There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 1045: King Tian arrives and fights for the throne

Then everything went well.

The soldiers guarding the city gates first verified Chen Keyan's "correct" edict, then took a look at the Yingyang Guards who were watching eagerly below the city, and finally chose to surrender instead of making fearless resistance.

Good news spreads frequently.

In less than a cup of tea, the entire palace city was once again under the control of Chen Keyan.

Thousands of Eagle Guards advanced into the palace city. Under Zhou Wei's orders, they began to take over the defense of each city gate and wall. Even patrols and sentries were all replaced by Eagle Guards.

After arranging these, Zhou Wei went straight to Fengtian Palace.

There are hundreds of people behind him, most of them are Chen Keyan's personal guards and a group of Butterfly Valley masters.

"Senior brother! Senior brother, I'm here!"

Zhou Wei ran over with a big smile, waving his hands as he ran. His loud voice broke the solemn and solemn atmosphere of Fengtian Palace in one fell swoop. The noble concubines, ministers, eunuchs and maids were all stunned for a moment.

My heart said who is this person?

Yelling is rude.

Su Xian helped his forehead, walked to the gate of Fengtian Hall, and asked, "Have all the arrangements been made?"

"Living up to senior brother's expectations, everything has been arranged..."

While Su Xian was chatting with Zhou Wei, Chen Keyan also came to the gate of Fengtian Hall, and the hundreds of soldiers from the princess mansion hurriedly bowed and stood upright, clasping fists at Chen Keyan:
"I will be late waiting for rescue, please punish me, Your Highness."

"This is not your fault, what's the crime? Get up." Chen Keyan helped her through the void.

"Thank you, Your Highness." After the guards stood up, they stood in the square in front of the main hall, their figures upright, as if they were ready to be dispatched at any time.

At this time, Zhou Wei took a step forward and came between Su Xian and Chen Keyan. He looked straight and said to them:

"When I led the Yingyang Guard into the city, I found a group of people sneaking around, so I sent people to arrest them. Through the confessions of the arrested people, it turned out that they were the remnants of the Queen's family!"

Chen Keyan raised her beautiful eyebrows immediately, and looked back at King Li and Queen, who were huddled on the ground with their bruises and bruises on their noses and faces, and then looked back at Zhou Wei:

"Have you ever caught all those traitors?"

Zhou Wei slapped his head, a little embarrassed: "At that time, I only wanted to enter the palace quickly, so I had no time to pay attention to those traitors."

Chen Keyan pursed her lips and frowned slightly. Tonight was definitely a good opportunity to uproot the remnants of the Queen's family.

But the situation at that time was indeed urgent, and Chen Keyan could understand that Zhou Wei did not catch them all.

However, the rebels were frightened by this and may have already escaped from the city. If they want to completely eradicate these traitors in the future, it may be difficult.

Su Xian took a step forward, patted Zhou Wei on the shoulder, and affirmed: "Don't blame yourself, the situation was critical at the time, and your choice was correct."

In the main hall, after hearing these words, King Li and Queen Li, who were lying on the ground, suddenly burst into light of hope in their originally dead eyes -

As long as the family members can escape and ascend to heaven, even if they can't cause much trouble in the future, at least there will be someone to avenge their mother and son!This is enough.

Zhou Wei put down his hand on his head and said hurriedly:

"Brother and Your Highness, you don't have to worry. Although I don't have time to capture the remnants of the traitors, I sent someone to take over the defense of Jiangning City and ordered the city gates to be closed tightly and no one to enter or exit."

"You mean, you have blocked all the gates in Jiangning City? In this case, hunting down the remnants of the traitors is like catching a turtle in an urn, good! Very good!"

Chen Keyan was immediately overjoyed.

Su Xian also had a smile on his face. He patted Zhou Wei's thick shoulder again and praised: "You did a good job in this matter. Senior brother has to look at you with admiration."

Zhou Wei chuckled: "Senior brother, no matter what I say, I have been working under General Yan for so long, so I still understand this point..."

In the hall, on the ground, after King Li and Queen heard these words, the hope in their eyes suddenly disappeared, and their expressions became gloomy.

Chen Keyan has taken control of the palace city, and it is a certainty that she will ascend the throne and proclaim herself emperor. By then, the remnants of the rebels who failed to escape from the city will most likely be captured...

King Li and Queen had no hope at all.

"However, the streets and alleys in Jiangning city are crisscrossed and the terrain is complex. It may not be that easy to catch the remnants of the rebels as soon as possible." Zhou Wei expressed his worries.

"In that case, Master, I would like to send out all the hot air balloons to assist in the search operation in the air. What do you think, Master?" Chen Keyan looked at Su Xian and asked.

"Your Highness can make the decision." Su Xian smiled.

Chen Keyan nodded, with a determined look on her face, and summoned the guards of the Princess Mansion to give them instructions, asking them to bring enough manpower, and with the help of hot air balloons, to wipe out the remnants of the traitors as soon as possible!

The guards led the way.

Fifty hot air balloons also took off one after another and quickly disappeared...

Return to the hall.

Chen Keyan ordered people to reorganize Emperor Chen's mourning hall, replace all the incense candles, paper money, and the "mess" in the square outside the hall, which also needed to be cleaned up as soon as possible.

Soon, the square took on a new look, and the ground was wiped to reflect light.

The mourning hall in the main hall is even more solemn. Su Xian, Chen Keyan, Zhou Wei, Yang Zhilan and others, after offering incense and bowing to Emperor Chen, went to the side hall next door.

They want to discuss business.

It is not convenient in the mourning hall.

However, the two noble concubines, the harem concubines, ministers, maids and eunuchs, etc. can stay in the main hall to pay silent tribute to Emperor Chen and add incense to the paper.

As for King Li and the Queen, Su Xian temporarily forgot about them because of Zhou Wei's arrival.

When preparations were made to resume the execution, the ground in the square outside the main hall had been wiped until it was reflective.

In order not to dirty the ground, Su Xian decided to let them live a little longer.

However, the two rebels could not stay in the hall any longer. This was a blasphemy against Emperor Chen. Su Xian ordered them to be thrown under the white marble steps outside the hall, as real "prisoners under the steps."

Side hall.

Su Xian, Chen Keyan and others took their seats respectively.

A palace maid brought steaming tea.

Tonight's experience was indeed full of twists and turns. Everyone picked up their teacups and took a sip of tea to calm down their shock. The hot tea soup, with its sweet aroma, went straight into the throat and then slid into the stomach. It was a shock to everyone.

After tea, Su Xian looked at Chen Keyan and asked:

"After tonight, the overall situation has been decided, but I am still curious about why Prince Li was able to make a comeback. Also, what did His Highness go through before I arrived in the hot air balloon?"

"My lord doesn't know something..."

Chen Keyan immediately started explaining.

However, she deliberately concealed the details of the "Secret Guard Commander" and did not reveal that the Commander was a super master no less than Yang Zhilan.

After hearing this, Su Xian shook his head and sighed: "So that's it..."

Chen Keyan then asked: "Did Young Master take action only after seeing the fireworks in the sky?"

"That's not true. Before His Highness set off the fireworks, I noticed something unusual..."

Su Xian began to talk again, such as how he judged the difference, how he ordered Zhou Wei to go out of the city to mobilize troops, how he waited for the hot air balloon to take off, etc.

After hearing this, Chen Keyan sighed softly:
"Fortunately, the young master finally arrived at the most critical moment. Otherwise... Anyway, thank you very much, young master. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am now."

the other side.

Zhou Wei held the tea cup in his hand, but did not drink it. He stared at Su Xian and Chen Keyan, hesitating to speak.

Just now, after Chen Keyan finished talking about his experience, he was waiting for Su Xian to ask him, what interesting things happened during the deployment of troops out of the city?
But...well, after Su Xian finished speaking slowly, it's time to ask him about his experience, right?

He had already organized his rhetoric in his mind, and he was no longer unhappy about it.

result……

No one asked him at all!

Su Xian and Chen Keyan were chatting passionately and completely forgot about him... He was very puzzled. Aren't Su Xian and Chen Keyan curious about his wonderful experience?

Finally, Su Xian noticed his constipated expression, looked at him and asked, "Junior brother, are you... feeling anxious?"

"Brother, you finally remembered me!"

Zhou Wei suddenly became excited, clapped his hands loudly, and said with a dance:
"Senior Brother, Your Highness, you don't have to worry. Let me say it slowly: I did encounter some twists and turns during the deployment of troops out of the city, but they were all okay... Just listen to me."

Su Xian understood immediately and patted Zhou Wei on the shoulder: "Yes, I almost forgot about this. Junior brother, tell me."

"By the way, I received the order from my senior brother..."

Zhou Wei hurriedly sat upright, cleared his throat, and began to narrate solemnly.

However, just as he started, a soldier rushed into the side hall, interrupted his words, and loudly reported: "King Tian has arrived with his troops!"

"Prince Tian is here?" Su Xian stood up directly, frowning.

"You still have soldiers and horses? How many people are there?" Chen Keyan's expression also changed slightly, a complicated look flashed in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down.

Before the soldier could answer, Su Xian and Chen Keyan could already hear the sound of neat footsteps coming from the square outside. This kind of footsteps could only be achieved by well-trained soldiers.

King Tian really came to kill with soldiers and horses?

Needless to say, King Tian probably came to compete for the throne.

At that moment, Su Xian and Chen Keyan felt a deep shock in their hearts, and they hurried out of the side hall, ready to find out.

In this square, a scandal of "roommates fighting" just happened. Could it happen again?
Not to mention Chen Keyan, who was the party involved, even Su Xian, an outsider, felt a little uncomfortable. You know, Emperor Chen just passed away today, and his body was still lying in the hall with his body still cold!

No matter what the situation is, go out and see the situation first before talking...

In the side hall, Zhou Wei was the only one left in an instant.

His mouth was still open to speak, but his whole body was frozen there with a look of confusion on his face.

This damn King Tian, ​​can't he wait until he "vomits it out" before he comes again?

After a few breaths, Zhou Wei just swallowed the words that rushed to his throat, turned around and ran out of the palace... King Tian came with his troops and horses. The situation was not good. He could not miss such an important occasion.

At the gate of Fengtian Hall, on the steps made of white marble, Su Xian, Chen Keyan, Yang Zhilan, Zhou Wei and others ran out from the side hall, and everyone in the main hall also came out after hearing the news.

Everyone already knows the news that King Tian led his troops to break in.

The palace maids, eunuchs, etc. were all hiding at the end. They were almost frightened to the point of being unable to take care of themselves during the "commitment fight" just now. This time... it wasn't much better.

The ministers, soldiers, and concubines in the harem all had different expressions, and their eyes wandered back and forth on the two concubines and Chen Keyan.

King Tian, ​​his mother-in-law and Chen Keyan's mother-in-law are twin sisters.

Before King Li could be overthrown, Chen Keyan and King Tian were on the same side.

Originally, after overthrowing King Li, King Tian should naturally ascend the throne and become the new king of Nanchen. However, Chen Keyan was too ambitious and wanted to be the second queen in the world today!
But there is only one throne.

If Chen Keyan sat down.

King Tian cannot ascend the throne!
There is almost no solution to this contradiction... That's why everyone's attention was drawn between the two noble concubines and Chen Keyan.

In this new power struggle, will Chen Keyan win the final victory and become the queen?Or will King Tian defeat all enemies and ascend to the throne?

The two concubines are twin sisters from the same mother. They used to have a very good relationship, but in the face of the current situation, will they turn against each other?
Everything is unknown!
Everyone present had different thoughts and thoughts.

"Hahahahaha..."

At this time, under the white marble steps, King Li, who was tied up with five flowers and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, his laughter not concealing his ridicule:

"Since ancient times, the king has become the king and the enemy has lost. If I lose, I will lose. However, before I die, I can watch one more of your internal 'performances', which is my wish."

"King Tian, ​​well done, the throne is yours. If you are a real man, you will take back your throne at all costs. As long as you have the throne, what can you not get in the world?"

"Hahahaha!"

"..."

At this time, in the square in front of Fengtian Hall, three feet away from Su Xian and others, the soldiers brought by King Tian were already lined up, about 100 of them.

These soldiers were not the imperial army, but King Tian's personal guards. Their formation was not in a straight line, but in a semi-elliptical shape.

King Tian stood in the middle of the semi-oval.

The weapons carried by these personal guards were actually bows and crossbows, and their arrows were already strung. They were aiming at Su Xian and others in front of Fengtian Palace. As long as King Tian gave an order, hundreds of sharp arrows would be shot at the same time.

On Su Xian's side, without anyone's orders, Chen Keyan's personal guards, as well as Ying Yang Guards, etc., were already holding shields of the same height in front of everyone.

Under the white marble steps, many soldiers gathered, holding a shield in one hand and a gun in the other...

After hearing the news, more and more soldiers came to rescue him. They filed in and, under the command of a general, quickly surrounded King Tian and his guards.

These newly arrived soldiers also had bows and arrows in their hands, and they were already strung.

Soon, the two armies faced off again in the huge square.

But this time, Chen Keyan had an absolute advantage because [-] Yingyang Guards had entered the city and obeyed her orders. On the other hand, King Tian only had a mere [-] personal guards.

Suddenly, a minister who was loyal to Chen Keyan stood up and shouted at King Tian:

"King Tian, ​​what are you doing? The late emperor is lying in the hall, his body still cold. Do you want to imitate King Li and cause trouble? Why don't you retreat quickly!"

King Tian's mother-in-law finally came to her senses, left everyone behind, pushed aside the soldiers holding shields in front of them, walked to the front, and shouted at the top of her lungs:
"Wang'er, what do you want to do? We and Yan'er are a family. Is there anything we can't sit down and talk about? Wang'er, don't disturb the late emperor's purity anymore!"

(End of this chapter)