"Back then, Su Mutianjun plotted to usurp the throne, marched his troops to the imperial city, and forced my father to abdicate..."
Su Mutiansheng looked at me leisurely as he recounted the past events.
Six years ago, Su Mutianjun, dressed in military uniform, led an army of 300,000 to besiege the imperial city of Zhaoyang Kingdom in the name of "clearing the imperial court". He personally led 50,000 elite soldiers to attack the palace, trapped the then emperor Su Mutianxing in Chaogan Palace, and forced him to abdicate by force.
"Father, you are biased! In terms of literary and military strategy, how can I be inferior to him?"
"Why is it that you only have my brother in your eyes? No matter how well I do, you always turn a blind eye?"
Su Mutianjun pointed at Crown Prince Su Mutiansheng and looked angrily at Su Muqianxing who was sitting in front of the imperial desk in the bedroom and refusing to sign the abdication edict.
“Cough cough cough…”
Su Mu Qianxing, who was sitting in front of the imperial desk, was so angry that he coughed up blood.
"Sixth Brother, don't you understand now? Conquering an empire is difficult, but defending it is even harder!"
"An emperor in troubled times certainly needs to possess iron-blooded tactics and courage, but our Zhaoyang Kingdom is now in a peaceful and prosperous era. A ruler at this time not only needs to possess the skills of an emperor, but also needs a heart that sympathizes with and cares for the people."
"Sixth Brother, you are a perverse and tyrannical person. I, cough cough cough... I absolutely cannot destroy our ancestors' legacy... destroy it in your hands!"
Su Mu Qianxing covered his chest with his hands and was once again so angry at his son that he vomited blood.
"Father!"
"Father, are you okay?"
Su Mutiansheng looked at Su Muqianxing who was vomiting blood again and again with great concern, and then glared at Su Mutianjun.
"Sixth brother, you are so perverse that you actually want to kill your father and brother! Even if you were to obtain the throne, you would still be despised by the people!"
"hehe……"
"There's no need for you, my royal brother, to worry about this! Someone, come! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has unfortunately passed away from a serious illness. Why don't you quickly escort his body back to the East Palace?"
"As you command, Your Highness Prince Jin!"
"Sixth Brother, you, you..."
"Puff~"
Seeing the Crown Prince being taken away by Prince Jin's men, Su Muqianxing vomited blood again and fainted. Su Mutianjun seized the opportunity, grabbed his hand, and wrote the abdication edict.
Zhaoyang State, Eastern Palace.
"Brother Sheng, are you okay?"
In the main hall of the Eastern Palace, Crown Princess Gongsun Muxue saw the Crown Prince being escorted back and immediately ran towards him.
"You bold traitor, why don't you let go of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately!" Gongsun Muxue angrily rebuked the soldiers who assisted the tyrant and treated the Crown Prince violently.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince contracted a serious illness and has unfortunately passed away. Princess, please accept my condolences!"
The leader of the soldiers who was in charge of escorting Su Mutiansheng had a cruel and sinister smile on his face. He then turned and left the hall and had the prince and his family of three placed under house arrest.
"That's too much!"
"Father, Mother, please let me go out and kill that ambitious Su Mutianjun!"
The thirteen-year-old boy Su Mulige was filled with righteous indignation. His eyes were bloodshot and he held a sword in his hand, as if he was going to rush out and fight Su Mutianjun to the death.
"Li Ge, don't! What will happen to your mother if something happens to you?" Gongsun Muxue covered her chest with her hands, her face full of grief and sadness.
"Your Highness Zhangsun, you can't do that! The Prince of Jin's 300,000-strong army is at the gates of the city, and 50,000 elite soldiers have surrounded the palace. If you go out like this, you will be seeking death!" Qiao Zhiyuan, the eunuch in charge of the East Palace, hugged Su Mulige's legs tightly, preventing him from going out.
"Old Qiao, let me go!"
While the two were arguing, a raging fire suddenly broke out outside the hall, lighting up the dark night sky in an instant, and the billowing smoke spread rapidly like a ghost with bared fangs and claws.
“Cough cough cough…”
"Oh no, they are planning to burn us to death!" Crown Prince Su Mutiansheng's handsome sword-like eyebrows were tightly knitted.
"Father, Mother, if we fight, there is still a way to survive. If we don't, we will die. Let me lead you to fight our way out!" Su Mulige had broken free from Qiao Zhiyuan's restraints, turned the sword in his hand, and planned to rush out at the risk of his life.
"Li Ge, be obedient! Lao Qiao, quickly take the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness Zhangsun out of the secret passage!" Su Mutiansheng gave the order immediately.
"But, Your Highness the Crown Prince, what about you?" Qiao Zhiyuan looked at Su Mutiansheng with a sad face.
"Su Mutianjun swears to put me to death. He will not give up until he sees my corpse! There is no time left. Hurry! Old Qiao, take the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness Zhangsun and leave quickly!" Su Mutiansheng shouted sternly.
"No!"
"Brother Sheng!"
"We sleep in the same bed in life and in the same grave in death. You and I have a deep love for each other. If something happens to you, Mu Xue will not live alone. Let Mu Xue accompany you!" Gongsun Muxue threw herself into Su Mutiansheng's arms, hugged him and was unwilling to leave.
"good!"
"Xue'er, we will sleep together in life and be buried together in death."
Crown Prince Su Mu hugged his Crown Princess tightly, kissed her face, and looked at their legitimate son Su Mu Lige, but saw that two lines of hot tears had already slid down the corners of the eyes of the high and mighty Crown Prince.
"Old Qiao, take His Royal Highness the Grandson away immediately, away from the Imperial City, away from Zhaoyang Country, the farther the better!"
"No!"
"Father, I won't leave. I will stay to protect you and mother!" The young Su Mulige had a determined look on his face.
"Qiao Zhiyuan!" Su Mutiansheng shouted sternly.
"I obey your command!"
Qiao Zhiyuan wiped the tears from his face and knocked the agitated Su Mulige unconscious with a single blow. After glancing at his master reluctantly, Qiao Zhiyuan immediately rushed out of the East Palace main hall with Su Mulige.
Accompanied by flames all over the sky, the miserable cries and screams of the palace servants in the East Palace, and the strong smell of blood in the air, Qiao Zhiyuan fought with the black-clad masked assassin with great martial arts skills while evacuating with Su Mulige.
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