Phoenix Guards!"
Ouyang Ji took out the Phoenix Talisman and approached Lin Jinghan.
"Jinghan, take this, and you will be the most noble woman in Donglin, and you will be on equal footing with me."
Lin Jinghan looked at Feng Fu with a complicated expression and sighed softly: "Your Majesty, can you tell me why you must marry me?" The emperor's obsession with her was too unusual.
The emperor was very happy to see Lin Jinghan relax, "The day you become the queen, that will be the day I tell you everything."
"But I'm already married." Lin Jinghan sighed helplessly, looking at Feng Fu reluctantly.
"As long as you nod, I will make the decision and allow you to divorce your husband!" The emperor confidently stuffed the phoenix talisman into Lin Jinghan's hand.
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On the day they received the news from Lin Jinghan, the two Sikong Zhans took immediate action. The people from King Jingnan and the Wushan camp all went out and seized control of Xingqing in a lightning speed, and then quickly sneaked towards the capital.
The next day, the sky was gloomy and covered with thick dark clouds, as if a storm was brewing.
As usual, the news came back from Xingqing—everything was normal. Ouyang Ji looked at his palm, curled up his fingers one by one, and finally clenched his palm tightly, looking like he was in control of everything.
At the gate of the capital, the soldiers guarding the city had been there all night. It would take a while before the next shift came to relieve them. They were all yawning and feeling sleepy.
At this moment, suddenly, a series of neat and loud voices were heard. The soldiers guarding the city were startled and looked carefully. They saw that a large number of people were approaching the city gate.
Those people moved quickly and orderly, and it was obvious that they were well-trained. In just a short while, they got much closer to the city gate.
"Someone is approaching, be on guard!" The soldiers guarding the city no longer felt sleepy, and they became extremely alert, looking at the large army approaching from a distance with full vigilance.
call out!
The brilliant sound of arrows lit up the early morning sky. Li Yi, the chief guard at the capital's gate, looked up at the sky with a solemn expression. He walked to the gate with his hands behind his back, staring intently at the crowd not far away, and solemnly bowed to the sky:
"In compliance with the Emperor's order, open the city gates and welcome the guests!"
The city gate was slowly opened, but when it was halfway open, someone jumped out and pointed at Li Yi's nose and said:
"Don't open the gate! The emperor has already issued an order. The city gate cannot be opened without an imperial decree! Li Weichang, you are falsely conveying the emperor's order. You deserve death!"
This person was none other than Deputy General Yang Gang, who was guarding the city gate.
Li Yi held the sword at his waist tightly in his right hand and pointed at the person outside the city gate with his left hand. "Deputy General Yang, I received a verbal order from the emperor this morning, saying that an envoy from Beijiang is coming and asked me to open the gate. If you don't believe me, you can just look and see who it is!"
Yang Gang turned his head doubtfully and looked over. Sure enough, he saw a flag on the carriage opposite, with "Bei Jiang" written on it!
However, I've never heard of Beijiang sending anyone to visit! There's no news of Beijiang coming to Donglin either. How did the Northern Frontier army suddenly appear in the capital?
"This is a trap. The city gate must not be opened! Quick, close the gate!" Yang Gang shouted at the people at the city gate.
Immediately someone rushed to the city gate and tried to force it shut.
Li Yi's eyes suddenly widened, he drew his sword, and chopped off Yang Gang's head with one blow, "Lieutenant General Yang, you disobeyed my order, you must be killed on the spot!"
When Yang Gang's head fell to the ground, the soldiers guarding the city gate immediately drew their swords and slashed at the people rushing towards the city gate!
After the baptism of blood, no one dared to resist anymore, and the city gate was finally opened completely.
Sikong Zhan's men entered the capital so quickly that he appeared in the palace before the emperor received any news!
It was morning court time in the Golden Palace, and all the ministers were gathered there. When they saw Sikong Zhan suddenly appear, they all moved aside as if they had seen a ghost, leaving a wide path between him and the emperor.
They clearly remembered that the last time Prince Jingnan went mad, it was in this very Golden Palace that he killed the previous emperor! This time, looking at his murderous expression, could it be that he wanted to kill the emperor again?
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