Niao Ni

Chapter 546: That Night

(The next update will be around the 20th or 21st. I'm truly sorry, as I'm about to embark on my journey home, and it will take three days and two nights on the road. Our great motherland is really... too big... Vast territory is sometimes a torment.)





With a "ding" sound, the eunuch's blade grazed the Third Prince's young body and stabbed fiercely into the bluestone floor under the Chen Corridor, causing several stone fragments to fly up, revealing the immense force behind the blow.

The Third Prince twisted his body, screaming wildly, kicking his feet aimlessly, but narrowly avoided the blade. The dagger he held trembling in his hand was swung around haphazardly.

With two "shish" sounds, the lower robes of two eunuchs were torn, revealing two openings. The eunuchs wore cold expressions, seemingly not expecting that a scion of the imperial family would carry a dagger at all times, and that this dagger would be so sharp.

The dagger, drawn from his boot for the first time, didn't seem to have its intended effect. Though sharp, it was wielded by a boy of only eleven or twelve years old.

At the moment of life and death, Li Chengping had learned the courage to kill that Fan Xian possessed at the age of twelve, but not his teacher's skill in killing. While the eunuchs weren't skilled in martial arts, they were strong and burly, making them impossible for him to resist.

One eunuch pinned Li Chengping to the ground, while the other stepped on Li Chengping's elbow, preventing him from moving. Looking at the rips in his clothes, he shook his head, grabbed Li Chengping's neck with one hand, and raised the knife in the other, preparing to stab down again!





Li Chengping's breathing became increasingly difficult. Watching the knife plunge down, he knew he was about to die and couldn't help but feel endless regret. He thought that the previous swing of his knife hadn't even grazed the enemy. In despair, he gave up, closed his eyes, and began to cry.

But he waited for a long time.

Li Chengping could even feel the sharp object piercing his chest, the iron hand on his neck cutting off his breath... but he found that he was still alive. The two feet stepping on his body and hand didn't seem to be pressing down any harder.

He opened his eyes in terror and saw a scene that filled him with horror. The two eunuchs above him also had terrified eyes, and two streams of black blood were flowing from the corners of their eyes!

Li Chengping knew that he had been given a second chance at life. He screamed incoherently, pulled his right hand from under the eunuch's foot, and stabbed the small leg stepping on his chest with the dagger.

The dagger entered the flesh, causing a splash of blood.





Li Chengping struggled to stand up, looking at the two eunuchs who had previously been so ferocious, and who now fell down like two wooden logs. He couldn't help but feel a burst of palpitation. His legs trembled, and he didn't dare to go forward to see what had happened, or why the two eunuchs were bleeding black blood from their eyes and had simply fallen down.

He looked down at the knife stuck in his chest and then felt the immense pain. He cried out in agony.

Fortunately, the eunuch had died the moment he stabbed down, unable to continue applying force. The tip of the knife had only penetrated a third of the way in, allowing Li Chengping to narrowly escape with his life.

Li Chengping dragged his limp legs to the sides of the two dead eunuchs. Despite his fear, his heart was filled with endless confusion. He wondered if the heavens were helping him and had cast a spell on these two eunuchs.

It wasn't a spell—the now-conscious Third Prince finally understood. He stared blankly at the two rips on the eunuchs' abdominal clothing and then looked down at the black dagger in his hand.

The dagger in his hand was too sharp. So, even though he had only swung it around haphazardly, it had not only torn the eunuchs' clothes but had also slightly grazed the skin beneath. However, because the dagger was so sharp, or because his teacher had coated it with some kind of drug, the two eunuchs hadn't felt anything at all.

The dagger was quenched with the most potent poison from the Inspection Institute. The moment the blade broke the skin, the drug entered the blood, killing the two eunuchs in an instant, without even giving them a chance to kill.

What potent poison!

Li Chengping, having escaped death, trembled all over. He gripped the dagger tightly in his hand and looked at the two eunuchs at his feet whose faces were gradually turning black. He finally couldn't stand and fell to the ground. He knew clearly that if it weren't for the potent poison on the dagger, and if the two eunuchs hadn't expected this, then no matter how much he struggled, he wouldn't have escaped death in the end.

He sat trembling beside the two corpses, his face pale, not knowing what he should do next. This was his first time being attacked, his first time killing someone. Even though he was a remarkably precocious prince, his mind was still thrown into chaos by the shock.

He didn't know how long he sat there, but the twelve-year-old Li Chengping finally came to his senses. He got up with some difficulty, looked at the two corpses beside him, and his eyes revealed a complex emotion that a child shouldn't have. This emotion transformed from fear, helplessness, sadness, and a hint of excitement... gradually into calmness and anger.

Calm anger.

Who wanted to kill him? Li Chengping didn't know, but he knew it couldn't be separated from his brothers. He suddenly cried out and then gripped the dagger tightly in his hand and stabbed down with all his might.

One stab, two stabs, three stabs, he numbly and mechanically plunged the dagger into the eunuchs' corpses, producing countless amounts of blood. The blood eventually splattered into black blood.

He hated these people, so he wanted them to die thoroughly. Of course, he would be very careful not to get the poisonous blood on his body.

After a while, he stopped his fearful sobbing, leaned on the corridor pillar, and stood up. He looked at the quiet and empty long corridor of Chen Corridor, his lips trembling slightly, and then shouted loudly.

At the end of the Chen Corridor was the Cold Palace, and there were always palace maids in the Cold Palace.

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"Mother, I don't want you to live in the Cold Palace."

The early autumn weather wasn't cold, but in a side room behind the Hanguang Palace, the Third Prince was wrapped tightly in a large quilt. Looking at Consort Yi who was looking at him with tears in her eyes, he lowered his voice and said in a strong and cold tone, "I don't want to die, and you can't die either."

Consort Yi's eyes were red, and she hugged him tightly.

Earlier, news had come from the Cold Palace that the Third Prince had secretly slipped out of the Hanguang Palace and had encountered assassins in the deep palace! In a great rage, the Empress Dowager ordered the inner palace to strengthen its defenses and not only hunt down the assassins but also reprimanded the eunuchs and palace maids in the Hanguang Palace. Even Consort Yi was not spared.

The Empress Dowager had stayed by the bed of the unconscious Third Prince for a short while before finally leaving.

And when the Empress Dowager left, Li Chengping woke up and said this to his mother in a trembling voice. It was clear that his unconsciousness in front of the Empress Dowager had been feigned. This Third Prince simply had a hidden fear of the Empress Dowager and didn't want to face his grandmother directly.

"Don't worry..." Consort Yi hugged her son, the lingering fear still present, and said in a trembling voice, "In the Hanguang Palace, with the Empress Dowager watching, they won't dare to act recklessly again."

Li Chengping's expression darkened slightly. He knew that his mother was just comforting him but didn't say anything. Consort Yi looked down at her son, hesitated, and finally couldn't help but ask in a soft voice, "How did those two eunuchs... die? Who were they working for?"

"I don't know." Li Chengping didn't mention the dagger. While calling for help, he had already hidden the dagger in the trees beside the Chen Corridor. There was a hint of terror in his eyes as he looked at his mother and said, "They suddenly died... I don't know who wants to kill me either."

Consort Yi fell silent, glancing around. There were many people present, and many eunuchs and palace maids were serving outside the side room, making it inconvenient to say too much. She stopped speaking.

Ever since she learned of the Emperor's assassination, she and the Third Prince had been essentially under house arrest in the Hanguang Palace. They weren't very clear about what was happening outside, only knowing that Fan Xian had been branded as a criminal and that the Fan and Liu families were under the control of the inner court. The Empress Dowager's gaze towards her was growing colder and colder.

Today, looking at this palace, Consort Yi felt a bone-chilling cold. She thought to herself, "This Hanguang Palace might not be so safe after all."

Just then, a middle-aged woman walked in from outside the room. It was Consort Ning, the mother of the First Prince. Consort Yi quickly stood up and gave a salute. The two mothers exchanged glances, conveying unspeakable sighs.

The Crown Prince had also come to visit, comforting his brother and promising to find out who the real culprit was. These words were spoken with great sincerity, but Consort Yi couldn't listen to them. As the night grew later, and people gradually left, and the room became quiet, Consort Yi looked at her son hidden in the quilt and said gloomily, "If it wasn't the Crown Prince, who could it be?"

Who would benefit most from the assassination of the Third Prince, given the current power dynamics in the capital? Consort Yi couldn't help but think of a name, but she dared not say it out loud.

Li Chengping looked at his mother's thoughtful expression, his heart tightening. Knowing who his mother suspected, he shook his head firmly and said, "It's not Teacher."

Yes, Consort Yi was suspecting Fan Xian, because now there was a large group of civil officials in the court who were firmly on Fan Xian's side, using the so-called imperial edict and righteousness to attack the Crown Prince. If the Third Prince really died in the palace, the Crown Prince would not be able to clear his name, and he would be at a disadvantage in the discussions. Moreover...

If Fan Xian was really confident in defeating the Crown Prince, what was the point of keeping the Third Prince around? Consort Yi looked at her son and said gloomily, "Although he's your teacher, he's not your blood-related cousin after all."

"He's my brother," the Third Prince said, biting his lip.

Consort Yi sighed, "In this royal family, where is there any brotherly or teacher-student affection? You didn't tell the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince that the two eunuchs used a token to trick you to the Chen Corridor... If it wasn't someone from your teacher's side, how would they have the token?"

The token was actually very simple, just a page from a book that the Third Prince liked most from the Peng Family Manor by the West Lake in Hangzhou, Jiangnan...

Li Chengping lowered his head: "I won't suspect Teacher... and I believe in his abilities. If he really wanted to kill me to create more chaos in the palace, he wouldn't use a token. That would be easy to find a flaw in. And Teacher... never reveals so many flaws."

Consort Yi forced a smile and didn't say anything more. Emotionally, and given the current dangerous situation, she was willing to believe her son's assessment of Fan Xian, because apart from Fan Xian, they had no other reliance.

"Yes... but I don't know when Lord Fan can save us." Consort Yi thought in her heart, if Fan Xian really pushed the Crown Prince to the point of no retreat, the Crown Prince would only have to risk the world's condemnation and use bloody means to suppress the hearts of the officials. At that time, she and her son would probably no longer have a way to live.

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In the front hall of the Hanguang Palace, everyone was silent. The entire palace was shrouded in an oppressive and tense atmosphere. The Crown Prince and the Empress were sitting beside the Empress Dowager, gently massaging her back. The situation of this mother and son was much easier than that of Consort Yi and her son, but they were also clear that this old woman under their fists must not have any problems.

"Aunt," the Empress looked at the Empress Dowager and said timidly, "That child, Third, is lucky..." She looked again, "... to actually survive like this. It seems that Fan Xian, that rebellious thief, really taught him a lot."

The Crown Prince frowned, seeing the skin at his grandmother's temples tighten slightly. Knowing that his mother's words had foolishly angered the Empress Dowager, he snorted coldly and said, "It's good that Brother is alive. Let's not discuss the other matters for now."

The Empress Dowager forced herself to take a few breaths, suppressing the anger in her heart. She gently patted the back of the Crown Prince's hand, thinking that among so many grandchildren in the royal family, probably only the Crown Prince truly understood what she was thinking. Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager felt more and more that her choice was right. The Qing Kingdom really needed a child like the Crown Prince who understood filial piety to take charge.

"You all go out." The Empress Dowager coughed twice, feeling extremely tired. She waved her hand, and all the serving eunuchs, palace maids, and old matrons took their orders and left. Even the somewhat reluctant Empress was driven out of the palace, leaving only her and the Crown Prince in the entire hall.

The Empress Dowager turned around, looking at the Crown Prince with somewhat unfocused eyes, took his hand, and said gloomily, "I just don't want you brothers to kill each other, so I'm enduring this body and watching all this. I'm relieved that you can understand this."

The Crown Prince didn't reply, just sighed, not knowing if he was thinking of Fan Xian, this brother.

The Empress Dowager's gaze suddenly turned cold, as if she had seen through the Crown Prince's heart: "As an emperor, you need to be decisive when necessary, and lenient when necessary... As for Fan Xian, this person is a vile thief who assassinated your father. He's named Fan, not Li, so what's the point of thinking so much?"

The Crown Prince lowered his head to receive instruction: "This child understands that some people can't be spared."

"It's just a pity that he hasn't been caught yet." The Empress Dowager slowly closed her eyes and said, "Where are Shu Wu and the other ministers currently being held?"

"They're being held in the Ministry of Justice's prison," the Crown Prince said with a bitter smile, "Naturally, it's not good to put them in the Inspection Institute's Heavenly Prison now, but... for some reason, these ministers have been deceived by Fan Xian. They're so muddled and incompetent that they refuse to yield."

The Empress Dowager sneered: "Deceived? Aren't they just some bookworms with rigid minds? Only your father would tolerate them being so presumptuous... Maybe they've already seen that imperial edict in Fan Xian's possession, which is why they dare to hold out like this."

The Crown Prince's expression changed slightly, then calmed down, and he said, "There's no imperial edict at all."

"That's right." The Empress Dowager looked at him approvingly, "So, what do you think we should do with these ministers who speak wildly and threaten the royal family?"

The Crown Prince's expression changed again, knowing that the Empress Dowager wanted him to make a decision. After a long time, he said in a deep voice, "They should be killed."

"Very good." The Empress Dowager's expression gradually turned cold, "If you want to do things steadily, don't be afraid to kill people."

"It's just that the Inspection Institute's subordinates are completely不受皇命 (不受皇命 -不受皇命 -不受皇命 /不受皇命 -不受皇命 -不受皇命 /不受皇命 -不受皇命 -不受皇命 /不受皇命 -不受皇命 -不受皇命)," the Crown Prince said after pondering, "Today, many ministers in the capital were assassinated, causing panic and chaos in the court... Fan Xian is hidden in the shadows, presiding over everything. This child can't think of a good way to deal with it."

"Fan Xian is using blood and heads to intimidate the officials, intending to throw the capital into chaos." The Empress Dowager looked at her grandson and said softly, "What do you want to say? Just say it."

After a moment of silence, the Crown Prince raised his head and said in a firm tone, "This child dares to ask the Empress Dowager to调军入京 (调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京)... to suppress them!"





The Hanguang Palace fell silent again. After a long time, the Empress Dowager slowly opened her mouth and said, "Today, in the Taiji Hall, Yan Hangshu had already made this suggestion. How was it rejected in the end?"

The Crown Prince gave a bitter smile and shook his head, saying, "No one expected that the academician of the Department of the Ministry of Zhongshu were all imprisoned... But today, someone jumped out again."

The person who jumped out in court today was not a high-ranking official, but his identity was very special, because he was He Zongwei, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate!

He Zongwei had always been part of the Crown Prince's faction. Later, he had helped the Eldest Princess drive Prime Minister Lin Ruofu out of the capital and had always had some unclear grudges with the Fan family. The Crown Prince had always thought that this person would be his pillar in the court in the future. Unexpectedly, when the decree to调军入京 (调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京) was issued, it was this person who jumped out to oppose it.

He Zongwei's opposition was very extreme. He took off his official robes, took off his official hat, and led more than a dozen censors, kneeling in front of the Taiji Hall just like that! The Crown Prince was furious and beat him with twelve big staffs, driving him out of the palace. But this famous talent in the capital at the beginning knelt in front of the palace wall, bloody and unyielding!

"Consul He's opposition is very reasonable." The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes slightly and said wearily, "In fact, this bereaved one has never allowed the Qin family to enter the capital, worrying about this problem... According to the ancestral rules of the court, the military is strictly prohibited from interfering in politics. Once this precedent is set, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles in the future."

The Crown Prince was silent, clearly understanding the Empress Dowager's worries. The Empress Dowager always hoped that she could pass on the throne peacefully. Once the military was involved, the Qin and Ye families would become stronger. He didn't have the supreme authority in the military like his father. What would the Qing Kingdom look like in the future?

"The Qin family has been loyal for generations, so there's no need to worry." The Empress Dowager said coldly. She had a very deep relationship with the Qin family and naturally didn't need to worry about this issue, "But what about the Ye family? Ye Zhong is your second brother's father-in-law!"

The Empress Dowager looked at the silent Crown Prince, took a deep breath, and said gloomily, "It's just that Fan Xian... this schemer is acting too crazy. Without the suppression of the army, this capital will never be stable. Even if you kill dozens of ministers in prison, what good will it do? If the situation is delayed for a few more days, once the morale of the other five elite armies of my Great Qing is unstable, the situation will be worrying."

The Crown Prince gave a silent salute and said, "Therefore, this child needs the military to入京 (入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京), and compared with the troubles in the future, Fan Xian now is a dagger in front of us."

He frowned slightly and said, "It's just... what about He Zongwei? After all, he's the Left Censor-in-Chief, and he has a group of censors under his command who are famous for not fearing death, playing dead advice outside the palace wall..."

The Crown Prince's worries were not without reason. Killing ministers was not uncommon in history, but killing officials who offered advice was a great taboo. Even with Emperor Qing's supreme authority back then, when the censors collectively attacked his illegitimate son Fan Xian, Emperor Qing still only used staffs a few times to express his disapproval.

"There always needs to be someone to be the villain." The Empress Dowager stared into the Crown Prince's eyes and said affectionately, "This bereaved one will issue an order to deal with these people."

The Empress Dowager paused and then said, "After the army入京 (入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京), your eldest brother's command of the Guard Battalion can be handed over."

The Crown Prince was stunned, gave a sincere salute, and was speechless with gratitude.

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In the Guangxin Palace, not far from the Hanguang Palace, the Eldest Princess, who had been plotting this plan from the beginning and had been coldly watching countless characters performing on the stage, finally fell into some kind of anxiety for the first time, because the things that happened today made her feel a hint of weirdness.

"Why hasn't Fan Xian been caught yet?" She looked at Eunuch Hou beside her and asked coldly, "Isn't the Inner Court without experts, isn't the Kyoto Prefecture exerting its efforts? When does this princess need to wait to see his head?"

She said these words in front of her daughter, Lin Wan'er, who was listening with a smile, seeming not to worry about her husband's safety at all. Several days had passed, and since the palace couldn't catch him, then he would never be caught.

After driving Eunuch Hou out of the palace, the Eldest Princess's face immediately changed her expression, completely calm, and she couldn't see that she had been so angry before.

Because she knew that Fan Xian was not so easy to catch. Since this young man could return alive from Da Dong Mountain, it proved his ability.

This was a matter involving the world's grand strategy, and the center of the Eldest Princess's thoughts had always been on Da Dong Mountain, not in Kyoto. From the beginning, she had never thought that Fan Xian would be able to return to Kyoto alive. This point had fundamentally shocked her mind.

If Fan Xian was alive, Yan Xiaoyi would naturally be dead. Li Yunrui lowered her eyes slightly, her coldness slightly restrained, thinking about what level Fan Xian's current cultivation had reached? He actually dared to use assassination methods so arrogantly and recklessly in Kyoto to challenge the authority of the palace!

She suddenly frowned, looking at this deserted Guangxin Palace, and said, "This palace... exudes a feeling of death and ashes. This princess wants to go out."

Lin Wan'er looked at her mother quietly and said, "You're afraid."

"What's there for me to be afraid of? Am I afraid that Fan Xian will attack the palace tonight?" The Eldest Princess gently patted her daughter's slightly thin cheek and said, "I understand Fan Xian too well. He can only ever be an assassin and a rat who makes small troubles in the dark. He never has the courage to fight his enemies head-on... because he's more afraid of death than anyone else."

The Eldest Princess tilted her head slightly, looked at her daughter, and said, "I've been thinking about a question, if I use your life to threaten him, what will he do?"

"I'm very curious about the answer to this question." The Eldest Princess smiled happily, "So I'm waiting for Fan Xian to be able to kill me."

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Fan Xian always thought that he saw clearly the Empress Dowager's mind. The old woman of the Li family hoped for a peaceful transition of power and didn't want the power of the army to run wild and become uncontrollable, twisting the entire Qing Kingdom into a chaotic mess. That was why he was carrying out his arrangements in an orderly manner.

Clearly, he had underestimated how powerful his image as a dark killing god was in the hearts of the nobles in the palace. He didn't expect that his assassinations in Kyoto had finally stimulated the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince to a certain extent, forcing them to prepare to调军入京 (调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京 / 调军入京 - 调军入京 - 调军入京) to suppress them.

The next day, the Kyoto Guard Division in the Yantai Camp would入京 (入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京) to suppress them. If Fan Xian couldn't control the palace before this, what awaited him would be a bleak ending.

What he didn't expect even more was that the time for the Qin family's army to入京 (入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京 / 入京 - 入京 - 入京) was actually delayed by one night by He Zongwei, a person he had always despised and hated, with a bloody and powerful attitude.

In this sense, He Zongwei had done him a great favor.

And the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince's decision was clearly made one day too late.

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It was night, a very deep and quiet moment, the night sleeping deeply, when it was time for the Imperial Guards to rotate shifts. The Imperial Guards controlled the front half of the palace and several key streets outside the imperial city. With the current tense situation, the Imperial Guards on shift were temporarily stationed in the civilian houses on these streets and dared not return to the barracks to await orders.

A column of about two hundred Imperial Guards, fully armored, walked to the main palace gate with extraordinary composure, exchanging the defense procedures and passwords with the Imperial Guards on the previous shift.

Due to the current situation, the Commander of the Imperial Guards, the Eldest Prince, had not returned to the palace for three days. He stood on the city wall, coldly watching the exchange below. After a slight pause, he slowly walked down.

He was fully armored, standing in the palace gate, like a heavenly god, wanting to block all attacks from outside the palace.

He coldly looked at this team of two hundred Imperial Guards, and after a moment, nodded silently. The adjutant beside him swallowed and nervously stepped forward to carry out the necessary procedures, and then waved his hand to let the clearly unfamiliar Imperial Guards enter the palace.

The Eldest Prince stood in the palace gate, letting these Imperial Guards who had come to take over shift pass by his side in two columns.

These Imperial Guards on the shift were silent and had strict military discipline.

When the last person in this team of Imperial Guards was about to enter the palace gate, the Eldest Prince suddenly sighed.

The last person in the Imperial Guard team nodded to him lightly.





"Commander, what should we do next?" The adjutant was a trusted aide of the Eldest Prince, a general who had climbed up from the Western Expeditionary Army. Logically speaking, a small matter like exchanging defenses would not have required him to handle it personally, but he knew that this exchange of defenses had to be handled by him personally.

Looking at the Imperial Guard soldiers who were gradually disappearing above the thick city wall, the adjutant swallowed and forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, asking for instructions in a trembling voice.

The Eldest Prince slowly tightened his grip on the saber at his waist, the lines on his face in the night wind appearing extraordinarily hard: "Let everyone wake up, temporary meeting before the army."

As soon as these words were spoken, an extremely intense killing intent surfaced around him. Although the Eldest Prince wasn't a martial arts master, he had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and his sword had taken countless lives. Now that he had made up his mind, he would naturally first deal with the unstable factors within the Imperial Guards.

The adjutant knew that the commander was going to kill people tonight. The confidants of the Yan Xiaoyi faction in the Imperial Guards were afraid that they would be massacred, but at this moment he was no longer afraid. He felt endless excitement from the bottom of his heart and immediately began to transmit the order.





The city wall in front of the imperial palace was extremely wide, with four horses being able to run side by side. It was built entirely of bluestone, naturally revealing a murderous aura.

A column of Imperial Guards was arranged here, looking at the square below the imperial city, standing in strict formation, seemingly ready to meet the attacks from outside the palace at any time.

However, one of the Imperial Guards was looking into the palace with far-reaching eyes.

Fan Xian gently tidied up the clothes of the Imperial Guard, looking at this familiar palace, the inside was dark and empty, not knowing where his relatives were, or where his enemies were. He knew that he was leading two hundred people into the palace, and that he would face the Imperial Bodyguards and the eunuch masters of the Inner Court. No one knew how much success he would have in such a risky undertaking.

Because he couldn't judge whether the Eldest Prince would be able to completely control the Imperial Guards when the fighting started. He couldn't rely on the power of the Imperial Guards.

"Never do what the enemy wants you to do, the reason is very simple, because the enemy wants you to do that."

Fan Xian said to Jing Ge, the Vice Commander of the Black Riders beside him.

"This was said by someone called Napoleon. The gate of the imperial city has been opened, but the gate of the back palace is still closed. They can't imagine that we dare to use so few people to forcefully attack the palace."

At this time, he still didn't know the Eldest Princess's assessment of him. If it were the former Fan Tisi, the poet, he would indeed not have chosen such a direct and brave attack.

It was just that Fan Xian had changed, from the moment he stood up from the grass.