Several princes of the royal family were terrified, but they were not pushovers and had made preparations before entering the palace.
When dozens of men in black rushed over, the secret guards around them who were disguised as eunuchs and palace maids also drew out daggers, silver needles and hidden weapons.
The hall was instantly in chaos. Many court officials tried to escape in panic, but found that all the windows and doors around them could not be opened.
The only exit was the door that the men in black had just rushed in through, which was now tightly blocked by several men in black.
Song Wan watched the scene from the rooftop, and suddenly realized, "So this is what the old emperor is planning. He wants to summon all the princes who can inherit the throne, as well as their sons and grandsons, into the palace and capture them all in one fell swoop."
In addition to the men in black who were besieging the royal princes, the old emperor was also surrounded by a circle of people who protected him. The empress and imperial concubine beside him were escorted back to the harem by the secret guards prepared in advance by the old emperor as soon as the men in black broke in.
Song Wan watched the fight below and suddenly changed his mind. He said to Gu Yan urgently, "Let's wait until they've finished fighting each other, then we can go down."
Gu Yanji already knew exactly what she was planning. He smiled and replied, "Awan, are you trying to stalk the cicada while the oriole waits behind?"
"Yes, that's what I mean." Song Wan nodded.
The situation became increasingly tense. They waited for half an hour before finally seeing the old emperor narrowly win.
Almost all the court officials and royal family members who had ulterior motives were pinned down by the men in black, tied up and thrown in front of the palace.
The other court officials huddled tremblingly under several nearby pillars. They all wondered if they had not been arrested because they had not yet had the chance to surrender to a certain prince, so the emperor believed that they were still loyal to the Daye Dynasty.
The old emperor sat on the throne, his slightly cloudy, aged eyes staring coldly at the people in front of the hall, and angrily said, "I am not dead yet! One by one, you are forcing me to depose the crown prince and replace him with your son!"
"Do you really think you can dethrone me if I show a bit of weakness?" The old emperor laughed heartily, arrogantly. "I started secretly training my own soldiers ten years ago, just for this day, just for this day."
"I'm not afraid to tell you that in addition to the 150,000 Daye soldiers in the entire Yejing City, there are also 50,000 death warriors that I have secretly trained over the years."
"They are all masters who can fight against dozens of opponents at once."
The old emperor drew out his bloody sword and stabbed in another direction, at the eldest son of King Wei.
One sword to the throat.
"You are despicable!" King Wei coughed up blood and roared, his face full of regret. That was his proudest eldest son, the eldest son who would inherit the throne in the future.
"Hahaha, despicable? If everyone is as stupid as you, how can I sit firmly on this position!" The old emperor flicked his long sleeves.
Next, several princes of the royal family and their descendants were killed, and the old emperor killed them all with one sword.
In the blink of an eye, the entire hall was flooded with blood.
Seeing this, Song Wan was curious, "Do all emperors like to secretly raise troops?"
Gu Yan reminded her urgently, "If you don't go down now, the mantis will be gone."
"I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it." Song Wan closed the tiles, stood up, and called Song Qi and Gu Wu. "I'll leave that circle of people outside to you two. Find some ropes when we're done."
"Yes! Princess!" Song Qi and Gu Wu responded at the same time.
In order to prevent the court officials and royal family members from escaping, the old emperor surrounded himself with nearly three thousand death warriors.
Inside the palace, the old emperor pointed his sword at the courtiers who betrayed him.
When those people saw this, they were so scared that they pissed themselves and begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty! Spare my life! It was the King of Wei who forced me to do this!"
"Your Majesty! It's the King of Zhao who is threatening my family. If I don't agree to join forces with him, my family's lives will be in danger."
Those who begged for mercy were the ministers who had just threatened the old emperor in the hall.
Anyway, the King of Wei and the King of Zhao were already dead, so these people were hoping for a lucky break and that the old emperor would let them go.
However, it was obvious that the old emperor no longer had any trust in them, and he stabbed them directly with his sword.
Several people died in an instant. The fear in their eyes had not yet dissipated when Song Wan pushed the door open and walked in, followed by Gu Yan.
The old emperor stopped his sword, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the two people who suddenly appeared. "Which palace are you from?"
The old emperor became alert as he was able to break into the palace quietly despite the layers of defense.
Song Wan heard the old emperor's question and burst out laughing. She turned her head to look at the man and said, "Gu Yan was anxious for him to call you a eunuch."
Gu Yan anxiously said: ...
"You called him Gu Yanji?" The old emperor was shocked. After years of confrontation with Dayue, how could he not know this name?
"How did you get in? Someone, catch him!"
In his panic, the old emperor even forgot to call himself "I".
"Stop shouting! Your men are so weak, they can't protect an old man like you." Song Wan said confidently, hands on her hips, "There are a total of 2,756 people, right?"
She used her mental power specifically to count.
The old emperor was horrified when he heard this. How did she know the exact number of people? Even the eunuch he trusted most didn't know the details.
"You're deliberately waiting for me to kill the King of Wei and his men. You're trying to stalk them like a mantis stalking a cicada, while the oriole waits behind!" Finally figuring things out, the old emperor immediately ordered the dozens of remaining secret guards in the hall to block him. "Quick! Capture them!"
He had worked so hard to set up this plan, and he couldn't let these two people ruin it so easily.
The secret guard received the order and rushed forward, intending to kill the two men.
Seeing this, Song Wan quickly said to Gu Yan, "You are injured, let me do it."
Gu Yanji felt helpless. His wound had been healing for several months and had already scabbed over.
But he also knew that even if there were twice as many of these people, they would not be her match.
But not every man has the opportunity to be protected by his future wife.
Gu Yanji smiled faintly and took two steps back, eating her gigolo with a clear conscience, and guarding her rear for her at the same time.
Amidst the flashing of swords and sabers, Song Wan didn't even swing her whip. She simply grabbed the opponent's sword handle with her left hand and tapped the opponent's wrist with her right index finger.
There were only a few clicks, and the sword fell to the ground, along with the secret guard's palm.
In just a few breaths, dozens of severed hands appeared in the hall where blood was flowing like a river.
Last time he cut off his head, this time he cut off his hands, and next time if there is another chance, he will cut off his feet.
Song Wan stretched lazily, walked around the people rolling around and wailing on the ground, and leisurely walked up to the old emperor. Seeing that his face was pale, he couldn't help but worry, "Hey! Old Emperor! Did I scare you into Alzheimer's disease?"
The old emperor retreated in fear and kept shouting, but no one responded to him.
Song Wan scratched his ears and said kindly, "Your people can't get in."
"Who are you? What benefits has the Dai Viet Emperor given you? I can give you ten times as much!" the old emperor tempted. "As long as you work for me, I promise to make you regent soon!"
"Regent?" Although Song Wan had never seen a pig being slaughtered, he had eaten a lot of pork.
She hadn't expected that at this point, the old emperor would still dare to trick her. "You actually want me to do such hard work, old emperor, are you courting death?"
The old emperor's mind went blank for a moment. Since when did being regent become such a hard job?
Because of the old emperor's promise, Song Wan's disgust towards him increased. He wanted to trick her into working even when he was about to die. How despicable!
At this time, Song Qi and Gu Wu finally dealt with the people outside. They pushed the door open and walked in with a few unused pig ropes in their hands.
"Princess, we have found the thick rope." Song Qi stepped forward first and said.
"Well, tie them up too." Song Wan pointed at the few families who survived and said, "Don't let them get away and report the news."
At the same time, Gu Yan, who had had enough of living off his wife, hurriedly ordered Gu Wu, who had come in with Song Qi, "Go, inform General Qin and the others that they can move."
Gu Wu bowed and said, "Understood. I'll go right away."
Those officials of Daye were so frightened that their legs went weak and they couldn't even stand up. They allowed Song Qi to tie their hands and feet one by one.
Song Wan grabbed the old emperor's coat and dragged him to Gu Yanji. "Let's go find Concubine Li."
The old emperor would make arrangements in advance, and those princes of the royal family were not all fools. They also placed their own people in the palace, but almost all of them were secretly assassinated by the old emperor's secret guards.
Song Qi and Gu Wu helped the old emperor deal with the few remaining fish that had escaped the net while they were looking for a thick rope.
The old emperor did not hide all his private soldiers in the palace. Most of them hid outside the palace walls, waiting for orders at any time.
So now the entire Daye Palace, except for the palace where the concubines live, has almost fallen into the hands of Song Wan and others.
The old emperor is not young, but he has many concubines in his harem.
Dozens of concubines lived in more than a dozen palaces. Song Wan went to each one, using her mental power to shield the surroundings of the sleeping quarters, and finally arrived at the place where Concubine Li lived.
She didn't observe carefully when she first came here, but now she suddenly found that this bedroom was almost more luxurious than the one the queen lived in.
Song Wan dragged the old emperor, who was still breathing, and hurriedly walked with Gu Yan into Concubine Li's bedroom.
As soon as she arrived at the outer hall, Song Wan heard the crying of a child and a woman's voice, "You should leave quickly. While there is turmoil in the palace, the emperor won't come to me for a while."
She and Gu Yan looked at each other anxiously and stopped at the same time.
Gu Yan hurriedly pressed the old emperor's mute xue.
Sure enough, the next moment, another voice was heard, "Amitabha, I have only one purpose for this trip."
There was actually a man hiding there, and he was a monk.
However, when Song Wan heard the word "Amitabha", she seemed to have heard it somewhere before.
"Uncle, please take good care of him for me. That's all I wish for you." The woman's voice was filled with endless despair. "Don't let him know that I have such a terrible mother."
"I have spent some time with the Princess of Dayue. She is a child with a strong affinity for Buddhism."
"It's the old bald guy." Hearing this, Song Wan finally remembered.
She had never expected to meet him here. "Why did that old bald guy come to the Daye Palace? And this Concubine Li actually called him uncle."
Gu Yan frowned anxiously. Based on the conversation between the two just now, he suddenly had a bold guess.
He said to Song Wan, "Ah Wan, let's go over there."
As they dragged the old emperor inside, they heard the old bald man and Concubine Li say, "I believe Daye's fate has run out. Within three days, Daye will be destroyed."
"It's not three days, it's one day." Song Wan said loudly, standing in the moonlight, "Old bald man, your calculation is wrong."
"Who are you!" Concubine Li shouted sternly.
"Amitabha, both donors, I hope you are well." Master Xuanyi nodded slightly at the two of them.
"What else can I say? You just ran away without even saying hello. Aren't you afraid that I will sell the little bald guy out of anger?" Song Wan snorted.
Master Xuanyi smiled and said, "I know the donor's character."
"Hmph! Don't think that flattering me can offset the money that little bald guy has spent on me in the past few months."
"The little bald guy the young lady is talking about is a little monk named Guanzhen?" The beautiful woman who had just spoken harshly suddenly burst into tears.
Song Wan was most afraid of people crying, especially such a beautiful woman. She suddenly stuttered, "How do you know his name is Guanzhen?"
The child in Concubine Li's arms started crying at this time, and she hurried to comfort him.
"If my guess is correct, the fake second prince that the palace maid mentioned is the little monk named Guanzhen." Gu Yan suddenly said anxiously.
"What?" Song Wan was very surprised. "So the little bald guy is the one who cuckolded the old emperor?"
"No." She shook her head, her expression seemed sad, but when she talked about Guanzhen, she showed some longing and love.
"Guan Zhen is the only remaining bloodline of my husband in this world."
The half-dead old emperor on the ground suddenly struggled, as if stimulated by something.
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