Dagger, raised high!
The blade, gleaming with a ghostly blue poisonous light, reflected a chilling and deadly glint in the dim light of the Golden Palace!
"All of you, die for me!!!"
Regent Xiao Yuan was like a madman, his twisted face filled with a madness that wanted to destroy everything! He poured all his strength into his arm and stabbed it fiercely at the Empress Dowager, who was already terrified and pale!
This strike was both swift and ruthless!
It was so fast that no one could react in time!
It's ruthless enough to pierce a living person on the spot!
"Mother!"
"Your Majesty!"
Xiao Che and Lin Wanwan inside the hall, as well as all the soldiers outside who witnessed this scene, almost simultaneously let out screams of utter horror!
The Empress Dowager also instinctively closed her eyes, her face filled with despair.
She could almost feel the excruciating pain as the cold blade pierced her skin!
It’s over!
Everything is over!
Everyone's heart was in their throat at that moment!
They seemed to have already foreseen the tragic ending: blood would splatter on the spot and the First Lady would perish!
However, at this critical moment, just before the dagger was about to pierce the Empress Dowager's chest!
An unexpected change has occurred!
Standing below the prince, Xiao Che did not rush forward to save the emperor as everyone had expected.
Because he knew it was too late.
Given the distance between him and the dragon throne, no matter how fast he was, he could never outrun Xiao Yuan's already-falling dagger!
Forcing a rescue will only result in a lose-lose situation!
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Che made a move that surprised and baffled everyone!
He did not go to save people.
With a sudden flick of his wrist, he sheathed the heavy steel longsword in his hand with a clang!
Immediately afterwards, with an almost ferocious attitude, he threw the longsword that had just been sheathed, as if throwing a javelin, with all his might!
But his target was not the regent who was committing the crime!
Instead... behind the dragon throne, there was a huge and magnificent screen wall carved with nine lifelike golden dragons!
"Whoosh—!"
The black scabbard drew a sharp straight line through the air, accompanied by a piercing sound, like a cannonball being fired, and crashed hard into the Nine Dragon Wall!
"Clang—!!!"
A deafening, ear-piercing metallic clang suddenly resounded throughout the empty Golden Palace!
The sound was so abrupt and so jarring!
In that deathly silence, when everyone's attention was focused on the impending strike, the loud bang was all the more awe-inspiring!
Just as expected!
The Regent Xiao Yuan, who was committing a frenzied killing, suddenly froze!
His hand, which was holding the dagger, stopped abruptly less than three inches from the Empress Dowager's chest!
Suspicion is an instinct ingrained in his very being!
Even in this moment of utter madness, the sudden, loud noise from behind him still made him instinctively feel a moment of alertness and hesitation!
An ambush?!
This thought flashed through his mind like lightning!
Almost instinctively, he turned his head slightly and glanced in the direction the sound came from out of the corner of his eye!
However, all he saw was a longsword that had been knocked to the ground and was spinning continuously.
There was no ambush.
Oh no! We've fallen for their trap!
Xiao Yuan instantly realized what was happening and thought to himself, "This is bad!"
He whirled around, wanting to deliver his fatal blow!
However……
It's all too late.
In a battle between masters, victory or defeat can be decided in an instant.
His subconscious glance and the brief hesitation of less than half a breath had given his opponent a fatal flaw!
Now!
In that split second that Xiao Yuan turned around!
Xiao Che, who had been standing still, moved!
His figure seemed to break free from the shackles of time in an instant, transforming into a blur that was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye!
The floor tiles beneath his feet shattered inch by inch under his violent stomping!
He moved like an arrow released from a bow, or a cheetah hunting its prey, crossing the dozens of steps with a speed beyond human imagination, and instantly arrived at the foot of the imperial steps!
One step, and you're on your way to heaven!
His figure appeared silently beside Xiao Yuan, like a ghost!
They started later, but arrived first!
"you……"
Xiao Yuan only had time to utter one word before a long and powerful hand was reflected in his eyes!
That hand, swift as lightning, with an irresistible force and perfect precision, gripped his wrist—the one holding the dagger!
Iron pliers!
Xiao Yuan felt as if his wrist was being gripped tightly by a red-hot iron clamp! No matter how much he struggled or tried, he couldn't let that hand move forward even an inch!
"Snap—!!!"
Before he could react, an irresistible, violent force suddenly came from the other's hand!
Xiao Che's eyes were icy cold, devoid of any emotion whatsoever!
He grabbed the other person's wrist and suddenly twisted it outwards!
A sharp, teeth-grinding sound of bone cracking suddenly rang out!
Regent Xiao Yuan's wrist, which was holding the dagger, was forcibly bent backward into a strange and irregular angle by Xiao Che in an unreasonable manner!
"Aaaaaahh ...
A searing pain instantly swept through Xiao Yuan's entire body! He could no longer hold the dagger in his hand, and a shrill scream that was not human came out!
"Ding-dong."
The dagger that had nearly taken the Empress Dowager's life fell limply onto the cold floor tiles with a crisp sound.
Crisis resolved!
The entire process, from Xiao Che throwing out his longsword to him capturing Xiao Yuan, happened in a mere instant!
It happened so fast that no one had time to react!
It wasn't until that piercing scream rang out that the soldiers outside the hall snapped out of their daze!
"Protect His Majesty!"
"Capture the traitor!"
Shen Ce was the first to react. He raised his long spear high and let out a roar!
The next moment, the Imperial Guards, who had been waiting for a long time, surged into the Golden Palace like a tidal wave!
They swarmed forward and pinned Regent Xiao Yuan, who was curled up on the ground in excruciating pain and completely unable to resist, to the ground!
Handcuffs and shackles, in the shortest time, turned this once powerful prince into a complete prisoner!
A dramatic palace coup that lasted all night.
And so, it's completely over!
The reign of royalty has come to an end!
"Waaaaah..."
The Regent Prince, like a dead dog with its spine broken, was pinned to the cold ground. He felt the excruciating pain in his wrist, listened to the contemptuous curses of the soldiers around him, and looked not far away, at the Empress Dowager, unharmed, being helped up by Lin Wanwan…
Then he looked at the other one, who was standing side by side with him, coldly looking down at him.
His last shred of dignity, his last shred of madness, his last shred of hope were all crushed to pieces in that moment!
An endless, bone-chilling despair finally overwhelmed him completely.
He could no longer hold back and let out a desperate wail, like a defeated dog.
However, Xiao Che didn't even glance at him again.
It was as if this person, this man who had just almost overthrown his entire empire, was nothing more than a pile of... worthless trash.
He simply walked slowly to Lin Wanwan's side.
Amidst the complex gazes of everyone, he reached out and gently took her hand.
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