Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 193 The Fierce Battle in the Daqing Palace

Hua Chenghui, a Taoist cultivator of the fourth rank, led the crowd into the palace through the Gongchen Gate.

King Huai's strategy was very clear. Enter the palace through Gongchen Gate, and then enter the back garden through Linhua Gate. There is no need to stay in the back garden for a long time, the emperor is probably not here.

The purpose of going to the back garden is to walk through the Yingyang Gate, enter the inner court from the Yingyang Gate, and go straight to the Funing Hall after entering the inner court.

The Funing Hall is the emperor's sleeping palace, the emperor's main bedroom, as long as the emperor does not go out or attend court meetings, he spends most of his time in the Funing Hall.

Arriving outside Funing Hall, Hua Chenghui's vanguard met hundreds of servants.

It is true that the servant is brave in fighting alone, but it is obviously not good to fight with an army.Although the eunuchs took advantage of the overall cultivation, King Huai had a fourth-rank military cultivator under his command.

With this military strategist present, the combat power of Prince Huai's soldiers increased sharply, advancing and retreating, attacking and defending, walking in unison, swords and spears were decisive, and arrows were shot without missing a beat. It only took two quarters (one hundred quarters a day, and two quarters will end in half an hour). Defeat the eunuch.

King Huai captured the Palace of Funing, but there was a problem.

The emperor is not in Funing Hall.

An hour ago, a secret report was received from the spies that the emperor was in Funing Hall, so it seemed that the emperor had just left.

Where did he go?

King Huai arrested several servants and tortured them severely.

A servant said: "Your Majesty is in the Kunning Hall (the Queen's bedroom), with the Queen!"

Another servant said: "Your Majesty is sitting on a dragon chair in the Daqing Hall (the main hall of the Daxuan Palace), waiting for the civil and military officials to come to rescue you!"

Another servant said: "Your Majesty is in the Jiying Hall (the banquet hall of the Daxuan Palace), and having a last meal with the prince and princess."

Another servant said: "Your Majesty is hiding in the secret pavilion, preparing to fight to the death with Chen Shuncai and others."

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The situation is very urgent right now, and Emperor Zhaoxing must be killed as soon as possible, otherwise, when the imperial army arrives in the palace, or when civil and military officials rush to the palace, especially the two elders of Canglong, King Huai's situation will be very bad .

King Huai immediately ordered that everyone split up to find Emperor Zhaoxing.

Hua Chenghui reminded: "Your Majesty, why don't you put on the dragon robe and go directly to the Daqing Palace to become the great treasure!"

King Huai was a little hesitant: "The foolish king will not die, if I ascend the throne, I am afraid that my reputation will be wronged."

"Who dares to talk nonsense, just kill him, if His Majesty does not ascend the throne, we will really become traitors when we break into the palace!"

King Huai nodded: "It is said, change clothes, go to Daqing Hall!"

There are many procedures for the emperor to ascend the throne, such as offering sacrifices to the sky, the land, and the clan.

But these are not important now, the important thing is to sit on the throne of Daqing Palace.

Wearing a dragon robe, King Huai led his army to the front of the Daqing Hall. Emperor Zhaoxing stood at the gate of the Daqing Hall, also wearing a dragon robe.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Emperor Zhaoxing sighed, "Xiankang, why are you here?"

King Huai simply replied: "Kill the faint king, and protect me to proclaim the country."

The matter has come to this point, there is no need to say more, after all, you will live or die.

Ten of King Huai's subordinates and five hundred government soldiers were about to step forward when suddenly two thousand forbidden troops rushed out from both sides of the Daqing Hall and surrounded King Huai.

The incident happened suddenly, and King Huai was shocked.

Wasn't the forbidden army blocked by Gongsun Wen?

Gongsun Wen was defeated by the imperial army so quickly?
I was careless, I shouldn't bet all on him...

What surprised him even more was still behind.

Two people came behind the emperor.

Standing on the emperor's left is Chen Shuncai.

Can ten masters defeat Chen Shuncai?
There is a chance, a big chance.

Chen Shuncai is not Wu Xu, even though he is both at the third rank, he does not have the strength to defeat ten top experts, let alone seven of these ten have fourth rank cultivation.

But what if there are two third grades?
Gongsun Wen stood on the right side of the emperor.

King Huai's cheeks twitched, until now, he didn't realize what a serious mistake he had made.

Gongsun Wen is full of talents and learning, with a high level of cultivation, he is unrecognized for his talents, and he abandons the dark and turns to the bright.

What a perfect story, this is a story that repeatedly appears in various historical materials and ancient books. King Huai was moved by Gongsun Wen's knees and sincerity, and was also moved by his own strategy and courage.

But from the moment he trusted Gongsun Wen, he had fallen into an abyss beyond redemption.

Gongsun Wen assassinated the prince and made King Huai take the blame.

Gongsunwen forced King Huai to kill Liang Shilu, the elder of Shengde, so that King Huai had no way out.

Gongsun Wen, so vicious!
That's not right.

He is just a dog raised by the emperor's brother.

The real sinister one is the emperor brother!

No matter what, you have to fight once, even if there is only a [-]% chance of winning, you have to fight once.

King Huai ordered: "My lords, follow me to fight to the death, and kill the faint kings and ministers!"

With an order, the military master took the lead in action, using the skills of encouraging the army to make the morale of the five hundred soldiers high.

Gongsun Wen shouted sharply: "How dare you be presumptuous in front of the Son of Heaven!"

The skill of following the ritual is the ritual of the emperor, how many people of Daxuan are not afraid of the emperor?
The absolute level of etiquette brought a strong coercion, and the morale brought by the military skills disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Gongsun Wen yelled again: "The traitor is still caught without a fight? The emperor is lenient, but I will spare you to wait!"

With the skill of Huairen, the soldiers have no fighting spirit.

At this moment, the outcome has been decided.

Chen Shuncai let out a smirk, and led the imperial army towards King Huai.

Standing beside Emperor Zhaoxing, Gongsun Wen, taking advantage of the power of the emperor, unleashed righteousness and exerted pressure layer upon layer.

Chen Shuncai's goal was very clear. As soon as the battle started, he rushed to the hinterland of the soldiers and used all his means to forcefully kill the fourth rank of the soldier.

Once the fourth rank of the military family died, King Huai's entire army was in chaos.

In front of the Daqing Palace, there was a fierce battle for an hour. Of the ten masters under King Huai, five were killed, one was captured, and the entire army of five hundred soldiers was wiped out.

The remaining four people are a fourth-rank Suzaku, a fifth-rank yin and yang who also practiced seventh-rank killing, and two masters who don't know the door.

The four protected King Huai, fought their way out of the siege, and escaped from the Daqing Hall.

Chen Shuncai wanted to chase, but was recalled by Emperor Zhaoxing, Chen Shuncai said: "Your Majesty, King Huai can no longer be kept."

"It's true that we can't keep him, don't worry, we'll go later." Emperor Zhaoxing smiled and looked at Gongsun Wen.

Gongsun Wen lowered his voice and said to Chen Shuncai: "Chen Bingbi can rest assured that King Huai will not escape, but His Majesty cannot bear the crime of fratricide."

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Gongsun Wen knew where King Huai was going, and he had only one way to go.

East Palace.

Gongsun Wen gave King Huai an idea to let Ye Ansheng, the owner of the penance workshop, feign an attack at Donghuamen. King Huai ran to Donghuamen to meet Ye Ansheng and had a chance to escape from the capital.

"Hurry up, Ye Ansheng should still be at Donghua Gate!" King Huai urged all the way.

Suzaku cultivator said: "If he hadn't captured Donghua Gate, it would be difficult for me to break through for a while. How can I escape when the forbidden army catches up from behind?"

The yin and yang cultivator said: "If you don't go to the East Palace first, hold the crown prince hostage, and force the Donghua Gate to let him go, you will be safe."

King Huai said: "The situation is urgent..."

Suzaku Cultivator said: "It's okay, we still have a fight!"

King Huai followed their advice and went to the East Palace.

But there was no one in the East Palace.

"The prince may have gone to Yuyao Palace!" King Huai took everyone to Yuyao Palace, but the Yuyao Palace was still empty.

Cultivator Suzaku asked in astonishment, "Did they hide?"

King Huai felt dizzy for a while, almost fell down, managed to stand still, and said to the crowd: "Break into Donghua Gate!"

When they arrived at the Donghua Gate, a thousand imperial guards stood guard at the gate, and the master of the penance workshop, along with four hundred craftsmen, were among them.

King Huai looked at Ye Ansheng blankly, and shouted, "Ansheng, why is this so?"

Ye Ansheng lowered his head and said, "The workshop is the workshop of the emperor, and Ansheng is the servant of the emperor."

Ye Ansheng didn't attack Donghua Gate at all.

Not only did he not attack Donghuamen, he even went to Huaiwang's mansion.

King Huai ordered: "Break out quickly!"

The four masters didn't do anything, a burst of coercion came, forcing them to bow their heads.

Ye Ansheng went to Prince Huai's mansion and released the two elders.

Liang Gongping stood in front of King Huai, and repeatedly sighed: "Xiankang, you committed crimes! Where is Elder Shengde now?"

Liang Jixiong shouted with red eyes: "Rebel, I will eat your flesh now!"

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In a dilapidated attic, Liang Yuyao paced back and forth: "King Huai really has the heart and courage. His son just died, and he dared to plot rebellion and want to harm me. He thought I was afraid that he would fail? But he asked if he could find me?" Is it?"

The prince snorted and said, "Sixth sister, we came out to escape, not to fight the enemy, so don't talk so proudly!"

Xu Zhiqiong reminded the prince and Princess Yuyao to be ready to escape at any time, but they couldn't leave the palace, so they had to return to Yuyao Palace.

At first the prince and Liang Yuyao were lucky, thinking that King Huai might not attack the palace tonight, but they didn't realize the critical situation until they heard that Ye Ansheng had brought the artisans from the penance workshop to Donghua Gate.

Ye Ansheng is a disciple of King Huai, once he is allowed to break into the Donghua Gate, both the East Palace and Yuyao Palace will suffer.

And Ye Ansheng is different from Gongsun Wen, he often comes to the palace to repair the palace, he knows the palace very well, the prince can't think of any hiding place that can hide it from him, but Liang Yuyao thought of a good place.

Next to the Chongzheng Hall, there is a secret garden. The entrance to the secret garden is difficult to find, and it has not been repaired for many years. She hid in the attic of the secret garden with the prince, Xu Zhiqiong and Lin Qianniang.

"How proud are you?" Liang Yuyao stepped forward and pinched the prince's nose, "If I didn't know where this secret garden is, would you still be able to save your life?"

In fact, this secret garden was not discovered by Liang Yuyao, but by Tao Huayuan.

When Tao Huayuan was an envoy in red, she was ordered by the Sixth Princess to inquire about news in the palace. She was accidentally discovered by the servants. In desperation, she had nowhere to hide, so she happened to find this secret garden and escaped a catastrophe here. .

Afterwards, she often came to this secret garden, and was discovered by the sixth princess, so she had to tell the truth, saying that it was an excellent hiding place.

The sixth princess did not pursue it, but never expected that at the critical moment, this secret garden saved their lives.

The prince said: "If King Huai really captured the palace, where can we escape?"

Liang Yuyao said: "Don't worry, there is my red-clothed envoy outside the secret garden. If the father is really given by King Huai... the red-clothed envoy will help me find a way out and let us leave the palace!"

That being said, Liang Yuyao was also really scared.

If King Huai captured the palace, not to mention whether the red-clothed envoy could find a way out, at that time, whether the red-clothed envoy would listen to Liang Yuyao's command would be a matter of debate!
Liang Yuyao was just agitated, but she saw Lin Qianniang sticking to Xu Zhiqiong's side very tightly.

Liang Yuyao frowned and said, "Who is this girl? Why do you take her with you every time you flee?"

The prince frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you that this is my favorite concubine, and I can't leave her for a moment."

"You can't leave her?" Liang Yuyao sneered, "But I think she can't leave Xu Zhiqiong!"

The prince pursed his lips and said: "Zhi Qiong has meritorious service, and I also plan to reward him with this concubine."

"You are so generous!" Liang Yuyao didn't believe this nonsense, she walked up to Xu Zhiqiong and asked, "Who is this girl? Talk to me, Xu Zhiqiong, I'm asking you something!"

"Listen, let's think about when to go out first."

Xu Zhiqiong was absent-minded, he found a yin-yang magic circle in the attic.

The aura of the magic circle is very familiar, exactly the same as his yin and yang aura.

Whose yin and yang energy is exactly the same as his?
Tao Huayuan!

Tao Huayuan hid good things here, a lot of good things!

Liang Yuyao was still in a state of anxiety, Xu Zhiqiong's ears trembled, and suddenly he heard footsteps in the secret garden.

Xu Zhiqiong pressed his palms down, motioning for everyone to keep quiet.

Liang Yuyao gritted her teeth and squatted beside the prince.

Xu Zhiqiong picked up the lantern and quietly walked out of the attic, but saw a woman walking in cautiously.

Xu Zhiqiong turned invisible, came behind the woman, and pressed her back with a lantern pole.

The woman was startled, and said in a low voice, "Princess, it's me!"

Liang Yuyao came out from the attic: "It's my envoy in red, Shi Yanru, what's going on outside?"

Shi Yanru said: "Prince Huai is besieged at Donghua Gate, His Majesty is looking around for the princess and the crown prince."

Liang Yuyao asked the prince: "Shall we go out?"

The prince is still hesitating.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "If you don't go out, you have to go out. King Huai rebelled, and I will disappear. Some things will not be clear in the future."

The prince nodded: "We must go out, otherwise someone will slander us as the accomplices of King Huai."

(End of this chapter)