Take the city to the Warring States

Chapter 166 Entering the Palace
The former Anyang Monarch's Mansion in Handan City has now been replaced with a plaque of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.Zhao Wuming stood in front of the mansion gate, looking at the dust covered inside, inexplicable emotions emerged in his heart.

"My lord, for some reason on the street, all the defenders of Handan have been transferred out of the city. Now the forbidden army has taken over the defense of the city."Sun Buer hurried over and reported to Zhao Wuming.

Zhao Wuming turned to look at Sun Buer, his eyes full of puzzlement: "Why did the forbidden army take over the defense of Handan City?".

"My lord, my subordinates have learned that the three city gates in the east, south, and west have been closed, and the people are not allowed to enter or exit."A personal guard hurried over and reported to Zhao Wuming.

Just now when the defense was changed in the city, Zhao Wuming was suspicious, so he sent his personal guards to inquire about the news: "Where's the north gate? What's the situation at the north gate?"

"The North Gate, the Forbidden Army and the Handan Defenders are confronting each other."Sun Buer replied to Zhao Wuming.

A moment of ominousness emerged in Zhao Wuming's mind, a virtual interface opened, and a few words appeared: The city relocation order is invalid.

"The relocation order is invalid? Why is there no reason?"Zhao Wuming was startled, and asked subconsciously.

Sun Buer was also surprised when he heard this sentence: "Could it be that there will be turmoil in Handan?"

"If there is turmoil, why is there no reminder?".Zhao Wuming suddenly felt that the rain was about to come, and he couldn't help feeling bored.

Sun Buer pondered for a while, as if he had thought of something: "Unless this turmoil is aimed at the lord, there will be no reminder."

"A crisis against orphans?".Zhao Wuming pondered for a moment, this feeling is enough, and it's time to take the initiative after the city relocation order is restored.

Footsteps sounded, followed by a distasteful voice: "According to the king's order, the fourth son is summoned for an audience."

"Zhang Gao?".Zhao Wuming looked at the figure that was getting closer and closer, and seemed to sense where the crisis was.

Zhang Gao smiled at Zhao Wuming, and reminded him again: "Your Majesty summoned the Fourth Young Master for urgent matters, and invited the Fourth Young Master to enter the palace to discuss."

"What's urgent? Isn't Your Majesty seeing off Mr. Xingping and others outside the city?"Zhao Wuming asked Zhang Gao puzzledly.

Zhang Gao seemed to have expected that Zhao Wuming would ask this question, so he hurriedly said the words he had prepared in advance: "The four sons and the princes of the clan have already left this morning, and at this time the king wants to talk to the son. public affairs".

"To discuss the matters of the public family, the king can talk to Mr. Xingping, but what's the point of talking to this young master?"Zhao Wuming refused without hesitation, feeling weird inside and out today.

Hearing Zhao Wuming's refusal, Zhang Gao looked embarrassed: "Maybe the king has other considerations, so I should invite the fourth son to go."

"Forget it...".Zhao Wuming thought about it, if someone really wanted to kill him.With the imperial army in control of Handan's defense, even if he doesn't go to the palace, he can't escape, so it's better to face it calmly.

Seeing that Zhao Wuming was about to agree, Zhang Gao showed joy.

"Wait a minute".The voice came slowly from the front, a carriage was rushing to this place, followed by many maids.

The carriage stopped and the queen stepped down.

Zhang Gao was startled suddenly, and hurriedly bowed: "See the queen."

"The eunuch ordered this to come, why?"The queen looked directly at Zhang Gao, as if she wanted to see through him.

Although Zhang Gao was frightened, he could not back down at this point: "Report to the queen, the old servant has summoned the fourth son to meet with the king according to the king's order."

"The king's will?".The queen deliberately showed a puzzled look, as if she didn't know anything about this matter.

Zhang Gao hurriedly handed the will in his hand to the queen to watch: "Naturally, it is the king's will."

"The eunuch Ling is loyal to the king, how can I doubt it. It is a coincidence that I plan to find the fourth son to talk to, but I didn't expect the king to miss him too. It just so happens that there is a carriage here, why don't you go with Wu Ming?" Ben Gong went to meet the king together, I don't know what will happen to Wu Ming."After the queen finished speaking, she asked Zhao Wuming.

Zhang Gao panicked all of a sudden, and subconsciously blurted out to persuade him: "The queen can't do it."

"Presumptuous, I am the queen, and Wuming is a child of this palace, why can't we go together."The queen was suddenly furious and reprimanded Zhang Gao.

Zhang Gao knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly explained to the queen: "The old man, the old slave, just said what he said. The fourth son is the daughter of the eldest prince, and she is also the queen's child. Naturally, he can go with the queen."

"Wu Ming got into the carriage with Bengong and went to meet the king."After the queen finished speaking, she went directly to the carriage.

Zhao Wuming seemed to have noticed something happened, and followed the queen into the carriage.

The coachman flicked his whip and galloped towards the palace.Sun Buer and other hundreds of guards followed closely behind.

Seeing the carriage go far away, Zhang Gao didn't care about his manners, he hurriedly found a war horse, got on the horse and ran towards the palace.At this moment, everything is urgent, if Zhao Wuming just muddle through like this, wouldn't it be a joke today.

The horseshoes galloped, and the north gate of the palace appeared in front of them.

The officers and soldiers of the imperial army held their sabers and looked out of the palace with solemn expressions. When they saw a carriage galloping towards them, they felt vigilant in their hearts.Immediately, a murderous air spread.

A maid went to the gate of the palace and took out a token to the guards of the Forbidden Army: "The queen returns to the palace, let me go quickly."

"King, Queen".The generals of the forbidden army peeped at each other, thinking of the decree just received, they couldn't help hardening their hearts: "Your Majesty's decree, except for the fourth son, no one is allowed to enter the palace at this time."

"Presumptuous, can't even my palace be allowed to enter the palace."The queen got out of the carriage at some point and was walking slowly.

The guards of the imperial guard trembled in their hearts, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "See the queen."

"I am asking you again, whether this place is passable."The queen yelled at the officers and soldiers of the forbidden army who were kneeling on the ground.

The soldiers of the forbidden army knelt down on the ground and looked at each other: "Your Majesty has a strict decree, after today, the queen will not be too late to return to the palace."

"I didn't have this will when I left the palace, but when I came back, I didn't let me in."Having said that, the queen paused and spread her palms.A maid took out a jade seal and put it on the queen's palm: "Do you recognize this thing?".

"This is the queen's jade seal, which is in charge of everything in the palace."A general of the imperial army saw the jade seal and quickly replied respectfully.

A trace of killing intent spread from the queen, and all the guards guarded the gate with horrified eyes: "I am the queen, and I am in charge of everything in the palace. If you dare to stop, you will all be killed."

As soon as the words fell, a group of sword-wielding maids walked out from behind the queen, unsheathing their sharp swords one after another and aiming at several generals in the imperial army.

Cold sweat emerged from their foreheads, and several generals of the Imperial Army quickly let go: "The last general dare not wait."

"Back to the palace".Seeing that the soldiers of the forbidden army did not dare to move, a smile appeared on the corner of the queen's mouth, and she walked slowly inside with the maids.

Seeing this, the coachman waved his whip lightly and followed.

On both sides of the street behind the palace gate, a soldier of the imperial guards stood side by side densely. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he thought it was Zhao Wuming and his party who had arrived. Then he subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of his sword. As the sound got closer, the sword gradually moved away. sheath.

Silently calculating the distance in his heart, when he saw the figure appearing in front of him, the sound of drawing the sword resounded through the palace wall.

All the soldiers of the forbidden army were about to rush forward to kill her, but seeing that it was the queen, their faces turned pale.

"Kangdang...".Countless sharp swords fell from their hands, and all the soldiers of the Forbidden Army fell to their knees in unison: "See the queen."

The queen ignored them, and just kept walking forward in order to get out of this place as soon as possible.

As the queen walked forward, sharp swords fell to the ground.The sound of the soldiers of the imperial army kneeling on the ground was heard endlessly.

Half an hour later, the queen breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the sparse forbidden army in front of her.It seems that the ambush has already passed.

Thinking of this, he immediately stepped into the carriage.

Just as the coachman was about to wave his whip, Shen Tuxiu's voice suddenly came from the rear side: "The fourth son is in the queen's carriage, and the king has an order. Kill the fourth son and don't hurt the queen."

"Follow the order".Numerous imperial guards took orders, and then the shouts of killing sounded.Sparse soldiers of the forbidden army stopped in front, and countless forbidden troops rushed in behind, the situation suddenly became extremely critical.

The queen was startled, and told the coachman: "Go to see the king, I have to ask him face to face."

"Follow the order".Hearing the queen's order, the coachman was not afraid of the imperial guards, he swung his whip fiercely, and the carriage galloped forward.

……

A servant ran forward quickly and whispered to Zhang Gao.

Zhang Gao's face changed drastically in an instant, and before he had time to think too much, he walked directly inside.

With the sound of footsteps, Zhang Gao walked into the main hall and bowed to Zhao Zhong: "The king and queen are galloping with the four sons, and the soldiers of the forbidden army can't stop them."

"queen……".Zhao Zhong was furious, suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and a distant cough sounded.

Zhang Gao hurried up to help Zhao Zhong: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."

"It seems that the queen is determined to keep this traitor, and she is really angry."Zhao Zhong felt depressed when he thought of this.

Zhao Wei, who was on the side, looked at Zhao Wuming: "Father, the sword is coming out at this time, what can I do for it."

"What do you want the widow to do?".Zhao Zhong looked directly at Zhao Yu, with bursts of murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhao Yu was startled, and hastily bowed to plead guilty: "I dare not, and I still ask my father to come down."

"Sin? What is the crime?"Zhao Zhong's gaze moved forward, and he was immediately annoyed.If it weren't for the fact that his heart wasn't hard enough back then, how could he have kept Nizi to this day: "The sword is out of its sheath. If you don't kill this Nizi at this time, the public will rebel. The only solution for now is to kill him."

"But the queen...".Zhang Gao showed a worried look on the side, reminding Zhao Zhong.

Zhao Zhong glared at Zhang Gao fiercely: "The widow is the king, so he should punish the rebellious son in this palace. So what if someone informs the clan to become the king at this time? Handan's defense and the four gates of the palace are guarded by forbidden troops. They can only watch and sigh.”

"However, Your Majesty, there are a large number of Handan defenders gathered at the North Gate of Handan, and the Guowei held a banquet at the North Gate."Zhang Gao reminded Zhao Zhong again.

Zhao Zhong reacted in an instant, and suddenly became furious: "Guowei...".

"Hurry up, Xiaoer, you immediately hold the tiger talisman of the widow and call hundreds of soldiers from the forbidden army. The widow will personally kill the traitor here."Suddenly a sense of urgency came over, Zhao Zhong did not wait for the two to speak, and gave Zhao Xuan instructions.

Zhao Yu didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately bowed: "Lead the decree".

As soon as the words fell, he took the Tiger Talisman from Zhao Zhong, turned around and left outside.

Zhao Zhong looked at Zhang Gao with some uneasiness when he saw that Zhao Yu was leaving: "Immediately spread the will of the widow, and the imperial guards along the way will not wait to stop the queen. At the same time, let Shen Tuxiu strengthen the guards at the four gates of the palace to strictly prevent those lords from entering the palace."

"Follow the order".Zhang Gao quickly received the order and left immediately.

(End of this chapter)