The more he thought about it, the more regretful the Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son became. He stood up, kicked Long Yanrou with all his strength, and subsequently collapsed onto the ground with a thud.
Long Yanrou was caught off guard and was sent flying by the force of the prince’s kick. She crashed heavily against a stone table behind her in a parabolic trajectory, then lay sprawling on the ground. After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, she breathed her last.
Opening his mouth, Prince Ke ultimately said nothing. Staring up at the blue sky with wide eyes, his pupils slowly diluted until they lost the last speck of light and did not close, clearly dying with his eyes wide open.
And after a few convulsions, the Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son followed suit in death.
From the shadows, a low voice gave a few instructions, "Keep watching here, allow no one to approach. I will go back and report to the prince immediately." Then someone silently departed. freёwebnoѵel.com
Meanwhile, in the Cining Palace.
As time slowly elapsed, Prince Duan and Duke of Wuguo grew increasingly uneasy. However, with Grand Prince and Lv Luo, as well as a wolf and a python glaring predatorily at them, they dared not move a muscle.
Suddenly, an urgent voice came from outside the hall, "Prince Duan, Duke of Wuguo, Gong Wei requests to see you."
Prince Duan and Duke of Wuguo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Gong Wei was the deputy leader of the Infantry Battalion, which must mean he had seen the signal and come to their aid.
The Duke of Wuguo said with a beaming smile, "Let him in quickly." With the archers of the Infantry Battalion by their side, they no longer needed to fear the Grand Prince and his two beasts.
The palace gates were flung open, and Gong Wei, clad in military attire, stumbled in.
Seeing Gong Wei in such disarray, especially since besides him there were no significant reinforcements, Prince Duan and Duke of Wuguo were stunned.
"What happened?" Duke of Wuguo was even more anxious than Prince Duan.
Gong Wei glanced at the Empress Dowager and others, wolf and python included, and swallowed hard before saying, "Prince Duan, Duke of Wuguo, Prince Consort Min... Prince Consort Min, with a few thousand men of the Firearm Squad, suddenly surrounded us. We... we had no choice but to surrender our weapons..."
Though the Infantry Battalion had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, how could their flesh and blood stand against the Firearm Squad? Moreover, Prince Consort Min had ordered his men to throw dark objects into their ranks which exploded instantaneously, shattering nearby soldiers in the blink of an eye. Terrified, they lost all will to resist.
Prince Duan and Duke of Wuguo felt dizzy. The Firearm Squad? Wasn’t that a secret weapon developed by Xiliang? Prince Consort Min, or rather the Emperor, how could he possess such a weapon? How could they not have heard even the slightest whisper of it?
"Let’s go!"
It was clear that the situation was hopeless. Duke of Wuguo decisively ordered the soldiers outside to escort them away. Yanqing Palace – where Concubine De resided – had a secret passage that led directly to the outskirts of the capital. They thought as long as the green hills are there, one need not worry about firewood; as long as they were alive, they could make a comeback someday.
"Where does the Duke of Wuguo intend to go?" With a cold voice, Long Xuanmo slowly walked in, followed by the awe-inspiring Imperial Army.
Seeing Long Xuanmo arrive unscathed, Prince Duan slumped to the ground, his face pale and forehead beaded with large drops of cold sweat.
Concubine De let out a wail and fainted.
Duke of Wuguo remained relatively composed. Their uprising had been somewhat hasty, but he was fairly confident.
First, Prince Chen was suspected of poisoning the Emperor. Prince Duan had detained Prince Chen and deployed troops to surround the Imperial Palace to protect the Emperor, which was justified and above reproach.
Second, besides the Infantry Battalion, there were no other large military forces in and near the capital, and many of those in the Imperial Army had already defected to him; there was no one left who could oppose him.
Third, the Emperor was bound to die, and the Empress Dowager and Empress were firmly in his grasp. Everyone would hesitate to act rashly, naturally leaving them no choice but to obey him.
He had never imagined Prince Chen would escape assassination attempts from three parties, that those Imperial Army soldiers who defected to him would betray him in turn for Prince Chen, and he was also unaware that the Emperor possessed a Firearm Squad numbering in the thousands.
This was heaven’s will to destroy the Zheng family! Duke of Wuguo sighed deeply, but inevitably, he was deeply unwilling to accept this fate.
"Momo has come." The Empress Dowager and Empress relaxed, their faces now free of the previous sorrow and gravity, instead filled with relief and joy.
Knowing the Emperor (Prince) was unharmed, yet they had to pretend to be grievous, was truly a hard task for them.
Long Xuanmo nodded slightly, his eyes naturally drifting towards the inner chamber.
As Sun Chuanmao announced the arrival of the Emperor, the Emperor, clad in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked out full of vigor. Prince Ning and Yang Mengchen followed half a step behind, with the Imperial Physicians in tow.
Seeing the Emperor looking rosy and showing no signs of illness, Prince Duan and Duke of Wuguo were so frightened that they nearly lost their souls. "Father Emperor (Emperor), you..." You weren’t poisoned?
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