auspicious time has come

This sound shook the newly awakened palaces, and attracted countless eyes to look in the direction of Yanying Hall.

This move was intended to seize the opportunity to spread the news of the prince's return to the palace as quickly as possible, so that Li Wei would no longer have the opportunity to act secretly.

Even though the thousand cavalry guards in the palace have been used by Li Wei, there are not only thousands of cavalry guards in the palace, and not everyone in the thousand cavalry guards knows the truth, but more of them are blind followers. Has the effect of bringing people together——

This is true for thousands of cavalry guards, as well as for civil and military officials.

Previously, there were open and secret fights everywhere, aside from Li Wei's confidants, the rest of the people mostly chose to support others under the premise that "the prince is dead", or were forced to side with Li Wei. Now the prince is "dead and dead". "Resurrection", whether it is the desire of the heart or the force of the situation, the word "Prince" means orthodoxy and absolute integrity——

In this way, there is no suspense about the change of wind direction among the officials.

Outside the Yanying Hall, the palace attendants bowed down on the ground, and the officials who arrived earlier also saluted in surprise.

"The news must have reached the ears of the eldest princess at this time. In order to prevent her from coercing the crown princess, the deputy general of King Lao will go to the East Palace to check first, so as to protect the crown princess from harm—" Heng Yu said to Wang Jingyong in a low voice.

Wang Jingyong nodded, and the prince sent a group of guards to lead the way to the East Palace.

The group of guards who were pointed out by the prince walked quickly, and felt that they had never held their heads up so high for a long time—they, the imperial guards who tried their best to maintain neutrality, had often been oppressed by the Qianqi guards overtly and secretly these days.

However, when they arrived, the East Palace was already filled with blood.

There are Qianqiwei guarding the outside of the East Palace firmly, not giving anyone inside any chance to ask for help.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the palace, and I will follow His Royal Highness's order to eliminate the rebels! Anyone who surrenders will be dealt with leniently!"

These words were resounding, and as soon as they were uttered, those Qianqi guards were confused first.

——His Royal Highness has returned to the palace? !
People who are already dead... how could this be so!

"General! General Tang!"

In the midst of the chaos, a Qianqi guard hurriedly entered the front hall and said in a panic: "...the imperial guards of the Yanying Palace came here, claiming that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the palace!"

"what?!"

Tang Wen was also shocked.

How can it be!

At first, he chose to follow the eldest princess. First, because of the situation, he naturally chose Li Wei, who was born in the royal family, during the battle between the eldest princess and Zhongshu Sheng.

The second is that because of the death of the sage, the death of the prince, and the demotion of the King of Xiang to a commoner, instead of supporting those clan and county kings who are weak and whose odds of victory are uncertain, it is better to choose those who are already in power and born in the royal family. Princess Yongyang——

And if he hadn't made such a choice, the position of General Qianqiwei must have been changed long ago. In the final analysis, he was also forced by the situation.

As for the awareness of some truths, that is a later matter.

But now that we have come to this point, why did His Royal Highness "come back" suddenly? !
The death of the prince was fake from the beginning? !
Looking at the blood-stained East Palace in front of him, Tang Wen's heart sank to the extreme, and he clenched the long knife in his hand.

One wrong step, only one wrong step——

Since he chose to follow the eldest princess, there is no way out!
Those guards have already killed in.

Tang Wenji stepped into the inner hall, intending to take the crown princess hostage first.

The inner hall was full of corpses and limbs as far as the eye could see, and there was no place to set foot. Fu Zheng, the commander of the Eastern Palace Imperial Army who was desperately protecting the crown princess, was so red-eyed that he was covered in blood. There was nothing intact on his body, but he was still firmly Protected firmly in front of the princess.

Seeing that he was at the end of his strength, Tang Wenfei, who didn't want to do anything himself, stepped forward and wanted to kill him with a single blow.

In the next moment, he saw a black shadow one step faster than him, blocking in front of Commander Fu. The swords and swords of the two clashed with each other, making a tinkling sound, and Tang Wen was forced to take a few steps back.

Soon there were guards pouring into the inner hall.

Tang Wen failed to succeed, seeing that the situation was not good, he could only immediately say: "Withdraw!"

At this time, when he first learned that the crown prince had returned to the palace, his subordinates were in great turmoil, and it was already inappropriate to fight again, so he had to protect himself and retreat before going to find the eldest princess to find out the situation!
A mouthful of blood overflowed from Tongling Fu's mouth, and his figure could no longer hold up, and his knees softened and he knelt down, leaning on a knife.

Wang Jingyong hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him.

"Commander Fu!" The concubine, who was full of tears, also hurriedly helped her up, her hands were wet and sticky with blood.

"...Really His Royal Highness is back?!" Commander Fu stared at Wang Jingyong with burning eyes and asked.

"Yes, His Royal Highness has returned to the palace safely."

"Okay... that's great!" Commander Fu's eyes were red with tears, and he held Wang Jingyong's arm tightly: "Please tell His Highness for Fu, and said that the Crown Princess is fine, and Fu Zheng has never failed His Highness's entrustment... ...!"

Wang Jingyong nodded in response: "Don't worry."

The next moment, I felt that the hand holding my arm suddenly lost strength, and then slowly fell down.

"Commander Fu!" Tears rolled down the eyes of the crown princess, sobbing uncontrollably.

In this siege, if Commander Fu hadn't used himself as a shield to protect her, she would have died long ago!

There was still blood in front of her eyes, and the sadness and anger in the Crown Princess' heart at this moment was even better than the joy when she first learned that the Crown Prince had returned to the palace.

Nanny Xiang, who was also injured, helped her up with tears in her eyes.

The prince walked into the Yanying Hall under the eyes of all the officials kneeling and worshiping.

Immediately, a slightly staggering figure entered the hall, the inner attendant's crown was removed from his head, revealing his gray hair, looking at the back in the hall, he raised his hand and said in a fixed voice: "Your Highness—"

The prince turned around, walked quickly towards the figure, and held his arms: "Teacher!"

"Your Highness will be fine." Jiang Zhengfu was at ease, his eyes regained his former composure.

"During this time, the teacher has suffered—"

Even though teachers and students had political disagreements in the past, and the gentry faction headed by the Jiang family checked and balanced the power of the Eastern Palace, no one had ever crossed the bottom line. Under such circumstances, the previous suspicions are even more trivial at this time.

The prince's clear and powerful voice resounded in the hall——

"Princess Yongyang set a trap before, luring me out of the palace, and secretly imprisoned me in the palace of the princess for many days. Fortunately, the lady of the Ji family and the good generals under the command of Xiao Jie risked their lives to rescue me, so I was able to escape and return to the palace—— —”

"Father's death was not due to illness, but was poisoned by him! Princess Yongyang conspired to kill the king first, and then made up the illusion that I was dead, manipulated the government to disrupt the government, and organized crimes to kill good ministers. The crime is over. It’s too much to write down, it’s unforgivable!”

There was an uproar in the hall.

A small number of insiders, half-informers, and those who don't know at all reacted differently at this time, but most of them were undoubtedly shocked and angry.

Regicide!

Murder the prince, and blame the king of Xiang for the crime...!
All these were done by Princess Yongyang?
The struggle for power that they have seen these days is already an incomparably superficial postscript!
Prior to this, the other party did not know how long they had been plotting, let alone how many shocking acts they had committed!
The real face under that sickly and harmless face was far more bloody and terrifying than what they saw——

Amidst the unimaginably frightened and reprimanded voices, Princess Yongyang slowly came to the outside of the Hall of Yanying.

When she passed beside Qi Zhen who was kneeling outside the hall, her feet paused for a moment, with a bottomless chill in her eyes: "Look, just how much trouble you have caused me—"

Of course, she knows who she is.

If it was not intentional, it is absolutely impossible to be coerced and driven to such an extent——

Qizhen's figure froze, her forehead touched the bottom, and her voice was choked with sobs for the first time: "Your Highness, please turn around, you must not make any further mistakes..."

Princess Yongyang looked at her condescendingly and sneered.

After a while, he said: "I never realized before that you are a complete idiot."

Afterwards, Qizhen could only see her gold-embroidered and dragon-embroidered gown and long hem disappearing from sight, brushing past the palace gate, and entering the Yanying Hall.

Two close followers with knives beside her followed closely behind her.

"It's a bit late for the delay on the road to the palace, I hope you adults don't blame me."

Princess Yongyang walked into the hall, facing the eyes that glared at her like swords, there was no difference at all.

She looked over the crowd, looked at Hengyu, stayed for a while, and then looked at the prince——

"It's really Chang'er who is back." She said with a smile.

"You poisonous woman, you still dare to pretend to be here now!" A minister said angrily.

"Your act of killing the king is really a heinous crime!"

Princess Yongyang looked at the minister who spoke with a smile: "Killing the king? Do you have any evidence for such a serious crime? You can't just rely on Chang'er's words alone, and this palace will be charged for nothing, right?"

"The evidence is here!"

As a voice came into the hall, Master Puzhen and his apprentice escorted Liu Qian in.

Liu Qian, who was thrown into the palace with his hands tied, saw the prince, and his face lost all color in an instant.

Immortal Master Puzhen raised her hand to salute the prince, suppressing the feeling of tears welling up in her eyes.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really came back alive!
Dingbeihou is not drawing cakes out of thin air with him!
At this moment, all the anxiety and precariousness have all become calm and indifferent with the credit in hand——

"Pindao had already noticed that there was something wrong with the death of the first emperor, so after the death of the first emperor, he pretended to be used by the eldest princess in the chaos, and secretly investigated the matter—" Immortal Master Puzhen looked at Liu Qian: " Sure enough, as expected by the poor, the truth is that Liu Qian used the convenience of serving the late emperor to commit poisonous acts, and he has confessed that he was ordered by Princess Yongyang first!"

Liu Qian, whose mouth was gagged with a cloth towel, opened his eyes wide and whimpered.

When did he confess!

This Taoist opens his mouth and comes!
He wanted to move, but the effect of the medicine hadn't completely worn off, so he couldn't even shake his head at this moment.

"This person has just written a statement of guilt, His Highness the Crown Prince, please have a look." Immortal Master Puzhen took out the statement of guilt from his sleeve and presented it.

Jiang Zhengfu subconsciously looked at the wide sleeves of the other party, only to feel that it was very mysterious, everything that one could expect, and inexhaustible.

He was always with the other party, so he naturally knew that Liu Qian, who had been in a coma, had never had time to write any confession...

but……

Form only.

Truth trumps form.

Jiang Linggong, who has always been upright, showed no abnormality on his face.

Liu Qian looked at Immortal Master Puzhen in amazement—this Taoist priest even prepared this thing for him in advance and carried it with him? !
After he whimpered a few more times, he simply stopped talking.

Nothing else, it is purely unnecessary and has no motivation.

After resigning to his fate, Liu Qian lay there with a dead face, not moving.

"Li Wei, what else do you have to say!" The minister asked angrily.

Princess Yongyang smiled nonchalantly, and looked around the crowd: "I should be the one who came to ask the stubborn ones, before dying, there is still something to say—"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the hall.