Looking up, the usually neat and solemn palace gates were wide open, and the corpses of the guards were lying casually in the middle of the road.
It subtly reveals what a thrilling event once took place here.
Seeing this situation, any normal person would choose to retreat. Shen Tangning turned around and glanced at him: "Are you guys confident that you can cover my way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"
She planned to break into the palace.
But with things in such a mess right now, no one cares about that. The most important thing is that things are in complete chaos inside, and a massacre is unfolding. Will she be able to make it to the Hall of Mental Cultivation alive?
The men from the Yiluan Division exchanged glances and all said, "We would gladly die for them!"
Shen Tangning lowered her eyes and looked towards the palace gate: "Excellent."
...
This morning, the ministers went to court as usual.
However, she was startled by the sudden arrival of the Crown Prince and the Eldest Princess. The Eldest Princess had the right to attend court, but she rarely came, only depending on her mood.
The Crown Prince was a different story. Everyone knew he was under house arrest, so his appearance here was truly astonishing. Sure enough, Emperor Chongde immediately unleashed his fury:
"Didn't I confine you to your quarters? Without my decree, how dare the Crown Prince leave the Crown Prince's residence?"
Beside him, the Third Prince, dressed as a eunuch, felt a strong sense of unease when he saw Yan Huai and Yan Mingyi suddenly appear.
Yan Huai's gaze met his through the gauze curtain, and his heart skipped a beat, his unease growing stronger!
Urged on by his impatience, he tightened the knife pressed against Emperor Chongde's back, causing the latter to give him a deep look before immediately speaking: "Guards, bring the Crown Prince..."
Before the word "take down" could be uttered, Yan Huai's calm and composed voice came: "Father has been ill for so long, and his health should have recovered by now, but he has been reluctant to show himself. I am worried that there may be some unavoidable difficulties behind this."
He paused slightly, his tone becoming more meaningful, "For example, some people don't want Father to show his face."
Yan Mingyi, always eager for drama, said, "I also find this strange."
The hall fell silent instantly. The ministers looked at each other, their expressions grave.
This speculation had been around for a while, but some of the decisions His Majesty made during his illness were simply not his style.
But the Crown Prince's audacity in openly revealing this matter here is unparalleled.
Moreover, weren't the Crown Prince and the Eldest Princess always on a cold relationship? Their sudden appearance here, seemingly on the same side, inevitably makes people suspect something is amiss.
What happened next was predictable: the Imperial Guards rushed in to capture the Crown Prince and the Eldest Princess, but suddenly news came that the palace gates had been breached.
The garrison troops of the Jingji Grand Camp, who came to provide support, forcibly broke through the palace gates and fought with the Imperial Guards.
The ministers were locked inside the palace, as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
The main characters had already moved to a different location, since what they were about to say was not something anyone could listen to.
...
Outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Fourth Prince sat quietly in his wheelchair with his eyes lowered. Against the backdrop of the white snow on the ground, his eyebrows and eyes appeared even darker, and the corners of his lips seemed to be curved in a smile.
The guards rushed over and said something to him, but he waved his hand and said, "No need to stop them, the more people, the more exciting it will be."
When Shen Tangning arrived, she was inevitably in a disheveled state, with someone's blood stained on the hem of her clothes, which stood out vividly against the snow.
Yuan Zhao and the men of the Yiluan Division stayed behind to deal with the Imperial Guards in order to cover her, while she broke in alone and surprisingly encountered no danger along the way.
A crisp clapping sound rang out, and when she looked up, she met Yan Jue's amused gaze:
“Young Madam Chi has quite the audacity to trespass into the palace.”
His gaze swept over her with interest, then softened, before suddenly taking on a dangerous glint.
"What, do you think that just because you accidentally saved the Empress once, you can get lucky and do it a second time?"
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