readytorunbook Chapter 840: Killing outside Taiqing Palace
Chapter 840: Killing outside Taiqing Palace
Elixir of Immortality...
He actually took that kind of medicine!!
"Baili Fengjue, you are truly hopeless!!"
Not only was he worried about the throne being usurped, he was also afraid of death and wanted to be immortal! !
The Empress couldn't explain the disappointment she felt. Once upon a time, he had clearly been the last person to believe in "immortality"! Once upon a time, he had clearly been the most clear-headed person in the world! But why had the Emperor's actions over the past few years transformed him into a completely different person?
"Is this throne so attractive? Can it make you completely lose your mind and go crazy? Are you still the Baili Fengjue I know?!"
He smiled weakly, but the smile was only at the corners of his mouth, and there was no movement on his face.
He knew that he was alone.
No one in this world can understand him.
He just wanted to stay in power for a few more years while Tianqi was unstable, and support his useless children for a few more years...
The fighting outside the Taiqing Palace was getting closer and closer. The palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were trembling and looking towards the outside in horror, fearing that they would be rushed in and hacked to death by the rebels in the next moment.
"Xiao Wei, I may not be able to hold on until Liu Qin comes back..." This is his last breath, and he may die at any time.
"If one day you can see Lao Qi, please tell him, 'I'm sorry'."
Lao Qi, although he wanted him dead countless times, he still felt guilty about him.
From the beginning to the end, Lao Qi never did anything wrong, and he had even been making contributions in the hope of gaining his recognition... He actually knew everything, but Lao Qi was too much like him, even more brilliant and outstanding than when he was young!
I have to admit that in the year when he lost all his sanity, he was more jealous than fearful of Lao Qi.
But he would never admit it to anyone!
"Sorry? Oh, you're sorry to more than just Old Seven."
The second brother issued a confession of guilt, the seventh brother said "I'm sorry", and what about Xun'er?
Doesn't he feel any apology towards Xun'er?
It was not clear whether the empress was surprised or sarcastic, but the expression on her face made Emperor Qiwen feel upset.
"I'm dying. When I get to the underworld, I'll personally apologize to the old man, okay?"
The queen was stunned. She didn't expect him to say such a thing.
The man who was once so arrogant, now bows his head and apologizes to his own son... Can a dying man's words be good?
"There are two imperial edicts on the imperial desk in the side hall. If I die, you will be in charge of announcing these two edicts to the world."
He raised his eyes wearily and took one last look at her.
She seemed to be as stunningly beautiful as she was thirty years ago, but he had completely changed beyond recognition.
"If you want to stay in this palace, you will still be the queen. After I die, the next emperor will make you the empress dowager. If you don't want to stay, then let him go!"
"Back then, I won unfairly..."
The Queen frowned, knowing that the "he" he was referring to was Murong Lian, but what did "unfair victory" mean?
A young eunuch stumbled in from outside the bedroom, "Your Majesty, Empress, the Ninth Prince has fought outside the Taiqing Palace!"
Outside the Taiqing Palace, Baili Moshen and Su Che occupied high positions, serving Baili Moyan below.
Baili Moyan thought he had won for sure, and immediately shouted to the inside: "Hand over the former queen Su Wei, and let me into the palace to see my father. Otherwise, I will kill you all under the pretext of 'killing traitors'!!"
Hearing this voice, Emperor Qiwen lowered his eyes and said, "Old Nine is a fool. Tell Old Five to spare his life, even if it means imprisoning him for life."
"There are only a few of my princes left..."
If you can save one, it counts as one.
The eunuch standing behind the empress heard this and muttered to himself: "Did the emperor say something wrong? The Ninth Prince had already fought to the point of being at the Taiqing Palace, so why did he let the Fifth Prince spare the Ninth Prince's life? Shouldn't the Ninth Prince be allowed to spare the Fifth Prince's life?"
"The Ninth Prince has rebelled. All rebels who surrender will be spared! Those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!"
A loud shout came from outside the Danfeng Gate in front of the Taiqing Palace.
It was the voice of Xiaoyang King Baili Qingren.
Behind him was a group of well-trained and well-dressed soldiers.
"It's the Nan Ya Army!!" Someone recognized the armor.
The Nan Ya Army is the central reserve army. All Nan Ya soldiers have been carefully selected and trained. The Nan Ya Army is the best-quality army in the entire imperial city, except for the Imperial Guards.
Baili Moyan's face turned pale when he heard the noise outside.
"How did the Emperor's uncle get the transfer order for the Southern Ya Army?"
Baili Moshen walked to the front, with Su Che standing behind him, looking imposing and domineering. "With the imperial edict, we can naturally mobilize the Southern Court Army."
"An imperial edict?" Baili Moyan shook his head, unwilling to believe it. "Father has been taking the immortality elixir for many days and is seriously injured. I'm afraid his life is hanging by a thread. How could he possibly write an imperial edict?"
He stared coldly at Baili Moshen, convinced that he had forged the imperial edict, "Old Fifth, you still don't admit that you are plotting to usurp the throne?"
Baili Moshen raised a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, "Ninth brother, this trick of 'the thief crying thief' is really handy!"
"You don't know yet, do you? In fact, your every move has been seen through by your father for a long time! Everything you saw today was actually prepared for you by me, the uncle, and the Southern Court Army."
"Ninth brother, can't you see clearly?"
Baili Moyan was stunned. There was a bubble in his heart that was suddenly burst by someone, allowing him to see something that he had never seen clearly.
"Are you saying that all of this was prepared by Father?"
Could it be that my father never thought of letting him inherit the throne?
In order to stop him, he would even risk his life to set this trap for him to fall into, forever preventing him from getting out?!
"Ninth brother, put down your weapon, you may still be able to save your life!" Baili Moshen spoke again.
But to Baili Moyan, these words sounded clearly a mockery and contempt for him!
"Old Five, don't think I don't know that you're not a good person either! Just based on how you've been lying low for all these years, do you think I'll believe your bullshit?"
"Once I put down the knife, what other way is there but death?"
"Since it's all death, why don't I fight my way out?!"
Baili Moshen narrowed his eyes and turned the sword in his hand slightly.
The next moment, countless imperial guards holding bows and arrows appeared on the walls surrounding Taiqing Palace; the bowstrings were fully drawn, and the sharp and pointed sword tips pointed directly at Baili Moyan and his men.
The fighting outside Danfeng Gate was getting closer, and the people he brought with him were almost wiped out.
His eyes were red as he brandished his sword in anger, shouting, "Kill! Kill these 'traitors' and rescue the Emperor! I will grant you titles of nobility and positions of prime minister, and grant you everlasting blessings!"
At the command, the entire palace was once again plunged into fierce fighting.
Perhaps some people fight for the unrealistic goal of "being appointed as prime minister or granted a title of nobility", but more people feel hopeless and have no hope of survival, so they can only fight desperately to carve out a way to survive.
Fires shone, blood flew, and arrows flew through the air, taking away one young corpse after another...