After becoming the villain

Chapter 182 "Jinling Chaos" and "Follow Your Heart"

The North Gate of the Imperial City.

The king of Jin, Zhao Lingcheng, was cold-faced and extremely oppressive.

He wore a golden prince's armor, a helmet with a plume, and a scarlet cape that looked like fire. The army behind him was also mainly in gold.

Zhao Lingcheng held the bright silver [two-edged tri-pointed halberd] behind his back with one hand.

He personally led all [-] of the most elite troops around him, and with the help of internal agents, he had already raided the palace.

The mighty army advanced rapidly, with crowds surging.

The garrison has never been considered an elite force.

However, this part of the garrison soldiers were the garrison soldiers trained directly under Zhao Lingcheng in the past, and they were no less than the elite troops under General Zhizhu.

The neat and uniform queue swept over the imperial city like a golden wave.

"The whole city is covered with golden armor."

In the central square of the palace, an imperial flag symbolizing the supreme imperial power stands tall and flies in the windy rainy night...,

Jin Wang Zhao Lingcheng raised his hand slightly to signal to stop.

The [-]-strong army completely stopped advancing within a few breaths, which shows how elite they are.

He stared at this flag that belonged exclusively to his father Zhao Purui.

Step forward.

He held the [Two-edged Trident] tightly in his hand.

Zhao Lingcheng stopped in front of the imperial flag, bowed his head slightly in salute, then suddenly raised his head, held a halberd in both hands and swung it horizontally, cutting the flagpole in half.

The imperial flag fell to the ground.

Zhao Lingcheng raised the bright silver halberd in his hand high and roared with all his strength——

"kill!"

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"The north gate of the imperial city should be opened."

"The King of Jin, Zhao Lingcheng, has led his army into the imperial city."

When this news reached the Yangxin Hall in the center of the palace, everyone present, including Yan Wulu, was stunned for a moment.

Yan Wulu originally thought that after Yi Junhan's death, the Jin princes in the palace would be leaderless.

In addition, Zhao Lingfeng and Zhao Lingrui stationed confidants at various imperial city gates, and there were constant patrols and arrests by imperial guards inside.

I thought that these Jin Wang's internal affairs could no longer make any big waves, but I didn't expect that they would still reach this point.

...Sure enough, one cannot underestimate the subordinates of this General King.

The court officials gathered here were talking a lot.

Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui tried his best to appease people's hearts, but for a moment, even he himself turned pale...

King Yu, the core commander, knew the huge gap in strength between the enemy and ourselves better than these court officials.

That is to say, they are more aware of the critical situation of the city gate being breached at this moment.

Prince Zhao Lingfeng glanced at Yan Wulu and the other three princes, his expression did not change, he bowed again and said——

"In this situation now, we have to rely on the three princes."

Zhao Lingfeng spoke with a humble attitude.

Yan Wulu and the other two responded in the same manner.

Immediately, the three princes and princes led the team to leave according to the plan.

Prince Zhao Lingfeng stepped forward. He stood on the steps of the Yangxin Hall and next to the emperor's case. He shouted loudly to signal everyone to be quiet.

For a moment, his breath sank to his dantian, his words were sonorous and powerful, solemn and solemn.

Everyone couldn't help but become quiet.

The prince usually behaves kindly and tolerantly in times of trouble, but in critical moments like this, he has quite a bit of a kingly air.

"Currently, King Jin's rebels have only broken into the North Gate Square outside the palace."

"...The defenders of the Sixth Division and the Royal Palace Guards have already gone to fight."

"... Sir, please don't mess up your position. We will definitely be able to repel the rebels! Dagan's reinforcements will also arrive early tomorrow morning!"

Prince Zhao Lingfeng said forcefully.

Baiguan couldn't help but feel relieved...

But in fact, Zhao Lingfeng himself didn't know whether the reinforcements would arrive tomorrow morning, but now, he always had to give everyone a little hope.

All the officials have settled down, but there are still some people who look worried.

And it was at this moment that an old but steady and powerful voice came -

"It's so lively. Did you all, ministers, come to the morning court in advance?"

"See Your Majesty."

When everyone saw the visitor, all officials worshiped for a while.

Zhao Purui was wearing noble yellow imperial casual clothes at the moment, obviously just woke up, heard the sound, and came here.

He sat directly on the gorgeous dragon chair at the top, quietly watched everyone pay homage, and waved slightly.

"Be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone thanked them.

"I just had a headache and fell asleep for a while. Why did I wake up and find you all here?"

Zhao Purui leaned his head against the dragon chair with one hand and asked lightly.

Prince Zhao Lingfeng also stood up and stepped forward at the right time and said——

"Father, please report urgently. The Fourteenth has launched an army to rebel."

"Ah."

Zhao Purui replied lightly, "...I already knew about this little thing."

When Prince Zhao Lingfeng heard this, he was shocked and relieved at the same time.

He seemed to have found support and no longer had to bear the mountain of pressure and pain alone.

However, he was worried that the situation was changing too fast and might have exceeded his father's belief...

Prince Zhao Lingfeng thought for a moment, then came to Zhao Purui's side in a few steps, and reported the report in a voice that could only be heard clearly by the two of them——

"Father, the situation may be a little different."

"...My son, I have asked for help from the Yangtze River Navy and the generals of the Zhu Kingdom, but even the fastest Yangtze River Navy will not reach Jinling until tomorrow."

"...but now, my son is not doing his job well. The old fourteen has already opened the north gate of the imperial city by relying on his internal response. At this moment, the outer city of the palace is already full of fierce battles. I am afraid, I am afraid... that the imperial city will not be able to defend tomorrow."

The second half of Zhao Lingfeng's sentence is true.

No matter how sonorous and menacing he had been before, his opponent was an army of [-] people led by Zhao Lingcheng, and he only had a few thousand people in total.

If we rely on the imperial city to defend it, we may be able to hold on for some time.

But in a fierce battle on the ground, even if he asked Yan Wulu and others to make a surprise attack on the rear of Old Fourteenth, they would definitely not be able to defend it.

"Why are you panicking? The situation is still under control."

"...You are the prince and the future emperor. No matter what the situation is, you cannot collapse without a fight or throw yourself into disarray."

Zhao Purui said calmly.

His words were light without any emotion, and there was a sense of preaching in it, but it just happened to be like this, which made Zhao Lingfeng feel extremely at ease for a while.

It seemed that as long as the father was here, there would be a way to put down the rebellion of the Fourteenth, which had a huge advantage.

"My son, please remember." Zhao Lingfeng bowed his hands and saluted.

The old emperor also turned to look at everyone, and he slowly said -

"Let's go, ministers."

"...Take your subordinates and follow me to see what kind of waves that old fourteener can make."

As the old emperor spoke, he stood up and prepared to head towards the north gate of the imperial city.

Some ministers tried to stop him, "Your Majesty, swords are ruthless on the battlefield. I hope your Majesty will stay here in the Yangxin Hall and wait for the triumphal announcement of the Imperial Guards."

There was not much emotional change on the old emperor's aging face.

He didn't even raise his eyelids, but simply replied, "Get lost."

... He and King Jin are really carved out of the same mold.

But Zhao Purui's words are more unquestionable, making people unable to refute and dare not resist.

The ministers were speechless and could only silently follow behind the emperor, protecting the old emperor at all times.

Prince Zhao Lingfeng admonished His Majesty on the way, "My son, I have sent three princes to lead their respective cavalry guards, a total of [-] elite soldiers, in an attempt to make a surprise attack and block the rear of the Fourteenth."

"Okay, it's a good plan." The old emperor commented.

He even muttered to himself later - "...but it's a bit unnecessary."

……

After Yan Wulu, Wu Wenwen and other three princes left the Yangxin Hall, they gathered their troops and prepared to set off.

According to what Prince Zhao Lingfeng said, there are several secret palace passages in the imperial city, one of which can lead directly to the inside of Jinling City and outside the palace.

This secret passage is said to have been prepared for the emperor to leave the palace for a private visit.

Moreover, this secret passage is extremely wide, and a thousand-man army can completely pass through it very quickly.

The three of them led their troops to the entrance and were about to enter.

The Prince of Pingxi King Wu Wenwen suddenly changed from his usual gentleness, his face was solemn, and he said——

"Brother Yan, Brother Geng, the situation has changed suddenly. King Jin has already entered the outer city of the palace. I'm afraid that even if we go around to their rear, more than a thousand people face 3 people, and we will die in vain."

"...Why don't we use this secret passage to leave Jinling first, return to our respective fiefdoms, inform our father about the rebellion of King Jin, and then... raise an army to serve the king?"

Wu Wenwen said.

The tone of his words paused appropriately. On the surface, he said that he wanted to "raise troops to serve the king", but Yan Wulu and Geng Hongcheng knew what he was actually doing.

Geng Hongcheng, the eldest son of Prince Dingnan, hesitated.

The reason for his hesitation was not to betray the monarch.

But several of them were friends with Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui. It would be unkind to leave him to die in the palace.

Yan Wulu thought Wu Wenwen's proposal was very good.

"...It's just that I always feel that this time, the old emperor is not worried about Prince Jin's rebellion at all."

"Brother Yan." Wu Wenwen replied: "...It's impossible. There will be an emperor who uses his own son to rebel and test the vassal prince, right?"

"If it's the old emperor, maybe he can do it."

Yan Wulu said lightly, he always felt something was wrong.

The old emperor Zhao Purui, the monarch who unified the troubled times, cannot, at least, should not be replaced by his son so easily.

Back then, in the "Battle of Inheritance", the old emperor alone led less than [-] imperial guards to defend the imperial city, keeping tens of thousands of rebels out for half a month.

It is unlikely that such a ruthless emperor would be killed so easily.

When Wu Wenwen heard what Yan Wulu said, he felt something was wrong.

The three people discussed for a while and finally reached an agreement——

Leave the imperial city first. If the Crown Prince and Prince Yu can withstand the first few rounds of fierce attacks by the Jin King's rebels, he and others will decide whether to attack or return to the fiefdom based on the situation.

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It is worth mentioning that--

After Yan Wulu and other princes made their decision, when leaving the imperial city, Yan Wulu handed over the Zhenbei cavalry guards to the command of Ye Changtian, Li Mieling and several captains.

He himself rode a black cloud horse and went to find Princess Zhao Lingrui.

Today, Jinling is in danger.

And the people around Yan Wulu...

Yan Weiyu is an eighth-level Dzogchen warrior. He has already left Jinling City to subdue demons. He is followed by a group of high-level officials from the Demon Suppression Department. Yan Wulu does not need to worry.

Zhang Chunhua, Yan Wulu asked her to deal with something about Qin Shumian, so she was not by Yan Wulu's side tonight.But thinking about it, if she found that Jinling was in danger, Yan Wulu had already escaped. With her strength, she would have no worries.

As for Nan Chuanyue and Qin Shumian, they are likely to be together with Zhang Chunhua.Nan Chuanyue's talent is good, and he can be regarded as an advanced martial artist now, and Qin Shumian, although he doesn't know martial arts, but with Zhang Chunhua around, it is difficult for anyone to threaten them, so don't worry too much.

If the situation is really out of control, Yan Wulu will use the Zhenbei secret guard's unique method to notify Zhang Chunhua in advance to take Qin Shumian, Nan Chuanyue and others to evacuate Jinling.

And finally, Princess Taiping Zhao Lingrui is a little different...

If Yan Wulu left the palace through the secret passage at this moment, he would no longer be able to take care of her.

Therefore, Yan Wulu felt that he should still follow his innermost thoughts...

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhao Lingrui was a female family member after all, so she did not go to the battlefield at the north gate of the imperial city with the old emperor.

She was currently under the protection of several female guards, praying in front of the Yangxin Hall for her father's safe return, and for the Fourteenth Emperor's brother to find his way back.

"Princess."

Yan Wulu came here and saw this situation. After careful consideration, he said -

"...Princess, the situation has changed. I may... need Princess You's support."

"Huh?" Zhao Lingrui didn't quite understand, "Wulu Consort, what kind of support do you need from me?"

"I don't have enough manpower. Your Highness Princess, how about you please bring your guards and come with me out of the city to make a surprise attack on the rebel rear?"

Yan Wulu smiled gently and spoke gently.

At the end of the day, he didn't forget to add: "...Her Royal Highness the Princess is known as the 'Female Overlord of Jinling'. Thinking about it, she shouldn't be afraid to go into battle to kill the enemy, and she will only fight in the nest, right?"

"what!"

Zhao Lingrui's complexion changed when she heard the words, she jumped up, pulled out the sword at her waist, and said excitedly——

"I have been practicing martial arts for more than ten years, and I have long wanted to serve the country and kill the enemy on the battlefield! Just watch Wulu, Prince Consort, and watch me personally take the head of the traitorous general for you!"

Princess Taiping Zhao Lingrui said, and immediately ordered the female guards around her to accompany her and Yan Wulu out of the palace.

Yan Wulu breathed a sigh of relief...

Sure enough, to deal with this kind of female overlord, the method of provocation is the most suitable.

He suddenly felt that he was a little too affectionate.

Now, at this critical moment, he still thinks that if the situation is really completely controlled by King Jin and becomes irreversible, he will leave Jinling and return to the North with Zhao Lingrui.

Although King Jin may not harm Zhao Lingrui.

However, the rebel army broke through the city, and the King of Jin might not be able to restrain his men in time. Yan Wulu was always worried about leaving Zhao Lingrui in the palace.

But don’t worry about that anymore…

Yan Wulu decided to follow his heart.

He just likes stunning beauties, not to mention that the other party also likes his own stunning beauties.

Moreover, he is the prince of Zhenbei!
This alone is enough for Yan Wulu to do whatever he wants to do.

Yan Wulu personally picked up Zhao Lingrui and took him with him to Wuyunju.

Zhao Lingrui originally looked like he was not afraid of the sky or the earth, but riding on the same horse as Yan Wulu, he was still a little cautious.

The female guards had no horses and could only rely on their body and light skills to follow.

Before setting off, they happened to meet Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui who was returning to Yangxin Hall.

Lines of sight crossed.

With Prince Yu Zhao Lingrui's sophistication, he instantly understood Yan Wulu's true purpose of coming here...

"His Royal Highness, are you going to...take the eighteenth sister out of the palace?"

"Yes, Your Highness King Yu."

Yan Wulu knew that Zhao Lingrui had seen what he was thinking.

But he remained calm and continued speaking calmly——

"...I need the support of Your Highness the Princess. I think that Your Highness will not stop the Princess and force her to stay in the palace."

...Force her to stay in the palace and wait for death.

"Yes, Brother Nine Emperors, I'm going to fight to kill the enemy too!" Zhao Lingrui suddenly said.

Seeing that his eighteenth sister didn't know anything about it, King Yu Zhao Lingrui looked a little complicated.

When Princess Taiping saw this, she asked rhetorically——

"By the way, Brother Nine Emperors, didn't you go to the north gate of the Imperial City with your father to meet Brother Fourteenth Emperor? Why are you back again?"

"Father, I forgot to bring the imperial seal with me. I'll help you bring it there."

Yu Wang Zhao Lingrui smiled slightly and replied lightly.

When Yan Wulu heard this, his heart sank - could it be that the old emperor was really at the end of his rope and was preparing to give the Zen throne to King Jin?
Otherwise, why would you make a special trip to the north gate of the imperial city to see King Jin and bring the imperial seal with you?

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(End of this chapter)